Cardiff City 2 - 0 Wrexham | Tuesday, May 17th, 1988 | Match Details (Wrexham AFC Archive)

Cardiff C.

2 - 0
HT: 2-0

Wrexham

Welsh Cup
(Final)
Tuesday, May 17th, 1988
Vetch Field, Swansea City FC
Attendance: 5,465
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Alan Curtis (14) Jimmy Gilligan (34)	None.

Team Managers
Frank Burrows	Dixie McNeil

Starting Eleven
1. George Wood 2. Phil Bater 3. Nicky Platnauer 4. Mike Ford 5. Nigel Stevenson 6. Terry Boyle 7. Alan Curtis 8. Mark Kelly 9. Jimmy Gilligan 10. Brian McDermott 11. Kevin Bartlett	Mike Salmon .1 Neil Salathiel .2 Darren Wright .3 Joey Jones .4 Mike Williams .5 Brian Flynn .6 Roger Preece .7 Geoff Hunter .8 Steve Buxton .9 Kevin Russell .10 Mike Carter .11

Bench
12. Steve Mardenborough 14. Paul Wheeler	Steve Massey .12 Jon Bowden .14

Substitutions
Paul Wheeler for Kevin Bartlett (85)	Jon Bowden for Roger Preece (55) Steve Massey for Mike Williams (81)

Cautions
None.	None.

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
R B Gifford (Llanbradach) (Referee) H D Hutchinson (Buckley) & J M R Evans (Assistants) W K Burge (Tonypandy) (Fourth Official)

Match Report

This match has no report.

Squad Statistics (as at May 17th, 1988)

			1987-88				All Time
				League		Cups		League		Cups		All	All
	Age	Nat
Mike Salmon (GK)	23		40	-	11	-	57	-	13	-	70	-
Joey Jones	33		35	-	8	1	278	8	68	2	346	10
Neil Salathiel	25		24	-	3	-	180	3	56	-	236	3
Darren Wright	20		35	-	10	2	49	-	18	2	67	2
Mike Williams	22		42	2	10	1	138	3	44	2	182	5
Brian Flynn	32		17	1	3	1	17	1	3	1	20	2
Geoff Hunter	28		39	4	9	-	39	4	9	-	48	4
Roger Preece	18		40	4	12	1	47	6	15	1	62	7
Mike Carter	28		21	6	8	1	21	6	8	1	29	7
Steve Buxton	28		35	6	10	4	179	38	58	17	237	55
Kevin Russell	21		38	21	10	4	38	21	10	4	48	25
Jon Bowden (sub)	25		26	1	9	1	26	1	9	1	35	2
Steve Massey (sub)	30		10	1	3	-	43	10	21	8	64	18

League Table & Results (as at May 17th, 1988)

Results of league matches played since last match

None.

Division Four 1987-88

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	27	9	10	82	43	+39	90
2.	Cardiff City	46	24	13	9	66	41	+25	85
3.	Bolton Wanderers	46	22	12	12	66	42	+24	78
4.	Scunthorpe United	46	20	17	9	76	51	+25	77
5.	Torquay United	46	21	14	11	66	41	+25	77
6.	Swansea City	46	20	10	16	62	56	+6	70
7.	Peterborough United	46	20	10	16	52	53	-1	70
8.	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	85	63	+22	69
9.	Colchester United	46	19	10	17	47	51	-4	67
10.	Burnley	46	20	7	19	57	62	-5	67
11.	WREXHAM	46	20	6	20	69	58	+11	66
12.	Scarborough	46	17	14	15	56	48	+8	65
13.	Darlington	46	18	11	17	71	69	+2	65
14.	Tranmere Rovers *	46	19	9	18	61	53	+8	64
15.	Cambridge United	46	16	13	17	50	52	-2	61
16.	Hartlepool United	46	15	14	17	50	57	-7	59
17.	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	19	14	57	53	+4	58
18.	Halifax Town *	46	14	14	18	54	59	-5	55
19.	Hereford United	46	14	12	20	41	59	-18	54
20.	Stockport County	46	12	15	19	44	58	-14	51
21.	Rochdale	46	11	15	20	47	76	-29	48
22.	Exeter City	46	11	13	22	53	68	-15	46
23.	Carlisle United	46	12	8	26	57	86	-29	44
24.	Newport County	46	6	7	33	35	105	-70	25

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.

Cardiff City 2 Wrexham 0 Welsh Cup (Final)