Out Of The Way: Matchday Six

Wrexham 1 Woking 0

Goal: James Emmanuel Smith-Jennings (43)

What Happened?

Sam Wedgbury shaved his beard off for a start. He then laughed and heckled the Woking lads to death as he now resembles a Frankie Boyle doppelganger (@BartonBank astutely made the comparison on Twitter). He didn’t really possess such mirth — he was overshadowed by a powerful display from Akil Wright.

Keates rang the changes with James Hurst, Wright, Jack Mackreth and Ntumba Massanka coming in for Kevin Roberts, the suspended Mark Carrington, Paul Rutherford and Scott Boden respectively.

Alex Reid forced Nathan Baxter into a smart save in an uneventful first 15 minutes before Dibble tipped a wayward cross over at the other end.

Mackreth was forced off with a leg injury in the 28th minute.

Wrexham made the breakthrough two minutes before half-time.

Smith’s header appeared to be over the line despite the best blocking attempts of the Cards defence but Jennings tapped it into the net for the avoidance of doubt. Who will it be credited to? Who cares.

Eleven minutes from time and Massanka had a golden chance to seal victory. Substitute Paul Rutherford slipped the ball into him but the on-loan Burnley striker fired tamely at Baxter when he had enough time to do anything and everything else to score.

Baxter then reeled in an Alex Reid effort before Woking sub Jamie Philpott wasted a great chance at the other end.

Leo Smith got on the pitch and our game management late on was superb.

Successive 1-0 home wins you say? Smashing.

Stormer:

Wright was superb but Manny Smith was a cut above once again. One of the most calmest and composed centre-backs around. Flawless.

Overheard:

Mr Half Glass Empty: “We’ve still only won three games.”

Mr Half Glass Full: “Yeah but I’d rather have three wins and three losses than six draws.”

Good maths sir.

Moment You May Have Missed:

Christian Dibble jogging into his goal for a drink of water only to find an empty bottle. Threw it down it dejection. Seconds later we scored. Do it again Dibs…

The Referee is a W-A-N-K-E-R Scale of Shitfuckery:

Peter Gibbons — K. Made a monkey out of both teams with some utterly shite first-half calls. Failed to spot a tug of a red shirt before gifting us a goal kick when it was obviously a Woking corner.

Redeemed himself by not booking Hurst for a clumsy but not malicious tackle on Charlie Carter. The arse from last week would have given him two reds for it.

Got the Wright booking erm, right and had an untroubled second-half.

Who Is In The Way Next ?

Wrexham face a quick turnaround with a ballache Bank Holiday bimble to Borehamwood.

The Reds could be in for a spot of big bother in a town famed for its live filming of Big Brother.

The Wood are no shrinking violets and have made a tidy start to the campaign, winning three and drawing two of their first six games.

They will be smarting from throwing away a two-goal lead at Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, with Andy Mangan rescuing a point for the struggling hosts in the last minute.

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Fearless In Devotion

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CPD Wrecsam. By the fans for the fans. European pedigree stuck in the fifth division. We will rise again.

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