2020–21 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers
2020–21 season
Chairman	Mark Palios
Manager	Mike Jackson; (until 31 October); Keith Hill; (until 11 May); Ian Dawes
Stadium	Prenton Park
League Two	7th (promotion play-offs)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: James Vaughan (18); All: James Vaughan (21)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season was the 137th season of Tranmere Rovers' existence and their first season return in EFL League Two having been relegated after the premature conclusion of the 2019-20 season due to COVID-19.^[3] Along with League Two, the club contested in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 August 2020	DM	Jay Spearing	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[4]
10 August 2020	LW	Otis Khan	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[5]
11 August 2020	CF	James Vaughan	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[6]
17 August 2020	CM	Paul Lewis	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[7]
22 August 2020	GK	Joe Murphy	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[8]
14 September 2020	LW	Kaiyne Woolery	Swindon Town	Free transfer	^[9]
10 November 2020	RW	Danny Lloyd	Salford City	Free transfer	^[10]
25 January 2021	CF	Charlie Jolley	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	^[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
17 August 2020	CB	Lee O'Connor	Celtic	30 June 2021	^[12]
19 August 2020	LB	Calum Macdonald	Blackpool	30 June 2021	^[13]
17 September 2020	RW	Liam Feeney	Blackpool	30 June 2021	^[14]
14 October 2020	DM	Jack Young	Newcastle United	End of season	^[15]
16 October 2020	CF	Sam Smith	Reading	January 2021	^[16]
22 January 2021	CM	Nya Kirby	Crystal Palace	End of season	^[17]
1 February 2021	CM	Ali Crawford	Bolton Wanderers	End of season	^[18]
1 February 2021	CF	David Nugent	Preston North End	End of season	^[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
8 March 2021	CB		Mark Ellis	Notts County	End of season	^[20]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF	Connor Jennings	Stockport County	Free Transfer	^[21]
1 July 2020	FW	Bailey Thompson	Tadcaster Albion	Free Transfer	^[22]
20 July 2020	CF	Paul Mullin	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[23]
1 August 2020	DM	Luke McCullough	Glentoran	Free transfer	^[24]
6 August 2020	RB	Jake Caprice	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[25]
7 August 2020	RB	Evan Gumbs	Warrington Town	Free transfer	^[26]
17 August 2020	DM	David Perkins	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	^[27]
22 August 2020	CM	Harvey Gilmour	Stockport County	Free Transfer	^[28]
4 September 2020	GK	Luke Pilling	Notts County	Free transfer	^[29]
16 October 2020	CM	Neil Danns	Radcliffe	Free transfer	^[30]
22 October 2020	CM	Darren Potter	Altrincham	Free transfer	^[31]
18 January 2021	CM	Ollie Banks	Barrow	Undisclosed	^[32]
25 January 2021	CF	Stefan Payne	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	^[33]
11 February 2021	CF	Morgan Ferrier	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Undisclosed	^[34]

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Postponed

18 August 2020 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	The New Saints	Leasowe
14:00 BST		Report	75'	Stadium: Solar Campus Attendance: 0

22 August 2020 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	0–3	Warrington Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST		Report	Buckley 49' Dixon 75' Mackreth 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0

25 August 2020 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Preston North End	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Payne 89'	Report	Barkhuizen 32'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	23	10	13	59	50	+9	79	Promotion to the EFL League One
4	Morecambe (O, P)	46	23	9	14	69	58	+11	78	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Newport County	46	20	13	13	57	42	+15	73
6	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73
8	Salford City	46	19	14	13	54	34	+20	71
9	Exeter City	46	18	16	12	71	50	+21	70
10	Carlisle United	46	18	12	16	60	51	+9	66
11	Leyton Orient	46	17	10	19	53	55	−2	61

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[35]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73	11	5	7	30	22	+8	9	8	6	25	28	−3

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D
Position	17	20	20	15	13	16	17	16	17	18	19	15	13	9	8	10	12	13	13	13	15	11	11	8	5	3	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[36]

12 September 2020 1	Mansfield Town	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Mansfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

19 September 2020 2	Tranmere Rovers	0–3	Cheltenham Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Vaughan 44' Lewis 90+1'	Report	Raglan 6' Williams 20' Lewis 39' (o.g.) Sercombe 88' Blair 88'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson

26 September 2020 3	Cambridge United	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Cundy 53' Ironside 67' Knoyle 79'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

3 October 2020 4	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Vaughan 41', 66' Morris 53' Davies 87'	Report	Hornshaw 71' Bedeau 85'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

10 October 2020 5	Salford City	2–2	Tranmere Rovers	Salford
15:00 BST	Towell 2' Wilson 20'	Report	Khan 6' Morris 45+1' 86' Lewis 48' 90+3'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

17 October 2020 6	Newport County	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Newport
15:00 BST	Janneh 25' Sheehan 38'	Report	Banks 21' Lewis 52'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

20 October 2020 7	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Leyton Orient	Birkenhead
19:00 BST		Report	Johnson 71'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

24 October 2020 8	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Southend United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Clarke 31' Vaughan 52' 83'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer

