Wrexham 3
Gillingham 3
League (Division Three)
WrexhamWrexham |
3 - 3
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GillinghamGillingham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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John Lyons (12) Dixie McNeil (37) Dixie McNeil (53) |
Ken Price (9) Ken Price (54) Ken Price (81) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Gerry Summers |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Alan Hill 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. John Lyons |
Ron Hillyard .1 Nigel Williams .2 Gary Armstrong .3 John Overton .4 Graham Knight .5 John Crabbe .6 Terry Nicholl .7 Mark Weatherly .8 Ken Price .9 Danny Westwood .10 Damien Richardson .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Arfon Griffiths |
Peter Hunt .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Arfon Griffiths for John Lyons (83) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
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Dixie McNeil Bobby Shinton |
Mark Weatherly |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
R. Pearson (West Midlands) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 2nd, 1978)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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17 | - | 4 | - | 17 | - | 4 | - | 21 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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24 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 358 | 7 | 83 | 8 | 441 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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23 | - | 7 | - | 90 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 117 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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12 | - | 2 | - | 45 | - | 15 | - | 60 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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20 | 3 | 7 | - | 64 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 85 | 4 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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24 | 1 | 7 | - | 229 | 18 | 63 | 5 | 292 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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23 | 3 | 7 | - | 194 | 23 | 54 | 4 | 248 | 27 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 11 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 30 |
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17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 25 |
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24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 91 | 38 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 244 | 71 | 58 | 20 | 302 | 91 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths (sub) | 36 |
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12 | 1 | 2 | - | 579 | 120 | 122 | 21 | 701 | 141 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 2nd, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 2nd January 1978 |
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| Cambridge Utd | 1-0 | Peterborough |
| Carlisle United | 1-0 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Chesterfield | 3-0 | Oxford United |
| Colchester Utd | 1-1 | Walsall |
| Exeter City | 1-1 | Chester |
| Hereford Utd | 1-1 | Shrewsbury |
| Lincoln City | 2-2 | Plymouth A. |
| Portsmouth | 3-1 | Bradford City |
| Preston NE | 2-0 | Port Vale |
| Rotherham Utd | 0-3 | Bury |
| Swindon Town | 1-0 | Tranmere R. |
| Wrexham | 3-3 | Gillingham |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | WREXHAM | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | +15 | 33 |
| 2. | Gillingham | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | +10 | 31 |
| 3. | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | +16 | 30 |
| 4. | Cambridge United | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | +13 | 30 |
| 5. | Preston North End | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | +9 | 29 |
| 6. | Peterborough United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | +3 | 29 |
| 7. | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | +9 | 27 |
| 8. | Colchester United | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | +10 | 26 |
| 9. | Swindon Town | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | +8 | 26 |
| 10. | Bury | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 26 |
| 11. | Chesterfield | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | +2 | 24 |
| 12. | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 13. | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 14. | Chester | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | -7 | 24 |
| 15. | Carlisle United | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 16. | Oxford United | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 17. | Rotherham United | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 20 |
| 18. | Port Vale | 24 | 4 | 12 | 8 | -10 | 20 |
| 19. | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 20. | Lincoln City | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 19 |
| 21. | Hereford United | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 19 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 19 |
| 23. | Portsmouth | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -14 | 19 |
| 24. | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 17 |