Tranmere 0, Wycombe 3.

ALEX Revell scored twice and Matt Bloomfield added a late third as Wanderers raised hopes of a Houdini-like escape from relegation with a vital victory at relegation rivals Tranmere Rovers tonight.

Revell, who hadn't scored in open play since his on-off January move from Southend United, finally came good with a goal in each half before Bloomfield added the gloss.

Revell began with the goal which set Wanderers on their way after 14 minutes and the man that many Wycombe fans had written off as a flop continued his renaissance with a stunning second half second to put the Blues in the driving seat.

Four days ago this could have been the game that could have relegated Wanderers but two straight wins have given Wanderers renewed hope with four matches to go.

They are still outsiders with the bookies but tonight's win – their biggest of the season - means that they have gained ground themselves while keeping Tranmere pinned in the bottom four with them.

And with two more six pointers against Leyton Orient and Gillingham still to come Wanderers fans are daring to dream again.

The travelling fans who celebrated Revell's opener by singing 'How bad must you be we're winning away' ended it with chants of 'We are Staying up” after Bloomfield nodded in the 85th minute third.

The game couldn't have gone much better for Wycombe.

Again they had square pegs fitting round holes with right back Lewis Hunt continuing where he left off on Saturday as a centre half and midfielder John Mousinho filling in at right back.

Mousinho found the going tough and was a relieved man when his horrible crossfield pass succeeded only in finding Ian Thomas Moore but fortunately for him the Tranmere man curled his effort hight and wide.

Mousinho continued to struggle but it didn't matter because when he was caught out his team-mates' desire got him out of trouble.

It was all about workrate and the collective for Wycombe and their first goal on 14 minutes was teamwork at its finest.

Keeper Tom Heaton began the move. After fielding one of the few dangerous crosses Tranmere mustered during the opening 45 minutes he intelligently delivered quick ball out wide to Kevin Betsy on the flank.

The winger carried the ball 40 yards before stopping and laying it back to Craig Woodman who centred to Gareth Ainsworth on the far post.

His effort was blocked but it fell nicely to Revell who swivelled to knock in his first goal in open play since joining Wycombe in January.

It was only Wanderers' second goal attempt at that stage – and they should have scored with their first but Ainsworth completely mis-timed his jump and sent a free header harmlessly over the bar.

The Tranmere natives weren't happy and booed their team off at half time knowing that the damage could have been even worse had it not been for defender Ian Goodison hacking a 40th minute Ainsworth cross-shot off the line.

The home fans had clearly seen lowly Wycombe as cannon fodder before the game.

But try telling that to never-say die ultra-optimist Gary Waddock.

Even when his team was nine points adrift he stubbornly refused to accept they were goners and Saturday's win over Hartlepool seemed to reignite that belief in his players who looked ready to raise the white flag after twin Easter defeats where they buckled under the pressure.

They came under heavy pressure at the start of the start of the second half as Rovers desperately sought a way back.

Wycombe-born Paul McLaren fizzed a 20-yarder just over the top and then Thomas-Moore's header needed to be well dealt with by Heaton on the post.

Wanderers were sitting deeper and deeper and needed to keep tabs on the lively Thomas-Moore.

He served further notice of his danger when he bent a 25-yarder just wide of Heaton's post before former Blues loanee Bas Savage found Heaton's gloves from a similar distance.

Wyconbe were playing largely on the counter attack and with Ainsworth's direct running, Pittman's pace before he was substituted for Matt Phillips and Kevin Betsy's trickery there was always chance that they might deliver the knockout second goal to take the pressure off their defence.

And the willingness of the front men to chase lost causes paid rich dividends on 66 minutes.

Revell could have been forgiven for not giving chase when the ball was passed back to home keeper Luke Daniels.

But the Wycombe man bust a gut to get there and charged down his clearance. The ball ended up spinning back off the keeper and away from goal but Revell put on the burners again got there first and hooked a precise lob over the keeper and over defender Marlon Broomes who handled the ball before it went in.

It knocked the stuffing out of their hosts and Wycombe could have had more after that.

Phillips embarked on two mazy runs but Betsy couldn't quite get in the position to finish.

It didn't matter though because with five minutes left it was the turn of Betsy to provide darting down the win before crossing to the unmarked Matt Bloomfield to head home number three.

Bloomfield might even have had a second after that while boss Waddock substituted Revell to allow him to milk his own personal standing ovation from the Blues fans.

And when the referee somehow found six minutes of stoppage time to add it was the home fans who booed. They knew there was no way back in this game for them but Wycombe left with the feeling that there just could be a way back for them.