27 October 2020 9	Crawley Town	4–0	Tranmere Rovers	Crawley
18:30 GMT	Watters 13' Nichols 21' Tunnicliffe 24' Frost 77'	Report	Smith 55' Vaughan 61' Macdonald 79'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

31 October 2020 10	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Morecambe	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Khan 50'	Report	Phillips 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

3 November 2020 11	Harrogate Town	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Harrogate
19:00 GMT	Kirby 58'	Report	Monthé 65' Khan 79'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

14 November 2020 12	Port Vale	3–4	Tranmere Rovers	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Conlon 16' (pen.) Amoo 24' Joyce 52' Brown 54' Legge 59' Rodney 75'	Report	Davies 45+2' Vaughan 58', 71' (pen.) Woolery 90+3' Morris 90+6'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

21 November 2020 13	Tranmere Rovers	5–0	Grimsby Town	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 10', 29' (pen.) Clarke 27' Khan 34' Monthé 79' Lewis 86'	Report	Hendrie 35' Waterfall 65'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

24 November 2020 14	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Carlisle United	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Blackett-Taylor 51' Monthé 54' Lewis 69'	Report	Hayden 67'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

1 December 2020 15	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Oldham
19:00 GMT	Piergianni 25' Ntambwe 61' Barnett 84'	Report	Spearing 16' Vaughan 27'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

5 December 2020 16	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Walsall	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Feeney 31'	Report	Adebayo 19' McDonald 48' Scarr 67'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Martin Coy

12 December 2020 17	Exeter City	5–0	Tranmere Rovers	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Bowman 8', 27', 77' Jay 18' (pen.) Parkes 49' Taylor 73'	Report	Macdonald 41' Clarke 62' Davies 73'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Kevin Johnson

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 18	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Tranmere Rovers	Bolton
15:00 BST		Report	Clarke 28' Morris 68' Vaughan 75' (pen.)	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 December 2020 19	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Bradford City	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT		Report	Evans 12' Wood 35' Novak 62'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben Toner

29 December 2020 20	Barrow	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Brough 45+1' Biggins 53' 68' Quigley 65' (pen.)	Report	Vaughan 23' 68' Feeney 60'	Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium Attendance: 1,131 Referee: James Bell

16 January 2021 21	Stevenage	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT		Report	Spearing 65' Vaughan 90+1'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

19 January 2021 22	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Forest Green Rovers	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Lewis 12' Vaughan 47' Feeney 76' Davies 87' Ferrier 90+2'	Report	Whitehouse 65', 72' Wagstaff 90+2', 90+3'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 January 2021 23	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Lloyd 4' Monthé 40' Vaughan 56' (pen.) Clarke 57'	Report	Delaney 55' 75' Sarcevic 66'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

26 January 2021 24	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Harrogate Town	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Vaughan 36' (pen.) 53' 90' Woolery 51' MacDonald 57' Lewis 86'	Report	McPake 25' Hall 35' 69' March 72'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

30 January 2021 25	Morecambe	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Phillips 38' Songo'o 45' Cooney 62' Hendrie 90+3'	Report	Spearing 65' Woolery 74'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

6 February 2021 26	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Port Vale	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Woolery 17' Vaughan 30' 59' 90+3'		Taylor 41' Montaño 71' Guthrie 72'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

9 February 2021 27	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Stevenage	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Spearing 79'	Report	Newton 82'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Madley

20 February 2021 28	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Clarke 8' Vaughan 39' Macdonald 42' Woolery 44', 51' Lewis 90+4'	Report	Keillor-Dunn 2', 31' Jombati 8' 47' Bahamboula 78' Blackwood 87'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

23 February 2021 29	Carlisle United	2–3	Tranmere Rovers	Carlisle
19:00 GMT	Kayode 3' Anderton 27'	Report	Lewis 12' Woolery 21' Vaughan 43', 88'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

27 February 2021 30	Leyton Orient	1–3	Tranmere Rovers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	McAnuff 41' Turley 68' Akinola 71'	Report	Lewis 24' Woolery 56' Morris 63' Vaughan 73' Feeney 90+5'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

2 March 2021 31	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Newport County	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Feeney 7' Spearing 79' Lloyd 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

6 March 2021 32	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Crawley Town	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Clarke 14'	Report	Nadesan 19' Nichols 58'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Pollard

9 March 2021 33	Southend United	0–2	Tranmere Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT	White 55' Hackett-Fairchild 86'	Report	Lewis 8' Ray 24'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

17 March 2021 34	Grimsby Town	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Lamy 8' Clifton 60'	Report	Blackett-Taylor 47' Ridehalgh 71'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

20 March 2021 35	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Exeter City	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Nugent 18' (pen.) Lloyd 68' (pen.) Lewis 74'	Report	Randall 20'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

23 March 2021 36	Colchester United	2–2	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
19:00 GMT	Pell 9', 30' Sarpong-Wiredu 55', 65'	Report	Khan 50' Lloyd 62' (pen.) Spearing 67'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

27 March 2021 37	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Mansfield Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Woolery 45+3' Spearing 59' Khan 89'	Report	Law 68' Quinn 76'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

