Wrexham 3
Merthyr Tydfil 0
Welsh Cup (5th Round)

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Wrexham
3 - 0
Merthyr Tydfil 

Welsh Cup
(5th Round)
Tuesday, March 21st, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6,348
7:30pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Bobby Shinton (27)
Graham Whittle (53)
Arfon Griffiths (65)
 		None.

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
 Emrys Evans

Starting Eleven
1. Eddie Niedzwecki
2. Alan Hill
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. Wayne Cegielski
6. Mike Williams
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. John Lyons
10. Graham Whittle
11. Arfon Griffiths
 Don Payne .1
Mickey Carter .2
John Wakeham .3
Chris Holvey .4
Doug Rosser .5
Ian Docherty .6
Dave Jones .7
Alan Sullivan .8
Paul Caviel .9
Mike Dicks .10
Mick Lenihan .11

Bench
12. John Roberts
 Alan Mullins .12

Substitutions
None. Alan Mullins for Chris Holvey (56)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R. Bridges (Deeside) (Referee)
W.D. Bond (Llangollen) & D. Davies (Ruthin) (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 21st, 1978)

1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) 11 - 3 - 14 -
Wayne Cegielski 5 - 3 - 22 -
Gareth Davies 33116145915
Alan Dwyer 32 - 17 - 1366
Alan Hill 20 - 11 - 77 -
Arfon Griffiths 15161708142
Mel Sutton 33217 - 31124
Mike Williams 0 - 1 - 11 -
John Lyons 114725515
Bobby Shinton 331517711045
Graham Whittle 26816632097







League Table & Results (as at March 21st, 1978)

Results of league matches played since last match
21st March 1978
Portsmouth1-5Plymouth A.
Sheffield Wed.2-0Bradford City


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 33 19 9 5 +24 47
2. Cambridge United 37 18 9 10 +18 45
3. Preston North End 35 16 12 7 +20 44
4. Gillingham 36 14 14 8 +11 42
5. Walsall 35 13 14 8 +8 40
6. Tranmere Rovers 36 14 11 11 +8 39
7. Peterborough United 34 13 13 8 +3 39
8. Bury 35 12 13 10 +8 37
9. Chester 35 9 19 7 -5 37
10. Colchester United 36 12 12 12 +6 36
11. Carlisle United 35 10 16 9 +2 36
12. Swindon Town 33 12 11 10 +7 35
13. Chesterfield 33 13 9 11 +7 35
14. Lincoln City 37 12 11 14 -7 35
15. Shrewsbury Town 36 11 12 13 +1 34
16. Exeter City 35 12 10 13 -6 34
17. Oxford United 36 11 10 15 -2 32
18. Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 12 14 -7 30
19. Plymouth Argyle 36 8 13 15 -8 29
20. Port Vale 35 7 15 13 -14 29
21. Rotherham United 32 10 8 14 -8 28
22. Bradford City 36 9 9 18 -18 27
23. Hereford United 34 8 11 15 -19 27
24. Portsmouth 37 5 15 17 -29 25