Wrexham 0
Preston North End 0
League (Division Three)

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Wrexham
0 - 0
Preston NE 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, April 8th, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 19,008
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
None. None.

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
 Nobby Stiles

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Mickey Evans
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Arfon Griffiths
10. Graham Whittle
11. Les Cartwright
 Roy Tunks .1
John McMahon .2
Danny Cameron .3
Francis Burns .4
Mick Baxter .5
Graham Cross .6
Gordon Coleman .7
Sean Haslegrave .8
Michael Robinson .9
Mike Elwiss .10
Alex Bruce .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
 Stephen Doyle .12

Substitutions
John Lyons for Arfon Griffiths (60)
 None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

T. Mills (Barnsley) (Referee)
T.W. Stones (Stafford) & D.B. Scrimshaw (Cheadle Hulme) (Assistants)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 8th, 1978)

1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 24 - 12 - 36 -
Gareth Davies 39216146516
Alan Dwyer 38 - 17 - 1426
Mickey Evans 1817 - 46225
John Roberts 35415 - 1085
Les Cartwright 342131473
Arfon Griffiths 17161710142
Mel Sutton 39217 - 31724
Mickey Thomas 38416227230
Bobby Shinton 391617711646
Graham Whittle 3215166326104
John Lyons (sub) 174726115







League Table & Results (as at April 8th, 1978)

Other Wrexham matches played on April 8th, 1978:
North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup
Connah's Quay1-5Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
4th April 1978
Colchester Utd2-0Chesterfield
Gillingham1-1Port Vale
Peterborough5-0Bradford City
Plymouth A.1-1Sheffield Wed.
Portsmouth0-2Oxford United
Preston NE1-0Walsall
Rotherham0-0Shrewsbury
Swindon Town0-0Cambridge
5th April 1978
Hereford Utd1-1Lincoln City
8th April 1978
Bury2-2Bradford City
Chesterfield4-1Plymouth A.
Exeter City2-1Gillingham
Lincoln City4-1Cambridge
Peterborough1-0Rotherham
Port Vale0-0Chester
Portsmouth3-3Carlisle United
Sheffield Wed.2-1Oxford United
Shrewsbury3-1Tranmere
Swindon Town0-0Colchester Utd
Walsall2-0Hereford Utd
Wrexham0-0Preston NE


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 39 22 11 6 +29 55
2. Preston NE 41 18 15 8 +21 51
3. Cambridge 42 20 11 11 +17 51
4. Peterborough 39 17 14 8 +11 48
5. Gillingham 41 14 18 9 +10 46
6. Walsall 40 14 16 10 +8 44
7. Chester 41 11 22 8 -4 44
8. Swindon Town 39 14 15 10 +10 43
9. Tranmere 41 15 13 13 +7 43
10. Bury 41 13 16 12 +9 42
11. Chesterfield 39 15 12 12 +9 42
12. Colchester Utd 41 14 14 13 +8 42
13. Shrewsbury 41 13 14 14 +2 40
14. Carlisle United 41 11 18 12 -3 40
15. Lincoln City 42 13 14 15 -6 40
16. Sheffield Wed. 40 13 13 14 -3 39
17. Exeter City 41 13 12 16 -12 38
18. Oxford United 41 12 12 17 -2 36
19. Port Vale 41 8 19 14 -15 35
20. Rotherham 38 11 11 16 -8 33
21. Bradford City 41 11 10 20 -22 32
22. Plymouth A. 40 8 15 17 -13 31
23. Hereford Utd 40 9 12 19 -20 30
24. Portsmouth 42 5 17 20 -33 27