Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Wrexham 3
FA Cup (2nd Round 2nd Replay)
Brighton & HA |
1 - 3
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Wrexham |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Jimmy Sirrel (24) |
Tommy Bannan (12) Gordon Richards (17) Ron Hewitt (41) |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy Lane |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Eric Gill 2. Des Tennant 3. Jimmy Langley 4. Wilf McCoy 5. Alex South 6. Glen Wilson 7. Denis Gordon 8. Albert Mundy 9. Tommy Bisset 10. Jimmy Sirrel 11. Frankie Howard |
Pat Egglestone .1 Les Speed .2 Aly McGowan .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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W.A. Hall (Middlesex) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 21st, 1953)
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| Pat Egglestone (GK) | 26 |
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13 | - | 4 | - | 30 | - | 4 | - | 34 | - | |||
| Jack Capper | 22 |
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6 | - | 4 | - | 24 | - | 4 | - | 28 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 23 |
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16 | - | 2 | - | 16 | - | 2 | - | 18 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 30 |
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5 | - | 3 | - | 172 | - | 25 | 1 | 197 | 1 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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22 | - | 4 | - | 111 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 126 | 8 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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23 | - | 4 | - | 115 | 2 | 12 | - | 127 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 114 | 44 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 116 | 35 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 22 |
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20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 19 | |||
| Gordon Richards | 20 |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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21 | 8 | 4 | - | 73 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 82 | 30 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 21st, 1953)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Port Vale | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5.500 | 39 |
| 2. | Gateshead AFC | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 33 |
| 3. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1.517 | 28 |
| 4. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1.290 | 28 |
| 5. | Stockport County | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1.679 | 27 |
| 6. | Barnsley | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1.240 | 27 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1.586 | 26 |
| 8. | Bradford City | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1.111 | 26 |
| 9. | Chesterfield | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1.152 | 24 |
| 10. | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0.781 | 24 |
| 11. | Carlisle United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1.469 | 23 |
| 12. | Mansfield Town | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1.075 | 23 |
| 13. | Barrow | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1.061 | 22 |
| 14. | Southport | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0.939 | 22 |
| 15. | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1.025 | 21 |
| 16. | Hartlepools United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1.000 | 20 |
| 17. | Grimsby Town | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0.703 | 20 |
| 18. | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.811 | 19 |
| 19. | Chester | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0.641 | 17 |
| 20. | Rochdale | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0.455 | 16 |
| 21. | York City | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.604 | 15 |
| 22. | Halifax Town | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0.525 | 14 |
| 23. | Workington | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0.510 | 14 |
| 24. | Darlington | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0.463 | 14 |