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Prenton Park
Prenton Park - Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
1-2
Leeds United
Saturday 11 August 2007
League One
Attendance: 11,008
W D L D W
Recent record
L D L W L
TRANMERE ROVERS
LEEDS UNITED
Starting XI
Starting XI

League Stats

Total League record up to this game: This was League game number 3554
made up of:
Level 1: 0 (0%)
 
Level 2: 508 (14.29%)
Level 3: 2,264 (63.7%)
League 1 / Div 3: 1,021  Div 3 North: 1,243 
Level 4: 782 (22%)
PWDL FAGDG.AvgWin %
3554 1349 883 1322 5275 5131 144 1.03 37.96%
League games vs Leeds United: P1 W0 D0 L1
League games played at this ground: 1776 games
Total League record up to this game: This was League game number 3354
made up of:
Level 1: 2,063 (61.51%)
Premier League: 468  Division 1: 1,595 
Level 2: 1,290 (38.46%)
Level 3: 1 (0.03%)
League 1 / Div 3: 1 
Level 4: 0 (0%)
PWDL FAGDG.AvgWin %
3354 1381 874 1099 4971 4409 562 1.13 41.17%
League games vs Tranmere Rovers: P1 W1 D0 L0
League games played at this ground: 1 games
2007
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DT92 Members at this game:

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Attended ground on more than one occasion

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TRANMERE&nbsp - - 1 (Greenacre 21), UNITED&nbsp - - 2 (Heath 55, Kandol 89) Tranmere: Coyne, Stockdale, Chorley, Goodison, Sherriff, Shuker (Curran 83), Jennings, McClaren, Davies, Zola, Greenacre (Taylor 81). Subs: Tremarco, Kay,&nbsp - - Achterberg. United: Ankergren, Richardson, Heath, Marques, Lewis, Weston (Flo 76), Hughes, Thompson, Westlake, Kandol, Beckford (Howson 90). Subs: Carole, Parker, Elliott. Att: 11,008 (2,004 Leeds)With the off-field drama firmly out of the way United finally opened up the League One season looking to make up a 15-point deficit.Dennis Wise was able to make some late moves in the transfer market and he handed debuts to Curtis Weston and Andrew Hughes, while Casper Ankergren, signed in the week, and new skipper Alan Thompson also returned to senior action with the club.Disaster struck for United on 21 minutes. Greenacre&nbsp - - made no mistake&nbsp - - when he arrived at the back post to convert a cross from the Tranmere left, much to the delight of an already fired-up home support.In reply, Beckford shot wide after some good build-up play, but the Tranmere centre-backs stood firm as United looked for a route back before the interval. United''''s best football so far came early in the second half when, after playing their way from one box to the other.Lee Mason awarded a free-kick on the edge of the box and Matt Heath arrived with perfect timing to head home a superb Thompson delivery. This was a set piece from the training ground.As the game entered its closing stages and United looked to force a winner, Tranmere goalkeeper Danny Coyne saved a Kandol header at the second attempt, following a good cross from Ian Westlake. Eddie Lewis also delivered a good cross from the left, but Beckford was unable to get in a shot when well-placed in the box. With three minutes remaining, Tranmere had an opportunity to steal the points when Steve Davies sent a free-kick fizzing over the bar. But it was United who scored a dramatic goal with&nbsp - - less than 90 seconds remaining. Kandol was the man who got on the end of an Andrew Hughes cross and bundled the ball home from close range. The striker celebrated with a cartwheel, the away support went ballistic, and the volume levels rose as the fourth official signalled five minutes of added time.The last rites were played out to the sound of the Leeds fans chanting "we''''re gonna win the league" as the climb to recover the 15 points started in earnest.