Aston Villa 5
Wrexham 1
Football League Cup (4th Round)
Aston Villa |
5 - 1
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Wrexham |
 |
Football League Cup |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
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Brian Little (32) Frank Carrodus (34) Brian Little (59) Chris Nicholl (64) Andy Gray (79) |
Graham Whittle (8) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ron Saunders |
John Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. John Burridge 2. John Gidman 3. Gordon Smith 4. Leighton Phillips 5. Chris Nicholl 6. Dennis Mortimer 7. Ray Graydon 8. Brian Little 9. Andy Gray 10. Alex Cropley 11. Frank Carrodus |
Brian Lloyd .1 Mickey Evans .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Billy Ashcroft .9 Graham Whittle .10 Arfon Griffiths .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. John Robson |
Stuart Lee .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Alan Dwyer Arfon Griffiths |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
C.L. Newsome (Broseley) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at October 27th, 1976)
| 1976-77 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 28 |
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11 | - | 5 | - | 230 | - | 55 | - | 285 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 27 |
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11 | - | 5 | 1 | 299 | 6 | 66 | 7 | 365 | 13 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 24 |
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10 | - | 4 | - | 46 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 60 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 29 |
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11 | - | 5 | - | 323 | 18 | 75 | 6 | 398 | 24 | |||
| John Roberts | 30 |
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11 | - | 5 | - | 11 | - | 5 | - | 16 | - | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 35 |
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11 | - | 5 | - | 537 | 117 | 111 | 21 | 648 | 138 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 30 |
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11 | - | 5 | - | 172 | 15 | 47 | 5 | 219 | 20 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 22 |
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10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 136 | 16 | 37 | 4 | 173 | 20 | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | 24 |
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10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 186 | 59 | 43 | 15 | 229 | 74 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 24 |
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11 | 8 | 4 | - | 11 | 8 | 4 | - | 15 | 8 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 23 |
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9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 191 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 233 | 54 | |||
League Table & Results (as at October 27th, 1976)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 25th October 1976 |
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| Tranmere R. | 1-1 | Port Vale |
| 26th October 1976 |
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| Bury | 0-1 | Swindon Town |
| Crystal Palace | 2-1 | Shrewsbury |
| Oxford United | 1-2 | Lincoln City |
| Rotherham Utd | 2-2 | Portsmouth |
| York City | 1-4 | Northampton |
| Division Three 1976-77 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +14 | 17 |
| 2. | WREXHAM | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | +14 | 17 |
| 3. | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +12 | 16 |
| 4. | Lincoln City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +7 | 16 |
| 5. | Swindon Town | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 16 |
| 6. | Crystal Palace | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 15 |
| 7. | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +4 | 14 |
| 8. | Bury | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 9. | Preston North End | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +7 | 13 |
| 10. | Rotherham United | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +5 | 13 |
| 11. | Chester | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 12. | Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | +7 | 12 |
| 13. | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 12 |
| 14. | Reading | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 15. | Peterborough United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 16. | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 17. | Chesterfield | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 18. | Oxford United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 19. | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 20. | Northampton Town | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 21. | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 22. | Port Vale | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 8 |
| 23. | Portsmouth | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 24. | York City | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 6 |