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Post by lostinspace on Nov 16, 2020 20:11:16 GMT
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irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Nov 21, 2020 14:55:26 GMT
On the face of it this looks like something destined to end in tears but if you were Wrexham it's definitely worth the punt given the terminal decline they've been in over the years.
Excluding the eye catching glamour aspect of the Hollywood connections it's not quite as ridiculous an idea as it might look. While it's true that Wrexham is a small post-industrial town in decline with very little going for it and a club that has struggled for years, North Wales itself as a whole is genuinely a large potential catchment. Granted that most of the football fans there support the North West giants but Wrexham is the only professional sports team in a large area with nearly a million people living in it. If you could tap into the idea of being 'North Wales' team and create a kind of identity to unify around it's not completely ridiculous to think that there's some untapped potential there.
It's a concept that's a bit alien to English football where the loyalties are based pretty much exclusively on Cities and Towns but there are many examples in Europe (particularly Italy - Atalanta being the best probably) of sides who embody the identity of a rural region. So it is potentially interesting.
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Rex
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Post by Rex on Nov 22, 2020 9:03:46 GMT
I stayed in Wrexham on Thursday night, whether or not it was just because I was aware of the recent news, but I couldn't help noticing that there were an awful lot of people wearing Wrexham tee shirts etc around town. Good to see.
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Post by lostinspace on May 31, 2021 8:09:24 GMT
Restart for Wrexham after failing to make the play off, 14 years in the wilderness!! Looking for a new manager
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Post by mangogas15 on May 31, 2021 11:48:27 GMT
Restart for Wrexham after failing to make the play off, 14 years in the wilderness!! Looking for a new manager It's overdue them being back. The league doesn't need every team but Wrexham is one it does need. Especially when Newput found a way back. |
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Post by warehamgas on May 31, 2021 18:45:06 GMT
Keates fails to get a play off place and 24 hours later he’s gone. I suspect these Americans are very smiley but also quite ruthless. Should be plenty of candidates for the job, as far as non league goes it will be very attractive I’d have thought.
UTG!
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Aug 5, 2021 16:48:06 GMT
Have moved to Devon from a village in Staffordshire called Eccleshall.They play in the NW Counties league and the fixtures this season include Macclesfield and the Isle of Man I see.Amazing that the only team who had a worse ground than us are still in existence and seems the Isle of Man have a wealthy benefactor behind them.Football,like Wrexham will find can change very quickly.
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