Editing Tranmere Rovers F.C. (section)

==Supporters and rivalries==
Tranmere Rovers had an average home attendance of 6,552 during the [[2018–19 EFL League Two|2018–19]] season, making them the 4th best supported club in [[EFL League Two|League Two]] and 42nd in [[The Football League]] as a whole.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} The club has a number of supporters' groups, including the Tranmere Rovers Supporters Trust; in 2010, the trust raised £12,500 for the club to sign [[Andy Robinson (footballer, born 1979)|Andy Robinson]] on loan.{{primary source inline|date=February 2024}}<ref name="les aid" /> In 2011, they raised £200,000 and planned to purchase a controlling interest in Tranmere.{{failed verification|date=February 2024}}<ref name="TRST takeover" /> TSB (Tranmere Stand Boys) is the [[hooligan firm]] associated with the club.{{clarify|date=February 2024|reason=source also lists 'TheNestonNasties'. is there more than 1?}}<ref name="ave-it" /> Tranmere Rovers have been the subject of an independent supporters' [[fanzine]] ''Give Us an R'' since the 1990s.{{additional citation needed|date=February 2024|reason=source is from 1996, so cannot verify if it continued until present day.}}<ref name="GUAR" />

Despite being geographically closest to [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], Tranmere's time in the lower leagues has meant that they have rarely met either club and have built up traditional rivalries with near neighbours [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]], [[Chester F.C.|Chester]], and [[Southport F.C.|Southport]], the latter two of which are now non-league clubs.{{synthesis inline|date=February 2024|reason='Tranmere's time in the lower leagues has meant that they have rarely met either club and have built up traditional rivalries with near neighbours...' how has this been extracted from that source?}}{{failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=Oldham Athletic? Bolton Wanderers? no sign of Wrexham, Chester or Southport.}}{{better source needed|reason=WordPress? on 1 survey of 'under 2,100 football fans'? written by a self-described 18 year-old ('About')?|date=February 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |url = http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results |title = 2012–13 Football Rivalry Survey Results |access-date = 27 April 2015 |date = 28 August 2012 |archive-date = 2 April 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155825/https://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results/ |url-status = live }}</ref> According to a survey entitled 'The League of Love and Hate' conducted in August 2019, Tranmere fans listed the more distant [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] and [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] as their biggest rivals, followed by Everton, Liverpool and [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]], although the results were open to debate as the census does not contain non-league clubs.{{failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=Tranmere Rovers not mentioned.}}{{synthesis inline|date=February 2024|reason='results were open to debate as the census does not contain non-league clubs' - not in source.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|title = The top five rivals of English football's top 92 clubs have been revealed|date = 27 August 2019|access-date = 1 October 2019|archive-date = 29 September 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190929205049/https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|url-status = live}}</ref> Tranmere also had a fierce rivalry with [[Wallasey]]-based near neighbour [[New Brighton A.F.C.|New Brighton]], until that club failed to be re-elected to the Football League in 1951.{{better source needed|date=February 2024|reason='founded by Ryan Ferguson, a lifelong fan'? what? because Tranmere is 'often overlooked by mainstream outlets' ('About')?}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetprentonia.com/2016/11/10/a-history-of-the-wirral-derby-tranmere-v-new-brighton/|title=A History of The Wirral Derby: Tranmere v New Brighton|date=10 November 2016|work=planetprentonia.com|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123333/https://planetprentonia.com/2016/11/10/a-history-of-the-wirral-derby-tranmere-v-new-brighton/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Tranmere had met the following teams most times in the Football League:{{failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=how can a 2009 book be used to predict the future?}}<ref name="league records" />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Statistics, to end of 2022–23 season
|-
! scope="col" | Opponents
! scope="col" | P
! scope="col" | W
! scope="col" | D
! scope="col" | L
! scope="col" | W%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|120|53|26|41}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|118|52|28|38}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|113|54|23|36}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|108|40|31|37}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|104|42|28|34}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|102|38|25|39}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|94|31|19|44}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|86|36|20|30}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|82|38|13|31}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Southport F.C.|Southport]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|80|38|22|20}}
|-
|}