Brian Little took charge of Wrexham in November

Wrexham boss Brian Little says the club should prepare for the worst but has vowed to stay at the Dragons if they lose their Football League status.

The Racecourse side are bottom of the Football League, seven points adrift of safety with nine games to go.

And Little told the BBC's Sport Wales programme: "The club has to be prepared for whatever the outcome.

"But we are going to fight to the very end and that's the most important thing."

Little was appointed in November, replacing manager Brian Carey after three wins and 10 defeats from their opening 14 games left them next-to-bottom with just 10 points.

In Little's time, the club have picked up 23 points from 23 games but now find themselves at the foot of the table.

There is life after the Football League if that happens Brian Little

Despite their predicament, the former Aston Villa manager believes the Dragons still have a chance of staying in the Football League for the second successive year.

"We've been bottom of the table for such a long time now and the fact that we've not been tailed off is testament to the attitude of the players," he said.

"I think a lot of people up and down the country might still predict Wrexham for relegation, but we feel here that we've shown a fair amount of stick-ability and we're still within a very good chance and we won't give up.

"We have to survive in the hope that we can be competitive next season."

Little admits talks have taken place at boardroom level over the club's future should they go down, but insists they will not be made public.

"There has to be a plan," he said. "You can't wait until the last game of the season and suddenly say 'we've got to start thinking about this'.

"We've simply said to ourselves and our supporters that we are trying our best, we're working hard, we're fighting hard and I think they believe us."

Little has experienced relegation from the Football League before with Darlington who he took charge of at a later stage of the season.

But he insists dropping out of the League would not be a total disaster.

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"There is life after the Football League if that happens but none of us think that is the right thing to happen.

"Nowadays, going into the Conference there are a lot of very solid, well-run football teams and it's more difficult to get out of.

"There is a route back, and when teams do come back they come back stronger.

"But we are so determined to try and stay in the Football League, that is our sole aim."

As for his own future should they go down, he said: "I certainly would stay if everything was right.

"We have to make sure everything is right for all parties and if that is the case then there's no reason why that shouldn't be the case.

"We've had conversations down that road and at the moment things are looking very positive towards that."

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