Wrexham 1
Shrewsbury Town 1
Welsh Cup (Final, 1st Leg)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 1
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ShrewsburyShrewsbury |
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Welsh Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Steve Fox (31) |
Steve Biggins (5) |
| Team Managers | |
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Arfon Griffiths |
Graham Turner |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Eddie Niedzwecki 2. Mel Sutton 3. Alan Dwyer 4. Wayne Cegielski 5. John Roberts 6. David Giles 7. Bobby Shinton 8. Graham Whittle 9. John Lyons 10. Steve Buxton 11. Steve Fox |
Bob Wardle .1 Jake King .2 Tony Larkin .3 Steve Cross .4 Steve Hayes .5 Jack Keay .6 Trevor Birch .7 Ian Atkins .8 David Tong .9 Steve Biggins .10 Jimmy Lindsay .11 |
| Bench | |
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12. Peter Williams |
Dean Edwards .12 |
| Substitutions | |
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Peter Williams for John Roberts (46) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
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Graham Whittle |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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G.P. Owen (Anglesey) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at May 21st, 1979)
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| Eddie Niedzwecki (GK) | 20 |
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6 | - | 1 | - | 21 | - | 6 | - | 27 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 23 |
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29 | - | 9 | 1 | 47 | - | 20 | 1 | 67 | 1 | |||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 |
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29 | - | 6 | - | 141 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 188 | 7 | |||
| John Roberts | 32 |
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40 | - | 10 | - | 125 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 169 | 5 | |||
| Steve Fox | 21 |
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22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 2 | |||
| David Giles | 22 |
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23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 33 |
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41 | - | 11 | - | 292 | 19 | 89 | 5 | 381 | 24 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 19 |
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13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 | |||
| John Lyons | 22 |
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35 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 86 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 114 | 34 | |||
| Bobby Shinton | 27 |
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36 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 128 | 39 | 48 | 19 | 176 | 58 | |||
| Graham Whittle | 25 |
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26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 289 | 90 | 79 | 26 | 368 | 116 | |||
| Peter Williams (sub) | 19 |
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6 | 1 | 6 | - | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | 13 | 1 | |||
League Table & Results (as at May 21st, 1979)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Two 1978-79 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Crystal Palace | 42 | 19 | 19 | 4 | +27 | 57 |
| 2. | Brighton & HA | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | +33 | 56 |
| 3. | Stoke City | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | +27 | 56 |
| 4. | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | +26 | 55 |
| 5. | West Ham | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | +31 | 50 |
| 6. | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | -12 | 44 |
| 7. | Newcastle Utd | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 42 |
| 8. | Cardiff C. | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 42 |
| 9. | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | +3 | 41 |
| 10. | Preston NE | 41 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| 11. | Orient | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 40 |
| 12. | Cambridge | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | -8 | 40 |
| 13. | Burnley | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | -11 | 40 |
| 14. | Oldham | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 39 |
| 15. | WREXHAM | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | +3 | 38 |
| 16. | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 38 |
| 17. | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | -9 | 37 |
| 18. | Luton Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | +3 | 36 |
| 19. | Charlton | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 35 |
| 20. | Sheffield United | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 34 |
| 21. | Millwall | 41 | 11 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 32 |
| 22. | Blackburn R. | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -31 | 30 |