By Nathan Jackson
May 11 2010

Wrexham's Racecourse is one of only four Welsh grounds in the top five divisions as of 2010/2011 (along with Swansea, Cardiff and Newport) after used to host games for the Welsh International team. It is a strange mix of old and new stands, making this ground unique.

 Review Last Updated : 29/09/2007

Ahh, Wrexham, place of erm.....stuff. Back in 2002/3, I had little or no intention of going to the match at the Racecourse, however, after I had gotten into the habit of going to every game, it become inevitable and I was glad that I did as I generally liked the ground and there was a distinct element of comedy with their band playing 2 Unlimited songs.

The journey was quite easy and getting into Wrexham seemed like a fairly easy entrance, however, as usual, there were a load of 12 year old chavs trying to intimidate all the away fans, it's safe to say, they didn't achieve there goal. Strangely the coaches went into Wrexham via two different routes for our various visits. One took us pretty much straight to the stadium and the other was seemingly around the centre of Wrexham. I have no idea what the point in this was, but the "directly to" option is just simpler.

When we got to Wrexham the first time, I hadn't bothered to research the prices properly so when I was told there weren't any students, I panicked because I only had enough for what the student prices were, however, I did get in for a child (at the same turnstile as before just seconds afterwards). Nothing much had changed in the 3 and half years since our last visit and they were still letting in 30+ year olds as kids.

So getting into the ground was a little unusual but hey, what you going to do? I immediately went to the location I always try and get when going to away games (if the away end is behind the goal), sat at the top, near enough in the middle. So I went to that seat but looked out and couldn't see half the pitch, the scoreboard was blocking the view so I trudged to the left and eventually settled for a position around ¼ of the way into the stand and if you can avoid a lot of people standing in front of you, this offers a fantastic view of the action. The away end was fairly large and looked like it could hold around the 3000 mark and other than the view obstruction from one or two posts and the aforementioned scoreboard, it was a really good stand with a great view.

THE YALE STAND

The stand to our right was the stand I had seen the photo, it was a pitch length stand, roughly the same height as the CO-OP and was a very nice stand. What makes this stand stand out from most others is the unusual roof and general shap configuration of the seats. It's hard to describe but if you picture a dome like angled roof, with the middle section raised above the rest, you get that stand. The stand to our left was a fairly large seated stand that was of average quality and what appeared to be wooden seats. The final stand was behind the opposite goal and was a large terrace, roughly the same size as the away end.

The first time I had gone to Wrexham, there had been a band in the main stand that played completely random songs that had nothing to do with football, mainly "No Limits" by the early-mid 90's techno group, 2 Unlimited, but this made for a special day out and I was disappointed to see this had disappeared in later visits and there was virtually no atmosphere at all, it was like going to Boston all over again.

Infact, in my three subsequent visits to Wrexham I failed to hear another chant, even though they beat us on two of those occasions. There aren't many grounds where they don't even sing when they're winning, but Wrexham is one of them.

You'll also be pleased to know there was little, if any trouble either outside or in the ground on any of the visits. There was the occasional chav in the Mold Stand trying to intimidate City fans, but you get that at most grounds to be honest.

Overall I actually like Wrexham's ground but the lack of atmosphere lets it down. Oh well, what do you expect, atmosphere and Welsh teams aren't known for matching. I would recommend this ground to a person who wants to do a random game, however, don't expect anything out of the ordinary and the only major plus point for the ground, is the unusually shaped roof on the main stand.

Wrexham's Racecourse Ground

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