Tranmere Rovers Football Club News

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• Founded:1884
• Manager:Ronnie Moore

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Unhappy Rovers chief to quit

15 Aug 2008 - 12:48:27

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Tranmere Rovers' chairman Lorraine Rogers has revealed her 'disillusion' with the current state of the game has led to her decision to step down at the end of the season.

Rogers has been involved with the Merseyside club for the last decade, but will step down in May and is seeking a buyer for her 30 per cent shareholding.

"I'm so disillusioned with the direction the game is going in that I have decided that this will be my last season," she told the club's official website.

"Sadly it seems as if the sport is more about money than about football.

"Over the ten years I've been involved, 30 Football League clubs have been in administration - 36 administrations in total because some have been in administration two or three times.

"Many millions of pounds have gone out of the game to Administrators. Fans, players and staff have faced the uncertainty of knowing whether their Clubs will survive. Creditors haven't been paid in full and people have lost their jobs.

"Points deductions have been used to encourage more responsible financial management, but are they working and do they address the cause of the problems? I don't think they do.

"Points deductions distort competition and alienate fans from the game. They don't address the root of the problem - which is the fact that although English football is very wealthy, too little is being channelled to the smaller clubs.

"I hate what is happening to our national game below the Premier League."