Not since 1982 has played Wrexham on the second level of English football, but the promotion is temptingly within the reach of the oldest Club of Wales, since the season of the League one enters its completion. With two games to go, the equation is simple for the Phil Parkinson team, who on Easter Monday received an almighty help from Charlton Athletic. With Wycombe Wanderers, points had fallen, if the Red Dragons win their remaining two games, they will jump to the second level.
The promotion career revolved significantly, perhaps decisively, in its direction in the 44th Round of games. Far Blackpool, Wrexham did the job nervously. James McClean and Oll Rathbone attacked just after the hour, but a late goal by Rob Apter prepared the stage for a nervous outcome if he successful in Bloomfield Road. Meanwhile, in southern London, Charlton was doing all kinds of good to the cause of Wrexham, sending Wycombe crashing out of the second with a 4-0 victory in the valley.
However, that may not be the end of the story. That victory kept alive Charlton’s hopes for automatic promotion. Next for addictions? A trip to the land of the already Wrexham racecourse, who would know by then if they have any favor of Leyton Orient, who receives Wycombe in early April 26. The finish line is in sight for the men of Wales, but can they endure?
Automatic promotion race of the League one
|
1 |
Birmingham |
42 |
30 |
9 |
3 |
45 |
99 |
|
2 |
Wrexham |
44 |
25 |
11 |
8 |
28 |
86 |
|
3 |
Wycombe |
44 |
24 |
12 |
8 |
28 |
84 |
|
4 |
Charlton |
44 |
24 |
10 |
10 |
25 |
82 |
|
5 |
Stockport |
44 |
23 |
12 |
9 |
27 |
81 |
|
6 |
Orient Leyton |
44 |
22 |
6 |
16 |
20 |
72 |
The parts that end first and second will automatically be promoted to the championship with equipment occupied by third to sixth entry to the playoffs, a two -legged semifinal followed by the final in Wembley on May 25.
Wrexham’s remaining accessories
- April 26: Charlton (H)
- May 3: Lincoln (a)
Has a team increased as fast as Wrexham could do?
If Wrexham contains Wycombe and the rest of the contestants, three promotions would do so in so many seasons. In 2022-23, they returned to the English Soccer League after an absence of 15 years, immediately after that comfortably achieving the promotion of League two in second place.
Several other teams in English football have increased through three layers of the pyramid in consecutive years, in fact, Truro City and Shaw Lane rose four times in a row, but no one has increased so fast through the highest levels of the English pyramid. FC United of Manchester, for example, rose three levels after its foundation for the supportive challenges of Manchester United in June 2005, but in doing so it reached the Premier Division of the Premier League of the North, level seven in the pyramid.
For Wrexham, the opposition has been of greater degree, since they pursue the second level. The 2022-23 National League was largely, if not, composed of professional clubs. Each team of leagues two and one is completely professional. Of course, it should be taken into account that Wrexham, owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney, has had the financial muscle to be imposed at all levels of competition in which they have been so far. That leads to the main question that will come with any possible promotion.
Could Wrexham survive in the championship?
Park for a moment the perspective that this team goes up another level and reaches the Premier League. Consecutive promotions of the League one have been made to the highest category, in fact, Ipswich Town did it last season, but the teams that manage it tend to be some of the great beasts of the English game. Wrexham could have developed an avid base of global fans since its acquisition, but the championship is a expensive league to be.
In League Dos, Wrexham had a salary bill of more than $ 14 million a year, a figure that will certainly have increased with the recruitment of former Premier League players such as Jay Rodríguez and Matty James. Even counting an increase in salaries, a rich team promoted could still find a third of what the richest clubs of the championship pay. The director of Wrexham, Humperrey Ker, has even talked about the salary spending that he needs to quadruply to continue after the promotion.
This investment could be even more necessary because Wrexham’s underlying numbers do not yell that this is a team ready to face people like Southampton and Leicester. Parkinson’s men have converted 48.1 expected goals (XG) into 56 goals scored and have faced shots worth 42.4 xg, granting 32 goals. They could sit second at the table of League one, but classify clubs for the XG non -criminal difference and Wrexham are ninth.
That is not something that is fine for Wrexham’s ability to ensure promotion in its remaining six games, much less survive in the championship if they get there. On the other hand, the story of this club since 2020 has been a club willing to reach the moment if it is pushed. If they really leave the League one, wait for the wealth that comes in the championship is reversed to keep Wrexham there.
