The next season of “Welcome to Wrexham” looks like it’s going to be a doozy.
The latest plot twist (spoiler alert!) involves a 40-year-old goalkeeper coming out of retirement to make a heroic penalty save in the last second of the biggest game of the season.
A little cliché, we know, but sometimes you can’t beat a classic.
Wrexham was tied with Notts County atop the National League table entering Monday’s showdown at Racecourse Ground. The game had all the makings of a promotion-decider, with only the first-place finisher gaining automatic passage to League Two for next season.
Notts County took the lead on the stroke of halftime, but a wild second half saw Wrexham emerge with a 3-2 lead as the game entered stoppage time.
The visitors were given a chance to level with the last kick of the match, but Ben Foster, a former England international who only came out of retirement last month, stepped up to deliver the save of the season — and a play that could ensure Wrexham’s promotion.
Wrexham won 3-2 and now have a three-point lead over Notts County with a game in hand, and just four games left to play.
The Welsh club’s incredible rise under owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney shows no sign of slowing down. You could barely script it.
Watch Foster’s heroic save for Wrexham
SCENES 😳@Wrexham_AFC's Ben Foster comes up BIG to save @Official_NCFC's last-minute penalty 🦸♂️ pic.twitter.com/n4ZBSMCrF5
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 10, 2023
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