Wrexham 2
Cardiff City 1
Welsh Cup (Final, 1st Leg)
WrexhamWrexham |
2 - 1
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Cardiff C.Cardiff C. |
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Welsh Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Albert Kinsey (34) Graham Whittle (pen.) (65) |
Bobby Woodruff (89) |
| Team Managers | |
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John Neal |
Jimmy Andrews |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Brian Lloyd 2. Stuart Mason 3. Dave Fogg 4. Gareth Davies 5. Eddie May 6. Mickey Evans 7. Brian Tinnion 8. Graham Whittle 9. Ray Smith 10. Albert Kinsey 11. Mickey Thomas |
Bill Irwin .1 David Carver .2 Gary Bell .3 Billy Kellcok .4 Richie Morgan .5 Leighton Phillips .6 Tony Villars .7 Brain Clark .8 Ian Gibson .9 Alan Warboys .10 Peter King.11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Billy Ashcroft |
Bobby Woodruff .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Billy Ashcroft for Mickey Thomas (50) |
Bobby Woodruff for Ian Gibson (63) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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T.H.C. Reynolds (Westbury, Wiltshire) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at May 8th, 1972)
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 24 |
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35 | - | 5 | - | 35 | - | 5 | - | 40 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 22 |
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25 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 152 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 179 | 8 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 24 |
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37 | 2 | 5 | - | 153 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 180 | 20 | |||
| Dave Fogg | 20 |
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14 | - | 3 | - | 15 | - | 4 | - | 19 | - | |||
| Stuart Mason | 22 |
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39 | 2 | 6 | - | 157 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 180 | 4 | |||
| Eddie May | 28 |
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46 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 177 | 23 | 36 | 7 | 213 | 30 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 17 |
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20 | 3 | 4 | - | 20 | 3 | 4 | - | 24 | 3 | |||
| Albert Kinsey | 26 |
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35 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 241 | 81 | 40 | 15 | 281 | 96 | |||
| Ray Smith | 29 |
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29 | 3 | 5 | - | 175 | 62 | 32 | 9 | 207 | 71 | |||
| Brian Tinnion | 23 |
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31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 110 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 125 | 23 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 18 |
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35 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 9 | |||
| Billy Ashcroft (sub) | 19 |
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29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 14 | |||
League Table & Results (as at May 8th, 1972)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 2nd May 1972 |
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| Bristol Rovers | 3-1 | Chesterfield |
| Plymouth A. | 4-1 | Swansea City |
| Rotherham Utd | 2-0 | Bolton |
| 3rd May 1972 |
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| Bournemouth | 0-0 | Tranmere R. |
| Brighton & HA | 1-1 | Rochdale |
| Notts County | 2-1 | Torquay |
| Shrewsbury | 3-0 | Halifax Town |
| 5th May 1972 |
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| Aston Villa | 1-0 | Chesterfield |
| Oldham | 5-1 | Rotherham Utd |
| Torquay | 1-1 | Bolton |
| 8th May 1972 |
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| Blackburn R. | 2-0 | Halifax Town |
| Port Vale | 1-2 | Rotherham Utd |
| Tranmere R. | 2-1 | Notts County |
| Division Three 1971-72 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Aston Villa | 46 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 2.656 | 70 |
| 2. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1.745 | 65 |
| 3. | AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1.973 | 62 |
| 4. | Notts County | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1.682 | 62 |
| 5. | Rotherham United | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1.327 | 55 |
| 6. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 1.339 | 54 |
| 7. | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 1.156 | 50 |
| 8. | Bolton Wanderers | 45 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1.171 | 48 |
| 9. | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1.088 | 48 |
| 10. | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 0.947 | 47 |
| 11. | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 0.937 | 45 |
| 12. | Swansea City | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 0.780 | 44 |
| 13. | Shrewsbury Town | 45 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 1.062 | 42 |
| 14. | Chesterfield | 45 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 0.982 | 42 |
| 15. | WREXHAM | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 0.937 | 40 |
| 16. | Port Vale | 45 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 0.724 | 40 |
| 17. | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 0.787 | 38 |
| 18. | York City | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 0.864 | 36 |
| 19. | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 0.754 | 36 |
| 20. | Rochdale | 45 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 0.683 | 36 |
| 21. | Mansfield Town | 46 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 0.651 | 36 |
| 22. | Barnsley | 46 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 0.500 | 36 |
| 23. | Bradford City | 45 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 0.608 | 32 |
| 24. | Torquay United | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 0.594 | 32 |