Wrexham 4
Gateshead AFC 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
4 - 1
Gateshead AFC 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 22nd, 1956
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7,264
2:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Fred Davis (36)
Bernard Evans (43)
Bernard Evans (70)
Peter Thompson (90)
Billy Brown (81)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Bob Keen

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Aly McGowan
3. Albert Parker
4. Bill Green
5. Alan Fox
6. Fred Davis
7. Gren Jones
8. Peter Thompson
9. Bernard Evans
10. Johnny Anderson
11. David Jones
Bob Gray .1
Bobby Dawson .2
Eric Oldham .3
Jack Callender .4
Gordon Davis .5
Lister Moran .6
Ray Slater .7
Ken Smith .8
Billy Brown .9
Allen Oliver .10
Micky Lydon .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
Bill Green (87)
Billy Brown (87)

Match Officials

A. Jobling (Morecambe) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 22nd, 1956)


1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 23 - 4 - 59 -
Alan Fox 23 - 4 - 50 -
Aly McGowan 22 - 4 - 1561
Albert Parker 19 - 4 - 1521
Fred Davis 2314 - 692
Bill Green 7 - 2 - 593
Johnny Anderson 2311412712
Bernard Evans 730 - 4217
David Jones 23441275
Gren Jones 21241628
Peter Thompson 2010443017







League Table & Results (as at December 22nd, 1956)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 22nd, 1956:
Cheshire County League
Northwich Vics7-1Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
22nd December 1956
Accrington S.2-2Oldham
Bradford City3-2Chesterfield
Carlisle United6-1Mansfield Town
Crewe Alex.1-3Darlington
Derby County6-1Bradford PA
Halifax Town4-2Workington
Hartlepools United2-2Chester
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd1-1Barrow
Stockport Co.2-0Southport
Tranmere R.3-3York City
Wrexham4-1Gateshead AFC


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Bradford City 23 14 4 5 1.769 32
2. Accrington Stanley 23 14 4 5 1.457 32
3. Hartlepools United 23 13 4 6 1.515 30
4. Workington 22 12 6 4 1.290 30
5. Derby County 23 12 5 6 1.857 29
6. WREXHAM 23 10 7 6 1.531 27
7. Chesterfield 22 11 4 7 1.500 26
8. York City 22 10 6 6 1.143 26
9. Stockport County 23 11 4 8 1.075 26
10. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 23 9 7 7 1.300 25
11. Oldham Athletic 22 10 5 7 1.229 25
12. Barrow 23 10 5 8 1.031 25
13. Rochdale 21 9 6 6 1.250 24
14. Hull City 22 11 1 10 1.129 23
15. Mansfield Town 23 9 5 9 1.111 23
16. Gateshead AFC 24 10 3 11 0.936 23
17. Darlington 22 9 3 10 0.810 21
18. Carlisle United 22 7 6 9 0.884 20
19. Bradford (Park Avenue) 23 9 1 13 0.822 19
20. Halifax Town 23 8 2 13 0.592 18
21. Chester 23 4 5 14 0.531 13
22. Tranmere Rovers 22 3 4 15 0.509 10
23. Southport 22 1 6 15 0.417 8
24. Crewe Alexandra 23 2 3 18 0.345 7