Wrexham 4
Chester 2
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
4 - 2
Chester 

League
(Division Three)
Monday, December 27th, 1976
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 15,412
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Graham Whittle (32)
Bobby Shinton (42)
Graham Whittle (63)
Graham Whittle (71)
Ian Edwards (22)
Paul Crossley (pen.) (51)

Team Managers
John Neal
Alan Oakes

Starting Eleven
1. Brian Lloyd
2. Gareth Davies
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Wayne Cegielski
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Billy Ashcroft
10. Graham Whittle
11. Arfon Griffiths
Gren Millington .1
Nigel Edwards .2
Jim Walker .3
Trevor Storton .4
Bob Delgado .5
Alan Oakes .6
Billy Dearden .7
Paul Richardson .8
Ian Edwards .9
Ian Howat .10
Paul Crossley .11

Bench
12. Stuart Lee
Mark Nickeas .12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
John Roberts
Paul Richardson
Jim Walker

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R. Matthewson (Bolton) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 1976)


1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 20 - 8 - 297 -
Wayne Cegielski 2 - 0 - 2 -
Gareth Davies 20 - 8137713
Alan Dwyer 14 - 6 - 666
John Roberts 20 - 8 - 28 -
Arfon Griffiths 20 - 8 - 660138
Mel Sutton 20 - 8 - 23120
Mickey Thomas 1928218520
Billy Ashcroft 19108424178
Bobby Shinton 2012742716
Graham Whittle 1888324559







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


Results of league matches played since last match
27th December 1976
Chesterfield0-1Mansfield Town
Gillingham0-3Crystal Palace
Lincoln City2-0Grimsby Town
Northampton1-4Rotherham Utd
Port Vale0-1Bury
Portsmouth1-0Brighton & HA
Reading1-0Peterborough
Sheffield Wed.3-2York City
Shrewsbury T.2-2Tranmere R.
Swindon Town1-0Oxford United
Walsall0-1Preston NE
Wrexham4-2Chester


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Rotherham United 20 10 7 3 +15 27
2. WREXHAM 20 11 5 4 +15 27
3. Brighton & Hove Albion 20 11 4 5 +18 26
4. Preston North End 20 9 8 3 +17 26
5. Shrewsbury Town 20 11 4 5 +16 26
6. Sheffield Wednesday 20 10 5 5 +7 25
7. Mansfield Town 19 10 4 5 +16 24
8. Crystal Palace 19 7 8 4 +6 22
9. Bury 20 9 4 7 -5 22
10. Tranmere Rovers 20 6 9 5 +2 21
11. Swindon Town 20 8 5 7 -1 21
12. Lincoln City 18 7 6 5 +3 20
13. Chesterfield 20 8 4 8 +1 20
14. Chester 19 8 3 8 -5 19
15. Oxford United 21 4 9 8 -3 17
16. Reading 20 7 3 10 -7 17
17. Gillingham 20 6 5 9 -9 17
18. Portsmouth 20 4 8 8 -7 16
19. Grimsby Town 19 6 3 10 -9 15
20. Peterborough United 21 5 5 11 -13 15
21. Port Vale 20 3 8 9 -9 14
22. Walsall 20 4 6 10 -10 14
23. Northampton Town 19 4 4 11 -15 12
24. York City 19 4 3 12 -23 11