Wrexham 1
Norwich City 3
Football League Cup (2nd Round)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 3
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Norwich CityNorwich City |
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Football League Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Dixie McNeil (pen.) (28) |
John Roberts (o.g.) (6) John Ryan (13) John Ryan (87) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
John Bond |
| 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. Dixie McNeil 10. John Lyons 11. Les Cartwright |
Kevin Keelan .1 Kevin Bond .2 Colin Sullivan .3 John Ryan .4 Phil Hoadley .5 Tony Powell .6 Jimmy Neighbour .7 Kevin Reeves .8 Martin Chivers .9 Keith Robson .10 Martin Peters .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Peter Williams |
Ian Davies .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Peter Williams for Alan Dwyer (17) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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R. Chadwick (Darwen) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at August 29th, 1978)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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3 | - | 3 | - | 33 | - | 18 | - | 51 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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3 | - | 3 | 1 | 383 | 8 | 98 | 9 | 481 | 17 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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3 | - | 3 | - | 115 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 159 | 7 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
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1 | - | 1 | - | 64 | - | 28 | - | 92 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 88 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 124 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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3 | - | 3 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 63 | 8 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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3 | - | 3 | - | 254 | 19 | 81 | 5 | 335 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 24 |
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3 | - | 3 | - | 217 | 27 | 69 | 6 | 286 | 33 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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3 | 1 | 3 | - | 54 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 20 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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3 | - | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 26 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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3 | - | 3 | 1 | 95 | 33 | 39 | 16 | 134 | 49 | |||
| Peter Williams (sub) | 18 |
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0 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at August 29th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Stoke City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| 2. | West Ham United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 5 |
| 3. | WREXHAM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| 4. | Preston North End | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 5. | Orient | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 6. | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 7. | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8. | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 9. | Cambridge United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 10. | Sheffield United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11. | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13. | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14. | Notts County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 15. | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| 16. | Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 17. | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 18. | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 19. | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 20. | Fulham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 22. | Cardiff City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |