Crewe Alexandra 2
Wrexham 2
League (Division Four)
Crewe Alex. |
2 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Paul Clayton (39) Paul Fishenden (53) |
Jon Bowden (20) Kevin Russell (38) |
| Team Managers | |
| Dario Gradi |
Dixie McNeil |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dean Greygoose 2. Kenny Swain 3. Paul Edwards 4. Peter Billing 5. Ian Macowat 6. Steve Walters 7. Dale Jasper 8. Aidan Murphy 9. Paul Clayton 10. Mark Gardiner 11. Paul Fishenden |
Mike Salmon .1 Neil Salathiel .2 Darren Wright .3 Geoff Hunter .4 Mike Williams .5 Joey Jones .6 Jon Bowden .7 Brian Flynn .8 Steve Buxton .9 Kevin Russell .10 Graham Cooper .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Neil Morton 14. Wakeley Gage |
Roger Preece .12 Nigel Beaumont .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
I A Hendrick (Preston) (Referee) |
Match Report
The kick off was delayed by 15 minutes due to the large crowd and queues outside the ground.
Squad Statistics (as at February 17th, 1989)
| 1988-89 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 24 |
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26 | - | 8 | - | 83 | - | 21 | - | 104 | - | |||
| Neil Salathiel | 26 |
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22 | - | 10 | - | 202 | 3 | 66 | - | 268 | 3 | |||
| Darren Wright | 20 |
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23 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 100 | 6 | |||
| Joey Jones | 33 |
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27 | 7 | 10 | - | 305 | 15 | 78 | 2 | 383 | 17 | |||
| Mike Williams | 23 |
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13 | - | 8 | - | 151 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 203 | 5 | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 29 |
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19 | 4 | 8 | - | 58 | 8 | 17 | - | 75 | 8 | |||
| Jon Bowden | 26 |
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24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 69 | 13 | |||
| Brian Flynn | 33 |
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26 | 1 | 9 | - | 43 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 55 | 3 | |||
| Graham Cooper | 26 |
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20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 10 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 28 |
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22 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 201 | 39 | 65 | 21 | 266 | 60 | |||
| Kevin Russell | 22 |
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27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 84 | 40 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 17th, 1989)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 14th February 1989 |
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| Grimsby Town | 0-0 | Darlington |
| Halifax Town | 2-2 | Leyton Orient |
| 17th February 1989 |
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| Crewe Alex. | 2-2 | Wrexham |
| Halifax Town | 0-0 | Cambridge Utd |
| Stockport Co. | 3-0 | Rochdale |
| Division Four 1988-89 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | +12 | 52 |
| 2. | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | +8 | 48 |
| 3. | Rotherham United | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | +21 | 47 |
| 4. | WREXHAM | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | +15 | 47 |
| 5. | Scarborough | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | +9 | 45 |
| 6. | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | +8 | 44 |
| 7. | Exeter City | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | +2 | 42 |
| 8. | Burnley | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | +5 | 40 |
| 9. | Cambridge United | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | +3 | 40 |
| 10. | Lincoln City | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 39 |
| 11. | Torquay United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 39 |
| 12. | Leyton Orient | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | +16 | 38 |
| 13. | Stockport County | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | +10 | 38 |
| 14. | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 37 |
| 15. | York City | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 36 |
| 16. | Halifax Town | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | +5 | 35 |
| 17. | Grimsby Town | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 33 |
| 18. | Hartlepool United | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 33 |
| 19. | Carlisle United | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 32 |
| 20. | Rochdale | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | -16 | 32 |
| 21. | Hereford United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 31 |
| 22. | Peterborough United | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -20 | 29 |
| 23. | Darlington | 28 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -19 | 20 |
| 24. | Colchester United | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -24 | 17 |