Rochdale 1 - 2 Wrexham | Monday, May 2nd, 1988 | Match Details (Wrexham AFC Archive)

Rochdale

1 - 2
HT: 1-0

Wrexham

League
(Division Four)
Monday, May 2nd, 1988
Spotland
Attendance: 1,539
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Lee Warren (29)	Roger Preece (47) Kevin Russell (77)

Team Managers
Eddie Gray	Dixie McNeil

Starting Eleven
1. Keith Welch 2. John Seasman 3. Brian Stanton 4. Simon Holden 5. John Bramhall 6. Geoff Lomax 7. Danny Crerand 8. Lyndon Simmonds 9. Ernie Moss 10. Lee Warren 11. Carl Harris	Mike Salmon .1 Neil Salathiel .2 Darren Wright .3 Joey Jones .4 Mike Williams .5 Brian Flynn .6 Roger Preece .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Steve Massey .9 Kevin Russell .10 Mike Carter .11

Bench
12. Dean Walling 14. Paul Hancox	Joe Hinnigan .12 Jon Bowden .14

Substitutions
None.	Jon Bowden for Roger Preece (78)

Cautions
None.	Darren Wright

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
P L Wright (Northwich) (Referee) A J Andrews & A J Hill (Assistants)

Match Report

This match has no report.

Squad Statistics (as at May 2nd, 1988)

			1987-88				All Time
				League		Cups		League		Cups		All	All
	Age	Nat
Mike Salmon (GK)	23		39	-	10	-	56	-	12	-	68	-
Joey Jones	33		34	-	7	1	277	8	67	2	344	10
Neil Salathiel	25		23	-	2	-	179	3	55	-	234	3
Darren Wright	20		34	-	9	2	48	-	17	2	65	2
Mike Williams	22		41	2	9	1	137	3	43	2	180	5
Brian Flynn	32		16	1	2	1	16	1	2	1	18	2
Geoff Hunter	28		38	4	8	-	38	4	8	-	46	4
Roger Preece	18		39	4	11	1	46	6	14	1	60	7
Mike Carter	28		20	6	7	1	20	6	7	1	27	7
Steve Massey	30		9	1	2	-	42	10	20	8	62	18
Kevin Russell	21		37	21	9	4	37	21	9	4	46	25
Jon Bowden (sub)	25		26	1	8	1	26	1	8	1	34	2

League Table & Results (as at May 2nd, 1988)

Results of league matches played since last match

2nd May 1988

Bolton	4-0	Colchester Utd
Cardiff C.	2-0	Crewe Alex.
Carlisle United	0-1	Swansea City
Darlington	0-2	Newport Co.
Halifax Town	2-3	Torquay
Hereford Utd	2-1	Burnley
Peterborough	0-0	Scarborough
Rochdale	1-2	Wrexham
Scunthorpe	1-1	Exeter City
Stockport Co.	0-2	Cambridge Utd
Tranmere R.	2-1	Leyton Orient
Wolves	2-0	Hartlepool Utd

Division Four 1987-88

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	45	26	9	10	80	43	+37	87
2.	Cardiff City	45	23	13	9	64	40	+24	82
3.	Torquay United	44	21	14	9	65	38	+27	77
4.	Bolton Wanderers	45	21	12	12	65	42	+23	75
5.	Scunthorpe United	45	19	17	9	74	50	+24	74
6.	Leyton Orient	45	19	12	14	85	61	+24	69
7.	Swansea City	45	19	10	16	59	56	+3	67
8.	Peterborough United	45	19	10	16	51	53	-2	67
9.	WREXHAM	45	20	6	19	69	57	+12	66
10.	Colchester United	45	19	9	17	47	51	-4	66
11.	Darlington	45	18	11	16	71	66	+5	65
12.	Scarborough	45	17	13	15	55	47	+8	64
13.	Burnley	44	19	7	18	55	60	-5	64
14.	Tranmere Rovers *	45	19	8	18	61	53	+8	63
15.	Cambridge United	45	16	13	16	49	50	-1	61
16.	Hartlepool United	45	15	14	16	49	55	-6	59
17.	Crewe Alexandra	45	13	19	13	57	52	+5	58
18.	Halifax Town *	45	13	14	18	52	58	-6	52
19.	Hereford United	45	13	12	20	39	58	-19	51
20.	Stockport County	45	12	14	19	43	57	-14	50
21.	Exeter City	45	11	13	21	52	66	-14	46
22.	Rochdale	45	10	15	20	46	76	-30	45
23.	Carlisle United	45	11	8	26	55	85	-30	41
24.	Newport County	45	6	7	32	35	104	-69	25

Tranmere Rovers were deducted 2 points for failing to fulfil the league fixture against Bolton Wanderers on September 24th. Tranmere had objected to the amount of policing they were expected to pay for and appealed, unsuccessfully, to the police and courts.

Halifax Town were deducted 1 points for fielding an unregistered player against Darlington on August 15th.

Rochdale 1 Wrexham 2 League (Division Four)