Wrexham 1
Shrewsbury Town 1
Welsh Cup (Final, 1st Leg)


Wrexham
1 - 1
Shrewsbury T. 

Welsh Cup
(Final, 1st Leg)
Monday, May 21st, 1979
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6,174
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Steve Fox (31)
Steve Biggins (5)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
Graham Turner

Starting Eleven
1. Eddie Niedzwecki
2. Mel Sutton
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Wayne Cegielski
5. John Roberts
6. David Giles
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Graham Whittle
9. John Lyons
10. Steve Buxton
11. Steve Fox
Bob Wardle .1
Jake King .2
Tony Larkin .3
Steve Cross .4
Steve Hayes .5
Jack Keay .6
Trevor Birch .7
Ian Atkins .8
David Tong .9
Steve Biggins .10
Jimmy Lindsay .11

Bench
12. Peter Williams
Dean Edwards .12

Substitutions
Peter Williams for John Roberts (46)
None.

Cautions
Graham Whittle
None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

G.P. Owen (Anglesey) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at May 21st, 1979)


1978-79 All Time
League Cups All
Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) 6 - 1 - 27 -
Wayne Cegielski 29 - 91671
Alan Dwyer 29 - 6 - 1887
John Roberts 40 - 10 - 1695
Steve Fox 22151272
David Giles 23161292
Mel Sutton 41 - 11 - 38124
Steve Buxton 13221183
John Lyons 351011511434
Bobby Shinton 36612417658
Graham Whittle 26771368116
Peter Williams (sub) 616 - 131







League Table & Results (as at May 21st, 1979)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Two 1978-79
P W D L GD Pts
1. Crystal Palace 42 19 19 4 +27 57
2. Brighton & Hove Albion 42 23 10 9 +33 56
3. Stoke City 42 20 16 6 +27 56
4. Sunderland 42 22 11 9 +26 55
5. West Ham United 42 18 14 10 +31 50
6. Notts County 42 14 16 12 -12 44
7. Newcastle United 42 17 8 17 -4 42
8. Cardiff City 42 16 10 16 -14 42
9. Fulham 42 13 15 14 +3 41
10. Preston North End 41 11 18 12 0 40
11. Orient 42 15 10 17 0 40
12. Cambridge United 42 12 16 14 -8 40
13. Burnley 42 14 12 16 -11 40
14. Oldham Athletic 42 13 13 16 -9 39
15. WREXHAM 42 12 14 16 +3 38
16. Bristol Rovers 42 14 10 18 -12 38
17. Leicester City 42 10 17 15 -9 37
18. Luton Town 42 13 10 19 +3 36
19. Charlton Athletic 42 11 13 18 -9 35
20. Sheffield United 42 11 12 19 -17 34
21. Millwall 41 11 10 20 -17 32
22. Blackburn Rovers 42 10 10 22 -31 30