Preston North End 0
Wrexham 2
FA Cup (2nd Round)
Preston NE |
0 - 2
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Wrexham |
 |
FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Gareth Davies (78) Dixie McNeil (90) |
| Team Managers | |
| Nobby Stiles |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Roy Tunks 2. John McMahon 3. Danny Cameron 4. Steve Doyle 5. Mick Baxter 6. Francis Burns 7. Gordon Coleman 8. Sean Haslegrave 9. John Smith 10. Mike Elwiss 11. Alex Bruce |
Dai Davies .1 Mickey Evans .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Alan Spavin |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Alan Spavin for Sean Haslegrave (68) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| Francis Burns |
Dixie McNeil John Roberts |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D. Shaw (Sandbach) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 17th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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13 | - | 4 | - | 13 | - | 4 | - | 17 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 354 | 7 | 83 | 8 | 437 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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19 | - | 7 | - | 86 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 113 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 30 |
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15 | 1 | 5 | - | 370 | 19 | 87 | 6 | 457 | 25 | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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18 | 3 | 7 | - | 62 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 83 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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18 | 1 | 7 | - | 18 | 1 | 7 | - | 25 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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20 | 1 | 7 | - | 225 | 18 | 63 | 5 | 288 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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19 | 2 | 7 | - | 190 | 22 | 54 | 4 | 244 | 26 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 30 |
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13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 87 | 37 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 240 | 70 | 58 | 20 | 298 | 90 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 17th, 1977)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 17th, 1977: |
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| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Newtown Youth | 0-4 | Wrexham Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 16th December 1977 |
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| Tranmere R. | 4-1 | Oxford United |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WREXHAM | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | +13 | 28 |
| 2. | Gillingham | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | +10 | 27 |
| 3. | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | +13 | 25 |
| 4. | Peterborough United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 25 |
| 5. | Cambridge United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | +10 | 24 |
| 6. | Colchester United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | +11 | 23 |
| 7. | Preston North End | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | +3 | 23 |
| 8. | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | +5 | 22 |
| 9. | Bury | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 22 |
| 10. | Swindon Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | +5 | 20 |
| 11. | Rotherham United | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 12. | Walsall | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 13. | Chester | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | -5 | 20 |
| 14. | Exeter City | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 15. | Oxford United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 16. | Carlisle United | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 17. | Chesterfield | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 18. | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 19. | Bradford City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 17 |
| 20. | Hereford United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 21. | Port Vale | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | -9 | 17 |
| 22. | Lincoln City | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 15 |
| 23. | Portsmouth | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -14 | 15 |
| 24. | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 13 |