 | Fans celebrate as Wrexham hang on longer in the league |
Wrexham have thrown themselves a lifeline with a vital victory after appearing to be on the verge of relegation from the Football League. Wrexham managed to beat Notts County 1-0 to preserve the league status they have held for 87 years. It came after ex-manager Brian Flynn accused those in charge of "years of neglect" and said the club should have stuck with boss Brian Carey last year. Current manager Brian Little said the club would give it everything they had. But Flynn, who spent 12 years as Wrexham manager before leaving in 2001, said of the club's plight before Saturday's kick-off: "I call neglect poor decision-making. "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. 'Neither 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.  Racecourse fans watch anxiously as Wrexham take on Notts County |
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 the win over Notts County ensured they gave themselves another chance of survival. 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. "Wrexham's not a big place," said another former manager Dixie McNeil, who lives in the town. "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. "
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