Wrexham 3
Tranmere Rovers 0
League (Division Four)

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Wrexham
3 - 0
Tranmere R. 

League
(Division Four)
Saturday, April 2nd, 1988
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3,134
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Kevin Russell (7)
Mike Carter (16)
Ollie Kearns (90)
 		None.

Team Managers
Dixie McNeil
 John King

Starting Eleven
1. Mike Salmon
2. Neil Salathiel
3. Darren Wright
4. Joey Jones
5. Mike Williams
6. Brian Flynn
7. Steve Massey
8. Geoff Hunter
9. Ollie Kearns
10. Kevin Russell
11. Mike Carter
 Eric Nixon .1
Mark Hughes .2
Mark McCarrick .3
Dave Martindale .4
Ronnie Moore .5
Steve Vickers .6
John Morrissey .7
Jimmy Harvey .8
Jim Steel .9
Ian Muir .10
Steve Mungall .11

Bench
12. Jon Bowden
14. Steve Buxton
 Eddie Bishop .12
Gary Williams .14

Substitutions
Steve Buxton for Kevin Russell (54)
Jon Bowden for Steve Massey (64)
 Gary Williams for Ronnie Moore (57)
Eddie Bishop for Dave Martindale (79)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

A Robinson (Radcliffe) (Referee)
M J Penn (Kings Winford) & M Finch (Bilston) (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report

Photo: Steve Buxton just failes to reach a cross before Tranmere goalkeeper Eric Nixon.



Squad Statistics (as at April 2nd, 1988)

1987-88 All Time
League Cups All
Mike Salmon (GK) 34 - 8 - 61 -
Joey Jones 29 - 5133710
Neil Salathiel 18 - 0 - 2273
Darren Wright 29 - 72582
Mike Williams 3617 - 1733
Brian Flynn 11 - 0 - 11 -
Geoff Hunter 3336 - 393
Mike Carter 17571246
Steve Massey 510 - 5618
Ollie Kearns 1562 - 176
Kevin Russell 3216733919
Jon Bowden (sub) 22161282
Steve Buxton (sub) 3157223052







League Table & Results (as at April 2nd, 1988)

Other Wrexham matches played on April 2nd, 1988:
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division
Rhostyllen V.1-6Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
29th March 1988
Rochdale2-2Cardiff C.
Torquay0-1Swansea City
1st April 1988
Cambridge Utd1-0Darlington
Colchester Utd2-1Halifax Town
Crewe Alex.0-0Hereford Utd
2nd April 1988
Burnley0-3Wolves
Exeter City0-2Cardiff C.
Hartlepool Utd0-1Peterborough
Leyton Orient1-2Bolton
Newport Co.1-2Carlisle United
Scarborough0-0Scunthorpe
Swansea City0-3Rochdale
Torquay3-0Stockport Co.
Wrexham3-0Tranmere R.


Division Four 1987-88
P W D L GD Pts
1. Wolverhampton Wanderers 39 22 8 9 +31 74
2. Cardiff City 39 18 13 8 +16 67
3. Scunthorpe United 38 17 13 8 +23 64
4. Bolton Wanderers 38 18 9 11 +13 63
5. Torquay United 36 17 10 9 +18 61
6. Swansea City 40 17 9 14 +4 60
7. Burnley 39 18 6 15 -4 60
8. Leyton Orient 39 16 11 12 +17 59
9. Darlington 38 17 8 13 +11 59
10. Hartlepool United 39 15 13 11 +3 58
11. Peterborough United 40 16 9 15 -7 57
12. Colchester United 38 16 8 14 +2 56
13. WREXHAM 40 16 6 18 +5 54
14. Cambridge United 38 15 9 14 -1 54
15. Scarborough 39 14 11 14 +4 53
16. Crewe Alexandra 38 12 15 11 +6 51
17. Tranmere Rovers * 39 15 6 18 +1 49
18. Hereford United 39 11 11 17 -15 44
19. Halifax Town * 37 11 10 16 -6 42
20. Stockport County 39 10 12 17 -13 42
21. Rochdale 40 9 15 16 -26 42
22. Exeter City 40 10 11 19 -15 41
23. Carlisle United 37 10 6 21 -24 36
24. Newport County 37 5 7 25 -43 22

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.