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Old 9th February 2018, 11.11:23   #37-0 (permalink)
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Default Re: Wrexham v Crystal Palace 1977

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Originally Posted by Redrobinman View Post
I could be wrong, but my recollection is that I don't think we actually necessarily needed to win that last game.
Positions were decided on goal average in those days and I seem to recall that the 4th Palace goal was important insofar as it meant that we needed to score a goal and not lose our last game.
So a scoring draw would have been good enough.............as I say I could be wrong, after all this time.
I believe that was the first season that goal difference was used in place of goal average, and that 4th goal did make all the difference between needing a draw and having to beat Mansfield.

Looking back now, we didn’t know it at the time, but we had this to look forward to the next season https://youtu.be/6pVE-mSSKb0
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