Wrexham 1
Liverpool 3
Football League Cup (5th Round)

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Wrexham
1 - 3
Liverpool 

Football League Cup
(5th Round)
Tuesday, January 17th, 1978
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 25,641
7:30pm kick-off
Goalscorers
John Lyons (45)
 		Kenny Dalglish (15)
Kenny Dalglish (57)
Kenny Dalglish (86)

Team Managers
Arfon Griffiths
 Bob Paisley

Starting Eleven
1. Dai Davies
2. Alan Hill
3. Alan Dwyer
4. Gareth Davies
5. John Roberts
6. Mickey Thomas
7. Bobby Shinton
8. Mel Sutton
9. John Lyons
10. Graham Whittle
11. Les Cartwright
 Ray Clemence .1
Phil Neal .2
Alan Hansen .3
Phil Thompson .4
Ray Kennedy .5
Emlyn Hughes .6
Kenny Dalglish .7
Jimmy Case .8
David Johnson .9
Terry McDermott .10
Ian Callaghan .11

Bench
12. Stuart Lee
 David Fairclough .12

Substitutions
Stuart Lee for Mel Sutton (76)
 None.

Cautions
None. Phil Neal

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

T. Mills (Barnsley) (Referee)
A.R. Humpage (Market Drayton) & J. Lovatt (Crewe) (Assistants)


Photography by Wrexham Leader

Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 17th, 1978)

1977-78 All Time
League Cups All
Dai Davies (GK) 18 - 7 - 25 -
Gareth Davies 25110144515
Alan Dwyer 24 - 10 - 1216
Alan Hill 13 - 5 - 64 -
John Roberts 2139 - 884
Les Cartwright 2218 - 301
Mel Sutton 25110 - 29623
Mickey Thomas 24310125228
John Lyons 71524912
Bobby Shinton 25121059540
Graham Whittle 1969330692
Stuart Lee (sub) 6 - 2 - 6919







League Table & Results (as at January 17th, 1978)

Results of league matches played since last match
17th January 1978
Sheffield Wed.2-1Exeter City
Walsall0-0Tranmere R.


Division Three 1977-78
P W D L GD Pts
1. Tranmere R. 28 13 8 7 +17 34
2. WREXHAM 25 13 8 4 +15 34
3. Cambridge 27 14 6 7 +14 34
4. Gillingham 27 11 12 4 +14 34
5. Preston NE 26 11 9 6 +11 31
6. Peterborough 25 10 10 5 +3 30
7. Colchester Utd 26 10 9 7 +11 29
8. Bury 26 9 11 6 +1 29
9. Shrewsbury 26 10 8 8 +9 28
10. Swindon Town 25 9 9 7 +8 27
11. Chesterfield 25 11 4 10 +4 26
12. Walsall 26 7 12 7 0 26
13. Exeter City 26 9 7 10 -1 25
14. Chester 25 6 13 6 -7 25
15. Carlisle United 25 7 10 8 0 24
16. Rotherham 25 7 8 10 -7 22
17. Oxford United 27 7 8 12 -8 22
18. Port Vale 26 5 12 9 -10 22
19. Sheffield Wed. 26 6 8 12 -9 20
20. Lincoln City 25 5 10 10 -10 20
21. Hereford Utd 26 5 10 11 -14 20
22. Portsmouth 26 4 12 10 -16 20
23. Plymouth A. 25 5 9 11 -9 19
24. Bradford City 26 6 7 13 -16 19