Wrexham 2
Torquay United 3
League (Division Four)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 3
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TorquayTorquay |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Kevin Russell (52) Joe Hinnigan (67) |
Paul Dobson (5) Paul Dobson (pen.) (6) David Cole (55) |
| Team Managers | |
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Dixie McNeil |
Cyril Knowles |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Mike Salmon 2. Darren Wright 3. Joey Jones 4. Mike Williams 5. Joe Hinnigan 6. Brian Flynn 7. Roger Preece 8. Geoff Hunter 9. Ollie Kearns 10. Kevin Russell 11. Paul Emson |
Kenny Allen .1 Jim McNichol .2 Tom Kelly .3 Russell Musker .4 David Cole .5 Alan Pearce .6 Derek Dawkins .7 Phil Lloyd .8 Dave Caldwell .9 Mark Loram .10 Paul Dobson .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Steve Buxton 14. Jon Bowden |
Sean Haslegrave .12 Lee Sharpe .14 |
| Substitutions | |
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Steve Buxton for Paul Emson (69) |
Sean Haslegrave for Alan Pearce (63) |
| Cautions | |
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Darren Wright Mike Williams Steve Buxton |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
J Ashworth (Rutland) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at February 20th, 1988)
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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27 | - | 8 | - | 44 | - | 10 | - | 54 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 32 |
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19 | - | 5 | 1 | 262 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 327 | 10 | |||
| Mike Williams | 22 |
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29 | 1 | 7 | - | 125 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 166 | 3 | |||
| Darren Wright | 19 |
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19 | - | 7 | 2 | 33 | - | 15 | 2 | 48 | 2 | |||
| Joe Hinnigan | 32 |
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28 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 3 | |||
| Brian Flynn | 32 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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24 | 2 | 6 | - | 24 | 2 | 6 | - | 30 | 2 | |||
| Roger Preece | 18 |
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27 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 46 | 4 | |||
| Paul Emson | 29 |
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14 | 2 | 5 | - | 49 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 73 | 10 | |||
| Ollie Kearns | 31 |
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8 | 2 | 2 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 2 | |||
| Kevin Russell | 21 |
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23 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 11 | |||
| Steve Buxton (sub) | 27 |
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25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 169 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 224 | 51 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 20th, 1988)
| Other Wrexham matches played on February 20th, 1988: |
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| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division | ||
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| Bala Town | 0-3 | Wrexham Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 16th February 1988 |
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| Halifax Town | 2-1 | Wolves |
| 19th February 1988 |
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| Cambridge Utd | 2-1 | Exeter City |
| Colchester Utd | 0-1 | Burnley |
| Newport Co. | 2-3 | Hartlepool Utd |
| Swansea City | 1-1 | Stockport Co. |
| Wolves | 0-0 | Scarborough |
| 20th February 1988 |
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| Carlisle United | 0-2 | Peterborough |
| Crewe Alex. | 2-1 | Bolton |
| Darlington | 4-1 | Halifax Town |
| Leyton Orient | 4-1 | Cardiff C. |
| Rochdale | 3-1 | Hereford Utd |
| Tranmere R. | 1-3 | Scunthorpe |
| Wrexham | 2-3 | Torquay |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | +23 | 58 |
| 2. | Cardiff City | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | +13 | 54 |
| 3. | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | +13 | 52 |
| 4. | Leyton Orient | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | +20 | 51 |
| 5. | Burnley | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 51 |
| 6. | Darlington | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | +11 | 49 |
| 7. | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | +11 | 49 |
| 8. | Torquay United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | +14 | 48 |
| 9. | Hartlepool United | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | +5 | 48 |
| 10. | Colchester United | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | +3 | 47 |
| 11. | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | +10 | 46 |
| 12. | Swansea City | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | +4 | 45 |
| 13. | Cambridge United | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | +2 | 45 |
| 14. | Scarborough | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | +4 | 43 |
| 15. | Peterborough United | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 42 |
| 16. | Tranmere Rovers * | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 17. | Halifax Town * | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 38 |
| 18. | Hereford United | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 36 |
| 19. | Rochdale | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | -25 | 36 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 35 |
| 21. | Exeter City | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 22. | Stockport County | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 30 |
| 23. | Carlisle United | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 30 |
| 24. | Newport County | 31 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -38 | 19 |
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.