Wrexham Association Football Club is an association football club based in

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, Wales. Founded in October 1864, it is the oldest football club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. After playing in the

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and regional leagues for several years, Wrexham joined the

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shortly after the First World War, as a founding member of the new

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. The club remained in the Football League for over 85 years, before they were relegated to the

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in 2008. They remained in the fifth tier of English football for the next 15 seasons, missing out on promotion through the play-offs on five separate occasions. Wrexham were promoted in two consecutive seasons between 2022 and 2024, and will play in

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for the first time since 2005. Wrexham's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, a total of 899 players have appeared in fewer than 25 such matches for the club. The list includes six players who are still contracted to the club, so can add to their appearance total. Six Wrexham players with fewer than 25 appearances went on to manage the club –

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(1949–1950),

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(1950–1955),

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(1955–1957 and 1959–1960; caretaker 1961, 1965, 1967), Alvan Williams (1967–1968),

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(1968–1977) and Bobby Roberts (1982–1985). Joe Jones, who played nine times between 1881 and 1883, was Wrexham's first player to score a hat-trick, which he did on 3 November 1883 (this was also the first time a player had scored four goals).

Key

*The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order. *Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season. *Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 April 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Wrexham.

References

General * Specific

External links

Wrexham A.F.C. first team
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Wrexham A.F.C. players (1-24 appearances) *

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