With My Little Pick and Shovel - A Cardiff City Story

AUGUST
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Last season was slightly disappointing, can we improve on it this time around?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-0 Newcastle United
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Lynch, Foster, Bloom, Walker, James (Smith 72), King, Martinez, Giles (Coveney 60)
A very tough start but a challenge we dealt with well as we experimented with a 4-4-1-1 rather than the 4-3-1-2 we used last season. We looked solid defensively and ok going forward, promising.

LEAGUE CUP FIRST ROUND
Bury 2-3 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick (Powell 74), Rogers, Lynch, Foster (Richards 74), Peters, L.Roberts, Smith, King, Buchta, Callaghan
A very experimental side fared pretty well with a few players making their debuts. I was very impressed by Lee Callaghan who bagged the Man of the Match award with a goal and an assist

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Huddersfield Town 3-0 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Foster, Richards, Bloom, Walker, James, King, Martinez, Giles (Coveney 66)
We battered Huddersfield but just couldn't score as we faced off against Ryan Roberts (Remember him?) who wants to add to his 3 Wales caps. 19 shots and 11 on target from us while they scored 3 of their 4 shots on target. Giles' penalty miss summed today up for us

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Wrexham 1-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
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Llewelyn, Fishwich, Rogers, Lynch, Foster, Bloom, Walker, James (Smith 62), King, Martinez (Robson 62), Giles (Osbourne 80)
That's better. A very tight game was decided by Mark Giles' towering header following a marvellous Jamie Fishwick cross, great stuff

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AFC Bournemouth 0-0 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Lynch, Foster, Bloom, Walker, James (Smith 62), King (Robson 45), Martinez (Osbourne 70), Giles
Another game against a club relegated from the Premier League last season, another creditable result. Get in lads

LEAGUE CUP SECOND ROUND
Rotherham United 5-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Lynch, Foster, Bloom, Walker, James, Robson, Martinez, Giles
Prefer the FA up anyway

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 2-1 Crystal Palace
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Lynch, Richards, Karakaya, Walker, James (Smith 72), Robson, Martinez (Buchta 59), Osbourne
Injuries forced us to field a 16 year old on one side and an attacking midfielder on the other, still won though

LEAGUE TABLE
In my infinite wisdom I... forgot to take a screenshot. Sorry. We're 7th.​
 
Anyone wondering where the Wales updates went - the next Euros are being hosted by Wales and Scotland and I don't really care about friendlies
 
SEPTEMBER
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A decent start last month, let's improve on that!

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Ipswich Town 1-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Lynch, Richards, King, Walker, James (Smith 62), Hughes, Martinez, Osbourne (Roberts 62)
A solid performance for which we probably deserved a win with Ipswich playing poorly and us pushing for goals. Nice to see Mark Hughes get off the mark so early in his Wrexham career

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Wrexham 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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Llewelyn, Fiswhick, Rogers, Foster, Richards, Bloom (King 78), Walker (Powell 58), James, Hughes, Martinez (Smith 70), Roberts
Wednesday have been flying this season and to get a draw from this game was very good and a pleasing result

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Exeter City 0-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Lynch, Richards, L.Roberts, James (Smith 70), King, Martinez (Robson 70), Hughes, Giles
We should have scored more (and I'm disappointed we didn't because Exeter are ****), but at least we won

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Wrexham 0-1 Fleetwood Town
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Foster, Lynch (Smith 64), Richards, Rogers, James, King, Martinez, Hughes, Giles
A really tight game here that was decided by one moment of magic. Simple as.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Luton Town 1-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Foster (L.Roberts 85), Lynch, Richards, Rogers, James (Smith 85), King, Martinez (Giles 67), Hughes, T.Roberts
A very good performance ended with a very good win despite us going 1-0 down early on. We responded well and turned the game around to grab a vital three points. The game was effectively over in the 51st minutes as Luton went a man down

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 3-2 Grimsby Town
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Foster, Lynch, Richards, Rogers, Smith, King, Robson, Hughes, T.Roberts (Osbourne 70)
Ecstasy. Agony. Relief. Those were the three over riding feelings today as we went two-nil up in 13 minutes, only to lose it in 7 minutes only to grab the lead once more and barely hold onto it as we made a meal of a routine win

LEAGUE TABLE
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Not bad, could do better​
 
OCTOBER
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We've done well so far, let's keep this going!

