Shrewsbury Town 3
Wrexham 1
League (Division Two)
Shrewsbury |
3 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Steve Biggins (9) Steve Biggins (13) Steve Biggins (66) |
Graham Whittle (44) |
| Team Managers | |
| Graham Turner |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Bob Wardle 2. Steve Hayes 3. Tony Larkin 4. Graham Turner 5. Colin Griffin 6. Jack Keay 7. Trevor Birch 8. Ian Atkins 9. Bob Chapman 10. Steve Biggins 11. David Tong |
Dai Davies .1 Terry Darracott .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 David Giles .6 Alan Hill .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Steve Buxton .10 Steve Fox .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Steve Cross |
Graham Whittle .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Steve Cross for Graham Turner (46) |
Graham Whittle for Alan Dwyer (36) |
| Cautions | |
| Tony Larkin |
Gareth Davies |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Derek Civil (Birmingham) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 20th, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 31 |
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8 | - | 4 | - | 74 | - | 30 | - | 104 | - | |||
| Terry Darracott | 28 |
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7 | - | 0 | - | 7 | - | 0 | - | 7 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 30 |
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12 | - | 6 | - | 414 | 8 | 110 | 10 | 524 | 18 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 27 |
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10 | - | 5 | - | 151 | 2 | 52 | 5 | 203 | 7 | |||
| Alan Hill | 24 |
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9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 126 | 5 | |||
| John Roberts | 33 |
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7 | - | 4 | - | 132 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 180 | 5 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 4 | |||
| David Giles | 23 |
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12 | 1 | 5 | - | 35 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 47 | 3 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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12 | - | 6 | - | 304 | 19 | 96 | 5 | 400 | 24 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 19 |
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9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 5 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 89 | 40 | |||
| Graham Whittle (sub) | 26 |
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5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 294 | 91 | 86 | 27 | 380 | 118 | |||
League Table & Results (as at October 20th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on October 20th, 1979: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 1-1 | Wigan Athletic Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Llangollen T. | 3-3 | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 20th October 1979 |
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| Birmingham C. | 2-0 | Swansea City |
| Bristol Rovers | 3-0 | Charlton A. |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-1 | Orient |
| Cardiff C. | 1-2 | Chelsea |
| Fulham | 1-3 | Notts County |
| Oldham | 1-1 | Leicester City |
| Preston NE | 3-2 | Burnley |
| Shrewsbury | 3-1 | Wrexham |
| Sunderland | 3-0 | QPR |
| Watford | 2-0 | Newcastle Utd |
| West Ham | 1-2 | Luton Town |
| Division Two 1979-80 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Luton Town | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +13 | 17 |
| 2. | Notts County | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +9 | 16 |
| 3. | Newcastle United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 16 |
| 4. | Chelsea | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 15 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 15 |
| 6. | Leicester City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +5 | 14 |
| 7. | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 14 |
| 8. | Preston North End | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 14 |
| 9. | Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +2 | 14 |
| 10. | Sunderland | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 13 |
| 11. | Cardiff City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 12. | Swansea City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 13. | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +2 | 12 |
| 14. | Cambridge United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 15. | Watford | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16. | West Ham United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 17. | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 18. | Orient | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 19. | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 20. | Fulham | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 21. | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -12 | 7 |
| 22. | Burnley | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 5 |