Chelsea 3
Wrexham 1
League (Division Two)
Chelsea |
3 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Ron Harris (19) Ian Britton (88) John Bumstead (90) |
Steve Buxton (13) |
| Team Managers | |
| Danny Blanchflower |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Petar Borota 2. Gary Locke 3. David Stride 4. Graham Wilkins 5. Micky Droy 6. Ron Harris 7. Ian Britton 8. Eamonn Bannon 9. Tommy Langley 10. Trevor Aylott 11. Mike Fillery |
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 Steve Buxton .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. John Bumstead |
Ian 'Eli' Roberts .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| John Bumstead for Trevor Aylott (86) |
Ian 'Eli' Roberts for Graham Whittle (73) |
| Cautions | |
| David Stride |
Steve Fox |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Clifford Maskell (Cambridge) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at August 25th, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 20 |
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3 | - | 1 | - | 24 | - | 8 | - | 32 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 30 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 405 | 8 | 106 | 10 | 511 | 18 | |||
| Alan Hill | 24 |
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2 | - | 2 | - | 82 | 3 | 34 | - | 116 | 3 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 131 | 4 | 26 | - | 157 | 4 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 2 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 26 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 295 | 19 | 92 | 5 | 387 | 24 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 19 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | - | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 78 | 38 | |||
| Mick Vinter | 25 |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 26 |
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3 | - | 2 | 1 | 292 | 90 | 82 | 27 | 374 | 117 | |||
| Ian 'Eli' Roberts (sub) | 18 |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at August 25th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on August 25th, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 2-1 | Altrincham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) (match expunged) | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 2-1 | Burntwood & D. |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 22nd August 1979 |
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| Cardiff C. | 1-0 | QPR |
| Fulham | 0-0 | Orient |
| Sunderland | 2-0 | Birmingham C. |
| 25th August 1979 |
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| Bristol Rovers | 2-1 | Shrewsbury |
| Burnley | 0-1 | Notts County |
| Cambridge Utd | 2-2 | Watford |
| Cardiff C. | 1-2 | Birmingham C. |
| Charlton A. | 1-1 | Newcastle Utd |
| Chelsea | 3-1 | Wrexham |
| Luton Town | 2-1 | Orient |
| Preston NE | 1-1 | Swansea City |
| QPR | 1-4 | Leicester City |
| Sunderland | 2-1 | Fulham |
| West Ham | 1-0 | Oldham |
| Division Two 1979-80 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leicester City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 5 |
| 2. | Notts County | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
| 3. | Preston North End | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
| 4. | Chelsea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 5 |
| 5. | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 5 |
| 6. | Swansea City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 7. | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8. | WREXHAM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9. | Fulham | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10. | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11. | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12. | Cambridge United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13. | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14. | Orient | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 15. | West Ham United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 16. | Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 17. | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 18. | Watford | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 19. | Cardiff City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 20. | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 21. | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 22. | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |