Wrexham 2
Ton Pentre 1
Welsh Cup (5th Round)


Wrexham
2 - 1
Ton Pentre 

Welsh Cup
(5th Round)
Tuesday, February 9th, 1988
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 651
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Joe Hinnigan (20)
Roger Preece (33)
Gareth Bees (9)

Team Managers
Dixie McNeil
Des Bartle

Starting Eleven
1. Mike Salmon
2. Darren Wright
3. Joey Jones
4. Joe Hinnigan
5. Mike Williams
6. Jon Bowden
7. Roger Preece
8. Shaun Cunnington
9. Ollie Kearns
10. Kevin Russell
11. Paul Emson
Andy Givelin .1
Neil James .2
Paul Hughes .3
Keri Murphy .4
Paul Williams .5
Mick Davies .6
Ray John .7
Gareth Bees .8
Andy James .9
Withers .10
Phil McNeil .11

Bench
12. Steve Buxton
14. Joe Cooke
Mickey George .12
Nigel Dobson .14

Substitutions
Steve Buxton for Paul Emson (67)
None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

F Roberts (Prestatyn) (Referee)
H D Hutchinson (Buckley) & G Lloyd (Caersws) (Assistants)


Match Report


Mike Williams fires just over the bar during the second-half against Ton Pentre.



Squad Statistics (as at February 9th, 1988)


1987-88 All Time
League Cups All
Mike Salmon (GK) 25 - 8 - 52 -
Joe Hinnigan 26 - 82342
Joey Jones 17 - 5132510
Darren Wright 17 - 72462
Mike Williams 2717 - 1643
Jon Bowden 17161232
Shaun Cunnington 2337226917
Roger Preece 25191444
Paul Emson 1225 - 7110
Ollie Kearns 6 - 2 - 8 -
Kevin Russell 217732810
Steve Buxton (sub) 2447222351







League Table & Results (as at February 9th, 1988)


Results of league matches played since last match
5th February 1988
Colchester Utd1-4Crewe Alex.
Newport Co.1-0Halifax Town
6th February 1988
Bolton1-0Hereford Utd
Cambridge Utd1-0Torquay
Carlisle United2-0Stockport Co.
Leyton Orient0-2Hartlepool Utd
Rochdale2-1Scunthorpe
Swansea City0-0Burnley
Tranmere R.1-0Scarborough
Wolves1-4Cardiff C.


Division Four 1987-88
P W D L GD Pts
1. Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 16 6 6 +22 54
2. Cardiff City 29 14 9 6 +15 51
3. Bolton Wanderers 29 14 7 8 +13 49
4. Leyton Orient 29 13 9 7 +18 48
5. Colchester United 29 14 5 10 +5 47
6. Darlington 29 13 7 9 +9 46
7. Torquay United 27 13 6 8 +13 45
8. Burnley 30 13 6 11 -5 45
9. Swansea City 31 12 8 11 +4 44
10. Hartlepool United 30 11 11 8 +4 44
11. Scunthorpe United 29 11 10 8 +8 43
12. Scarborough 29 11 8 10 +4 41
13. Cambridge United 29 12 5 12 +1 41
14. Crewe Alexandra 29 9 13 7 +8 40
15. Tranmere Rovers * 30 12 4 14 +2 38
16. Peterborough United 28 10 6 12 -7 36
17. Hereford United 30 9 9 12 -8 36
18. Halifax Town * 28 9 9 10 -1 35
19. Exeter City 29 8 8 13 -5 32
20. WREXHAM 28 9 5 14 -7 32
21. Rochdale 31 7 11 13 -27 32
22. Carlisle United 30 8 6 16 -17 30
23. Stockport County 30 7 8 15 -13 29
24. Newport County 29 5 4 20 -36 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.