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Salford City have made some big-money signings but, with just one automatic promotion slot available, who can blame them

By James Kelly for These Football Times

It’s 9:45pm on a Tuesday in April and a terrace in Kent is filled with Wrexham fans facing an arduous four-hour journey back to north Wales. Local children goad the departing visitors by holding aloft their fingers in reference to the 3-0 scoreline Ebbsfleet United have just inflicted. Further along the stand, a small scuffle breaks out among travelling supporters who are frustrated by their team’s inability to make the play-offs for a fifth straight year.

As we wait to board the bus home, news filters through that the journey will be delayed because the driver has gone to help fix an engine problem with the team coach. Afforded time to contemplate, it dawns on me that, with the chance of promotion gone, the upcoming season will be Wrexham’s 11th in non-league. For a club with such an illustrious history, the prospect borders on embarrassing.

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