Colchester United 1
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)
Colchester Utd |
1 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Bobby Gough (13) |
Mickey Thomas (14) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bobby Roberts |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Mike Walker 2. Micky Cook 3. Johnny Williams 4. Steve Leslie 5. Mike Packer 6. Steve Dowman 7. Steve Foley 8. Bobby Gough 9. Paul Dyer 10. Ian Allinson 11. Steve Wignall |
Dai Davies .1 Mickey Evans .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. Steve Wright |
Alan Hill .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Alan Hill for John Lyons |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Mickey Evans |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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T.D. Spencer (Wooton Bassett) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 15th, 1978)
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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26 | - | 13 | - | 26 | - | 13 | - | 39 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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41 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 375 | 8 | 93 | 8 | 468 | 16 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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40 | - | 18 | 1 | 107 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 145 | 7 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 30 |
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20 | 1 | 8 | - | 375 | 19 | 89 | 6 | 464 | 25 | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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37 | 4 | 16 | - | 81 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 111 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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36 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 4 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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41 | 2 | 18 | - | 246 | 19 | 74 | 5 | 320 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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40 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 211 | 25 | 64 | 6 | 275 | 31 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 64 | 16 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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41 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 87 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 119 | 46 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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34 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 260 | 80 | 69 | 24 | 329 | 104 | |||
| Alan Hill (sub) | 22 |
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26 | - | 12 | - | 59 | - | 25 | - | 84 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 15th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th April 1978 |
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| Chester | 3-1 | Oxford United |
| 14th April 1978 |
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| Tranmere R. | 2-1 | Port Vale |
| 15th April 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 1-2 | Exeter City |
| Cambridge Utd | 2-0 | Chesterfield |
| Carlisle United | 1-0 | Shrewsbury T. |
| Chester | 1-0 | Bury |
| Colchester Utd | 1-1 | Wrexham |
| Gillingham | 2-1 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Hereford Utd | 0-2 | Portsmouth |
| Oxford United | 3-1 | Walsall |
| Plymouth A. | 1-0 | Peterborough |
| Preston NE | 4-0 | Lincoln City |
| Rotherham Utd | 1-3 | Swindon Town |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | WREXHAM | 41 | 22 | 13 | 6 | +29 | 57 |
| 2. | Preston North End | 42 | 19 | 15 | 8 | +25 | 53 |
| 3. | Cambridge United | 43 | 21 | 11 | 11 | +19 | 53 |
| 4. | Peterborough United | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | +12 | 50 |
| 5. | Gillingham | 43 | 15 | 19 | 9 | +11 | 49 |
| 6. | Chester | 43 | 13 | 22 | 8 | -1 | 48 |
| 7. | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 16 | 14 | 13 | +8 | 46 |
| 8. | Walsall | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | +7 | 46 |
| 9. | Swindon Town | 41 | 15 | 15 | 11 | +11 | 45 |
| 10. | Carlisle United | 43 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 44 |
| 11. | Colchester United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | +8 | 43 |
| 12. | Bury | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | +8 | 42 |
| 13. | Chesterfield | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | +5 | 42 |
| 14. | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | +1 | 40 |
| 15. | Lincoln City | 43 | 13 | 14 | 16 | -10 | 40 |
| 16. | Exeter City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | -11 | 40 |
| 17. | Sheffield Wednesday | 41 | 13 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 39 |
| 18. | Oxford United | 43 | 13 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 38 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 43 | 8 | 20 | 15 | -16 | 36 |
| 20. | Rotherham United | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 34 |
| 21. | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | -12 | 34 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -23 | 32 |
| 23. | Hereford United | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -24 | 30 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 43 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -31 | 29 |