Craig Le Cornu

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Craig Le Cornu
Personal information
Full name Craig Douglas Le Cornu
Date of birth (1960-09-17) 17 September 1960 (age 62)
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1981 Tranmere Rovers 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Craig Douglas Le Cornu (born 17 September 1960) is an English footballer, who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers. [1] [2] After 40 years of anonymity, Craig was the somewhat unlikely star of the 30th June 2022 episode of 'The News Show' on the A Trip To The Moon Tranmere podcast, to the evident satisfaction of stats guru, Rob Edwards (the other one).

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References

  1. Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Tranmere Rovers: 1946/47 – 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN   978-0-9518648-2-1.