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Shane Sherriff scored his second goal in as many games in the second half after Andy Keogh had given The Iron the lead, which was enough to earn a point at Glanford Park.
Ronnie Moore had a number of injury worries to deal with, as his starting XI from the Peterborough game consequently saw two changes. Gareth Taylor and Steve Davies both missed out for Rovers, with Calvin Zola and John Mullin returning to the starting line-up.
For the opposition, former Rovers players Joe Murphy and Richard Hinds were in the line up, with the latter enjoying a good deal of banter in the first half with the travelling Tranmere fans.
The first real chance of the game fell to John Thompson, as the on-loan right-back saw his daisy-cutter easily saved by Murphy in goal for Scunthorpe.
On nine-minutes, Gavin Ward fumbled a free-kick from Ian Morris and just about put enough pressure on League One's leading scorer Billy Sharp who shot over the bar.
Rovers saw two more saves made by their former-keeper, with Greenacre and Shuker testing the Irishman before Morris had another free-kick but this time shot just wide.
There was a goalmouth scramble at the other end for Tranmere, as Greenacre and Ellison both had shots but the ball was eventually cleared.
Ward was forced into another save by Baraclough whilst at the other end, Calvin Zola began to cause some problems, on one occassion heading just over and on another seeing his flick on gathered by the busy Joe Murphy.
The first controversial momemnt, and undoubtably one of the most important, came on 41-minutes when midfielder Paul McLaren was yellow carded after a 50-50 challange with Cleveland Taylor which saw the Rovers number four leave the field with a nosebleed after the referee had awarded a free-kick to Scunthorpe.
The free-kick, which wasn't the best ever, was whipped in by Morris and after McCready and Goodison had both missed the ball, it fell to Andy Keogh, who was only too happy to slot the ball home and put Scunthorpe 1-0 up.
After Sharp had shot wide in the first minute of the second half, Tranmere got back into the game thanks to a goal from Shane Sherriff, his third for the club.
Thanks to some fantastic work down the left from Calvin Zola, Rovers won a corner on the right. Chris Shuker put the corner into the penalty area with the ball falling to Shane Sherriff, who put the ball into the back of the net after replays suggested he could have handled.
The game was now anybodies to be one, as Billy Sharp watched his drive hit the post after beating Ward, with the rebound hitting Chris McCready and going out for a corner.
On 65-minutes, Calvin Zola was unlucky to strike over from 22-yards with the ball just not falling quick enough for him to get over the top of it.
Shortly after, referee Andy Woolmer waved away Scunthorpe's penalty appeals, lead by Billy Sharp after he had come into contact with Ian Goodison.
With 13-minutes left, Ronnie Moore made his first and only substitution of the game, as Robbie Stockdale, making his first appearance in over a month, replaced Chris Shuker at right-midfield.
Richard Hinds saw his header go just wide of the post whilst Keogh and Sharp also had opportunities to win the game for The Iron and Robbie Stockdale, in a similar situation to Calvin Zola earlier on, saw the ball draw just over the cross-bar.
In all, this was a great result for Tranmere and their first score draw away from home of the season, following 0-0 draws with Swansea and Doncaster. It was also the first time that Shane Sherriff had scored for Tranmere and Ronnie Moore's men hadn't lost the game 2-1!
Ronnie Moore and the fans in particular can be very pleased with the point, one earned and not two dropped, and the delight for the result was showed in particular by Shane Sherriff at the end of the game, as he came over to the travelling Tranmere Army and was pulled into the crowd.
Jones' Man Of The Match: For me, pretty much everybody was brilliant, but Paul McLaren stood out in midfield for Tranmere. The ex-Rotherham player showed composure on the ball when in the centre of the park and was key to breaking up opposition attacks and starting Tranmere's own.