Editing Tranmere Rovers F.C. (section)

==Stadium==
{{Main|Prenton Park}}

[[File:Prenton Park 1986 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Prenton Park in 1986]]
Rovers played their first matches at Steeles Field in Birkenhead but, in 1887, they bought a new site from Tranmere Rugby Club.{{synthesis inline|date=February 2024|reason=source, on 1887, states 'By 1887 Rovers had moved ground to Ravenshaws Field, which was later renamed Prenton Park, our final home before the switch to the current Prenton Park in 1912'. where does it mention buying anything? or Tranmere Rugby Club?}}<ref name="official site history" /> The ground was variously referred to as the "Borough Road Enclosure", "Ravenshaw's Field" and "South Road".<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /> The name "Prenton Park" was adopted in 1895 as a result of a suggestion in the letters page of the Football Echo.<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /> Because the land was required for housing and a school, Tranmere were forced to move and the name went with them. The present Prenton Park was opened on 9 March 1912.<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /><ref name="inglis" /> There were stands (also known as [[bleacher]]s) on both sides of the pitch, a paddock and three open terraces, the general format which remained until 1994.{{close paraphrasing inline|date=February 2024|reason=compare: 'There were stands on boths side of the pitch, a paddock and three open terraces, the general format which remained until 1994'.}}<ref name="official site Prenton Park"/>

Many improvements to the ground were driven by changes in [[legislation]]. The biggest change of all took place during 1994 and 1995. The [[Taylor Report]] suggested that all stadia in the top two divisions of English football should no longer permit standing. The club's response was to redevelop three sides of the ground with entirely new [[all-seater]] stands created&nbsp;– the Borough Road Stand (now the Johnny King Stand), the Cowshed and the new Kop, in addition to the existing Main Stand.{{failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=the 'in addition to the existing Main Stand' part? source used in next paragraph says opposite. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003153918/http://www.footballgroundguide.com/tranmere_rovers/ 'Only the Main Stand on one side of the pitch was left intact'. where is the redevelopment of the Main Stand?}}<ref name="official site Prenton Park"/> Capacity in the ground thus increased from 14,200<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /> to the 16,567 of today.<ref name="official site Prenton Park" /> On 11 March 1995, having been built at a cost of £3.1 million, the new ground was officially opened.<ref name="TheCowsheds History"/>

Attendances at the ground have fluctuated over its hundred-year history. Around 8,000 visitors watched the first game at the stadium, as Tranmere beat [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster Town]] 8–0.{{failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=not in source?}}<ref name="ATTENDANCES" /> Prenton Park's largest-ever crowd was 24,424 for a 1972 [[FA Cup]] match between Tranmere and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]].<ref name="football ground guide" /> Average attendances for home games between 2008 and 2011 ranged from above 5,000 to under 6,000.<ref name="ATTENDANCES" />