Newcastle United 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Two)
Newcastle Utd |
2 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Alan Shoulder (6) Jim Pearson (70) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Bill McGarry |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Kevin Carr 2. Irving Nattrass 3. Kenny Mitchell 4. Mick Martin 5. David Barton 6. John Bird 7. Alan Shoulder 8. Jim Pearson 9. Peter Withe 10. Terry Hibbitt 11. John Connolly |
Dai Davies .1 Wayne Cegielski .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Joey Jones .4 John Roberts .5 David Giles .6 John Lyons .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Steve Buxton .10 Steve Fox .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Peter Manners |
Ian 'Eli' Roberts .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at May 8th, 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) | 31 |
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34 | - | 11 | - | 64 | - | 26 | - | 90 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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26 | - | 8 | 1 | 44 | - | 19 | 1 | 63 | 1 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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26 | - | 5 | - | 138 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 184 | 7 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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27 | 2 | 4 | - | 125 | 4 | 24 | - | 149 | 4 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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37 | - | 9 | - | 122 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 165 | 5 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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19 | 1 | 4 | - | 19 | 1 | 4 | - | 23 | 1 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 2 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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39 | - | 10 | - | 290 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 378 | 24 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 19 |
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10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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32 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 83 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 110 | 33 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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31 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 72 | 35 | |||
League Table & Results (as at May 8th, 1979)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 8th May 1979 |
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| Burnley | 0-1 | Millwall |
| Newcastle Utd | 2-0 | Wrexham |
| Sheffield United | 2-2 | Leicester City |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | +33 | 56 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | +27 | 56 |
| 3. | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | +26 | 55 |
| 4. | Crystal Palace | 41 | 18 | 19 | 4 | +25 | 55 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | +32 | 49 |
| 6. | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | -12 | 44 |
| 7. | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 42 |
| 8. | Fulham | 41 | 13 | 15 | 13 | +4 | 41 |
| 9. | Preston North End | 41 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| 10. | Orient | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 40 |
| 11. | Burnley | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 40 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | -8 | 40 |
| 13. | Cardiff City | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 39 |
| 14. | WREXHAM | 39 | 12 | 13 | 14 | +5 | 37 |
| 15. | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | -9 | 37 |
| 16. | Luton Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | +3 | 36 |
| 17. | Bristol Rovers | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 36 |
| 18. | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 35 |
| 19. | Oldham Athletic | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | -14 | 35 |
| 20. | Sheffield United | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 34 |
| 21. | Millwall | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 29 |
| 22. | Blackburn Rovers | 41 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -32 | 28 |