Saturday, July 25, 2009

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Wrexham 2 Man City Reserves 1 Saturday 25th July 2009

Wrexham Starting Eleven v Man City

1 Chris Maxwell
2 Silvio Spann
3 Sam Williamson
3 Sam Williamson
5 Mani
6 Mike Williams
7 Mark Jones
8 Hedi Taboubi
9 Matty Wolfenden
10 Adrian Cieslewicz
11 Neil Taylor


Wrexham Subs
12 Chris Smith
20 Kai Edwards
21 Nathan Fairhurst
22 Wes Baynes
23 Jamie McCluskey
24 Johnny Hunt
25 Obi Anorouo
26 Luke Carding
27 Joaquin Medinilla-Cabotti



Man City Starting Eleven


1 Kasper Schmeichel (Gk)
2 Reece Labara
3 Greg Cunningham
4 Scott Kay
5 Clayton McDonald
6 Dedryck Boyata
7 Donal McDermott
8 Paul Marshall
9 Robbie Mak
10 James Poole
11 Karl Moore


Man City Subs
12 David Ball
13 Tobias Johansen (Gk)
14 Alex Nimley
15 Adbi Ibrahim
16 Tom Smith


Referee: Mike Jones who was also the man in the middle against Preston last Tuesday night.
A very unfamiliar looking Man City side sent to the racecourse gave Wrexham a very very physical so-called friendly where it could quite easily have ended up 8-a-side with some of the tackles that were flying in from both sides.

City took the lead when they were awarded a controversial penalty after the Wrexham keeper Chris Maxwell was adjudged to have brought down the city striker in the penalty box when he dived for the ball and the city player went over and was awarded the penalty with Maxwell pleading his innonence to the ref with no success. The penalty was put to the keepers right and low to make it 1-0 to City.

Wes Baynes comes on at half time for Wrexham and when Wrexham were awarded a free kick a minute into the 2nd half up stepped Baynes to leather it home into the top corner with what I think was his first touch, the same player who came on as sub against Preston the other night with less than a minute to go and didn`t touch the ball. What a goal, you will not see a better free kick this coming season. The game was starting to get a bit tasty now and the tackles were flying everywhere but the ref conscious that it was a friendly (at least it should have been) didn`t book anyone.

Wrexham`s 2nd goal was a replica of the one Mani scored last Tuesday when Spann went flying down the wing and sent in a cross that Mani headed home to make it 2-1 to Wrexham.

The City no.11 then said something to the crowd in the Mold Road Stand and the crowd reacted and booed him every time he got the ball, he still kept saying something which incensed the crowd and then was switched wings before it got nasty.

It was nice to see Jamie McCluskey make an appearance as sub but this performance was not as good as the performance against Preston the other night but then again we still have a lot of players who have yet to feature, like the two new signings the other day. We have got a lot of quality players who have hardly featured due to injuries and I don`t think that Saunders still knows his best starting eleven.

Final Score

Wrexham 2 Man City 1 Saturday 25th July 2009







Thursday, July 23, 2009

2 New Signings On Their Way To Wrexham 23-07-09

Sakko Lamine is described on the world footballers website as a skilfull striker with blistering pace, let`s just hope that he uses it unlike Louis.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lamine Sakho (born September 28, 1977 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Alki Larnaca.His previous clubs were Nîmes Olympique, RC Lens, Olympique Marseilleand AS Saint-Étienne. He also had a short loan spell with Leeds United in which he had scored one single goal in 17 appearances, in a 3-2 win at Middlesbrough in August 2003.

1977-1999 Nimes Olympique 62 App 19 Goals


Years Club App (Gls) Avg goals per game
1999-2001 Nîmes Olympique 62 (19) 0.30
2002-2004 RC Lens 62 (18) 0.29
2003-2004 Olympique Marseille 43 (10) 0.23
2004-2005 → Leeds United (loan) 17 (1) 0.05
2005-2007 Saint-Étienne 9 (1) 0.11
2004-2005 Olympique Marseille 0 (0) 0
2007-2008 Montpellier 36 (3) 0.083
2008-2009 Alki Larnaca 6 (0) 0
2009-2010 Wrexham AFC


Matthew Wolfenden Signs for Wrexham
The striker made 47 appearances for the Latics including 10 starts and scored two goals, although he struggled throughout the last two years with niggling injuries which hampered his breakthrough.




























Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Wrexham 1 Preston North End 1 Final Score

Wrexham held a very strong Preston North End side to a 1-1 draw at The Racecourse in front of a very low crowd. Official attendance was just over 1,100 but it was more like 1, 900 as Preston brought around 200 odd fans and in the yale stand there was easily 800-900 people in the top and bottom tier combined whilst the Mold Road Stand must have easily had 1,000 fans plus so how they get these figures is beyond me. Maybe it`s understandable the low crowd with the prices they were charging to get in on the night which were £10 Adults, £7 for a brand new category started this season and that is 16 - 21 year olds and £5 for under 16`s.

Anyway onto the match and Preston started the brighter of the two teams and were soon passsing the ball around the pitch and had a spell of about 2 minutes where Wrexham couldn`t get anywhere near the ball but the impressive Hedi Taboubi intercepted the ball and Wrexham broke forward and got a corner, from the corner nothing much happened but then the ball was swung back in and the very very impressive Mansur Assoumani powered home a header past Nicky Weaver (ex Man City ) making his debut for Preston after only signing on today.

Preston had a good chance when their striker who was shooting towards the empty kop in the 1st half dragged his shot and oit went just past the far post. Half Time came with the reds leading 1-0 and they thoroughly deserved the ovation they received as they went in for refreshments.

The only down side was Marc Williams went off injured even though not many people knew at the time as he just walked off the pitch and straight down the tunnel but I was told after the match that it was more a cautionary measure as many people feared he had broken his foot again.

2nd half and Wrexham make one change while Preston made several including taking off the ex-Liverpool hitman Neil Mellor who I didn`t notice in the 1st half. Jon Parkin came on and what a huge huge guy he is and we could definitely could with a tall player or two in our ranks as during the 1st half we did not win one ball from the keeper`s kicks apart from the one he mis-kicked. Chris Maxwell kept hitting the ball straight to Mark Jones who is not known for his heading ability and never will be , so why Maxwell kept aiming for him I will never know.

2nd Half and the Preston players didn`t like losing and resorted to some shocking tackles which the ref and linesman continually letting them get away with it, foul after foul, several handballs and they were getting away with it because the ref didn`t want to book any players with it being a friendly but the Preston players took advantage and overstepped the mark which made it very awkward for the ref but then the crowd then started to turn on the ref who was doing himself no favours whatsoever and he had to respond somehow but the response we got was hardly one you would normally see a referee do, as he pushed one of the Preston players after the Preston player had pushed the ref first. Touch the ref and it`s a instant red card, but the ref just pushed him back which was really quite funny and it would be great if more referee`s did that, maybe some players would think twice especially if the ref was a big lad. Would you hit him?


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Tom Kearney Leaves Wrexham

Kearney and Wrexham part company
Midfielder Tom Kearney cancels his contract with Wrexham by mutual consent with the club.






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He will be no big loss so its good to see Deano reducing the wage bill and bringing in quality players and gettting rid of all the deadwood.
















Monday, July 20, 2009

Wrexham Fc v Preston North End Tuesday 21st July 2009

The Eric Roberts Stand is closed v Preston North End as Wrexham say they cannot justify opening it because the costs are too high and it`s not worth it, so anyone who has already bought tickets for the old away end can now use either the Mold Road stand or the Yale Stand.


This is what is posted on the official Wrexham Fc website : -

Eric Roberts Stand Closed v PNE

Posted on: Mon 20 Jul 2009

WOULD supporters attending Tuesday evening's friendly with Preston North End please note that the Eric Roberts Stand will be closed for this game and our remaining pre-season fixtures.

The cost of opening this section of the ground against Coventry City, with stewards, turnstilemen and catering staff required, virtually outweighed the receipts we took from fans using the stand.

It will be open again for our first BSP match of the season on Saturday 8 August, when Eastbourne Borough are the visitors.

and just as you would expect from Wrexham Council they go and start digging all the roads up around the Js Sainsbury`s roundabout just in time for the football season. What else would you expect from the people who put these sleeping policemen up on really dangerous bends, I mean has anyone drove down the back lanes towards The Plassey, because if you have then you will know what I mean. What bloody idiot decided on putting a sleeping policeman, ( at least that`s what I think they are called ) where you have to drive right up to it , then put your foot down and veer across towards the other side of the road and then immediately onto the right side because it is on a blind corner and there are hundreds more in the Wrexham County area. Mad and that`s all I have to say on this matter.

Roadworks Start On Plas Coch Interchange

Posted on: Sun 19 Jul 2009

SUPPORTERS are reminded that they face delays travelling to the Racecourse from this Monday onwards, when the north bridge of the busy Plas Coch Interchange A451/A483 will be closed and a contraflow management system begins operating.

This will mean traffic will not be able to:

- Access the town directly from the A483 northbound carriageway (from Oswestry/Chirk).

- Access the A483 southbound carriageway directly from A541 Gwersyllt direction.

- Access the A483 northbound carriageway (to Chester) directly from A541 Wrexham town centre.


A 20mph speed restriction will also apply through the works, and Summerhill Road will be one-way towards Summerhill.

Various timescales have been printed locally, but it looks as if the work should be completed by the end of August 2009.

Please do give yourself extra time when heading to games.

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Monday 8th Jun 2009

Kyle Is Latest To Leave

DEFENDER Kyle Critchell has agreed a deal which will see him leave the club with immediate effect, despite having a season left on his current contract, the necessary paperwork will be completed shortly.

The 22-year-old Wales U21 international had progressed through the youth and reserve teams at Southampton and also enjoyed a loan spell with Torquay United.

He left for Chesterfield in 2007 and was released by them after half a season, when he moved to Weymouth, his hometown club.

A move to Wrexham followed last summer, but he was suspended for the first three games of the season (following a red card in his final match with Weymouth) and then picked up an injury in training at the end of August.

After recovering from this ankle problem four months later, he said he was looking to be loaned out to help improve his first team chances at Wrexham. Joining fellow Conference side York City on a month's loan in early January 2009.

He was due to make his debut a day later against former club Weymouth, but the match was postponed due to the bad weather, before eventually made his first appearance after playing in the 2-1 victory over Oxford United ten days later.

His loan was extended for a second month on 4 February and finished with him making 11 appearances for the Minstermen.

Coming back to Wrexham in early March, Kyle then rejoined his local side Weymouth on loan until the end of the season. Playing eight times while with Weymouth, one bright spot as the Terras were relegated to the Conference South.

In total, Kyle only played two games for the Dragons, both last August.

He leaves with our best wishes and we hope he will soon be settled with a new club.

Tuesday 4th June 2009

Nat Brown has revealed he wants to leave the club so he can get first team football and not just sit and languish in the reserves. Personally I don`t think Matt has had much of a look in at Wrexham and maybe if he had had a decent look in then he would have made the centre back position his own as every time I saw him play, he always played quite a decent game so not sure if I am glad he is leaving or gutted. It`s one of them.

Tuesday 4th June 2009

Mark has signed a 12 month contract with a clause in it, which states that if after 4 months he has not done enough then Wrexham can tear up his contract and send Mark on his way.

Tuesday 19th May 2009

Levi Macken & Shaun Walley have both been released by Wrexham manager Dean Saunders. Both of them spent most of last season on loan at York City and Southport respectively but have been told they are no longer required at Wrexham. I am glad to see them both go as I thought both of them were uselesss footballers and have been very fortunate to be given a chance to play football for a living. If I was them I suggest they start looking for a proper job because they never going to make a decent living out of football as they are not good enough.

14th May 2009

Nathan Fairhurst joins Wrexham full time.

MIDFIELD player Nathan Fairhurst believes he has made the right choice by joining Wrexham, rather than staying with Championship club Preston North End.

The 19-year-old says the opportunity to play regular first team football with the Dragons is a better option rather than sit on the bench or play reserve team football at Preston where he was offered a new contract. I wish Nathan all the best and am sure that if he has a successful season then there will be a host of clubs trying to get his signature as he is too good to be playing non league football for more than a season.

