Sunderland 2
Wrexham 2
FA Cup (3rd Round)
Sunderland |
2 - 2
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Wrexham |
 |
FA Cup |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Jim Holton (72) Mel Holden (79) |
Billy Ashcroft (35) Graham Whittle (48) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jimmy Adamson |
John Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Barry Siddall 2. Jackie Ashurst 3. Joe Bolton 4. Ray Train 5. Jeff Clarke 6. Jim Holton 7. Bobby Kerr 8. Billy Hughes 9. Mel Holden 10. Alan Brown 11. Gary Rowell |
Brian Lloyd .1 Mickey Evans .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Billy Ashcroft .9 Graham Whittle .10 Arfon Griffiths .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Mick Henderson |
Wayne Cegielski .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Mick Henderson for Ray Train (53) |
Wayne Cegielski for Mickey Evans (78) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Colin Seel (Carlisle) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at January 8th, 1977)
| 1976-77 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 28 |
|
20 | - | 9 | - | 239 | - | 59 | - | 298 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 27 |
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20 | - | 9 | 1 | 308 | 6 | 70 | 7 | 378 | 13 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 24 |
|
14 | - | 7 | - | 50 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 67 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 29 |
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18 | - | 7 | - | 330 | 18 | 76 | 6 | 406 | 24 | |||
| John Roberts | 30 |
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20 | - | 9 | - | 20 | - | 9 | - | 29 | - | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 35 |
|
20 | - | 9 | - | 546 | 117 | 115 | 21 | 661 | 138 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 30 |
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20 | - | 9 | - | 181 | 15 | 51 | 5 | 232 | 20 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 22 |
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19 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 145 | 16 | 41 | 4 | 186 | 20 | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | 24 |
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19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 195 | 61 | 47 | 18 | 242 | 79 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 16 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 23 |
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18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 200 | 45 | 46 | 15 | 246 | 60 | |||
| Wayne Cegielski (sub) | 20 |
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2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 8th, 1977)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 8th, 1977: |
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| Welsh League (North) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 0-1 | Bangor City Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brymbo Steelworks Reserves | 0-1 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 28th December 1976 |
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| Chester | 1-2 | Shrewsbury T. |
| Grimsby Town | 1-1 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Mansfield Town | 2-1 | Port Vale |
| Rotherham Utd | 1-0 | Chesterfield |
| Tranmere R. | 0-0 | Walsall |
| 29th December 1976 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-0 | Gillingham |
| Oxford United | 1-0 | Reading |
| 1st January 1977 |
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| Northampton | 0-1 | Preston NE |
| Portsmouth | 1-1 | Oxford United |
| Reading | 0-0 | Crystal Palace |
| 3rd January 1977 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-0 | Northampton |
| Crystal Palace | 3-0 | Walsall |
| Grimsby Town | 2-4 | Port Vale |
| Peterborough | 4-2 | Portsmouth |
| 7th January 1977 |
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| Northampton | 3-4 | Tranmere R. |
| 8th January 1977 |
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| Oxford United | 3-2 | Chesterfield |
| Sheffield Wed. | 0-0 | Brighton & HA |
| York City | 2-2 | Gillingham |
| Division Three 1976-77 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | +22 | 31 |
| 2. | Rotherham United | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | +16 | 29 |
| 3. | Preston North End | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | +18 | 28 |
| 4. | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | +17 | 28 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | +15 | 27 |
| 6. | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | +7 | 27 |
| 7. | Mansfield Town | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | +17 | 26 |
| 8. | Crystal Palace | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | +9 | 25 |
| 9. | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | +3 | 24 |
| 10. | Oxford United | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 11. | Bury | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 22 |
| 12. | Swindon Town | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 13. | Lincoln City | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | +3 | 20 |
| 14. | Chesterfield | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 15. | Chester | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 16. | Reading | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 17. | Gillingham | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 18 |
| 18. | Portsmouth | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -9 | 17 |
| 19. | Peterborough United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 17 |
| 20. | Port Vale | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 16 |
| 21. | Grimsby Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 16 |
| 22. | Walsall | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 15 |
| 23. | Northampton Town | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 24. | York City | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -23 | 12 |