Wrexham 2
Oldham Athletic 0
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 0
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OldhamOldham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Bobby Shinton (30) Bobby Shinton (74) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Jimmy Frizzell |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Wayne Cegielski 3. Alan Dwyer 4. Joey Jones 5. John Roberts 6. David Giles 7. Bobby Shinton 8. Mel Sutton 9. Dixie McNeil 10. Graham Whittle 11. Les Cartwright |
Peter McDonnell .1 Ian Wood .2 Steve Edwards .3 Ged Keegan .4 Keith Hicks .5 John Hurst .6 Vic Halom .7 Simon Stainrod .8 Alan Young .9 Les Chapman .10 Paul Heaton .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Steve Fox |
Mark Hilton .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Steve Fox for Les Cartwright |
Mark Hilton for Simon Stainrod |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | Ian Wood (31) |
| Match Officials | |
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Keith Hackett (Sheffield) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at April 7th, 1979)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 31 |
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25 | - | 11 | - | 55 | - | 26 | - | 81 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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18 | - | 8 | 1 | 36 | - | 19 | 1 | 55 | 1 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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16 | - | 5 | - | 128 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 174 | 7 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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18 | 1 | 4 | - | 116 | 3 | 24 | - | 140 | 3 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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28 | - | 9 | - | 113 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 156 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 27 |
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19 | - | 10 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 86 | 11 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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10 | - | 5 | 1 | 10 | - | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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29 | - | 10 | - | 280 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 368 | 24 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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24 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 65 | 34 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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29 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 121 | 38 | 47 | 19 | 168 | 57 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 283 | 89 | 78 | 26 | 361 | 115 | |||
| Steve Fox (sub) | 21 |
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10 | 1 | 4 | - | 10 | 1 | 4 | - | 14 | 1 | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 7th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on April 7th, 1979: |
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| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Denbigh Town | 1-0 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 3rd April 1979 |
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| Oldham | 0-0 | Crystal Palace |
| 4th April 1979 |
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| Blackburn R. | 0-2 | Bristol Rovers |
| Millwall | 2-0 | Leicester City |
| Newcastle Utd | 4-3 | Preston NE |
| Stoke | 2-0 | Fulham |
| 7th April 1979 |
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| Blackburn R. | 2-0 | Sheffield United |
| Bristol Rovers | 0-0 | Sunderland |
| Cambridge Utd | 0-0 | West Ham |
| Cardiff C. | 2-1 | Millwall |
| Charlton A. | 1-1 | Preston NE |
| Leicester City | 1-1 | Stoke |
| Orient | 3-3 | Brighton & HA |
| Luton Town | 4-1 | Burnley |
| Newcastle Utd | 1-0 | Crystal Palace |
| Notts County | 1-1 | Fulham |
| Wrexham | 2-0 | Oldham |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | +27 | 47 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | +20 | 46 |
| 3. | Crystal Palace | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | +20 | 45 |
| 4. | Sunderland | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | +17 | 45 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | +28 | 40 |
| 6. | Notts County | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | -2 | 39 |
| 7. | Orient | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | +4 | 36 |
| 8. | Fulham | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | +4 | 35 |
| 9. | Burnley | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 34 |
| 10. | Preston North End | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | -2 | 33 |
| 11. | Newcastle United | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 33 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 35 | 9 | 15 | 11 | -5 | 33 |
| 13. | Leicester City | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 32 |
| 14. | Charlton Athletic | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 15. | Bristol Rovers | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 32 |
| 16. | Luton Town | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | +5 | 30 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | +7 | 29 |
| 18. | Sheffield United | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 19. | Cardiff City | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | -25 | 26 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -22 | 25 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -26 | 21 |
| 22. | Millwall | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 19 |