Cheltenham Town 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 January 2019

Result

Cheltenham Town 1-3 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 12 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cheltenham Town 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Cheltenham Town were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 12 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Luke Varney opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Cheltenham Town's goal came from Luke Varney (42'). Tranmere Rovers scored through James Norwood (46'), Ishmael Miller (61') and Ollie Banks (72').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 18th on 29 points from 26 and Tranmere Rovers 9th on 39 points from 26. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Tranmere Rovers 2nd with 80.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 2 draws and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.

Going into the match Cheltenham Town's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Tranmere Rovers's D-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Ryan BroomCheltenham Town
  • 39'Yellow card · Ollie BanksTranmere Rovers
  • 42'Goal · Luke VarneyCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · James NorwoodTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Ishmael MillerTranmere Rovers · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · L. McCulloughTranmere Rovers
  • 72'Goal · Ollie BanksTranmere Rovers · 1-3
  • 83'Yellow card · J. HarrisTranmere Rovers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cheltenham Town 4, draws 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up

S. Flinders, Ryan Broom, Cameron Pring, Chris Hussey, Ben Tozer, Jordon Forster, Chris Clements, Conor Thomas, Luke Varney, Tyrone Barnett, Jacob Maddox

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Scott Davies, Stephen McNulty, Manny Monthe, Mark Ellis, Liam Ridehalgh, Ollie Banks, David Perkins, Luke McCullough, Ishmael Miller, James Norwood, Jake Caprice