Wrexham 7
Rotherham United 1
League (Division Three)

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Wrexham
7 - 1
Rotherham Utd 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, April 22nd, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 16,586
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Mickey Thomas (12)
John Lyons (15)
Graham Whittle (pen.) (21)
Bobby Shinton (30)
Graham Whittle (34)
Graham Whittle (pen.) (79)
Les Cartwright (90)
 		Trevor Phillips (73)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
 Jimmy McGuigan

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. John Lyons
10. Graham Whittle
11. Les Cartwright
 Tom McAlister .1
Gerry Forrest .2
John Breckin .3
Mark Rhodes .4
Tommy Spencer .5
John Green .6
Richard Finney .7
Trevor Phillips .8
Dave Gwyther .9
Jimmy Goodfellow .10
Alan Crawford .11

Bench
12. Wayne Cegielski
 David Pugh .12

Substitutions
Wayne Cegielski for Gareth Davies
 None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C.L. Newsome (Shropshire) (Referee)
B.M. Mobley (Birmingham) & A.T. Scholes (Bolton) (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 22nd, 1978)

1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 27 - 13 - 40 -
Gareth Davies 42217146916
Alan Dwyer 41 - 1811467
Mickey Evans 2118 - 46525
John Roberts 38416 - 1125
Les Cartwright 373142515
Mel Sutton 42218 - 32124
Mickey Thomas 41617227632
John Lyons 206826517
Bobby Shinton 421718712047
Graham Whittle 3518176330107
Wayne Cegielski (sub) 7 - 3 - 24 -







League Table & Results (as at April 22nd, 1978)

Other Wrexham matches played on April 22nd, 1978:
Welsh League (North)
Wrexham Reserves?-?Rhyl Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Mold Alexandra1-0Wrexham 'B'
North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup
Point of Air?-?Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
18th April 1978
Exeter City0-0Chesterfield
Peterborough2-0Swindon Town
Rotherham Utd1-0Hereford Utd
Sheffield Wed.1-0Preston NE
Shrewsbury T.5-3Bury
22nd April 1978
Bury1-1Plymouth A.
Chesterfield1-2Chester
Exeter City0-0Colchester Utd
Lincoln City3-2Bradford City
Peterborough1-0Tranmere R.
Port Vale0-1Carlisle United
Portsmouth0-2Preston NE
Sheffield Wed.0-0Cambridge Utd
Shrewsbury T.1-0Oxford United
Swindon Town1-0Hereford Utd
Walsall2-1Gillingham
Wrexham7-1Rotherham Utd


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 42 23 13 6 +35 59
2. Preston North End 44 20 15 9 +26 55
3. Cambridge United 44 21 12 11 +19 54
4. Peterborough United 43 20 14 9 +15 54
5. Chester 44 14 22 8 0 50
6. Gillingham 44 15 19 10 +10 49
7. Walsall 43 16 16 11 +8 48
8. Swindon Town 43 16 15 12 +10 47
9. Tranmere Rovers 44 16 14 14 +7 46
10. Carlisle United 44 14 18 12 +1 46
11. Colchester United 43 14 16 13 +8 44
12. Shrewsbury Town 44 15 14 15 +4 44
13. Bury 44 13 17 14 +6 43
14. Chesterfield 43 15 13 15 +4 43
15. Sheffield Wednesday 43 14 14 15 -3 42
16. Lincoln City 44 14 14 16 -9 42
17. Exeter City 44 14 14 16 -11 42
18. Oxford United 44 13 12 19 -3 38
19. Rotherham United 42 12 12 18 -15 36
20. Port Vale 44 8 20 16 -17 36
21. Plymouth Argyle 43 9 17 17 -12 35
22. Bradford City 43 11 10 22 -24 32
23. Hereford United 44 9 12 23 -26 30
24. Portsmouth 44 6 17 21 -33 29