Wrexham go into tonight's game needing a win if they are to survive in League One. Ten points from safety and with four games to play, there is a slim hope that Wrexham can stay up, but need Torquay, Oldham and MK Dons to lose.
Should Wrexham fail to win tonight at
With the club still in administration, despite a buyer - former director Neville Dickens - on the horizons, Wrexham face the prospect of losing 17 players at the end of the season, whether they stay up or not, but due to the absurd situation at present, no contract negotiations can be made.
Wrexham are a far better team than many in League Two, despite an FA Cup Second Round defeat to Scunthorpe in December - the same day they entered administration - and should come back up were they relegated to the fourth tier of English football, last week described by manager Denis Smith as "two divisions below where I want this club to be."
Wrexham are not a bad team. The Welsh club has had many injury problems this season, which are still crippling the team, and to their credit, and perhaps their early season form, they are still in with a shout of staying up following their 10-point deduction.
They also lifted the LDV Vans Trophy this month with a 2-0 win over League Two promotion-chasing Southend United, small consolation maybe, but up to £500,000 for the coffers at Wrexham and much needed revenue through 36,000 fans attending the game - of which 21,000 were tickets sold by Wrexham.
Add to that the final of the BBC Wales sponsored FAW Premier Cup final next month against Swansea City at the Vetch Field which could bring a further £100,000 and Wrexham will have secured enough funds to hopefully appease a couple creditors at least.
So where does it all leave Wrexham...in League Two next season, but still a club, which can only move forward? That will do for most fans - their club is still alive and can bounce back and put the nightmare past couple years behind them.
Potential owener Neville Dickens, was a director of the club in the 80s and is a genuine sporting man, who has a car showroom adjacent to the ground - he is not likely to do "an Alex Hamilton" and leave the club in a desperate state - with a personal fortune of £40m should mean, unlike
Dickens has assured all parties he has the funding, and has proved this to those who need to see, and it should only be a matter of time before he buys the club, they come out of administration and the club's on- and off field fortunes begin to turn around.
So Wrexham may be travelling to some of the smaller grounds in the Football League next season, and attracting even small numbers than the 4,000 that regularly make the trip to the Racecourse - but there will be a football club, a 15,500 capacity stadium and perhaps some players who are there now that can bring the club back to League Two under Denis Smith, who should be Manager of the Year for his efforts under the extremists of pressures and the management of a club he can do little to help but keep the players motivated for every game.
Wrexham....DOWN but certainly not out.