Wrexham 2
Preston North End 0
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
2 - 0
Preston NE 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, April 9th, 1977
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,545 (Away: 500)
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Graham Whittle (14)
Graham Whittle (51)
None.

Team Managers
John Neal
Harry Catterick

Starting Eleven
1. Brian Lloyd
2. Mickey Evans
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Stuart Lee
10. Graham Whittle
11. Arfon Griffiths
Alex Smith .1
Danny Cameron .2
Gary Williams .3
Francis Burns .4
David Sadler .5
Mark Lawrenson .6
Gordon Coleman .7
Jim Brown .8
John Smith .9
Mike Elwiss .10
Alex Bruce .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
John McMahon .12

Substitutions
None. John McMahon for Danny Cameron (54)

Cautions
Alan Dwyer
None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R. Fitzpatrick (Leicester) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 9th, 1977)


1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 37 - 14 - 320 -
Gareth Davies 37 - 14140013
Alan Dwyer 22 - 9 - 776
Mickey Evans 34 - 12 - 42824
John Roberts 35 - 141491
Arfon Griffiths 37214 - 683140
Mel Sutton 35114 - 25221
Mickey Thomas 36614220824
Stuart Lee 174715618
Bobby Shinton 37141375021
Graham Whittle 352314726878







League Table & Results (as at April 9th, 1977)


Other Wrexham matches played on April 9th, 1977:
Welsh League (North)
Llandudno S.2-4Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Rhos Aelwyd0-2Wrexham 'B'

Results of league matches played since last match
9th April 1977
Chesterfield1-0Rotherham Utd
Gillingham0-1Brighton & HA
Lincoln City2-0York City
Northampton3-0Bury
Port Vale1-4Mansfield Town
Portsmouth0-0Crystal Palace
Reading2-0Oxford United
Sheffield Wed.1-0Grimsby Town
Shrewsbury2-0Chester
Swindon Town0-4Peterborough
Walsall2-0Tranmere R.
Wrexham2-0Preston NE


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 38 22 8 8 +41 52
2. Mansfield Town 37 21 7 9 +27 49
3. WREXHAM 37 21 7 9 +26 49
4. Rotherham United 36 17 14 5 +22 48
5. Crystal Palace 38 17 12 9 +14 46
6. Lincoln City 37 17 11 9 +12 45
7. Bury 39 19 7 13 0 45
8. Preston North End 37 17 10 10 +19 44
9. Sheffield Wednesday 38 17 9 12 +6 43
10. Shrewsbury Town 39 15 10 14 +6 40
11. Chester 39 17 5 17 -8 39
12. Swindon Town 36 12 14 10 +2 38
13. Peterborough United 37 12 12 13 -2 36
14. Gillingham 38 12 10 16 -14 34
15. Oxford United 39 10 13 16 -7 33
16. Tranmere Rovers 38 9 14 15 -5 32
17. Chesterfield 37 12 7 18 -5 31
18. Walsall 37 10 11 16 -10 31
19. Port Vale 39 9 13 17 -24 31
20. Northampton Town 38 12 6 20 -9 30
21. Portsmouth 37 9 12 16 -15 30
22. Reading 38 10 7 21 -20 27
23. York City 37 9 9 19 -31 27
24. Grimsby Town 38 9 6 23 -25 24