Halifax Town 0
Wrexham 2 (2-2 on agg.) (4-2 on pens.)
Football League Cup (1st Round, 2nd Leg)
Halifax Town |
0 - 2
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Wrexham |
 |
Football League Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Neil Roberts (27) Karl Connolly (pen.) (78) |
| Team Managers | |
| Kieran O'Regan |
Brian Flynn |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Lee Martin 2. Andy Thackeray 3. Richard Lucas 4. Peter Butler 5. Mark Sertori 6. Paul Stoneman 7. Stephen Murphy 8. Kevin Hulme 9. Dave Hanson 10. Geoff Horsfield 11. Jon Brown |
Mark Cartwright .1 Mark McGregor .2 Phil Hardy .3 Dave Brammer .4 Dave Ridler .5 Brian Carey .6 Neil Roberts .7 Gareth Owen .8 Karl Connolly .9 Ian Rush .10 Peter Ward .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Kieran O'Regan 13. Gareth Hamlet 14. Ian Duerden 15. Tim Carter 16. Damien Pcace |
Craig Skinner .12 David Walsh .13 Kevin Russell .14 Dean Spink .15 Deryn Brace .16 |
| Substitutions | |
| Kieran O'Regan for Geoff Horsfield (46) |
Craig Skinner for Phil Hardy (71) Dean Spink for Ian Rush (106) Kevin Russell for Peter Ward (107) |
| Cautions | |
| Mark Sertori (93) |
Dave Ridler (11) |
| Red Cards | |
| Peter Butler (44) | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
T Heilbron (Referee) |
Match Report
PENALTY SHOOT-OUT
Halifax Town
Paul Stoneman - scored
Richard Lucas - scored
Jon Brown - scored
Mark Sertori - scored
Wrexham
Neil Roberts - scored
Craig Skinner - scored
Kevin Russell - missed (over the bar)
Dave Brammer - missed (goalkeeper saved)
Squad Statistics (as at August 18th, 1998)
| 1998-99 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Mark Cartwright (GK) | 25 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 9 | - | 11 | - | 20 | - | |||
| Brian Carey | 30 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 99 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 134 | 4 | |||
| Phil Hardy | 25 |
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0 | - | 1 | - | 265 | - | 101 | - | 366 | - | |||
| Mark McGregor | 21 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 115 | 4 | 29 | - | 144 | 4 | |||
| Dave Ridler | 22 |
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0 | - | 1 | - | 31 | - | 12 | - | 43 | - | |||
| Dave Brammer | 23 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 105 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 135 | 12 | |||
| Gareth Owen | 26 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 256 | 28 | 87 | 6 | 343 | 34 | |||
| Peter Ward | 33 |
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2 | 1 | 2 | - | 97 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 130 | 17 | |||
| Karl Connolly | 28 |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 275 | 70 | 88 | 21 | 363 | 91 | |||
| Neil Roberts | 20 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 51 | 12 | |||
| Ian Rush | 36 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | |||
| Craig Skinner (sub) | 27 |
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0 | - | 2 | - | 75 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 97 | 9 | |||
| Dean Spink (sub) | 31 |
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0 | - | 1 | - | 36 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 50 | 9 | |||
| Kevin Russell (sub) | 31 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 183 | 50 | 48 | 15 | 231 | 65 | |||
League Table & Results (as at August 18th, 1998)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Two 1998-99 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stoke City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 2. | Colchester Utd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 3. | Fulham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 4. | Bournemouth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 5. | Millwall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
| 6. | Preston NE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 7. | Luton Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 8. | Walsall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 9. | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 10. | WREXHAM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 11. | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 12. | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13. | Man City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14. | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15. | Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16. | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 17. | Gillingham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18. | Northampton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 19. | York City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20. | Wycombe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 21. | Oldham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 22. | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 23. | Wigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 24. | Macclesfield T. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |