Wrexham

Do you recall how Rushden & Diamonds had all that cash and still struggled to secure promotion? Wrexham were a little bit like that for a few seasons. With two Hollywood A-listers at the helm, it – arguably – adds a touch of class previously unseen in that bit of North Wales. But it didn’t help the Dragons escape the clutches of the National League straight off the bat. When they finally did escape, of course, they were flying; bagging back-to-back promotions (like others before them) and returning to the third tier of English football for the first time since 2005.

It also set up a first meeting between us and them since 2010. Given it took until our fifth attempt to beat them, we can’t say we were all that sad at the ongoing delay in them returning to the Football League. Mind you, few people would have backed us to bag a league double over them during the 2024-5 campaign. As you’d expect with their wealth, they made a successful bid for promotion up from League One – but not before we took six points from them. No doubt it’ll be quite some time before we meet again, so we’ll take it as a farewell gift and move on…

Wrexham: The Facts