Preston North End 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)
Preston NE |
2 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Alex Bruce (18) Alex Bruce (27) |
Graham Whittle (2) |
| Team Managers | |
| Harry Catterick |
John Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Roy Tunks 2. Danny Cameron 3. Gary Williams 4. Francis Burns 5. Mick Baxter 6. Mark Lawrenson 7. Gordon Coleman 8. Jim Brown 9. John Smith 10. Mike Elwiss 11. Alex Bruce |
Brian Lloyd .1 Mickey Evans .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Billy Ashcroft .9 Graham Whittle .10 Arfon Griffiths .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Steve Doyle |
Stuart Lee .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Stuart Lee for Mickey Thomas (81) |
| Cautions | |
| Mike Elwiss (90) |
Mel Sutton |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
T.L. Morris (Leeds) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 15th, 1977)
| 1976-77 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 28 |
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32 | - | 13 | - | 251 | - | 63 | - | 314 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 27 |
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32 | - | 13 | 1 | 320 | 6 | 74 | 7 | 394 | 13 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 24 |
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17 | - | 8 | - | 53 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 71 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 29 |
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29 | - | 11 | - | 341 | 18 | 81 | 6 | 422 | 24 | |||
| John Roberts | 30 |
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31 | - | 13 | 1 | 31 | - | 13 | 1 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 35 |
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32 | 2 | 13 | - | 558 | 119 | 119 | 21 | 677 | 140 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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31 | - | 13 | - | 192 | 15 | 55 | 5 | 247 | 20 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 22 |
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31 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 157 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 202 | 24 | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | 24 |
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31 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 207 | 68 | 51 | 22 | 258 | 90 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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32 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 21 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 23 |
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30 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 212 | 53 | 50 | 17 | 262 | 70 | |||
| Stuart Lee (sub) | 24 |
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13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 16 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 15th, 1977)
| Other Wrexham matches played on March 15th, 1977: |
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| Northern Floodlit League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | P-P | Chester Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 14th March 1977 |
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| Port Vale | 1-0 | Chester |
| 15th March 1977 |
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| Brighton & HA | 4-0 | Shrewsbury |
| Lincoln City | 2-1 | Portsmouth |
| Northampton | 3-0 | Crystal Palace |
| Preston NE | 2-1 | Wrexham |
| Division Three 1976-77 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | +36 | 45 |
| 2. | Mansfield Town | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | +30 | 45 |
| 3. | Rotherham United | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | +22 | 44 |
| 4. | WREXHAM | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | +21 | 42 |
| 5. | Preston North End | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | +19 | 40 |
| 6. | Crystal Palace | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | +10 | 38 |
| 7. | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | +8 | 38 |
| 8. | Bury | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 36 |
| 9. | Lincoln City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | +5 | 35 |
| 10. | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | +5 | 35 |
| 11. | Chester | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 33 |
| 12. | Swindon Town | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | +2 | 32 |
| 13. | Oxford United | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 14. | Gillingham | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 29 |
| 15. | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | -4 | 28 |
| 16. | Peterborough United | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 28 |
| 17. | Port Vale | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | -9 | 27 |
| 18. | Portsmouth | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 26 |
| 19. | Chesterfield | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
| 20. | Northampton Town | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 25 |
| 21. | York City | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -24 | 25 |
| 22. | Walsall | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 24 |
| 23. | Reading | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 23 |
| 24. | Grimsby Town | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -22 | 21 |