EFL Trophy can help Wrexham squad for run-in, says Parkinson

Phil Parkinson believes Wrexham's run in the EFL Trophy will help keep his squad sharp for the business end of the season.

A much-changed Wrexham side beat 2023 winners Bolton Wanderers at the Stok Racecourse in Tuesday night's quarter-final to progress to the last four, where they will meet Peterborough United.

With fringe players getting a chance to shine, manager Parkinson hopes the entire squad will be stronger for their promotion push in League One.

"Now we've got players really up to speed for this run of games we've got coming up because we'll be utilising the the group all the way through to the end of the season," Parkinson said.

"It's a competition which is always low-key at the start and your attitude has got to be right - and ours has been fantastic

"That's a credit to the professionalism of the staff and the group. We've won every game I think apart from the draw in the final group game at Port Vale.

"It's about professionalism, playing with pride every week and and we've done that. When that [Peterborough] game comes, we'll be ready and we'll pick a team we feel is right

"We've got a lot of players in the squad where there's not a lot in it so it's not a case of weakening the team when we leave players out because we've got good players who can step in and and some have made claims [against Bolton] to to be involved again."

Wrexham return to league action with a trip to Northampton Town on Saturday.

Parkinson's men are third in League One and four points behind Wycombe Wanderers in the second automatic promotion place.