Blackburn Rovers 1
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)
Blackburn R. |
1 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Kit Napier (29) |
Gareth Davies (5) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ken Furphy |
John Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Roger Jones 2. Mick Heaton 3. Ben Arentoft 4. Stuart Metcalfe 5. John McNamee 6. Derek Fazackerley 7. Kit Napier 8. Tony Field 9. Barry Endean 10. Tony Parkes 11. Don Hutchins |
Brian Lloyd .1 Joey Jones .2 Dave Fogg .3 Gareth Davies .4 Eddie May .5 Mickey Evans .6 Brian Tinnion .7 Mel Sutton .8 Billy Ashcroft .9 Dave Smallman .10 Arfon Griffiths .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. John O'Mara |
Graham Whittle .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| John O'Mara for Don Hutchins | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Billy Ashcroft (55) Mickey Evans (58) Mel Sutton (80) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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W.B. Johnson (Kendall) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 3rd, 1973)
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 24 |
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33 | - | 10 | - | 68 | - | 16 | - | 84 | - | |||
| Gareth Davies | 23 |
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30 | 1 | 10 | - | 182 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 220 | 9 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 25 |
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31 | 1 | 10 | - | 184 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 221 | 21 | |||
| Dave Fogg | 21 |
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27 | - | 8 | - | 42 | - | 13 | - | 55 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 17 |
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8 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | |||
| Eddie May | 29 |
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30 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 207 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 253 | 37 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 31 |
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9 | 3 | 3 | - | 401 | 97 | 81 | 17 | 482 | 114 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 27 |
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31 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 5 | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | 20 |
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25 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 73 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 89 | 22 | |||
| Dave Smallman | 19 |
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24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 12 | |||
| Brian Tinnion | 24 |
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33 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 143 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 169 | 32 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 3rd, 1973)
| Other Wrexham matches played on March 3rd, 1973: |
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| Welsh League (North) | ||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 14-1 | Llandudno S. |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 24th February 1973 |
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| Brentford | 0-1 | Grimsby Town |
| Bristol Rovers | 2-0 | Bournemouth |
| Chesterfield | 0-2 | Notts County |
| Rochdale | 0-6 | Plymouth A. |
| Rotherham Utd | 1-2 | Tranmere R. |
| Scunthorpe | 0-1 | Port Vale |
| Southend | 0-1 | Blackburn R. |
| Walsall | 3-0 | Oldham |
| Watford | 0-1 | Swansea City |
| York City | 2-1 | Halifax Town |
| 26th February 1973 |
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| Brentford | 1-0 | Charlton A. |
| Port Vale | 4-1 | Rotherham Utd |
| 27th February 1973 |
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| Halifax Town | 0-1 | Shrewsbury T. |
| Swansea City | 2-1 | Watford |
| 2nd March 1973 |
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| Shrewsbury T. | 1-0 | Southend |
| Tranmere R. | 0-0 | Bournemouth |
| Watford | 0-0 | Rochdale |
| 3rd March 1973 |
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| Blackburn R. | 1-1 | Wrexham |
| Bolton | 3-1 | Walsall |
| Brentford | 1-0 | Scunthorpe |
| Grimsby Town | 2-0 | Swansea City |
| Notts County | 3-0 | Halifax Town |
| Oldham | 1-0 | Port Vale |
| Plymouth A. | 5-0 | Charlton A. |
| Rotherham Utd | 1-0 | Chesterfield |
| York City | 0-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| Division Three 1972-73 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 1.724 | 41 |
| 2. | Bournemouth | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1.618 | 40 |
| 3. | Notts County | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1.179 | 40 |
| 4. | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1.375 | 39 |
| 5. | Grimsby Town | 33 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 1.357 | 39 |
| 6. | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1.318 | 39 |
| 7. | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1.364 | 38 |
| 8. | Blackburn Rovers | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1.188 | 38 |
| 9. | Port Vale | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0.766 | 36 |
| 10. | York City | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1.172 | 34 |
| 11. | Charlton Athletic | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 1.125 | 34 |
| 12. | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0.861 | 33 |
| 13. | Plymouth Argyle | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1.128 | 32 |
| 14. | WREXHAM | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 0.884 | 32 |
| 15. | Rochdale | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0.868 | 32 |
| 16. | Rotherham United | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 0.765 | 31 |
| 17. | Brentford | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0.830 | 30 |
| 18. | Walsall | 33 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0.800 | 30 |
| 19. | Chesterfield | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 1.000 | 29 |
| 20. | Swansea City | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 0.741 | 28 |
| 21. | Watford | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 0.778 | 27 |
| 22. | Southend United | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 0.786 | 26 |
| 23. | Halifax Town | 31 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0.622 | 22 |
| 24. | Scunthorpe United | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 0.449 | 22 |