Wrexham 2
Preston North End 1
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 1
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Preston NEPreston NE |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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John Lyons (pen.) (27) Dixie McNeil (36) |
Michael Robinson (32) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Nobby Stiles |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Joey Jones 3. Alan Dwyer 4. Gareth Davies 5. John Roberts 6. David Giles 7. Bobby Shinton 8. Mel Sutton 9. Dixie McNeil 10. Graham Whittle 11. Les Cartwright |
Roy Tunks .1 Brian Taylor .2 Danny Cameron .3 Graham Bell .4 Mick Baxter .5 Don O'Riordan .6 Gordon Coleman .7 Sean Haslegrave .8 Michael Robinson .9 Eric Potts .10 Alex Bruce .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. John Lyons |
Steve Elliott .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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John Lyons for Gareth Davies (7) |
Steve Elliott for Alex Bruce (60) |
| Cautions | |
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Les Cartwright |
Graham Bell |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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D. Shaw (Sandbach) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 14th, 1979)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 31 |
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26 | - | 11 | - | 56 | - | 26 | - | 82 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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22 | - | 9 | 2 | 402 | 8 | 104 | 10 | 506 | 18 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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17 | - | 5 | - | 129 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 175 | 7 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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19 | 1 | 4 | - | 117 | 3 | 24 | - | 141 | 3 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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29 | - | 9 | - | 114 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 157 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 27 |
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20 | - | 10 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 87 | 11 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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11 | - | 5 | 1 | 11 | - | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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30 | - | 10 | - | 281 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 369 | 24 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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30 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 122 | 38 | 47 | 19 | 169 | 57 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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21 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 284 | 89 | 78 | 26 | 362 | 115 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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25 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 66 | 35 | |||
| John Lyons (sub) | 22 |
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26 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 77 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 104 | 33 | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 14th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on April 14th, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Wigan Athletic Reserves | 3-0 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Llay Welfare | 3-3 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 9th April 1979 |
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| West Ham | 1-0 | Luton Town |
| 10th April 1979 |
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| Burnley | 1-0 | Newcastle Utd |
| Crystal Palace | 1-1 | Cambridge Utd |
| Millwall | 2-0 | Orient |
| Sheffield United | 5-1 | Notts County |
| 11th April 1979 |
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| Fulham | 2-2 | Cardiff C. |
| 13th April 1979 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-0 | Charlton A. |
| Oldham | 5-0 | Blackburn R. |
| Sunderland | 3-0 | Notts County |
| 14th April 1979 |
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| Blackburn R. | 1-2 | Burnley |
| Bristol Rovers | 0-1 | Crystal Palace |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-0 | Fulham |
| Cardiff C. | 3-1 | Brighton & HA |
| Charlton A. | 1-4 | Stoke |
| Leicester City | 1-2 | Sunderland |
| Orient | 0-2 | West Ham |
| Luton Town | 2-2 | Millwall |
| Newcastle Utd | 1-3 | Sheffield United |
| Notts County | 0-0 | Oldham |
| Wrexham | 2-1 | Preston NE |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | +27 | 49 |
| 2. | Sunderland | 37 | 19 | 11 | 7 | +21 | 49 |
| 3. | Stoke City | 37 | 17 | 14 | 6 | +23 | 48 |
| 4. | Crystal Palace | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | +21 | 48 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | +31 | 44 |
| 6. | Notts County | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | -9 | 40 |
| 7. | Burnley | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 38 |
| 8. | Fulham | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | +3 | 36 |
| 9. | Orient | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 10. | Cambridge United | 37 | 10 | 16 | 11 | -4 | 36 |
| 11. | Preston North End | 35 | 9 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 33 |
| 12. | Newcastle United | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 33 |
| 13. | Leicester City | 35 | 9 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 14. | Bristol Rovers | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 32 |
| 15. | Charlton Athletic | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 32 |
| 16. | WREXHAM | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | +8 | 31 |
| 17. | Luton Town | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | +4 | 31 |
| 18. | Sheffield United | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 30 |
| 19. | Cardiff City | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | -23 | 29 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 8 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 28 |
| 21. | Millwall | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 22. | Blackburn Rovers | 35 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -32 | 21 |