Bangor City 1
Wrexham 2
Welsh Cup (Final, 1st Leg)


Bangor City 

1 - 2
HT: 1-2

Wrexham


Welsh Cup
(Final, 1st Leg)
Sunday, May 7th, 1978
Farrar Road
Attendance: 10,000 (Away: 8,000)
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
John Hughes (44) Bobby Shinton (7)
Les Cartwright (40)

Team Managers
Dave Elliott Arfon Griffiths

Starting Eleven
1. Mike Craven
2. Dewi Atherton
3. Phil Lunn
4. Dave Elliott
5. John McClelland
6. Jim Smith
7. Pat Olny
8. Tony Broadhead
9. Bill Telford
10. Stuart Mason
11. Steve Hipwell
Dai Davies .1
Mickey Evans .2
Alan Dwyer .3
Gareth Davies .4
John Roberts .5
Mickey Thomas .6
Bobby Shinton .7
Mel Sutton .8
Arfon Griffiths .9
Graham Whittle .10
Les Cartwright .11

Bench
12. John Hughes Wayne Cegielski .12

Substitutions
John Hughes for Tony Broadhead (39) None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C. Thomas (Treorchy) (Referee)
J.G.P. Davies (Swansea) & A. Roberts (Treharris) (Assistants)



Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report


Photo: Bangor keeper Mike Craven is beaten by Les Cartwright's drive as Wrexham go two up.



Squad Statistics (as at May 7th, 1978)


1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 30 - 14 - 44 -
Gareth Davies 46218147416
Alan Dwyer 45 - 1911517
Mickey Evans 2419 - 47025
John Roberts 41417 - 1165
Les Cartwright 414153567
Arfon Griffiths 20171714142
Mel Sutton 46219 - 32624
Mickey Thomas 43718227933
Bobby Shinton 461719812548
Graham Whittle 3718186333107







League Table & Results (as at May 7th, 1978)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. WREXHAM 46 23 15 8 +33 61
2. Cambridge United 46 23 12 11 +21 58
3. Preston North End 46 20 16 10 +25 56
4. Peterborough United 46 20 16 10 +14 56
5. Chester 46 16 22 8 +3 54
6. Walsall 46 18 17 11 +11 53
7. Gillingham 46 15 20 11 +7 50
8. Colchester United 46 15 18 13 +11 48
9. Chesterfield 46 17 14 15 +9 48
10. Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 +7 48
11. Shrewsbury Town 46 16 15 15 +6 47
12. Tranmere Rovers 46 16 15 15 +5 47
13. Carlisle United 46 14 19 13 0 47
14. Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 16 15 -2 46
15. Bury 46 13 19 14 +6 45
16. Lincoln City 46 15 15 16 -8 45
17. Exeter City 46 15 14 17 -10 44
18. Oxford United 46 13 14 19 -3 40
19. Plymouth Argyle 46 11 17 18 -7 39
20. Rotherham United 46 13 13 20 -17 39
21. Port Vale 46 8 20 18 -21 36
22. Bradford City 46 12 10 24 -30 34
23. Hereford United 46 9 14 23 -26 32
24. Portsmouth 46 7 17 22 -34 31