Source: Team_Talk
Mawhinney backs 'community thing'
Rovers, in common with the majority of League One and League Two clubs, are grappling with falling attendances and a decline in revenue from sponsorship and commercial activities.
The result has been a cutback in the budget for players available to manager John Barnes this season and economies in other, non-football areas of the club's operations.
Lord Mawhinney, an early-season visitor to Prenton Park this month, told the Daily Post: "Tranmere is a well-run club that makes good use of its resources, has good cost control and it does the community thing very well.
"Clubs in the Football League can't compete with the Premier League when it comes to money and that's okay by me.
"But the Premier League clubs are not able to compete with our clubs in terms of our closeness and integration with the local community. Tranmere does the community thing very well."
