 TRANMERE Rovers finished the Division two campaign in eighth place after signing off with a 2-1 win over Grimsby Town at Prenton Park. Second-half goals by Iain Hume and Eugene Dadi earned Rovers their eighth win in the last 10 games. The strength of the team's revival under the management of Brian Little, (left), was such that they collected 56 points from this 33 games in charge. Tranmere were in the relegation zone with 11 on the board from 13 games when Little arrived in October. Little said: "We were under pressure six months ago and things have gone better that we could have expected. Not much has gone wrong. "We've put a lot of points together, as many as the teams in the top four or five over the same period. "We have set a standard and we've got to try and take it on from here." Little's planning for next season is well under way with a first new signing in Jamaican international midfielder Theodore Whitmore and the re-signing on oneyear deals of Ian Goodison, David Beresford and Simon Haworth. Little hopes Gareth Roberts, Ian Sharps, Eugene Dadi and Paul Hall will sign the contracts offered to them in the coming days. He said: "I would like to see them all come back and I would like to think we can attract one or two targets in the summer." Dadi took his goals tally for the season to 19 with Saturday's winner while Hume finished on 13. Little said he felt some sadness on an afternoon that saw Grimsby relegation for the second season in succession. He said: "I can't help feeling sorry for Grimsby. I have friends on the staff. But it's part of the business and we have to do our jobs right. We played pretty well throughout the game, kept on creating half chances and got the goals in the second half." Little was unhappy about the dismissal of centre-back Ian Sharps for a second bookable offence on the hour. He said: "I have no complaints about Ian's first booking but I saw the second one as very much a 50-50 challenge (with Grimsby's Darren Mansaram). "I did not feel it justified a yellow card. The referee (Clive Penton) made one or two decisions that kept the game lively. He played a part in making sure both sets of players were wound up." | 
