Wrexham's Ollie Palmer emotional after Hull City comeback
After the match, an emotional Palmer, who joined Wrexham from Wimbledon in 2022, said 'all good things must come to an end'.
He said: 'An emotional night, it was a fantastic reception coming on, but then going 3-1 down, but we've got a great spirit here and we dug deep like we've done at the Racecourse for many years and to come back into the game at 3-2, I felt we could get something out of the game, luckily we did and then we were clinical in the penalties.
'You look back over the years, the Dover 6-5, fighting to the end, the Barnet 7-5, fighting to the end, even the Sheffield United when we were unlucky, but we were digging deep in the FA Cup. We've just always done that here. The gaffers done a brilliant job of bringing players in over the years and moulding them in with the current dressing room and we can help them with the belief we have at the Racecourse with the fans behind us that we never give up and we didn't tonight.
'Although we were 3-1 down, I thought we were great tonight, they only made two or three changes from the weekend and we made 11. It's a credit to the squad and everyone involved in the football club.
'I worked hard along with my teammates to get this club to the Championship and for as long as I'm a Wrexham player I'll give everything for the shirt. All good things come to and end, but whilst I'm here you'll get performances like that in a Wrexham shirt.'
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