Wrexham 5
Bristol Rovers 2
League (Division Three)

  1. Home
  2. Matches
  3. Match Details

Wrexham
5 - 2
Bristol Rovers 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, September 1st, 1962
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 11,519
3:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Roy Ambler (27)
Ernie Phythian (33)
Clive Colbridge (57)
Mickey Metcalf (61)
Roy Ambler (81)
 		Bobby Jones (77)
Terry Oldfield (83)

Team Managers
Ken Barnes
 Bert Tann

Starting Eleven
1. Kevin Keelan
2. Peter Jones
3. Aly McGowan
4. Ken Barnes
5. Alan Fox
6. George Evans
7. Ron Barnes
8. Mickey Metcalf
9. Ernie Phythian
10. Roy Ambler
11. Clive Colbridge
 Esmond Million .1
Geoff Bradford .2
Gwyn Jones .3
Dave Stone .4
Norman Sykes .5
Ray Mabbutt .6
Harold Jarman .7
Keith Williams .8
Terry Oldfield .9
Tommy Baker .10
Bobby Jones .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

L.J. Tirebuck (Halifax) (Referee)
F. Giles (Birmingham) & K.G. Hampson (Southport) (Assistants)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at September 1st, 1962)

1962-63 All Time
League Cups All
Kevin Keelan (GK) 5 - 0 - 35 -
Alan Fox 5 - 0 - 3331
Peter Jones 5 - 0 - 1042
Aly McGowan 5 - 0 - 4412
Ken Barnes 5 - 0 - 469
George Evans 5 - 0 - 19410
Roy Ambler 540 - 2213
Ron Barnes 5 - 0 - 5313
Clive Colbridge 510 - 143
Mickey Metcalf 220 - 9046
Ernie Phythian 520 - 215







League Table & Results (as at September 1st, 1962)

Other Wrexham matches played on September 1st, 1962:
Inter-League Cup
Rossendale Utd3-3Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Denbigh Town?-?Wrexham 'B'
Welsh League (North)
Holyhead Town4-0Wrexham 'A'

Results of league matches played since last match
31st August 1962
Hull City3-1Carlisle United
Reading4-2Halifax Town
1st September 1962
Bournemouth1-1Colchester Utd
Bradford PA2-2Millwall
Bristol City2-0Port Vale
Coventry C.3-4Southend
Crystal Palace2-2Brighton & HA
Northampton2-3Peterborough
Notts County2-0Barnsley
QPR2-2Swindon Town
Watford4-3Shrewsbury T.
Wrexham5-2Bristol Rovers


Division Three 1962-63
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Queens Park Rangers 5 3 2 0 2.571 8
2. Southend United 5 4 0 1 1.625 8
3. Peterborough United 5 3 2 0 1.600 8
4. Watford 5 4 0 1 1.273 8
5. Colchester United 5 2 3 0 1.667 7
6. Millwall 5 1 4 0 2.200 6
7. WREXHAM 5 3 0 2 1.667 6
8. Port Vale 5 2 2 1 1.333 6
9. Brighton & Hove Albion 5 2 2 1 1.143 6
10. Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 1.286 5
11. Coventry City 5 2 1 2 1.000 5
12. Reading 5 2 0 3 1.111 4
13. Swindon Town 5 1 2 2 1.000 4
14. Hull City 5 2 0 3 1.000 4
15. Bristol City 5 1 2 2 1.000 4
16. Bournemouth 5 0 4 1 0.778 4
17. Bradford (Park Avenue) 5 0 4 1 0.778 4
18. Shrewsbury Town 5 1 2 2 0.733 4
19. Notts County 5 2 0 3 0.556 4
20. Barnsley 5 1 1 3 0.556 3
21. Crystal Palace 5 0 3 2 0.556 3
22. Bristol Rovers 5 1 1 3 0.500 3
23. Halifax Town 5 1 1 3 0.385 3
24. Carlisle United 4 0 1 3 0.429 1