Wrexham 6
Gateshead United 0
FA Cup (1st Round)


Wrexham
6 - 0
Gateshead Utd. 

FA Cup
(1st Round)
Saturday, November 20th, 1976
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,554
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Billy Ashcroft (15)
Stuart Lee (25)
Bobby Shinton (41)
Bobby Shinton (pen.) (65)
Billy Ashcroft (80)
Bobby Shinton (83)
None.

Team Managers
John Neal
Ray Wilkie

Starting Eleven
1. Brian Lloyd
2. Mickey Evans
3. Graham Whittle
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Billy Ashcroft
10. Stuart Lee
11. Arfon Griffiths
Dave Clarke .1
Fred McIver .2
Ron Guthrie .3
George Potter .4
John Wilson .5
Tony Rosethorn .6
Colin McCrudden .7
Hopkinson .8
David Smith .9
Les Mutrie .10
Allen Barker .11

Bench
12. Alan Hill
McLeod .12

Substitutions
Alan Hill for Mickey Thomas (70)
None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

E Garner (Maghull, Liverpool) (Referee)
A.K. Woodhead (West Kirby) & J.D. Pauline (Bramhall) (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 20th, 1976)


1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 15 - 6 - 290 -
Gareth Davies 15 - 6137013
Mickey Evans 15 - 6 - 40224
John Roberts 15 - 6 - 21 -
Arfon Griffiths 15 - 6 - 653138
Mel Sutton 15 - 6 - 22420
Mickey Thomas 1426217820
Billy Ashcroft 1496423477
Stuart Lee 112414716
Bobby Shinton 1510532013
Graham Whittle 1346223854
Alan Hill (sub) 1 - 2 - 34 -







League Table & Results (as at November 20th, 1976)


Other Wrexham matches played on November 20th, 1976:
Welsh League (North)
Porthmadog2-2Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'B'2-0Corwen A.

Results of league matches played since last match
13th November 1976
Gillingham3-1Mansfield Town
Lincoln City2-2Tranmere R.
Northampton1-0Oxford United
Port Vale2-2Brighton & HA
Portsmouth1-1Bury
Reading0-2Preston NE
Shrewsbury T.2-1Grimsby Town
Swindon Town2-4Rotherham Utd
Walsall1-2York City


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 16 10 4 2 +21 24
2. WREXHAM 15 9 4 2 +16 22
3. Shrewsbury Town 16 9 3 4 +13 21
4. Rotherham United 16 7 6 3 +10 20
5. Mansfield Town 16 8 3 5 +13 19
6. Preston North End 16 6 7 3 +12 19
7. Lincoln City 16 6 6 4 +4 18
8. Sheffield Wednesday 16 7 4 5 +3 18
9. Crystal Palace 16 6 6 4 +3 18
10. Bury 16 7 4 5 +1 18
11. Swindon Town 17 7 4 6 -1 18
12. Gillingham 15 6 5 4 +1 17
13. Chesterfield 16 7 3 6 -4 17
14. Tranmere Rovers 16 4 8 4 +1 16
15. Chester 16 6 3 7 -5 15
16. Reading 17 6 3 8 -6 15
17. Peterborough United 18 5 4 9 -11 14
18. Oxford United 16 3 6 7 -4 12
19. Port Vale 17 3 6 8 -8 12
20. Walsall 16 3 5 8 -10 11
21. Portsmouth 16 2 7 7 -10 11
22. Northampton Town 16 4 3 9 -11 11
23. York City 16 4 3 9 -16 11
24. Grimsby Town 15 3 3 9 -12 9