AFC Wrexham’s strong position in League One boosted by home form this campaign

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Wrexham’s extraordinary climb continues as they target a third straight promotion and a historic place in the Championship. Phil Parkinson’s side are driven by momentum, belief, and a relentless squad.  We discussed their promotion push, vital upcoming games, and the significance of achieving a record-breaking rise.

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00:00Now, Wrexham's remarkable rise shows no signs of slowing down

00:06as they are a third consecutive promotion,

00:09with the championship now firmly in their sights.

00:12Every fixture in the running carries huge weight

00:14as Phil Parkinson's side chase a place in the history books.

00:18Momentum, belief and a fiercely competitive squad

00:21have powered Wrexham into contention once again.

00:24The challenge now is to finish strong, navigate the pressure

00:27and keep racking up the points in a tightly contested race.

00:31We discuss the club's promotion push, the crucial games to come

00:34and what it would mean to achieve a record-breaking third rise in a row.

00:39The dream is alive and Wrexham are pushing to make it a reality.

00:44Yeah, I mean, you have to look pre-dating the takeover really

00:47where you turn up to the race course on the match day

00:50and you wouldn't know what to expect.

00:51And that was kind of, that was it for the National League years really.

00:56There was a couple of seasons where Wrexham were very good at home.

00:58You think the last one was probably the 12-13 season.

01:02I think 17-18 they were okay at home as well,

01:04but not as formidable, you know, under Sam Ricketts and Graham Barrow.

01:08But yeah, you've got to go back over a decade for the last time

01:12Wrexham were winning this much at home.

01:14And you take it for granted almost now

01:16because you turn up to a Wrexham home game

01:18and you expect to see a home win.

01:20And so often you get one.

01:22Yeah, and just looking ahead to the summer,

01:26I mean, there's a lot of questions in the air

01:28in terms of their transfer strategy.

01:30It's been pointed out a number of times

01:32in terms of the way they've invested in older talents,

01:34not really looking at the future,

01:36but there are still some young talents throughout Wrexham's side.

01:39I mean, let's just say they are to go up to the championship.

01:41How do they attack the summer window?

01:44How do they make the most of it

01:45and get them ready for, you know,

01:48one of the toughest leagues in the world really

01:50to compete in, in terms of, you know,

01:53you look at the sort of relegation fight,

01:55it's five points between the bottom three

01:56and sort of 14th.

01:58And then you look at the playoff race as well.

02:00It's sort of the same situation up there

02:02and the championship is so unpredictable.

02:05Will Wrexham be ready for that

02:07if they don't have a good summer?

02:10It's a very difficult one.

02:12Obviously, Wrexham fans,

02:13and I know Wrexham, the club themselves,

02:14would say, wait, let us get there first

02:16before we start speculating too much.

02:17But from an outside point of view,

02:19you definitely say that I still think now

02:21the jump between League One and the championship

02:23is probably the biggest gulf between any league,

02:26probably in Europe,

02:28just, you know, from our loose following of them all anyway.

02:31I think the gulf between the championship

02:33and the Premier League is definitely getting bigger.

02:34You can see that with the teams that are going down,

02:36but still League One to the championship

02:37is night and day really.

02:39And it will be rather uncharted territory

02:42for Wrexham in their modern history.

02:44Last time they were there was, what, 1982.

02:46So you've got to go a long way back

02:48for Wrexham being a second division side, as it were.

02:51And, you know, the finances now are ridiculous

02:54just to sort of tread water in the championship.

02:56You can lose, you know, 20, 30 million pound a year.

03:01You have to pay astronomical wages

03:03just to keep this squad going.

03:04So there would have to be a massive squad overhaul

03:07for Wrexham this season, this summer, sorry,

03:10if they were to go up.

03:11No matter how good they've been

03:12and how effective they've been in League One,

03:16you then look at even some of their best players,

03:18Stephen Fletcher, James McLean.

03:19Can they really cut at a championship level now

03:21at their ripe old ages?

03:23There are a few young players there

03:25who have a huge potential,

03:26but again, they'll be playing at the highest level

03:29they've ever played at.

03:31There's a few in the squad

03:32who have championship experience,

03:33but even then they didn't really light the championship up.

03:35So you look at Owen O'Connell, who's at Hull,

03:37George Dobson, who's played for Charlton there.

03:40Elliot Lee's also had a spell there of Luton Town.

03:43And you say, are they really going to,

03:45are they going to really light it up?

03:46Jack Marriott, you know, he played there with Derby.

03:48I think, you know, he got them to a playoff final,

03:51but that's, what, six, seven years ago now.

03:53So there will be lots of question marks

03:55for that Wrexham team.

03:56And this would be the summer

03:57in which they really have to push that investment

04:00further.

04:01You'd have to be breaking your record transfer fee.

04:05You'd have to be ruthless

04:06with getting rid of players.

04:09The issue there as well is lots of players

04:10are tied down to quite lucrative contracts.

04:12They're not going to get that sort of money elsewhere.

04:14So you might have to take a hit

04:15on even the players you lose.

04:17And then you're also gambling.

04:19And it's just really fascinating

04:21because we've always said

04:23since the National League days

04:24that Wrexham had a League One squad.

04:26There was League One calibre players in that team,

04:28which they do have now.

04:30There's never been a suggestion

04:31that Wrexham have ever had

04:32a Championship-level squad.

04:33And we've seen this season

04:35the way it's unfolded

04:36that they've been able to compete

04:37at League One level,

04:39but the Championship would be

04:40an astronomical leap

04:42from where they are now.

04:44to League One level,

04:46they're going to be able to

04:46get rid of anything on the

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