Wrexham 3
Orient 1
League (Division Two)


Wrexham
3 - 1
Orient 

League
(Division Two)
Saturday, November 18th, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 9,122
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
John Lyons (42)
Nigel Gray (o.g.) (47)
Alan Hill (72)
Ian Moores (77)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Jimmy Bloomfield

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Joey Jones
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. Dixie McNeil
10. John Lyons
11. Alan Hill
John Jackson .1
Bobby Fisher .2
Bill Roffey .3
Tony Grealish .4
Nigel Gray .5
Paul Went .6
Henry Hughton .7
Ian Moores .8
Joe Mayo .9
Peter Kitchen .10
Ralph Coates .11

Bench
12. Wayne Cegielski
Tunji Banjo .12

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

D.E. Clarke (Accrington) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 18th, 1978)


1978-79 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 11 - 5 - 61 -
Gareth Davies 15 - 5149517
Alan Dwyer 9 - 3 - 1657
Alan Hill 1213 - 1051
Joey Jones 5 - 0 - 1232
John Roberts 14 - 3 - 1365
Mel Sutton 15 - 5 - 34924
Mickey Thomas 1555 - 30038
John Lyons 1335 - 8622
Dixie McNeil 152325129
Bobby Shinton 1515114850







League Table & Results (as at November 18th, 1978)


Other Wrexham matches played on November 18th, 1978:
Lancashire League (Division One)
Everton 'A'0-0Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One Cup
Gresford Athletic4-2Wrexham 'B'

Results of league matches played since last match
18th November 1978
Blackburn R.3-4Notts County
Bristol Rovers5-5Charlton A.
Burnley5-3Fulham
Cambridge Utd1-1Leicester City
Luton Town2-0Newcastle Utd
Millwall3-0Stoke
Oldham2-1Cardiff C.
Sheffield United0-1Preston NE
Sunderland2-1Brighton & HA
West Ham1-1Crystal Palace
Wrexham3-1Orient


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