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Old 12th September 2020, 11.07:26   #806-0 (permalink)
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Default Re: The sad case of a founding members and player of Wrexham Football Club (Massive history thread!)

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Originally Posted by WasanActonlad View Post
Re the 1921 development of the Plas Coch end (tech end)...
Whilst today doing some research at the museum came across the following snippet from the Wrexham Leader 5th June 1920.
"Public Notice"
Wrexham Football Club
" Contractors and others are invited to dispose of ashes, gravel etc suitable for banking purposes by tipping same on the racecourse "
Thanks WAL.
This was the start of a ground improvement scheme, to raise the capacity of The Racecourse to 35,000.
Wrexham were elected into The Third Division North in 1921 and the club set aside £2,000 for ground improvements in that first season alone.
We often think back to Wrexham’s hayday in the 1970’s, but the club also enjoyed relatively successful seasons during the first three decades of the 20th Century, with crowds increasing during the years of success. Although ‘as far as I am aware’ our average attendance during a season only ever exceeded 11,000 in 1977/78, when our average attendance was 11,651.
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