Preston North End 3
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three)
Preston NE |
3 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Mike Elwiss (13) Tony Morley (pen.) (80) Mel Holden (90) |
Graham Whittle (25) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bobby Charlton |
John Neal |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Roy Tunks 2. John McMahon 3. Francis Burns 4. Nobby Stiles 5. John Bird 6. David Sadler 7. Alex Spark 8. Tony Morley 9. Mike Elwiss 10. Mel Holden 11. Bobby Charlton |
Brian Lloyd .1 Alan Hill .2 Joey Jones .3 Mickey Evans .4 Gareth Davies .5 Graham Whittle .6 Brian Tinnion .7 Mel Sutton .8 Billy Ashcroft .9 Dave Smallman .10 Arfon Griffiths .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Steve Doyle |
Ian Moir .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Ian Moir for Brian Tinnion (63) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Colin Seel (Carlisle) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 11th, 1975)
| 1974-75 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Brian Lloyd (GK) | 26 |
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26 | - | 3 | - | 153 | - | 31 | - | 184 | - | |||
| Alan Hill | 19 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Joey Jones | 19 |
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26 | 2 | 3 | - | 84 | 2 | 16 | - | 100 | 2 | |||
| Gareth Davies | 25 |
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12 | - | 0 | - | 236 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 280 | 9 | |||
| Mickey Evans | 27 |
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26 | - | 3 | - | 251 | 16 | 50 | 6 | 301 | 22 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 28 |
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16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 122 | 12 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 33 |
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24 | 1 | 3 | - | 479 | 111 | 92 | 17 | 571 | 128 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 21 |
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24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 139 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 165 | 33 | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | 22 |
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9 | 2 | 2 | - | 120 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 141 | 40 | |||
| Brian Tinnion | 26 |
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23 | 3 | 3 | - | 225 | 44 | 40 | 7 | 265 | 51 | |||
| Dave Smallman | 21 |
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25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 93 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 115 | 44 | |||
| Ian Moir (sub) | 31 |
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5 | 1 | 0 | - | 163 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 198 | 25 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 11th, 1975)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 11th, 1975: |
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| Welsh League (North) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 4-0 | Rhos Aelwyd |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 10th January 1975 |
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| Tranmere R. | 2-0 | Colchester Utd |
| 11th January 1975 |
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| Blackburn R. | 3-1 | Charlton A. |
| Bournemouth | 3-7 | Plymouth A. |
| Bury | 3-1 | Port Vale |
| Chesterfield | 0-2 | Aldershot |
| Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Watford |
| Gillingham | 3-2 | Huddersfield |
| Halifax Town | 1-1 | Grimsby Town |
| Peterborough | 0-0 | Walsall |
| Preston NE | 3-1 | Wrexham |
| Southend | 1-0 | Brighton & HA |
| Swindon Town | 1-0 | Hereford Utd |
| Division Three 1974-75 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1.520 | 34 |
| 2. | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1.257 | 31 |
| 3. | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1.237 | 31 |
| 4. | Swindon Town | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1.108 | 31 |
| 5. | Crystal Palace | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1.086 | 31 |
| 6. | Port Vale | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1.250 | 30 |
| 7. | Preston North End | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1.242 | 30 |
| 8. | Colchester United | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1.200 | 29 |
| 9. | Peterborough United | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0.800 | 28 |
| 10. | Southend United | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1.185 | 27 |
| 11. | Hereford United | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1.081 | 27 |
| 12. | Watford | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0.818 | 26 |
| 13. | Bury | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1.192 | 25 |
| 14. | WREXHAM | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1.108 | 25 |
| 15. | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1.129 | 24 |
| 16. | Gillingham | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1.088 | 24 |
| 17. | Grimsby Town | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0.783 | 23 |
| 18. | Halifax Town | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0.750 | 22 |
| 19. | Aldershot * | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0.788 | 21 |
| 20. | Bournemouth | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0.800 | 20 |
| 21. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0.684 | 20 |
| 22. | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1.100 | 19 |
| 23. | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 0.587 | 19 |
| 24. | Chesterfield | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0.791 | 18 |
Aldershot were deducted 1 points for fielding an ineligible player, John Sainty, against Hereford United on August 17th.