Wrexham continue to push towards the Championship, but the job certainly isn’t done after Wycombe Wanderers beat Huddersfield Town.
Phil Parkinson heads into the final five games of the season with Wrexham now entering a straight shootout for second place.
Wycombe Wanderers beat Huddersfield Town on Tuesday night to cut Wrexham’s lead in second place to three points.
Both teams now have just five games to go, and the final sprint is beginning this weekend as Wrexham prepare to face Wigan Athletic.
Wrexham fans are loving the rise under Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, but we are all too aware that not everybody feels that way.
Danny Murphy on Wrexham
Wrexham have posted record turnover under McElhenney and Reynolds, but the Hollywood hype isn’t to everybody’s taste.
That has put a target on Wrexham’s back, but sitting second in the League One table with five games to play just shows how well Parkinson and the Wrexham squad have coped with the scrutiny.
Former England international Danny Murphy has now commented on Wrexham’s rise – and shared why he actually loves the progress being made at the STōK Cae Ras.
Murphy hails from Chester, meaning the ex-Liverpool ace admits he is ‘supposed to hate’ Wrexham, given the fierce rivalry with his hometown club.
However, Murphy has familial ties to Wrexham and even started his career in the Wrexham youth ranks before heading to Crewe Alexandra.
That means Murphy loves seeing Wrexham do well and believes the club’s rise is a great story, even if some aren’t fans of the McElhenney and Reynolds effect.
“It’s great having stories like this, whether you love or loathe the model and how they’ve done it, it’s still a great story for us watching from afar and for me personally because I’ve got an affinity with Wrexham,” said Murphy, whilst speaking to TalkSPORT.
“You’re brought up, you’re supposed to hate them, from Chester, but my dad lived there for 20 years before he passed, and I was a kid at Wrexham as well, so I quite like seeing them do well,” he added.
Danny Murphy reminisces about Wrexham days
Murphy became a young star at Crewe before going on to play for Liverpool, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers.
The former England midfielder is certainly held up as an example of Crewe’s famed youth development, but Murphy has fond memories of his time at Wrexham.
After admitting that he was a Wrexham mascot during Joey Jones’ time at the club, Murphy spoke about training in the car park outside the STōK Cae Ras.
“We used to actually train, I think I was 12 in the Wrexham Under-13’s, we used to train on the car park, because of the lights; we had no facilities, in the winter, on the car park behind the stand,” said Murphy.
Murphy hit great heights in his career but clearly still thinks fondly of his time at Wrexham – and is putting his Chester connections to one side to support Wrexham’s promotion push from afar.