Wrexham 3
Carlisle United 1
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
3 - 1
Carlisle United 

League
(Division Three)
Tuesday, December 27th, 1977
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,589
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Dixie McNeil (27)
Graham Whittle (32)
Mickey Thomas (42)
Mike McCartney (pen.) (77)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Bobby Moncur

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Alan Hill
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. Wayne Cegielski
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Dixie McNeil
10. Graham Whittle
11. Les Cartwright
Allan Ross .1
Andy Collins .2
Mike McCartney .3
Peter Carr .4
John Lathan .5
Bobby Parker .6
George McVitie .7
Phil Bonnyman .8
Mick Tait .9
Billy Rafferty .10
Jimmy Hamilton .11

Bench
None. Steve Ludlam .12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
Gareth Davies
Peter Carr
George McVitie

Red Cards
None. Peter Carr

Match Officials

K. Walmsley (Backpool) (Referee)
J. Maxson (Ashton-under-Lyne) & J. Smith (Liverpool) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 1977)


1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 15 - 4 - 19 -
Wayne Cegielski 5 - 1 - 20 -
Gareth Davies 2217143915
Alan Dwyer 21 - 7 - 1156
Alan Hill 10 - 2 - 58 -
Les Cartwright 2017 - 271
Mel Sutton 2217 - 29023
Mickey Thomas 2137 - 24627
Dixie McNeil 158221710
Bobby Shinton 2211738937
Graham Whittle 1666230091







League Table & Results (as at December 27th, 1977)


Results of league matches played since last match
27th December 1977
Bury1-1Colchester Utd
Chesterfield0-1Preston NE
Exeter City1-0Hereford Utd
Lincoln City1-1Tranmere R.
Peterborough1-1Gillingham
Port Vale1-1Oxford United
Portsmouth2-2Cambridge Utd
Sheffield Wed.1-0Rotherham Utd
Shrewsbury T.4-0Bradford City
Swindon Town3-1Plymouth A.
Walsall3-0Chester
Wrexham3-1Carlisle United


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 22 12 6 4 +14 30
2. Gillingham 23 10 9 4 +10 29
3. Tranmere Rovers 23 11 6 6 +15 28
4. Cambridge United 22 11 5 6 +12 27
5. Preston North End 22 9 9 4 +8 27
6. Peterborough United 22 9 9 4 +3 27
7. Colchester United 22 9 7 6 +11 25
8. Shrewsbury Town 23 9 6 8 +8 24
9. Swindon Town 22 8 7 7 +7 23
10. Bury 22 7 9 6 -5 23
11. Exeter City 22 9 4 9 0 22
12. Walsall 22 7 8 7 0 22
13. Chester 22 6 10 6 -7 22
14. Oxford United 23 7 7 9 -2 21
15. Carlisle United 22 6 8 8 -1 20
16. Rotherham United 22 6 8 8 -3 20
17. Chesterfield 22 8 4 10 -3 20
18. Bradford City 22 6 7 9 -8 19
19. Plymouth Argyle 22 5 8 9 -5 18
20. Hereford United 22 5 8 9 -9 18
21. Port Vale 22 3 12 7 -11 18
22. Lincoln City 22 5 7 10 -10 17
23. Portsmouth 22 3 11 8 -14 17
24. Sheffield Wednesday 22 4 7 11 -10 15