 In 1961, Tranmere's inspirational captain Harold Bell left the club.Bell had been picked in the first game after the Second World War in the 1946 season and did not miss a match until he was dropped on 30 August 1955, a total of 459 consecutive appearances for a British team, a record which held until 2011.Rovers certainly missed their captain, and were relegated to Division Four for the first time in 1961.