Wrexham 3
Peterborough United 1
League (Division Four)
WrexhamWrexham |
3 - 1
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PeterboroughPeterborough |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Kevin Russell (17) Kevin Russell (86) Shaun Cunnington (89) |
John Kerr (63) |
| Team Managers | |
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Dixie McNeil |
Noel Cantwell |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Mike Salmon 2. Mike Williams 3. Darren Wright 4. Joe Hinnigan 5. Joe Cooke 6. Jon Bowden 7. Roger Preece 8. Geoff Hunter 9. Ollie Kearns 10. Kevin Russell 11. Shaun Cunnington |
Joe Neenan .1 Alan Paris .2 Steve Collins .3 Mick Gooding .4 Bryn Gunn .5 Paul Price .6 Mark Nightingale .7 Mick Halsall .8 Dale White .9 John Kerr .10 Noel Luke .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Steve Buxton 14. Mike Carter |
Ashley Carr .12 Steve Phillips .14 |
| Substitutions | |
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Mike Carter for Roger Preece (51) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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W A Flood (Manchester) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 16th, 1988)
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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23 | - | 7 | - | 40 | - | 9 | - | 49 | - | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 32 |
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24 | - | 7 | 1 | 24 | - | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | |||
| Mike Williams | 22 |
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25 | 1 | 6 | - | 121 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 161 | 3 | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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15 | - | 6 | 2 | 29 | - | 14 | 2 | 43 | 2 | |||
| Joe Cooke | 32 |
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10 | - | 3 | - | 48 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 67 | 5 | |||
| Jon Bowden | 24 |
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15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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22 | 2 | 6 | - | 22 | 2 | 6 | - | 28 | 2 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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23 | 1 | 8 | - | 30 | 3 | 11 | - | 41 | 3 | |||
| Shaun Cunnington | 22 |
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21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 196 | 12 | 70 | 5 | 266 | 17 | |||
| Ollie Kearns | 31 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | |||
| Kevin Russell | 21 |
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19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 10 | |||
| Mike Carter (sub) | 27 |
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7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 16th, 1988)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 16th, 1988: |
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| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
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| Wrexham Schools | 0-1 | Wrexham Youth |
| 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 |
| 12th January 1988 |
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| Halifax Town | 0-0 | Bolton |
| Newport Co. | 2-1 | Darlington |
| 15th January 1988 |
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| Colchester Utd | 0-0 | Hartlepool Utd |
| Tranmere R. | 2-0 | Halifax Town |
| 16th January 1988 |
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| Bolton | 1-2 | Torquay |
| Cambridge Utd | 2-0 | Burnley |
| Carlisle United | 0-0 | Cardiff C. |
| Leyton Orient | 1-1 | Crewe Alex. |
| Newport Co. | 1-1 | Scunthorpe |
| Rochdale | 0-0 | Exeter City |
| Swansea City | 3-0 | Scarborough |
| Wolves | 1-1 | Stockport Co. |
| Wrexham | 3-1 | Peterborough |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | +24 | 51 |
| 2. | Leyton Orient | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | +20 | 47 |
| 3. | Colchester United | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | +10 | 47 |
| 4. | Torquay United | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | +14 | 44 |
| 5. | Cardiff City | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | +8 | 44 |
| 6. | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | +10 | 43 |
| 7. | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | +8 | 43 |
| 8. | Darlington | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 42 |
| 9. | Burnley | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 41 |
| 10. | Swansea City | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | +2 | 39 |
| 11. | Cambridge United | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | +4 | 38 |
| 12. | Scarborough | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | +3 | 38 |
| 13. | Hartlepool United | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | +3 | 38 |
| 14. | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | +6 | 37 |
| 15. | Peterborough United | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 36 |
| 16. | Halifax Town * | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 34 |
| 17. | Hereford United | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 33 |
| 18. | Tranmere Rovers * | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 19. | WREXHAM | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 32 |
| 20. | Exeter City | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 31 |
| 21. | Carlisle United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 26 |
| 22. | Stockport County | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 25 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -29 | 25 |
| 24. | Newport County | 27 | 4 | 4 | 19 | -33 | 16 |
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.