WREXHAM’S bid to avoid the Football League trap door has received a surprising boost from one of their fellow Welsh league clubs.
While the Dragons last won promotion out of the Football League basement division in 2002/3, Swansea City were busy battling to avoid the dreaded drop to the Conference.
Four seasons on however, fortunes have reversed, with the Swans embroiled in a promotion battle to the Championship and Wrexham staring down the barrel of dropping out of the league for the first time in their long history.
Should one of Wales’ top clubs be relegated out of the Football League it could be a major dent for Welsh football, and Swansea City director Dave Morgan recognises that fact.
"We sent a letter to Brian Carey this week wishing him and everyone connected with Wrexham all the best in the coming weeks," said Morgan.
"As a fellow Welsh club we realise what Wrexham are going through, and have already been through off the field, as we were in a similar situation a few short seasons ago.
"It’s important for Welsh football to have as many clubs in the Football League as possible and everyone at Swansea City wishes Wrexham’s fans, players, management, staff and directors our very best wishes in their fight to stay in league football. We are all keeping our fingers crossed that come that final day in May they will win this battle."
The Dragons face a must-win game this weekend at the Racecourse Ground against already doomed Torquay United.
A 1-1 draw last week at home against Darren Ferguson’s Peterborough United meant that the Gulls will start next season in the conference because the only two teams they could have caught, Wrexham and Boston United, play each other on the final day of the season.
Following last week’s remarkable 3-0 win over promotion-chasing Lincoln City, the Dragons know they cannot afford to take their foot off the pedal against a Torquay side who now have nothing at stake other than professional pride.
And Swansea’s Morgan called for everyone in North Wales to club together in a bid to stave off the drop.
"When we were faced with losing our league status the whole city banded together behind the club. Our crowds went through the roof and the support was truly remarkable – now this is what the people of Wrexham must do," he said.
"They need to show in great numbers their support because nobody realises how important the club is to the town, to the North Wales area and to Wales until they are no longer a football league club.
"Anyone who went through this at Swansea I am sure would urge Wrexham supporters to take a leaf out of our fans’ book, because we all recognise what an important part the support played in our survival.
"We had capacity crowds, the city came together to show their support and now people in Wrexham must pack the ground to do the same.
"Everybody behind the scenes at Wrexham have worked so hard and done so much to save the club from their off-the-field worries and place the club back into good hands, and we truly hope Wrexham wins another great battle. We wish them every success and they have the complete backing of our football club."
