A DIFFERENT day but same old story for Wrexham.
Read MATCH REPORT: Notts County 2, Wrexham 1 at Evening Leader
Archive for October, 2007
Wrexham returned to league and cup action this week with defeats against MK Dons and Rochdale respectively. On a positive note, Craig Morgan celebrated his call up to the Welsh squad with a return on loan to the club that launched his career. However, Smith’s small squad was dealt a further blow with news that Neil Roberts needs an operation on his troublesome ankle.
Craig returns to strengthen Wrexham’s defence which has been weakened by the loss of Denis Lawrence and injuries to key players. The retirement of Brian Carey has also been significant in that he brought so much experience to the team. Brian has remained at the club in a coaching capacity and has a big influence on the excellent young players coming through.
Big Brian joined Wrexham in 1991 on loan from Manchester United and immediately made a big impression. He later joined Leicester City after failing to breakthrough into a world class United team, before joining Wrexham permanently in a £100,000 deal in 1996. His signing was pivotal to the team that Brian Flynn built in the 1990’s and was key to much of the FA Cup and league success.
Read Big Brian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at Wrexham FC Supporters Association
Wrexham’s players had a good rest last weekend when the Bury match was postponed due to international call-ups. The rest gave Neil Roberts and Darren Ferguson extra time to recover from injuries, while Chris Llewelyn, Mark Jones, Ryan Valentine and Mike Ingham joined up with the Wales and Northern Ireland squads.
Wrexham’s Welsh contingent trained with Team Wales for the Slovakia match, but did not make the final squad, which was not a bad thing considering the final score! However, they can all feel proud to have made the squad and take confidence in the fact that Toshack and his management team are watching the young Dragons.
One former Wrexham legend now playing a key role in the Welsh set-up is Brian Flynn. Our former manager and midfielder was instrumental in the development of Colliers Park training ground and for unearthing players such as Brian Hughes, Gareth Owen and David Brammer. Flynn is now playing a key role in developing the young Welsh stars of the future for John Toshack.
Read Wrexham players on international duty at Wrexham FC Supporters Association
Featuring Brian Carey and Neil Taylor.
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Featuring Brian Carey.
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