Windass lauded after 'top-class' strikepublished at 13:51 BST 6 April
13:51 BST 6 April
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Phil Parkinson lauded the quality of Josh Windass after the forward's "top-class" goal in Wrexham's 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion.
The 32-year-old netted his 12th goal of the campaign across all competitions as the Red Dragons came from 2-0 down to earn a point against the Baggies at The Hawthorns on Friday.
"He's a player who can produce big moments and he's done that with a brilliant finish," Parkinson said of Windass.
"He backs himself, he really does, and that's 12 for the season.
"It was a really top-class goal, it really was, so I'm delighted with it."
Lewis O'Brien netted Wrexham's equalising goal against West Brom as his side moved back above next opponents Southampton into sixth place in the Championship.
And the midfielder echoed Parkinson's thoughts on Windass - adding that the team as a whole have done well to contribute in front of goal this term.
"His quality is fantastic. He'll give everything on the pitch and he does pop up with the moments that, when you do need them, he seems to always be that person at the moment that gets the goal and gets the assists or whatever it is," said O'Brien.
"We've got a quality side and I think if you look throughout the season, it's not just been one person scoring all the goals, getting all the assists. We're all chipping in here and there.
"I probably could have got a few more than I've got at the moment, but I think we're all just trying our hardest to push Wrexham where we want to be."
'Game on' for Wrexham in promotion run-inpublished at 15:16 BST 4 April
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Phil Parkinson says it is "game on" for Wrexham in their promotion run-in as they prepare to return to home soil after three successive away matches.
The Red Dragons claimed four points from their fixtures at Watford, Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion to keep themselves in the mix for a play-off spot in the Championship.
Their 2-2 draw with the Baggies at The Hawthorns lifted Parkinson's men back up to sixth ahead of Tuesday's meeting with Southampton at Stok Cae Ras (20:00 BST), although the Saints have a game in hand.
"We'll take the point. If you look, before we played Watford, there were nine games to go, six away, three at home," said the Wrexham manager.
"I think people would have probably been looking at that thinking 'wow, that's going to be a tough challenge for Wrexham'.
"We got beaten at Watford, we beat Sheffield United and we drew here (at West Brom). We go into the last six games, three at home and three away, and it's game on."
Wrexham lost 3-2 to the Baggies in their opening home league game of the 2025-26 season.
Parkinson feels his side's fightback from two goals down against James Morrison's side, who are now unbeaten in five games, shows how far the Red Dragons have come since the early days of their return to the second tier.
"We have to appreciate where we've come from," added Parkinson.
"We're coming to West Brom competing in the top six while West Brom are at the bottom end of the table. That's a great credit to everyone at the club.
"Now the aim is to give absolutely everything in these final six games to finish the season off strongly."
Parkinson wary of rejuvenated West Brom published at 04:50 BST 3 April
04:50 BST 3 April
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Phil Parkinson says Wrexham will face a West Bromwich Albion side "scrapping for their lives" when they meet at the Hawthorns in the Championship on Friday.
While Wrexham are looking to maintain their play-off push, West Brom are battling at the other end of the table.
The Baggies are four points above the relegation zone after four games unbeaten, and Parkinson says Wrexham will have to be ready against a team that won 3-2 at the Stok Cae Ras last August when Ryan Mason was their head coach.
"If you look at West Brom, early in the season they were riding high at the top of the table, then they had a really poor run," Parkinson said.
"They lost 10 successive away games, by very tight margins.
"I watched a few of those games and I thought Ryan Mason and Nigel Gibbs, the assistant, were very unlucky not to still be there at that point because the performances weren't far away.
"But that's the division, it's very tight, dividing lines as everyone's spoken about.
"And now another manager, James Morrison, has taken over and has got them going again.
"They're a good side and obviously they've found themselves down at the bottom and they're scrapping for their lives and we've got to be ready for that, but we will be."
"Very pleased for Jenny and all the staff and the team and the club in general," Parkinson said.
"And obviously very pleased for them to get the job done with a week to go.
"It was great to watch and how much it meant to everybody when the final whistle went."
Wrexham, who will represent Wales in the Champions League, will receive the Adran Premier trophy when they face Swansea City in their final game on Sunday.
The club's Hollywood owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, pledged investment into the women's programme when they took over in February 2021.
"Women's football has gained significantly in popularity over the last few years," Parkinson added.
