Shrewsbury Town 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Two)
Shrewsbury T. |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Jack Keay (pen.) (25) |
Dixie McNeil (17) Joey Jones (23) |
| Team Managers | |
| Graham Turner |
Arfon Griffiths |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Bob Wardle 2. Jake King 3. Carleton Leonard 4. Graham Turner 5. Colin Griffin 6. Jack Keay 7. David Tong 8. Ian Atkins 9. Chic Bates 10. Paul Petts 11. Steve Cross |
Dai Davies .1 Alan Hill .2 Joey Jones .3 Gareth Davies .4 Wayne Cegielski .5 Ian Arkwright .6 Steve Buxton .7 Mel Sutton .8 Ian Edwards .9 Dixie McNeil .10 Les Cartwright .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Steve Biggins |
Steve Fox .12 |
| Substitutions | |
| Steve Biggins for Ian Atkins (38) |
Steve Fox for Steve Buxton (79) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Mel Sutton (11) Dixie McNeil (24) Alan Hill (24) Steve Buxton (63) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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D. Richardson (Great Harwood) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 1980)
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| Dai Davies (GK) | 32 |
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25 | - | 2 | - | 127 | - | 38 | - | 165 | - | |||
| Wayne Cegielski | 24 |
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21 | - | 1 | - | 71 | - | 23 | 1 | 94 | 1 | |||
| Gareth Davies | 31 |
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21 | - | 2 | 1 | 463 | 8 | 117 | 11 | 580 | 19 | |||
| Alan Hill | 25 |
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16 | - | 2 | - | 129 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 174 | 5 | |||
| Joey Jones | 25 |
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22 | 1 | 2 | - | 186 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 224 | 9 | |||
| Ian Arkwright | 21 |
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7 | - | 3 | - | 17 | - | 3 | - | 20 | - | |||
| Les Cartwright | 28 |
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24 | 1 | 2 | - | 102 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 134 | 13 | |||
| Mel Sutton | 34 |
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23 | 1 | 2 | - | 353 | 21 | 104 | 5 | 457 | 26 | |||
| Steve Buxton | 20 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 31 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 43 | 5 | |||
| Ian Edwards | 25 |
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21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 15 | |||
| Dixie McNeil | 33 |
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22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 39 | 33 | 28 | 147 | 67 | |||
| Steve Fox (sub) | 22 |
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21 | - | 1 | - | 81 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 98 | 5 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 27th, 1980)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 27th, 1980: |
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| Welsh Youth Cup | |||||||
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| Wem Town Youth | 0-10 | Wrexham Youth | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One | ||
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| Wrexham 'B' | 2-5 | Mold Alexandra |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 27th December 1980 |
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| Bolton | 1-2 | Blackburn R. |
| Bristol Rovers | 2-4 | Luton Town |
| Cardiff C. | 3-3 | Swansea City |
| Chelsea | 0-0 | Bristol City |
| Newcastle Utd | 0-2 | Derby County |
| Oldham | 1-2 | Grimsby Town |
| Preston NE | 2-2 | Notts County |
| Shrewsbury T. | 1-2 | Wrexham |
| Watford | 1-1 | QPR |
| West Ham | 2-1 | Orient |
| Division Two 1980-81 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | West Ham United | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | +20 | 36 |
| 2. | Swansea City | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | +15 | 32 |
| 3. | Chelsea | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | +14 | 30 |
| 4. | Notts County | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | +4 | 30 |
| 5. | Derby County | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | +6 | 29 |
| 6. | Luton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | +7 | 28 |
| 7. | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | +7 | 28 |
| 8. | Orient | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | +6 | 27 |
| 9. | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 27 |
| 10. | Cambridge United | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 25 |
| 11. | Grimsby Town | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | -2 | 25 |
| 12. | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | +9 | 23 |
| 13. | WREXHAM | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 14. | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | +2 | 22 |
| 15. | Watford | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 16. | Newcastle United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | -16 | 22 |
| 17. | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 18. | Preston North End | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | -13 | 21 |
| 19. | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 20. | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 21. | Bristol City | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -15 | 18 |
| 22. | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 1 | 10 | 14 | -23 | 12 |