But as they say, one moment of brilliance can change the path forever, well it did! On the stroke of half-time, the ball was played down the right wing to new signing Sam Aiston, who tricked his way through, around the back of the Oldham defenced and crossed in a fantastic ball, to fellow new signing Chris Greenacre. But by the time I looked up to see who had the ball gone to, I realised Greenacre was in mid air, nearly upside down. As soon as the ball connected to his boot, the ball rocketed, like “Human Torch” from Fab 4, onto the crossbar pounding down. It was replica of the way the ball hit the ground in the '66 World Cup, no-one knew if it was in until everyone was celebrating, and I looked at the mini linesman and the guy was waving his flag like there was no tomorrow. I couldn't believe it all around me people were saying “What A Goal!”, and “He Will Bag Us A Load”. Everyone was estatic, and Greenacre slide on his knees, in Henry-esque form, and got up and done his usual celebration of punching his chest. Soon after the whistle went for half-time and everyone was in uproar, signing the praises of our new found striker!

At half-time I done the usual, get a bite to eat and go the toilet, even in the bog everyone was talking about Greenacre! It was mad, but everyone knew we had a special case on our hands, the boy is quality.

Still in a hype from the first beautiful goal, I sat down and watched the players kick it off again. But like in any film you have to have baddies, Rovers quickly found their enemies, two bald Oldham defenders, who looked like twins, Marc Tierney and Guy Branston. They wre fouling for fun, and although it seemed they were going to get sent off, they never did and knew they could get away with it, like most villians.

But I wasn't going to complain after a foul by Marc Tierney gave Rovers a gifted oppurtunity. Captain, Jason McAteer stepped up to whipped the ball in from the right flank, the ball was inch perfect, and Ian Sharps used his strength to his advantage and knocked the ball straight into the net, but you say what Fab 4 character does this goal represent, easy, The Thing, merely for the strength used to score and get in between the defenders and still score. 2-0 Rovers, now we had a game on our hands. And we still had over half an hour left!

“ The Twins”, Branston and Tierney looked very unstable and were bringing people down willy nilly, again I wasn't going to complain, winger Sam Aiston was a huge thorn in Tierney's side, Aiston showing his capabilties and why Little believed he was bigger than Shrewsbury. Rovers were starting to roll the ball around and play some great stuff, with Ian Goodison even shouting from range and getting into the action. No-one had a bad game, but some subs were made, mainly to give some older legs a rest. On the hour mark Rankine was subbed for Harrison, and 15 minutes later Jennings came on for the fantastic McAteer. Rovers were undoubtedly on top and were searching for the third goal, and on 77 minutes it came.

Striker, Iain Hume found himself in space in the box and brought the ball down beautifully on his chest, but after looking like he was going to shoot, he spotted the galloping run of the little Welshman, Gareth Roberts, after the ball was laid of to him by Hume, Gareth smacked the ball into the opposite bottom corner of the net, an excellent goal and we where cruising. 3-0. Ok, this goal was like the “Invisible Woman”, no I'm not saying Roberts is a woman, I'm saying he was unnoticed at the back, like the Invisible Woman, you get it.

At this moment, a guy infront of me was in stitches, holding a white piece of paper. He had a bet on that Tranmere would win 3-0, with odds off 66-1. He couldn't believe it, but then his mate next to him said, “Just you watch, we will get a penalty in the very last minute”

Laughing at the remark, I thought “ How funny and sly would that be”. With only 10 minutes to go the crowd raised to their feet, in admiration for the subbed Hume and for the newcomer, Steve Davies. The receptino he received was immense, he played such a big part in pre season. And without long the newbie could have scored. The ball seemed to be stuck under his feet but it was apparent he was so certain to score. He looks great for the future, hopefully another Humey.

As Davies looked certain to score I looked at the guy below, his head in his hands. I sit right next ot the tunnel and the bloke was even closer so just before the forth official raised two minutes, the guy grabbed him and begged for him to put 0 on the board, but as it happens 2 was raised.

Two minutes went and the match was still ongoing, and then in the forth minute, the very last kick off the game, Danny Harrison was floored in the box, penalty! The man was shattered, and obviously couldn't look as Greenacre slottd home, to make it 4-0, a “Mr. Fantastic” display from him.

Total Tranmere MOTM : Ian Goodison – From a very poor game against Blackpool, Goodison was outstanding and played excellent, such a change from Tuesday night. In close contention were Roberts, Greenacre, Aiston and McAteer.

Line Ups:

Tranmere – Achterberg, Linwood, Jackson, Sharps, Goodison, Aiston, Rankine (Harrison, 57), McAteer (Jennings, 72), Roberts, Hume (Davies, 81), Greenacre. Subs Not Used : Wilson, Whitmore.

Oldham – Day, Forbes, Wellens, Warne, Scott, Butcher (Bonner, 73), Porter (Eyres, 60), Liddell, Own (Facey, 60), Branston, Tierney. Subs Not Used : Pogliacomi, Stam