Saturday sees a massive game take place in Prenton as Total Tranmere FC take on Royal Bengal FC on the Shaftesbury Youth Club pitches.

First formed from members of this website and their friends three years ago, the team under Manager Mike Jackson (also known as Deadly Submarine on the site) finally notched their first eleven-a-side win in their last match which was also against Royal Bengal.

The TTFC Squad (minus Formstone) before the recent Devonshire Game

Other successes for the team include reaching the semi-final of the 2006 Summer six-a-side tournament at Pensby School.

Saturday's game kicks off at 11.00am on the Shaftesbury pitches which are next to the Main Tranmere Rovers FC car park behind the Kop Stand and can be accessed via the gate on Borough Road.

If you have a free Saturday morning and want to get in the mood for Tranmere's home game with Nottingham Forest at 3.00pm by first watching some amateur football then why not come down and give us some moral support.

Total Tranmere will be playing in White (mostly in Tranmere Rovers shirts) and will be playing against the Reds of Royal Bengal.

Admission to the game is free of charge but if you are a regular user/poster on Total Tranmere and have an interest in our football team, we would welcome any support for the team in this game!

A report on the game will follow sometime over the weekend of into next week so if you can't make the game stay tuned to Total Tranmere for the result!

There have been three previous meetings between the two teams with comebacks being the main story in the first two encounters.

Game number one took place at Victoria Park on 6^th May 2007 as TT took a 2-0 lead through Dan Sullivan and Chris Cooper before some Bengal substitutions changed the game as they came back to beat Total Tranmere 3-2.

Any chances of revenge for TT in the next game on the 8^th December 2007 at Victoria Park, seemed beyond them as Bengal stormed into a 4-0 half-time lead.  However TT didn't lie down and second half strikes for Matt Jones, Liam McMullen, Wayne Franks and an Own Goal saw the game end 4-4 and capped a superb comeback for TT.

The third and final previous meeting was at Shaftes on February 16^th this year and saw TT dominate the game in the early stages.  After missing a couple of good chances in the first half, TT finally broke the deadlock after the break when Liam McMullen's cross was turned in by the shoulder of Dani Read.

TT went on to add a second through James Formstone after good work by Dani Read and they held out for their first 11-a-side win.

TTFC Team News

Manager Mike Jackson is definitely without striker James Formstone (travel issues) and defender Mikey Burrows (leg) whilst Matty Holden is a doubt (probably asleep).

There are several players with knocks and niggles who are still expected to play in the game including player-manager Mike Jackson himself (hamstring), Dave Brilley (toe), Mike Leslie (leg) and Liam McMullen (knee).

Referee - Jon King (Wirral)

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