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Do the Maths

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I’ve seen the future and it’s pure maths! There’s a clear mathematical progression to Wrexham’s managerial appointments, and following it allows us to work out just who will be appointed in the future!

Just take a look at our last five managers:

Brian Flynn
Denis Smith
Brian Carey
Brian Little
Dean Saunders

So it’s Brian, DS, Brian, Brian, DS. Logically then, the pattern will continue like this:

Brian
DS
Brian
Brian
DS
Brian
Brian
Brian
DS

So I can exclusively reveal that our next four…

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Holland hopeful over young Livermore

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Crewe coach Steve Holland continues to monitor the progress of Jake Livermore and hopes to bring the Tottenham midfielder back on loan.Livermore signed a six-month loan deal with Crewe in the summer but suffered a broken leg in the club’s pre-season friendly at Wrexham.

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Little Happy With Progress

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Wrexham boss Brian Little has declared himself happy with the clubs progress during the first part of pre-season, but says there is still more to come.

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Highs and Lows - Wrexham’s progress from 1973 - 2008

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A look at the last 25 years at the Racecourse Ground

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Four in Four

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Mark Griffiths
on March 16, 2008
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Can Michael Proctor save us? Hopefully his scoring form can continue-the last Wrexham player to score in four consecutive games for us was Mark Jones at the start of last season. The constant impression Proctor gves is that he’s something of a mercurial player. In and out of games and, as the season progresses, in and out of form. However, there’s always a sense that he’ll turn up with something-he’s perhaps the one player we have who is likely to come up with the unexpected, the decisive.
The…

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Unbeaten Dragons languish at the bottom

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on February 24, 2008
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Wrexham 0-0 Grimsby Town. IT says much of Wrexham’s progress since the turn of the year that yesterday’s bore draw can be considered a missed opportunity in their desperate fight for survival.

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Resolution K

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on May 31, 2007
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Resolution K: Members of the society call upon the board of the WST to appoint a negotiating team of professionals to handle all negotiations with the owners of the football club relating to the purchase of the club.

When companies buy and sell parts of their business they generally appoint a team of people to handle the detail. Lawyers, Accountants business experts and so on.

These people then report back to the board with a set of recommendations.

We see no reason why the WST should be any different in this regard.

There are people within the membership who are willing to help if called upon and the Board of the WST should use them.

At the moment the WST approach to meetings with the Club is not businesslike. Meetings are called at very short notice and without an agenda. As a result Board members attend, in contravention of their own Board Members Policy, without a mandate to agree anything with the club.

The attendees will be whoever is available to go on the day and as a result there is a lack of continuity and progress.

In the past this has lead to problems for the Board in its relationship with the club and we believe this has hampered progress.

We would like to see a small group of people working with the club on behalf of, and reporting to, the board of the Trust on set agendas and with a clear mandate.

Buying a football club is a complex business and it is vital that the Trust is represented by the best people possible.

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Resolution J

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Resolution J:Members of the society believe that retaining the Racecourse as a 15,000 capacity International Standard Stadium is a priority for the club and the town of Wrexham and call on the Wrexham Maelor Borough Council to ensure that this becomes a reality by ensuring that funding is in place to build the new Kop stand prior to granting detailed planning permission for the development behind the Kop.

Outline planning consent was granted for the development last May and the clauses relating to the granting of detailed consent were made at that time.

At the WST members meeting on August 14th 2006 Mr Dickens stated that the new Kop would have a capacity of 15500.

Vision 2012 was launched on December 1rst 2006 and that gave indicative drawings of the new Kop.

The then, Culture Minister, Alun Pugh, made encouraging noises about the new stand and in meetings with the WST board made clear his support for the project.

At the WST members meeting on April 30th Chairman Bruce Clapton stated.
The proposed 5,000 seat stand would only be built if funding from The Football Foundation and The Welsh Assembly was forthcoming, the projected cost of build would be £3m to 4m. If the grant money was not provided, a smaller 2,000 seat stand would be built. Bruce said that he did not wish to see the capacity of The Racecourse reduced, but we had to be realistic here and keep pushing for grant assistance.
We think it worrying that there is already a proposal to downsize the new Kop BEFORE any grant funding has even been applied for.
There has been no progress with obtaining funding for the new Kop since the Vision 2012 document was launched in 2006.
No plans have been revealed, no funding applications have been made and the message that is now being forwarded is that we have to be “practical” and lower our expectations. This is astonishing given that the funding process has yet to start.

When detailed planning consent is granted for the development the developers will pay the club £3.6m.The club will then pay off the loans secured on the ground and in effect become debt free.

The value of the land that the club retains would be in excess of £9m and unless the council ensure that funding is in place before granting planning permission then the owners of the football club would be under no obligation to provide a new stand on the Kop.

In fact it may not be in their financial interest to build a new stand because of the various strings that can be attached to grants of public money.

The WST needs to be pro active in supporting the clubs future prospects. Work needs to be done on raising funding for the new Kop so that we are not left with a three sided ground for years.

The Council are handling the business plan for assembly funding on behalf of the club and have offered the WST a role in this. This offer has not yet been taken up but we feel it is crucial that the WST is involved in all aspects of this project.

Obviously the WST cannot force this issue with either the club or the council but collectively we do have a voice and we need to state publicly what we expect.

The council is in a unique position to influence the future of the club and should use that influence to ensure that their, and our, publicly stated aspirations are met in full.

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