Wrexham 4
Newcastle United 1
FA Cup (4th Round, Replay)


Wrexham
4 - 1
Newcastle Utd 

FA Cup
(4th Round, Replay)
Monday, February 6th, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 18,676
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Dixie McNeil (2)
Bobby Shinton (42)
Dixie McNeil (83)
Les Cartwright (88)
Micky Burns (39)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Bill McGarry

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Alan Hill
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Dixie McNeil
10. Graham Whittle
11. Les Cartwright
Mike Mahoney .1
Ray Blackhall .2
Mickey Barker .3
Irving Nattrass .4
John Bird .5
John Blackley .6
Stewart Barrowclough .7
Micky Burns .8
Mark McGhee .9
Alan Gowling .10
Alan Kennedy .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
Tommy Cassidy .12

Substitutions
None. Tommy Cassidy for John Blackley

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C.N. Seel (Carlisle) (Referee)
D.I. Buckley (Wolverhampton) & P.J. Burrows (Warrington) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at February 6th, 1978)


1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 19 - 10 - 29 -
Gareth Davies 26113144915
Alan Dwyer 25 - 13 - 1256
Alan Hill 14 - 8 - 68 -
John Roberts 22312 - 924
Les Cartwright 221101322
Mel Sutton 26113 - 30023
Mickey Thomas 25313225629
Bobby Shinton 26121369941
Graham Whittle 20712331093
Dixie McNeil 1910792619







League Table & Results (as at February 6th, 1978)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. Tranmere Rovers 31 14 9 8 +17 37
2. Gillingham 29 12 13 4 +16 37
3. Cambridge United 30 15 7 8 +13 37
4. WREXHAM 26 14 8 4 +16 36
5. Preston North End 27 12 9 6 +12 33
6. Colchester United 29 10 11 8 +10 31
7. Bury 28 10 11 7 +5 31
8. Shrewsbury Town 29 10 10 9 +8 30
9. Peterborough United 26 10 10 6 +2 30
10. Chester 28 8 14 6 -5 30
11. Swindon Town 26 10 9 7 +9 29
12. Chesterfield 27 12 5 10 +7 29
13. Carlisle United 27 8 10 9 0 26
14. Walsall 26 7 12 7 0 26
15. Lincoln City 28 8 10 10 -5 26
16. Exeter City 28 9 8 11 -6 26
17. Oxford United 29 8 9 12 -6 25
18. Rotherham United 25 7 8 10 -7 22
19. Plymouth Argyle 28 6 10 12 -8 22
20. Sheffield Wednesday 27 7 8 12 -8 22
21. Port Vale 27 5 12 10 -13 22
22. Hereford United 28 5 10 13 -17 20
23. Portsmouth 29 4 12 13 -21 20
24. Bradford City 28 6 7 15 -19 19