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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Josh Halliday

‘The good days are back’: Wrexham enjoys cross-Atlantic party with club on brink of promotion

Wrexham FC fans in the University End watch their team defeat Yeovil
Wrexham fans watch their team defeat Yeovil, putting them one win away from promotion to the football league. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

To those who say football is only a game, tell them to go to Wrexham.

“I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s an unbelievable place now,” marvels 76-year-old John Evans in his wheelchair outside the town’s historic Racecourse football stadium. A crowd has gathered around a brass band playing Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon and a carnival atmosphere fills the Mold Road.

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