It was a brilliantly hot Sunday in Wrexham, and I chose to make the most of it by driving three hours south, into the permanent drizzle of Newport. A drizzle interrupted only by bursts of driving rain. Over six hours in my car, travelling to watch Wrexham lose the Welsh Cup final to Cardiff. And you know what? It was up there as my best … Continue reading The Greatest Defeat
Phil Parkinson’s side have completed a magnificent season, now it’s time to win the Welsh Cup! The women’s team have an opportunity to end a magnificent season in style, and in the process add to the club’s glorious list of upsets. You might wonder whether the team that finished third in the league beating the champions would be an upset. After all, the men went … Continue reading Wrexham’s Welsh Cup Final Opportunity
We’ve been voting for the player of the season awards this week, and it’s a reflection of the success we’ve enjoyed in both League Two and the Adran Premier that there are a lot of strong options to select from. The contest for women’s player of the year is as competitive as it is for the men’s. Inevitably, the conversation starts with the sensational Rosie … Continue reading Who are the contenders for the Wrexham AFC Women’s Player of the Year?
We’ve been voting for the player of the season awards this week, and it’s a reflection of the success we’ve enjoyed in both League Two and the Adran Premier that there are a lot of strong options to select from. Inevitably, the promotion-winning men’s team throws up a number of worthy choices. Last season’s winner, Paul Mullin, is a serious contender to win the award … Continue reading Who are the Contenders for Wrexham AFC Men’s Player of the Season?
I’ve got to admit, that promotion rather crept up on me! I was so focussed on wanting us to get the job done against Forest Green that I didn’t really pay much attention to the possibility of us actually getting promoted last Saturday. Three points would leave us in a position where we were virtually assured of promotion; every conceivable result involving both us and … Continue reading Bring On League One!
Apparently, there are still dark corners of the internet who feel Phil Parkinson isn’t the man for the Wrexham job. If you are one of those people, allow me to lead you blinking into the light. Nobody could have left the SToK Cae Ras on Tuesday feeling anything but pride, unless you were in the away end. To be fair, Crawley had nothing to be … Continue reading Parkinson’s Midweek Masterclass
So what’s changed in the last week? Well, not that much: everyone stuttered except for Stockport County, who weren’t impressive but managed to nick a win against AFC Wimbledon. Of course, the timing of the Easter Monday fixtures probably made us feel worse than everyone else: having seen our rivals stumble, we had a chance to really take a grip on the promotion race, but … Continue reading Welcome to the Run-In: Part 2
Does anyone actually want to be promoted from League Two this year? The remarkably erratic form of…well, just about everyone makes the final stretch of the season incredibly difficult to predict. Wrexham, of course, are as culpable as anyone else in the race. We’re putting in the sort of performances which suggest we’re hitting great form at just the right point, and then following them … Continue reading After you, Claude.
The last spot in Phil Parkinson squad was finally decided last week, much to the frustration of those conspiracy theorists who thought we had another retired megastar up our sleeves, I’m sure. Callum McFadzean will be added for the first time this season to the EFL squad, and that decision tells us a lot about what we should expect for the final stretch of games. … Continue reading No Gareth Bale for Wrexham After All!
Click the image to zoom in. It’s crunch time! Realistically, the top 6 are the only sides left in contention for an automatic promotion spot: 7th-placed Gillingham would only get to 75 points if they won all their remaining matches. So who’s got the best chance of going straight up and avoiding all that play-off nonsense? It all kicks off today, even though we don’t … Continue reading Welcome to the Run-in
Nothing strengthens the bond between comrades like experiencing extreme challenges. My co-commentators Chay Long, Bill Long, Neil Williams and I each have a tattoo on our right arms of a television screen glowing in the midst of a gale to remind us of what we’ve been through together. We were the Bear Grylls, Ray Mears and another couple of survival blokes of football commentary as … Continue reading Randoms in the Wind
There was no James McClean for us on Saturday, which was a terrible shame. He had two games to get through to avoid a suspension, and made it through the Morecambe match unscathed, but in the second half against Harrogate he finally cracked and secured his ban in the grand manner, rugby tacking a player to stop a breakaway. It was a shame he was … Continue reading James McClean: The Lean, Mean, Green Machine
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