[Football] Wrexham

[Palacefinder General]

What happened? Our one time pals in the trenches in danger of slipping out of the National League. There but for the grace and all that. Far too big a club to be where they currently are.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

yeah it's a shame,I wish them well

Chesterfield too,I know we've had are run ins over the years
but it's a shame to see the more traditional clubs struggle

would love to see Barrow pull it off though

 

[Pickles]

Been there a few times, and loved it.

Got there once too late for the pubs, and jokingly asked if we could go in their supporters' club.

The bloke not only said yes, but shouted to the bar to get them in and he was buying them. Great club.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

There are a lot of ex league teams in that division and quite a few who have really fallen hard.

Darlington were the big surprise...fabulous stadium and it all went west after then!

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Chester & York going well in the National League North

what's the story at King's Lynn
has someone gone in there with money?

 

[Taybha]

Being only 2 hours away so quite local we go now and then and it's a good day out, haven't been for a while and results are hit and miss but still enjoyable, something I never knew before I started going was they're the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world.

 

[Swansman]

Football is at a turning point really, either you work with modern methods or you'll be left behind. Even in the lower divisions a lot of clubs work with data, sports psychologists, video analysis etc. The clubs that dont will just inevitably fall behind. That said I have no clue if this is the case in Wrexham.

But if you dont keep up it doesnt matter how big your club is. Just watch "Sunderland Til I Die" where a scout says "no this player uses gloves, I dont like him", Zlatan Ibrahimovic being on their target list or Martin Bain admitting he is keeping all notes on potential players in a little black book.. its just ancient stuff. Football is rocket science these days.

 

[Ernest]

There are a lot of ex league teams in that division and quite a few who have really fallen hard.

Darlington were the big surprise...fabulous stadium and it all went west after then!

The stadium killed them, should have stopped at Feethams

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Being only 2 hours away so quite local we go now and then and it's a good day out, haven't been for a while and results are hit and miss but still enjoyable, something I never knew before I started going was they're the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world.

they need to play Chorley every week
then they'ed be just fine

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3rd oldest professional football club,I never knew that either

 

[Guinness Boy]

The stadium killed them, should have stopped at Feethams

This - and Feethams was a great ground. Find memories of about 500 of us packed into that little roofed terrace on the side on the Mickey Adams days


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[GREASED WEASEL]

Football is at a turning point really, either you work with modern methods or you'll be left behind. Even in the lower divisions a lot of clubs work with data, sports psychologists, video analysis etc. The clubs that dont will just inevitably fall behind. That said I have no clue if this is the case in Wrexham.

But if you dont keep up it doesnt matter how big your club is. Just watch "Sunderland Til I Die" where a scout says "no this player uses gloves, I dont like him", Zlatan Ibrahimovic being on their target list or Martin Bain admitting he is keeping all notes on potential players in a little black book.. its just ancient stuff. Football is rocket science these days.

oh,I don't know

it's still a game played on a park with an onion bag at each end

with the emphasis being on getting yourself in the box,stick a leg out and fall over

 

[Mackenzie]

Bootlegger.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

The stadium killed them, should have stopped at Feethams

Agreed

Remember the game at gillingham where they beat us 4-0 and gabbiadini scored a hat trick.....one of the real lows of our time there!

 

[atfc village]

Played there last Saturday and won 2 1 at a canter ,they were awful . Some splendid pubs in town now.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

What happened? Our one time pals in the trenches in danger of slipping out of the National League. There but for the grace and all that. Far too big a club to be where they currently are.

No such thing as 'Far too bigger club to be where they currently are', it's how you perform on the pitch, which determines how well you do, and obviously Wrexham's performances haven't been nearly good enough for some considerable time now.

You will be saying they have a sense of entitlement next!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Merthyr are on their way back, we played them 20 times! and waiting for Aberdare to make a comeback................Boyos

 

[RexCathedra]

the 1994 Peter Davies book Twenty Two Foreigners in Funny Shorts which was written for American audiences in US-hosted World Cup, is still one of my favorite sports books

 

[Mancgull]

This - and Feethams was a great ground. Find memories of about 500 of us packed into that little roofed terrace on the side on the Mickey Adams days


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The game where Charlie Oatway got sent off for biting their player? That was some day out.

 

[blue-shifted]

Agreed

Remember the game at gillingham where they beat us 4-0 and gabbiadini scored a hat trick.....one of the real lows of our time there!

Urrghh, yes I remember having my head in my hands the entire bus trip back.

One low of several

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Agreed

Remember the game at gillingham where they beat us 4-0 and gabbiadini scored a hat trick.....one of the real lows of our time there!

I was there. I felt like a fluffer at a eunuchs' orgy.