Bristol City 4
Wrexham 4
FA Cup (3rd Round)
Bristol City |
4 - 4
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Wrexham |
 |
FA Cup |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
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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 | |
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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) |
Squad Statistics (as at January 7th, 1978)
| 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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17 | - | 5 | - | 17 | - | 5 | - | 22 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 358 | 7 | 84 | 8 | 442 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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23 | - | 8 | - | 90 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 118 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 45 | - | 16 | - | 61 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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20 | 3 | 8 | - | 64 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 86 | 4 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 36 |
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12 | 1 | 3 | - | 579 | 120 | 123 | 21 | 702 | 141 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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24 | 1 | 8 | - | 229 | 18 | 64 | 5 | 293 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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23 | 3 | 8 | - | 194 | 23 | 55 | 4 | 249 | 27 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 30 |
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17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 92 | 40 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 244 | 71 | 59 | 20 | 303 | 91 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 7th, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 7th, 1978: |
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| North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Llandegfan | P-P | Wrexham Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 6th January 1978 |
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| Tranmere R. | 1-0 | Preston NE |
| 7th January 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 1-2 | Colchester Utd |
| Bury | 5-2 | Cambridge Utd |
| Gillingham | 4-0 | Hereford Utd |
| Port Vale | 2-0 | Portsmouth |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| 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 |