Wrexham 1
Walsall 0
League (Division Three)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 0
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WalsallWalsall |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Bobby Shinton (47) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Dave Mackay |
| 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 |
Mick Kearns .1 Tony Macken .2 Brian Caswell .3 Colin Harrison .4 Dave Serella .5 Alun Evans .6 Miah Dennehy .7 Mick Bates .8 Alf Wood .9 Alan Buckley .10 Jeff King .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Arfon Griffiths |
Terry Austin .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Arfon Griffiths for Graham Whittle (79) |
Terry Austin for Alun Evans (65) |
| Cautions | |
|
Mickey Thomas |
Alun Evans |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
M.G. Peck (Doncaster) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at March 18th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 18 |
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11 | - | 2 | - | 11 | - | 2 | - | 13 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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33 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 367 | 7 | 91 | 8 | 458 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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32 | - | 16 | - | 99 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 135 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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20 | - | 10 | - | 53 | - | 23 | - | 76 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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29 | 4 | 15 | - | 73 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 102 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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29 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 3 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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33 | 2 | 16 | - | 238 | 19 | 72 | 5 | 310 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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32 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 203 | 24 | 63 | 6 | 266 | 30 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 54 | 15 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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33 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 79 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 109 | 44 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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26 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 252 | 73 | 67 | 23 | 319 | 96 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths (sub) | 36 |
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15 | 1 | 5 | - | 582 | 120 | 125 | 21 | 707 | 141 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 18th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 17th March 1978 |
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| Colchester Utd | 2-1 | Cambridge |
| Peterborough | 1-1 | Port Vale |
| Swindon Town | 1-1 | Chester |
| 18th March 1978 |
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| Carlisle United | 1-0 | Gillingham |
| Chesterfield | 2-1 | Bury |
| Hereford Utd | 2-1 | Bradford City |
| Lincoln City | 3-1 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Plymouth A. | 2-1 | Oxford United |
| Portsmouth | 2-0 | Shrewsbury |
| Preston NE | 0-0 | Exeter City |
| Rotherham | 2-0 | Tranmere |
| Wrexham | 1-0 | Walsall |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WREXHAM | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | +24 | 47 |
| 2. | Cambridge | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | +18 | 45 |
| 3. | Preston NE | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | +20 | 44 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | +11 | 42 |
| 5. | Walsall | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | +8 | 40 |
| 6. | Tranmere | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | +8 | 39 |
| 7. | Peterborough | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | +3 | 39 |
| 8. | Bury | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | +8 | 37 |
| 9. | Chester | 35 | 9 | 19 | 7 | -5 | 37 |
| 10. | Colchester Utd | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | +6 | 36 |
| 11. | Carlisle United | 35 | 10 | 16 | 9 | +2 | 36 |
| 12. | Swindon Town | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | +7 | 35 |
| 13. | Chesterfield | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | +7 | 35 |
| 14. | Lincoln City | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 35 |
| 15. | Shrewsbury | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | +1 | 34 |
| 16. | Exeter City | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 34 |
| 17. | Oxford United | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 18. | Port Vale | 35 | 7 | 15 | 13 | -14 | 29 |
| 19. | Rotherham | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 28 |
| 20. | Sheffield Wed. | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 28 |
| 21. | Plymouth A. | 35 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -12 | 27 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 27 |
| 23. | Hereford Utd | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -19 | 27 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 36 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -25 | 25 |