Wrexham 1
Liverpool 3
Football League Cup (5th Round)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 3
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LiverpoolLiverpool |
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Football League Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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John Lyons (45) |
Kenny Dalglish (15) Kenny Dalglish (57) Kenny Dalglish (86) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Bob Paisley |
| Starting Eleven | |
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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. John Lyons 10. Graham Whittle 11. Les Cartwright |
Ray Clemence .1 Phil Neal .2 Alan Hansen .3 Phil Thompson .4 Ray Kennedy .5 Emlyn Hughes .6 Kenny Dalglish .7 Jimmy Case .8 David Johnson .9 Terry McDermott .10 Ian Callaghan .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Stuart Lee |
David Fairclough .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Stuart Lee for Mel Sutton (76) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | Phil Neal |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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T. Mills (Barnsley) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at January 17th, 1978)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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18 | - | 7 | - | 18 | - | 7 | - | 25 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 359 | 7 | 86 | 8 | 445 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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24 | - | 10 | - | 91 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 121 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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13 | - | 5 | - | 46 | - | 18 | - | 64 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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21 | 3 | 9 | - | 65 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 88 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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22 | 1 | 8 | - | 22 | 1 | 8 | - | 30 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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25 | 1 | 10 | - | 230 | 18 | 66 | 5 | 296 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 195 | 23 | 57 | 5 | 252 | 28 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 12 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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25 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 71 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 95 | 40 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 245 | 71 | 61 | 21 | 306 | 92 | |||
| Stuart Lee (sub) | 24 |
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6 | - | 2 | - | 54 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 19 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 17th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 17th January 1978 |
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| Sheffield Wed. | 2-1 | Exeter City |
| Walsall | 0-0 | Tranmere R. |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | +17 | 34 |
| 2. | WREXHAM | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | +15 | 34 |
| 3. | Cambridge United | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | +14 | 34 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | +14 | 34 |
| 5. | Preston North End | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | +11 | 31 |
| 6. | Peterborough United | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | +3 | 30 |
| 7. | Colchester United | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | +11 | 29 |
| 8. | Bury | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | +1 | 29 |
| 9. | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | +9 | 28 |
| 10. | Swindon Town | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | +8 | 27 |
| 11. | Chesterfield | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 26 |
| 12. | Walsall | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 13. | Exeter City | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 14. | Chester | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | -7 | 25 |
| 15. | Carlisle United | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 16. | Rotherham United | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 22 |
| 17. | Oxford United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 22 |
| 18. | Port Vale | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | -10 | 22 |
| 19. | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 20. | Lincoln City | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -10 | 20 |
| 21. | Hereford United | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -14 | 20 |
| 22. | Portsmouth | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -16 | 20 |
| 23. | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 24. | Bradford City | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 19 |