Oxford United 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)

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Oxford United 

2 - 1
HT: 0-0

Wrexham


League
(Division Three)
Wednesday, March 1st, 1978
Manor Ground
Attendance: 4,718
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Peter Foley (60)
Hugh Curran (76) 		Les Cartwright (54)

Team Managers
Mick Brown Arfon Griffiths

Starting Eleven
1. Roy Burton
2. Andy Kingston
3. David Fogg
4. Gary Briggs
5. Colin Clarke
6. Paul Berry
7. Hugh McGrogan
8. Les Taylor
9. Peter Foley
10. Hugh Curran
11. Colin Duncan 		Eddie Niedzwecki .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. Archie White Alan Hill .12

Substitutions
Archie White for Colin Duncan Alan Hill for Mickey Evans (80)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C.B. White (Harrow, Middlesex) (Referee)
T. Hardman (Worcester) & R.C. Sibley (Reading) (Assistants)



Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report

Photo: Mickey Evans is stretchered off as Wrexham manager, Arfon Griffiths, looks on.



Squad Statistics (as at March 1st, 1978)

1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) 7 - 1 - 8 -
Gareth Davies 29114145315
Alan Dwyer 28 - 15 - 1306
Mickey Evans 1717 - 46125
John Roberts 25314 - 974
Les Cartwright 252121373
Mel Sutton 29115 - 30523
Mickey Thomas 28315226129
Dixie McNeil 22129113123
Bobby Shinton 291215610441
Graham Whittle 23714431594
Alan Hill (sub) 16 - 9 - 71 -







League Table & Results (as at March 1st, 1978)

Results of league matches played since last match
25th February 1978
Bradford City3-0Rotherham Utd
Bury3-0Port Vale
Cambridge Utd1-1Preston NE
Chester0-0Tranmere R.
Colchester Utd2-2Carlisle United
Gillingham1-1Plymouth A.
Oxford United3-0Hereford Utd
Sheffield Wed.0-0Portsmouth
Shrewsbury2-3Swindon Town
Walsall1-0Peterborough
28th February 1978
Bury0-0Swindon Town
Port Vale2-2Walsall
Portsmouth1-1Exeter City
Preston NE4-0Colchester Utd
Shrewsbury0-0Sheffield Wed.
1st March 1978
Bradford City2-1Gillingham
Chester2-2Carlisle United
Chesterfield0-0Lincoln City
Oxford United2-1Wrexham


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. Cambridge United 32 16 8 8 +16 40
2. Gillingham 32 13 14 5 +16 40
3. Preston North End 31 14 11 6 +17 39
4. WREXHAM 29 15 9 5 +16 39
5. Tranmere Rovers 32 14 10 8 +17 38
6. Bury 30 11 12 7 +8 34
7. Walsall 30 10 13 7 +6 33
8. Swindon Town 28 11 10 7 +10 32
9. Colchester United 31 10 12 9 +6 32
10. Peterborough United 29 11 10 8 +1 32
11. Chester 31 8 16 7 -6 32
12. Chesterfield 29 12 7 10 +7 31
13. Shrewsbury Town 32 10 11 11 +4 31
14. Carlisle United 31 9 13 9 +1 31
15. Oxford United 33 10 10 13 -3 30
16. Lincoln City 32 9 11 12 -7 29
17. Exeter City 31 10 9 12 -9 29
18. Sheffield Wednesday 31 8 10 13 -7 26
19. Port Vale 31 6 13 12 -14 25
20. Plymouth Argyle 30 6 11 13 -11 23
21. Bradford City 30 8 7 15 -15 23
22. Rotherham United 27 7 8 12 -11 22
23. Portsmouth 32 4 14 14 -22 22
24. Hereford United 30 5 11 14 -20 21