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After a coach journey over the snow covered Pennines, the Wrexham party were having a pre-match lunch at a nearby Halifax hotel when director T.H. Dodd received a phone call from a Bradford City official to say the match was off. With the Valley Parade pitch waterlogged, the match referee was left with little choice and so for the second Saturday running the Wrexham players were left kicking their heels.
It was decided that the players should have a 'Busman's Holiday' by going to watch the Second Division clash between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers. Wrexham trainer Jack Jones telephoned his old friend Joe Mercer, the City manager, and he immediately agreed to reserve some tickets for the party. For the record, City won 4-1 with future Wrexham youth coach Cliff Sear amongst the home side's scorers.
League Table & Results (as at April 16th, 1966)
| Other Wrexham matches played on April 16th, 1966: |
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| Cheshire County League | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | P-P | Winsford Utd | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two | ||
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| Wrexham | 5-1 | Brymbo Steelworks Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th April 1966 |
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| Bradford PA | 0-1 | Chester |
| Doncaster R. | 6-3 | Darlington |
| Halifax Town | 3-4 | Aldershot |
| Port Vale | 3-0 | Newport Co. |
| 15th April 1966 |
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| Barnsley | 1-1 | Bradford PA |
| Crewe Alex. | 2-1 | Southport |
| Halifax Town | 1-0 | Hartlepools United |
| Stockport Co. | 1-0 | Torquay |
| Tranmere R. | 0-1 | Newport Co. |
| 16th April 1966 |
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| Chester | 0-0 | Barrow |
| Colchester Utd | 0-0 | Aldershot |
| Darlington | 4-1 | Chesterfield |
| Lincoln City | 2-0 | Rochdale |
| Notts County | 1-1 | Luton Town |
| Port Vale | 0-1 | Doncaster R. |
| Division Four 1965-66 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Colchester United | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1.684 | 52 |
| 2. | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 1.644 | 50 |
| 3. | Chester | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1.298 | 50 |
| 4. | Darlington | 39 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 1.300 | 49 |
| 5. | Torquay United | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1.378 | 48 |
| 6. | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 1.357 | 48 |
| 7. | Luton Town | 37 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 1.283 | 46 |
| 8. | Southport | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1.075 | 41 |
| 9. | Notts County | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1.070 | 41 |
| 10. | Barrow | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1.067 | 41 |
| 11. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 40 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 1.038 | 39 |
| 12. | Stockport County | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 1.154 | 37 |
| 13. | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 1.000 | 36 |
| 14. | Newport County | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 0.921 | 34 |
| 15. | Barnsley | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 0.875 | 34 |
| 16. | Chesterfield | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 0.776 | 34 |
| 17. | Halifax Town | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 0.848 | 33 |
| 18. | Rochdale | 39 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 0.833 | 33 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 0.875 | 32 |
| 20. | Aldershot | 41 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 0.813 | 32 |
| 21. | Hartlepools United | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 0.800 | 32 |
| 22. | WREXHAM | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0.747 | 31 |
| 23. | Lincoln City | 40 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 0.636 | 30 |
| 24. | Bradford City | 37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 0.636 | 29 |