“I can remember Nigel Adkins being in goal for us in the 1980s and Steve Mungall arriving and staying for all those years. And Ray Mathias seemed to be here for all that time.”

Garnett, one of the first players to emerge from Tranmere’s reformed youth development system in the late 1980s, has been youth in reserve coach at Prenton Park for the last five years.

He stepped up to first-team coaching duties when Parry took temporary charge of first-team affairs following the dismissal of John Barnes on October 9.

Allison, who scored 32 goals in 119 games between 1999 and 2002, broke off his academic studies to help out Parry three weeks ago.

Allison, a well travelled striker known throughout the football world as “The Chief” says: “I’m looking forward to seeing so many ex-players back at Prenton Park. I loved every minute of my time here and made a lot of friends. Their was a great rapport with the fans.”

Alison went on: “It was a good spell for the club when I arrived. It all culminated in the Worthington Cup final and in the same 1999/2000 season we got to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

“We had a side that gelled well and we scored a lot of goals from David Challinor’s long throws. It was a different brand of football to what the fans were used to but it was effective.”

TICKETS: Rovers are marking the anniversary by reducing admission prices. Adults pay £12.50 and juniors just £1.25 in the Main Stand, Paddocks, Johnny King and Kop stands – provided they purchase advance tickets before 1pm on match day.