Bury 2
Wrexham 3
League (Division Three)
Bury |
2 - 3
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Brian Stanton (28) Jimmy McIlwraith (35) |
Graham Whittle (32) Graham Whittle (52) Gareth Davies (54) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bob Stokoe |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. John Forrest 2. John Thomson 3. Keith Kennedy 4. Dave Hatton 5. Tony Bailey 6. Danny Wilson 7. Brian Stanton 8. Alan Suddick 9. Andy Rowland 10. Ian Robins 11. Jimmy McIlwraith |
Eddie Niedzwecki .1 Alan Hill .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 John Lyons .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Craig Madden |
Arfon Griffiths .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Craig Madden for Keith Kennedy (73) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
J.K.Butcher (Kendal) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 24th, 1978)
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 18 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 12 | - | 3 | - | 15 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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34 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 368 | 8 | 92 | 8 | 460 | 16 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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33 | - | 17 | - | 100 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 137 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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21 | - | 11 | - | 54 | - | 24 | - | 78 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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30 | 4 | 15 | - | 74 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 103 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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30 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 43 | 3 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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34 | 2 | 17 | - | 239 | 19 | 73 | 5 | 312 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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33 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 204 | 24 | 63 | 6 | 267 | 30 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 56 | 15 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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34 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 80 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 111 | 45 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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27 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 253 | 75 | 68 | 24 | 321 | 99 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 24th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 21st March 1978 |
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| Portsmouth | 1-5 | Plymouth A. |
| Sheffield Wed. | 2-0 | Bradford City |
| 22nd March 1978 |
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| Exeter City | 0-0 | Swindon Town |
| Port Vale | 1-0 | Hereford Utd |
| 24th March 1978 |
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| Bury | 2-3 | Wrexham |
| Chester | 1-2 | Preston NE |
| Lincoln City | 3-3 | Rotherham Utd |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WREXHAM | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | +25 | 49 |
| 2. | Preston North End | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | +21 | 46 |
| 3. | Cambridge United | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | +18 | 45 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | +11 | 42 |
| 5. | Walsall | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | +8 | 40 |
| 6. | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | +8 | 39 |
| 7. | Peterborough United | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | +3 | 39 |
| 8. | Bury | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | +7 | 37 |
| 9. | Chester | 36 | 9 | 19 | 8 | -6 | 37 |
| 10. | Swindon Town | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | +7 | 36 |
| 11. | Colchester United | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | +6 | 36 |
| 12. | Carlisle United | 35 | 10 | 16 | 9 | +2 | 36 |
| 13. | Lincoln City | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 36 |
| 14. | Chesterfield | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | +7 | 35 |
| 15. | Exeter City | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 35 |
| 16. | Shrewsbury Town | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | +1 | 34 |
| 17. | Oxford United | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 18. | Port Vale | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | -13 | 31 |
| 19. | Sheffield Wednesday | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 30 |
| 20. | Plymouth Argyle | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 29 |
| 21. | Rotherham United | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -18 | 27 |
| 23. | Hereford United | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -20 | 27 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 37 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -29 | 25 |