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)
| 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 A. | 2-3 | Cambridge Utd |
| 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 & Hove Albion | 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 United | 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 Athletic | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | +2 | 28 |
| 10. | Cambridge United | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 28 |
| 11. | Newcastle United | 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 North End | 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 City | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -22 | 21 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 20 |
| 21. | Millwall | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 22. | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -24 | 15 |