Wrexham 5
Coventry City 1
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
5 - 1
Coventry C. 

League
(Division Three)
Monday, April 1st, 1963
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 11,192
7:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Brian Whitehouse (29)
Mickey Metcalf (33)
Ron Barnes (65)
Brian Whitehouse (pen.) (74)
Arfon Griffiths (80)
Terry Bly (11)

Team Managers
Ken Barnes
Jimmy Hill

Starting Eleven
1. Kevin Keelan
2. Peter Jones
3. Aly McGowan
4. Ken Barnes
5. Alan Fox
6. George Evans
7. Ron Barnes
8. Arfon Griffiths
9. Ernie Phythian
10. Brian Whitehouse
11. Mickey Metcalf
Bob Wesson .1
John Sillett .2
Mick Kearns .3
Brian Hill .4
George Curtis .5
Ron Farmer .6
Willie Humphries .7
Ken Hale .8
Terry Bly .9
Jimmy Whitehouse .10
Ronnie Rees .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

A. Atherton (Runcorn) (Referee)
J.A. Roberts (Ashton-in-Makerfield) & L.W. James (Brierley Hill) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 1st, 1963)


1962-63 All Time
League Cups All
Kevin Keelan (GK) 31 - 5 - 66 -
Alan Fox 33 - 6 - 3671
Peter Jones 33 - 6 - 1382
Aly McGowan 31 - 6 - 4732
Ken Barnes 315617815
George Evans 8 - 1 - 19810
Arfon Griffiths 256518518
Ron Barnes 3310638726
Mickey Metcalf 17101 - 10654
Ernie Phythian 27106 - 4913
Brian Whitehouse 1910553825







League Table & Results (as at April 1st, 1963)


Results of league matches played since last match
25th March 1963
Peterborough1-3Hull City
26th March 1963
Bradford PA2-1Shrewsbury T.
Halifax Town2-4Carlisle United
Northampton1-1Swindon Town
Watford1-4Bristol City
27th March 1963
Crystal Palace0-1Colchester Utd
29th March 1963
Barnsley2-1Port Vale
30th March 1963
Brighton & HA3-0Colchester Utd
Bristol Rovers1-1Notts County
Carlisle United1-2Southend
Crystal Palace6-0Bradford PA
Halifax Town3-1Bournemouth
Hull City1-0Watford
Northampton5-0Reading
QPR3-1Bristol City
Swindon Town1-0Millwall
1st April 1963
Millwall1-1Crystal Palace
QPR1-2Colchester Utd
Wrexham5-1Coventry C.


Division Three 1962-63
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Swindon Town 34 16 11 7 1.571 43
2. Northampton Town 33 16 9 8 1.511 41
3. Peterborough United 35 16 9 10 1.379 41
4. Coventry City 31 13 12 6 1.229 38
5. Bournemouth 33 13 11 9 1.324 37
6. WREXHAM 33 16 5 12 1.097 37
7. Southend United 32 15 7 10 1.038 37
8. Notts County 33 15 7 11 0.926 37
9. Hull City 32 15 6 11 1.118 36
10. Queens Park Rangers 32 14 6 12 1.250 34
11. Port Vale 31 13 7 11 1.095 33
12. Bristol City 34 11 10 13 1.061 32
13. Watford 33 14 4 15 1.048 32
14. Millwall 32 10 12 10 0.983 32
15. Colchester United 34 11 10 13 0.779 32
16. Shrewsbury Town 33 11 8 14 1.031 30
17. Brighton & Hove Albion 37 10 10 17 0.765 30
18. Bradford (Park Avenue) 34 10 10 14 0.732 30
19. Barnsley 31 10 8 13 0.872 28
20. Crystal Palace 33 9 10 14 0.870 28
21. Bristol Rovers 32 11 6 15 0.833 28
22. Reading 32 11 4 17 0.933 26
23. Halifax Town 32 7 10 15 0.614 24
24. Carlisle United 32 7 8 17 0.631 22