Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Wrexham 1 (AET)
FA Cup (2nd Round Replay)
Brighton & HA |
1 - 1
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Wrexham |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Denis Gordon (67) |
Gordon Richards (16) |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy Lane |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Eric Gill 2. Des Tennant 3. Jimmy Langley 4. Paddy McIlvenny 5. Alex South 6. Glen Wilson 7. Denis Gordon 8. Albert Mundy 9. Bert Addinall 10. Jimmy Leadbetter 11. Frankie Howard |
Pat Egglestone .1 Les Speed .2 Peter Fisher .3 George Jones .4 Jack Capper .5 Johnny Tapscott .6 Glyn Hughes .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Tommy Bannan .9 Tommy Tilston .10 Gordon Richards .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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S.J. Bostock (Manchester) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 16th, 1953)
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| Pat Egglestone (GK) | 26 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 29 | - | 3 | - | 32 | - | |||
| Jack Capper | 22 |
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6 | - | 3 | - | 24 | - | 3 | - | 27 | - | |||
| Peter Fisher | 33 |
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16 | - | 2 | - | 83 | - | 10 | - | 93 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 30 |
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4 | - | 2 | - | 171 | - | 24 | 1 | 195 | 1 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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22 | - | 3 | - | 111 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 125 | 8 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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22 | - | 3 | - | 114 | 2 | 11 | - | 125 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 98 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 112 | 42 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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21 | 6 | 3 | - | 101 | 34 | 13 | - | 114 | 34 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 22 |
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20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 19 | |||
| Gordon Richards | 20 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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21 | 8 | 3 | - | 73 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 81 | 30 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 16th, 1953)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th December 1953 |
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| Chester | 2-0 | Rochdale |
| Gateshead AFC | 4-0 | Halifax Town |
| Mansfield | 6-0 | Darlington |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Port Vale | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5.375 | 37 |
| 2. | Gateshead AFC | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1.708 | 31 |
| 3. | Bradford PA | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1.692 | 28 |
| 4. | Barnsley | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1.292 | 27 |
| 5. | Stockport | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1.704 | 26 |
| 6. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1.267 | 26 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1.414 | 24 |
| 8. | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1.000 | 24 |
| 9. | Carlisle United | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1.533 | 23 |
| 10. | Chesterfield | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1.161 | 23 |
| 11. | Southport | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0.969 | 22 |
| 12. | Crewe Alex. | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0.750 | 22 |
| 13. | Barrow | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1.065 | 21 |
| 14. | Mansfield | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1.025 | 21 |
| 15. | Accrington S. | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1.026 | 20 |
| 16. | Grimsby Town | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0.714 | 20 |
| 17. | Tranmere R. | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0.857 | 19 |
| 18. | Hartlepools United | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0.933 | 18 |
| 19. | Chester | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.676 | 17 |
| 20. | York City | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0.628 | 15 |
| 21. | Halifax Town | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0.600 | 14 |
| 22. | Darlington | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.475 | 14 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0.419 | 14 |
| 24. | Workington | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0.426 | 12 |