Blyth Spartans 1
Wrexham 2
FA Cup (5th Round Replay)
Blyth Spartans |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Terry Johnson (83) |
Graham Whittle (pen.) (8) Dixie McNeil (25) |
| Team Managers | |
| Brian Slane |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dave Clarke 2. John Waterson 3. Ron Guthrie 4. Dave Varty 5. Ronnie Scott 6. Tommy Dixon 7. Alan Shoulder 8. Keith Houghton 9. Terry Johnson 10. Steve Carney 11. Rob Carney |
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. Ian Mutrie |
Alan Hill .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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A.W. Grey (Great Yarmouth) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at February 27th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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21 | - | 12 | - | 21 | - | 12 | - | 33 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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28 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 362 | 7 | 90 | 8 | 452 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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27 | - | 15 | - | 94 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 129 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 30 |
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16 | 1 | 7 | - | 371 | 19 | 89 | 6 | 460 | 25 | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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24 | 3 | 14 | - | 68 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 96 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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24 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 2 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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28 | 1 | 15 | - | 233 | 18 | 71 | 5 | 304 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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27 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 198 | 23 | 62 | 6 | 260 | 29 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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21 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 23 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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28 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 74 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 103 | 41 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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22 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 248 | 72 | 66 | 22 | 314 | 94 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 27th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 25th February 1978 |
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| Bradford City | 3-0 | Rotherham Utd |
| Bury | 3-0 | Port Vale |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-1 | Preston NE |
| Chester | 0-0 | Tranmere R. |
| Colchester Utd | 2-2 | Carlisle United |
| Gillingham | 1-1 | Plymouth A. |
| Oxford United | 3-0 | Hereford Utd |
| Sheffield Wed. | 0-0 | Portsmouth |
| Shrewsbury | 2-3 | Swindon Town |
| Walsall | 1-0 | Peterborough |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Gillingham | 31 | 13 | 14 | 4 | +17 | 40 |
| 2. | Cambridge United | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | +16 | 40 |
| 3. | WREXHAM | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | +17 | 39 |
| 4. | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | +17 | 38 |
| 5. | Preston North End | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | +13 | 37 |
| 6. | Bury | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | +8 | 33 |
| 7. | Colchester United | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | +10 | 32 |
| 8. | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | +6 | 32 |
| 9. | Peterborough United | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | +1 | 32 |
| 10. | Swindon Town | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | +10 | 31 |
| 11. | Chester | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | -6 | 31 |
| 12. | Chesterfield | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | +7 | 30 |
| 13. | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | +4 | 30 |
| 14. | Carlisle United | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | +1 | 30 |
| 15. | Oxford United | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 28 |
| 16. | Lincoln City | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 17. | Exeter City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 28 |
| 18. | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | -14 | 24 |
| 20. | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -11 | 23 |
| 21. | Rotherham United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 22 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 21 |
| 23. | Hereford United | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -20 | 21 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 31 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -22 | 21 |