Ludek Miklosko made his first appearance for Rangers since Boxing Day in place of Lee Harper. Neither side had anything to play for but Rangers started brightly. Sammy Koejoe thought he had scored his second goal in three days but saw it ruled out for offside. Chris Kiwomya forced himself into a shooting position and unselfishly passed to Koejoe who was ruled offside. Rangers took the lead soon after when Tranmere's Gareth Roberts handled in the area for a penalty. Gavin Peacock stepped up and scored to take him into double figures for the season, a good achievement considering he was out injured for three months. Rangers could have added more before half time. Stuart Wardley lost his marker and got on the end of a long, raking cross but his volley flew just over. Towards the end of the half Wardley was involved again, his shot well saved by John Achterberg. Tranmere came out for the second half with a little more fight and Andy Parkinson almost levelled the scores on 50 minutes. Tranmere got level though minutes later when Richard Langley failed to clear his lines before knocking a ball across his own area straight to Alan Mahon who struck home a fierce drive from the edge of the box. Langleys over confidence costing Rangers dearly. Rangers gave Kevin Gallen and Paul Murray another chance in the closing stages but both players are probably on their way out of the club this summer. The rest of the second half saw both asides have chances to win the game. Langley almost made amends for his mistake but a point was a fair result.
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Rangers went into this end of season game making just one change
as Gerry Francis was away scouting for new players.