Oldham Athletic 2
Wrexham 3
League (Division Two)
Oldham |
2 - 3
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Paul Heaton (28) Simon Stainrod (48) |
Mick Vinter (9) Dixie McNeil (10) Dixie McNeil (44) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jimmy Frizzell |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. John Platt 2. Ged Keegan 3. Steve Edwards 4. Mark Hilton 5. Keith Hicks 6. John Hurst 7. Paul Atkinson 8. Vic Halom 9. Jim Steel 10. Simon Stainrod 11. Paul Heaton |
Eddie Niedzwecki .1 Mel Sutton .2 Alan Hill .3 Gareth Davies .4 Joey Jones .5 David Giles .6 Mick Vinter .7 Steve Fox .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Ronnie Blair |
Steve Buxton .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Ronnie Blair for Steve Edwards (46) |
Steve Buxton for Les Cartwright (46) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
P. Willis (Meadowfield, County Durham) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at August 21st, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 20 |
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2 | - | 1 | - | 23 | - | 8 | - | 31 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 30 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 404 | 8 | 106 | 10 | 510 | 18 | |||
| Alan Hill | 24 |
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1 | - | 2 | - | 81 | 3 | 34 | - | 115 | 3 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 130 | 4 | 26 | - | 156 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 27 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 66 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 94 | 11 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 2 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 294 | 19 | 92 | 5 | 386 | 24 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 77 | 38 | |||
| Mick Vinter | 25 |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 26 |
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2 | - | 2 | 1 | 291 | 90 | 82 | 27 | 373 | 117 | |||
| Steve Buxton (sub) | 19 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | |||
League Table & Results (as at August 21st, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on August 21st, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 2-7 | Liverpool 'A' | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 1-3 | Chirk AAA |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 20th August 1979 |
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| West Ham | 0-1 | Chelsea |
| 21st August 1979 |
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| Bristol Rovers | 3-2 | Luton Town |
| Burnley | 1-1 | Charlton A. |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-1 | Leicester City |
| Oldham | 2-3 | Wrexham |
| Preston NE | 1-0 | Newcastle Utd |
| Shrewsbury T. | 1-1 | Notts County |
| Watford | 0-0 | Swansea City |
| Division Two 1979-80 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Preston North End | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
| 2. | WREXHAM | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 3. | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 4. | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 5. | Swansea City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 6. | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 7. | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 |
| 8. | Fulham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| 9. | Newcastle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10. | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11. | Cambridge United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12. | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13. | Orient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14. | Sunderland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15. | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16. | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17. | Watford | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18. | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 19. | Birmingham City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 21. | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 22. | Cardiff City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |