Chester 0
Wrexham 2
Welsh Cup (4th Round)
Chester |
0 - 2
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Wrexham |
 |
Welsh Cup |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Mickey Thomas (52) Dixie McNeil (63) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alan Oakes |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Brian Lloyd 2. Nigel Edwards 3. Paul Raynor 4. Trevor Storton 5. Bob Delgado 6. Alan Oakes 7. Paul Crossley 8. Ian Howat 9. Ian Edwards 10. Brynley Jones 11. Ron Phillips |
Dai Davies .1 Alan Hill .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Gareth Davies .4 John Roberts .5 Mickey Thomas .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 Graham Whittle .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Derek Jeffries |
John Lyons .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Derek Jeffries for Ian Howzat (81) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| Bob Delgado |
Les Cartwright |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
G.P. Owen (Anglesey) (Referee) |
Squad Statistics (as at January 25th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 29 |
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18 | - | 8 | - | 18 | - | 8 | - | 26 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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25 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 359 | 7 | 87 | 8 | 446 | 15 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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24 | - | 11 | - | 91 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 122 | 6 | |||
| Alan Hill | 22 |
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13 | - | 6 | - | 46 | - | 19 | - | 65 | - | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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21 | 3 | 10 | - | 65 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 89 | 4 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 25 |
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22 | 1 | 9 | - | 22 | 1 | 9 | - | 31 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 31 |
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25 | 1 | 11 | - | 230 | 18 | 67 | 5 | 297 | 23 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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24 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 195 | 23 | 58 | 6 | 253 | 29 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 31 |
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18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 15 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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25 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 71 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 96 | 40 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
|
19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 245 | 71 | 62 | 21 | 307 | 92 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 25th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 17th January 1978 |
|---|
| Sheffield Wed. | 2-1 | Exeter City |
| Walsall | 0-0 | Tranmere R. |
| 20th January 1978 |
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| Portsmouth | 1-2 | Swindon Town |
| Tranmere R. | 2-1 | Hereford Utd |
| 21st January 1978 |
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| Bury | 5-0 | Exeter City |
| Chester | 2-1 | Colchester Utd |
| Gillingham | 3-1 | Cambridge Utd |
| Oxford United | 3-1 | Bradford City |
| Plymouth A. | 0-1 | Carlisle United |
| Shrewsbury T. | 0-1 | Lincoln City |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | +18 | 36 |
| 2. | Gillingham | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | +16 | 36 |
| 3. | WREXHAM | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | +15 | 34 |
| 4. | Cambridge United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | +12 | 34 |
| 5. | Preston North End | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | +11 | 31 |
| 6. | Bury | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | +6 | 31 |
| 7. | Peterborough United | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | +3 | 30 |
| 8. | Colchester United | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | +10 | 29 |
| 9. | Swindon Town | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | +9 | 29 |
| 10. | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | +8 | 28 |
| 11. | Chester | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | -6 | 27 |
| 12. | Chesterfield | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 26 |
| 13. | Carlisle United | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | +1 | 26 |
| 14. | Walsall | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 15. | Exeter City | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 25 |
| 16. | Oxford United | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 17. | Rotherham United | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 22 |
| 18. | Lincoln City | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 22 |
| 19. | Port Vale | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | -10 | 22 |
| 20. | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 21. | Hereford United | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -15 | 20 |
| 22. | Portsmouth | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -17 | 20 |
| 23. | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 19 |
| 24. | Bradford City | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 19 |