YOU may have noticed some rare reverberations of joy from a corner of Prenton that has remained silent for some time.

You see, supporting Tranmere Rovers hasn't been much fun in recent years.

Amidst the mayhem, a bloke with a burning desire to change the ending of the slow motion car crash we were all watching unfold through our fingers convinced his wife that they should save our club from dying.

Tranmere Rovers got very very lucky and if Mark and Nicola Palios are not the envy of every football club in the land already, they soon will be.

Turning round the shambles on the pitch took too long to fix however and they were unable to prevent relegation from League 2.

Enter Micky Mellon, for once a manager who understood what we were all about - not just how important the club was to the fans - but crucially how important the fans were to the team if harnessed and encouraged.

The Super White Army driven into battle up and down the country marching to the beat of our band of drummers.

We were proud of our club again and we were going to let everybody know.

The 'extra man' effect was never more evident than when the fans literally carried 10 warriors to victory in the playoff final sealing our return to the league.

Do you know where the team went to celebrate their success after our Wembley promotion?

They went back to the club and partied with the fans for the rest of the weekend in the fan marquee outside the stadium.

A wise man once compared Tranmere to a deadly submarine.

Well this submarine is repaired, patched up, ship shape and loaded, ready for a trip to the moon.

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