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Line 385: {{Main\|List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. managers}} By the start of the ~~2024-25~~2024–25 season, the club had employed 40 [[manager (football)\|managers]]. The first man to hold this position was [[Bert Cooke]], appointed in 1912.<ref name="managers" /> He oversaw the club's entry into the Football League,{{failed verification\|date=February 2024\|reason=source is a table showing Tranmere in 1921-22. does not mention Bert Cooke. does not verify 'entry into the Football League'.}}<ref name="1921-22" /> and remained in charge for 23 years, the longest spell of any manager at the club.{{additional citation needed\|date=February 2024\|reason=source does not include what happened after 2012.}}<ref name="managers" /> Major changes were not seen until businessman [[Dave Russell (footballer)\|Dave Russell]] took over in 1961.{{citation needed\|date=February 2024\|reason='historical kits' source does not mention 'businessman Dave Russell' taking over in 1961. closest is a manager called Dave Russell being involved in August 1962.}} His introductions included the team's current all-white [[Kit (association football)\|kit]]<ref name="historicalkits" /> and regularly arranged [[Floodlights\|floodlit]] home fixtures on Friday evenings rather than the usual Saturday afternoon.{{failed verification\|date=February 2024\|reason='regularly arranged floodlit home fixtures on Friday evenings rather than the usual Saturday afternoon' is not verified. the closest is possibly 'Prenton Park regulars Half Man Half Biscuit illustrated the difference in mentality when they sang: 'Friday night and the gates are low...' source appears to be about Johnny King, not Dave Russell. 1987 and 'the early 1990s', not 1962.}}<ref name="WSC" /> Rock band and Tranmere fans [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] described the practice in their song "Friday Night And The Gates Are Low".<ref name="hmhb1" /><ref name="hmhb2" /> Tranmere's most successful period came at the end of the twentieth century. John King returned for his third spell at the club in 1987, having previously both played for and managed the team.{{failed verification\|date=February 2024\|reason=source suggests 1987 was King's second time as manager, not third. nothing about playing.}}<ref name="managers" /> He led them to a victory in the League Trophy,<ref name="football league trophy" /> and from the bottom of the Fourth Division to, on three occasions, reach the semi-finals in play-offs that had as their prize a promotion to the Premier League.<ref name="1992-93" /><ref name="1993-94" /><ref name="1994-95" /> Under King's replacement, John Aldridge, Tranmere appeared in the 2000 Football League Cup final.<ref name="league cup 2000" /> From 2009, they were managed by former club physiotherapist, Les Parry,<ref name="Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer" /> until he was sacked on 4 March 2012,<ref name="Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry" /> and replaced by [[Ronnie Moore]].<ref name="Club Statement" /> In February 2014, media reports suggested Moore was under investigation by [[The Football Association]], for breaching its rules against betting on competitions in which his club were involved.{{close paraphrasing inline\|date=February 2024\|reason='betting on any competition in which his club is involved'.}}<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26194712 \|title=Ronnie Moore: Tranmere boss under FA betting investigation \|work=BBC Sport \|date=14 February 2014 \|access-date=11 February 2018 \|archive-date=5 March 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305032916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26194712 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Three days later, Tranmere suspended Moore,<ref>{{cite news \|author=Kay, Dan \|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tranmere-rovers-fc-suspend-manager-6719691 \|title=Tranmere Rovers FC suspend manager Ronnie Moore over alleged betting rule breach \|work=Liverpool Echo \|date=17 February 2014 \|access-date=9 April 2014 \|archive-date=23 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223013434/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tranmere-rovers-fc-suspend-manager-6719691 \|url-status=live }}</ref> and then sacked him on 9 April 2014, after he conceded that the FA's charges were valid.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/09/tranmere-sack-ronnie-moore-manager \|title=Tranmere sack Ronnie Moore for breaching contract \|work=The Guardian \|date=9 April 2014 \|access-date=13 December 2016 \|archive-date=24 April 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424182705/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/09/tranmere-sack-ronnie-moore-manager \|url-status=live }}</ref>

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