Wrexham 6
Tranmere Rovers 1
League (Division Three)
WrexhamWrexham |
6 - 1
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Tranmere R.Tranmere R. |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Mel Sutton (22) John Roberts (28) Bobby Shinton (51) Mickey Thomas (63) Bobby Shinton (65) John Lyons (81) |
Bobby Tynan (31) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Johnny King |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Eddie Niedzwecki 2. Alan Hill 3. Alan Dwyer 4. Gareth Davies 5. John Roberts 6. Mickey Thomas 7. Bobby Shinton 8. Mel Sutton 9. John Lyons 10. Graham Whittle 11. Les Cartwright |
Dickie Johnson .1 Eddie Cliff .2 Ray Mathias .3 Les Parry .4 Dave Philpotts .5 Clive Evans .6 Steve Peplow .7 Mark Palios .8 Bobby Tynan .9 John James .10 Russ Allen .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Arfon Griffiths |
John Bramhall .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | John Bramhall for Les Parry (46) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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N.H. Glover (Chorley) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 6th, 1978)
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 18 |
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9 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | 10 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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31 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 365 | 7 | 90 | 8 | 455 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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30 | - | 15 | - | 97 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 132 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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18 | - | 9 | - | 51 | - | 22 | - | 73 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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27 | 4 | 14 | - | 71 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 99 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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27 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 3 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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31 | 2 | 15 | - | 236 | 19 | 71 | 5 | 307 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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30 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 201 | 24 | 62 | 6 | 263 | 30 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 13 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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31 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 77 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 106 | 43 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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25 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 251 | 73 | 66 | 22 | 317 | 95 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 6th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 6th March 1978 |
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| Wrexham | 6-1 | Tranmere R. |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | WREXHAM | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | +22 | 43 |
| 2. | Preston North End | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | +19 | 41 |
| 3. | Cambridge United | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | +16 | 41 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 33 | 13 | 14 | 6 | +14 | 40 |
| 5. | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | +12 | 38 |
| 6. | Walsall | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | +7 | 35 |
| 7. | Swindon Town | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | +11 | 34 |
| 8. | Bury | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | +7 | 34 |
| 9. | Peterborough United | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 34 |
| 10. | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | +5 | 33 |
| 11. | Chester | 32 | 8 | 17 | 7 | -6 | 33 |
| 12. | Chesterfield | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | +7 | 32 |
| 13. | Colchester United | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | +5 | 32 |
| 14. | Carlisle United | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | +1 | 32 |
| 15. | Oxford United | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 16. | Lincoln City | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 29 |
| 17. | Exeter City | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 29 |
| 18. | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -15 | 25 |
| 20. | Rotherham United | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 24 |
| 21. | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -11 | 24 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 23 |
| 23. | Hereford United | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -19 | 23 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 33 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -23 | 22 |