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Sad Wrexham ready for league exit Flynn blast as Wrexham face exit
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North Wales is preparing for life without a Football League club as Wrexham face relegation.North Wales is preparing for life without a Football League club as Wrexham face relegation.
If Wrexham are beaten by Notts County they may lose their league status and have to play in non-league football for the first time in 87 years. If Wrexham lose to Notts County they may have to play in non-league football for the first time in 87 years.
Local businesses say it is hard to quantify how much they will lose in revenue from visiting fans but say it will be a sad day. Former manager Brian Flynn has accused those in charge of "years of neglect" and said the club should have stuck with boss Brian Carey last year.
Former club manager Dixie McNeil said: "It will be tragic for the town." Local businesses find it hard to predict how much they will lose in revenue but say it will be a sad day.
It is the second year running that the Dragons have faced the league exit and last year only avoided it with victory in the finale game of the season. Flynn, who spent 12 years as Wrexham manager before leaving in 2001, said before Saturday's kick-off: "I call neglect poor decision-making.
But at the start of Saturday's game they were nine points from safety at the bottom of the table, and another defeat at their Racecourse ground could seal the club's fate, if fellow strugglers Dagenham and Redbridge achieve a draw. From the outside it's easy to make these sorts of decisions, but wrong time, wrong place and the wrong things have happened Brian Flynn, former Wrexham manager
We accept that we're major favourites to go down Wrexham manager Brian Little "I know that's a wide parameter, but looking at it from the outside but knowing it from the inside there's been some strange decisions made over the last couple of years."
He said his criticisms related to "the whole package," and he was neither "protecting fellow managers" nor "bitter or sour" about his time at the club.
Flynn argued that Wrexham should have retained Carey, who did a "fantastic job" last season when the club retained their status last season with a win in the last game.
'Bold nor brave'
He thought Carey would have turned the club around this season, although he emphasised he was not criticising current manager Brian Little.
Flynn said: "The time to be brave was probably at the start of the season and stick with it (the manager). From the outside it's easy to make these sorts of decisions, but wrong time, wrong place and the wrong things have happened."
He said the people in charge of the club were responsible for the club's plight, and had been neither bold nor brave enough.
"The minimum you (must) have is a three-year plan. That three-year plan from day one at the season lasted two months."
At the start of Saturday's game they were nine points from safety at the bottom of the table, and another defeat at their Racecourse ground could seal the club's fate, if fellow strugglers Dagenham and Redbridge achieve a draw.
However, the Dragons may also receive a lifeline with fellow League Two side Rotherham facing the possibility of liquidation, and if that happened only one club would be relegated.However, the Dragons may also receive a lifeline with fellow League Two side Rotherham facing the possibility of liquidation, and if that happened only one club would be relegated.
The situation remains grim, though, for Wrexham, as second-to-last Mansfield began the day five points above the north Wales club.The situation remains grim, though, for Wrexham, as second-to-last Mansfield began the day five points above the north Wales club.
"Wrexham's not a big place," said McNeil. "It's not a Swansea, it's not a Cardiff. We are a town, the ground is located in the town and it's like anything else, it's something to be proud of. " "Wrexham's not a big place," said another former manager Dixie McNeil, who lives in the town.
While they still have a mathematical chance of avoiding the big drop the current Wrexham manager Brian Little continues to remain upbeat. "It's not a Swansea, it's not a Cardiff. We are a town, the ground is located in the town and it's like anything else, it's something to be proud of. "
"We're here to win a football match on Saturday - it's as simple as that," he said. "Yes, we accept that at this moment in time we're major favourites to go down.
"That might well happen but we've not given up and we won't do anything other than give it everything we've got."
However, despite the positive outlook he did admit that the club have done some work to prepare themselves for life below League Two.
"Everything's organised at the club," he explained. "The most important things for me to do is to make sure myself and my staff have objectives.
"My objectives are very much behind the scenes working towards next season."