Bristol City 4
Wrexham 4
FA Cup (3rd Round)


Bristol City 

4 - 4
HT: 2-2

Wrexham


FA Cup
(3rd Round)
Saturday, January 7th, 1978
Ashton Gate
Attendance: 19,644 (Away: 1,000)
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Kevin Mabbutt (6)
Tom Ritchie (13)
Peter Cormack (83)
Kevin Mabbutt (89)
Bobby Shinton (17)
Geoff Merrick (o.g.) (23)
Dixie McNeil (54)
Bobby Shinton (68)

Team Managers
Alan Dicks Arfon Griffiths

Starting Eleven
1. John Shaw
2. Gerry Sweeney
3. Don Gillies
4. Gerry Gow
5. Gary Collier
6. Geoff Merrick
7. Trevor Tainton
8. Tom Ritchie
9. Joe Royle
10. Kevin Mabbutt
11. Jimmy Mann
Dai Davies .1
Alan Hill .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
Arfon Griffiths .11

Bench
12. Peter Cormack John Lyons .12

Substitutions
Peter Cormack for Don Gillies (69) None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R. Perkin (Stafford) (Referee)
R. Dix (Fareham) & A.S. Montacute (Yeovil) (Assistants)



Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 7th, 1978)


1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 17 - 5 - 22 -
Gareth Davies 2418144215
Alan Dwyer 23 - 8 - 1186
Alan Hill 12 - 3 - 61 -
John Roberts 2038 - 864
Arfon Griffiths 1213 - 702141
Mel Sutton 2418 - 29323
Mickey Thomas 2338 - 24927
Dixie McNeil 1710332013
Bobby Shinton 2412859240
Graham Whittle 1867230391







League Table & Results (as at January 7th, 1978)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 7th, 1978:
North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup
LlandegfanP-PWrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
6th January 1978
Tranmere R.1-0Preston NE
7th January 1978
Bradford City1-2Colchester Utd
Bury5-2Cambridge Utd
Gillingham4-0Hereford Utd
Port Vale2-0Portsmouth


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 24 13 7 4 +15 33
2. Gillingham 26 11 11 4 +14 33
3. Tranmere Rovers 26 13 6 7 +17 32
4. Cambridge United 25 12 6 7 +10 30
5. Preston North End 25 10 9 6 +8 29
6. Peterborough United 24 10 9 5 +3 29
7. Colchester United 25 10 8 7 +11 28
8. Bury 25 9 10 6 +1 28
9. Shrewsbury Town 25 10 7 8 +9 27
10. Swindon Town 24 9 8 7 +8 26
11. Chesterfield 24 10 4 10 +2 24
12. Exeter City 24 9 6 9 0 24
13. Walsall 24 7 10 7 0 24
14. Chester 24 6 12 6 -7 24
15. Carlisle United 24 7 9 8 0 23
16. Oxford United 25 7 8 10 -5 22
17. Port Vale 25 5 12 8 -8 22
18. Rotherham United 24 6 8 10 -9 20
19. Plymouth Argyle 24 5 9 10 -6 19
20. Lincoln City 24 5 9 10 -10 19
21. Bradford City 25 6 7 12 -13 19
22. Hereford United 25 5 9 11 -14 19
23. Portsmouth 25 4 11 10 -16 19
24. Sheffield Wednesday 24 5 7 12 -10 17