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Wales vs Czechoslovakia 1978 World Cup qualification match report

Date, kick-off time:	Wednesday, 30 March 1977, 19:30 (UTC+01:00)
National teams, score:	Wales - Czechoslovakia 3:0
Competition:	1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7
Referee:	António Garrido, Leiria / Portugal
Attendance, venue:	18 022, The Racecourse, Wrexham
Goals:	1:0 (27') Leighton James, 2:0 (65') Nick Deacy, 3:0 (75') Leighton James

Wales national football team line-up in match Nr.331

Managed by team manager Mike Smith (England)
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Dai Davies	12	28	Everton FC, Liverpool
Rod Thomas	44	30	Derby County FC, Derby
Joey Jones	6	22	Liverpool FC, Liverpool
John Mahoney	28	30	Stoke City FC, Stoke on Trent
Leighton Phillips	28	27	Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Ian Evans	9	25	Crystal Palace FC, London
Peter Sayer	1	21	Cardiff City FC, Cardiff
Brian Flynn	15	21	Burnley FC, Burnley
Terry Yorath	31	27	Coventry City FC, Coventry
Nick Deacy	1	23	PSV, Eindhoven
Leighton James 75'	30	24	Derby County FC, Derby

Czechoslovakia national team line-up in match Nr.351

Managed by head coach Václav Ježek
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Alexander Vencel	25	33	TJ Slovan ChZJD, Bratislava
Ján Pivarník	38	29	TJ Slovan ChZJD, Bratislava
Ladislav Jurkemik	17	23	TJ Inter Slovnaft, Bratislava
Pavol Biroš	9	23	TJ Slavia, Praha
Koloman Gögh	19	29	TJ Slovan ChZJD, Bratislava
Karol Dobiaš 32'	56	29	TJ Spartak TAZ, Trnava
Jaroslav Pollák	38	29	TJ VSS, Košice
Antonín Panenka	21	28	TJ Bohemians ČKD, Praha
Marián Masný	27	26	TJ Slovan ChZJD, Bratislava
Zdeněk Nehoda	34	24	ASVS Dukla, Praha
Jozef Móder 46'	14	29	TJ Lokomotiva, Košice
46' Miroslav Gajdůšek	18	25	ASVS Dukla, Praha

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
Wales	11	18.636	25.698	10	3	1	0
Czechoslovakia	12	26.333	27.777	8	0	1	0

Historical data sources

Rudé právo (Prague), №76, 31.03.1977; Ústav pro českou literaturu

Comments

toniofarrugia Malta - Additional information posted 16.05.2013 06:38:23

Yellow Cards:
Karol Dobiáš (C) 32’ and Leighton James (W) 75’. (link:

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Wales vs Czechoslovakia post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
5	2	0	3	5 - 6	0.800
Wales v Czechoslovakia match-by-match record

Wales matches

Previous match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Scotland vs Wales 1-0

Glasgow, Wednesday 17 November 1976

Next match:

British Championship 1977

Wales vs Scotland 0-0

Wrexham, Saturday 28 May 1977

Welsh national football team results

Czechoslovakia matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Czechoslovakia vs Greece 4-0

Prague, Wednesday 23 March 1977

Next match:

Friendly International

Hungary vs Czechoslovakia 2-0

Budapest, Wednesday 20 April 1977

Czechoslovak national team record

Wales top scorers

1. Trevor Ford (1946 - 1956) - 23 goals
2. Ivor Allchurch (1951 - 1965) - 23 goals
3. Cliff Jones (1955 - 1965) - 16 goals
... Leighton James (1973 - 1977) - 6 goals
... Nick Deacy (1977) - 1 goal

(correct as of March 30, 1977)

Wales top scorers

Brief match report

Wed. 30 Mar 1977
The Racecourse, Wrexham
Wales 3-0 Czechoslovakia
Goals: James 27, Deacy 65, James 75

Wales: Davies, Thomas, Jones, Mahoney, Phillips, Evans, Sayer, Flynn, Yorath (c), Deacy, James. Managed by Smith (England).
Booked: James 75.

Czechoslovakia: Vencel, Pivarník, Jurkemik, Biroš, Gögh, Dobiaš, Pollák (c), Panenka, Masný, Nehoda, Móder (Gajdůšek 46). Managed by Ježek.
Booked: Dobiaš 32.

Att: 18 022
Ref: Garrido (Portugal)