Wrexham 1
Bolton Wanderers 2
FA Cup (2nd Round)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 2
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BoltonBolton |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Joe Hinnigan (17) |
John Thomas (7) John Thomas (77) |
| Team Managers | |
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Dixie McNeil |
Phil Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Mike Salmon 2. Roger Preece 3. Darren Wright 4. Joe Hinnigan 5. Mike Williams 6. Ian Fairbrother 7. Steve Buxton 8. Jon Bowden 9. Shaun Cunnington 10. Kevin Russell 11. Mike Carter |
David Felgate .1 Derek Scott .2 Dean Crombie .3 Robbie Savage .4 Mark Came .5 Phil Neal .6 Nicky Brookman .7 Ian Callaghan .8 John Thomas .9 Steve Elliott .10 Julian Darby .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Paul Emson 14. Jamie Slater |
Dave Sutton .12 Trevor Morgan .14 |
| Substitutions | |
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Paul Emson for Darren Wright Jamie Slater for Mike Carter (86) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
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Steve Buxton |
Dean Crombie (15) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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J M Key (Rotherham) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 5th, 1987)
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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20 | - | 7 | - | 37 | - | 9 | - | 46 | - | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 32 |
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18 | - | 6 | 1 | 18 | - | 6 | 1 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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12 | - | 5 | 1 | 26 | - | 13 | 1 | 39 | 1 | |||
| Mike Williams | 21 |
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19 | 1 | 5 | - | 115 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 154 | 3 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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18 | 1 | 7 | - | 25 | 3 | 10 | - | 35 | 3 | |||
| Jon Bowden | 24 |
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9 | - | 4 | - | 9 | - | 4 | - | 13 | - | |||
| Ian Fairbrother | 21 |
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6 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | 9 | - | |||
| Mike Carter | 27 |
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6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Shaun Cunnington | 21 |
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15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 190 | 10 | 69 | 5 | 259 | 15 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 27 |
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18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 162 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 215 | 51 | |||
| Kevin Russell | 20 |
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13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Paul Emson (sub) | 29 |
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7 | 1 | 4 | - | 42 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 65 | 9 | |||
| Jamie Slater (sub) | 19 |
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3 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 5th, 1987)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 5th, 1987: |
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| North East Wales FA Challenge Cup | ||
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| Brymbo Steelworks | 1-1 | Wrexham Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | +15 | 37 |
| 2. | Leyton Orient | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | +20 | 36 |
| 3. | Cardiff City | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | +5 | 35 |
| 4. | Torquay United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | +11 | 34 |
| 5. | Colchester United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | +7 | 34 |
| 6. | Scarborough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | +8 | 33 |
| 7. | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | +9 | 32 |
| 8. | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | +6 | 31 |
| 9. | Hartlepool United | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | +3 | 30 |
| 10. | Burnley | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 30 |
| 11. | Swansea City | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | +1 | 29 |
| 12. | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | +4 | 28 |
| 13. | Cambridge United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 28 |
| 14. | Peterborough United | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 28 |
| 15. | Darlington | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 16. | Exeter City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 25 |
| 17. | Halifax Town * | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 18. | WREXHAM | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 24 |
| 19. | Hereford United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 23 |
| 20. | Stockport County | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 21 |
| 21. | Carlisle United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 21 |
| 22. | Tranmere Rovers * | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -27 | 15 |
| 24. | Newport County | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | -26 | 11 |
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.