Plenty of time to right the wrongs - Parkinson

Phil Parkinson says there is plenty of time for Wrexham to put things right after losing back-to-back league games at the Stok Racecourse for the first time in his Wrexham reign.

Leyton Orient came from behind to surprise Wrexham after Ollie Rathbone (pictured below) had put Parkinson's team ahead in front of their own fans on Tuesday night.

The result came after defeat to Stevenage in the previous League One outing at home – Wrexham's first loss on their own patch all season.

While there was an EFL Trophy quarter-final win over Bolton in between, Wrexham have not lost successive home league games since April 2021, two months after the club's Hollywood takeover by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and shortly before Parkinson was named manager.

Wrexham, who were at that stage managed by Dean Keates, lost to Torquay and Stockport to lose ground in the National League play-off chase.

Four years on, Wrexham are chasing promotion to the Championship, but have seen a five-point gap open up between themselves and second-placed Wycombe Wanderers.

With leaders Birmingham City 11 points clear of the Red Dragons with two games in hand, many fans are eyeing up a battle for the other automatic promotion spot with the Chairboys.

The two hopefuls will face each other next month during a hectic run of games for Parkinson, who has twice won promotion as a manager from the third tier.

He said: "Like everybody you look at the results – as on Saturday when we won and they (Wycombe) had drawn – but there's other teams in the mix.

"The division is as strong as its ever been. It's not just me saying it, every manager you come up against speaks about the strength of the division.

"The teams down the bottom improve, teams like Orient make some good signings and get better.

"We've done brilliantly to be where we are, we really have, but we're not happy with it – we want to build on it from now until the end of the season.

"There is a lot of football to be played and we have to focus on ourselves, that's all we can control."

Wrexham's have 15 league games remaining, starting with a trip to Mansfield on Sunday.

They will go in search of a third away league win in a row having had some difficulties on the road this term.

"We're disappointed but we have to move on quickly and we'll go to Mansfield looking for a more consistent performance," Parkinson added.

"Games are coming quickly so we have the chance to put it right."