Wrexham 4
Newport County 1
League (Division Four)


Wrexham
4 - 1
Newport Co. 

League
(Division Four)
Saturday, March 26th, 1988
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 1,627
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Ollie Kearns (43)
Ollie Kearns (58)
Kevin Russell (67)
Ollie Kearns (90)
Glyn Millett (7)

Team Managers
Dixie McNeil
Dave Williams

Starting Eleven
1. Mark Morris
2. Neil Salathiel
3. Darren Wright
4. Joey Jones
5. Mike Williams
6. Brian Flynn
7. Steve Massey
8. Geoff Hunter
9. Ollie Kearns
10. Kevin Russell
11. Mike Carter
Dave Coles .1
David Abruzzese .2
Steve Sherlock .3
Kevin Hamer .4
Richard Jones .5
Steve Tupling .6
Glyn Millett .7
Andy Thackeray .8
Richard Thompson .9
Robbie Taylor .10
Ryan Preece .11

Bench
12. Jon Bowden
14. Steve Buxton
David Griffiths .12
Dennis McCoy .14

Substitutions
Steve Buxton for Steve Massey (83)
David Griffiths for Richard Thompson (73)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

M Dimblebee (Stevenage) (Referee)
T M Rejer (Tipton) & J B Robinson (Wigan) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 26th, 1988)


1987-88 All Time
League Cups All
Mark Morris (GK) 6 - 1 - 10 -
Joey Jones 28 - 5133610
Neil Salathiel 17 - 0 - 2263
Darren Wright 28 - 72572
Mike Williams 3517 - 1723
Brian Flynn 10 - 0 - 10 -
Geoff Hunter 3236 - 383
Mike Carter 16471235
Steve Massey 410 - 5518
Ollie Kearns 1452 - 165
Kevin Russell 3115733818
Steve Buxton (sub) 3057222952







League Table & Results (as at March 26th, 1988)


Other Wrexham matches played on March 26th, 1988:
Welsh Youth Cup
Wrexham YouthP-PCardiff C. Youth

Results of league matches played since last match
25th March 1988
Colchester Utd0-0Cambridge
Tranmere3-0Carlisle United
26th March 1988
Bolton0-0Rochdale
Cardiff C.0-1Scunthorpe
Crewe0-0Exeter City
Hartlepool Utd1-0Scarborough
Hereford Utd0-1Stockport
Leyton Orient3-0Swansea City
Peterborough1-0Halifax Town
Wolves5-3Darlington
Wrexham4-1Newport Co.


Division Four 1987-88
P W D L GD Pts
1. Wolves 38 21 8 9 +28 71
2. Scunthorpe 37 17 12 8 +23 63
3. Cardiff C. 37 17 12 8 +14 63
4. Bolton 37 17 9 11 +12 60
5. Burnley 38 18 6 14 -1 60
6. Leyton Orient 38 16 11 11 +18 59
7. Darlington 37 17 8 12 +12 59
8. Torquay 34 16 10 8 +16 58
9. Hartlepool Utd 38 15 13 10 +4 58
10. Swansea City 38 16 9 13 +6 57
11. Peterborough 39 15 9 15 -8 54
12. Colchester Utd 37 15 8 14 +1 53
13. Scarborough 38 14 10 14 +4 52
14. WREXHAM 39 15 6 18 +2 51
15. Cambridge 37 14 9 14 -2 51
16. Crewe 37 12 14 11 +6 50
17. Tranmere * 38 15 6 17 +4 49
18. Hereford Utd 38 11 10 17 -15 43
19. Halifax Town * 36 11 10 15 -5 42
20. Stockport 38 10 12 16 -10 42
21. Exeter City 39 10 11 18 -13 41
22. Rochdale 38 8 14 16 -29 38
23. Carlisle United 36 9 6 21 -25 33
24. Newport Co. 36 5 7 24 -42 22

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.