I never doubted a deal would be done
By Mark Currie, Daily Post
04 August 2006
WREXHAM
manager Denis Smith says he never doubted that the club would exit
administration before the new season started.
The Dragons' boss was speaking after new owners Neville Dickens and Geoff Moss
got the green light from the Football League to purchase the "golden share" that
puts them on a equal footing with the other 71 member clubs.
He said: "We've been working with the players since the beginning of July
knowing that we were going to come out of administration, so today's news is not
a surprise because I was always confident it would happen."
But Smith admitted to a sense of relief that the club was finally in control of
its own destiny after 19 months in administration.
"Ever since I arrived at the club it's been a bit of a mess," he added. "After
the administrators got involved, the situation improved somewhat, despite the
many restrictions that were placed upon us by the Football League.
"Once Nev and Geoff came in, life has been a whole lot easier and now that we
are coming out of administration we all expect the club to go forward."
Yesterday's deal also ended 72 hours of uncertainty about the availability of a
£2.5m bridging loan from property millionaire Steve Morgan.
But Smith was unhappy about the media speculation suggesting that Wrexham might
not be in a position to fulfil tomorrow's opening fixture against Wycombe.
"There has been a feeding frenzy by the media this week which has been very
unhelpful," he said.
"The players were unsettled by the speculation, which is hardly surprising
because they have careers, wives and families to think about."