Wrexham 2
Blackburn Rovers 1
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 1
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Blackburn R.Blackburn R. |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Graham Whittle (26) Steve Buxton (88) |
Noel Brotherston (86) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
John Pickering |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Mel Sutton 3. Wayne Cegielski 4. Joey Jones 5. John Roberts 6. David Giles 7. Bobby Shinton 8. Les Cartwright 9. John Lyons 10. Graham Whittle 11. Steve Fox |
Neil Ramsbottom .1 Mike Rathbone .2 Brian Morley .3 Stuart Metcalfe .4 Glenn Keeley .5 Derek Fazackerley .6 Noel Brotherston .7 Paul Round .8 John Radford .9 Alan Birchenall .10 Dave Wagstaffe .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Steve Buxton |
Simon Garner .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Steve Buxton for John Lyons (76) |
Simon Garner for Brian Morley (71) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Joe Worral (Warrington) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 10th, 1979)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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21 | - | 9 | - | 51 | - | 24 | - | 75 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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14 | - | 6 | 1 | 32 | - | 17 | 1 | 49 | 1 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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14 | - | 2 | - | 112 | 2 | 22 | - | 134 | 2 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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24 | - | 7 | - | 109 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 150 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 27 |
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15 | - | 8 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 80 | 10 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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6 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | 9 | - | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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25 | - | 9 | - | 276 | 19 | 87 | 5 | 363 | 24 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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23 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 74 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 100 | 32 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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25 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 117 | 36 | 45 | 18 | 162 | 54 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 279 | 88 | 76 | 26 | 355 | 114 | |||
| Steve Buxton (sub) | 18 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 10th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on March 10th, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Chester Reserves | 0-2 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| New Broughton | 1-4 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 10th March 1979 |
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| Bristol Rovers | 1-1 | Leicester City |
| Burnley | 1-1 | Preston NE |
| Cambridge Utd | 0-1 | Notts County |
| Cardiff C. | 2-1 | Newcastle Utd |
| Charlton A. | 2-4 | Millwall |
| Fulham | 0-0 | Crystal Palace |
| Luton Town | 2-1 | Orient |
| Sheffield United | 0-0 | Stoke |
| Sunderland | 3-0 | Oldham |
| West Ham | 0-0 | Brighton & HA |
| Wrexham | 2-1 | Blackburn R. |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | +24 | 40 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | +16 | 39 |
| 3. | Sunderland | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | +15 | 38 |
| 4. | Crystal Palace | 29 | 11 | 15 | 3 | +17 | 37 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | +26 | 35 |
| 6. | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | +6 | 31 |
| 7. | Notts County | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | -7 | 31 |
| 8. | Luton Town | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | +8 | 28 |
| 9. | Orient | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | +2 | 28 |
| 10. | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 11. | Cambridge United | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | -2 | 28 |
| 12. | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 28 |
| 13. | Preston North End | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 14. | Burnley | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 27 |
| 15. | Newcastle United | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 27 |
| 16. | Leicester City | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | +6 | 25 |
| 18. | Cardiff City | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | -21 | 23 |
| 19. | Sheffield United | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -11 | 22 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -20 | 20 |
| 21. | Millwall | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 17 |
| 22. | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -25 | 15 |