Creighton backs Wrexham for 'astonishing' promotion

Former Wrexham defender Mark Creighton believes they can achieve an "astonishing" third successive promotion to reach the Championship next season.

Creighton was at the Stok Racecourse to see Phil Parkinson's side underline their credentials in a 1-0 League One win over Lincoln City on Tuesday night.

Wrexham needed a slice of fortune to hang on to second place, as Lincoln defender Tendayi Darikwa diverted James McClean's shot into his own net.

"The winning goal, as it turned out, had a little bit of luck to it but it was coming. We'd really started the second half very well - we applied a lot of pressure," Creighton told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

"Lincoln were very, very good, you know, they came and they had a right go at us, but they were also very robust out of possession and made it difficult for us.

"But we kept hammering the door again. We've got James McClean, who was announced as man of the match. And you know, that could have been four or five or six players that got that last night for me, but he did what he did all night, kept putting that ball across the box, and at some point something goes for you. So it was a pleasing display."

Creighton said Wrexham had to be "robust" against a "tough team".

He added: "We had to be good in possession, we had to be good out of possession, and I think we ticked all the boxes. Last night might not have been pretty at all times, but we were certainly super-efficient."

Leaders Wycombe Wanderers and third-placed Birmingham City have games in hand over Wrexham.

But Creighton says Wrexham are capable of finding themselves in the Championship, English football's second tier.

"If that happens, it's not bad is it? I think it's absolutely astonishing, in all honesty, to go two promotions back to back and now are we dreaming of a third? Is there a chance of a third? I think there is, at the moment, from what we've seen so far," he said..

"Whilst we're not always pretty, we always seem to find a way to grind a result out, and that is a sign of a really good side. So if we can keep doing this… if you can get through the busy Christmas period and into the New Year, and you are still there or thereabouts, we've got a great chance.

"And that is astonishing to even say."

However, Wrexham's progress this season has taken Creighton aback.

Asked if he believed at the start of the season they could push for promotion, he replied: "I said 'no, I didn't' straight off the bat because we were almost running before we could walk, but we're still sprinting, which is brilliant for us."