Don't look now, but the EFL Championship is already well past the halfway point of the 2025-26 season and the race for Premier League promotion is quickly heating up.

Wrexham warp-speed rise through the English soccer pyramid now includes a third-round FA Cup win over a Premier League side

Wrexham have a chance to add to their storied FA Cup history when they take on top-flight side Nottingham Forest on Friday

Wrexham earned a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Premier League Nottingham Forest in a thrilling FA Cup third round encounter.

The Ysgol Bryn Alyn pupil was given a new shorter style at home by Poniau hairdresser, Ellen Jones. Miles' mum, Charlotte Manford, said: "He'd got so used to long hair and got a bit emotional getting it cut but we reminded him of what his sacrifice was for.

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As festive periods go, Wrexham’s was indulgently merry. Their 12 points of Christmas, which came well within the traditionally allotted dozen days, leaves them a single digit outside the Championship’s play-off positions ahead of Nottingham Forest’s FA Cup third-round visit on Friday.