Swindon Town 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three)
Swindon Town |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| David Moss (64) |
John Lyons (14) John Lyons (44) |
| Team Managers | |
| Danny Williams |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Jimmy Allan 2. John McLaughlin 3. Andy Ford 4. Kenny Stroud 5. Roy Carter 6. Colin Prophett 7. David Moss 8. Chris Kamara 9. Chris Guthrie 10. Ray McHale 11. Chic Bates |
Eddie Niedzwecki .1 Alan Hill .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Arfon Griffiths .9 John Lyons .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. John Trollope |
Wayne Cegielski .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Leslie Burden (Wimbourne) (Referee) |
Match Report
Eddie Niedzwiecki saved a penalty from Ray McHale in the 28th minute.
Squad Statistics (as at March 14th, 1978)
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 18 |
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10 | - | 2 | - | 10 | - | 2 | - | 12 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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32 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 366 | 7 | 91 | 8 | 457 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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31 | - | 16 | - | 98 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 134 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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19 | - | 10 | - | 52 | - | 23 | - | 75 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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28 | 4 | 15 | - | 72 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 101 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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28 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 41 | 3 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 36 |
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14 | 1 | 5 | - | 581 | 120 | 125 | 21 | 706 | 141 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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32 | 2 | 16 | - | 237 | 19 | 72 | 5 | 309 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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31 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 202 | 24 | 63 | 6 | 265 | 30 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 53 | 15 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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32 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 78 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 108 | 43 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 14th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 7th March 1978 |
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| Cambridge | 2-0 | Shrewsbury |
| Carlisle United | 0-0 | Peterborough |
| Colchester Utd | 4-0 | Portsmouth |
| Gillingham | 1-4 | Bury |
| Sheffield Wed. | 1-1 | Chester |
| Swindon Town | 0-2 | Preston NE |
| Walsall | 1-0 | Plymouth A. |
| 8th March 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 1-1 | Port Vale |
| Exeter City | 1-0 | Rotherham |
| Hereford Utd | 2-1 | Chesterfield |
| Lincoln City | 1-0 | Oxford United |
| 10th March 1978 |
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| Tranmere | 1-1 | Plymouth A. |
| 11th March 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 2-2 | Carlisle United |
| Bury | 0-0 | Portsmouth |
| Cambridge | 2-0 | Hereford Utd |
| Chester | 2-1 | Rotherham |
| Exeter City | 3-0 | Lincoln City |
| Gillingham | 2-1 | Preston NE |
| Oxford United | 3-0 | Colchester Utd |
| Port Vale | 1-0 | Swindon Town |
| Shrewsbury | 0-0 | Peterborough |
| Walsall | 2-2 | Chesterfield |
| 13th March 1978 |
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| Plymouth A. | 1-2 | Lincoln City |
| 14th March 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 2-0 | Tranmere |
| Bury | 0-1 | Walsall |
| Peterborough | 1-0 | Colchester Utd |
| Rotherham | 1-0 | Cambridge |
| Swindon Town | 1-2 | Wrexham |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | WREXHAM | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | +23 | 45 |
| 2. | Cambridge | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | +19 | 45 |
| 3. | Preston NE | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | +20 | 43 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 35 | 14 | 14 | 7 | +12 | 42 |
| 5. | Walsall | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | +9 | 40 |
| 6. | Tranmere | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | +10 | 39 |
| 7. | Peterborough | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | +3 | 38 |
| 8. | Bury | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | +9 | 37 |
| 9. | Chester | 34 | 9 | 18 | 7 | -5 | 36 |
| 10. | Swindon Town | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | +7 | 34 |
| 11. | Colchester Utd | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | +5 | 34 |
| 12. | Shrewsbury | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | +3 | 34 |
| 13. | Carlisle United | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | +1 | 34 |
| 14. | Chesterfield | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | +6 | 33 |
| 15. | Exeter City | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 33 |
| 16. | Lincoln City | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 33 |
| 17. | Oxford United | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 18. | Sheffield Wed. | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | -7 | 28 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | -14 | 28 |
| 20. | Bradford City | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 27 |
| 21. | Rotherham | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 26 |
| 22. | Plymouth A. | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -13 | 25 |
| 23. | Hereford Utd | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -20 | 25 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 35 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -27 | 23 |