Crystal Palace 0
Wrexham 2
FA Cup (3rd Round)
Crystal Palace |
0 - 2
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Wrexham |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Mel Sutton (63) Dave Smallman (72) |
| Team Managers | |
| Malcolm Allison |
John Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Paul Hammond 2. Paddy Mulligan 3. Stewart Jump 4. Ben Anderson 5. Roy Barry 6. Jeff Johnson 7. Derek Jeffries 8. Mark Lindsay 9. Mick Hill 10. Don Rogers 11. Peter Taylor |
Brian Lloyd .1 Joey Jones .2 Dave Fogg .3 Mickey Evans .4 Eddie May .5 Graham Whittle .6 Brian Tinnion .7 Mel Sutton .8 Geoff Davies .9 Dave Smallman .10 Arfon Griffiths .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Charlie Cooke |
Mickey Thomas .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Charlie Cooke for Derek Jeffries (60) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D.J. Biddle (Bristol) (Referee) |
Match Report
Palace keeper Paul Hammond catches the ball with Dave Smallman (10) and Arfon Griffiths ready to pounce on any mistake.
Squad Statistics (as at January 5th, 1974)
| 1973-74 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 25 |
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24 | - | 6 | - | 105 | - | 22 | - | 127 | - | |||
| Mickey Evans | 26 |
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10 | - | 4 | - | 205 | 16 | 42 | 5 | 247 | 21 | |||
| Dave Fogg | 22 |
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24 | - | 6 | - | 75 | - | 19 | - | 94 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 18 |
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21 | - | 6 | - | 38 | - | 7 | - | 45 | - | |||
| Eddie May | 30 |
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21 | 1 | 6 | - | 241 | 30 | 52 | 8 | 293 | 38 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 27 |
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23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 82 | 8 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 32 |
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22 | 4 | 4 | - | 435 | 103 | 85 | 17 | 520 | 120 | |||
| Brian Tinnion | 25 |
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24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 180 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 212 | 44 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 20 |
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22 | 6 | 4 | - | 94 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 111 | 20 | |||
| Geoff Davies | 26 |
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13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Dave Smallman | 20 |
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18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 64 | 24 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 5th, 1974)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 5th, 1974: |
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| Welsh League (North) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 0-2 | Blaenau F. | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Llay Welfare | 3-3 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 5th January 1974 |
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| Chesterfield | 0-0 | Aldershot |
| Shrewsbury | 0-2 | Halifax Town |
| Southport | 1-1 | Watford |
| York City | 2-1 | Rochdale |
| Division Three 1973-74 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2.867 | 37 |
| 2. | York City | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2.067 | 33 |
| 3. | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1.778 | 33 |
| 4. | Chesterfield | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1.368 | 31 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1.619 | 30 |
| 6. | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1.214 | 29 |
| 7. | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1.147 | 26 |
| 8. | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1.194 | 25 |
| 9. | Halifax Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0.885 | 25 |
| 10. | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1.130 | 24 |
| 11. | Watford | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0.935 | 24 |
| 12. | Walsall | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1.208 | 23 |
| 13. | Grimsby Town | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1.150 | 23 |
| 14. | Hereford United | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0.933 | 23 |
| 15. | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1.200 | 22 |
| 16. | Aldershot | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0.912 | 21 |
| 17. | Port Vale | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0.867 | 21 |
| 18. | Southend United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0.818 | 21 |
| 19. | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1.107 | 20 |
| 20. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0.625 | 19 |
| 21. | Cambridge United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0.636 | 15 |
| 22. | Southport | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0.465 | 15 |
| 23. | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 0.525 | 14 |
| 24. | Rochdale | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0.400 | 10 |