Wrexham 3
Reading 1
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
3 - 1
Reading 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, January 15th, 1977
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,653
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Billy Ashcroft (22)
Arfon Griffiths (pen.) (35)
Graham Whittle (73)
John Murray (68)

Team Managers
John Neal
Charlie Hurley

Starting Eleven
1. Brian Lloyd
2. Alan Hill
3. Gareth Davies
4. Wayne Cegielski
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Billy Ashcroft
10. Graham Whittle
11. Arfon Griffiths
Steve Death .1
Gary Peters .2
Stewart Henderson .3
Richie Bowman .4
Paul Bennett .5
Dave Moreline .6
John Murray .7
Pat Earles .8
Ray Hiron .9
Brian Carnaby .10
Bruce Stuckey .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
Tommy Youlden .12

Substitutions
None. Tommy Youlden for Richie Bowman (71)

Cautions
Gareth Davies
Paul Bennett

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Derek Lloyd (Worcester) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 15th, 1977)


1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 21 - 10 - 300 -
Wayne Cegielski 3 - 2 - 5 -
Gareth Davies 21 - 10138013
Alan Hill 4 - 4 - 39 -
John Roberts 21 - 10 - 31 -
Arfon Griffiths 21110 - 663139
Mel Sutton 21 - 10 - 23420
Mickey Thomas 20210218820
Billy Ashcroft 201110624481
Bobby Shinton 2112943016
Graham Whittle 19910424861







League Table & Results (as at January 15th, 1977)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 15th, 1977:
Welsh League (North) Auxiliary Competition
Llandudno S.2-1Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
28th December 1976
Chester1-2Shrewsbury T.
Grimsby Town1-1Sheffield Wed.
Mansfield Town2-1Port Vale
Rotherham Utd1-0Chesterfield
Tranmere R.0-0Walsall
29th December 1976
Brighton & HA2-0Gillingham
Oxford United1-0Reading
1st January 1977
Northampton0-1Preston NE
Portsmouth1-1Oxford United
Reading0-0Crystal Palace
3rd January 1977
Brighton & HA2-0Northampton
Crystal Palace3-0Walsall
Grimsby Town2-4Port Vale
Peterborough4-2Portsmouth
7th January 1977
Northampton3-4Tranmere R.
8th January 1977
Oxford United3-2Chesterfield
Sheffield Wed.0-0Brighton & HA
York City2-2Gillingham
11th January 1977
Mansfield Town1-0Sheffield Wed.
Shrewsbury T.0-1Bury
15th January 1977
Brighton & HA3-0Chester
Bury1-1Rotherham Utd
Crystal Palace2-1Grimsby Town
Northampton0-2Sheffield Wed.
Peterborough0-0Preston NE
Wrexham3-1Reading


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 24 14 5 5 +25 33
2. Rotherham United 22 11 8 3 +16 30
3. Preston North End 22 10 9 3 +18 29
4. WREXHAM 21 12 5 4 +17 29
5. Sheffield Wednesday 24 11 7 6 +8 29
6. Mansfield Town 21 12 4 5 +18 28
7. Shrewsbury Town 22 12 4 6 +16 28
8. Crystal Palace 22 9 9 4 +10 27
9. Bury 22 10 5 7 -4 25
10. Tranmere Rovers 22 7 10 5 +3 24
11. Oxford United 24 6 10 8 -1 22
12. Swindon Town 20 8 5 7 -1 21
13. Lincoln City 18 7 6 5 +3 20
14. Chesterfield 22 8 4 10 -1 20
15. Chester 21 8 3 10 -9 19
16. Reading 23 7 4 12 -10 18
17. Gillingham 22 6 6 10 -11 18
18. Peterborough United 23 6 6 11 -11 18
19. Portsmouth 22 4 9 9 -9 17
20. Port Vale 22 4 8 10 -8 16
21. Grimsby Town 22 6 4 12 -12 16
22. Walsall 22 4 7 11 -13 15
23. Northampton Town 23 4 4 15 -21 12
24. York City 20 4 4 12 -23 12