Tranmere Rovers 1
Wrexham 0
League (Division Four)
Tranmere R. |
1 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Dave Martindale (53) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Johnny King |
Dixie McNeil |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Billy O'Rourke 2. Dave Higgins 3. Mark McCarrick 4. Dave Martindale 5. Gary Williams 6. Steve Vickers 7. Steve Mungall 8. John Aspinall 9. Ronnie Moore 10. Ian Muir 11. Eddie Murray |
Mike Salmon .1 Roger Preece .2 Darren Wright .3 Joe Hinnigan .4 Mike Williams .5 Ian Fairbrother .6 Steve Buxton .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Jim Steel .9 Robert Alleyne .10 Paul Emson .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Steve Craven 14. John Morrisey |
Jamie Slater .12 Steve Scott .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jamie Slater for Robert Alleyne (81) Steve Scott for Ian Fairbrother (88) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Steve Buxton |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Mike Peck (Kendal) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at November 6th, 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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18 | - | 4 | - | 35 | - | 6 | - | 41 | - | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 31 |
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16 | - | 3 | - | 16 | - | 3 | - | 19 | - | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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10 | - | 2 | 1 | 24 | - | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Mike Williams | 21 |
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17 | 1 | 2 | - | 113 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 149 | 3 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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16 | 1 | 4 | - | 23 | 3 | 7 | - | 30 | 3 | |||
| Ian Fairbrother | 21 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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16 | 1 | 4 | - | 16 | 1 | 4 | - | 20 | 1 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 27 |
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16 | 4 | 2 | - | 160 | 36 | 50 | 13 | 210 | 49 | |||
| Robert Alleyne | 19 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | |||
| Paul Emson | 29 |
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7 | 1 | 2 | - | 42 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 63 | 9 | |||
| Jim Steel | 27 |
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18 | 6 | 4 | - | 173 | 57 | 56 | 16 | 229 | 73 | |||
| Steve Scott (sub) | 21 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Jamie Slater (sub) | 19 |
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3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at November 6th, 1987)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 4th November 1987 |
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| Scarborough | 1-1 | Cardiff C. |
| 6th November 1987 |
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| Halifax Town | 1-2 | Colchester Utd |
| Stockport Co. | 2-1 | Torquay |
| Tranmere R. | 1-0 | Wrexham |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colchester United | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | +8 | 33 |
| 2. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | +13 | 31 |
| 3. | Leyton Orient | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | +17 | 30 |
| 4. | Torquay United | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | +10 | 30 |
| 5. | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | +8 | 30 |
| 6. | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | +9 | 28 |
| 7. | Scarborough | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | +7 | 28 |
| 8. | Cardiff City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 28 |
| 9. | Burnley | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 27 |
| 10. | Hartlepool United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 26 |
| 11. | Darlington | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | +2 | 26 |
| 12. | Halifax Town | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| 13. | Peterborough United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 25 |
| 14. | Cambridge United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 24 |
| 15. | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | +3 | 23 |
| 16. | Exeter City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 22 |
| 17. | Hereford United | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 22 |
| 18. | Swansea City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 19. | Stockport County | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 18 |
| 21. | Carlisle United | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 17 |
| 22. | Tranmere Rovers * | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 23. | Newport County | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -19 | 11 |
| 24. | Rochdale | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -27 | 11 |
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.