Sunderland 1
Wrexham 0
League (Division Two)
Sunderland |
1 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Joe Bolton (29) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy Elliott |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Barry Siddall 2. Mick Henderson 3. Joe Bolton 4. Kevin Arnott 5. Jeff Clarke 6. Shaun Elliott 7. Gordon Chisholm 8. Wilf Rostron 9. Wayne Entwistle 10. Mick Buckley 11. Gary Rowell |
Dai Davies .1 Mel Sutton .2 Graham Whittle .3 Wayne Cegielski .4 John Roberts .5 David Giles .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Les Cartwright .8 Steve Buxton .9 John Lyons .10 Steve Fox .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Roland Gregoire |
Arfon Griffiths .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Roland Gregoire for Wilf Rostron (69) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
John Lyons |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
J.K. Butcher (Kendal) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 7th, 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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20 | - | 9 | - | 50 | - | 24 | - | 74 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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13 | - | 6 | 1 | 31 | - | 17 | 1 | 48 | 1 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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23 | - | 7 | - | 108 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 149 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 27 |
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14 | - | 8 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 79 | 10 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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5 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 8 | 1 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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5 | - | 3 | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | 8 | - | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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24 | - | 9 | - | 275 | 19 | 87 | 5 | 362 | 24 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 18 |
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1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 99 | 32 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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24 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 116 | 36 | 45 | 18 | 161 | 54 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 278 | 87 | 76 | 26 | 354 | 113 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 7th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on March 7th, 1979: |
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| Border Counties Floodlit League Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 1-1 | Bilston Town |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 6th March 1979 |
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| Burnley | 1-1 | Sheffield United |
| Charlton | 2-3 | Cambridge |
| Oldham | 1-3 | Brighton & HA |
| 7th March 1979 |
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| Sunderland | 1-0 | Wrexham |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & HA | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | +24 | 39 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 29 | 13 | 12 | 4 | +16 | 38 |
| 3. | Crystal Palace | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | +17 | 36 |
| 4. | Sunderland | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | +12 | 36 |
| 5. | West Ham | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | +26 | 34 |
| 6. | Fulham | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | +6 | 30 |
| 7. | Notts County | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | -8 | 29 |
| 8. | Orient | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 28 |
| 9. | Charlton | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | +2 | 28 |
| 10. | Cambridge | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 28 |
| 11. | Newcastle Utd | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 27 |
| 12. | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 27 |
| 13. | Luton Town | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | +7 | 26 |
| 14. | Preston NE | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 15. | Burnley | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 26 |
| 16. | Leicester City | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | +5 | 23 |
| 18. | Sheffield United | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 21 |
| 19. | Cardiff C. | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -22 | 21 |
| 20. | Oldham | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 20 |
| 21. | Millwall | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 22. | Blackburn R. | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -24 | 15 |