Wrexham 3
Ruthin Town 0
Welsh Cup (3rd Round)


Wrexham
3 - 0
Ruthin Town 

Welsh Cup
(3rd Round)
Tuesday, November 24th, 1987
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 1,243
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Steve Buxton (25)
Kevin Russell (46)
Jamie Slater (71)
None.

Team Managers
Dixie McNeil
Dave Jones

Starting Eleven
1. Mike Salmon
2. Roger Preece
3. Darren Wright
4. Joe Hinnigan
5. Mike Williams
6. Ian Fairbrother
7. Steve Buxton
8. Jon Bowden
9. Robert Alleyne
10. Kevin Russell
11. Mike Carter
Iwan Evans .1
Keith Humphries .2
Roy Davies .3
Brian Griffiths .4
Brian Lloyd .5
Gwynfor Hughes .6
Idris Williams .7
Wyn Davies .8
Iolo Hughes .9
Glyn Williams .10
Robin Dowell .11

Bench
12. Jamie Slater
14. Steve Scott
Peter Matischok .12
Glyn Davies .14

Substitutions
Steve Scott for Mike Carter (46)
Jamie Slater for Steve Buxton (70)
Glyn Davies for Unknown (63)
Peter Matischok for Unknown (88)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

B W Smallwood (Buckley) (Referee)
M Colloby (Buckley) & R L Williams (Wrexham) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 24th, 1987)


1987-88 All Time
League Cups All
Mike Salmon (GK) 19 - 6 - 44 -
Joe Hinnigan 17 - 5 - 22 -
Darren Wright 11 - 41371
Mike Williams 1814 - 1523
Roger Preece 1716 - 333
Jon Bowden 8 - 3 - 11 -
Ian Fairbrother 5 - 2 - 7 -
Mike Carter 5251103
Steve Buxton 1744221351
Robert Alleyne 512 - 71
Kevin Russell 12142163
Steve Scott (sub) 2 - 2 - 4 -
Jamie Slater (sub) 3 - 3161







League Table & Results (as at November 24th, 1987)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Four 1987-88
P W D L GD Pts
1. Wolves 19 11 4 4 +17 37
2. Cardiff C. 19 10 4 5 +5 34
3. Leyton Orient 19 9 6 4 +17 33
4. Torquay 19 10 3 6 +11 33
5. Colchester Utd 19 10 3 6 +7 33
6. Scarborough 19 9 5 5 +8 32
7. Bolton 18 9 4 5 +9 31
8. Scunthorpe 19 8 7 4 +7 31
9. Burnley 19 9 3 7 -4 30
10. Hartlepool Utd 19 8 5 6 +3 29
11. Cambridge 19 8 3 8 +3 27
12. Darlington 19 7 5 7 0 26
13. Swansea City 19 8 2 9 0 26
14. Exeter City 18 7 4 7 +5 25
15. Crewe 19 5 10 4 +3 25
16. Halifax Town * 19 7 5 7 0 25
17. Peterborough 18 7 4 7 -3 25
18. Hereford Utd 19 6 5 8 -6 23
19. WREXHAM 19 6 3 10 -6 21
20. Stockport 19 6 2 11 -8 20
21. Carlisle United 19 6 2 11 -12 20
22. Tranmere * 18 5 2 11 -7 15
23. Rochdale 19 3 5 11 -27 14
24. Newport Co. 19 3 2 14 -22 11

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.