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 | |
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Mickey Thomas |
Alun Evans |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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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 Utd |
| 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 Utd | 2-0 | Tranmere R. |
| 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 United | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | +18 | 45 |
| 3. | Preston North End | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | +20 | 44 |
| 4. | Gillingham | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | +11 | 42 |
| 5. | Walsall | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | +8 | 40 |
| 6. | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | +8 | 39 |
| 7. | Peterborough United | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | +3 | 39 |
| 8. | Bury | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | +8 | 37 |
| 9. | Chester | 35 | 9 | 19 | 7 | -5 | 37 |
| 10. | Colchester United | 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 Town | 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 United | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 28 |
| 20. | Sheffield Wednesday | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 28 |
| 21. | Plymouth Argyle | 35 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -12 | 27 |
| 22. | Bradford City | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 27 |
| 23. | Hereford United | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -19 | 27 |
| 24. | Portsmouth | 36 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -25 | 25 |