Halifax Town 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Four)


Halifax Town 

2 - 1
HT: 0-0

Wrexham


League
(Division Four)
Saturday, January 31st, 1987
The Shay
Attendance: 1,532
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
David Longhurst (85)
Phil Brown (88)
Steve Buxton (87)

Team Managers
Billy Ayre Dixie McNeil

Starting Eleven
1. Paddy Roche
2. Phil Brown
3. Adrian Shaw
4. Mike Matthews
5. Alan Knill
6. Mick Galloway
7. Paul Sanderson
8. Steve Thornber
9. Russell Black
10. David Longhurst
11. Rick Holden
Darren Heyes .1
Neil Salathiel .2
Shaun Cunnington .3
Mike Williams .4
Joe Cooke .5
Barry Diamond .6
Steve Buxton .7
Barry Horne .8
Jim Steel .9
Steve Charles .10
Paul Emson .11

Bench
12. Gary Nicholson Steve Massey .12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C Speakman (Referee)
I Henrick & J Wilkinson (Assistants)



Photography by David Roberts

Match Report


Halifax's Steve Thornber takes evasive action as Barry Horne fires in a fierce cross.



Squad Statistics (as at January 31st, 1987)


1986-87 All Time
League Cups All
Darren Heyes (GK) 2 - 1 - 3 -
Neil Salathiel 23 - 13 - 1811
Mike Williams 22 - 14 - 1041
Joe Cooke 213121334
Shaun Cunnington 24115 - 21112
Barry Horne 24614315625
Steve Charles 22513412639
Steve Buxton 1459517240
Barry Diamond 2 - 1 - 3 -
Paul Emson 223133356
Jim Steel 211015618760







League Table & Results (as at January 31st, 1987)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 31st, 1987:
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division
Wrexham Reserves5-1Lex XI

Results of league matches played since last match
28th January 1987
Hereford Utd2-0Crewe Alex.
31st January 1987
Exeter City1-1Cambridge Utd
Halifax Town2-1Wrexham
Hartlepool Utd2-2Burnley
Peterborough0-1Northampton
Scunthorpe6-0Tranmere R.
Swansea City1-0Southend
Torquay3-1Colchester Utd
Wolves2-3Crewe Alex.


Division Four 1986-87
P W D L GD Pts
1. Northampton Town 26 21 4 1 +45 67
2. Swansea City 27 13 8 6 +11 47
3. Preston North End 25 13 6 6 +10 45
4. Southend United 25 13 5 7 +11 44
5. WREXHAM 24 10 9 5 +15 39
6. Colchester United 28 11 6 11 0 39
7. Exeter City 27 8 14 5 +9 38
8. Hereford United 26 9 9 8 +7 36
9. Scunthorpe United 25 9 8 8 +10 35
10. Aldershot 24 10 4 10 0 34
11. Lincoln City 25 9 7 9 -4 34
12. Cambridge United 26 8 9 9 +1 33
13. Peterborough United 27 8 9 10 +1 33
14. Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 9 5 13 -9 32
15. Halifax Town 24 9 4 11 -4 31
16. Crewe Alexandra 27 7 10 10 -6 31
17. Cardiff City 23 7 9 7 -4 30
18. Tranmere Rovers 26 7 9 10 -9 30
19. Orient 24 8 4 12 -11 28
20. Hartlepool United 26 5 12 9 -9 27
21. Burnley 26 7 6 13 -16 27
22. Stockport County 24 5 7 12 -20 22
23. Torquay United 24 3 11 10 -13 20
24. Rochdale 22 3 9 10 -15 18