The 2021–22 season of

Wrexham A.F.C. Wrexham Association Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam) is a Welsh professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Formed ...

was the football club's 157th season. Despite being based in

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in North Wales, the club plays in the English football league system, with 2021–22 being their 14th successive season in the

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; the season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. They also played in the English

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and FA Trophy. Following the takeover by

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and

Rob McElhenney Robert McElhenney III (; born April 14, 1977) is an American actor, producer, writer, podcaster and co-owner of Wrexham A.F.C. He is best known for his role as Ronald "Mac" McDonald on the FX/FXX comedy series ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelp ...

at the previous season, they have arranged a FX docu-series called ''

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'' for the American

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streaming service. A 20-person camera crew follow the players, coaches and fans to film the series for an entire matchday. The takeover from Wrexham Supporters Trust has resulted in investment of £2 million ($2.75m), attracting

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as kit sponsor and

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for the sponsor at the back of the kit. The owners were in the crowd first time as the club played against

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, while they made their first visit to the club's home ground in October 2021 with more than 9,800 supporters attending their introduction before kickoff against

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. Season-ticket sales for the season almost tripled to 5,800 from about 2,000. On 24 January 2022, the club broke their biggest transfer record since 1978 to sign Ollie Palmer for £300,000. As of March 2022, the club was negotiating the purchase of the freehold of the

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stadium from

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First team squad

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

New contracts

https://web.archive.org/web/20210603131435/https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/club-news-wrexham-afc-announce-2021-retained-list * Christian Dibble *Cameron Green * Reece Hall-Johnson *

Rob Lainton Robert Paul Lainton (born 12 October 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club Wrexham A.F.C., Wrexham. He turned professional at Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers i ...

Shaun Pearson Shaun Mark Pearson (born 28 April 1989) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two side Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town. Pearson began his career at Spalding United F.C., Spalding U ...

Jamie Reckord Jamie Vincent Junior Reckord (born 9 March 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a full back for Yeovil Town. He started his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers and during his time there had spells on loan with Northampton Town, Scunthor ...

* Devonte Redmond * Luke Young

Released

* Mark Carrington * Bobby Grant * Jay Harris * James Horsfield * Fiacre Kelleher * Paul Rutherford * Chris Sang * Theo Vassell

Competitions

Overall record

National League

League table

Matches

On Thursday, 7 July 2021, the

fixtures were revealed.

Playoffs

FA Cup

The fourth qualifying round draw was made on 4 October 2021. The first round draw was made on 17 October 2021.

FA Trophy

References

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