"Regulars at the Stok Cae Ras - or the millions of viewers watching games on screens around the globe - will also have noticed a number of alterations to the world's oldest international football stadium still in continuous use. The stadium's iconic Kop Stand was demolished in 2023 having been abandoned for 16 years. A temporary stand, holding around 3,000 supporters, was used during the 2024-25 campaign before being removed to pave way for a new permanent stand."
"Work on the stand - which will hold 7,500 fans in total, taking the overall capacity at Stok Cae Ras to 18,000 - started early on in the 2025-26 season and is due to be completed in early 2027. As they do not own their Colliers Park training complex, Wrexham are regularly required to train elsewhere, including at Carden Park or at The Rock - now owned by the club. But even other aspects including catering and travel arrangements - which include flying to some away matches to help aid recovery - have been tweaked to improve performance."
""The difference is massive," said former club captain Ben Tozer, who made 136 appearances and won back-to-back promotions with Wrexham. "Even though some of the really big changes might not have happened like we still don't have our own tra"
Wrexham underwent a high-profile ownership change on 9 February 2021 following overwhelming approval from the Wrexham Supporters Trust three months earlier. The new owners oversaw three successive promotions and significant off-field investment. The historic Stok Cae Ras saw its long-abandoned Kop Stand demolished in 2023, a 3,000-seat temporary stand used in 2024–25, and construction began on a 7,500-seat permanent stand early in 2025–26 to raise capacity to 18,000, due early 2027. The club does not own Colliers Park, so training often takes place at alternative venues; catering, travel and recovery arrangements have also been upgraded.
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