Crystal Palace 1
Wrexham 0
League (Division Two)
Crystal Palace |
1 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Ian Walsh (84) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Terry Venables |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. John Burridge 2. Paul Hinshelwood 3. Kenny Sansom 4. Steve Kember 5. Jim Cannon 6. Billy Gilbert 7. Peter Nicholas 8. Jerry Murphy 9. Dave Swindlehurst 10. Ian Walsh 11. Vince Hilaire |
Dai Davies .1 Mel Sutton .2 Joey Jones .3 Wayne Cegielski .4 John Roberts .5 David Giles .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Les Cartwright .8 Dixie McNeil .9 John Lyons .10 Steve Fox .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Neil Smillie |
Graham Whittle .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Neil Smillie for Jerry Murphy |
Graham Whittle for Joey Jones (53) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Steve Fox |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Trevor Spencer (Salisbury) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 3rd, 1979)
| 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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19 | - | 9 | - | 49 | - | 24 | - | 73 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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12 | - | 6 | 1 | 30 | - | 17 | 1 | 47 | 1 | |||
| Joey Jones | 23 |
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13 | - | 2 | - | 111 | 2 | 22 | - | 133 | 2 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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22 | - | 7 | - | 107 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 148 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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13 | - | 8 | 3 | 54 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 78 | 10 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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4 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 7 | - | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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23 | - | 9 | - | 274 | 19 | 87 | 5 | 361 | 24 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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21 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 98 | 32 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 60 | 33 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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23 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 115 | 36 | 45 | 18 | 160 | 54 | |||
| Graham Whittle (sub) | 25 |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 277 | 87 | 76 | 26 | 353 | 113 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 3rd, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on March 3rd, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 1-1 | Liverpool 'A' | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Burntwood & D. | 3-2 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 3rd March 1979 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-1 | Burnley |
| Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Wrexham |
| Leicester City | 1-2 | Cardiff C. |
| Orient | 1-1 | Bristol Rovers |
| Millwall | 0-1 | Sunderland |
| Newcastle Utd | 5-3 | Charlton A. |
| Notts County | 3-1 | Luton Town |
| Oldham | 1-1 | Sheffield United |
| Preston NE | 2-2 | Fulham |
| Stoke | 2-0 | West Ham |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stoke City | 29 | 13 | 12 | 4 | +16 | 38 |
| 2. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | +22 | 37 |
| 3. | Crystal Palace | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | +17 | 36 |
| 4. | West Ham United | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | +26 | 34 |
| 5. | Sunderland | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | +11 | 34 |
| 6. | Fulham | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | +6 | 30 |
| 7. | Notts County | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | -8 | 29 |
| 8. | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | +3 | 28 |
| 9. | Orient | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 28 |
| 10. | Newcastle United | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 27 |
| 11. | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 27 |
| 12. | Luton Town | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | +7 | 26 |
| 13. | Preston North End | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 14. | Cambridge United | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 15. | Burnley | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 25 |
| 16. | Leicester City | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | +6 | 23 |
| 18. | Cardiff City | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -22 | 21 |
| 19. | Sheffield United | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 20 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -15 | 20 |
| 21. | Millwall | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 22. | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -24 | 15 |