Wrexham: Championship’s longest serving manager Phil Parkinson still has work to do

Progress on the pitch is mirrored by off-the-field developments such as construction of the new Kop Stand at Stok Cae Ras and a new pavilion at Colliers Park, Wrexham’s former training ground which is now owned by the Football Association of Wales and Wrexham University.

“What is great for us, people can see the stands coming up and the module at Colliers taking shape as well,” Parkinson added.

“As the club’s progressed on the pitch – the training facilities in particular – it’s been difficult to keep pace.

“Even though Colliers are great with us and the pitches are good, to have our own base there now is going to be a huge advantage because we’re up against teams with state-of-the-art training grounds.

“Even in League One, a lot of teams have got really top-class facilities and we need that to attract players. It’s progress we needed to make and when we come back from America [in pre-season], that should be ready to go into.”

Wrexham face Sunderland, Liverpool and Leeds United on their tour of the United States later in the month.

Before then they travel to Poland to face Wisla Krakow in their opening pre-season friendly this Saturday followed a week later with a friendly against Manchester United in Helsinki.

“In terms of going to Krakow and Helsinki, that helps generate the revenue which we need to put into the budget to help us going forward,” Parkinson said.

“And obviously, the America trip is important.

“So, as we’ve always done, we’ve embraced those trips and I think it’s a very exciting pre-season for us.”