Birmingham City 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Two)
Birmingham C. |
2 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Kevin Dillon (9) Tony Evans (90) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim Smith |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Jeff Wealands 2. Kevan Broadhurst 3. Mark Dennis 4. Alan Curbishley 5. Joe Gallagher 6. Colin Todd 7. Alan Ainscow 8.. Steve Lynex 9. Keith Bertschin 10. Archie Gemmill 11. Kevin Dillon |
Dai Davies .1 Terry Darracott .2 Joey Jones .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Steve Fox .6 Mick Vinter .7 Mel Sutton .8 Ian Edwards .9 Dixie McNeil .10 Frank Carrodus .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Tony Evans |
Alan Hill .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Tony Evans for Archie Gemmill |
Alan Hill for Joey Jones (47) |
| Cautions | |
| Tony Evans |
Terry Darracott Dixie McNeil Steve Fox |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
M.P. Scott (Nottingham) (Referee) |
Match Report
Photo: Steve Fox (2nd right) steers his way through the Birmingham defenders in the opening minutes of the second half.
Squad Statistics (as at February 23rd, 1980)
| 1979-80 | 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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25 | - | 9 | - | 91 | - | 35 | - | 126 | - | |||
| Terry Darracott | 29 |
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21 | - | 5 | - | 21 | - | 5 | - | 26 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 30 |
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29 | - | 10 | - | 431 | 8 | 114 | 10 | 545 | 18 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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28 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 156 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 191 | 8 | |||
| John Roberts | 33 |
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8 | - | 4 | - | 133 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 181 | 5 | |||
| Frank Carrodus | 30 |
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8 | 1 | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | 4 | - | 12 | 1 | |||
| Steve Fox | 22 |
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27 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 64 | 5 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 34 |
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27 | 1 | 11 | - | 319 | 20 | 101 | 5 | 420 | 25 | |||
| Ian Edwards | 25 |
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15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 6 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 33 |
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27 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 81 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 110 | 53 | |||
| Mick Vinter | 25 |
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23 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 16 | |||
| Alan Hill (sub) | 24 |
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20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 142 | 5 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 23rd, 1980)
| Other Wrexham matches played on February 23rd, 1980: |
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| Lancashire League (Division One) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 0-2 | Tranmere R. Reserves | |||||
| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's CC | 1-4 | Wrexham Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th February 1980 |
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| QPR | 0-0 | Orient |
| 16th February 1980 |
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| Cardiff C. | 0-1 | Bristol Rovers |
| Chelsea | 1-1 | Cambridge Utd |
| Orient | 0-1 | Shrewsbury |
| Luton Town | 4-0 | Fulham |
| Preston NE | 2-1 | Sunderland |
| QPR | 4-3 | Oldham |
| 19th February 1980 |
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| Burnley | 0-1 | West Ham |
| Oldham | 1-1 | Watford |
| 20th February 1980 |
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| Leicester City | 1-1 | Swansea City |
| Newcastle Utd | 0-0 | Birmingham C. |
| 23rd February 1980 |
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| Birmingham C. | 2-0 | Wrexham |
| Bristol Rovers | 3-0 | Chelsea |
| Cambridge Utd | 1-0 | Charlton A. |
| Cardiff C. | 2-1 | Burnley |
| Fulham | 1-2 | Swansea City |
| Oldham | 1-0 | Notts County |
| Preston NE | 0-3 | QPR |
| Shrewsbury | 3-1 | Newcastle Utd |
| Sunderland | 1-0 | Luton Town |
| Watford | 0-3 | Orient |
| West Ham | 3-1 | Leicester City |
| Division Two 1979-80 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leicester City | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | +13 | 37 |
| 2. | Luton Town | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | +19 | 36 |
| 3. | Chelsea | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | +12 | 36 |
| 4. | Birmingham City | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | +12 | 36 |
| 5. | Newcastle United | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | +9 | 36 |
| 6. | West Ham United | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | +13 | 35 |
| 7. | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | +17 | 34 |
| 8. | Sunderland | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | +12 | 34 |
| 9. | WREXHAM | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 10. | Orient | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 30 |
| 11. | Cambridge United | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | +3 | 29 |
| 12. | Cardiff City | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 29 |
| 13. | Swansea City | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 14. | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | +2 | 27 |
| 15. | Preston North End | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 16. | Notts County | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | +2 | 26 |
| 17. | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 26 |
| 18. | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 19. | Watford | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -12 | 22 |
| 20. | Burnley | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -21 | 21 |
| 21. | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -25 | 17 |
| 22. | Fulham | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -26 | 16 |