Holywell & District Reds (Wrexham FC Supporters Group)

09/02/2019

OK, it's getting a bit tiresome saying this but a new era starts! Get behind Yosser & the boys & roar the reds to promotion! UTST

22/10/2018

So now we know who we'll play if we beat Harrogate in the FA cup replay. Western Super Mare away. I'd have preferred Western decidedly average Mare but beggars can't be choosers! UTST

11/07/2018

Match day in Portugal! The only game worth watching today! Come on you reds!

18/06/2018

30/04/2018

Wrexham 0-0 AFC Fylde

An ever-familiar end to a season means another campaign in the National League.

While Wrexham notched their 19th stalemate of the season, Saturday’s opponents clinched a place in the play-offs – it’s hard not to be envious.

As Wrexham began in the fifth tier all them years ago, the name AFC Fylde had only just been born having been previously known as Kirkham and Wesham Football Club. Indeed, the side has only been in existence for 30 years, yet they find themselves within reach of the promised land - the football league.

Meanwhile, at the Racecourse, there are big decisions to be made.

There is unrest amongst the faithful, and rightly so. From being in a solid top seven position, we have slipped to a tenth-place finish. An eleventh campaign outside the top four divisions beckons and while a side such as Accrington Stanley, with their 1,978-average crowd, clinch the League Two title, we have simply stagnated.

There is little doubt that this current side is better than last season’s, however this campaign can only be seen as a failure. Dean Keates leaving did not help, but to fall as quickly and painfully as we have is totally unacceptable.

Whoever comes in as manager will know they have a big task on their hands. His first job will be to decide who to offer a new contract to – who has the quality, desire and heart to get this club promoted – the past few weeks may be a help in letting the new man at the helm decide.

What is of some consolation is knowing there isn’t the need for wholesale changes, as in previous seasons, and there have been players who deserve credit for their performances namely Shaun Pearson and Sam Wedgebury.

But knowing this season was the one where we had a real opportunity to challenge for promotion only to tumble quickly from contention is hard to take.

We will do, however, what we supporters have done for the past decade. We will go away, enjoy our break and come back with renewed hope that the new campaign really is the season when we get promoted.

Shaun.

29/04/2018

Maybe he saw my tweet and applied 👀👀

23/04/2018

Leyton Orient 1-0 Wrexham

That’s it then. Defeat on Saturday at Leyton Orient leaves us needing snookers even Ronnie O’Sullivan would scratch his head at. It’s fair to say, Wrexham have made a complete mess of this season.

After falling out of the play-off places on Tuesday, for the first time since September, the chances of securing a top seven place are now near non-existent. Too many ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ mean it’s almost inevitable we’ll be in the fifth tier for an eleventh campaign.

Wrexham’s downfall since Dean Keates left for Walsall is nothing short of embarrassing. When we needed the players to stand up and be counted, they’ve simply failed and shown they haven’t been capable of completing the task when they were left in a comfortable position. It’s not good enough.

Averaging a crowd of more than 4,600 does not give us the right to win the league, but it should mean we are competing at the very top of the division come the end of the season. There were more Wrexham supporters at Brisbane Road at the weekend, than Boreham Wood usually get at home. Boreham Wood are above us.

This was the season where we could have made real progress in our fight to get out of the league, yet we’ve stagnated and there is a real feeling we’re back to square one.

The board have a huge task on their hands in finding the next manager and they must get it right. It’s still an attractive job. We can boast a big fanbase, an excellent set-up and a competitive playing budget which I suspect and hope would be boosted with the funds from the build the budget and sell-on fees from former players.

With the season seemingly finished, all we can do now is hope the right man is brought in at the helm and builds a squad that will thrive on the pressure to succeed.

Shaun.

17/04/2018

Accrington Stanley with average attendance of 1,789 have just been promoted to League One. We have an average gate of 4,681 and have just slipped out of the play-off places in the fifth tier.

Bloody football. Still haven't got over losing 5-0 there 11 and a half years ago either...

Shaun.

17/04/2018

Goals for....goals against....😩

17/04/2018

Wrexham 1-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

This really isn’t going to plan. Having been in a play-off position for the vast majority of the season, we are now in real danger of missing out altogether.

As much as we huffed and puffed in the second half of Saturday’s defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge, it just wasn’t to be and epitomises the way our season is heading.

Our opponents had nothing to play for coming into the game, whereas the pressure has been mounting on the Wrexham players following a poor period in the aftermath of Dean Keates’ departure.

Had Scott Quigley’s header crossed the line, we might be in a different frame of mind, but it didn’t and the Daggers snatched all three points.

The optimism of a month ago has now been replaced with concern, despair and an ever cautious look over our shoulder.

Keates leaving was always going to have an impact. The timing was atrocious and we were on a good unbeaten run albeit with too many draws, but I don’t think anybody thought it would hit us as hard as it has. Based on the last five games, we sit a miserable 23rd in the form table, not what you need heading into the real business part of the campaign.

Having seen a potential title challenge diminish to worthy winners elect Macclesfield, we now have to rely on other results to simply make the play-offs. We could still do it, of course, but watching the players on Saturday, the wind seems to have disappeared from their sails.

The manager and players say the right things, but the time for words has now gone and only two victories will keep us challenging, and even then, it might not be enough. Stand up, be counted, secure the final six points on offer and hope results, starting tonight, go our way.

Shaun (as optimistic as I can be).

12/04/2018

Ok everybody peeps, there has been quite a bit of interest in the Portugal trip this year. We need to get numbers asap. If you're looking at going let me know with the next few days please. Paul

30/03/2018

Yet another draw 🙄 might have been a dodgy penalty decision for their goal, but against 10 men for 47 minutes, we should really be winning and winning well! Macclesfield snatched three points in the very last minute of their game at Woking, pains me to say it, but that's what champions do!

Frightening fact is we've dropped 21 points from winning positions this season!

Shaun.