Ted Robinson

Readers of Peter Jones and Gareth Davies' excellent histories of Wrexham Football Club can hardly have failed to have noticed an easily-recognisable figure cropping up in team pictures throughout the first half of the Twentieth Century. 

Aly McGowan

ALLY McGOWAN'S years of service to the club were characterised by a redoubtable commitment to the cause of Wrexham Football Club. 

Eddie May

A TOWERING figure for Wrexham as they established themselves in the old Third Division at the start of the 1970s, EDDIE MAY was an inspirational figure. 

Alf Jones

ALF JONES was a redoubtable figure at right back for Wrexham between the wars - a man who was accepted wholeheartedly by The Racecourse faithful despite

Alan Fox

ALAN FOX’S promise was apparent from an early age, as he made his debut aged just seventeen at Crewe Alexandra. 

Horace Blew

FILMED on April 2nd 1906, it features the Welsh team taking to The Racecourse pitch before a 4-4 draw with Ireland. As the players clamber over the pitchside bar in front of their changing room in The Turf, they are led out by HORACE BLEW, a man who

Graham Whittle

GRAHAM WHITTLE was another product of Wrexham manager John Neal's successful youth policy, having being spotted playing football in his native Liverpool for Hartshill Boys' Club.

Billy Tunnicliffe

WHEN you chat to ex-Wrexham players from the 1950s, they all speak with awe about one particular man - BILLY TUNICLIFFE.

A cursory glance at the statistics above reveals just why he was held in such high esteem: a record of better than a goal in every three matches is nothing to be sneezed at, and yet that's not half the story. 

Tunnicliffe was not a centre forward; he maintained that fine strike rate from the flanks. A wiry left winger, he was the highest scoring wide player in the entire Football League in his first season at The Racecourse, having arrived from Bournemouth. 

His style delighted Wrexham supporters, and his powerful shot was legendary. Tales of long distance screamers are recalled whenever Tunnicliffe's name is mentioned, and remember that those were the days when the balls weighed a ton!! The velocity he might have achieved with the modern balls doesn't bear thinking about! 

Tunnicliffe's impact was felt after he left as well: his departure for Bradford as the 1952-3 season was drawing to a close was seen by many as a crucial point in the campaign: Wrexham losing momentum at that point as their promotion challenge faltered. 

They missed out on the first promotion in their history by a mere three points and, who knows, if this Racecourse legend had played a full season, history might have been achieved!