Wrexham vs Boreham Wood

[Dewi1jack]

Tell them if they enjoyed Welcome to Wrexham then they should love Jack to a King...

They may love it enough to buy the club...

Again

 

[Longlostjack]

A lot being made of Wrexham getting promoted but Newport getting back to the league after actual extinction and exile is a far bigger story / fairytale

That was a brilliant story. Wrexham have the heritage but as far as fairy tales go the Exiles were as worthy of a Netflix series.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

That was a brilliant story. Wrexham have the heritage but as far as fairy tales go the Exiles were as worthy of a Netflix series.

They're old, no doubt about that, but so are Cefn Druids. They didn't join the football league until the mid 1920s, in fact, Newport were founder members (along with ourselves and Merthyr) of the third division while Wrexham were still playing in the Birmingham and District league.

So Wrexham have a long (unsuccessful) history, but their 'heritage' I think is overblown aside from a few forays in the Cup Winners Cup which Newport also had.

The Racecourse Ground itself granted has huge cultural and historical significance but for international purposes.

 

[Solihullswans]

It's a shame we can't have the same passion for being welsh as wrexham i'd love to belt out yma o hyd on an away trip but we can't cos all the union jack flag shaggers will cry

 

[Swanjaxs]

I’ve been to Wrexham away to watch us 6 times.
Every time their fans were c^nts.
They can go f*ck emselves.
I hope they go straight back down.

This! Although I don't give a fùck if they stay up, go up or go down next season, every time I've been to Wrexham with the Swans thier fans have been right up for it, they hate the South Walians just as much as everyone else outside of thier pokey little shithole of a town.
Bunch of inbreds imho...

Billy Joel is fùckin shyt too :lol:

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

It's a shame we can't have the same passion for being welsh as wrexham i'd love to belt out yma o hyd on an away trip but we can't cos all the union jack flag shaggers will cry

This is purely anecdotal but I have a feeling from talking to wrexham fans at wales games and experience that there's a fair differentiation between the town itself and the fanbase.

They seem to draw a lot of support from further West in the more Cymraeg centric areas while the town is fairly anglicised, brexity, tory border overspill of people priced out of Manchester/Liverpool/Cheshire. They percentage of Welsh speakers from the last census for example (not by any means a concrete indicator) is low - about 12%.

But I agree with the crux of your point, besides personal pride that could come with us playing up our welshness, there's no doubt it has opened commercial opportunities and adds a mystique for them around the world.

 

[SgorioFruit]

Da iawn Wrecsam

Llongyfarchiadau

Fe godwn ni eto

SgorioFruit out!!!!

 

[Arthurmorgan]

Good luck to um, let’s face it the national league is extremely unfashionable to a vast majority, if you go on the sky football app your fingers will tire looking for the table!
They’ve languished in that division for way too long, and similar to our rises have hit a jackpot no fans would turn down.
We all bemoan Man City etc for their ownership, I think the two that have steered Wrexham and put them on a Hollywood stardom route, should be praised highly, the passion they’ve shown and how they’ve run the club has been outstanding, will it last? Only time can tell.
But, the here and now, they have been pushed and publicised by a dream team of marketing.
I’m not a fan of them, nor do I consider myself an enemy, in fact I hope we share a pitch again one day, be great to see, used to enjoy those matches in the basement personally.
Let um have a moment in time I say, there’s still plenty of hard work ahead.

 

[sainthelens]

Interesting to read on the Anus forum that they'll never be bigger than the cast of Fraggle Rock up the road. They are entertaining fair doos.

 

[Pegojack]

Good luck to um, let’s face it the national league is extremely unfashionable to a vast majority, if you go on the sky football app your fingers will tire looking for the table!
They’ve languished in that division for way too long, and similar to our rises have hit a jackpot no fans would turn down.
We all bemoan Man City etc for their ownership, I think the two that have steered Wrexham and put them on a Hollywood stardom route, should be praised highly, the passion they’ve shown and how they’ve run the club has been outstanding, will it last? Only time can tell.
But, the here and now, they have been pushed and publicised by a dream team of marketing.
I’m not a fan of them, nor do I consider myself an enemy, in fact I hope we share a pitch again one day, be great to see, used to enjoy those matches in the basement personally.
Let um have a moment in time I say, there’s still plenty of hard work ahead.

Good post. It's quite a contrast, isn't it, between the all out emotional engagement of Wrexham's American owners and ours, the clueless backstabbing moneymen who wouldn't know 'soccer' if it bit them on the arse, and who 99% of Swans fans can't wait to see the back of.

 

[Cooperman]

Interesting to read on the Anus forum that they'll never be bigger than the cast of Fraggle Rock up the road. They are entertaining fair doos.

Anus and the bois are now very fearful of becoming the third biggest team in Wales. They will be clinging on to 1927 with even tighter grip from now on.

 

[Arthurmorgan]

Good post. It's quite a contrast, isn't it, between the all out emotional engagement of Wrexham's American owners and ours, the clueless backstabbing moneymen who wouldn't know 'soccer' if it bit them on the arse, and who 99% of Swans fans can't wait to see the back of.

Reynolds is Canadian so maybe it’s him grounding it all
You’re absolutely right though, our conglomerates are merely there seemingly pulling all the money in and not really involved.
I know they’re not celebrities and probably have the personalities of finger nails, but, take a lead from Wrexham I think?
In the way they’ve connected with fans, obviously they’re not going to have that appeal as they’re not global stars, but our owners should be definitely be attempting to talk to us more, be more transparent, and be honest, and I think what you say about “soccer” is the spot on element, they’re pure business, which also has to have its place, we don’t want a badly driven circus, but we know very little to nothing about them, and the connection of club and fans doesn’t seem there at times, the only times you feel a big drive to unite is the promotional material when we play our wonderful friends up the road.

 

[jack_lord]

Reynolds is Canadian so maybe it’s him grounding it all
You’re absolutely right though, our conglomerates are merely there seemingly pulling all the money in and not really involved.
I know they’re not celebrities and probably have the personalities of finger nails, but, take a lead from Wrexham I think?
In the way they’ve connected with fans, obviously they’re not going to have that appeal as they’re not global stars, but our owners should be definitely be attempting to talk to us more, be more transparent, and be honest, and I think what you say about “soccer” is the spot on element, they’re pure business, which also has to have its place, we don’t want a badly driven circus, but we know very little to nothing about them, and the connection of club and fans doesn’t seem there at times, the only times you feel a big drive to unite is the promotional material when we play our wonderful friends up the road.

Mindy Kaling is worth $40 million - maybe she should get her PR team rolling.

 

[Arthurmorgan]

Mindy Kaling is worth $40 million - maybe she should get her PR team rolling.

Thanks for reminding me, I had pleasantly forgotten about her after that Velma nonsense
But aside that you’re right, she could get involved, I seriously had forgotten she was on board, and she could maybe push us a bit, probably another who just notices a small bump on her bank statements and maybe doesn’t care less unless she started losing money as a result.

 

[JackSomething]

Indeed, but I'm a football fan, not a celebrity fan

Clearly we're not all as cultured as you. :lol: