Wrexham 1
Preston North End 2
League (Division Three)

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Wrexham
1 - 2
Preston NE 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, March 27th, 1976
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4,906
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Mel Sutton (44)
 		John Smith (17)
Alex Bruce (81)

Team Managers
John Neal
 Harry Catterick

Starting Eleven
1. Brian Lloyd
2. Mickey Evans
3. Dave Fogg
4. Gareth Davies
5. Eddie May
6. Graham Whittle
7. Brian Tinnion
8. Mel Sutton
9. Stuart Lee
10. Billy Ashcroft
11. Arfon Griffiths
 Roy Tunks .1
John McMahon .2
Gary Williams .3
Steve Doyle .4
David Sadler .5
Mark Lawrenson .6
Jim Brown .7
Gordon Coleman .8
John Smith .9
Mike Elwiss .10
Alex Bruce .11

Bench
12. Alan Dwyer
 Alex Spark .12

Substitutions
Alan Dwyer for Brian Tinnion (81)
 Alex Spark for Mark Lawrenson (88)

Cautions
Graham Whittle
 Gary Williams

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

K.W. Baker (Rugby) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 27th, 1976)

1975-76 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 38 - 15 - 261 -
Gareth Davies 34 - 15234112
Mickey Evans 33115 - 37323
Dave Fogg 27 - 11 - 2001
Eddie May 38415 - 40242
Arfon Griffiths 243122625136
Mel Sutton 36515119519
Billy Ashcroft 35914420759
Stuart Lee 196552411
Brian Tinnion 30612233065
Graham Whittle 2277121146
Alan Dwyer (sub) 24293386







League Table & Results (as at March 27th, 1976)

Other Wrexham matches played on March 27th, 1976:
Welsh League (North) Auxiliary Competition
Wrexham Reserves7-0Bangor City Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
23rd March 1976
Colchester Utd0-1Millwall
Halifax Town1-0Southend
24th March 1976
Aldershot1-0Peterborough
Sheffield Wed.1-3Chesterfield
27th March 1976
Aldershot1-1Shrewsbury T.
Cardiff C.0-0Millwall
Chesterfield1-0Rotherham Utd
Crystal Palace1-0Bury
Gillingham2-0Chester
Grimsby Town2-2Southend
Hereford Utd1-1Brighton & HA
Peterborough1-0Halifax Town
Port Vale1-2Walsall
Sheffield Wed.1-0Colchester Utd
Swindon Town0-2Mansfield Town
Wrexham1-2Preston NE


Division Three 1975-76
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Hereford United 37 21 8 8 1.591 50
2. Brighton & Hove Albion 39 21 5 13 1.568 47
3. Crystal Palace 38 17 13 8 1.425 47
4. Walsall 40 17 11 12 1.294 45
5. Millwall 39 16 13 10 1.095 45
6. Cardiff City 38 16 11 11 1.277 43
7. Shrewsbury Town 37 17 9 11 1.186 43
8. WREXHAM 38 16 10 12 1.220 42
9. Peterborough United 38 14 13 11 1.038 41
10. Preston North End 37 16 7 14 1.000 39
11. Gillingham 38 11 17 10 0.923 39
12. Port Vale 38 13 12 13 1.098 38
13. Chester 37 13 10 14 0.740 36
14. Bury 36 11 13 12 1.103 35
15. Aldershot 38 12 11 15 0.825 35
16. Mansfield Town 38 11 12 15 0.979 34
17. Rotherham United 38 13 8 17 0.815 34
18. Chesterfield 38 13 7 18 0.918 33
19. Grimsby Town 38 12 9 17 0.806 33
20. Southend United 37 10 10 17 0.883 30
21. Sheffield Wednesday 37 8 14 15 0.851 30
22. Halifax Town 37 10 10 17 0.700 30
23. Colchester United 38 10 9 19 0.576 29
24. Swindon Town 37 11 6 20 0.734 28