Wrexham 4
West Ham United 3
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
4 - 3
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West HamWest Ham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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John Lyons (1) John Lyons (pen.) (21) John Lyons (pen.) (47) Alan Hill (50) |
David Cross (26) Frank Lampard (83) Bryan 'Pop' Robson (89) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
John Lyall |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Joey Jones 3. Alan Dwyer 4. Gareth Davies 5. John Roberts 6. Wayne Cegielski 7. Bobby Shinton 8. Mel Sutton 9. Dixie McNeil 10. John Lyons 11. Alan Hill |
Mervyn Day .1 Frank Lampard .2 Paul Brush .3 Pat Holland .4 Tommy Taylor .5 Alvin Martin .6 Alan Curbishley .7 Alan Devonshire .8 David Cross .9 Alan Taylor .10 Bryan 'Pop' Robson .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Mickey Evans |
John McDowell .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Mickey Evans for Dixie McNeil |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Tommy Taylor David Cross |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Keith Hackett (Sheffield) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 9th, 1978)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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14 | - | 5 | - | 44 | - | 20 | - | 64 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 22 |
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7 | - | 2 | - | 25 | - | 13 | - | 38 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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18 | - | 5 | 1 | 398 | 8 | 100 | 9 | 498 | 17 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 124 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 168 | 7 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
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15 | 3 | 3 | - | 78 | 3 | 30 | - | 108 | 3 | |||
| Joey Jones | 23 |
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8 | - | 0 | - | 106 | 2 | 20 | - | 126 | 2 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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17 | - | 3 | - | 102 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 139 | 5 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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18 | - | 5 | - | 269 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 352 | 24 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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16 | 7 | 5 | - | 67 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 89 | 26 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 30 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 110 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 151 | 50 | |||
| Mickey Evans (sub) | 31 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 382 | 19 | 95 | 6 | 477 | 25 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 9th, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 9th, 1978: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Oldham Reserves | 1-2 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 0-2 | Llangollen T. |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 2nd December 1978 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-0 | Orient |
| Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Newcastle Utd |
| Fulham | 1-1 | Notts County |
| Millwall | 2-0 | Cardiff C. |
| Stoke | 0-0 | Leicester City |
| Sunderland | 5-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| West Ham | 5-0 | Cambridge Utd |
| 9th December 1978 |
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| Blackburn R. | 1-1 | Brighton & HA |
| Bristol Rovers | 0-3 | Millwall |
| Cambridge Utd | 3-3 | Oldham |
| Cardiff C. | 1-1 | Sunderland |
| Charlton A. | 3-1 | Sheffield United |
| Orient | 2-1 | Burnley |
| Luton Town | 1-2 | Preston NE |
| Newcastle Utd | 2-0 | Stoke |
| Notts County | 0-0 | Crystal Palace |
| Wrexham | 4-3 | West Ham |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crystal Palace | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | +15 | 26 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | +6 | 24 |
| 3. | West Ham United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | +17 | 23 |
| 4. | Sunderland | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | +7 | 23 |
| 5. | Notts County | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | -5 | 22 |
| 6. | WREXHAM | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | +8 | 21 |
| 7. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | +7 | 21 |
| 8. | Fulham | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | +5 | 21 |
| 9. | Newcastle United | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 10. | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | +9 | 20 |
| 11. | Burnley | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | +2 | 20 |
| 12. | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 13. | Luton Town | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | +11 | 17 |
| 14. | Orient | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 15. | Cambridge United | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 16. | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 17 |
| 17. | Leicester City | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 18. | Preston North End | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 14 |
| 19. | Sheffield United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 20. | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -13 | 12 |
| 21. | Cardiff City | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -18 | 12 |
| 22. | Millwall | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 11 |