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League (Division Four)
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Match postponed due to Hartlepool playing Luton Town in the FA Cup Third Round, Luton winning 2-1 at Victoria Park.
League Table & Results (as at January 9th, 1988)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 9th, 1988: |
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| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division | ||
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| Wrexham Reserves | P-P | Ruthin Town |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 2nd January 1988 |
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| Burnley | 1-1 | Tranmere R. |
| Crewe Alex. | 0-2 | Wolves |
| Exeter City | 2-3 | Leyton Orient |
| Hartlepool Utd | 0-0 | Carlisle United |
| Hereford Utd | 0-0 | Swansea City |
| Peterborough | 2-0 | Colchester Utd |
| Scarborough | 0-1 | Darlington |
| Scunthorpe | 3-2 | Cambridge Utd |
| Stockport Co. | 1-1 | Rochdale |
| 9th January 1988 |
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| Burnley | 2-0 | Newport Co. |
| Darlington | 2-1 | Carlisle United |
| Exeter City | 3-1 | Swansea City |
| Hereford Utd | 1-1 | Tranmere R. |
| Peterborough | 1-1 | Rochdale |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | +24 | 50 |
| 2. | Leyton Orient | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | +20 | 46 |
| 3. | Colchester United | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | +10 | 46 |
| 4. | Cardiff City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | +8 | 43 |
| 5. | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | +10 | 42 |
| 6. | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | +9 | 42 |
| 7. | Darlington | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 42 |
| 8. | Torquay United | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | +13 | 41 |
| 9. | Burnley | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 41 |
| 10. | Scarborough | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | +6 | 38 |
| 11. | Hartlepool United | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 37 |
| 12. | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 36 |
| 13. | Swansea City | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 36 |
| 14. | Peterborough United | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 36 |
| 15. | Cambridge United | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | +2 | 35 |
| 16. | Halifax Town * | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | +2 | 33 |
| 17. | Hereford United | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 33 |
| 18. | Exeter City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 30 |
| 19. | Tranmere Rovers * | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 29 |
| 21. | Carlisle United | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 25 |
| 22. | Stockport County | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 24 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -29 | 24 |
| 24. | Newport County | 25 | 3 | 3 | 19 | -34 | 12 |
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.