As a Wrexham native myself, I’m interested to see Neco’s development - he is a Wrexham born footballer playing for the Reds; people will recognise the names of Harry Wilson and Danny Ward as other recent examples.
Other Wrexham born professional players include current Internationals Tom Lawrence and Connor Roberts, Jason Koumas and Robbie Savage. Then there are players who played for both clubs, including Peter Wall, Stuart Mason, Lee Jones, Joey Jones, Mike Hooper; and going the other way, Phil Boersma, Rushie and Stephen Wright. Dean Saunders and Steve Cooper have strong Wrexham connections, and when Shanks had time on his hands following his decision to leave the Liverpool job, he spent a lot of time at the Racecourse, allegedly helping John Neal, who got Wrexham playing the ‘Liverpool way’; Neal gained promotion, had some great Cup runs including European exploits, and went on to manage Chelsea.