The Dragons won 5-0 with all their goals being scored by Lee Jones.

The season began with Brian Flynn's departure

But with rivals Northampton Town and Notts County winning, Wrexham's relegation fate was confirmed.

Even before the latest round of results, the club's managing director, David Rhodes, had accepted that relegation was inevitable.

"Dropping down a division will do nothing to help the club's worsening financial problems, which have been compounded by the recent crisis at ITV Digital," he said.

"It could mean, through our Football League and TV income, a loss of about �100,000 next season."

But Mr Rhodes dismissed speculation that Wrexham could follow the likes of Bury and Crystal Palace into financial crisis.

He said: "We'll keep going somehow, we'll just have to cut our cloth accordingly.

The Racecourse has seen little cheer this season

"We're disbanding our academy and reverting to a centre of excellence, which will save around �200,000-300,000 a season."

Dave Davies, who has been a loyal Wrexham fan for 50 years, said he had seen the club through bad times and good, including the side's golden spell during the 1970s.

"Players like Billy Ashcroft, Mickey Thomas and Joey Jones all came through as youngsters and did well.

"But with football clubs, you get your ups and downs.

"I've seen four promotion teams, and almost as many relegation sides - and that's what we're facing.

The 2002/2 season was barely a month old when long-serving manager Brian Flynn and assistant Kevin Reeves resigned.

Denis Smith took over but was unable to drag Wrexham out of the relegation zone.

The town recently lost out on coveted Golden Jubilee city status to Newport in the south, meaning potential economic spin-offs for the town have been lost.

Takeover talk

The town's MP, Ian Lucas, said relegation of the football club would be another blow.

The players spent the week at the club's training ground at Colliers Park, trying to put thoughts of relegation behind them.

Wrexham could be buoyed by the expected announcement of a fresh hand at the club's helm, with a new owner due to take over the business in the next month.

It is believed the mystery figure behind the deal is former Chester City owner Mark Guterman.

The takeover has come about following the decision by chairman Pryce Griffiths sell his 78% majority shareholding in the club.