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Next Game: Banbury Away On Friday March 29th Kick-Off 3.00pm

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Preview: Wrexham vs Bulls

The Bulls travel to the Racecourse Ground for the first time in 13 years for a league fixture that they have generally had the better of.

Wrexham won all four encounters at the Racecourse in the '70's but the Bulls won or drew every other meeting between the sides until the last encounter in March 1993, when Wrexham ran out 2-0 winners.

Two FA Cup encounters since that final league match have ended up one each, both at Edgar Street. A televised FA Cup encounter saw the Bulls run out 1-0 winners thanks to an Ian Wright goal, while an LDV match in January 2005 saw Wrexham win 2-1 with Danny Carey-Bertram getting the goal for the Bulls.

Veteran midfielder Darren Ferguson is the only player likely to feature on Sunday that played in the FA Cup match, having recently notched up his 300th appearance for Wrexham, while only three of the starting XI for the Bulls in the LDV match 20 months ago are still at the club.

The Bulls will look to inflict misery on a defence that has conceded 14 goals in three games. Stuart Fleetwood's removal from action on Tuesday night appeared more precautionary than a serious problem and the Welsh u-21 international will look to cause problems for some of his international colleagues alongside what is expected to be a full strength Bulls side.

Wrexham had been going well until they forgot how to defend. Successive five goal defeats, the first coming from the direct route of Accrington, saw a better performance against Birmingham on Tuesday night but after surviving 90 minutes at 1-1, extra time was back to previous form as three more goals sailed in at the wrong end.

The financial struggle of previous seasons, and a long drawn out stadium battle, are pretty much behind the club and they spent the summer signing local bred players. Defender Ryan Valentine joined after four years as a regular, and with a new contract offer on the table, at Darlington, and striker Neil Roberts, who left Wrexham six years ago for £450,000, both rejoined their home town club.

Wrexham vs Hereford United, Racecourse Ground, Sunday 24th September, 12noon.