Port Vale 2
Wrexham 3
League (Division Three)


Port Vale 

2 - 3
HT: 0-2

Wrexham


League
(Division Three)
Saturday, October 16th, 1976
Vale Park
Attendance: 5,347
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Mick Cullerton (70)
Colin Tartt (90)
Graham Whittle (26)
Graham Whittle (39)
Billy Ashcroft (58)

Team Managers
Roy Sproson John Neal

Starting Eleven
1. John Connaughton
2. Bobby Thomson
3. Garry Dulson
4. Colin Tartt
5. John Ridley
6. Eric Skeels
7. Tommy McLaren
8. Ken Beamish
9. John Rogers
10. Terry Bailey
11. Derek Brownbill
Brian Lloyd .1
Mickey Evans .2
Alan Dwyer .3
Gareth Davies .4
John Roberts .5
Mickey Thomas .6
Bobby Shinton .7
Mel Sutton .8
Billy Ashcroft .9
Graham Whittle .10
Arfon Griffiths .11

Bench
12. Mick Cullerton Stuart Lee .12

Substitutions
Mick Cullerton for Garry Dulson (59) Stuart Lee for Billy Ashcroft (72)

Cautions
Eric Skeels (40)
Ken Beamish (41)
None.

Red Cards
None. Alan Dwyer (41)

Match Officials

Alan Seville (Birmingham) (Referee)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 16th, 1976)


1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 10 - 4 - 283 -
Gareth Davies 10 - 4136313
Alan Dwyer 10 - 3 - 596
Mickey Evans 10 - 4 - 39524
John Roberts 10 - 4 - 14 -
Arfon Griffiths 10 - 4 - 646138
Mel Sutton 10 - 4 - 21720
Mickey Thomas 924217120
Billy Ashcroft 984222774
Bobby Shinton 1063 - 136
Graham Whittle 844123153
Stuart Lee (sub) 823 - 4315







League Table & Results (as at October 16th, 1976)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 16th, 1976:
Welsh League (North) Auxiliary Competition
Wrexham Reserves5-0Colwyn Bay
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'B'4-1Llay Welfare Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
12th October 1976
Preston NE6-2Peterborough
15th October 1976
Northampton3-1Portsmouth
16th October 1976
Brighton & HA1-0Peterborough
Chester1-0Mansfield Town
Gillingham0-1Lincoln City
Grimsby Town1-0York City
Oxford United2-2Bury
Port Vale2-3Wrexham
Preston NE2-1Crystal Palace
Reading0-1Sheffield Wed.
Rotherham Utd1-2Tranmere R.
Shrewsbury T.3-0Chesterfield
Walsall2-0Swindon Town


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 11 7 2 2 +14 16
2. WREXHAM 10 7 1 2 +13 15
3. Shrewsbury Town 10 6 2 2 +12 14
4. Sheffield Wednesday 11 5 4 2 +5 14
5. Preston North End 11 4 5 2 +8 13
6. Rotherham United 10 4 4 2 +6 12
7. Lincoln City 10 4 4 2 +4 12
8. Bury 10 5 2 3 +2 12
9. Reading 11 5 2 4 +1 12
10. Swindon Town 11 5 2 4 0 12
11. Mansfield Town 10 5 1 4 +7 11
12. Crystal Palace 10 4 3 3 +2 11
13. Gillingham 10 4 3 3 -1 11
14. Chester 11 4 3 4 -4 11
15. Peterborough United 13 4 2 7 -10 10
16. Oxford United 10 2 5 3 0 9
17. Tranmere Rovers 10 3 3 4 -1 9
18. Walsall 11 3 3 5 -7 9
19. Grimsby Town 10 3 2 5 -6 8
20. Chesterfield 11 3 2 6 -9 8
21. Northampton Town 10 2 2 6 -6 6
22. Port Vale 11 2 2 7 -9 6
23. York City 10 2 2 6 -11 6
24. Portsmouth 10 1 3 6 -10 5