Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac’s stance on Phil Parkinson’s Wrexham future is revealed, ‘I am told…’

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Wrexham have lost their opening two games of the 2025 Championship season. Soon enough, the spotlight may turn towards manager Phil Parkinson.

Phil Parkinson has done wonders for Wrexham as a football club and as a city. He, along with the help of owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, and all the players over the last few years, have got Wrexham into an unthinkable position after three straight promotions to the Championship.

And whilst there’s still time for Wrexham to sign some new players and get this new-look side really gelling, it has been a slow start to the season for the Dragons. On the opening day, Wrexham lost 2-1 against Southampton, before then losing 3-2 against West Brom at the Racecourse last weekend.

Next up, Wrexham play Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship. It’s what feels like an early must-win game for the Dragons against the Sheffield Wednesday side in complete turmoil off the pitch, and a side who have lost several of their best players this summer.

Another defeat at the weekend could really get some alarm bells ringing among fans, but behind the scenes, perhaps not so much.

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Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac confident in Phil Parkinson

Speaking to Wrexham Insider, journalist Graham Bailey has revealed exactly how owners Reynolds and Mac feel about Parkinson’s future at the club. Despite a poor start to the season, there remains a lot of confidence behind the scenes that Wrexham remain on the right path under Parkinson and that, given time, this new set of Wrexham players will quickly come together to get the club underway in the Championship.

Right now, there is no talk of replacing Parkinson. However, Bailey adds that if the Dragons are still struggling come Christmas time, then there may well have to be some conversations had.

Bailey said: “Phil Parkinson is a Wrexham legend, when he leaves the Racecourse he will be due a statue, no doubt about it. But the Parkinson era is not finished yet – am told the club as a whole are frustrated. Parkinson knows the pressure is on.

“Parkinson has turned the Wrexham job into one that would be the most desirable outside the Premier League, he has created the pressure himself and I am told he is embracing it. Wrexham as a club are fully behind him, they are focused on staying in the Championship this season – let’s get it right that was always their target this year.

“As it stands there is no talk about replacing Parkinson, if they continue to struggle then this might be a different conversation come Christmas but they have had a big turnover of players and are happy with the path they are on.”

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Phil Parkinson’s record as Wrexham manager

Despite having had several prolonged stints as a manager in his career, Parkinson’s time with Wrexham are certainly what he’s best known for. Although Bradford City was the club he had the most games in charge of, overseeing 274 and winning 101, Wrexham though is the team where he’s had the best win percentage and by a long way too.

Of his 224 games in charge, Parkinson has won 136 of them, making for a 60.71 win percentage. And in his career as a manager, Parkinson has had Football League promotions with all of Colchester United, Bolton, and Bradford City, though with Wrexham he’s now had three.

Expect the fans and the owners to give Parkinson plenty of time to get Wrexham going in the Championship, and given how well he’s done so far and the quality of players he’s managed to sign this summer, there’s every reason to believe that Wrexham’s fortunes will quickly turn around in the second tier.