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Leader Live
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Wrexham AFC end season in style with celebration event
A 3-0 victory over Charlton Athletic just over a week earlier secured a historic third promotion in a row for the club, who will now go on to spend next season in the EFL Championship. To celebrate a memorable campaign, the club organised a get-together for players, staff and fans at the SToK Cae Ras. During the event, midfielder Ollie Rathbone was voted as the Club's Player of the Season, with fans in the stadium singing his name before it had even been announced. Max Cleworth was voted Young Player of the Season, as well as being named Players' Player of the Season for the first time by his peers. The talented defender has has now won that award three times in the last four seasons. The awards capped an afternoon of celebration, which included live music from The Royston Club as well as Danny Gruff, Rhythm Train and Osian 'Powsy' Jones. Matchday Live presenters Chris Mallaband, Andy Morrell and Mia Roberts also all shared their reflections on the season, before seven awards were handed out in total. RELATED READING Also crowned on the day was Bob Clark Academy Player of the Season, Alex Moore, while Elliot Lee was presented with his Top Goalscorer award – after his final-day goal saw him pip three team-mates to the title. The Steve Edwards Goal of the Season Award was voted on the day, with Paul Mullin's superb strike against Blackpool taking the honours. A great atmosphere building ahead of our 2024/25 Men's End of Season Awards, presented by @MetaQuestVR 🏆 🔴⚪️ #WxmAFC — Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) May 4, 2025 Club secretary Geraint Parry was also given a 'Lifetime Achievement' award for his contribution to the club over the years. The event followed on from Wrexham's 2-0 win at Lincoln on Saturday (May 3). Elliot Lee and Ryan Longman were on target as the club ended their time in the EFL League One.
Leader Live
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Wrexham won 2-0 at Lincoln on final day of League One season
Wrexham picked up a 2-0 win at Sincil Bank on the final day of the League One campaign following second half goals from Elliot Lee and Ryan Longman. That was a 27th victory in 46 league games and came seven days after the Reds beat Charlton Athletic 3-0 at home to clinch an historic third successive promotion with a game to go. The players have a promotion party in Las Vegas booked for this week, with Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney footing the bill, but Parkinson wanted one final hurrah in the shape of a win before those celebrations and he got it. 'We wanted to finish in a professional manner and we spoke to the lads about that," said the Reds' boss. 'The perception of the group, the celebrations last week and the lads are jetting out to Vegas this week, in between that we wanted to finish the season well. "I like to win a game of cards with my kids, so I certainly don't want to not win a game of football. "Factoring in as well that people spent a lot of money again to watch us, I just wanted us to play well and put in a good performance. "Whether that resulted in a draw, win or loss, the most important thing is I wanted us to look a professional team which we are, and we got the win. 'Ninety-two points from 46 games, I'm really pleased with that and I'm also delighted with 26 points from our last 11 away games. That's an outstanding return at any level of football." Wrexham finished the season strongly with victory against the mid-table Imps to extend the unbeaten run to 10 games. Parkinson says his players showed they can handle the pressure when it matters most in the run-in. "It's very important to produce when it matters most," he added. "Obviously the season was done in many respects (going to Lincoln) but we've got into our stride nicely and that's 10 games unbeaten. "The last little blip was Reading away but we responded brilliantly at Wycombe a few days later. "I would imagine in the form table we're right up there in the last 10 games and that's what counts. "You've got to hold your nerve, you've got to have players who relish those kind of pressure games and I think you've seen over the last few weeks, we've got players who stood tall, shoulders back, and said 'this is what it's all about'. "That's what you've got to be to play for Wrexham because there's big expectations, there's a lot of spotlight on us and you've got to handle that. "We've pieced together a squad of players who really enjoy that."
