Match Centre

Saturday September 24th, 1977

Football League Division Three

Wrexham

2 - 1

2

D. McNeil (17'), G. Whittle (59')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

D. Moss (73')
D. McNeil (17'), G. Whittle (59')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,002

D. Moss (73')
A. Seville
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Lineups


1
DAVIES
2
EVANS
3
DWYER
4
DAVIS
5
ROBERTS
6
THOMAS
7
SHINTON
8
CARTWRIGHT
9
McNEIL
10
SUTTON
11
WHITTLE
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
FORD
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
Wrexham
1Dai DAVIES
2Mickey EVANS
3Alan DWYER
4Gareth DAVIS
5John ROBERTS
6Mickey THOMAS
7Bobby SHINTON
8Les CARTWRIGHT
9Dixie McNEIL
10Mel SUTTON
11Graham WHITTLE
Substitutes
12Wayne CEGIELSKI
Manager/Head Coach
Arfon GRIFFITHS
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Ken STROUD4
5Steve AIZLEWOOD5
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
60' 8Andy FORD8 60'
9Chris GUTHRIE9
10Ray McHALE10
11Trevor ANDERSON11
Substitutes
60' 12Chris KAMARA12 60'
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Videos


The Town are well beaten in North Wales despite David Moss' second half goal.

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 24th, 1977:

Bradford City Bradford 0-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Bury Bury 0-3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United Cambridge United 1-1 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Colchester United Colchester United 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End
Exeter City Exeter City 0-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Hereford United Hereford United 1-0 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Oxford United Oxford United 4-1 Chester Chester
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Walsall Walsall 2-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Wrexham Wrexham 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 24th, 1977:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Colchester United Colchester United 8 3 1 0 8 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 2 2 11 4 7 10
2 Oxford United Oxford United 8 3 0 1 8 4 1 2 1 8 8 4 2 2 16 12 4 10
3 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 7 3 1 0 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 9 5 4 10
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 8 1 2 1 5 6 3 0 1 8 4 4 2 2 13 10 3 10
5 Chesterfield Chesterfield 8 4 0 0 8 2 1 0 3 4 7 5 0 3 12 9 3 10
6 Rotherham United Rotherham United 7 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 9 8 4 2 1 11 8 3 10
7 Bury Bury 7 2 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 5 4 3 3 1 11 9 2 9
8 Swindon Town Swindon 8 3 1 0 8 3 0 2 2 3 6 3 3 2 11 9 2 9
9 Gillingham Gillingham 8 2 1 1 8 6 1 2 1 7 8 3 3 2 15 14 1 9
10 Peterborough United Peterborough United 8 1 3 0 5 4 2 0 2 2 4 3 3 2 7 8 -1 9
11 Exeter City Exeter City 7 1 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 2 12 7 5 8
12 Walsall Walsall 8 2 0 2 6 5 0 4 0 5 5 2 4 2 11 10 1 8
13 Chester Chester 8 2 2 0 8 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 4 2 11 12 -1 8
14 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 7 1 2 1 5 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 7 7 0 7
15 Wrexham Wrexham 8 2 2 0 7 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 3 3 11 12 -1 7
16 Cambridge United Cambridge United 7 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 7 2 3 2 8 11 -3 7
17 Carlisle United Carlisle United 8 1 3 0 5 3 0 1 3 3 6 1 4 3 8 9 -1 6
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 7 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 3 5 7 -2 6
19 Preston North End Preston North End 7 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 2 1 4 1 4 2 5 7 -2 6
20 Port Vale Port Vale 7 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 2 2 7 2 2 3 6 11 -5 6
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 8 1 1 2 4 6 1 0 3 3 4 2 1 5 7 10 -3 5
22 Hereford United Hereford United 8 2 0 2 5 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 1 5 7 12 -5 5
23 Bradford City Bradford 8 1 1 2 8 6 0 1 3 1 8 1 2 5 9 14 -5 4
24 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 7 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 3 4 2 8 -6 3

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