Bangor City 1
Wrexham 2
Welsh Cup (Final, 1st Leg)
Bangor City |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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Welsh Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
| John Hughes (44) |
Bobby Shinton (7) Les Cartwright (40) |
| Team Managers | |
| Dave Elliott |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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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 | |
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C. Thomas (Treorchy) (Referee) |
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 | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 30 |
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30 | - | 14 | - | 30 | - | 14 | - | 44 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 28 |
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46 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 380 | 8 | 94 | 8 | 474 | 16 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 25 |
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45 | - | 19 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 151 | 7 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 30 |
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24 | 1 | 9 | - | 379 | 19 | 90 | 6 | 469 | 25 | |||
| John Roberts | 31 |
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41 | 4 | 17 | - | 85 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 116 | 5 | |||
| Les Cartwright | 26 |
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41 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 56 | 7 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 36 |
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20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 587 | 120 | 127 | 22 | 714 | 142 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 32 |
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46 | 2 | 19 | - | 251 | 19 | 75 | 5 | 326 | 24 | |||
| Mickey Thomas | 23 |
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43 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 214 | 27 | 65 | 6 | 279 | 33 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 26 |
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46 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 92 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 125 | 48 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 24 |
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37 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 263 | 83 | 70 | 24 | 333 | 107 | |||
League Table & Results (as at May 7th, 1978)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Three 1977-78 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 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 |