It’s been a gruelling week for Wrexham, and a rare Friday match means we’ll have played three games in seven days when the final whistle blows at Moss Lane. Phil Parkinson will surely take the impact on such a hectic sequence of games into consideration when selecting his team.
Fortunately for him, the squad depth he worked hard to develop in the last six months is bearing fruit. James Jones and Sam Dalby transformed the Bromley game from the bench, with Jones scoring the winner and Dalby following up his star turn at Coventry with another impressive display.
Wrexham enjoyed an impressive victory when the sides met earlier in the season, running out 4-0 winners. However, their results have picked up considerably since that clash at the end of October.
Altrincham lie in 13th place in the National League table, five points off the play-off places. Their solid league position has its foundations in an impressive home record: only two sides outside the play-offs have won more home games than them.
The Robins haven’t played since New Year’s Day, having been frustrated by last Saturday’s postponement of their scheduled home clash with Bromley.
The enforced lay-off is a real frustration to the club, as their form was excellent in the last six weeks of 2022. An eight-game unbeaten run ended in impressive festive performances against Halifax Town, with a home victory being followed up by a 2-2 draw at The Shay.
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The defeat was the most recent visit. That came in December 2009, although the FA Trophy tie initially paired us at The Racecourse. However, a drab goalless draw in front of just over a thousand fans sent the tie to a replay at Moss Lane.
That match was equally grim, and the freezing weather contributed to a remarkably small crowd. Just 407 fans, the fewest to attend a game between the sides, turned up to see another dull affair decided by a second half Greg Young header as we crashed out of the competition at the first hurdle.
Perhaps through novelty as much as anything else, we attracted more fans to Altrincham in November 2008 for our first match in the short-lived Setanta Shield, but not many! A crowd of 537 saw Marc Williams give us the lead, but a second half equaliser took the game into extra time. It nip and tuck until Jefferson Louis struck to earn victory.
