Veteran John Aldridge signed off his playing career with a brace of goals as
Tranmere finished their season with a 2-1 defeat of Wolves.
The 39-year-old ace marksman scored once in each half - and nearly completed
his hat-trick - to go out in style.
He fired Rovers ahead from the penalty spot in the 34th minute after Gary
Jones had been impeded by Keith Curle.
Don Goodman put Wolves level with a superb angled shot which goalkeeper Steve
Simonsen could only help into his own net in the 51st minute.
Aldridge hit a post for Rovers before putting them back in front after 75
minutes following a free-kick by Liam O'Brien which Curle failed to clear.
Only a superb save by Mike Stowell kept out an Aldridge header in the 79th
minute as the former international star went in search of his hat-trick.
Striker Andy Parkinson was always a threat for Rovers and John McGreal was
brilliant in central defence.
Neil Emblen worked hard for Wolves, but it was a tired performance by the
visitors who were suffering their 13th away defeat of the season.
Teams:
Tranmere: Simonsen, Kubicki (Frail 70), Thompson, McGreal, Hill,
Irons (O'Brien 59), Morrissey (L. Jones 55), Aldridge, G. Jones,
Mellon, Parkinson.
Goals: Aldridge 34 pen, 75.
Wolverhampton: Stowell, Muscat, Naylor, Atkins, Emblen, Curle,
Goodman, Ferguson (Sedgley 76), Paatelainen, Bull (Froggatt 57),
Simpson (Claridge 76).
Goals: Goodman 51.
Att: 11,144
Ref: K M Lynch (Knaresborough).
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