West Ham United 1
Wrexham 1
League (Division Two)
West Ham |
1 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Billy Bonds (28) |
Bobby Shinton (88) |
| Team Managers | |
| John Lyall |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Phil Parkes 2. John McDowell 3. Paul Brush 4. Billy Bonds 5. Alvin Martin 6. Tommy Taylor 7. Pat Holland 8. Alan Devonshire 9. David Cross 10. Geoff Pike 11. Bryan 'Pop' Robson |
Dai Davies .1 Wayne Cegielski .2 Alan Dwyer .3 Joey Jones .4 John Roberts .5 David Giles .6 Bobby Shinton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Dixie McNeil .9 John Lyons .10 Steve Fox .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Billy Lansdowne |
Steve Buxton .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Billy Lansdowne for Geoff Pike (75) |
Steve Buxton for John Lyons (75) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Bobby Shinton Mel Sutton |
| Red Cards | |
| None. |
Dai Davies (28) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ken Baker (Rugby) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 28th, 1979)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 31 |
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31 | - | 11 | - | 61 | - | 26 | - | 87 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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22 | - | 8 | 1 | 40 | - | 19 | 1 | 59 | 1 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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22 | - | 5 | - | 134 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 180 | 7 | |||
| Joey Jones | 24 |
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24 | 1 | 4 | - | 122 | 3 | 24 | - | 146 | 3 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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34 | - | 9 | - | 119 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 162 | 5 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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15 | 1 | 4 | - | 15 | 1 | 4 | - | 19 | 1 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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16 | - | 5 | 1 | 16 | - | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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35 | - | 10 | - | 286 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 374 | 24 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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31 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 82 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 109 | 33 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 32 |
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27 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 68 | 35 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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33 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 125 | 39 | 47 | 19 | 172 | 58 | |||
| Steve Buxton (sub) | 19 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 28th, 1979)
| Other Wrexham matches played on April 28th, 1979: |
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| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 5-3 | Buckley |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 25th April 1979 |
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| Blackburn R. | 1-3 | Newcastle Utd |
| Cardiff C. | 2-1 | Luton Town |
| Sunderland | 6-2 | Sheffield United |
| 28th April 1979 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-1 | Blackburn R. |
| Burnley | 0-1 | Orient |
| Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Notts County |
| Fulham | 3-0 | Leicester City |
| Millwall | 0-3 | Bristol Rovers |
| Oldham | 4-1 | Cambridge |
| Preston NE | 2-2 | Luton Town |
| Sheffield United | 2-1 | Charlton |
| Stoke City | 0-0 | Newcastle Utd |
| Sunderland | 1-2 | Cardiff C. |
| West Ham | 1-1 | Wrexham |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Brighton & HA | 41 | 22 | 10 | 9 | +31 | 54 |
| 2. | Stoke City | 41 | 19 | 16 | 6 | +26 | 54 |
| 3. | Sunderland | 41 | 21 | 11 | 9 | +25 | 53 |
| 4. | Crystal Palace | 40 | 17 | 19 | 4 | +24 | 53 |
| 5. | West Ham | 39 | 18 | 13 | 8 | +33 | 49 |
| 6. | Notts County | 40 | 14 | 15 | 11 | -11 | 43 |
| 7. | Fulham | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | +6 | 41 |
| 8. | Orient | 41 | 15 | 10 | 16 | +1 | 40 |
| 9. | Burnley | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 39 |
| 10. | Preston NE | 40 | 10 | 18 | 12 | -1 | 38 |
| 11. | Newcastle Utd | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 38 |
| 12. | Cambridge | 41 | 11 | 16 | 14 | -9 | 38 |
| 13. | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 36 |
| 14. | Cardiff C. | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 36 |
| 15. | Leicester City | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | -9 | 35 |
| 16. | Oldham | 39 | 11 | 13 | 15 | -12 | 35 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | +6 | 34 |
| 18. | Luton Town | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | +3 | 34 |
| 19. | Charlton | 41 | 10 | 13 | 18 | -11 | 33 |
| 20. | Sheffield United | 39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 33 |
| 21. | Millwall | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 26 |
| 22. | Blackburn R. | 39 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -34 | 24 |