Orient 0
Wrexham 1
League (Division Two)
Orient |
0 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Graham Whittle (pen.) (63) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jimmy Bloomfield |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. John Jackson 2. Bobby Fisher 3. Mark Smith 4. Tony Grealish 5. Nigel Gray 6. Henry Hughton 7. John Chiedozie 8. Tunji Banjo 9. Joe Mayo 10. Peter Kitchen 11. Peter Bennett |
Dai Davies .1 Alan Hill .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Kevin Godfrey |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Kevin Godfrey for Mark Smith (64) |
John Lyons for Dixie McNeil (75) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Mel Sutton |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
B.T. Stevens (Gloucester) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at August 26th, 1978)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 33 | - | 17 | - | 50 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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3 | - | 2 | 1 | 383 | 8 | 97 | 9 | 480 | 17 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 115 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 158 | 7 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 64 | - | 27 | - | 91 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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3 | - | 1 | - | 88 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 123 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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3 | - | 2 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 62 | 8 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 254 | 19 | 80 | 5 | 334 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 24 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 217 | 27 | 68 | 6 | 285 | 33 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 26 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 25 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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3 | - | 2 | 1 | 95 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 133 | 49 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 84 | 74 | 26 | 340 | 110 | |||
| John Lyons (sub) | 21 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | - | 54 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 73 | 20 | |||
League Table & Results (as at August 26th, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on August 26th, 1978: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 0-2 | Chester Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 23rd August 1978 |
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| Leicester City | 0-1 | Sheffield United |
| Newcastle Utd | 0-3 | West Ham |
| Stoke | 2-0 | Cardiff C. |
| 26th August 1978 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-0 | Sunderland |
| Cardiff C. | 1-3 | Oldham |
| Charlton A. | 3-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| Crystal Palace | 1-1 | West Ham |
| Fulham | 0-0 | Burnley |
| Leicester City | 1-1 | Cambridge Utd |
| Orient | 0-1 | Wrexham |
| Newcastle Utd | 1-0 | Luton Town |
| Notts County | 2-1 | Blackburn R. |
| Preston NE | 2-2 | Sheffield United |
| Stoke | 2-0 | Millwall |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stoke City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| 2. | West Ham United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 5 |
| 3. | WREXHAM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| 4. | Preston North End | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 5. | Orient | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 6. | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 7. | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8. | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 9. | Cambridge United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 10. | Sheffield United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11. | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13. | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14. | Notts County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 15. | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| 16. | Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 17. | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 18. | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 19. | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 20. | Fulham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 22. | Cardiff City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |