Portsmouth 0 - 1 Wrexham | Saturday, February 4th, 1978 | Match Details (Wrexham AFC Archive)

Portsmouth

0 - 1
HT: 0-1

Wrexham

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, February 4th, 1978
Fratton Park
Attendance: 9,223
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
None.	Graham Whittle (22)

Team Managers
Jimmy Dickinson	Arfon Griffiths

Starting Eleven
1. Phil Figgins 2. Phil Roberts 3. Tony Taylor 4. Peter Denyer 5. Eoin Hand 6. Peter Ellis 7. Norman Piper 8. David Kemp 9. Paul Gilchrist 10. Bobby Stokes 11. Mick Mellows	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 Arfon Griffiths .11

Bench
12. Clive Green	Mickey Evans .12

Substitutions
Clive Green for Norman Piper	None.

Cautions
None.	None.

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
R.C. Challis (Tonbridge) (Referee) G Colyer & J.D. Raymond (Assistants)

Match Report

This match has no report.

Squad Statistics (as at February 4th, 1978)

			1977-78				All Time
				League		Cups		League		Cups		All	All
	Age	Nat
Dai Davies (GK)	29		19	-	9	-	19	-	9	-	28	-
Gareth Davies	28		26	1	12	1	360	7	88	8	448	15
Alan Dwyer	25		25	-	12	-	92	2	32	4	124	6
Alan Hill	22		14	-	7	-	47	-	20	-	67	-
John Roberts	31		22	3	11	-	66	3	25	1	91	4
Arfon Griffiths	36		13	1	5	-	580	120	125	21	705	141
Mel Sutton	31		26	1	12	-	231	18	68	5	299	23
Mickey Thomas	23		25	3	12	2	196	23	59	6	255	29
Dixie McNeil	31		19	10	6	7	19	10	6	7	25	17
Bobby Shinton	26		26	12	12	5	72	28	26	12	98	40
Graham Whittle	24		20	7	11	3	246	72	63	21	309	93

League Table & Results (as at February 4th, 1978)

Other Wrexham matches played on February 4th, 1978:

Alves Cup
Wrexham Reserves	P-P	Blaenau F.

Results of league matches played since last match

17th January 1978

Sheffield Wed.	2-1	Exeter City
Walsall	0-0	Tranmere R.

20th January 1978

Portsmouth	1-2	Swindon Town
Tranmere R.	2-1	Hereford Utd

21st January 1978

Bury	5-0	Exeter City
Chester	2-1	Colchester Utd
Gillingham	3-1	Cambridge Utd
Oxford United	3-1	Bradford City
Plymouth A.	0-1	Carlisle United
Shrewsbury	0-1	Lincoln City

27th January 1978

Colchester Utd

0-0

Tranmere R.

28th January 1978

Cambridge Utd	0-0	Chester
Chesterfield	3-0	Portsmouth
Exeter City	1-1	Shrewsbury
Hereford Utd	1-3	Plymouth A.
Lincoln City	3-0	Port Vale
Sheffield Wed.	3-2	Bury

31st January 1978

Shrewsbury

1-1

Chesterfield

3rd February 1978

Tranmere R.

0-1

Cambridge Utd

4th February 1978

Chester	3-2	Bradford City
Oxford United	1-1	Gillingham
Peterborough	0-1	Lincoln City
Plymouth A.	1-1	Colchester Utd
Portsmouth	0-1	Wrexham
Preston NE	2-1	Carlisle United

Division Three 1977-78

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Tranmere Rovers	31	14	9	8	44	27	+17	37
2.	Gillingham	29	12	13	4	52	36	+16	37
3.	Cambridge United	30	15	7	8	52	39	+13	37
4.	WREXHAM	26	14	8	4	43	27	+16	36
5.	Preston North End	27	12	9	6	36	24	+12	33
6.	Colchester United	29	10	11	8	38	28	+10	31
7.	Bury	28	10	11	7	40	35	+5	31
8.	Shrewsbury Town	29	10	10	9	43	35	+8	30
9.	Peterborough United	26	10	10	6	21	19	+2	30
10.	Chester	28	8	14	6	33	38	-5	30
11.	Swindon Town	26	10	9	7	45	36	+9	29
12.	Chesterfield	27	12	5	10	33	26	+7	29
13.	Carlisle United	27	8	10	9	35	35	0	26
14.	Walsall	26	7	12	7	29	29	0	26
15.	Lincoln City	28	8	10	10	31	36	-5	26
16.	Exeter City	28	9	8	11	32	38	-6	26
17.	Oxford United	29	8	9	12	39	45	-6	25
18.	Rotherham United	25	7	8	10	31	38	-7	22
19.	Plymouth Argyle	28	6	10	12	34	42	-8	22
20.	Sheffield Wednesday	27	7	8	12	27	35	-8	22
21.	Port Vale	27	5	12	10	27	40	-13	22
22.	Hereford United	28	5	10	13	21	38	-17	20
23.	Portsmouth	29	4	12	13	29	50	-21	20
24.	Bradford City	28	6	7	15	32	51	-19	19

Portsmouth 0 Wrexham 1 League (Division Three)