22nd February 2003
Leicester fans had an unusual decision to make during half-time in the match against Wimbledon on Saturday 22nd February 2003 - the name of their club! Until 1919 the club had been known as Leicester Fosse and they were considering reverting to that name. But the fans were given the final say - each was given a card showing a C for City on one side and an F for Fosse on the other. In a show of cards at half-time the Cs won by a mile...and Leicester City they remained.AND NOW....Another club in the news is Wrexham who presently lie 7th in the National League. By the way in that top ten the following including Wrexham are ex-Football League clubs: Stockport County (1st place at the moment), then Chesterfield (2nd), FC Halifax Town (4th), Notts County (8th), Grimsby Town (9th) and Dagenham and Redbridge(10th).
I wrote a while back on the state of Wrexham FC and these are worth a look:
The two American A-Listers, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, investing in the Welsh club, have imported FA Coach Les Reed, well known to FA Coaches in the UK and a quality technical educator. Les has been working with non-league clubs for three decades, once working at Finchley FC, where Margaret Thatcher was the club president! The Americans are significantly more "hands on" at their club than Maggie was at Finchley!!
Reynolds found fame with "Deadpool" and "The Proposal" whereas his mate is known for "Its always sunny in Philadelphia". They both have Welsh roots.
Reed was hired in May after Wrexham had failed to qualify for the Football League in the play-offs. Reed has to start with a clean sheet, hiring 18 new players and have just forked out £30,000 for Ollie Palmer from Wimbledon AFC. OK its not big money but....
Reed was hired in May after Wrexham had failed to qualify for the Football League in the play-offs. Reed has to start with a clean sheet, hiring 18 new players and have just forked out £30,000 for Ollie Palmer from Wimbledon AFC. OK its not big money but....
Reed has worked at Fulham and Southampton but learned the trade at Finchley and then Woodford Town where Bobby Moore was club president and Frank Lampard Snr worked the bar!
Reed combines his job at Wrexham with roles with UEFA and Fifa and he sees the Premier League as part of the clubs' future, not as an individual club, but as part of a "group" as in American Football, like the Red Bull and Ineos' models.
Perhaps an international franchise for little Wrexham, supported by RR McReynolds Co LLC?
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