Wrexham

Wrexham Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam, nicknamed The Red Dragons, or more traditionally, The Robins) are a football team based in Wrexham, north-east Wales. Founded in 1872 they are one of the oldest surviving football clubs in the UK, and the oldest professional club in Wales.

They have been regular winners of the Welsh Cup and FAW Premier Cup and in the 1990-91 European Cup Winners Cup campaign were knocked out by Manchester United who went on to win the trophy.

The 1992/93 season saw Wrexham manager Brian Flynn Make a shrewd signing when he enlisted the services of Gary Bennett, he soon settled and helped Wrexham into the promotion race. Wrexham's season came to a head on 27 April 1993 when with two games left they travelled to Northampton requiring a win to gain promotion. The game ended 2-0 to Wrexham and the 4,500 "Reds" there were jubilant.

The 1994/95 season would see Wrexham achieve success in the FA Cup, Having beaten Stockport County and Rotherham United, they faced Premier League Ipswich Town at the Racecourse, with Wrexham running out 2-1 winners thanks to Gary Bennett and Kieron Durkin. In the next round, Wrexham were drawn away to Manchester United and despite taking the lead at Old Trafford, United went on to win 5-2. The 1995/96 season saw Wrexham in European action again, this time in Romania against Petrolul Ploiesti, the home leg ended in a 0-0 draw and in the return leg the Romanians scored the only goal of the match.

The 1996/97 season saw Wrexham set off on another amazing cup run, following wins at Colwyn Bay and Scunthorpe United, they were drawn to play West Ham United at home, the result ended in a 1-1 draw on a snow-covered pitch, the replay at upton park ended in a shock Wrexham win as Kevin Russell scored in the dying minutes to send Wrexham in to round 4. After they beat Peterborough united and Birmingham City, they played Chesterfield in a Division 2 FA Cup Quarter final, Wrexham lost narrowly 1-0. Wrexham's new training ground was officially opened in June 1997 at a cost of £700,000. The 1999/2000 season saw Wrexham again beat a top flight team in the FA Cup in the shape of Middlesbrough, 2-1. Wrexham went on to win the FAW Premier Cup in May 2001.