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Aston Villa 1-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Fishwick, Rogers, Foster, Richards, James, Martinez, King, Robson, Hughes, T.Roberts
A very tight game ended in a fair draw as we, along with Aston Villa, serve up a Michelin Star worthy game of football

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Rotherham United 0-2 Wrexham
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Hodges, Fishwick, Foster, Lynch, Richards, King, Rogers, James, Hughes, Martinez (Robson 64), Giles (T.Roberts 80)
Slightly different to the last time we met Rotherham as we produce a decent performance and leave Yorkshire with a comfortable two goal victory and a valuable three points

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Wrexham 2-1 Swansea City
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Hodges, Rogers, Foster, Lynch (Powell 75), King (Bloom 75), Buchta, James (T.Roberts 75), Hughes, Martinez, Robson, Giles
Injuries at full-back meant we had to play our a new system today and I'm sure glad we did that. Our 3-4-2-1 worked wonders as we dominated possession and created chance after chance, sure we didn't score as many as I'd have liked, but that'll come

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Wrexham
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Hodges, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King (Bloom 76), Smith (Buchta 76), James, Hughes, Martinez, Robson (T.Roberts 60), Giles
71% possession.

LEAGUE TABLE
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Things are looking good...

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (4 GOALS)​
 
NOVEMBER
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The new tactic started well, will it keep going?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 3-1 Swindon Town
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Hodges, Rogers (Day 51), Lynch, Foster, King, Smith (Buchta 62), James, Hughes, Robson, Martinez (Osbourne 79), Giles
A good performance lead to a comfortable victory over Swindon. 61% possession, I like this tactic!

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Preston North End 0-1 Wrexham
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Hodges, Day, Foster, Lynch, King (Bloom 77), Smith, James (Buchta 61), Hughes, Martinez, Robson (T.Roberts 77), Giles
A good win, but I wish we had scored more seeing as we had 22 shots and 68% possession

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-0 Norwich City
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Hodges, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Buchta, James, Hughes, Martinez (Osbourne 67), Robson (Smith 55), Giles
A very good performance, a very good win, a HUGE sigh of relief as Mark Giles put in the back of the net with the last kick of the game

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Sheffield United 1-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Smith, James (Buchta 61), Hughes, Robson, Martinez, Giles (T.Roberts 75)
Another good performance earns us a solid away point in Yorkshire

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 3-0 Bristol City
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Martinez, James (Smith 68), Hughes, Robson, Buchta, Giles (T.Roberts 60)
A very impressive performance once again as we batter Bristol City in an incredible fashion. Excellent.

LEAGUE TABLE
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This could be our year

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (7 GOALS)​
 
DECEMBER
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We enter December in some good form, can we keep it up?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Reading 2-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Smith, James, Hughes (Buchta 14), Robson, Martinez, Giles (T.Roberts 55)
A very tight game ended in a narrow loss as Reading took their chance and we failed to do so, Hughes will be out for two months with a dislocated shoulder

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-1 Chesterfield
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Walker, James (Smith 60), Lacey, Robson, Martinez, Giles (T.Roberts 60)
Chesterfield were great today, in stark contrast to the rest of their season, and registered 15 shots against us, with 11 on target. Now, I'm not suggesting anything but they do have a Russian doctor on their books....

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Middlesbrough 2-3 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King (Bloom 82), Walker (Buchta 64), James, Lacey, Robson, Martinez (T.Roberts 82), Giles
Very disappointing to concede 2, but to go 1-0 down and then score three to beat Boro is very pleasing

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Newcastle United 4-1 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Walker, James, Lacey, Robson, Martinez (Buchta 61), Giles
How can you have 64% possession and lose 4-1. How?????

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 2-2 Huddersfield Town
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Walker, Buchta, Lacey (Richards 80), Robson, Martinez (T.Roberts 80), Giles
To go behind twice is disappointing, but come from behind twice is pleasing. So, overall, average

LEAGUE TABLE
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A very, very poor month

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (11 GOALS)​
 
JANUARY TRANSFERS
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OUTS
NAMETOFORPROFIT
Danan EadenHibernian£100,000£40,000
Karl HodgesSwindon£190,000£50,00
Lakis SymeonidisAEK Athens£400,000£400,000
Laurence WardPlymouth£300,000£205,000


TOTAL£695,000

Karl Hodges made 138 league appearances for us. Legend.

