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Leader Live
4 days ago
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- Leader Live
How we rated Wrexham AFC players in cup win over Hull City
RYAN LONGMAN: Put one decent cross in early in second half but generally had a very quiet game. 5 AARON JAMES: The youngster didn't look out of place on a rare first team start and played a key role in Elliot Lee's opener. 7 DAN SCARR: Won't be happy with the sloppy goals the Reds let in. 5 EOGHAN O'CONNELL: Had a real scrap with Tigers' targetman Oli McBurnie on a night when things didn't go well. 6 JAMES McCLEAN: The skipper was caught napping for the second goal but put in a superb cross for Ollie Palmer's first goal. 6 GEORGE EVANS: Hasn't played for a while and the game seemed to pass him by at times. 5 ELLIOT LEE: Scored Wrexham's goal after finding space in the box and gave his all, scoring in the shoot-out. 6 HARRY ASHFIELD: Showed flashes of what he can do and the Wrexham-born youngster almost scored a left-footed cracker. 6 SAM SMITH: Starved of any real service and spent most of the night chasing diagonal balls. 6 RYAN HARDIE: Movement was first class and he will get chances to open his account despite steering a header wide. 7 SUBSTITUTES: RYAN BARNETT: Delivered a brilliant cross for Palmer's leveller. 6 JOSH WINDASS: Sent on to add some fire up front and scored a penalty. 6 JACK MARRIOTT: Also came on in a quadruple substitution and scored winning penalty. 6 OLLIE PALMER: What an inspired substitute as he headed home two crackers and scored from the spot. 8 LEWIS O'BRIEN: A late replacement for James. 5
Leader Live
05-08-2025
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- Leader Live
Wrexham-born Olympian Hector is now a record-breaker!
The Wrexham-born swimmer has set a new world record by becoming the first person in history to swim Britain's three biggest lakes – Loch Lomond (Scotland), Windermere (England) and Bala's Llyn Tegid (Wales) – back-to-back in a travel inclusive time between lakes of under 24 hours. The two-time British Olympian completed the three swims, totalling over 34-and-a-half miles, in a combined swim time of 12 hours and 15 minutes. In the process, he smashed the previous record for Loch Lomond by an incredible one-and-a-half hours. Swimming through the night, starting at one minute past midnight on Saturday morning in water temperatures as low as 14 degrees, he completed the gruelling 21.6 miles in a new record time of seven hours, 46 minutes and 15 seconds. From Loch Lomond, Pardoe and his support team travelled the 167 miles to Lake Windermere - where he set the current record back in 2023 - in a fleet of electric Jeeps. He was cheered on at the finish by hundreds of supporters lining the lakeside beaches and pontoon to complete the 10.5-mile length in three hours and 38 minutes. After another 152 miles of driving, the next stop was Bala and it was getting dark by the time he entered the water. Cheered on again by large groups of supporters, he mustered up every ounce of energy to complete the astonishing 34.5 miles of swimming - representing almost twice the length of the English Channel, and over 2,220 lengths of a typical 25m public swimming pool. At the end he was greeted by Fergus Feeney, CEO of Swim Wales and crowned 'King of the Lakes'. In the process, Pardoe has so far raised over £6,000 for Surfers Against Sewage and highlighted the need to clean up our waterways. Support and donations keep flooding in to his Just Giving page. He said: 'I knew that this wasn't just about pushing my own limits; it was also about using the platform I've built through sport to fight for the environment that made me. 'Across the UK, our rivers and lakes are being polluted by sewage and agricultural runoff, making them unsafe – not just for athletes like me, but for anyone who wants to enjoy them. I knew that I had to push through my pain, cold and hunger to further highlight this issue. For me it's all about national pride. 'Hopefully I have now thrown down the gauntlet for others to follow. Complete this challenge if you dare.' Sponsorship came from Jeep, Cameron House Hotel and Bala Lake Hotel.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Hughes leaves Man Utd to manage Newport County
Newport County have named Manchester United youth coach David Hughes as their new manager. Hughes has signed a two-year deal at the League Two club, leaving his role as under-21s coach and assistant manager at Old Trafford. The 47-year-old Welshman replaces Nelson Jardim at Rodney Parade, who left the Exiles two weeks before the end of the season. "Leaving a great club like Manchester United is never easy, but I'm excited about what lies ahead here," Hughes said. "You build relationships with people and that makes decisions like this challenging. "But after speaking to the chairman (Huw Jenkins) on a few occasions, it became a straightforward decision in terms of the challenge ahead and the shared vision for the club." Townsend offered new deal as Newport release 10 Hughes, a former Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town and Cardiff City defender, had been the leading contender for the job following Jardim's exit by mutual consent. Having held lead academy roles at Cardiff and Southampton before joining United in August 2022, Hughes has developed an impressive reputation at youth level. He will now be charged by Jenkins to oversee an upturn in fortunes at Rodney Parade for a youthful squad that finished 22nd in 2024-25. The Wrexham-born former Wales Under-21s international – who also spent four years as manager of Wales Under-17s – will be assisted by Wayne Hatswell, who was previously number two at Newport under Mike Flynn. Hatswell leaves a role in the Football Association of Wales (FAW) age-grade set-up to return to Newport, while Lee Kendall has been named the new head of goalkeeping.