Tuesday 5th May 2009

Jefferson Louis has left Wrexham by mutual consent with a year still left on his contract. The laziest footballer I have ever had the misfortune to watch play for Wrexham

Wednesday 29th April 2009

Gavin Ward - Keeper near the end of his career who served us well for 2 years.

Christian Gyan - The only match I seen him play, he was subbed at half time as he was shocking.

Anthony Williams - People claim he kept Wrexham in the league the season they beat Boston on the last day but he played about 12 games after coming in on loan and he was very lucky as all the shots in those 12 games came at a decent height and mae him look a better keeper than he was. Useless and good riddance.

Chris Marriott - Never saw him play.

Simon Spender - The promise he had as a youngster was never seen and was not good enough for Wrexham. Only reason he got a run in the team because Brian Little and Brian Carey don`t have a clue about playing football the proper way and thought he was the answer to someone with a bit of skill taking on players.

January 2009

Out

Conall Francis Murtagh In January 2009 signed for Welsh Premier League side The New Saints.

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On 7 October 2008

Joe Allen

On 7 October 2008 Allen joined Wrexham on a one-month loan deal, scoring on his debut for the club during a 3-1 win over York City. His loan spell was cut short when he damaged ankle ligaments. He returned from the injury in December, making two league appearances in the space of three days for Swansea, earning plaudits from manager Roberto Martinez.[1]

Ryan Flynn

(at Wrexham until April 26 2009)

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Thursday 16th October 2008

Ashley Westwood

http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10311~5532,00.html one of the first new signings of new manager Dean Saunders with whom Westwood played at Bradford City. Signed on Thursday, 16 October 2008.

Sam Williamson

in his Man City playing days Samuel James "Sam" Williamson (born 15 October 15 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Wrexham as a defender. He signed for Wrexham on a 18 month contract, after impressing on a loan spell from Premier League side Manchester City.

Patrick Suffo

http://www.cameroonfootballers.com/profiles/showPublicProfile/32/patrick-suffo Patrick Suffo (born January 17, 1978 in Ebolowa, Cameroon) is a footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently playing for Wrexham[1] on a pay as you play contract.

Steve Abbot

Signed 12 December 2008 http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10311~42347,00.html

The 26-year-old has signed an 18-month contract after joining from Blue Square South side Team Bath, the club affiliated to the University of Bath.

The England Universities midfielder has graduated from his teaching degree and is to move nearer his Liverpool home.

Christian Gyan

DRAGONS SIGN FRENCH DEFENDER06/02/2009French central defender Aurelien Collin, who played nineteen matches for Scottish League side Gretna last season, has signed for Blue Square Premier club Wrexham until the end of the season. Collin (pictured) joined Gretna from Spanish La Liga club Mallorca in August 2007, signing a two-year contract with the club, but he only made 19 appearances before he was released by the then-SPL club before the end of last season. Trials at Championship clubs Blackpool, Preston North End and Wolves failed to lead to a permanent deal being offered, and Collin signed a one-year contract at Greek Premier League side Panserraikos. "He's played at a higher level, he's aggressive and he's another centre half," said Wrexham manager Dean Saunders, who saw defenders Steve Evans and Shaun Pejic leave the club my mutual consent this week.

Christian Gyan

Christian Gyan (born 1978-11-02 in Tema) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Wrexham. Gyan signed for Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1996. During the following season the club send him on loan to Excelsior. After only a couple of months Feyenoord recalled the defender, and he made his debut for Feyenoord that same season. Gyan remained with Feyenoord for the next eight seasons. He was mainly used as a substitute. Gyan did play the 2002 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Dortmund. He replaced the suspended Brett Emerton in the starting eleven. With Gyan Feyenoord went on to beat Dortmund 3-2. While at Feyenoord Gyan also won a Dutch League Championship and a Johan Cruijff Schaal.Gyan played 23 games for the national team of Ghana.In June 2008 Gyan completed a successful trial for the Finnish club Turun Palloseura, and he signed a 6-month deal with TPS on 3 June. In January 2009 Gyan signed for Wrexham until the end of the 2008-09 season.

