Carlisle United 1
Wrexham 4
League (Division Three)
Carlisle United |
1 - 4
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| George McVitie (2) |
Graham Whittle (16) Graham Whittle (pen.) (18) Graham Whittle (44) Graham Whittle (55) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bobby Moncur |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Trevor Swinburne 2. Peter Carr 3. Andy Collins 4. Ian MacDonald 5. Mike McCartney 6. Bobby Parker 7. George McVitie 8. Phil Bonnyman 9. Mick Tait 10. David Kemp 11. Jimmy Hamilton |
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. Frank Clarke |
Arfon Griffiths .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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J. Wrennall (Eccleston) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at March 27th, 1978)
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 18 |
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14 | - | 3 | - | 14 | - | 3 | - | 17 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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36 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 370 | 8 | 92 | 8 | 462 | 16 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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35 | - | 17 | - | 102 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 139 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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23 | - | 11 | - | 56 | - | 24 | - | 80 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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32 | 4 | 15 | - | 76 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 105 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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31 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 44 | 3 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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36 | 2 | 17 | - | 241 | 19 | 73 | 5 | 314 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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35 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 206 | 24 | 63 | 6 | 269 | 30 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 58 | 15 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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36 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 82 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 113 | 46 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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29 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 255 | 80 | 68 | 24 | 323 | 104 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 27th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 27th March 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 2-0 | Shrewsbury |
| Bury | 1-1 | Preston NE |
| Carlisle United | 1-4 | Wrexham |
| Chester | 1-1 | Walsall |
| Chesterfield | 0-0 | Rotherham Utd |
| Lincoln City | 0-0 | Colchester Utd |
| Portsmouth | 1-1 | Gillingham |
| Sheffield Wed. | 1-0 | Tranmere R. |
| Swindon Town | 3-2 | Oxford United |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | WREXHAM | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | +30 | 53 |
| 2. | Preston North End | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | +21 | 48 |
| 3. | Cambridge United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | +19 | 47 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | +11 | 44 |
| 5. | Walsall | 37 | 13 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 42 |
| 6. | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | +9 | 41 |
| 7. | Swindon Town | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | +10 | 40 |
| 8. | Peterborough United | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | +3 | 40 |
| 9. | Colchester United | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | +7 | 39 |
| 10. | Chester | 38 | 9 | 21 | 8 | -6 | 39 |
| 11. | Bury | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | +6 | 38 |
| 12. | Chesterfield | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | +7 | 37 |
| 13. | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 17 | 10 | -1 | 37 |
| 14. | Lincoln City | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | -9 | 37 |
| 15. | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 35 |
| 16. | Exeter City | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 35 |
| 17. | Sheffield Wednesday | 37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | -5 | 34 |
| 18. | Oxford United | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 37 | 8 | 16 | 13 | -13 | 32 |
| 20. | Rotherham United | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 30 |
| 21. | Plymouth Argyle | 37 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 29 |
| 22. | Hereford United | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 29 |
| 23. | Bradford City | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -18 | 29 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 39 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -30 | 26 |