Wrexham 2
Preston North End 0
League (Division Two)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 0
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Preston NEPreston NE |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Dixie McNeil (6) Frank Carrodus (17) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Nobby Stiles |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Dai Davies 2. Alan Hill 3. Steve Kenworthy 4. Gareth Davies 5. Joey Jones 6. Steve Fox 7. Mick Vinter 8. Mel Sutton 9. Ian Edwards 10. Dixie McNeil 11. Frank Carrodus |
Roy Tunks .1 Brian Taylor .2 Andy McAteer .3 Steve Doyle .4 Mick Baxter .5 Don O'Riordan .6 Graham Bell .7 Sean Haslegrave .8 Steve Elliott .9 Paul McGee .10 Gordon Coleman .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Ian 'Eli' Roberts |
Willie Naughton .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | Willie Naughton for Gordon Coleman (57) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Jeff Bray (Hinckley) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at January 1st, 1980)
| 1979-80 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 31 |
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20 | - | 5 | - | 86 | - | 31 | - | 117 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 30 |
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24 | - | 6 | - | 426 | 8 | 110 | 10 | 536 | 18 | |||
| Alan Hill | 24 |
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18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 98 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 136 | 5 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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23 | 2 | 7 | - | 151 | 6 | 31 | - | 182 | 6 | |||
| Steve Kenworthy | 20 |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 9 | - | |||
| Frank Carrodus | 30 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 5 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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22 | - | 7 | - | 314 | 19 | 97 | 5 | 411 | 24 | |||
| Ian Edwards | 24 |
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10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 102 | 48 | |||
| Mick Vinter | 25 |
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18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 10 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 1st, 1980)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 1st January 1980 |
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| Birmingham C. | 2-1 | QPR |
| Leicester City | 3-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| Orient | 0-4 | West Ham |
| Luton Town | 3-3 | Chelsea |
| Newcastle Utd | 3-1 | Sunderland |
| Notts County | 0-0 | Cambridge Utd |
| Shrewsbury | 2-0 | Burnley |
| Swansea City | 2-1 | Cardiff C. |
| Wrexham | 2-0 | Preston NE |
| Division Two 1979-80 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Newcastle United | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | +15 | 33 |
| 2. | Luton Town | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | +16 | 31 |
| 3. | Chelsea | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | +12 | 31 |
| 4. | Leicester City | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | +13 | 30 |
| 5. | Birmingham City | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | +8 | 29 |
| 6. | Sunderland | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | +5 | 27 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | +5 | 27 |
| 8. | West Ham United | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | +7 | 26 |
| 9. | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | +13 | 25 |
| 10. | Swansea City | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 24 |
| 11. | Preston North End | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | +2 | 23 |
| 12. | Orient | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | -8 | 23 |
| 13. | Notts County | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | +2 | 22 |
| 14. | Cardiff City | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 21 |
| 15. | Cambridge United | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 16. | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 17. | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18. | Watford | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 19. | Burnley | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -15 | 18 |
| 20. | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 21. | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -19 | 17 |
| 22. | Fulham | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -17 | 15 |