By Nathan Jackson
July 9 2005

THIS REVIEW IS BASED ON THE VISIT DATED: 26/10/2002

Ahh, Wrexham, place of erm…..stuff. I initially had no intention at all of going to this game but then I got into the habit of going to every game and so then the trip to North Wales was inevitable. I had tried finding pictures of Wrexham’s Racecourse for a while but only found one picture (I didn’t try particully hard) and it looked fairly nice.

 

The journey was quite easy and getting into Wrexham seemed like a fair easy entrance, however, as usual, there were a load of 12 year old chavs trying to wind us all up, it’s safe to say, they didn’t achieve there goal.

 

We got to Wrexham. I hadn’t bothered to research the prices properly so when I was told there weren’t any students, I panicked because I only had enough for what the student prices were, however, I did get in for a child (at the same turnstile as before just seconds afterwards).

 

So getting into the ground was a little unusual but hey, what you gonna do. I immediately went to the location I always try and get when going to away games (if the away end is behind the goal), sat at the top, near enough in the middle. So I went to that seat but looked out and couldn’t see half the pitch, the scoreboard was blocking the view so I trudged to the left and eventually settled for a position around ¼ of the way into the stand.

 

The away end was fairly large and looked like it could hold around the 3000 mark and other than the view obstruction from one or two posts and the aforementioned scoreboard; it was a really good stand with a great view.

 

The stand to our right was the stand I had seen the photo, it was a pitch length stand, roughly the same height as the CO-OP and was a very nice stand. What makes this stand, stand out from most others is the unusual roof. It’s hard to describe but if you picture a dome like angled roof, with the middle section raised above the rest, then you get that stand. The stand to our left was a fairly large seated stand. I can’t really remember the quality of this stand. The final stand, behind the opposite goal was a large terrace, roughly the same size as the away end.

 

Wrexham’s atmosphere is quite funny actually. Their only form of noise comes from their little band which are shoved in one corner of the main stand, blocks away from anyone and the odd choice of music they choose to play might explain why. When we were there, it was like listening to the “2 Unlimited Greatest Hits” album, I mean, I love 2 Unlimited but it’s not what I want to hear at a football match.

 

Overall, I actually like Wrexham’s ground but the lack of atmosphere lets it down. Oh well, what do you expect, atmosphere and Welsh teams aint known for matching.