Leader Live
22-05-2025
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- Leader Live
Sad farewells to be said to top Wrexham AFC players
Some familiar names left the club last week. The announcement of the retained list brought an end to some distinguished Wrexham careers, and we lost some good friends to boot. That's the inevitable nature of football. It's a competitive sport, so tough decisions have to be made. That doesn't mean they're the wrong decisions, but the price of success is losing people we'll miss. Jordan Davies is part of the fabric of the modern club. He is both a wonderful ambassador for the club and a genuine talent. The most recent Wrexham-born player to score a hat-trick, which he did with aplomb at Halifax, he served us superbly and it was a shame that our League Two season coincided with him picking up an injury. That hampered his chances of enjoying continuity in the first eleven, and ultimately led to this season's loan to Grimsby. I know this is a little left field, but I can't help looking back to our defeat at Accrington in November last season and wondering whether that was a key moment for Davies. By that point our squad was packed full of exceptionally strong central midfielders. He was competing with the likes of Elliott Lee and Andy Cannon for an attacking role and an injury at the start of the season had set him back. International call-ups for James McClean and Jacob Mendy meant Davies was unexpectedly shifted across to his old position of left wing back. It was an opportunity for him to find a new place in Parkinson's plans vying for both that position and a midfield slot. Unfortunately, it didn't go well although the blame did not lie at Davies' door. It was one of those days where the whole team struggled. Accrington had an extremely well thought-out plan to counteract us and as a result it was difficult for anybody to shine. It was the first and last time Parkinson used Davies as a left wing back. I can't help wondering: if the side hadn't suffered a collective malfunction whether he might have carved out a different path to remain at The Racecourse. Instead, somewhat surprisingly, that turned out to be his final league start for us. Mark Howard, of course, has been a remarkable servant to the club, not least with his reaction to being replaced by Ben Foster and then Arthur Okonkwo. His reaction, accepting whatever the manager felt was best for the club, was incredibly humble and his ability to be ready at a moment's notice to step in and perform with quality was invaluable. He was right to point out that he's the first goalkeeper to achieve three consecutive professional promotions in Britain because he played such a massive role in keeping those campaigns on track. It was Steven Fletcher's departure which was the biggest surprise. He has made a unique contribution to our success. We won more games 1-0 than we ever have done in a previous season, and Fletcher was a massive part of that. Seven times he came off the bench and scored; five times he came off the bench and scored the winning goal. That's ten points that his goals were responsible for right there. He ended up equal top scorer, even though he only started in two games all season! No need to check if that's a club record! And yet, he's gone. Yes, that's a bit surprising. But does his departure tell us something massive about what is to come? Wrexham mean business next year. If Parkinson feels we can improve the squad by allowing Fletcher to go, it shows the level of ambition we have. We clearly don't intend to replace Fletcher with a seat filler. We have the budget, we have supportive owners, and we have a plan. We've scaled up successfully three times in three years, and if we are planning to bring in players of the calibre which makes us feel we can let Fletcher go, we're going to be going for it again next season. I think I may have forgotten what consolidate means too! The truth of the matter is that we are in a position to push on and see what we can make of The Championship, and the departure of so many great servants of the club illustrates this. Look back to last summer. Do you honestly feel that the likes of Luke Young and Ben Tozer couldn't have done a job for us in League One? Of course they could, but Parkinson took tough decisions, and let people go who he knew were valuable. He drafted in players who would take the places of excellent servants of the club, and it worked. The players who have been released, many of whom are perfectly capable of playing a role next season, have gone because Parkinson has big plans. There's no guarantee this bold strategy will work, but thus far, Parkinson's judgement has been remarkably accurate. He has made tough decisions and been vindicated. He's certainly earned the right to make those decisions again.
Scottish Sun
16-05-2025
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- Scottish Sun
Man Utd legend releases EIGHT players including Newcastle fans' favourite, 33, after EFL relegation
The boss is still yet to commit his own future NEW CHAPTER Man Utd legend releases EIGHT players including Newcastle fans' favourite, 33, after EFL relegation Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) MANCHESTER UNITED legend Mark Hughes has released eight players at Carlisle including a former Newcastle star. Hughes was appointed manager of the Cumbrians in February but was unable to prevent them being relegated from League Two. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Mark Hughes has released eight players at Carlisle Credit: Getty 2 Paul Dummett is among the players let go Credit: Getty The veteran boss penned a rolling contract and is in talks to stay on for next season. And he has overseen the departure of eight players as Carlisle look to start afresh in the National League. The biggest name to be let go is Paul Dummett, who joined Carlisle in January and played three games. Dummett, 33, left Newcastle last summer after making 213 appearances for the Magpies. READ MORE ON MAN UTD GROUND TO A HALT Championship club get deadline to leave stadium as future 'not guaranteed' Carlisle have released seven other players - Ben Barclay, Taylor Charters, Anton Dudik, Callum Guy, Sam Lavelle, Dylan McGeouch and Josh Vela. While two players have been offered new deals - Matthew Dennis and Kadeem Harris. SunSport exclusively revealed in April that Hughes would be open to sticking with Carlisle in the fifth tier. Hughes couldn't prevent relegation but oversaw a huge upturn in form. BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS He won the same number of matches in his 18 in charge as Carlisle did in their 32 games previous this season. Carlisle is Wrexham-born Hughes' ninth managerial stint, having bossed clubs such as Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and most recently Bradford.
