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All eyes glued to an epic finale

Wrexham – whose Hollywood investment has transformed a club struggling to find its way back to the EFL – will be hoping for a final plot twist as Phil Parkinson implores his side to heap the pressure on Stockport County, who have their game in hand against Torquay on Wednesday night.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 May 2022

By Matt Badcock

WREXHAM v STOCKPORT
Today, 12.30pm, Live on BT Sport

YOU SOMETIMES wonder if Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney really do have a team of scriptwriters behind the scenes.
A Wembley trip, epic comebacks, late, late goals and a title race that looked over but is going to the wire.
Phil Parkinson’s Red Dragons have slowly chipped away at Stockport County’s lead and welcome the Hatters to a sold-out Racecourse this afternoon three points behind. We are down to the movie’s final dual.
But Dave Challinor’s County are working on a comeback story of their own. A win th...

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