Port Vale 1
Wrexham 0
FA Cup (2nd Round)


Port Vale 

1 - 0
HT: 1-0

Wrexham


FA Cup
(2nd Round)
Saturday, December 9th, 1972
Vale Park
Attendance: 5,980
3:15pm kick-off


Goalscorers
John Brodie (6) None.

Team Managers
Gordon Lee John Neal

Starting Eleven
1. Alan Boswell
2. John Brodie
3. Tony Loska
4. Bill Summerscales
5. Roy Cross
6. Brian Horton
7. Sammy Morgan
8. Tony Lacey
9. Ray Williams
10. Colin Tartt
11. Tommy McLaren
Brian Lloyd .1
Stuart Mason .2
Dave Fogg .3
Gareth Davies .4
Eddie May .5
Mickey Evans .6
Brian Tinnion .7
Graham Whittle .8
Billy Ashcroft .9
Dave Smallman .10
Arfon Griffiths .11

Bench
12. John James Mickey Thomas .12

Substitutions
John James for Brian Horton (65) Mickey Thomas for Arfon Griffiths (80)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

A. Porter (Bolton) (Referee)
F.B. Hardy (Walsall) & D.H. Cross (Solihull) (Assistants)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 9th, 1972)


1972-73 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 21 - 9 - 71 -
Gareth Davies 21 - 9 - 2108
Mickey Evans 2119 - 21021
Dave Fogg 15 - 7 - 42 -
Stuart Mason 20 - 8 - 2094
Eddie May 1938124134
Arfon Griffiths 523 - 478113
Billy Ashcroft 184818219
Dave Smallman 12464188
Brian Tinnion 2149415631
Graham Whittle 13 - 426211
Mickey Thomas (sub) 18 - 81504







League Table & Results (as at December 9th, 1972)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 9th, 1972:
Cookson Cup
Blaenau F.5-1Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
2nd December 1972
Blackburn R.3-0Halifax Town
Bristol Rovers5-1Scunthorpe
Charlton A.2-0Port Vale
Chesterfield3-0Walsall
Grimsby Town3-1Notts County
Oldham1-1Bournemouth
Plymouth A.0-1Tranmere R.
Rotherham Utd0-0Rochdale
Shrewsbury T.2-0Brentford
Watford2-1Bolton
York City2-0Southend
9th December 1972
Rochdale0-0Bristol Rovers


Division Three 1972-73
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Bolton Wanderers 21 11 5 5 1.833 27
2. Bournemouth 21 10 7 4 1.762 27
3. Port Vale 21 9 7 5 0.774 25
4. Charlton Athletic 21 11 2 8 1.464 24
5. Bristol Rovers 22 9 6 7 1.360 24
6. Oldham Athletic 21 10 4 7 1.323 24
7. Watford 21 8 8 5 1.167 24
8. Tranmere Rovers 21 7 9 5 1.263 23
9. Grimsby Town 21 10 3 8 1.172 23
10. Walsall 21 10 2 9 0.962 22
11. Rochdale 22 7 8 7 0.923 22
12. Shrewsbury Town 21 8 5 8 0.815 21
13. Chesterfield 21 8 4 9 1.115 20
14. Rotherham United 21 8 4 9 1.040 20
15. Brentford 21 9 2 10 0.920 20
16. Blackburn Rovers 21 7 6 8 0.852 20
17. WREXHAM 21 7 6 8 0.786 20
18. Notts County 21 7 5 9 0.733 19
19. Halifax Town 21 4 10 7 0.950 18
20. York City 21 5 8 8 0.833 18
21. Scunthorpe United 21 6 5 10 0.552 17
22. Southend United 21 6 4 11 0.778 16
23. Swansea City 21 6 4 11 0.737 16
24. Plymouth Argyle 21 6 4 11 0.657 16