Preston North End 1
Wrexham 3
League (Division Three)
Preston NE |
1 - 3
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Alex Bruce (66) |
Mel Sutton (31) Bobby Shinton (61) Dixie McNeil (63) |
| Team Managers | |
| Nobby Stiles |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Roy Tunks 2. Danny Cameron 3. Harry Wilson 4. Steve Doyle 5. Mick Baxter 6. Steve Uzelac 7. Gordon Coleman 8. Sean Haslegrave 9. John Smith 10. Mike Elwiss 11. Alex Bruce |
Dai Davies .1 Mickey Evans .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Alan Spavin |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Alan Spavin for John Smith |
John Lyons for Bobby Shinton |
| Cautions | |
| Steve Doyle |
Dixie McNeil |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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A. Morrisey (Bramhall) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at November 12th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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10 | - | 1 | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | 11 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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17 | 1 | 4 | - | 351 | 7 | 80 | 7 | 431 | 14 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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16 | - | 4 | - | 83 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 107 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 30 |
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12 | 1 | 2 | - | 367 | 19 | 83 | 6 | 450 | 25 | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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16 | 3 | 4 | - | 60 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 78 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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15 | - | 4 | - | 15 | - | 4 | - | 19 | - | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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17 | 1 | 4 | - | 222 | 18 | 60 | 5 | 282 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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16 | 2 | 4 | - | 187 | 22 | 51 | 4 | 238 | 26 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 30 |
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10 | 6 | 0 | - | 10 | 6 | 0 | - | 10 | 6 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 81 | 34 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 237 | 67 | 55 | 19 | 292 | 86 | |||
| John Lyons (sub) | 21 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 34 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 9 | |||
League Table & Results (as at November 12th, 1977)
| Other Wrexham matches played on November 12th, 1977: |
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| Welsh League (North) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 0-0 | Caernarfon T. | |||||
| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
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| Llangefni Town Youth | ?-? | Wrexham Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 8th November 1977 |
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| Cambridge Utd | 3-0 | Bury |
| 11th November 1977 |
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| Colchester Utd | 2-0 | Swindon Town |
| 12th November 1977 |
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| Bradford City | 2-1 | Bury |
| Cambridge Utd | 5-0 | Lincoln City |
| Carlisle United | 3-1 | Portsmouth |
| Chester | 2-1 | Port Vale |
| Gillingham | 1-0 | Exeter City |
| Hereford Utd | 3-2 | Walsall |
| Oxford United | 1-0 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Plymouth A. | 2-0 | Chesterfield |
| Preston NE | 1-3 | Wrexham |
| Rotherham Utd | 0-1 | Peterborough |
| Tranmere R. | 2-0 | Shrewsbury T. |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WREXHAM | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | +11 | 23 |
| 2. | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | +12 | 21 |
| 3. | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | +9 | 20 |
| 4. | Cambridge United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | +6 | 20 |
| 5. | Gillingham | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | +5 | 20 |
| 6. | Peterborough United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 7. | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | +9 | 19 |
| 8. | Preston North End | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | +1 | 19 |
| 9. | Oxford United | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 18 |
| 10. | Rotherham United | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 18 |
| 11. | Exeter City | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 17 |
| 12. | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 13. | Bury | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 17 |
| 14. | Swindon Town | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | +3 | 16 |
| 15. | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 16. | Hereford United | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 16 |
| 17. | Chester | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | -6 | 16 |
| 18. | Chesterfield | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 19. | Bradford City | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 20. | Carlisle United | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 21. | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 22. | Port Vale | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -9 | 13 |
| 23. | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -14 | 11 |