New York Times
03-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Wrexham season review: Historic promotion, Premier League in sight, scenes at the ‘circus'
Seventeen years to the day since bidding farewell to the Football League at Lincoln City's Sincil Bank, Wrexham's emotions couldn't have been more contrasting on their return. 'Championship, we're on our way…' sang the 1,861 jubilant supporters, many sporting fancy dress, lucky enough to get a ticket for the final act of a season that has seen history made in north Wales. Advertisement A third consecutive promotion, sealed with victory over Charlton Athletic, means Wrexham standalone in the pantheon of fallen EFL clubs who have pulled themselves together in non-League. Where the unknown lay ahead for the world's third oldest professional club when leaving Lincoln in 2008, now it is new stadiums never visited before such as Leicester City and Southampton on the agenda, plus first league meetings with West Bromwich Albion and Ipswich Town. Phil Parkinson's side signed off with a 2-0 victory, both goals coming in the second half from Elliot Lee and Ryan Longman. Really, though, Saturday was about much more than the result. It was about a sense of pride restored and a promise of what lays ahead in a division the club last competed in 1982. 'The Championship is one of the most watched leagues in world football,' says Parkinson. 'It's a dream really for this club. A few years ago, we were fighting our way out of the National League but now we are competing at that table. 'Now, it is up to us to prove we can live in that company. Just as we did when coming into League One last season. We showed it then and we have to do it again.' Thursday June 26 is the date Wrexham fans will have ringed in the summer diary, when the EFL fixtures will be released. Only then can the planning begin for the weekend of August 8-10 and the start of what promises to be a truly momentous campaign at the SToK Cae Ras. The sense of excitement evident at Lincoln is only likely to grow throughout the summer, judging by the chanted countdown among a travelling band of fans that included one T-Rex, a host of traffic cones and at least three Mexicans, complete with sombreros. 'Sixty minutes to the Championship…' began a chant that continued all the way down to zero and referee Thomas Kirk blowing the final whistle. As the close season gets under way — and the Wrexham players this week jet out to Las Vegas for their now traditional celebratory trip — it's surely worth one last look-back at 2024-25 and an unprecedented third straight promotion. Here's The Athletic's verdict…. Football's wider public realising just how serious Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds are in their quest to take Wrexham to the top. Talk of the Premier League when a club is languishing in non-League is easily dismissed as fanciful. Returning to the EFL fold and even the third tier doesn't make it feel any more likely, either, such is the gulf between the top table of English football and Leagues One and Two. Now, though, Wrexham sit just one step away from fulfilling their owners' dream. Remarkable considering it's just two years since Parkinson's side signed off their stint in non-League at Torquay United, who on Saturday were competing in the National League South play-offs. Advertisement Unlike previous campaigns when there were plenty of humdingers, this time around has felt to be a much calmer affair. An indication of that comes via the ten 1-0 wins, plus another seven triumphs by a one-goal winning margin. There's still been plenty of entertainment, mind, with the 1-1 draw at home to champions Birmingham City early in the New Year a fine advert for League One, as was the 2-2 draw away to Charlton in October. We're going for the latter, even if it was Wrexham on the end of some late drama this time via a 96th minute equaliser from the penalty spot. Sam Smith heading in Wrexham's third goal against Charlton to rubber-stamp promotion. The visitors had never looked like getting back into the game after going 2-0 behind inside 18 minutes but, still, there's always that doubt over how one goal could change everything. Smith heading in Max Cleworth's cross on 81 minutes meant the party could start. One unheralded aspect about Wrexham's third promotion is how much their discipline has improved compared to the 2023-24 season, when Parkinson's side had six players sent off. Four of these were straight red cards, the joint highest tally in League Two. To go from such a damning rap sheet to not having even one player dismissed in 46 league fixtures this time around shows how hard the manager has worked on sorting out what had become a problematic area. Only Rotherham United boast an unblemished record in League One this season. 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,' said James McClean when asked by The Athletic after the Lincoln game what his team-mates who have joined in the last 12 months can expect from this week's players' trip to Sin City. But we can't look past Charlton manager Nathan Jones' pre-match comments regarding his side's trip to Wrexham on the penultimate weekend. 