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Phil Parkinson insists Wrexham’s promotion focus has not wavered.
Parkinson’s players enter today’s title showdown with Notts County determined to deliver the Football League dream Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney crave.
The National League’s runaway top two meet in a match billed as the biggest non-league fixture ever.
Notts County’s 3-0 win over Wealdstone on Good Friday, aided by Wrexham’s shock 3-1 defeat at Halifax, saw them join their Welsh rivals on 100 points and claim top spot on goal difference, with the Magpies having a superior count of three.
Wrexham have five matches left to play and the advantage of a game in hand but the destination of the title and solitary automatic promotion place could be settled at a sold-out Racecourse Ground.
Parkinson, 55, said: “Everybody in the league has had an eye on this game. It’s been quite a unique season as both sides have continued to produce.
“Ourselves and Notts are in the same boat. It’s a points total that would normally have won the title by now but it hasn’t.
“That’s why it’s important not to pat ourselves on the back by breaking records because they don’t mean anything unless we get the job done.”
Notts County won the Meadow Lane meeting between the two clubs 1-0 earlier this season but both are ripping up the fifth-tier record books as they leave a trail of beaten opponents.
Wrexham have equalled the record of most National League victories in a season — their 31 wins one more than Notts County — and the two teams are closing in on Crawley’s 105-point campaign best.
Their 106-goal seasons have eclipsed the previous best total of 103, while Notts County striker Macaulay Langstaff’s Good Friday goal gave him 41 for the season and a new National League record.
Paul Mullin has scored 42 goals for Wrexham, with 34 coming in the league and eight more in cup competitions.
Parkinson added: “Neither team wants to be in the play-offs. Simple as that.
“We’ve got ourselves in a great position and the aim now is to finish the job.”
