Wrexham 3
Grimsby Town 2
League (Division Three)

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Wrexham
3 - 2
Grimsby Town 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, April 16th, 1977
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7,878
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Billy Ashcroft (31)
Graham Whittle (47)
Graham Whittle (65)
 		Kevin Drinkell (23)
Kevin Drinkell (72)

Team Managers
John Neal
 John Newman

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. Billy Ashcroft
10. Graham Whittle
11. Arfon Griffiths
 Harry Wainman .1
Sammy Yates .2
Kevin Moore .3
Joe Waters .4
Keith Hanvey .5
David Booth .6
Garry Liddell .7
Malcolm Partridge .8
Kevin Drinkell .9
Bobby Cumming .10
Mike Brolly .11

Bench
12. Stuart Lee
 David Boylen .12

Substitutions
None. David Boylen for Sammy Yates (66)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Keith Butcher (Kendall) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 16th, 1977)

1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 39 - 14 - 322 -
Gareth Davies 39 - 14140213
Alan Dwyer 24 - 9 - 796
Mickey Evans 36 - 12 - 43024
John Roberts 37 - 141511
Arfon Griffiths 39214 - 685140
Mel Sutton 37114 - 25421
Mickey Thomas 38614221024
Billy Ashcroft 331814926191
Bobby Shinton 39141375221
Graham Whittle 372514727080







League Table & Results (as at April 16th, 1977)

Other Wrexham matches played on April 16th, 1977:
Welsh League (North) Auxiliary Competition
Colwyn Bay1-2Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'B'?-?Overton Athletic

Results of league matches played since last match
16th April 1977
Chesterfield0-0Peterborough
Gillingham1-0Chester
Lincoln City0-1Oxford United
Northampton3-0York City
Port Vale1-1Tranmere R.
Portsmouth5-1Rotherham Utd
Reading1-0Mansfield Town
Sheffield Wed.1-0Preston NE
Shrewsbury1-1Crystal Palace
Swindon Town0-1Bury
Walsall1-0Brighton & HA
Wrexham3-2Grimsby Town


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 40 23 8 9 +42 54
2. Mansfield Town 40 23 7 10 +28 53
3. WREXHAM 39 22 8 9 +27 52
4. Rotherham United 39 18 14 7 +19 50
5. Crystal Palace 40 18 13 9 +19 49
6. Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 9 12 +10 49
7. Bury 41 21 7 13 +4 49
8. Lincoln City 39 17 11 11 +8 45
9. Preston North End 39 17 10 12 +17 44
10. Shrewsbury Town 41 15 11 15 +5 41
11. Chester 41 17 6 18 -9 40
12. Peterborough United 39 13 13 13 0 39
13. Swindon Town 38 12 14 12 -4 38
14. Gillingham 40 13 11 16 -13 37
15. Oxford United 41 11 14 16 -6 36
16. Walsall 40 12 12 16 -8 36
17. Tranmere Rovers 40 10 15 15 -4 35
18. Portsmouth 39 10 13 16 -11 33
19. Chesterfield 40 12 8 20 -7 32
20. Northampton Town 41 13 6 22 -10 32
21. Port Vale 40 9 14 17 -24 32
22. Reading 40 11 7 22 -21 29
23. York City 40 9 10 21 -36 28
24. Grimsby Town 40 9 7 24 -26 25