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Following the club’s rapid rise from the National League, Parkinson feels his side have laid plenty of foundations to ensure they remain strong for the future.
“The supporters have been brilliant with me and the staff ever since I’ve been here,” he added.
“We’ve all always got a determination to keep momentum going the right way.
“I think for our supporters, there’s so much to be positive about for the
The Stok Cae Ras was a sea of red as supporters from both clubs gave their all knowing so much was at stake.
However, the home faithful were silenced in the fourth minute as Callum Brittain’s cross was turned into the net by Conway from close range.
Only Watford have claimed more points from losing positions than Wrexham in the Championship this season, and the Red Dragons responded well to
Stoke were without defenders Ben Wilmot, Junior Tchamadeu, Makysym Talovierov and Ashley Phillips for the trip to north Wales.
And their defensive frailties were fully exposed in a 69-second spell as Wrexham combined a mix of direct play with some neat build-up throughout to cause the Potters’ makeshift backline plenty of problems.
Goalkeeper Bazunu did not cover himself in glory for Wrexham’s opener, and the same applied to captain Cresswell
The Blades wasted a golden opportunity to go ahead on 11 minutes when Harrison Burrows squared to Patrick Bamford who was unmarked after Dom Hyam slipped, although the striker guided his effort wide from close range.
And after Adam Davies made a routine save to deny Windass, Burrows failed to hit the target after being picked out by Callum O’Hare.
It typified a wasteful opening half from the home side,
Both sides had half chances in the early stages, with the best opening falling to George Thomason following a slick counter attack, although the Wrexham left wing-back was well denied by Nicolas Schmid.
But the hosts went ahead in the 23rd minute as Smith rose to nod Callum Doyle’s curling cross back across goal and into the net.
Pompey enjoyed decent spells of possession but struggled to carry a threat
Following an uneventful start to proceedings, Wrexham’s control grew as the first half wore on – with Radek Vitek keeping out a tame Callum Doyle header.
And the Red Dragons went ahead on 34 minutes as Doyle’s cross struck George Tanner before falling into the path of Rathbone who instinctively lashed into the net from 10 yards out.
Following his side’s lacklustre showing in the opening 45, Gerhard Struber sent
Wrexham have a wealth of options in midfield, hence the club’s decision to let Andy Cannon – back from almost a year out with an ACL injury – spend the rest of the season at Burton Albion.
It is the same with back-to-back-to-back promotion heroes Paul Mullin and Elliot Lee, who joined Bradford City and Doncaster Rovers respectively on loan.
But the final pieces were more of a jigsaw puzzle,
Phil Parkinson had urged his side not to be complacent at bottom side Wednesday, and despite seeing his troops dominate possession from the outset, the best opening early on fell to Owls debutant Jerry Yates, who fired over after combining with Lowe.
After Nathan Broadhead failed to make full contact with a header from close range, Wrexham worked their way into an encouraging position, which ended with Callum Doyle
Such has been the Canaries’ improvement under Belgian Clement, Parkinson warned that Norwich would be a different prospect to the one Wrexham beat 3-2 at Carrow Road in September.
And the visitors made a dream start as they went ahead after just nine minutes when debutant Ali Ahmed picked out Slimane, who coolly guided his strike beyond Arthur Okonkwo from 12 yards out.
Ahmed – who joined the Norfolk outfit
Derby County boss John Eustace:
“I think we deserved at least a point, the way we started the game was not great, and going a goal down was poor.
“We grew into the first half, we scored a great goal and felt very comfortable, I thought we were very strong.
“Then we started the second half like we started the first half. We wanted to go out there, be on