The Cobblers are hammered at Prenton Park as we're brought right back down to earth after the highs of Tuesday night.
Stuart Gray called upon the services of young keeper Chris Dunn following Mark Bunn's departure to Blackburn Rovers but the rest of the side was unchanged from Tuesday night's win at Bolton.
Mark Hughes had the first attempt at goal early on but his free kick was too far out to cause any problems. Ryan Gilligan did put us in front, though, just a few minutes later as he took advantage of a poor backpass from Ian Goodison to pounce for his first goal of the season.
Goodison almost put the ball in the net at the other end but his shot hit the post. The Cobblers held out until ten minutes before the break when it all started to go wrong. Bas Savage had Tranmere level with a low drive into the corner of the net before Chris Doig got injured and was taken off for treatment.
During Doig's time off the pitch, Tranmere struck twice more to turn the game completely on its head. First, Anthony Kay scored with a deflected shot before Kay headed onto the bar and Chris Curran put the ball in from the rebound.
Liam Dolman replaced Doig at the start of the second half with the Cobblers having a mountain to climb. We did start the better team and had some good attacks but the final effort wasn't forthcoming despite Adebayo Akinfenwa's attempts to lift his side.
In stoppage time, Chrsi Greenacre beat the offside trap and Ian Moore converted his pass to make it 4-1 for the icing on Tranmere's cake.
It was a bitter disappointment for the Cobblers after Tuesday nights' cup win and we now prepare for this Tuesday's game at home to Brighton in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy First Round with changes bound to be made.
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