Tranmere mock eco-friendly Forest Green singing and playing meat-related songs

Tranmere Rovers chose to mock their eco-friendly opposition Forest Green Rovers by singing and playing meat-related songs on Saturday.

In an attempted to get into the heads of the travelling side, they played various songs before their League Two clash.

A packed ground welcomed Rob Edwards’ side to Prenton Park on Saturday afternoon for a pivotal top-of-the-table clash with nearly 11,000 in attendance.

According to some supporters who went to the game, the stadium heard several meat-related songs before kick-off, with one spectator tweeting: “Tranmere Rovers playing only meat-related songs before their game against Forest Green Rovers brilliant.”

The alleged mind games failed however as the visitors rant out 4-0 winners to stretch their lead at the summit of the League Two table.

“Great win to make me happy.”

Another said: “They had 10,000 in at Prenton Park, they hilariously played Meat Loaf songs to wind up visiting vegans of Forest Green pre-match, but Tranmere lost four-nil in the end.

“Ah well – 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.”

One person wrote: “Getting a bit worried four Tranmere fans, they left Prenton Park real early and don’t seem have to posted their usual hilarious meat gifs anywhere.”

A fourth social media user tweeted: “I think that those meat songs at Tranmere was a miSTEAK as Rovers gave them the CHOP today.

“They were like LAMBS to the slaughter and the fans adding BEEF to the missiles just added to their BACON.

“Great win to make me happy.”

Heard the meat inspired pre-match playlist from our friends on the Wirral but didn’t feel like making a meal of it 😎. Fab result today.

— Dale Vince (@DaleVince) January 29, 2022

Throughout the game, the Forest Green Twitter admin and Tranmere vice Chair Nicola Palios had cheeky digs at each other, something you don’t see every day.

There was trouble in the stands, and the club have since issued a statement on that with it marring the game.

It said: “Yesterday we were very pleased to have a magnificent turn out of supporters for our game against Forest Green. Unfortunately, of the 11,000 in attendance, 4 individuals were involved in incidents which disrupted the game, throwing items, including a flare, onto the pitch.

“We take a zero tolerance approach to these incidents. Tranmere is a family club and we want all spectators to be able to enjoy a game without it being spoiled by the actions of a mindless minority. Two of the four involved yesterday have already been identified and will be dealt with by the police, with the Club’s full support. The other 2 are in the process of being identified through the extensive CCTV footage that we have and we are confident that they will also be brought to account for their actions.

“I want to be very clear that any person encroaching on the pitch, throwing items on the pitch or doing anything to endanger supporters will be issued with an automatic stadium ban, quite apart from any criminal sanctions that the police may invoke. Where the person involved is a child, the accompanying adult will also be issued with a ban.

“Earlier in the season a person invaded the pitch. He was apprehended, successfully prosecuted and now has both a criminal record and a 3 year football banning order.

“The chances of getting away with this type of behaviour are very slim due the the extensive CCTV footage we have at all matches. However, every supporter can also play a part in helping us eradicate the scourge of hooliganism, by assisting with any investigations. We would ask anyone who has any information regarding yesterday’s events to contact the club using the tellus@tranmererovers.co.uk e mail address.

“Unfortunately, as the EFL has acknowledged, football has seen an increase in bad behaviour this season across the whole pyramid. We want to stamp it out at Tranmere and we hope that every supporter who simply wants to come and watch the game without disruption will help us do that.”

Nice to see you’re tweeting us and not watching the game, Nicola 😂

0-4 | #WeAreFGR 💚 https://t.co/jK7r3kYqop

— Forest Green Rovers (@FGRFC_Official) January 29, 2022

I’m a woman. I can multi-task 👍

— Nicola Palios (@NicolaPalios) January 29, 2022

Twitter users reacted on the statement and on Tranmere choosing to mock eco-friendly Forest Green by singing and playing meat-related songs…

@DLRScouting71: They really did that? Pathetic! I’ve seen this before when I’ve told people I’m vegetarian (only two years admittedly but saw the light) and then they tell me about the meat or animal they are having for dinner in minute detail? Why do they do this and what are they afraid of!

@btpclarkson: They tried, but it was all four-nothing

@XanPhillips: I’d take that as a good sign. It shows that awareness in what you are doing is generating creativity, and most creative people at some point wake up to being meat free.

@AnthonyOxon: Wow. 4-0 away to the team in second! Perhaps they need to review their diets!?

@Lee_FGR: Shame they didn’t even turn up for starters!

@DarkShellcode: Please don’t penalise any of the ones that ran in to try and stop them. They are real fans that you need to support. Total respect for that not many clubs of any have fans that do 👍🏻 all the best for the season hope you lot go up. Tranmere are a sleeping giant in league 2

@OneOClockGun: Well done today. You’ve built a great team and have an excellent coach. Sorry about the knobheads and the infantile playlist.

@BenDJ91: Best team in the league by a very long distance. As a Tranmere fan I hated that pre match playlist, whoever did it was more interested in trying to wind up you than motivating our crowd.

@Will_ONeill: I just can’t hate you as much now Cooper has gone, which is strange as I wanted to kill you all when Noble was being a cock at Wembley. You’re flying and will be worthy champions. Hope for more L1 banter next season.

@Hector_Bud: @NicolaPalios Which idiot was responsible for the playlist? I’m pretty sure stuff like this just inspires the opposition.

@iammatthoughton: The pettiness of the playlist came back to bite us on the arse. Absolutely had our pants down yesterday @DaleVince.

@andywritesstuff: Imagine tweaking the pre-match music to wind up the visitors, and getting pumped 4-0 at home for your trouble. Embarrassing scenes at Tranmere.

@Chrispritch1: We need stewards that are willing to do their job! I was in the kop around 7 rows behind the kid that thee on the flair which was just after 2 bottles. The steward wasnt interested at all just stood and watched

@hbcjonesy1205: That ‘pack the park’ scheme needs to be abandoned immediately. And them kids at the bottom of the kop need either booting or someone accompanying em, their tickets are only about a quid anyway so hardly much money lost.

@Jack_Boughey: Should congratulate the fans that went down and wanted to kick the shit out of the idiots too

@agcfcswa: Genuine fans booed these idiots who I’d wager are not regulars. Pathetic behaviour and ruining the reputation of a proud club. CCTV will get them gladly