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Christian Gyan - TPS Turku - Veikkausliiga. Date of Birth, 02/11/1978. Place of Birth, Tema, Ghana. Nationality, Ghana. Height, 1.67 m /5 ft 6 in ...

Aurélien Collin (born 8 March 1986 in Enghien-les-Bains) Aurélien Collin (born 8 March 1986 in Enghien-les-Bains) is a French footballer YouTube - AURELIEN COLLIN SEASON 2008/09 Career Collin joined Gretna from Spanish La Liga club Mallorca in August 2007, receiving international clearance to play for the club on 14 August. He signed a two year contract with the club.[1] He made his debut for the club in a 1-1 draw with Hearts on 18 August.[2] He scored an own goal in a 4-0 defeat against Rangers on 1 September 2007 at Ibrox Stadium. [3] Following his release by Gretna, Collin spent a week on trial with English Championship club Blackpool, having also been on trial with fellow Championship clubs, Preston North End,[4] and later, Wolves.[5] However, none of these trials have led to a permanent deal being offered. In 2008, he played for panserraikos, a Greek premier league club, he signed a one-year contract. (http://www.panserraikos-gr.com/). On 5 February 2009, Collin has joined Blue Square Premier club Wrexham on a one year contract until the end of the season.Aurelien Collin career stats at Soccerbase AURELIEN COLLIN SEASON 2008/09 You Tube Videos Of AURELIEN COLLIN in action.

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12th February 2009 Wrexham sign Jamie McCluskey

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Wrexham manager Dean Saunders yesterday strengthened his promotion-chasing squad by signing winger Jamie McCluskey and he is actively pursuing yet more targets to keep his players fresh for the final 10 weeks of the season.

Saunders said new boy McCluskey faced a battle for selection, but predicted he would quickly become a crowd-pleaser at the Racecourse.

"Jamie has joined us until the end of the season and if he does well we will give him a new deal next season.

"He has not played for a long time but the fans will love watching him. He is a very talented young player, but his first job is to force his way into the team. Once he has done that I’m sure he will become a crowd favourite."

McCluskey, at one time the youngest ever player to feature in the Scottish Premier League when at Hibernian, hopes his move to the Racecourse will finally launch a career blighted by injury. A twice-broken foot was at the root of the problem, but the 21-year old Scot is optimistic that the worst is behind him.

"I have only been here a week and a half and I’ve only trained with the other lads for three days," he said.

"This is a big opportunity for me to get back to playing regular football and I owe that to the manager and his staff who have all been great with me. I have been to Partizan Belgrade in Serbia and Catania in Italy, but I have not played for a year.

"Wrexham are obviously doing well, but I would not have signed for them unless I felt I had something to offer and I’ll be doing my best to break into the first team as quickly as possible."

17th February Andrew Crofts signs on as a Wrexham player Andrew Crofts

Wrexham FC sign Andrew Crofts

DEAN SAUNDERS has lured Wales star Andrew Crofts to the Racecourse – but the midfielder couldn’t prevent Wrexham slipping to a 2-1 defeat at Burton Albion last night.

Crofts, who has 12 international caps, made his debut in the Pirelli Stadium loss after completing a whirlwind loan switch from League Two side Gillingham hours before the game.

The signing provided Saunders some consolation after watching his side throw away a 1-0 advantage against the league leaders, with Jefferson Louis opening the scoring on 23 minutes.

And the manager believes Crofts has a glittering career ahead of him, having watched the midfielder at close quarters while on international duty with Wales.

In dispute with his club Gillingham, where his contract expires at the end of the season, the 24-year old has joined the Dragons until the end of the season in order to play regular first team football.

And the Racecourse boss is delighted to have secured the player’s services for Wrexham’s bid to bounce back into the Football League at the first attempt.

“He’s coming to help us in this final push for promotion,” said Saunders.

“I know his qualities from working with him at Wales and this boy could end up playing in the Premiership. He played against Holland last summer, where he made a good impression on the coaching staff.

