It’s another big cup weekend, and a chance to spend some time scratching our heads about our away form. That might sound like an odd thing to say when we’re playing an away match, but taking a Championship side on away from home is very different from the week-in, week-out grind of league matches away from home. Richard Sutcliffe revealed last weekend that, remarkably, we … Continue reading Away Form Counts For Nothing At Blackburn
I PLEAD “not guilty” to the crime of judging referees without due care and attention, m’lud, and would like these previous offences to be taken into consideration. I developed a reputation recently for being a harsh judge of referees. I deny this and put it to you that the standard of officiating in the National League often left something to be desired. As evidence of … Continue reading The Case For The Defence
A trip to Accrington Stanley evokes memories of our distant past, but also brings the present into sharp focus. We first faced Stanley in our first season in the Football League, back in 1921, and they remained regular opponents until they dropped out of the Football League in 1966. The mere mention of their name brings images of the early days of the Football League … Continue reading Meet Andy Holt (The Other One)
This is Cymro_Cymraeg’s first column for Wrexhamfan. Its purpose is to round up all the latest news from around the football club and get you readers excited for next season!
> The signing of Shaun Whalley from Accrington certainly suggests that Brian Little doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet! No sooner had Matty Done departed than a replacement is sorted, and from what I’ve seen of him it looks like a decent move! Bearing in mind what I said about Done;s lack of end product yesterday, it’s encouraging that we’ve brought in a … Continue reading >The New Done
> Brian Little’s first acquisition of the Summer looks a sound one. I seem to recall Paul Carden as a solid box-to-box midfielder, but more importantly he has just been a key part of the Cambridge team which got to the play-off final last weekend. Having seen some high profile Conference players move clubs already it’s good to see we’re not going to be scraping … Continue reading >Carden Parked
>Now here (and here !) is an interesting tale! Irregular betting patterns involving two of our old League Two chums? Well well! A month ago the outside possibility of us surviving because Rotherham might go out of business horrified me, but I could live with this! It’ll never happen, of course; if only it was being investigated by those strict chaps at The Conference, who … Continue reading Hello hello hello!
>I have to confess I haven’t paid to see a Wrexham game for about ten years. Having commentated or reported on them for a bit, on and off, I’ve been lucky enough not to have to cough up for what they serve up. That doesn’t stop me thinking about value for money though. Part of the way through commentating on today’s game I had to … Continue reading >Ever Felt You’ve Been Cheated?
>This slow death is deeply confusing. Realistically speaking we’ve been down for a few weeks now; it might turn out that everyone else exceeded our final points total last month. On the other hand, it’s very easy to construct and argument for our survival! With Notts County coming up next weekend it has already been pointed out that should they lost at Accrington today and … Continue reading >All Eyes On Stanley!
>They say returning to the site of a trauma can be therapeutic. On Friday I’ll find out! Wrexham’s world changed when we visited Accrington last season. Before that match we were looking forward to a promotion challenge, unbeaten in seven and playing with confidence. We didn’t look like we’d let many in and were getting goals from all over the pitch. That all stopped at … Continue reading >Accrington Agony
>Typical! Accrington Stanley play ineligible players and get away with it scot-free! You’ve heard the Groucho Marx joke that he wouldn’t join a club that would have him as a member? Well I’d be wary of joining a club that has Brian Mawhinney as a leader! Have a look at Accrington’s website-it has a rambling explanation of their cheating, and lets slip that they wanted … Continue reading >Thanks for Nothing Football League!
>I can’t believe that, through an airy word in Prime Minister’s Question Time, AFC Wimbledon’s punishment for fielding an ineligible player for a good chunk of the season has been reduced to almost nothing. More pressingly, I don’t like the possible ramifications on the Accrington case. Blair said the rules should be reviewed as the punishment seemed harsh. Why the hell didn’t he say that … Continue reading >Thanks Mister Blair
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