Bradford City 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)
Bradford City |
2 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Gareth Davies (o.g.) (88) Don Hutchins (89) |
Dixie McNeil (46) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bobby Kennedy |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Peter Downsborough 2. Alex Spark 3. Cec Podd 4. David Fretwell 5. John Middleton 6. Garry Watson 7. Eugene Martinez 8. Terry Dolan 9. Bernie Wright 10. Vince Grimes 11. Don Hutchins |
Dai Davies .1 Alan Hill .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 Wayne Cegielski .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Graham Jones |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Graham Jones for John Middleton (46) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A. Saunders (Newcastle) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 26th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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14 | - | 4 | - | 14 | - | 4 | - | 18 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 21 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 13 | - | 6 | - | 19 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 355 | 7 | 83 | 8 | 438 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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20 | - | 7 | - | 87 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 114 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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9 | - | 2 | - | 42 | - | 15 | - | 57 | - | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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19 | 1 | 7 | - | 19 | 1 | 7 | - | 26 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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21 | 1 | 7 | - | 226 | 18 | 63 | 5 | 289 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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20 | 2 | 7 | - | 191 | 22 | 54 | 4 | 245 | 26 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 30 |
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14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 67 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 88 | 37 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 241 | 70 | 58 | 20 | 299 | 90 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 26th, 1977)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 26th, 1977: |
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| Welsh League (North) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rhyl Reserves | 1-3 | Wrexham Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 16th December 1977 |
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| Tranmere R. | 4-1 | Oxford United |
| 26th December 1977 |
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| Bradford City | 2-1 | Wrexham |
| Cambridge Utd | 2-0 | Port Vale |
| Carlisle United | 2-0 | Walsall |
| Chester | 1-0 | Shrewsbury T. |
| Colchester Utd | 1-1 | Lincoln City |
| Gillingham | 0-0 | Portsmouth |
| Hereford Utd | 0-0 | Peterborough |
| Oxford United | 3-3 | Swindon Town |
| Plymouth A. | 2-2 | Exeter City |
| Preston NE | 4-0 | Bury |
| Rotherham Utd | 1-2 | Chesterfield |
| Tranmere R. | 3-1 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WREXHAM | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | +12 | 28 |
| 2. | Gillingham | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | +10 | 28 |
| 3. | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | +15 | 27 |
| 4. | Cambridge United | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | +12 | 26 |
| 5. | Peterborough United | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | +3 | 26 |
| 6. | Preston North End | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | +7 | 25 |
| 7. | Colchester United | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | +11 | 24 |
| 8. | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 22 |
| 9. | Chester | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | -4 | 22 |
| 10. | Bury | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | -5 | 22 |
| 11. | Swindon Town | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +5 | 21 |
| 12. | Carlisle United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 20 |
| 13. | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 14. | Oxford United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 15. | Rotherham United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 20 |
| 16. | Chesterfield | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 17. | Walsall | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 18. | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 19. | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 20. | Hereford United | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -8 | 18 |
| 21. | Port Vale | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | -11 | 17 |
| 22. | Lincoln City | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 23. | Portsmouth | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -14 | 16 |
| 24. | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 13 |