Cardiff City 2
Wrexham 0
Welsh Cup (Final)


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 All
Mike Salmon (GK) 40 - 11 - 70 -
Joey Jones 35 - 8134610
Neil Salathiel 24 - 3 - 2363
Darren Wright 35 - 102672
Mike Williams 4221011825
Brian Flynn 17131202
Geoff Hunter 3949 - 484
Roger Preece 404121627
Mike Carter 21681297
Steve Buxton 35610423755
Kevin Russell 38211044825
Jon Bowden (sub) 26191352
Steve Massey (sub) 1013 - 6418







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 GD Pts
1. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 27 9 10 +39 90
2. Cardiff City 46 24 13 9 +25 85
3. Bolton Wanderers 46 22 12 12 +24 78
4. Scunthorpe United 46 20 17 9 +25 77
5. Torquay United 46 21 14 11 +25 77
6. Swansea City 46 20 10 16 +6 70
7. Peterborough United 46 20 10 16 -1 70
8. Leyton Orient 46 19 12 15 +22 69
9. Colchester United 46 19 10 17 -4 67
10. Burnley 46 20 7 19 -5 67
11. WREXHAM 46 20 6 20 +11 66
12. Scarborough 46 17 14 15 +8 65
13. Darlington 46 18 11 17 +2 65
14. Tranmere Rovers * 46 19 9 18 +8 64
15. Cambridge United 46 16 13 17 -2 61
16. Hartlepool United 46 15 14 17 -7 59
17. Crewe Alexandra 46 13 19 14 +4 58
18. Halifax Town * 46 14 14 18 -5 55
19. Hereford United 46 14 12 20 -18 54
20. Stockport County 46 12 15 19 -14 51
21. Rochdale 46 11 15 20 -29 48
22. Exeter City 46 11 13 22 -15 46
23. Carlisle United 46 12 8 26 -29 44
24. Newport County 46 6 7 33 -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.