Bristol Rovers 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Two)
Bristol Rovers |
2 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Paul Randall (25) David Williams (65) |
Dixie McNeil (27) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bobby Campbell |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Martin Thomas 2. Tony Pulis 3. Phil Bater 4. Graham Day 5. Stuart Taylor 6. Frankie Prince 7. Miah Dennehy 8. David Williams 9. Paul Randall 10. Dave Staniforth 11. Phil Lythgoe |
Dai Davies .1 Alan Hill .2 Graham Whittle .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 John Lyons .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Mike Barry |
Wayne Cegielski .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Wayne Cegielski for John Lyons (85) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Graham Whittle (28) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D.W. Lloyd (Worcester) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at September 23rd, 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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7 | - | 4 | - | 37 | - | 19 | - | 56 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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7 | - | 4 | 1 | 387 | 8 | 99 | 9 | 486 | 17 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
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5 | - | 2 | - | 68 | - | 29 | - | 97 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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7 | - | 3 | - | 92 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 129 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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7 | - | 4 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 68 | 8 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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7 | - | 4 | - | 258 | 19 | 82 | 5 | 340 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 24 |
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7 | 1 | 4 | - | 221 | 28 | 70 | 6 | 291 | 34 | |||
| John Lyons | 21 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | - | 56 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 77 | 20 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 27 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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7 | - | 4 | 1 | 99 | 33 | 40 | 16 | 139 | 49 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 84 | 75 | 26 | 345 | 110 | |||
| Wayne Cegielski (sub) | 22 |
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2 | - | 1 | - | 20 | - | 12 | - | 32 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at September 23rd, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on September 23rd, 1978: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 0-2 | Carlisle United Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 0-0 | Burntwood & D. |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 22nd September 1978 |
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| Charlton A. | 1-1 | Notts County |
| 23rd September 1978 |
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| Bristol Rovers | 2-1 | Wrexham |
| Burnley | 1-2 | Sunderland |
| Cardiff C. | 2-0 | Blackburn R. |
| Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Oldham |
| Fulham | 1-0 | Millwall |
| Leicester City | 4-1 | Brighton & HA |
| Luton Town | 1-1 | Cambridge Utd |
| Newcastle Utd | 0-0 | Orient |
| Preston NE | 0-1 | Stoke |
| West Ham | 2-0 | Sheffield United |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crystal Palace | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +8 | 11 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 11 |
| 3. | West Ham United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
| 4. | Fulham | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 8 |
| 6. | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 7. | Notts County | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 8. | Sunderland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 9. | Luton Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
| 10. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 |
| 11. | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 12. | Newcastle United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 13. | Burnley | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| 14. | Leicester City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| 15. | Cambridge United | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16. | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 17. | Preston North End | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18. | Sheffield United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 19. | Orient | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 20. | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 5 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 22. | Millwall | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 4 |