The Wrexham Courier
Squad2 Apr 2029
The knee: Ben Sheaf out for 36 days
36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Wrexham lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Wrexham
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market2 Apr 2029
Wrexham promote Benjamin Foster from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Foster has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market2 Apr 2029
One of our own: Jacob Murphy joins the Wrexham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob Murphy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Apr 2029
One of our own: Harry Pearson joins the Wrexham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harry Pearson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Apr 2029
Liam White steps up from the Wrexham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam White has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout2 Apr 2029
Daniel Kanu knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Daniel Kanu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout2 Apr 2029
When it matters, Josh Windass plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Michał Helik wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Wrexham will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.