INS
NAMEFROMFOR
Dylan MaxwellNorwich£120,000
Randolph ChandlerHullLoan

Dylan Maxwell is back people. And only cost us £70,000 due to the 40% of Next Fee clause in his contract. Happy days!

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JANUARY
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December was poor, January has to be better

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Walker, Buchta (Smith 85), Lacey, Robson, Martinez (T.Roberts 85), Giles
An absolutely incredible performance away to Spurs as we controlled possession (65% possession) and played incredibly well. Nice to see ex-Bluebird Matty Miller help out his old boss with the red card

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-3 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Walker, James (Smith 59), Lacey, Martinez (Krejci 59), Buchta, Giles
To go 3-0 up is wonderful, but to then concede 2 and have to hang on at the end isn't. We always seem to give away silly goals despite being in a dominant position, this could be our undoing

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 3-1 AFC Bournemouth
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Walker, James, Lacey, Robson, Buchta, Giles
To host our nearest rivals and record a comfortable victory is incredible. We dominated the ball and grabbed a deserved three points

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Crystal Palace 1-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King (Bloom 67), Walker (Osbourne 76), James, Lacey, Martinez (Robson 45), Buchta, Giles
A very good performance, especially seeing as we fell behind early on in an away game. To bounce back in the way we did was very impressive. The sign of champions?

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Manchester City 8-3 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Lynch, King, Smith (Robson 65), James, Lacey, Martinez, Buchta, Giles
We had 60% possession, 13 shots (7 on target) and still lost 8-3? At least it wasn't 10-1

LEAGUE TABLE
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Hello, is that the Premier League calling?

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (17 GOALS)​
 
FEBRUARY
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Out of the FA Cup with just the league to focus on, could this be the year we reach the Promised Land?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 0-0 Ipswich Town
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Foster, Lynch, King, Rogers, James (Smith 73), Lacey (Hughes 73), Robson, Martinez (Buchta 63), Giles
It was important we didn't lose this as confidence was rock bottom following the "Manchester Mauling". We didn't lose, picked up a point and the world seems a better place

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Buchta, James, Lacey (Hughes 64), Robson, Martinez, Giles (T.Roberts 80)
A good performance away to a good team earned us a good point. Overall, quite a good day.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 3-1 Exeter City
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King (Bloom 65), Buchta, James (Smith 65), Lacey, Martinez, Robson, Giles
A very good performance ended in a comfortable victory over struggling Exeter. A bit of a shame they scored as they only registered once shot on target all game, but it adds to the tension!

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Fleetwood Town 0-2 Wrexham
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Maxwell, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Walker, James, Lacey, Martinez, Buchta, Giles
It took 4 years, a £450,000 move to Norwich and a loan spell at Aberystwyth but Dylan Maxwell has finally made his debut for his boyhood club, keeping a clean sheet to help us to another well-earned victory

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-1 Luton Town
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Walker (T.Roberts 58), James, Lacey, Martinez, Buchta, Giles
We did well to keep eleven fit players on the pitch today as Luton attempted to kick us off it. The Hatters recorded 15 fouls as they snatched a draw in the ugliest fashion

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Grimsby Town 2-3 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Rogers, Foster, Chandler, King, Walker (Smith 75), James (Robson 75), Lacey, Martinez, Buchta, Giles
We dominated from start to finish and deserved to be ahead well before the opener. Fortunately we rallied (The red card) helped and went on to take a 3-1 lead. Disappointed to have conceded right at the end, though

LEAGUE TABLE
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A very good month, almost the perfect response to the 8-3 FA Cup defeat

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (22 GOALS)​
 
MARCH
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We have a tough month ahead of us and we're going to need to be on top of our game to do well

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-0 Aston Villa
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster (Lynch 79), King (Bloom 73), Walker, James, Lacey, Martinez (T.Roberts 59), Buchta, Giles
A game stacked with history as two of Britain's oldest professional football clubs, Wrexham (1864) and Aston Villa (1874), faced off against each other. The elder of the two clubs won convincingly, with Wrexham earning 69% possession

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 0-3 Rotherham United
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Foster, Rogers, King, Walker, James 49, Lacey, Martinez (Osbourne 49), Buchta, Giles
****.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Swansea City 3-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Foster, Rogers, Bloom (King 72), Walker, Buchta (T.Roberts 72), Lacey, Martinez, Robson, Giles
Double ****.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Buchta, Smith, Lacey (Hughes 68), Krejci, Martinez (Robson 68), Giles
Blackburn defended well and frustrated us. Shame.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Swindon Town 0-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, Bloom, Buchta, Smith (King 61), Hughes, Robson, Martinez (Krejci 45), Giles
That's better.

