Wrexham 1
Birmingham City 0
League (Division Two)


Wrexham
1 - 0
Birmingham C. 

League
(Division Two)
Saturday, October 13th, 1979
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 13,693 (Away: 3,000)
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Dixie McNeil (pen.) (84)
None.

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Jim Smith

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Terry Darracott
3. Joey Jones
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. David Giles
7. Les Cartwright
8. Mel Sutton
9. Dixie McNeil
10. Steve Buxton
11. Steve Fox
Jeff Wealands .1
Colin Todd .2
Mark Dennis .3
Alan Curbishley .4
Joe Gallagher .5
Tony Towers .6
Alan Ainscow .7
Steve Lynex .8
Keith Bertschin .9
Archie Gemmill .10
Willie Johnston .11

Bench
12. Alan Dwyer
Don Givens .12

Substitutions
Alan Dwyer for Les Cartwright (73)
Don Givens for Steve Lynex

Cautions
John Roberts
Steve Buxton
Mark Dennis
Tony Towers

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Ken Walmsley (Blackpool) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 13th, 1979)


1979-80 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 7 - 4 - 103 -
Terry Darracott 6 - 0 - 6 -
Gareth Davies 11 - 6 - 52318
Joey Jones 1126 - 1696
John Roberts 6 - 4 - 1795
Les Cartwright 4 - 3 - 9711
Steve Fox 10141424
David Giles 1115 - 463
Mel Sutton 11 - 6 - 39924
Steve Buxton 8141315
Dixie McNeil 93628840
Alan Dwyer (sub) 9 - 5 - 2027







League Table & Results (as at October 13th, 1979)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 13th, 1979:
Lancashire League (Division One)
Port Vale Reserves1-1Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Bala Town3-0Wrexham 'B'

Results of league matches played since last match
9th October 1979
Birmingham C.1-0Sunderland
Charlton A.3-3Burnley
Orient1-0Fulham
Luton Town3-1Bristol Rovers
Notts County5-2Shrewsbury
QPR3-0Cardiff C.
Swansea City1-0Watford
10th October 1979
Leicester City2-1Cambridge Utd
Newcastle Utd0-0Preston NE
13th October 1979
Burnley0-2Cardiff C.
Charlton A.1-1Cambridge Utd
Chelsea1-0Bristol Rovers
Leicester City1-2West Ham
Orient1-0Watford
Luton Town2-0Sunderland
Newcastle Utd1-0Shrewsbury
Notts County1-1Oldham
QPR1-1Preston NE
Swansea City4-1Fulham
Wrexham1-0Birmingham C.


Division Two 1979-80
P W D L GD Pts
1. Newcastle United 11 6 4 1 +7 16
2. Luton Town 11 6 3 2 +12 15
3. WREXHAM 11 7 1 3 +4 15
4. Queens Park Rangers 11 6 2 3 +8 14
5. Notts County 11 5 4 2 +7 14
6. Leicester City 11 5 3 3 +5 13
7. Chelsea 10 6 1 3 +3 13
8. Swansea City 11 5 3 3 0 13
9. Cardiff City 11 5 3 3 -1 13
10. Preston North End 11 3 6 2 +3 12
11. Birmingham City 11 4 4 3 0 12
12. Oldham Athletic 11 3 5 3 +2 11
13. Sunderland 11 4 3 4 +1 11
14. West Ham United 10 4 2 4 -2 10
15. Cambridge United 11 2 5 4 -1 9
16. Watford 11 2 4 5 -4 8
17. Orient 11 2 4 5 -5 8
18. Fulham 11 3 2 6 -8 8
19. Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 -8 7
20. Charlton Athletic 11 1 5 5 -9 7
21. Shrewsbury Town 11 2 2 7 -6 6
22. Burnley 11 0 5 6 -8 5