Wrexham 1
Cardiff City 2
League (Division Two)


Wrexham
1 - 2
Cardiff C. 

League
(Division Two)
Saturday, September 30th, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 11,766
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
John Lyons (66)
John Buchanan (30)
John Buchanan (pen.) (71)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Jimmy Andrews

Starting Eleven
1. Eddie Niedzwecki
2. Alan Hill
3. Graham Whittle
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Dixie McNeil
10. Peter Williams
11. Les Cartwright
Ron Healey .1
Phil Dwyer .2
Freddie Pethard .3
Alan Campbell .4
Keith Pontin .5
Albert Larmour .6
Steve Grapes .7
John Buchanan .8
Gary Stevens .9
Ray Bishop .10
John Lewis .11

Bench
12. John Lyons
Rod Thomas .12

Substitutions
John Lyons for Bobby Shinton (65)
Rod Thomas for Alan Campbell (46)

Cautions
Alan Hill
Freddie Pethard
Ray Bishop
Steve Grapes

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

N.H. Glover (Chorley) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at September 30th, 1978)


1978-79 All Time
League Cups All
Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) 1 - 0 - 21 -
Gareth Davies 8 - 5148817
Alan Hill 6 - 3 - 99 -
John Roberts 8 - 3 - 1305
Les Cartwright 8 - 52709
Mel Sutton 8 - 5 - 34224
Mickey Thomas 815 - 29334
Dixie McNeil 81324428
Bobby Shinton 8 - 5114149
Graham Whittle 8141347110
Peter Williams 3 - 5 - 9 -
John Lyons (sub) 625 - 7921







League Table & Results (as at September 30th, 1978)


Other Wrexham matches played on September 30th, 1978:
Lancashire League (Division One)
Rochdale Reserves5-2Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Brymbo Steelworks5-0Wrexham 'B'

Results of league matches played since last match
27th September 1978
Stoke2-2Brighton & HA
30th September 1978
Blackburn R.1-2Charlton A.
Brighton & HA5-1Preston NE
Cambridge Utd1-1Bristol Rovers
Orient0-1Leicester City
Millwall0-2Burnley
Notts County1-2Newcastle Utd
Oldham0-2Fulham
Sheffield United1-1Luton Town
Stoke1-1Crystal Palace
Sunderland2-1West Ham
Wrexham1-2Cardiff C.


Division Two 1978-79
P W D L GD Pts
1. Stoke City 8 5 3 0 +7 13
2. Crystal Palace 8 4 4 0 +8 12
3. Brighton & Hove Albion 8 4 2 2 +5 10
4. Fulham 8 4 2 2 +3 10
5. Sunderland 8 4 2 2 0 10
6. West Ham United 8 4 1 3 +7 9
7. Bristol Rovers 8 4 1 3 0 9
8. Newcastle United 8 3 3 2 0 9
9. Burnley 8 3 3 2 -1 9
10. Luton Town 8 3 2 3 +9 8
11. Leicester City 8 2 4 2 +2 8
12. Charlton Athletic 8 2 4 2 0 8
13. WREXHAM 8 2 4 2 0 8
14. Notts County 8 3 2 3 -2 8
15. Cambridge United 8 1 5 2 0 7
16. Oldham Athletic 8 3 1 4 -3 7
17. Cardiff City 8 3 1 4 -8 7
18. Sheffield United 8 2 2 4 -2 6
19. Orient 8 2 1 5 -3 5
20. Preston North End 8 1 3 4 -6 5
21. Blackburn Rovers 8 1 2 5 -6 4
22. Millwall 8 1 2 5 -10 4