Newport County 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Four)
Newport Co. |
2 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Andy Thackeray (24) Ryan Preece (84) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Brian Eastick |
Dixie McNeil |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Paul Bradshaw 2. Simeon Hodson 3. Paul Williams 4. Andy Thackeray 5. Roger Gibbins 6. Steve Sherlock 7. Paul Giles 8. Steve Tupling 9. Ryan Preece 10. Paul Miller 11. Robbie Taylor |
Mike Salmon .1 Roger Preece .2 Joey Jones .3 Joe Hinnigan .4 Mike Williams .5 Shaun Cunnington .6 Robert Alleyne .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Jim Steel .9 Ian Fairbrother .10 Darren Wright .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. David Abruzzese 14. Glyn Millett |
Paul Emson .12 Jamie Slater .14 |
| Substitutions | |
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Glyn Millett for Robbie Taylor David Abruzzese for Ryan Preece |
Paul Emson for Robert Alleyne (74) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Roger Preece Jim Steel |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
R L Hamer (Bristol) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 24th, 1987)
| 1987-88 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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15 | - | 3 | - | 32 | - | 5 | - | 37 | - | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 31 |
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13 | - | 2 | - | 13 | - | 2 | - | 15 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 32 |
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14 | - | 3 | - | 257 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 320 | 9 | |||
| Mike Williams | 21 |
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14 | 1 | 1 | - | 110 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 145 | 3 | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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7 | - | 1 | 1 | 21 | - | 9 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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13 | 1 | 3 | - | 20 | 3 | 6 | - | 26 | 3 | |||
| Shaun Cunnington | 21 |
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15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 190 | 10 | 67 | 4 | 257 | 14 | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 27 |
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13 | 1 | 3 | - | 13 | 1 | 3 | - | 16 | 1 | |||
| Ian Fairbrother | 21 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Robert Alleyne | 19 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Jim Steel | 27 |
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15 | 6 | 3 | - | 170 | 57 | 55 | 16 | 225 | 73 | |||
| Paul Emson (sub) | 29 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 39 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 59 | 8 | |||
League Table & Results (as at October 24th, 1987)
| Other Wrexham matches played on October 24th, 1987: |
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| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 3-1 | Buckley |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 21st October 1987 |
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| Hartlepool Utd | 2-1 | Halifax Town |
| Hereford Utd | 1-1 | Scarborough |
| Peterborough | 3-0 | Newport Co. |
| 23rd October 1987 |
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| Stockport Co. | 0-2 | Hereford Utd |
| 24th October 1987 |
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| Cambridge Utd | 0-1 | Colchester Utd |
| Carlisle United | 3-2 | Tranmere R. |
| Darlington | 2-2 | Wolves |
| Exeter City | 3-1 | Crewe Alex. |
| Halifax Town | 0-0 | Peterborough |
| Newport Co. | 2-0 | Wrexham |
| Rochdale | 2-2 | Bolton |
| Scarborough | 1-1 | Hartlepool Utd |
| Scunthorpe | 2-1 | Cardiff C. |
| Swansea City | 3-0 | Leyton Orient |
| Torquay | 1-3 | Burnley |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scarborough | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | +8 | 27 |
| 2. | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | +7 | 27 |
| 3. | Burnley | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 26 |
| 4. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | +11 | 25 |
| 5. | Peterborough United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 25 |
| 6. | Leyton Orient | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | +13 | 24 |
| 7. | Torquay United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | +8 | 24 |
| 8. | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | +8 | 24 |
| 9. | Colchester United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 24 |
| 10. | Cardiff City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 24 |
| 11. | Hartlepool United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 23 |
| 12. | Darlington | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 23 |
| 13. | Halifax Town | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 22 |
| 14. | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 21 |
| 15. | Cambridge United | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 21 |
| 16. | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | +1 | 20 |
| 17. | Swansea City | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 18. | Hereford United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 19. | Carlisle United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 15 |
| 21. | Stockport County | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 22. | Newport County | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -23 | 11 |
| 24. | Tranmere Rovers * | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
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.