Stoke City 3
Wrexham 0
League (Division Two)
Stoke |
3 - 0
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Wrexham |
 |
League |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Garth Crooks (33) Garth Crooks (79) John Roberts (o.g.) (81) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Alan Durban |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Peter Fox 2. John Marsh 3. Geoff Scott 4. Howard Kendall 5. Denis Smith 6. Mike Doyle 7. Jim McGroarty 8. Sammy Irvine 9. Brendan O'Callaghan 10. Garth Crooks 11. Paul Richardson |
Dai Davies .1 Joey Jones .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Wayne Cegielski .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Mickey Evans .9 John Lyons .10 Alan Hill .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Alan Dodd |
Arfon Griffiths .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Alan Dodd for Mike Doyle (84) |
Arfon Griffiths for Alan Dwyer (23) |
| Cautions | |
| John Marsh |
Joey Jones Mickey Evans |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A. Challinor (Rotherham) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 16th, 1978)
| 1978-79 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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15 | - | 5 | - | 45 | - | 20 | - | 65 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 22 |
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8 | - | 2 | - | 26 | - | 13 | - | 39 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 29 |
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19 | - | 5 | 1 | 399 | 8 | 100 | 9 | 499 | 17 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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13 | - | 3 | - | 125 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 169 | 7 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 31 |
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4 | - | 2 | - | 383 | 19 | 95 | 6 | 478 | 25 | |||
| Alan Hill | 23 |
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16 | 3 | 3 | - | 79 | 3 | 30 | - | 109 | 3 | |||
| Joey Jones | 23 |
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9 | - | 0 | - | 107 | 2 | 20 | - | 127 | 2 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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18 | - | 3 | - | 103 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 140 | 5 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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19 | - | 5 | - | 270 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 353 | 24 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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17 | 7 | 5 | - | 68 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 90 | 26 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 111 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 152 | 50 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths (sub) | 37 |
|
3 | - | 1 | - | 590 | 120 | 129 | 22 | 719 | 142 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 16th, 1978)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 16th, 1978: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | P-P | Man City 'A' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th December 1978 |
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| Preston NE | 6-1 | Charlton A. |
| 16th December 1978 |
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| Brighton & HA | 3-1 | Luton Town |
| Burnley | 2-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| Crystal Palace | 3-1 | Leicester City |
| Fulham | 1-3 | Newcastle Utd |
| Millwall | 1-1 | Blackburn R. |
| Oldham | 0-0 | Orient |
| Preston NE | 1-1 | Notts County |
| Sheffield United | 2-1 | Cardiff C. |
| Stoke | 3-0 | Wrexham |
| Sunderland | 0-2 | Cambridge Utd |
| West Ham | 2-0 | Charlton A. |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crystal Palace | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | +17 | 28 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | +9 | 26 |
| 3. | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | +19 | 25 |
| 4. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | +9 | 23 |
| 5. | Sunderland | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | +5 | 23 |
| 6. | Newcastle United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 23 |
| 7. | Notts County | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 23 |
| 8. | Burnley | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | +4 | 22 |
| 9. | WREXHAM | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | +5 | 21 |
| 10. | Fulham | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | +3 | 21 |
| 11. | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | +2 | 20 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 13. | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 19 |
| 14. | Orient | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 15. | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 16. | Luton Town | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | +9 | 17 |
| 17. | Preston North End | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 18. | Leicester City | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 19. | Sheffield United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 20. | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 13 |
| 21. | Millwall | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 12 |
| 22. | Cardiff City | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -19 | 12 |