Wrexham have been eradicated from the FA Cup within the first spherical, shedding 1-0 away at lower-league Harrogate City on Sunday.
Harrogate, seventeenth in League Two, weren’t fancied by many heading into the sport towards a Wrexham workforce who want to earn their third successive promotion and are third in League One.
The Welsh facet, part-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, conceded towards the run of play halfway by the primary half. Harrogate ahead Jack Muldoon leapt highest from a nook and directed his header previous Arthur Okonkwo within the Wrexham web with what was the house workforce’s first probability of any actual observe.
Wrexham created a bunch of excellent possibilities, notably within the second half as their added firepower was summoned by supervisor Phil Parkinson from the bench in an try to show the sport round.
Nonetheless, James Belshaw was greater than resolute within the Harrogate objective, making glorious saves from Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, George Dobson and Paul Mullin. Proper-back Ryan Barnett arguably had the very best probability of all, however was unable to regulate his end and blazed the ball over the bar.
The Dragons did have the ball within the web within the closing levels of the sport after Modou Faal poked dwelling from shut vary, solely to see the offside flag go as much as rule it out.
The closing levels have been fraught in Yorkshire as Wrexham went direct, with former Premier League participant James McClean placing a variety of crosses into the field to no avail.
The ultimate act was a ball launched into the realm that was plucked appropriately from the sky by Belshaw, who blew a kiss to the travelling Wrexham followers behind his objective after the full-time whistle.
Wrexham return to league motion on Saturday towards Mansfield City.