“This is a major coup for us and shows the ambition of the chairman and myself in trying get Wrexham promoted out of this league.

“Andrew’s presence brings experience and strength to the squad and he will bring the best out of our younger players. He is a good, solid character and certainly no fancy-dan player because he rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck in.

“Andrew will definitely move onto better things. But it shows the boy’s character that he is will to come and help a Welsh club in the short term. He really is doing us a big favour.

“Both John Toshack and myself advised the player that a move to Wrexham would be a big help to both him and Welsh football.”

Crofts has also won under 19 and under 21 honours and was Gillingham’s player of the year last season. He made nearly 200 appearances for the Kent club, scoring 17 goals.

Monday March 9th 2009 Simon Spender heads to Barrow on loan Simon Spender in action Monday March 9th 2009 Kyle Kritchell returns from his loan spell at York City where he has been for the last two months.
Critchell playing for York City in 2009

Wrexham have been busy in the transfer market again, albeit only on loan. A new goalkeeper which we need and another central defender which we definitely don`t need. A striker is what we desperately require but can`t seem to get one. Dragons'>http://www.wrexham-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=439866">Dragons sign new keeper - Wrexham FC - Wrexham Online Dragons sign new keeper. By Gvred. Thursday, 26th March 2009 ... Gunnar is the third player Wrexham have acquired from City this season, following in the ... Wrexham are in line to parade a new goalkeeper at Histon after International clearance was given to Gunnar Nielsen.The 22year old stopper has been signed until the end of the season from Manchester City, Gunnar is the third player Wrexham have acquired from City this season, following in the steps of Angelos Tsiaklis and Sam Williamson. The 6'3" stopper began his career with HB Torshavn, before moving to BK Frem Copenhagen in 2005. After making five Appearances, Gunnar was signed by Premier League Blackburn Rovers in July 2007 for an undisclosed fee.While at Rovers, he had a six month loan spell with Scottish Premier League outfit Motherwell, before moving onto Manchester City in a two and a half year deal. Obviously Mark hughes must rate him highly to bring him to Man City from Blackburn seeing as Man City already have two excellent goalkeepers. At 6 foot 3 he should be able to handle anything in the air which is what we desperately need. How many times have we lost to set pieces is un-real so hopefully this should put a stop to that. Assoumani signs for DragonsWrexham have announced the signing of defender Mansour Assoumani for the remainder of the season.Mansour is 28,and was born in Nice, France. He is 6 feet 2 inches and can play in central defence or right back. Assoumani began his career with French club Montpellier, making 74 appearances and scoring 4 goals in a five year stay. He has also played for German second division clubs Saarbrucken and Sportfreunde Siegen.In December 2008, Assoumani was offered a one month contract with First division Leeds United. He made one appearance while at Elland road, Playing in the 3-1 defeat against Milton Keynes Dons.Mansour was released by Leeds in January 2009, and trained with Crewe Alexandra but failed to secure a contract. At last we have some real height in our defence which is what we desperately required. I have now lost count of the number of players we have signed permanently or got on loan in the last two years. Surely we must be talking over 50 players. Geoff Moss surely must be congratulated on the money he has spent since taking over at Wrexham or sent to the nearest mental institution and strapped to the chair for his own well being and mental health because let`s face it, who else would have ploughed the amount of money into Wrexham during the last year or so. We must have had more players than Pamela Anderson has had ,well you know what she has had.

DRAGONS SIGN FRENCH DEFENDER06/02/2009French central defender Aurelien Collin, who played nineteen matches for Scottish League side Gretna last season, has signed for Blue Square Premier club Wrexham until the end of the season. Collin (pictured) joined Gretna from Spanish La Liga club Mallorca in August 2007, signing a two-year contract with the club, but he only made 19 appearances before he was released by the then-SPL club before the end of last season. Trials at Championship clubs Blackpool, Preston North End and Wolves failed to lead to a permanent deal being offered, and Collin signed a one-year contract at Greek Premier League side Panserraikos. "He's played at a higher level, he's aggressive and he's another centre half," said Wrexham manager Dean Saunders, who saw defenders Steve Evans and Shaun Pejic leave the club my mutual consent this week.