Wrexham 2
Arsenal 3
FA Cup (6th Round)

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Wrexham
2 - 3
Arsenal 

FA Cup
(6th Round)
Saturday, March 11th, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 25,547
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Dixie McNeil (65)
Graham Whittle (80)
 		Malcolm Macdonald (25)
Alan Sunderland (69)
Willie Young (73)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
 Terry O'Neill

Starting Eleven
1. Eddie Niedzwecki
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
 Pat Jennings .1
Pat Rice .2
Sammy Nelson .3
David Price .4
David O'Leary .5
Willie Young .6
Liam Brady .7
Alan Sunderland .8
Malcolm Macdonald .9
Frank Stapleton .10
Alan Hudson .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
 Steve Walford .12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
Gareth Davies
 None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

T.H.C. Reynolds (Bratton, Wiltshire) (Referee)
D. Capey (Stoke) & D.A. Webb (Manchester) (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 11th, 1978)

1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) 9 - 2 - 11 -
Gareth Davies 31115145615
Alan Dwyer 30 - 16 - 1336
Alan Hill 18 - 10 - 74 -
John Roberts 27415 - 1005
Les Cartwright 272131403
Mel Sutton 31216 - 30824
Mickey Thomas 30416226430
Dixie McNeil 231310123325
Bobby Shinton 311416610743
Graham Whittle 25815531896







League Table & Results (as at March 11th, 1978)

Other Wrexham matches played on March 11th, 1978:
Barritt Cup
Rhos UnitedP-PWrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
7th March 1978
Cambridge Utd2-0Shrewsbury
Carlisle United0-0Peterborough
Colchester Utd4-0Portsmouth
Gillingham1-4Bury
Sheffield Wed.1-1Chester
Swindon Town0-2Preston NE
Walsall1-0Plymouth A.
8th March 1978
Bradford City1-1Port Vale
Exeter City1-0Rotherham Utd
Hereford Utd2-1Chesterfield
Lincoln City1-0Oxford United
10th March 1978
Tranmere R.1-1Plymouth A.
11th March 1978
Bradford City2-2Carlisle United
Bury0-0Portsmouth
Cambridge Utd2-0Hereford Utd
Chester2-1Rotherham Utd
Exeter City3-0Lincoln City
Gillingham2-1Preston NE
Oxford United3-0Colchester Utd
Port Vale1-0Swindon Town
Shrewsbury0-0Peterborough
Walsall2-2Chesterfield


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. Cambridge United 35 18 9 8 +20 45
2. WREXHAM 31 17 9 5 +22 43
3. Preston North End 34 16 11 7 +20 43
4. Gillingham 35 14 14 7 +12 42
5. Tranmere Rovers 34 14 11 9 +12 39
6. Walsall 33 12 14 7 +8 38
7. Bury 33 12 13 8 +10 37
8. Peterborough United 32 12 12 8 +2 36
9. Chester 34 9 18 7 -5 36
10. Swindon Town 31 12 10 9 +8 34
11. Colchester United 34 11 12 11 +6 34
12. Shrewsbury Town 35 11 12 12 +3 34
13. Carlisle United 34 9 16 9 +1 34
14. Chesterfield 32 12 9 11 +6 33
15. Exeter City 34 12 9 13 -6 33
16. Oxford United 35 11 10 14 -1 32
17. Lincoln City 35 10 11 14 -10 31
18. Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 12 13 -7 28
19. Port Vale 34 7 14 13 -14 28
20. Plymouth Argyle 33 6 13 14 -12 25
21. Bradford City 33 8 9 16 -17 25
22. Hereford United 33 7 11 15 -20 25
23. Rotherham United 30 8 8 14 -11 24
24. Portsmouth 35 4 15 16 -27 23