Benefit Match- Tuesday 30 November 1982 at Prenton Park (Att 2,518)

Tranmere Rovers (0) 1 (Aspinall 65): Endersby (Adkins 61), Mungall  Burgess, Mooney, Matthias (A Brown*), Unknown, Ferguson (Woods 60), Aspinall, Kerr, D Brown (Maguire 62), Griffiths.
Wolves (0) 0: Burridge, Humphrey, Palmer, Hibbitt, Pender, Dodd, Cartwright (Dougherty), Clarke (Bayly), Wintersgill, Smith (Croke), Matthews.

Referee: Mr R Nixon (West Kirby)
Closure: It was said the the Birkenhead club could fold with in just a couple of weeks. Managing Director Derek Dougan offered the fixture as he didn’t want  to see another Accrington Stanley of Bradford (Park Avenue). The club raised over £4,000.