The Welsh side have bounced back from disappointment last season to clinch promotion to League Two, despite stiff competition from Notts County
It is easy to forget, considering the records they have smashed this season, but Wrexham entered the 2022-23 campaign off the back of two potential-damaging disappointments. Not only did they fall short in the play-offs against Grimsby Town, they also suffered a FA Trophy final defeat at the hands of Bromley.
It's clear they have been motivated to put this right under manager Phil Parkinson this season, to repay the faith and investment of glitzy co-owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.
Notts County – who in any other season, would have lifted the title themselves – ran them extraordinarily close, but in the end not even the rampant Magpies could spoil this Hollywood ending.
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The title was finally secured on Saturday, and so while we wait for season two of the smash-hit docuseries 'Welcome to Wrexham', here is the story of a truly remarkable campaign…
Getty ImagesSummer transfer window
As we've come to expect from Reynolds and McElhenney, Wrexham pushed the boat out financially this summer to secure several top players.
The flagship arrival was Elliot Lee, tempted away from a number of Football League offers by Wrexham's project. Veteran goalkeeper Mark Howard, handy centre-back Ryan Tunnicliffe and wideman Anthony Forde were also plucked from EFL clubs.
Wrexham also hoovered up some of the best National League talent, signing young striker Sam Dalby from Southend and attacking left-back Jacob Mendy from Boreham Wood.
There were one or two departures of note, including Kwame Thomas to Sutton United, but overall Wrexham's squad was definitely stronger after the summer transfer window slammed shut.
AdvertisementFXAugust: A decent start
Wrexham kicked off the season with a dramatic victory over Eastleigh, a result which hinted at the positive chaos that was to come on and off the pitch throughout the campaign.
New arrival Lee immediately endeared himself to the Racehorse Ground faithful in that game, netting a late brace to down the Spitfires 2-1.
After this positive start, Parkinson's side experienced a wobble. A 1-1 draw against a far from vintage Yeovil Town side was followed up with a damaging 2-0 defeat to Chesterfield.
This disappointment clearly lit a fire though, as the Paul Mullin goal bonanza started the very next week against Maidstone United. Mullin grabbed a hat-trick in a resounding 5-0 win, the first of three victories to see out the month of August.
All in all, it had been a solid if not quite flawless start to the season on the pitch, but off the field everything changed.
At the end of August, the first series of the now-famous 'Welcome to Wrexham' documentary dropped, catapulting the club into mainstream popular consciousness. With interests piqued, the whole world was now watching the Robins' 2022-23 season. No pressure then!
Getty ImagesSeptember: Turning on the style
As the kids headed back to school in September, Wrexham were busy handing out some footballing education of their own.
Doe-eyed, newly-promoted Dorking Wanderers were their first victims, suffering a 5-0 defeat in their own backyard at the beginning of the month. Wrexham were in a similarly rampant mood when Dagenham & Redbridge came to town the following week, when a brace each from Ollie Palmer and Mullin helped them to a 4-1 victory.
More of the same might have been expected against Southend in their next game, but the Shrimpers were made of sterner stuff and picked up a point.
Not to be deterred, Wrexham ended the month in the same rampant mood that they started it, with six different scorers netting against lowly Torquay.
Getty ImagesOctober: Chinks in the armour
Despite their record-breaking points haul, there have been several bumps on the road for Wrexham this season. Several of these came in October, when a few chinks in their armour began to appear.
To kick off the month, Wrexham came very close to dropping points against Oldham Athletic. With just five minutes left to play, the Latics were 1-0 up – only for goals from Ben Tozer and Mullin to save their skin. Mullin couldn't have left it later too, firing home a 96th-minute penalty to secure victory.
There would be no escapology against Notts County in their next game, with Macaulay Longstaff – the only man to outscore Mullin this season – grabbing the only goal of the match inside 13 minutes.
Next up was a quite remarkable 12-goal thriller against Barnet, which Wrexham edged 7-5. It was an astonishing spectacle for the neutral, but manager Parkinson was not happy, accusing his side of "switching off defensively".
The boss was similarly underwhelmed by his players' display in a 1-1 FA Cup draw against Blyth Spartans, who operate in the league below. And although Wrexham would eventually progress by triumphing in the replay, it had to go down as another unconvincing performance.
Below-par displays on the pitch were twinned with controversy off of it. Star man Mullin caused a stir with a provocative political message on his boots, forcing the club to issue a statement clarifying their position.
A 1-1 draw with defensively-sound Boreham Wood a few days prior to the incident did little to restore confidence, but the Red Dragons did finish the month strongly, earning comfortable wins over Halifax Town and Altrincham.