Luton Town 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Two)
Luton Town |
2 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Brian Stein (9) Lil Fuccillo (12) |
Mickey Thomas (42) |
| Team Managers | |
| David Pleat |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Milija Aleksic 2. Paul Price 3. Mark Aizlewood 4. Ricky Hill 5. Chris Turner 6. Mal Donaghy 7. Alan West 8. Lil Fuccillo 9. Brian Stein 10. Bob Hatton 11. David Moss |
Eddie Niedzwecki .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 Arfon Griffiths .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Graham Jones |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Graham Jones for Mark Aizlewood (85) |
John Lyons for Arfon Griffiths (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Mickey Thomas |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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B.H. Daniels (Brentwood) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 7th, 1978)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 19 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 17 | - | 5 | - | 22 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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9 | - | 5 | 1 | 389 | 8 | 100 | 9 | 489 | 17 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
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7 | - | 3 | - | 70 | - | 30 | - | 100 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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9 | - | 3 | - | 94 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 131 | 5 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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9 | - | 5 | - | 260 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 343 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 24 |
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9 | 2 | 5 | - | 223 | 29 | 71 | 6 | 294 | 35 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 37 |
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1 | - | 1 | - | 588 | 120 | 129 | 22 | 717 | 142 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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9 | - | 5 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 71 | 9 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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9 | - | 5 | 1 | 101 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 142 | 49 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 272 | 84 | 76 | 26 | 348 | 110 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 28 | |||
| John Lyons (sub) | 21 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | - | 58 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 80 | 21 | |||
League Table & Results (as at October 7th, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on October 7th, 1978: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 2-3 | Port Vale Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 2-2 | New Broughton |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 6th October 1978 |
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| Charlton A. | 0-2 | Orient |
| 7th October 1978 |
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| Bristol Rovers | 4-1 | Blackburn R. |
| Burnley | 1-0 | Oldham |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-0 | Preston NE |
| Cardiff C. | 2-3 | Notts County |
| Crystal Palace | 3-1 | Brighton & HA |
| Fulham | 2-0 | Stoke City |
| Luton Town | 2-1 | Wrexham |
| Newcastle Utd | 1-0 | Leicester City |
| Sheffield United | 3-2 | Sunderland |
| West Ham | 3-0 | Millwall |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crystal Palace | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | +10 | 14 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | +5 | 13 |
| 3. | Fulham | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 12 |
| 4. | West Ham United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | +10 | 11 |
| 5. | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 11 |
| 6. | Newcastle United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 11 |
| 7. | Burnley | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 8. | Luton Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | +10 | 10 |
| 9. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 10 |
| 10. | Notts County | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 11. | Sunderland | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +1 | 9 |
| 13. | Leicester City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 8 |
| 14. | Sheffield United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 15. | WREXHAM | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 16. | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 17. | Orient | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 18. | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 19. | Cardiff City | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 20. | Preston North End | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 21. | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
| 22. | Millwall | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -13 | 4 |