Rating Wrexham AFC and Newport County’s 23/24 seasons

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As Wrexham AFC and Newport County had varying campaigns across the football league this season. We take a look back, review and rating of how they got on throughout the campaign and what they need to do to ensure they are more successful.

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00:00So, James, looking back at the footballing season as a whole, obviously four Welsh clubs

00:06representing in the English Football League in Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham.

00:12Obviously, quite varying seasons, especially Wrexham with their fantastic promotion. Let's

00:18go through, let's rate them out of 10. Let's start with Wrexham, we may as well. A fantastic

00:24story and it just keeps on almost getting better for them.

00:29Oh yeah, the story is just going to keep going. You've got to believe that this is the second

00:34or so chapter of a long book here for Wrexham moving forward. Fans from the other teams,

00:41they were like, oh, it's not going to happen. They're not going to do this now. They've

00:44made it up to the non-league. Anyone could do that. Now you're in the league, it's the

00:51proper stuff happens. But they've proved people wrong and they went for it. Didn't win the

00:55league. There were other teams there who were just consistent all year, who just didn't

01:01look like not winning the league. It was just always going to be strong for them, but they

01:05kept in it. They knew what they needed to do. Long may this story continue because Wrexham

01:11in League One, they haven't been there for decades. It's so exciting. Amazing. You've

01:17got to say out of 10 for the season, they didn't win the league and they wanted to win

01:21the league. So maybe a nine and a half because they did everything except win the league.

01:26Staying in the league with Newport, very much down the bottom, obviously avoiding relegation,

01:35but their run from the 23rd of March to the 27th of April, all losses. It doesn't look

01:42amazing for them. How would you summarise their season as a whole? Obviously, managing

01:46to stay in the division after some poor form is at least something to work on for next season.

01:53Newport have always been quite resolute and they've been in League Two for a good few years

01:58now. They're one of the longest stays in League Two. They're always looking at mid-table,

02:04trying to challenge maybe the top to get into the playoffs. And they looked like they were

02:09staying somewhere mid-table, comfortable enough all through. What do you say about a run like

02:15that? I think it was eight losses in a row to end the season. Fans would have been absolutely

02:21cursing from doing that. No one wants to see that happen to their club. Eight losses at any point in

02:29the season in a row is ridiculous. But to end the season like that, it was a shambles for Newport.

02:35Things are going to change there in the club for next year. You've got to think that something's

02:39going to have to, you know, whatever happened at the end can't happen again. And, you know,

02:45you give their season a middle-of-the-road five or six for the year and then to lose it like that,

02:51you can't give them more than like a three out of ten for that season.

02:55What looked promising enough just crumbles by the end.

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