Wrexham 3
Tranmere Rovers 3
League (Division Four)


Wrexham
3 - 3
Tranmere R. 

League
(Division Four)
Saturday, October 22nd, 1988
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3,334
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Graham Cooper (2)
Roger Preece (7)
Graham Cooper (89)
Jimmy Harvey (54)
Eddie Bishop (70)
Jimmy Harvey (75)

Team Managers
Dixie McNeil
John King

Starting Eleven
1. Mike Salmon
2. Andy Thackeray
3. Darren Wright
4. Brian Flynn
5. Martin Lane
6. Joey Jones
7. Roger Preece
8. Geoff Hunter
9. Paul Raynor
10. Kevin Russell
11. Graham Cooper
Eric Nixon .1
Dave Higgins .2
Mark McCarrick .3
Eddie Bishop .4
Mark Hughes .5
Steve Vickers .6
John Morrissey .7
Jimmy Harvey .8
Jim Steel .9
Ian Muir .10
Steve Mungall .11

Bench
12. Steve Buxton
14. Jon Bowden
Eddie Murray .12
Dave Martindale .14

Substitutions
Jon Bowden for Brian Flynn (67)
None.

Cautions
Joey Jones
None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Edward Parker (Preston) (Referee)
J T Boulton (Birmingham) & M J Penn (West Midlands) (Assistants)


Match Report


Roger Preece, knee on ground, smashes Wrexham's second goal against Tranmere.



Squad Statistics (as at October 22nd, 1988)


1988-89 All Time
League Cups All
Mike Salmon (GK) 11 - 2 - 83 -
Darren Wright 712 - 763
Joey Jones 1122 - 35912
Martin Lane 3 - 0 - 3 -
Brian Flynn 10 - 2 - 322
Andy Thackeray 10 - 2 - 12 -
Geoff Hunter 932 - 597
Roger Preece 920 - 719
Graham Cooper 11721138
Kevin Russell 1142 - 6129
Paul Raynor 1 - 0 - 1 -
Jon Bowden (sub) 10 - 2 - 472







League Table & Results (as at October 22nd, 1988)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 22nd, 1988:
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division Cup
Ruthin Town0-2Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
21st October 1988
Colchester Utd1-2Cambridge Utd
Doncaster R.1-4Halifax Town
22nd October 1988
Burnley2-2Leyton Orient
Exeter City3-0Carlisle United
Grimsby Town2-0York City
Hartlepool Utd0-3Crewe Alex.
Lincoln City3-2Darlington
Peterborough2-1Hereford Utd
Rochdale1-0Scunthorpe
Scarborough1-1Stockport Co.
Torquay1-2Rotherham Utd
Wrexham3-3Tranmere R.


Division Four 1988-89
P W D L GD Pts
1. Rotherham United 11 6 3 2 +13 21
2. Burnley 11 6 3 2 +9 21
3. Scarborough 11 5 5 1 +10 20
4. Rochdale 11 6 2 3 +2 20
5. Crewe Alexandra 11 5 4 2 +6 19
6. Lincoln City 11 5 3 3 +2 18
7. Cambridge United 11 6 0 5 +1 18
8. Exeter City 11 5 2 4 +4 17
9. Doncaster Rovers 11 5 1 5 -5 16
10. WREXHAM 11 3 6 2 +2 15
11. Tranmere Rovers 11 3 6 2 +1 15
12. Scunthorpe United 11 4 3 4 -1 15
13. Hereford United 11 5 0 6 -2 15
14. Torquay United 11 5 0 6 -2 15
15. Hartlepool United 11 5 0 6 -5 15
16. Halifax Town 11 4 2 5 +4 14
17. Peterborough United 11 3 5 3 0 14
18. Leyton Orient 11 3 4 4 +4 13
19. York City 11 4 1 6 -8 13
20. Stockport County 11 2 6 3 +2 12
21. Grimsby Town 11 3 3 5 -7 12
22. Colchester United 11 3 2 6 -11 11
23. Carlisle United 11 1 5 5 -7 8
24. Darlington 11 0 4 7 -12 4