'It's a bumper game, we have to go to the circus and see what we can get,' he said. One question, Nathan. Why? Advertisement 'You've seen the circus, now f*** off home,' came the retort time and time again from a pumped-up Racecourse crowd to Jones, as his Charlton side were well beaten. Paul Mullin no longer being Wrexham's main man. Just three goals from 26 league appearances (17 from the bench) is not what supporters have to come to expect from the usually free-scoring Liverpudlian and there will be big questions over his future this summer. Don't write the 30-year-old just yet, mind. He's now missed two consecutive pre-seasons after suffering a collapsed lung and four broken ribs in 2023 and undergoing back surgery last year. If Mullin can have a problem-free run at 2025-26, maybe the goals will flow once again. Tomoki Iwata. Hands down, the best player Wrexham faced all season. He was immense in the 3-1 win for Birmingham, clearly way too good for this level after joining from Celtic. A special mention should also go to Lee Gregory and Will Evans, the Mansfield Town strike-force who caused all manner of problems at The Racecourse back in November. Tyler Roberts also carried a real threat despite Northampton Town's 4-1 defeat in October. Nine. Rarely put a foot wrong and was not worried to make the big calls, particularly at the start of February when a reset was needed after an awful first month of the year had yielded just four points from five games. Out went fans favourites Mullin and Ollie Palmer, as Smith and Jay Rodriguez came in to form a partnership that ultimately got Wrexham over the line via two defeats in 17 games together. The shift in tactics to effectively 3-5-1-1 in late November may not have won universal backing from supporters. But, again, it worked as Wrexham racked up 92 points, 27 wins and 24 clean sheets thanks to a manager whose mentality was perhaps best summed after the Lincoln game by the man himself. 'I like to win a game of cards against my kids,' says Parkinson. Advertisement Recruitment. There's no doubt this squad needs major surgery to compete in the Championship. Arthur Okonkwo (The Athletic's player of the year), Cleworth and Smith look ready but others may struggle with the step-up. A recurring theme this summer is likely to be the need to pay players to leave, as there will inevitably be some surplus to requirements who are under contract and unlikely to command anything like their wages at Wrexham. It's a price the club must pay for such a rapid rise. 'Crikey, the Championship is a step-up from anything Wrexham have seen in years. So, to stay up quite comfortably is surely an achievement on a par with those three straight promotions.'
BBC News
03-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wrexham handed McClean and Lee boosts
James McClean and Elliot Lee could be in contention for returns to Phil Parkinson's starting side when Wrexham go to Huddersfield Town on Tuesday (19:45 GMT).McClean (pictured above), 35, has not played since 18 February because of a hip issue but was back on the bench for Saturday's goalless draw with Bolton 30, came off the bench against Wanderers – as he did in the EFL Trophy last week – but could make Parkinson's 11 for the first time since being involved in a road traffic collision last McClean's fitness, Wrexham assistant boss Steve Parkin said: "He is a lot better."He has had two or three really tough days where his groin and his hip have been sore, but then he has really settled and had a couple of good training sessions."I am sure he will be in the frame for selection for Tuesday night."Like McClean, Lee offers experience and quality to a Wrexham side looking to secure a third successive promotion this Dragons are third in League One, two points behind second-placed Wycombe Wanderers with 13 third-tier games apiece remaining."We have got Elliot Lee coming back which is important after his terrible road accident, which is another bonus," Parkin added."So we are strong and we will make sure we are ready and raring to go."
Al Arabiya
12-02-2025
- Automotive
- Al Arabiya
Wrexham says one of its players hospitalized after road incident on way home from match
Wrexham midfielder Elliot Lee was taken to the hospital after being involved in what the Welsh club described as a road traffic incident on the way home from a match, the team said Wednesday. Lee, one of Wrexham's top players, suffered no major injuries in the incident, which took place after a 1–0 home win over Bolton in the quarterfinals of the English Football League Trophy on Tuesday. The incident involved one other car and resulted in the drivers of both cars being taken to the hospital, Wrexham said in a statement. 'Emergency services were quickly on the scene, and the club would like to thank them for their prompt response and action.' Wrexham said the driver of the other vehicle is being treated for their injuries and would not be making any further comment. Lee, the son of former Newcastle and England midfielder Rob Lee, is playing a key role in Wrexham's bid for a third promotion since being taken over by Hollywood celebrities Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in 2021 and becoming the subject of a TV documentary, 'Welcome to Wrexham.' The team is currently in third place in the third-tier League One.
