2023–24 Wrexham A.F.C. season

Wrexham
2023–24 season
Owner	RR McReynolds Company LLC (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds)
Manager	Phil Parkinson
Stadium	Racecourse Ground

The 2023–24 season is the 159th season in the existence of Wrexham A.F.C. and their first season back in the English Football League since the 2007–08 season. Wrexham will be one of five Welsh clubs in the English football league system and one of four in the Football League. In addition to the league they will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Papa John’s Trophy.

Players

As of 15 May 2023[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed on	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Rob Lainton	GK	(1989-10-12) 12 October 1989	Port Vale	22 November 2018	30 June 2024	144	0
21	Mark Howard	GK	(1986-09-21) 21 September 1986	Carlisle United	5 July 2022	30 June 2024	39	0
12	Ben Foster	GK	(1983-04-03) 3 April 1983	Unattached	2023	2023	28[2]	0
Defenders
3	Callum McFadzean	LB	(1994-01-16) 16 January 1994	Crewe Alexandra	27 January 2022	30 June 2024	52	0
4	Ben Tozer	CB	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990	Cheltenham Town	27 August 2021	30 June 2024	105	6
5	Aaron Hayden	CB	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997	Carlisle United	8 August 2021	30 June 2024	77	19
6	Jordan Tunnicliffe	CB	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993	Crawley Town	1 July 2022	30 June 2024	32	2
15	Eoghan O'Connell	CB	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995	Charlton Athletic	31 January 2023	30 June 2025	14	2
17	Bryce Hosannah	RB	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999	Leeds United	31 August 2021	30 June 2024	43	2
19	Jacob Mendy	LB	(1996-12-27) 27 December 1996	Boreham Wood	1 August 2022	30 June 2025	31	4
24	Scott Butler	CB	(2002-12-30) 30 December 2002	Free agent	5 October 2022	30 June 2024
32	Max Cleworth	CB	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002	Academy	1 February 2021	30 June 2024	68	1
34	Aaron James	CB	(2005-06-30) 30 June 2005	Academy	1 July 2023	30 June 2024
Midfielders
7	Jordan Davies	CM	(1998-08-18) 18 August 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	25 August 2020	30 June 2025	118	32
8	Luke Young	CM	(1993-02-22) 22 February 1993	Torquay United	1 July 2018	30 June 2024	227	21
14	Anthony Forde	CM	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993	Oxford United	28 July 2022	30 June 2025	38	3
20	Andy Cannon	CM	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996	Hull City	9 December 2022	30 June 2025	17	0
22	Thomas O'Connor	DM	(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999	Burton Albion	31 January 2022	30 June 2025	40	7
29	Ryan Barnett	RM	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999	Solihull Moors	24 February 2023	30 June 2025	11	0
30	James Jones	CM	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996	Lincoln City	24 August 2021	30 June 2024	99	12
38	Elliot Lee	AM	(1994-12-16) 16 December 1994	Luton Town	8 July 2022	30 June 2025	51	14
Forwards
9	Ollie Palmer	CF	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992	AFC Wimbledon	24 January 2022	30 June 2025	73	32
10	Paul Mullin	CF	(1994-11-06) 6 November 1994	Cambridge United	23 July 2021	30 June 2025	96	79
16	Billy Waters	SS	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994	Barrow	22 March 2023	30 June 2025	0	0
18	Sam Dalby	CF	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999	Southend United	1 August 2022	30 June 2024	49	8
27	Jake Bickerstaff	CF	(2001-09-11) 11 September 2001	Academy	1 July 2020	30 June 2024	7	3

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	CM	Ryan Austin	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	GK	Kai Calderbank-Park	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	AM	Malik Dijksteel	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	RB	Reece Hall-Johnson	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	CF	Jake Hyde	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	CM	Tom Jenkins	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	CF	Dan Jones	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	CB	Harry Lennon	Retired		[3]
30 June 2023	CF	Louis Lloyd	Free agent	Released	[3]
30 June 2023	GK	Rory Watson	Free agent	Released	[3]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Fee	Ref

