Wrexham 2
Scunthorpe United 1
League (Division Four)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 1
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ScunthorpeScunthorpe |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Kevin Russell (46) Steve Buxton (51) |
David Shearer (8) |
| Team Managers | |
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Dixie McNeil |
Mick Buxton |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Mike Salmon 2. Neil Salathiel 3. Darren Wright 4. Joey Jones 5. Mike Williams 6. Brian Flynn 7. Steve Buxton 8. Geoff Hunter 9. Ollie Kearns 10. Kevin Russell 11. Jon Bowden |
Ron Green .1 Richard Money .2 Paul Longden .3 Kevin Taylor .4 Steve Lister .5 Paul Nicol .6 Kevin Dixon .7 David Harle .8 David Shearer .9 Steve Johnson .10 David Hill .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Steve Massey 14. Roger Preece |
Andy Stevenson .12 Tony Brown .14 |
| Substitutions | |
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Roger Preece for Jon Bowden (79) |
Andy Stevenson for Richard Money (74) Tony Brown for David Hill (74) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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D A Hedges (Oxford) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 9th, 1988)
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| Mike Salmon (GK) | 23 |
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36 | - | 8 | - | 53 | - | 10 | - | 63 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 33 |
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31 | - | 5 | 1 | 274 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 339 | 10 | |||
| Neil Salathiel | 25 |
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20 | - | 0 | - | 176 | 3 | 53 | - | 229 | 3 | |||
| Darren Wright | 20 |
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31 | - | 7 | 2 | 45 | - | 15 | 2 | 60 | 2 | |||
| Mike Williams | 22 |
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38 | 1 | 7 | - | 134 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 175 | 3 | |||
| Brian Flynn | 32 |
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13 | - | 0 | - | 13 | - | 0 | - | 13 | - | |||
| Geoff Hunter | 28 |
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35 | 3 | 6 | - | 35 | 3 | 6 | - | 41 | 3 | |||
| Jon Bowden | 25 |
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23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 28 |
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33 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 177 | 38 | 55 | 15 | 232 | 53 | |||
| Ollie Kearns | 31 |
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17 | 8 | 2 | - | 17 | 8 | 2 | - | 19 | 8 | |||
| Kevin Russell | 21 |
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34 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | |||
| Roger Preece (sub) | 18 |
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36 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 55 | 6 | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 9th, 1988)
| Other Wrexham matches played on April 9th, 1988: |
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| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
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| Wrexham Youth | 1-2 | Cardiff C. Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 8th April 1988 |
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| Burnley | 3-1 | Halifax Town |
| Colchester Utd | 1-0 | Rochdale |
| 9th April 1988 |
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| Crewe Alex. | 3-1 | Darlington |
| Exeter City | 1-1 | Bolton |
| Hartlepool Utd | 1-3 | Stockport Co. |
| Leyton Orient | 4-1 | Carlisle United |
| Newport Co. | 0-4 | Peterborough |
| Scarborough | 2-1 | Hereford Utd |
| Swansea City | 1-2 | Tranmere R. |
| Torquay | 2-0 | Cardiff C. |
| Wrexham | 2-1 | Scunthorpe |
| Division Four 1987-88 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | +33 | 77 |
| 2. | Cardiff City | 41 | 19 | 13 | 9 | +18 | 70 |
| 3. | Scunthorpe United | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | +23 | 67 |
| 4. | Bolton Wanderers | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | +14 | 67 |
| 5. | Torquay United | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | +20 | 65 |
| 6. | Leyton Orient | 41 | 17 | 12 | 12 | +20 | 63 |
| 7. | Swansea City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | +4 | 63 |
| 8. | Burnley | 41 | 19 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 63 |
| 9. | WREXHAM | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | +10 | 60 |
| 10. | Darlington | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | +9 | 60 |
| 11. | Peterborough United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 60 |
| 12. | Colchester United | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | +1 | 59 |
| 13. | Hartlepool United | 41 | 15 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 58 |
| 14. | Scarborough | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | +5 | 57 |
| 15. | Tranmere Rovers * | 41 | 17 | 6 | 18 | +4 | 55 |
| 16. | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | +7 | 54 |
| 17. | Cambridge United | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 54 |
| 18. | Stockport County | 41 | 12 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 48 |
| 19. | Hereford United | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | -16 | 45 |
| 20. | Rochdale | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | -26 | 45 |
| 21. | Halifax Town * | 39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 43 |
| 22. | Exeter City | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | -16 | 42 |
| 23. | Carlisle United | 39 | 10 | 6 | 23 | -31 | 36 |
| 24. | Newport County | 39 | 5 | 7 | 27 | -51 | 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.