Bolton Wanderers 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Four)
Bolton |
2 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Steve Thompson (17) Trevor Morgan (90) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Phil Neal |
Dixie McNeil |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. David Felgate 2. Derek Scott 3. Robbie Savage 4. Nicky Brookman 5. Mark Came 6. David Sutton 7. Gary Henshaw 8. Steve Thompson 9. John Thomas 10. Steve Elliott 11. Julian Darby |
Mike Salmon .1 Roger Preece .2 Shaun Cunnington .3 Joe Hinnigan .4 Mike Williams .5 Jon Bowden .6 Steve Buxton .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Robert Alleyne .9 Kevin Russell .10 Paul Emson .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Trevor Morgan 14. |
Joe Cooke .12 Ian Fairbrother .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Trevor Morgan for Steve Elliott (53) |
Joe Cooke for Robert Alleyne (67) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
G Aplin (Kendal) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 19th, 1987)
| 1987-88 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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22 | - | 7 | - | 39 | - | 9 | - | 48 | - | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 32 |
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20 | - | 6 | 1 | 20 | - | 6 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Mike Williams | 21 |
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21 | 1 | 5 | - | 117 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 156 | 3 | |||
| Shaun Cunnington | 21 |
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17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 192 | 11 | 69 | 5 | 261 | 16 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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20 | 1 | 7 | - | 27 | 3 | 10 | - | 37 | 3 | |||
| Jon Bowden | 24 |
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11 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | 4 | - | 15 | 1 | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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18 | 2 | 5 | - | 18 | 2 | 5 | - | 23 | 2 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 27 |
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20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 164 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 217 | 51 | |||
| Robert Alleyne | 19 |
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8 | 2 | 2 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 2 | |||
| Paul Emson | 29 |
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9 | 1 | 4 | - | 44 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 67 | 9 | |||
| Kevin Russell | 21 |
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15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 4 | |||
| Joe Cooke (sub) | 32 |
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6 | - | 2 | - | 44 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 62 | 5 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 19th, 1987)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 19th, 1987: |
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| North East Wales FA Challenge Cup | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 1-3 | Brymbo Steelworks | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division | ||
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| Wrexham | P-P | Lex XI |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 15th December 1987 |
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| Tranmere R. | 2-0 | Bolton |
| 18th December 1987 |
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| Carlisle United | 2-1 | Cambridge Utd |
| Halifax Town | 2-0 | Exeter City |
| Peterborough | 0-4 | Crewe Alex. |
| Scunthorpe | 2-3 | Torquay |
| Tranmere R. | 0-2 | Colchester Utd |
| 19th December 1987 |
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| Bolton | 2-0 | Wrexham |
| Cardiff C. | 2-1 | Burnley |
| Darlington | 2-0 | Swansea City |
| Hereford Utd | 4-2 | Hartlepool Utd |
| Rochdale | 3-0 | Newport Co. |
| Stockport Co. | 1-1 | Scarborough |
| Wolves | 2-0 | Leyton Orient |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | +17 | 41 |
| 2. | Colchester United | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | +12 | 40 |
| 3. | Leyton Orient | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | +20 | 39 |
| 4. | Cardiff City | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | +6 | 39 |
| 5. | Torquay United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | +11 | 37 |
| 6. | Scarborough | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | +8 | 35 |
| 7. | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | +6 | 35 |
| 8. | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | +8 | 32 |
| 9. | Darlington | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 32 |
| 10. | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | +5 | 32 |
| 11. | Swansea City | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | +1 | 32 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 31 |
| 13. | Halifax Town * | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 31 |
| 14. | Hartlepool United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | +1 | 31 |
| 15. | Burnley | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 31 |
| 16. | Peterborough United | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 29 |
| 17. | Hereford United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 27 |
| 18. | Exeter City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 19. | WREXHAM | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 20. | Carlisle United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 24 |
| 21. | Stockport County | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 22 |
| 22. | Tranmere Rovers * | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -23 | 21 |
| 24. | Newport County | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -29 | 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.
Halifax Town were deducted 1 points for fielding an unregistered player against Darlington on August 15th.