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Fee	Ref

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Contract until	Team	Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Wrexham announced their first pre-season tour for July and their inaugural visit to the United States and confirmed three friendly matches against Manchester United,[4] Chelsea[5] and LA Galaxy II.[6]

Before the entire squad tours the U.S., Wrexham will send a 7-on-7 side to the U.S. in early June to play in the first edition of The Soccer Tournament, a 32-team event created by the organisers of The Basketball Tournament. Similar to the basketball event, the football edition will have a US$1 million winner-take-all purse. Wrexham will be in a group featuring Italian Serie B side Como 1907, Say Word FC, a team which honors North Carolina and historically black colleges and universities within the U.S., and US Women, a side made up of former United States women's national soccer team members.[7]

19 July 2023 Friendly	Chelsea	v	Wrexham	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
19:00 EDT				Stadium: Kenan Memorial Stadium

22 July 2023 Friendly	LA Galaxy II	v	Wrexham	Carson, California, United States
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

25 July 2023 Friendly	Manchester United	v	Wrexham	San Diego, California, United States
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Carabao Cup	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Papa John's Trophy	Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Swindon Town
19	Tranmere Rovers
20	Walsall
21	Wrexham
22	TBD
23	TBD	Relegation to National League
24	TBD	Relegation to National League

First match(es) will be played in August 2023. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[8]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Carabao Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Papa John's Trophy

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		Carabao Cup		Papa John's Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Players away on loan:
Players who appeared for Wrexham but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	Carabao Cup	Papa John's Trophy	Total

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	Carabao Cup	Papa John's Trophy	Total

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two			FA Cup			Carabao Cup			Papa John's Trophy			Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
Players away on loan:
Players who left Wrexham during the season:
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home attendance

As of match 1 May 2023

Competition	Total. att.	Avg. att.
League Two	0	0
FA Cup	0	0
Carabao Cup	0	0
Papa John's Trophy	0	0
Total	0	0

Renewed season tickets: 6,731 (99.25% renewal rate)[9]

References

"Men's First Team". Wrexham A.F.C. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
21 appearances in 2005.
"2023 Release/Retained List". Wrexham AFC. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
"Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham AFC set to play Manchester United in San Diego this summer". Wrexham A.F.C. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
"Wrexham AFC to meet Chelsea in Chapel Hill, N.C., on July 19". Wrexham A.F.C. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
"Wrexham AFC to meet LA Galaxy II on July 22". Wrexham A.F.C. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
"Wrexham to play Como, US Women in 7x7 tourney in June". Associated Press. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
"EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
"More than 6,700 supporters renew for 2023/24". Wrexham A.F.C. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

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[1] "Men's First Team". Wrexham A.F.C. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[2] 21 appearances in 2005.

[RetainedList-3] "2023 Release/Retained List". Wrexham AFC. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[4] "Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham AFC set to play Manchester United in San Diego this summer". Wrexham A.F.C. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[5] "Wrexham AFC to meet Chelsea in Chapel Hill, N.C., on July 19". Wrexham A.F.C. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[6] "Wrexham AFC to meet LA Galaxy II on July 22". Wrexham A.F.C. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[7] "Wrexham to play Como, US Women in 7x7 tourney in June". Associated Press. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[EFL_Regulationsb-8] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[9] "More than 6,700 supporters renew for 2023/24". Wrexham A.F.C. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

Wrexham Association Football Club
Overview	Ryan Reynolds Rob McElhenney Welcome to Wrexham Colliers Park
Home Stadium	Racecourse Ground (1864–81) Rhosddu Recreation Ground (1881–83) Racecourse Ground (1883–present)
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Affiliates	Cefn Druids Colwyn Bay Lex Glyndŵr XI Liverpool Prestatyn Town Wrexham A.F.C. Women
Rivalries	Cross-border derby v Chester F.C. Tranmere Rovers Shrewsbury Town