‘Lightning in a bottle’: Wrexham wrap US tour with Philly ‘homecoming’

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‘Lightning in a bottle’: Wrexham wrap US tour with Philly ‘homecoming’

Wrexham concluded an ‘eye-opening’ North American tour with a visit to their improbable home away from home

Very late on Friday night, Phil Parkinson, his gray hair matted by a steady second-half rain that followed a two-hour severe-weather delay, slid into a chair in a conference room and pinned a happy face on an exhausting four-game road trip.

And this had not been just another road trip. Parkinson is the manager of Wrexham, who last year became the darlings of reality TV, winning promotion to the English Football League after a 15-year absence. And all while starring in Welcome To Wrexham, a documentary charting their fortunes.

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