Parkinson's home delights as Jones rues 'jinx' Wrexham
Josh Windass (hidden) netted his first home goal for Wrexham against Charlton Athletic
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Phil Parkinson feels opposition teams now feel they are in for a tough afternoon again at the Stok Cae Ras as Wrexham have rediscovered their best form on home soil.
Josh Windass struck the only goal of the game from the penalty spot in the 77th minute to earn the Red Dragons a 1-0 victory over Charlton Athletic in the club's final fixture before the international break.
It was their third successive home win in the Championship and sees the Welsh side extend their unbeaten league run on home soil to five matches.
"The atmosphere now and the feeling in the stadium is what we've been used to," Parkinson said.
"In those early games, we didn't quite create that intensity in our play.
"We had some really good periods in all of those games, but we got punished in key moments.
"The Oxford game, I thought the support was great. Coventry, as we spoke about, it was special, and today, what an atmosphere.
"We've always spoken about making this place difficult for the opposition to play and I think we've got it where we need it to be. We've got to keep it there.
"That comes with the supporters playing their part like they've done today, but also the manner of the performance, the physicality, Issa [Kabore] typifies that in his fighting spirit and defenders winning headers when they needed to.
"Teams know if they come to Wrexham, they're in for a tough afternoon."
Victory lifted Wrexham to 13th place, just four places and two points behind Charlton after 15 games of the season.
Opposition boss Nathan Jones labelled Wrexham a "jinx" after his squad was decimated by injuries for the trip to north Wales - as it was when Parkinson's men beat the Addicks 3-0 to clinch promotion in April.
"We've come here twice now and been depleted with injuries," Jones said.
"It seems this place is a jinx. But I'm proud of the group because they've given me everything."
He added: "That was a real tight margin game.
"These (Wrexham) have a huge budget, spent a lot of money, they're playing at home and yet it is the tightest game. That is the Championship."