“Stick that in your documentary.”
A gleeful demand from rivals that Wrexham’s players and supporters have had to get used to in defeat, perhaps most famously after the 2023 FA Cup replay at Sheffield United when the teams clashed in the Bramall Lane tunnel.
Had the producers of Welcome to Wrexham heeded such a call, series three would have been little more than a string of losses rather than the chronicling of a second successive promotion for Phil Parkinson’s men and a hugely encouraging first season in the Welsh top division for the women’s team.
That, though, hasn’t stopped the mocking spreading to the Genero Adran Premier League, as the women’s top flight is called. Most recently it was heard when Steve Dale’s side lost 3-0 to Briton Ferry last weekend.
In many ways, the jibe can be taken as a compliment. From almost a standing start when Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took charge of the club in 2021, the women’s team have earned their place at the top table of Welsh football, alongside perennial title challengers Swansea and Cardiff City.
Last season’s third-place finish and an appearance in the Bute Energy Welsh Cup final is seen as just the beginning for Wrexham. A maiden pre-season tour of America may have brought three heavy defeats against vastly…
