Halifax Town 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Four)
Halifax Town |
2 - 0
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Wrexham |
 |
League |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Mike Matthews (6) Rick Holden (72) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy Ayre |
Dixie McNeil |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Paddy Roche 2. Phil Brown 3. Billy Barr 4. Mike Matthews 5. David Robinson 6. Paul Fleming 7. Dean Martin 8. Lee Richardson 9. Neil Matthews 10. Wayne Allison 11. Rick Holden |
Mike Salmon .1 Darren Wright .2 Joey Jones .3 Joe Hinnigan .4 Joe Cooke .5 Brian Flynn .6 Roger Preece .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Steve Buxton .9 Kevin Russell .10 Mike Carter .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Terry McPhillips 14. Russell Black |
Jon Bowden .12 Paul Emson .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Terry McPhillips for Wayne Allison | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Darren Wright |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
N Bailey (Cambridge) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at February 23rd, 1988)
| 1987-88 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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28 | - | 8 | - | 45 | - | 10 | - | 55 | - | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 32 |
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29 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 3 | |||
| Joey Jones | 32 |
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20 | - | 5 | 1 | 263 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 328 | 10 | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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20 | - | 7 | 2 | 34 | - | 15 | 2 | 49 | 2 | |||
| Joe Cooke | 33 |
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11 | - | 3 | - | 49 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 68 | 5 | |||
| Brian Flynn | 32 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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25 | 2 | 6 | - | 25 | 2 | 6 | - | 31 | 2 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 47 | 4 | |||
| Mike Carter | 27 |
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8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 27 |
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26 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 170 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 225 | 51 | |||
| Kevin Russell | 21 |
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24 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 11 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 23rd, 1988)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 23rd February 1988 |
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| Halifax Town | 2-0 | Wrexham |
| Torquay | 0-0 | Wolves |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | +23 | 59 |
| 2. | Cardiff City | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | +13 | 54 |
| 3. | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | +13 | 52 |
| 4. | Leyton Orient | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | +20 | 51 |
| 5. | Burnley | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 51 |
| 6. | Torquay United | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | +14 | 49 |
| 7. | Darlington | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | +11 | 49 |
| 8. | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | +11 | 49 |
| 9. | Hartlepool United | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | +5 | 48 |
| 10. | Colchester United | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | +3 | 47 |
| 11. | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | +10 | 46 |
| 12. | Swansea City | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | +4 | 45 |
| 13. | Cambridge United | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | +2 | 45 |
| 14. | Scarborough | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | +4 | 43 |
| 15. | Peterborough United | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 42 |
| 16. | Halifax Town * | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 41 |
| 17. | Tranmere Rovers * | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 18. | Hereford United | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 36 |
| 19. | Rochdale | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | -25 | 36 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 35 |
| 21. | Exeter City | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 22. | Stockport County | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 30 |
| 23. | Carlisle United | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 30 |
| 24. | Newport County | 31 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -38 | 19 |
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.