Wrexham 1
Sunderland 2
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 2
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SunderlandSunderland |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Joey Jones (58) |
Wilf Rostron (79) Alan Brown (83) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Billy Elliott |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Wayne Cegielski 3. Alan Dwyer 4. Joey Jones 5. John Roberts 6. David Giles 7. Peter Williams 8. Mel Sutton 9. Dixie McNeil 10. Steve Buxton 11. Steve Fox |
Barry Siddall .1 Steve Whitworth .2 Joe Bolton .3 Mike Docherty .4 Jackie Ashurst .5 Shaun Elliott .6 Kevin Arnott .7 Wilf Rostron .8 Alan Brown .9 Mick Buckley .10 Bob Lee .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Ian 'Eli' Roberts |
Wayne Entwistle .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | Wayne Entwistle for Bob Lee (61) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | Jackie Ashurst |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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M.P. Scott (Nottingham) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at May 5th, 1979)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 31 |
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32 | - | 11 | - | 62 | - | 26 | - | 88 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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24 | - | 8 | 1 | 42 | - | 19 | 1 | 61 | 1 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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24 | - | 5 | - | 136 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 182 | 7 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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36 | - | 9 | - | 121 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 164 | 5 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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25 | 2 | 4 | - | 123 | 4 | 24 | - | 147 | 4 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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17 | 1 | 4 | - | 17 | 1 | 4 | - | 21 | 1 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 2 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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37 | - | 10 | - | 288 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 376 | 24 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 19 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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29 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 70 | 35 | |||
| Peter Williams | 18 |
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5 | - | 5 | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | 11 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at May 5th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on May 5th, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Morecambe Reserves | 2-2 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Mold Alexandra | 2-0 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 2nd May 1979 |
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| Newcastle Utd | 3-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| Sheffield United | 0-1 | Blackburn R. |
| 5th May 1979 |
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| Blackburn R. | 1-0 | West Ham |
| Bristol Rovers | 0-1 | Preston NE |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-0 | Sheffield United |
| Cardiff C. | 1-1 | Burnley |
| Charlton A. | 2-0 | Oldham |
| Leicester City | 0-0 | Millwall |
| Orient | 0-1 | Crystal Palace |
| Luton Town | 2-0 | Fulham |
| Newcastle Utd | 1-3 | Brighton & HA |
| Notts County | 0-1 | Stoke City |
| Wrexham | 1-2 | Sunderland |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | +33 | 56 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | +27 | 56 |
| 3. | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | +26 | 55 |
| 4. | Crystal Palace | 41 | 18 | 19 | 4 | +25 | 55 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | +32 | 49 |
| 6. | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | -12 | 44 |
| 7. | Fulham | 41 | 13 | 15 | 13 | +4 | 41 |
| 8. | Preston North End | 41 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| 9. | Orient | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 40 |
| 10. | Burnley | 39 | 14 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 40 |
| 11. | Newcastle United | 41 | 16 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 40 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | -8 | 40 |
| 13. | Cardiff City | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 37 |
| 14. | Luton Town | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | +5 | 36 |
| 15. | Leicester City | 41 | 10 | 16 | 15 | -9 | 36 |
| 16. | Bristol Rovers | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 36 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | +5 | 35 |
| 18. | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 35 |
| 19. | Oldham Athletic | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | -14 | 35 |
| 20. | Sheffield United | 41 | 11 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 33 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 41 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -32 | 28 |
| 22. | Millwall | 37 | 9 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 27 |