Wrexham 1
Chester City 2
FA Cup (3rd Round)


Wrexham
1 - 2
Chester City 

FA Cup
(3rd Round)
Saturday, January 10th, 1987
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 9,265
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Jim Steel (37)
Gary Bennett (71)
Gary Bennett (87)

Team Managers
Dixie McNeil
Harry McNally

Starting Eleven
1. Chris Pearce
2. Neil Salathiel
3. Shaun Cunnington
4. Mike Williams
5. Joe Cooke
6. Paul Comstive
7. Steve Massey
8. Barry Horne
9. Jim Steel
10. Steve Charles
11. Mike Conroy
Billy Stewart .1
Graham Abel .2
Peter Houghton .3
Martin Lane .4
Ricky Greenough .5
Barry Butler .6
John Kelly .7
Stuart Rimmer .8
Gary Bennett .9
Sean Lundon .10
Milton Graham .11

Bench
12. Steve Buxton
13. Paul Emson
Brian Croft .12
Colin Woodthorpe .13

Substitutions
None. Colin Woodthorpe for Sean Lundon (56)
Brian Croft for Stuart Rimmer (70)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

H King (Referee)
E Lomas & E H Andrews (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report


Photo: Barry Horne attempts to take the ball round Chester 'keeper Billy Stewart.



Squad Statistics (as at January 10th, 1987)


1986-87 All Time
League Cups All
Chris Pearce (GK) 22 - 13 - 35 -
Neil Salathiel 21 - 12 - 1781
Mike Williams 20 - 13 - 1011
Paul Comstive 1611311099
Joe Cooke 193111304
Shaun Cunnington 22114 - 20812
Barry Horne 22513315324
Steve Charles 20512312338
Mike Conroy 161111272
Steve Massey 1961283114
Jim Steel 191014618460







League Table & Results (as at January 10th, 1987)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 10th, 1987:
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division Cup
PenycaeP-PWrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
4th January 1987
Peterborough2-1Cambridge
10th January 1987
Cambridge0-0Wolves
Colchester Utd2-0Lincoln City
Southend2-2Peterborough
Tranmere1-1Hartlepool Utd


Division Four 1986-87
P W D L GD Pts
1. Northampton 24 19 4 1 +39 61
2. Southend 24 13 5 6 +12 44
3. Preston NE 23 12 5 6 +7 41
4. Swansea City 24 11 7 6 +7 40
5. Colchester Utd 25 11 5 9 +4 38
6. WREXHAM 22 9 9 4 +15 36
7. Lincoln City 24 9 7 8 -1 34
8. Exeter City 24 7 12 5 +7 33
9. Aldershot 23 10 3 10 0 33
10. Peterborough 24 8 8 8 +3 32
11. Scunthorpe 23 8 7 8 +4 31
12. Hereford Utd 24 7 9 8 -1 30
13. Cardiff C. 22 7 9 6 -2 30
14. Cambridge 24 7 8 9 -2 29
15. Tranmere 24 7 8 9 -3 29
16. Wolves 25 8 5 12 -10 29
17. Halifax Town 23 8 4 11 -5 28
18. Crewe 24 6 9 9 -5 27
19. Hartlepool Utd 24 5 11 8 -6 26
20. Burnley 24 7 5 12 -10 26
21. Orient 22 7 4 11 -9 25
22. Stockport 23 5 6 12 -20 21
23. Rochdale 21 3 9 9 -10 18
24. Torquay 22 2 11 9 -14 17