Wrexham director Shaun Harvey said if the club gains promotion to the Premier League this season, it would be “the greatest sports story ever.”
The Red Dragons’ campaign is finely poised, given they occupy the final Championship playoff position heading into the climax to the league on Saturday when they host Middlesbrough.
Goal difference alone separates them from seventh-placed Hull, with Derby still in the top-six mix too, as the club co-owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac target an historic fourth successive promotion.
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“If we do make it to the playoffs on Saturday afternoon, we have the chance of going back-to-back-to-back-to-back promotions,” Harvey said at SportsPro London
“If we achieve that, as others have said and I agree, it would be the greatest sports story ever.
“There’s no script, just a story to tell.
“As it happens, it’s authentic and that’s what makes Wrexham so relatable to many others who care to dream.”
However, he insisted that he did not want missing out on a playoff place to be deemed a failure, after Reynolds and Mac have taken Wrexham from the National League to the brink of the Premier League since buying the Welsh club five years ago.
“The time is now. We’ve got one game to go of the league season,” Harvey said.
“To use Alex Ferguson’s favourite phrase, it definitely is squeaky bum time. Will we make it or won’t we make it? Well, there’s a story to be written either way.
“Because whatever happens, we’ve gone from being a non-league team to the best team in Wales by virtue of league position.
“We’ve finished in our highest league position ever and the women’s team have won the league and will compete in the Champions League.
“In all circumstances, our season should be viewed as ‘we nearly made it,’ rather than ‘we just missed out.’
“And whilst that’s a subtle difference, the reality is we have no right to actually achieve what we have done so far this season.”
PA contributed to this report.
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