Wrexham 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 2
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
1 - 2
Brighton & HA 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, February 5th, 1972
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3,771
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Ray Smith (49)
Peter O'Sullivan (5)
Willie Irvine (87)

Team Managers
John Neal
Pat Saward

Starting Eleven
1. Dave Gaskell
2. Stuart Mason
3. Steve Ingle
4. Billy Ashcroft
5. Eddie May
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Brian Tinnion
8. Graham Whittle
9. Ray Smith
10. Roger Mostyn
11. Andy Provan
Brian Powney .1
Stewart Henderson .2
Eddie Spearritt .3
John Templeman .4
John Napier .5
Norman Gall .6
Bert Murray .7
Colin Dobson .8
Kit Napier .9
Brian Bromley .10
Peter O'Sullivan .11

Bench
12. Albert Kinsey
Willie Irvine .12

Substitutions
Albert Kinsey for Ray Smith (70)
Willie Irvine for John Templeman (80)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R. Matthewson (Worsley, Manchester) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at February 5th, 1972)


1971-72 All Time
League Cups All
Dave Gaskell (GK) 8 - 4 - 1131
Steve Ingle 11 - 5 - 1718
Stuart Mason 2214 - 1613
Eddie May 2626219024
Mickey Thomas 4 - 1 - 5 -
Billy Ashcroft 174314113
Roger Mostyn 1 - 0 - 1 -
Andy Provan 173616214
Ray Smith 1413 - 19069
Brian Tinnion 1124 - 10218
Graham Whittle 20343266
Albert Kinsey (sub) 2367326893







League Table & Results (as at February 5th, 1972)


Other Wrexham matches played on February 5th, 1972:
Welsh League (North)
Blaenau F.2-0Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
5th February 1972
Aston Villa1-0York City
Blackburn R.4-0Barnsley
Bournemouth1-0Plymouth A.
Halifax Town2-1Bristol Rovers
Mansfield Town2-1Oldham
Port Vale1-0Bradford City
Rochdale0-0Shrewsbury T.
Wrexham1-2Brighton & HA


Division Three 1971-72
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Aston Villa 27 19 2 6 2.364 40
2. Bournemouth 26 15 8 3 2.286 38
3. Notts County 25 16 5 4 2.333 37
4. Brighton & Hove Albion 27 15 7 5 1.536 37
5. Rotherham United 25 12 8 5 1.500 32
6. Swansea City 26 13 6 7 1.455 32
7. Plymouth Argyle 28 12 5 11 1.186 29
8. Chesterfield 25 12 4 9 1.321 28
9. Bristol Rovers 26 9 9 8 1.200 27
10. Shrewsbury Town 27 11 5 11 1.194 27
11. Oldham Athletic 28 11 5 12 0.776 27
12. Blackburn Rovers 28 10 6 12 0.865 26
13. Port Vale 26 9 8 9 0.800 26
14. Rochdale 26 9 6 11 0.783 24
15. Bolton Wanderers 24 7 9 8 1.000 23
16. WREXHAM 26 9 5 12 0.923 23
17. Tranmere Rovers 25 6 10 9 0.871 22
18. Halifax Town 26 8 6 12 0.848 22
19. Bradford City 27 8 6 13 0.739 22
20. Walsall 26 6 8 12 0.727 20
21. York City 28 6 8 14 0.717 20
22. Mansfield Town 27 4 10 13 0.500 18
23. Barnsley 27 3 11 13 0.413 17
24. Torquay United 26 4 7 15 0.543 15