page_title: List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–39)
section_title: Players
hierarchical_section_title: List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–39) / Players
caption_attribution_description: Tommy Stuart was Tranmere Rovers' regular left-back between 1921 and 1927, when he made 205 appearances and scored thirteen goals. Signed from Bootle Albion, he was to become one of hte stalwarts of the early league years, even though it is said he lacked the athleticism of his contemporaries. Three contemporary sources, written by Tranmere Rovers historians, contain this image: Bishop, Peter (1 November 1998) Tranmere Rovers Football Club, Images of England, Stroud: Tempus ISBN: 978-0752415055. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997) Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record ISBN: 978-0951864821. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve; Bishop, Peter (24 July 2009) Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record, Breedon ISBN: 978-1859837115. Bishop (1998) states that its images appeared originally in the Birkenhead News or Liverpool Echo. None of the sources were found to contain any further details of the photograph's provenance.
context_page_description: Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English association football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral. Founded in 1884, they played their first games under the name Belmont F.C.; in 1885, before the start of their second season, they adopted the name Tranmere Rovers. In 1889, Tranmere entered the West Lancashire League, and progressed through the Combination, the Lancashire Combination and the Central League. On 27 August 1921, as founder members of Division Three North, they won their first Football League match 4–1 against Crewe Alexandra at Prenton Park. Tranmere have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War. Their highest league finish was fourth in the First Division which, at the time, was the second tier of the league pyramid, in the 1992–93 season.
context_section_description: This list contains players who have appeared in nationally organised first-team competition for Tranmere from 1921 until the Second World War. It includes first-team appearances and goals in the Football League, the FA Cup and the Third Division North Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. Statistics from the three games in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned because of the Second World War have been expunged from the records and are not included. Players that also represented the club after the war are instead at List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.
caption: Tommy Stuart was Rovers' regular left back between 1921 and 1927.[9]
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