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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 |
| Crewe | 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 |
| Stockport | 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 |
| Peterborough | 1-1 | Rochdale |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Wolves | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | +24 | 50 |
| 2. | Leyton Orient | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | +20 | 46 |
| 3. | Colchester Utd | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | +10 | 46 |
| 4. | Cardiff C. | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | +8 | 43 |
| 5. | Scunthorpe | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | +10 | 42 |
| 6. | Bolton | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | +9 | 42 |
| 7. | Darlington | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 42 |
| 8. | Torquay | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | +13 | 41 |
| 9. | Burnley | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 41 |
| 10. | Scarborough | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | +6 | 38 |
| 11. | Hartlepool Utd | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 37 |
| 12. | Crewe | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 36 |
| 13. | Swansea City | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 36 |
| 14. | Peterborough | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 36 |
| 15. | Cambridge | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | +2 | 35 |
| 16. | Halifax Town * | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | +2 | 33 |
| 17. | Hereford Utd | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 33 |
| 18. | Exeter City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 30 |
| 19. | Tranmere * | 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 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 24 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -29 | 24 |
| 24. | Newport Co. | 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.