LEAGUE TABLE
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Top with seven to go. Let's do this.

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (24 GOALS)​
 
APRIL
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7 games to go, we're leading the pack. Can we do it?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-1 Preston North End
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, Bloom, Walker (Smith 62), James, Lacey, Martinez (Krejci 62), Buchta, Giles
A tight game where a draw was a fair result. We need to be beating teams like Preston though

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Norwich City 3-3 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, Bloom, Walker, James (Smith 65), Lacey, Martinez, Buchta (Robson 86), Giles
What a game. To go from 2-0 up to 2-2 before half-time is disappointing. To go 3-2 down through an own goal is dreadful, at least we managed to get a point though, I guess

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 1-0 Sheffield United
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Walker (Smith 82), James, Lacey (Hughes 62), Martinez (Krejci 62), Buchta, Giles
A slightly less eventful game but one of no less importance. If we win the league by a point, then Mark Giles' 81st minute winner will be vital

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Bristol City 3-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Foster, Rogers, Chandler, Bloom, Walker, James, King (Lacey 65), Martinez, Buchta, Giles (Krejci 65)
To be 2-0 up at half time and go on to lose is completely unacceptable

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 0-1 Reading
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, Bloom, Smith, James (King 82), Hughes, Martinez, Buchta, Giles (Osbourne 82)
No, no, no, no, no

LEAGUE TABLE
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"We don't let this slip now!"

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (30 GOALS)​
 
MAY
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Two games to go and we can win the league. Come on!

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Chesterfield 2-2 Wrexham
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Buchta (Powell 79), Smith (Krejci 60), Hughes, Martinez, Robson, Giles
To be ten minutes from winning the league and then lose out due to poor defending is horrendous.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Wrexham 0-0 Middlesbrough
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Llewelyn, Chandler, Rogers, Foster, King, Martinez, James, Lacey, Robson (Krejci 61), Buchta, Giles
WE'RE GOING UP AS F*CKING CHAMPIONS

LEAGUE TABLE
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Like I said... WE'RE GOING UP AS F*CKING CHAMPIONS!!!

TOP SCORER: MARK GILES (32 GOALS)​
 
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EURO 2032 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT
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Wales manager Matthew Hawkins has announced his 23 man squad ahead of Euro 2032 in Scotland and Wales

GOALKEEPERS
NAMEAGECLUBCAPS
Rikki Morris32West Ham134
Paul Llewelyn23Wrexham3
Ryan Roberts31Huddersfield3

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DEFENDERS
NAMEAGECLUBCAPS (GOALS)
Taylor Llewelyn Hughes23Leicester32 (0)
Robert Pugh29Bristol City75 (1)
Gareth Cook27Southampton39 (0)
Kyle Davies30Leeds65 (3)
Danny Bellamy27Derby68 (5)
Tom Giggs27Leicester71 (1)
David Rogers24Wrexham3 (0)
Geraint France23Tottenham26 (0)

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MIDFIELDERS
NAMEAGECLUBCAPS (GOALS)
Mitchell Grant30Cardiff126 (22)
Arron Jarman18Cardiff5 (1)
Gareth Powell24Hull16 (3)
Adam Felgate28Stoke95 (3)
Dale Thomas26Bournemouth30 (4)
Gary Lloyd31Leeds86 (28)
Jamie Parry26Cardiff72 (24)
Kieron Sellick21Cardiff26 (3)
Chris Pennock26Cardiff73 (11)

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ATTACKERS
NAMEAGECLUBCAPS (GOALS)
Tyler Roberts33Wrexham81 (52)
Mark Giles22Wrexham13 (1)
Joe Feeley26Middlesbrough30 (16)

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Awesome achievement getting Wrexham up as champions! I'm hoping you have a good Euro's too.

It's also good to see someone sticking with an FM 16 story.
 
congrats mate! massive achievement.
how have cardiff done in your absence?
 
naterr said:
Awesome achievement getting Wrexham up as champions! I'm hoping you have a good Euro's too.

It's also good to see someone sticking with an FM 16 story.
Click to expand...
Cheers mate :)

I'm trialling the 3-4-2-1 in the Euros so it could go horribly wrong
 
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