Plymouth Argyle 0
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)
Plymouth A. |
0 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Bobby Shinton (33) |
| Team Managers | |
| Mike Kelly |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Paul Barron 2. Kevin Smart 3. John Uzzell 4. Mickey Horswill 5. George Foster 6. John Craven 7. Brian Johnson 8. Gary Megson 9. Fred Binney 10. Chris Harrison 11. Alan Rogers |
Dai Davies .1 Alan Hill .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. John Delve |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| John Delve for Kevin Smart (77) |
John Lyons for Les Cartwright (76) |
| Cautions | |
| George Foster |
Alan Dwyer Les Cartwright Mickey Thomas |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
B.T. Stevens (Stonehouse, Gloucs.) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 31st, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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16 | - | 4 | - | 16 | - | 4 | - | 20 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 357 | 7 | 83 | 8 | 440 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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22 | - | 7 | - | 89 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 116 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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11 | - | 2 | - | 44 | - | 15 | - | 59 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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19 | 3 | 7 | - | 63 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 84 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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21 | 1 | 7 | - | 21 | 1 | 7 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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23 | 1 | 7 | - | 228 | 18 | 63 | 5 | 291 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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22 | 3 | 7 | - | 193 | 23 | 54 | 4 | 247 | 27 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 90 | 38 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 243 | 71 | 58 | 20 | 301 | 91 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 30 |
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16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||
| John Lyons (sub) | 21 |
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5 | - | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 10 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 31st, 1977)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 31st, 1977: |
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| Welsh League (North) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 3-0 | Conwy United |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 30th December 1977 |
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| Tranmere R. | 2-0 | Portsmouth |
| 31st December 1977 |
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| Bradford City | 1-3 | Chesterfield |
| Bury | 1-1 | Carlisle United |
| Chester | 2-2 | Lincoln City |
| Gillingham | 2-2 | Swindon Town |
| Oxford United | 0-0 | Exeter City |
| Peterborough | 1-0 | Preston NE |
| Plymouth A. | 0-1 | Wrexham |
| Port Vale | 3-0 | Rotherham Utd |
| Sheffield Wed. | 1-0 | Hereford Utd |
| Shrewsbury | 1-0 | Colchester Utd |
| Walsall | 0-0 | Cambridge Utd |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WREXHAM | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | +15 | 32 |
| 2. | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | +17 | 30 |
| 3. | Gillingham | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | +10 | 30 |
| 4. | Peterborough United | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | +4 | 29 |
| 5. | Cambridge United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | +12 | 28 |
| 6. | Preston North End | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | +7 | 27 |
| 7. | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | +9 | 26 |
| 8. | Colchester United | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | +10 | 25 |
| 9. | Swindon Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | +7 | 24 |
| 10. | Bury | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | -5 | 24 |
| 11. | Exeter City | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 12. | Walsall | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 13. | Chester | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | -7 | 23 |
| 14. | Chesterfield | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 15. | Oxford United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 16. | Carlisle United | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 17. | Rotherham United | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 18. | Port Vale | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | -8 | 20 |
| 19. | Bradford City | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 19 |
| 20. | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 18 |
| 21. | Lincoln City | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 18 |
| 22. | Hereford United | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 18 |
| 23. | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -16 | 17 |