I’ve got to say everything at the moment is hunky-dory and everybody has the same ambition of getting promoted. In 1985, with his squad decimated by injury, McNeil made a brief appearance as a substitute at Notts County in an FA Cup replay. The former Southampton and England winger still had the brains and the touch to lead opponents at this level a merry dance and in McNeil he found the ideal man to profit from his probings.

With our high quality and fast digitizing process, we help newspaper archives in converting their physical prints into digital format. You have to try and read where the other player is going to deliver the ball and you have to attack the space either in front or behind the defender. Other Cups: Play-Offs, League Cup, Associate Members' Cup, Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, European Cup Winners' Cup, Debenhams Cup and Football League Division 3 (North) Cup.

Having gone into the dressing room, the players decided to have a look at the pitch and what a shock, 40-odd thousand fans were already in the ground and it was full! Following Hereford's relegation at the end of the 1976-77 season, McNeil joined Wrexham and was part of their greatest success as a club when they too graced the Second Division for four seasons, from 1978 until 1982. After a spell as assistant manager at Coventry City, McNeil became a sales representative with Marston's Brewery, as well as reporting on Wrexham's games for local radio. Although born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Dixie McNeil is now rightly regarded as one of Wales's favourite adopted sons, and his name will always be associated with Wrexham football club. At the age of 36, he signed for Chirk AAA in the Welsh National League before becoming Wrexham manager in 1985 and helping the club win the Welsh Cup and do well in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

I didn't remember it was only one season, but I think he was a bit of a rebel so perhaps our manager couldn't handle him. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.Dixie’s work for the BBC and Air Ambulance Wales and incidents from his seven football clubs also feature. Overseeing it all was John Sillett, a big, bubbly character who McNeil admitted to being scared of when the team lost. The replay saw the biggest attendance in the competition’s history for a non-league side, in what was another tightly-contested affair. When Dixie McNeil arrived at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham were scarcely better off, lying in 18th place with just one win in seven games. We went into the dressing room and had a chat, but when we walked out to look at the pitch, I don’t think anyone could quite believe there were 40,000 people inside the stadium.

There were also a couple of brief, though praiseworthy, excursions into Europe and McNeil managed to score in the narrow defeats against NK Rijeka and FC Magdeburg. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Wrexham’s memorable title-winning 1977/78 season included a fabulous FA Cup adventure to the quarter-finals in a remarkable run that was dominated by replays and McNeil’s scoring exploits.

He would say to me “Show me the number 10 on your back and i will put the ball over your shoulder to score.