Sam Smith

Striker - Wrexham
22 Feb 2027
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Marked for Sam Smith

29 Edition

The Wrexham Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings15 Feb 2027

Up for the corner, and James Garner delivers — 7.90

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. James Garner scored, was marked 7.90, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Market15 Feb 2027

Joe Worrall is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Wrexham is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Tempers go at Wrexham

Callum Doyle 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.

Match13 Feb 2027

James Garner the difference as Wrexham beat Charlton Athletic

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: James Garner. 2‑0 against Charlton Athletic, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Match9 Feb 2027

A bad afternoon for Wrexham against Derby County

0‑1 to Derby County, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Loan watch15 Feb 2027

Ryan Hardie keeps scoring at Bolton Wanderers

31 appearances away from home and 13 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Charlie Savage is a square peg at Wrexham

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

The manager makes an example of Max Cleworth

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad15 Feb 2027

5 new faces, and Wrexham are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Jacques Ekomié knocks on the manager's door
  • The dugout The team sheet said everything about Sam Smith
Back issues
28 Edition

The Wrexham Courier

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 Feb 2027

Anthony Patterson stands alone

10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings8 Feb 2027

Up for the corner, and Neco Williams delivers — 7.57

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Neco Williams scored, was marked 7.57, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad8 Feb 2027

James Garner in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wrexham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets8 Feb 2027

Rayan Kolli stays at Queens Park Rangers as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Wrexham will try again when the window opens; Queens Park Rangers may not be selling by then.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Another clean sheet for Anthony Patterson

13 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Anthony Patterson has given nobody the chance.

The dugout8 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Callum Doyle

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Callum Doyle, and the manager let it.

Match6 Feb 2027

Wrexham come up short against Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Sam Smith signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sam Smith and Wrexham agree another 3 years.

Match2 Feb 2027

Wrexham refuse to lose to Middlesbrough

A point taken on 87 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

In brief

  • Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Ryan Hardie’s exile
  • Loan watch Seb Revan counts the days
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
26 Edition

The Wrexham Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market25 Jan 2027

James Garner is a Wrexham player

The fee is $30.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Everton drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market25 Jan 2027

Ben Sheaf agrees terms with Bournemouth

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Wrexham people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market25 Jan 2027

Business is business: Liberato Cacace goes

Tottenham paid $11.5M and Wrexham took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Market25 Jan 2027

Business is business: Bailey Cadamarteri goes

Wolverhampton paid $10.9M and Wrexham took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

Up for the corner, and Callum Doyle delivers — 7.69

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Callum Doyle scored, was marked 7.69, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Wrexham

Jacques Ekomié and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces25 Jan 2027

$30.3M for James Garner, and Wrexham supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: James Garner from Everton for $30.3M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Transfer targets25 Jan 2027

Wrexham rebuffed over Kyreece Lisbie

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Colchester United have kept their man, and Wrexham go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match23 Jan 2027

Wrexham get the job done against Portsmouth

A 2‑1 win over Portsmouth, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

In brief