The Wrexham Courier
Squad21 Aug 2028
Sam Smith keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Wrexham may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Ryan Barnett runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Owen Eames is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Wrexham
Josh Windass was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Wrexham training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Noah Sadiki is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Wrexham
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Guilherme Costa will join Wrexham for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Guilherme Costa has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Wrexham have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Nathan Bailey joins the Wrexham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Bailey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Matthew Thompson joins the Wrexham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthew Thompson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jack Reid joins the Wrexham first team
- Market Nicholas Phillips steps up from the Wrexham academy
- Match Nathan Broadhead the difference as Wrexham beat Bradford City