CARETAKER manager Les Parry hailed his defenders after Tranmere secured a 2-1 FA Cup second round replay success at Aldershot last night.

“The whole of the back four did very well because Aldershot are a good side and really tested us,” Parry said.

“I thought our win was well deserved but you’ve also got to give Aldershot credit. They had two players, Marvin Morgan and Scott Donnelly who gave us a lot of problems, particularly early on. But once we came to terms with that, the defending was magnificent.”

Rovers secured a third round tie at home to Premier League club Wolves thanks to goals either side of half-time by strikers Ian Thomas-Moore and Terry Gornell. Substitute Oliver Bozanic’s consolation for the home side on 93 minutes arrived too late to influence the result.

Parry said: “We were probably fortunate to go in a goal up on the balance of the first half play but once we got the second goal it was always going to be an uphill battle for Aldershot.

“We handled the pressure pretty well and I was just disappointed we lost the clean sheet right at the death.

“I’m looking forward to seeing our two goals on DVD because I didn’t get a clear look at them. Ian Thomas-Moore’s goal must have been quite a strike.”

Parry saluted close to 300 Tranmere fans who made their way to the Recreation Ground to cheer Tranmere’s fifth game without defeat.

He said: “Our Tranmere fans were brilliant. For so many of them to get here on a wet night was very heartening.”