Leyton Orient 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Four)
Leyton Orient |
2 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Alan Comfort (3) John Sitton (41) |
Steve Massey (67) |
| Team Managers | |
| Frank Clark |
Dixie McNeil |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Peter Wells 2. Terry Howard 3. Henry Hughton 4. John Sitton 5. Keith Day 6. Kevin Hales 7. Steve Ketteridge 8. Steve Castle 9. Ian Juryeff 10. Mike Marks 11. Alan Comfort |
Mike Salmon .1 Neil Salathiel .2 Darren Wright .3 Joey Jones .4 Joe Cooke .5 Brian Flynn .6 Roger Preece .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Ollie Kearns .9 Steve Buxton .10 Mike Carter .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Mark Smalley 14. Alan Hull |
Jon Bowden .12 Steve Massey .14 |
| Substitutions | |
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Mark Smalley for Ian Juryeff Alan Hull for Mike Marks |
Steve Massey for Ollie Kearns (65) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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R L Hamer (Bristol) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at February 27th, 1988)
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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29 | - | 8 | - | 46 | - | 10 | - | 56 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 32 |
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21 | - | 5 | 1 | 264 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 329 | 10 | |||
| Neil Salathiel | 25 |
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10 | - | 0 | - | 166 | 3 | 53 | - | 219 | 3 | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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21 | - | 7 | 2 | 35 | - | 15 | 2 | 50 | 2 | |||
| Joe Cooke | 33 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 50 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 69 | 5 | |||
| Brian Flynn | 32 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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26 | 2 | 6 | - | 26 | 2 | 6 | - | 32 | 2 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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29 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 48 | 4 | |||
| Mike Carter | 27 |
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9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 27 |
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27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 171 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 226 | 51 | |||
| Ollie Kearns | 31 |
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9 | 2 | 2 | - | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 11 | 2 | |||
| Steve Massey (sub) | 29 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | - | 34 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 52 | 18 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 27th, 1988)
| Other Wrexham matches played on February 27th, 1988: |
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| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
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| Wrexham Youth | 2-0 | Colwyn Bay Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 24th February 1988 |
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| Peterborough | 1-2 | Hereford Utd |
| Scarborough | 3-1 | Leyton Orient |
| 26th February 1988 |
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| Colchester Utd | 0-0 | Newport Co. |
| Tranmere R. | 2-1 | Darlington |
| 27th February 1988 |
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| Burnley | 0-1 | Scarborough |
| Cambridge Utd | 0-3 | Swansea City |
| Cardiff C. | 0-0 | Stockport Co. |
| Carlisle United | 2-0 | Rochdale |
| Hartlepool Utd | 2-1 | Crewe Alex. |
| Hereford Utd | 2-1 | Halifax Town |
| Leyton Orient | 2-1 | Wrexham |
| Scunthorpe | 5-0 | Peterborough |
| Torquay | 1-1 | Exeter City |
| Wolves | 4-0 | Bolton |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | +27 | 62 |
| 2. | Cardiff City | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | +13 | 55 |
| 3. | Leyton Orient | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | +19 | 54 |
| 4. | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | +16 | 52 |
| 5. | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | +9 | 52 |
| 6. | Hartlepool United | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | +6 | 51 |
| 7. | Burnley | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 51 |
| 8. | Torquay United | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | +14 | 50 |
| 9. | Darlington | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | +10 | 49 |
| 10. | Scarborough | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | +7 | 49 |
| 11. | Swansea City | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | +7 | 48 |
| 12. | Colchester United | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | +3 | 48 |
| 13. | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | +9 | 46 |
| 14. | Cambridge United | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 45 |
| 15. | Peterborough United | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 42 |
| 16. | Hereford United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 42 |
| 17. | Tranmere Rovers * | 33 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 41 |
| 18. | Halifax Town * | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 41 |
| 19. | Rochdale | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -27 | 36 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 35 |
| 21. | Exeter City | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 33 |
| 22. | Carlisle United | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 33 |
| 23. | Stockport County | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 31 |
| 24. | Newport County | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -38 | 20 |
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.