Birmingham City 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Two)


Birmingham C. 

2 - 0
HT: 1-0

Wrexham


League
(Division Two)
Saturday, February 23rd, 1980
St. Andrew's
Attendance: 19,306
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
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)



Photography by Wrexham Leader

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
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 25 - 9 - 126 -
Terry Darracott 21 - 5 - 26 -
Gareth Davies 29 - 10 - 54518
Joey Jones 2831111918
John Roberts 8 - 4 - 1815
Frank Carrodus 814 - 121
Steve Fox 27291645
Mel Sutton 27111 - 42025
Ian Edwards 15254206
Dixie McNeil 271110711053
Mick Vinter 2391073316
Alan Hill (sub) 2011011425







League Table & Results (as at February 23rd, 1980)


Other Wrexham matches played on February 23rd, 1980:
Lancashire League (Division One)
Wrexham Reserves0-2Tranmere R. Reserves
Welsh Youth Cup
St. Mary's CC1-4Wrexham Youth

Results of league matches played since last match
12th February 1980
QPR0-0Orient
16th February 1980
Cardiff C.0-1Bristol Rovers
Chelsea1-1Cambridge Utd
Orient0-1Shrewsbury T.
Luton Town4-0Fulham
Preston NE2-1Sunderland
QPR4-3Oldham
19th February 1980
Burnley0-1West Ham
Oldham1-1Watford
20th February 1980
Leicester City1-1Swansea City
Newcastle Utd0-0Birmingham C.
23rd February 1980
Birmingham C.2-0Wrexham
Bristol Rovers3-0Chelsea
Cambridge Utd1-0Charlton A.
Cardiff C.2-1Burnley
Fulham1-2Swansea City
Oldham1-0Notts County
Preston NE0-3QPR
Shrewsbury T.3-1Newcastle Utd
Sunderland1-0Luton Town
Watford0-3Orient
West Ham3-1Leicester City


Division Two 1979-80
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