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NATHAN: ROVERS CAN BE FORCE

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The LeaguePaper Team
11 October 2026

By Dave Flett

ROAR PASSION: Nathan Smith celebrates one of his crucial goals for Tranmere at the back end of last season and, inset, Rovers boss Darrell Clarke
PICTURE: Alamy

TRANMERE Rovers defender Nathan Smith has admitted the trauma of last season’s final-day survival battle has “driven standards” to reverse years of “decline” at the Wirral club.
Since being relegated to League Two in 2020, Rovers’ position in the EFL’s basement tier has worsened every year, culminating in May’s closest of scrapes with a return to Non-L...

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