Rovers a bit sheepish!

Sep 12 2009 by Nick Hilton, Liverpool Echo

ANY regular visitor to the boardroom of Italian club Pisa will tell you that Tranmere Rovers are known as the "White Sheep."

The nick-name may come as a surprise to the rest of the football world but Pisa officials can point to a souvenir gift from the chairman of the English club - an inflatable white sheep - as proof.

The story of how "Dolly" came to reside in Pisa's trophy cabinet is one of the multitude of gems contained in "Tranmere Rovers - the complete record" a , detailed and entertaining history of the club published this week. The sheep was originally intended as a 40th birthday gift bought for Tranmere photographer George Jenkinson by his mates.