27 Facts About AFC Wrexham

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AFC Wrexham have been out of the Football League ever since, and have had five unsuccessful play-off campaigns in the fifth tier.

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AFC Wrexham's honours include winning the Welsh Cup a record 23 times, the Football League Trophy in 2005 at the Millennium Stadium and the FA Trophy in 2013 at Wembley Stadium.

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AFC Wrexham were eligible for the European Cup Winners' Cup due to winning the Welsh Cup; their first European tie was against FC Zurich of Switzerland in 1972 and their last was played in Romania against Petrolul Ploiesti in 1995.

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4.

AFC Wrexham finished the season second from bottom in eighth place in the first season.

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5.

AFC Wrexham won the Welsh League both years that they were in it, but they then decided to return to the Combination League in 1896, as despite the reduced support they received, the savings made on their travelling expenses outweighed the reduction in gate revenue.

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6.

AFC Wrexham finished sixth in their first season in this league.

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7.

In 1921 AFC Wrexham were elected to the newly formed Third Division North of the Football League.

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8.

AFC Wrexham went on to score 201 League and Cup goals for the club during his time at the Racecourse.

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9.

Two years after their promotion, AFC Wrexham were relegated to the Fourth Division again, and in 1966 they finished rock-bottom at 92nd in the Football League after an extremely disappointing season.

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10.

Also that season AFC Wrexham just missed out on the promotion spots, finishing in 4th place at the end of the season.

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11.

AFC Wrexham were again relegated to the Fourth Division after plummeting from apparent mid-table security.

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12.

The club's slide continued into the following season, and only goal difference prevented AFC Wrexham from being forced to apply for re-election to the League.

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13.

AFC Wrexham was replaced, initially on a temporary basis, by Brian Flynn, but his appointment was made permanent a month later.

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14.

AFC Wrexham's season came to a head on 27 April 1993 when with two games left they travelled to Northampton Town requiring a win to gain promotion to the next tier of the English football.

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AFC Wrexham became the first League club to suffer a ten-point deduction under the new rule for being placed in administration, dropping them from the middle of the League One table to the relegation zone after the point deduction, and subsequently condemned AFC Wrexham to relegation.

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16.

AFC Wrexham finished 19th in League Two with 51 points after an impressive late run of form which saw them win 4 out of their last 5 games, which included defeating local rivals Shrewsbury in the last derby match at Gay Meadow.

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17.

AFC Wrexham went six matches unbeaten before some poor form which saw defeats against some fellow strugglers.

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However a run of poor results followed, with AFC Wrexham being left in the mid-table battle, only four points above the relegation zone and only keeping two clean sheets all season.

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AFC Wrexham earned themselves places in both the FA Trophy final and the Conference Premier play-off Final, their first two appearances at Wembley Stadium in the club's 150-year history to date, and within five weeks of one another.

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20.

Welcome to AFC Wrexham debuted on 24 August 2022 on FX and Hulu in the USA, followed by a release on Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland the next day.

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21.

In June 2022 Wrexham AFC purchased the Racecourse Ground freehold from the university and are planning renovations to the stadium.

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22.

AFC Wrexham did however retain the use of Colliers Park for Youth and Reserve fixtures.

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23.

AFC Wrexham are currently occasionally training at their former site, Colliers Park.

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24.

Famous AFC Wrexham fans include Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, former Royal butler Paul Burrell, actor and television presenter Tim Vincent, actor Llyr Ifans, actor and Comedian Ted Robbins, Sweet guitarist Andy Scott, Lloyd Roberts of rock band Neck Deep, 2012 Olympian weightlifter Gareth Evans, Sky Sports reporter Bryn Law, Rugby World Cup Referee Nigel Owens and former footballers Neil Roberts, Robbie Savage and Mark Hughes.

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25.

AFC Wrexham has a fierce rivalry with Chester, the clubs are just 10 miles apart, but are Welsh and English respectively.

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26.

AFC Wrexham have a fierce rivalries with Shrewsbury Town, Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County due to geographical proximity.

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27.

AFC Wrexham has a hooligan gang of supporters that go by the name of "AFC Wrexham Front Line" and have been involved in major disorder around Britain since the early 1980s.

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