Wrexham 2
Cambridge United 0
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 0
|
Cambridge UtdCambridge Utd |
 |
League |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Mickey Thomas (1) Graham Whittle (77) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Arfon Griffiths |
John Docherty |
| 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. John Lyons 11. Les Cartwright |
Malcolm Webster .1 Trevor Howard .2 Lindsay Smith .3 Dave Stringer .4 Steve Fallon .5 Mick Leach .6 Peter Graham .7 Steve Spriggs .8 Jamie Murray .9 Tom Finney .10 Alan Biley .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Alan Dwyer |
Kirk Corbin .12 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Alan Dwyer for Bobby Shinton (67) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Gareth Davies Graham Whittle |
Tom Finney Mick Leach |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A.J.Hamil (Wolverhampton) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 14th, 1978)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 19 |
|
3 | - | 0 | - | 18 | - | 5 | - | 23 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
|
10 | - | 5 | 1 | 390 | 8 | 100 | 9 | 490 | 17 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
|
8 | - | 3 | - | 71 | - | 30 | - | 101 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
|
10 | - | 3 | - | 95 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 132 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
|
10 | - | 5 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 72 | 9 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
|
10 | - | 5 | - | 261 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 344 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 24 |
|
10 | 3 | 5 | - | 224 | 30 | 71 | 6 | 295 | 36 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
|
8 | 2 | 5 | - | 59 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 81 | 21 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
|
10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 28 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
|
10 | - | 5 | 1 | 102 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 143 | 49 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
|
10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 273 | 85 | 76 | 26 | 349 | 111 | |||
| Alan Dwyer (sub) | 26 |
|
4 | - | 3 | - | 116 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 160 | 7 | |||
League Table & Results (as at October 14th, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on October 14th, 1978: |
|---|
| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macclesfield Town Reserves | 2-2 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bala Town | 0-2 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
|---|
| 14th October 1978 |
|---|
| Blackburn R. | 0-0 | Luton Town |
| Brighton & HA | 3-0 | Fulham |
| Leicester City | 0-3 | Charlton A. |
| Orient | 2-2 | Cardiff C. |
| Millwall | 1-1 | Sheffield United |
| Notts County | 2-1 | Bristol Rovers |
| Oldham | 2-2 | West Ham |
| Preston NE | 2-3 | Crystal Palace |
| Stoke | 3-1 | Burnley |
| Sunderland | 1-1 | Newcastle Utd |
| Wrexham | 2-0 | Cambridge Utd |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
|---|
| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crystal Palace | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | +11 | 16 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +7 | 15 |
| 3. | West Ham United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +10 | 12 |
| 4. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +6 | 12 |
| 5. | Fulham | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 12 |
| 6. | Newcastle United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 12 |
| 7. | Notts County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 8. | Luton Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +10 | 11 |
| 9. | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 11 |
| 10. | Sunderland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 11. | Burnley | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 12. | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 10 |
| 13. | WREXHAM | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 10 |
| 14. | Sheffield United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 15. | Cambridge United | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 16. | Orient | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 17. | Leicester City | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 18. | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 19. | Cardiff City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 8 |
| 20. | Preston North End | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 22. | Millwall | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 5 |