"The stories have been written in the stars, it seems. While scathing of the effort of many of his own players, even Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche acknowledged something is stirring at Wrexham as they knocked his Premier League side out of the FA Cup. For a club with FA Cup upsets stitched into their fabric, this win was up there with the most climactic - and the hero of the iconic win over Arsenal in 1992, Mickey Thomas, watched on. Before the match manager Phil Parkinson said he had wished to take on a Premier League team since the club's journey up from the fifth tier began five years ago. "We highlighted to the lads some of the great moments in this club's history in the FA Cup and could we make our own bit of history tonight.

Source: BBC January 10, 2026 03:39 UTC