Wrexham 2
Colchester United 1
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
2 - 1
Colchester Utd 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, November 19th, 1977
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 9,198
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Bobby Shinton (7)
Bobby Shinton (8)
Steve Wignall (30)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Bobby Roberts

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Mickey Evans
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Dixie McNeil
10. Graham Whittle
11. Les Cartwright
Mike Walker .1
Micky Cook .2
Steve Wignall .3
Steve Leslie .4
Mike Packer .5
Steve Dowman .6
Colin Garwood .7
Bobby Gough .8
John Froggatt .9
Ray Bunkell .10
Ian Allinson .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
Steve Foley .12

Substitutions
None. Steve Foley for Ray Bunkell (86)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

G.P. Owen (Anglesey) (Referee)
H.R. Hall (Birmingham) & P. Totney (West Midlands) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 19th, 1977)


1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 11 - 1 - 12 -
Gareth Davies 1814 - 43214
Alan Dwyer 17 - 4 - 1086
Mickey Evans 1312 - 45125
John Roberts 1734 - 794
Les Cartwright 16 - 4 - 20 -
Mel Sutton 1814 - 28323
Mickey Thomas 1724 - 23926
Dixie McNeil 1160 - 116
Bobby Shinton 1811428236
Graham Whittle 1223129386







League Table & Results (as at November 19th, 1977)


Other Wrexham matches played on November 19th, 1977:
Cookson Cup
Colwyn Bay4-2Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
15th November 1977
Portsmouth1-1Port Vale
19th November 1977
Bury1-1Chester
Chesterfield2-1Cambridge Utd
Exeter City1-0Bradford City
Lincoln City2-2Preston NE
Peterborough1-0Plymouth A.
Port Vale1-1Tranmere R.
Portsmouth2-0Hereford Utd
Sheffield Wed.0-0Gillingham
Shrewsbury T.0-3Carlisle United
Swindon Town2-0Rotherham Utd
Walsall2-1Oxford United
Wrexham2-1Colchester Utd


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 18 10 5 3 +12 25
2. Tranmere Rovers 18 9 4 5 +12 22
3. Peterborough United 18 8 6 4 +1 22
4. Gillingham 18 7 7 4 +5 21
5. Shrewsbury Town 18 8 4 6 +6 20
6. Cambridge United 18 8 4 6 +5 20
7. Preston North End 18 6 8 4 +1 20
8. Colchester United 18 7 5 6 +8 19
9. Exeter City 18 8 3 7 +3 19
10. Walsall 18 6 7 5 +1 19
11. Swindon Town 18 7 4 7 +5 18
12. Oxford United 18 7 4 7 +2 18
13. Rotherham United 18 6 6 6 -1 18
14. Bury 18 5 8 5 -3 18
15. Chesterfield 18 7 3 8 -2 17
16. Chester 18 4 9 5 -6 17
17. Carlisle United 18 5 6 7 -1 16
18. Plymouth Argyle 18 5 6 7 -2 16
19. Hereford United 18 5 6 7 -7 16
20. Bradford City 18 5 5 8 -5 15
21. Port Vale 18 3 9 6 -9 15
22. Lincoln City 18 5 4 9 -8 14
23. Portsmouth 18 3 8 7 -12 14
24. Sheffield Wednesday 18 3 7 8 -5 13