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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

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If there's one thing that is synonymous with Tranmere Rovers Football Club, then it is the allure of Friday night football, but it was not to be last week.

The Birkenhead club's regular pre-weekend evening fixtures at Prenton Park became a joyous ritual for supporters in the 1980s and 90s, even attracting the interest of Liverpool and Everton followers from across the river, who enjoyed starting their sporting weekend early.

Nowadays, the League Two side play the overwhelming majority of their fixtures on a Saturday afternoons, but Friday night football on Borough Road was set to return last week. That was of course, until the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, September 8, leading to the postponement of all football matches across the country.

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