Walsall 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 October 2010

Result

Walsall 1-3 Tranmere Rovers

League One · Saturday 23 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Walsall · Tranmere Rovers · League One predictions

Walsall 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Walsall lost to Tranmere Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 23 October 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.

John Welsh opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Walsall's goal came from Jon Macken (65'). Tranmere Rovers scored through John Welsh (34'), Enoch Showunmi (59'), Ian Thomas-Moore (78', penalty) and John Welsh (88').

Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 21st on 10 points from 12 and Tranmere Rovers 14th on 16 points from 12. Walsall went on to finish that season 21st with 48 points, and Tranmere Rovers 10th with 67.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Steve JonesWalsall
  • 15'Yellow card · Martin DevaneyWalsall
  • 34'Goal · John WelshTranmere Rovers · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · John WelshTranmere Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Enoch ShowunmiTranmere Rovers
  • 59'Goal · Enoch ShowunmiTranmere Rovers · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Jon MackenWalsall · 1-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Aaron LescottWalsall
  • 78'Penalty goal · Ian Thomas-MooreTranmere Rovers · 1-3
  • 88'Goal · John WelshTranmere Rovers · 1-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Walsall 4, draws 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.

Team news

Walsall expected line-up

Jon Brain, Manny Smith, Ryan McGivern, Matthew Richards, Aaron Lescott, Julian Gray, David Davis, Jon Macken, Reuben Reid

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Péter Gulácsi, Aaron Cresswell, Ian Goodison, Liam Darville, Maxime Blanchard, Scott Wootton, John Welsh, Joss Labadie, Dale Jennings, Enoch Showunmi, Ian Thomas-Moore