By Andy Marsh

ALTRINCHAM 1
Welch-Hayes 81

WREXHAM 2
Palmer 61, O’Connell 86

FOCUS: Altrincham’s Isaac Marriott, left, and Wrexham’s Paul Mullin battle for the ball
PICTURE: Jonathan Moore

RED-HOT Wrexham continued their title chase with a battling victory at mid-table Altrincham in the ‘Phil Parkinson derby’, played in front of the largest league crowd at The J.Davidson since 1968.
New signing Eoghan O’Connell struck five minutes from time as the Dragons made it seven wins in a row, and 16 unbeaten in the league, to keep the pressure on Notts County at the top.
“That’s a massive ...