"And obviously we've had to catch up with the development of the team and the whole squad which Jenny has taken on board this season.
"Straight from the off, the owners have always been very committed to being inclusive as a football club with all areas and obviously the women's team is an integral part of that."
Hyam 'acquitted himself really well' on Scotland returnpublished at 20:13 BST 1 April
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Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson says continued good performances from Dom Hyam will give the defender every chance of securing a place in Scotland's World Cup squad.
Parkinson was at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium as Scotland lost 1-0 in their penultimate game ahead of this summer's World Cup finals.
"I thought he acquitted himself really well, which we expected because we know he's a good player," Parkinson said of Hyam.
"All Dom can do is continue playing well for us and do his talking on the pitch with his performance last night.
"He can't do any more than that."
Hyam was among five Wrexham players on international duty during the past two weeks.
Issa Kabore was a second half substitute as Burkina Faso drew 1-1 against Guinea-Bissau while Danny Ward and Nathan Broadhead were with Wales, the latter coming on in the second half against Northern Ireland.
Bailey Cadamarteri scored the winner for Jamaica in their World Cup play-off semi-final against New Caledonia – but the Reggae Boyz missed out on qualification after losing to Congo.
"Obviously for Bailey to have his moment, you know, followed in a free kick and do what all strikers should do, which is anticipate rebounds, brilliant and such a shame they couldn't get through.
"But again, they came up against a strong team in Congo."
Championship clubs spend more than £69m on agents feespublished at 17:15 BST 1 April
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Ipswich signed Sindre Walle Egeli for a club record £17.5m in January
Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association,, external an increase of £6m on the previous year.
The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.
Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated alongside Ipswich are the second and third-highest payers on the list.
Troubled Sheffield Wednesday were the most frugal when dealing with agents, spending £534,559.
Wrexham come in sixth on the list with an outlay of £3.6m while current Championship leaders Coventry spent just short of £1.5m.
Pick of the stats: West Bromwich Albion v Wrexhampublished at 11:12 BST 1 April
11:12 BST 1 April
This is the first league meeting between these two sides at The Hawthorns (15:00 BST) with both having different aims for the remainder of the season.
West Brom have moved four points clear of the Championship's relegation zone and are hoping to win three games in a row for the first time this season.
Wrexham will move back into the play-off places with at least a point with Southampton not in league action as they face Arsenal in the FA Cup over the weekend.
West Brom won the reverse fixture 3-2 in August, and have done the double over each of the past four opponents they have faced for the first time in a league campaign (Scunthorpe 2007-08, Colchester 2006-07, Gillingham 2000-01, Wimbledon 2000-01).
Wrexham have lost just one of their past nine Football League games played on Good Friday (W5 D3), going down 3-0 at home to Swindon in April 1984.
West Brom have won their past two league games, as many as they had in their previous 19 (D6 L11). They have kept a clean sheet in these wins, last winning three in a row without conceding in September 2024.
Wrexham have won 11 of their 17 league games since Christmas (D2 L4), with only Norwich (12) winning more in the Championship in that time.
Only Hull (14.6%) have a higher shot conversion rate than Wrexham (13.6%) in the Championship this season, with the Welsh ranking fifth for goals (60) but only 19th for total shots (440).
Wrexham relishing Easter schedule - Parkinpublished at 17:07 BST 30 March
17:07 BST 30 March
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Steve Parkin says he is relishing Wrexham's "fantastic" Easter schedule as the Red Dragons bid to remain in the hunt to secure a place in the Championship play-offs.
Wrexham went into the international break on the back of a 2-1 comeback win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane to remain level on points with sixth-placed Southampton.
Phil Parkinson's men face the Saints on Tuesday, 7 April, four days after travelling to West Bromwich Albion.
"I'm really looking forward to it. The Easter period has been altered a little bit," said assistant boss Parkin.
"We've got Southampton coming to our place on the Tuesday night on the seventh and West Brom away, so we've got two fantastic games coming up."
Three of Wrexham's final seven games of the regular season are against teams currently in the top six.
But having already earned positive results against the likes of Coventry City and Middlesbrough this season, Parkin feels facing the division's big guns can be "important".
"We want to be part of the party at the end of the year, don't we?" he said after the win at Sheffield United.
"We want to be one of the teams that's pushing to get in the play-offs.
"We've got great games coming up. We've got games against the big teams as well, which is important."
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