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Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Newcastle United - October 27, 1998 / League Cup 1998/1999

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League Cup 1998/1999 - Round of 32

Prenton Park - Birkenhead - England

October 27, 1998

12 017

Tranmere Rovers

0 - 1

Newcastle United

31'

Paul Dalglish

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31' - Goal Paul Dalglish

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60' - Substitution Jason Koumasis substituted by Andy Parkinson60

65' - Substitution Andy Thompsonis substituted by Dave Challinor65

70' - Substitution Stephen Glassis substituted by Keith Gillespie

83' - Substitution Micky Mellonis substituted by Liam O'Brien83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tranmere Rovers

0 - 1

Newcastle United

Tranmere Rovers Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Tranmere Rovers

Achterberg

John Achterberg

Netherlands

B.date08/07/1971

Age27 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Hill

Clint Hill

England

B.date19/10/1978

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Allen

Graham Allen

England

B.date08/04/1977

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

McGreal

John McGreal

England

B.date02/06/1972

Age26 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Santos

Georges Santos

Cape Verde

B.date15/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Thompson65

Andy Thompson

England

B.date09/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m65

positionFull-back

Mellon83

Micky Mellon

Scotland

B.date18/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Irons

Kenny Irons

England

B.date04/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Koumas60

Jason Koumas

Wales

B.date25/09/1979

Age19 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Jones

Gary Jones

England

B.date10/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Kelly

David Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1965

Age32 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Achterberg		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Hill		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Allen		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McGreal		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georges Santos		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Thompson	65	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Mellon	83	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Irons		27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas	60	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Jones		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Kelly		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

34 Dabizas

Nikos Dabizas

Greece

B.date03/08/1973

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

38 Griffin

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

24 Solano

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

16 Charvet

Laurent Charvet

France

B.date08/05/1973

Age25 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

3 Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age36 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age29 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Glass70

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

11 Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

25 Dalglish31

Paul Dalglish

Scotland

B.date18/02/1977

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Nikos Dabizas		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	D	Andy Griffin		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Nolberto Solano		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Laurent Charvet		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stuart Pearce		36	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		29	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Stephen Glass	70	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Paul Dalglish	31	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Dave Challinor	65	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam O'Brien	83	34	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Parkinson	60	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	M		Keith Gillespie	70	23	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nikos Dabizas

Carl Serrant

OUT

Gary Speed

Rob Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Aldridge

130

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Aldridge vs Newcastle United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1998

Aldridge vs Gullit

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Gullit vs Tranmere Rovers

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1998

Gullit vs Aldridge

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1998

Referee

Steve Dunn

1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Tranmere Rovers4 matches	General total	Newcastle United22 matches	15 victories	3 draws	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Tranmere Rovers1 match	Season total	Newcastle United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 20, 2001					Latest figure on February 27, 2005

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Comments

Key figures

Tranmere Rovers keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Newcastle United running (since 15/10/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Tranmere Rovers has ended with the score 0-1 in League Cup, It was on the 23/09/1997 (vs )

End of streak for Tranmere Rovers after 4 consecutive wins (since 10/10/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 12/03/1991-29/03/1991 (6 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LTranmere Rovers 2-3 Huddersfield Town11/09/1998

VTranmere Rovers 3-1 Blackpool22/09/1998

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Swindon Town25/09/1998

LTranmere Rovers 0-2 Ipswich Town29/09/1998

VTranmere Rovers 3-2 Watford17/10/1998

VTranmere Rovers 3-0 Barnsley20/10/1998

Overall

LTranmere Rovers 0-2 Ipswich Town29/09/1998

DBirmingham City 2-2 Tranmere Rovers03/10/1998

VOxford United 1-2 Tranmere Rovers10/10/1998

VTranmere Rovers 3-2 Watford17/10/1998

VTranmere Rovers 3-0 Barnsley20/10/1998

VCrewe Alexandra 1-4 Tranmere Rovers24/10/1998

Current form

Away

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United22/08/1998

LAston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United09/09/1998

VCoventry 1-5 Newcastle United19/09/1998

LPartizan Belgrade 1-0 Newcastle United01/10/1998

LArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United04/10/1998

LTottenham 2-0 Newcastle United24/10/1998

Overall

VCoventry 1-5 Newcastle United19/09/1998

VNewcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest26/09/1998

LPartizan Belgrade 1-0 Newcastle United01/10/1998

LArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United04/10/1998

VNewcastle United 2-1 Derby County17/10/1998

LTottenham 2-0 Newcastle United24/10/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	5	10
Goalless streak	3	1
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	0
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
3	Victories (Competition total)	0
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenny Irons	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
David Kelly	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Kenny Irons	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Kenny Irons	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Kenny Irons	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

14 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

8 matches

2 v

1 d

5 l

13 gf

23 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

9 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

1 d

2 l

23 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	April 04, 1992
Home	3 - 2	September 07, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 15, 1938
Away	3 - 0	February 28, 1993

Latest head to head

February 14, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Tranmere Rovers logo Tranmere Rovers

February 28, 1993 - First Division 1992/1993

Tranmere Rovers

0 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 10, 1992 - First Division 1992/1993

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Tranmere Rovers logo Tranmere Rovers

April 04, 1992 - Division 2 1991/1992

Newcastle United

2 - 3

Tranmere Rovers logo Tranmere Rovers

October 01, 1991 - Zenith Data Systems Cup 1991/1992

Tranmere Rovers

6 - 6

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/02/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tranmere Rovers

Alan Shearer

1 goal

1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/02/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Steve Simonsen	1 match	1998 - 1998
John McGreal	1 match	1998 - 1998
Graham Branch	1 match	1998 - 1998
David Kelly	1 match	1998 - 1998
Micky Mellon	1 match	1998 - 1998
Clint Hill	1 match	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/02/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tranmere Rovers

Keith Gillespie	1 match	1998 - 1998
Shay Given	1 match	1998 - 1998
Steve Howey	1 match	1998 - 1998
Alessandro Pistone	1 match	1998 - 1998
Rob Lee	1 match	1998 - 1998
John Barnes	1 match	1998 - 1998