2 April 2021 38	Cheltenham Town	4–0	Tranmere Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Thomas 4' Boyle 14' Sercombe 35' May 42' Smith 52' Wright 57'	Report	O'Connor 45+3'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

5 April 2021 39	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Cambridge United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Lewis 11' 80' Clarke 60'	Report	Mullin 60'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy

10 April 2021 40	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Hippolyte 45' Gilliead 65'	Report	Macdonald 42'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Davies

13 April 2021 41	Walsall	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Bescot
19:00 BST	Osadebe 70'	Report	Spearing 49' 74' Lewis 78' Vaughan 90+4'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

17 April 2021 42	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Salford City	Birkenhead
12:30 BST	Woolery 34' Khan 36'	Report	Turnbull 60' Dieseruvwe 90'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

20 April 2021 43	Bradford City	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Bradford
19:00 BST	Crankshaw 44'	Report	Woolery 19' O'Connor 45+1' (o.g.) Lloyd 45+3' Lewis 45+6'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

24 April 2021 44	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Barrow	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Nugent 67' Clarke 82'	Report	Banks 82' Ntlhe 82' Thomas 90+3'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

1 May 2021 45	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Adams 22' 57' Collins 45+2', 81' (pen.) Davison 50'	Report	Morris 90+6'	Stadium: The Innocent [Insert Name Here] Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

8 May 2021 46	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Colchester United	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Khan 55'	Report	Lapslie 11'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

Play-offs

20 May 2021 (2021-05-20) Semi-Final First Leg	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Morecambe	Birkenhead
18:00 BST	Clarke 19' Spearing 54' Vaughan 78' Lloyd 83' O'Connor 89'	Report	Knight-Percival 15' McAlinden 45+1' Lyons 87' Mendes Gomes 89'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) Semi-Final Second Leg	Morecambe	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Tranmere Rovers	Morecambe
12:30 BST	Wildig 9' Cooney 76'	Report	Vaughan 53', 81'	Stadium: The Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 1,558 Referee: Thomas Bramall

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.^[37] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.^[38] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.^[39]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

7 November 2020 First round	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Blackett-Taylor 13' Clarke 84'	Report	Bishop 24' Butcher 64' Burgess 88'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

27 November 2020 Second round	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Brackley Town	Birkenhead
19:55 GMT	Woolery 67'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

10 January 2021 Third round	Barnsley	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Barnsley
13:30 GMT	Helik 59' Woodrow 90+5' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 0

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[40]

5 September 2020 First round	Tranmere Rovers	1–1 (7–8 p)	Harrogate Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Spearing 34' Vaughan 64'	Report	Kerry 69'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield
	Penalties
	Vaughan Khan Banks Macdonald Spearing Morris Payne Clarke O'Connor Monthé		Thomson Stead Muldoon Beck Burrell Smith Hall Fallowfield Kerry Falkingham

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[41] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.^[42] The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.^[43] The draw for the semi-final was announced on 5 February.^[44]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Port Vale	3	2	1	0	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Tranmere Rovers	3	1	1	1	0	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Wigan Athletic	3	1	0	1	1	9	6	+3	4
4	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	0	0	3	5	13	−8	0

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Port Vale	0–0 (4–3 p)	Tranmere Rovers	Burslem
19:00 BST	Fitzpatrick 42' Conlon 90+1'	Report	Banks 23' Macdonald 74'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne
	Penalties
	Whitehead Cullen Conlon Trickett-Smith Rodney Fitzpatrick		Banks Khan Morris O'Connor Payne Walker-Rice

29 September 2020 Group stage	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Liverpool U21	Birkenhead
19:00 BST	Lewis 38' Macdonald 65' Vaughan 74', 75' Payne 90+1'	Report	Cain 50' Longstaff 83'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

11 November 2020 Group stage	Tranmere Rovers	2–2 (3–1 p)	Wigan Athletic	Birkenhead
18:30 GMT	Woolery 45+1' Morris 72'	Report	Keane 19' McHugh 45+3' 90+1'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie
	Penalties
	Ferrier Lloyd Smith Banks Morris		James Joseph Perry Crankshaw

8 December 2020 Second round	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Manchester City U21	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Lloyd 27' Banks 88' (pen.) Nelson 90+3'	Report	Delap 17' Lavia 33' Mbete-Tabu 56'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 568 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

13 January 2021 Third round	Tranmere Rovers	4–2	Leicester City U21	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Ferrier 4' Lloyd 37', 45+1' Blackett-Taylor 53' Khan 87'	Report	Wakeling 36' Daley-Campbell 41' Suengchitthawon 56'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

2 February 2021 Quarter-final	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Peterborough United	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Lloyd 38' Lewis 82'	Report	Clarke-Harris 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

16 February 2021 Semi-final	Oxford United	0–2	Tranmere Rovers	Oxford
18:00 GMT	Grayson 37' Taylor 50', 75'	Report	Macdonald 17' Woolery 35' Morris 66' Feeney 90+1'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

14 March 2021 Final	Sunderland	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	London
15:00 GMT	Gooch 57'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Squad statistics

Source:^[45]^[46]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Newport County.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

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