Dejphon Chansiri: Wrexham ‘supportive’ of Sheffield Wednesday’s protest banner

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson faced similar struggles during his time as manager of Bolton Wanderers.

Having guided Bolton to promotion from League One, he endured two turbulent campaigns in the Championship amid financial turmoil before departing in 2019 after the club had been placed in administration.

“It [Sheffield Wednesday) is a great club, steeped in history,” said Parkinson.

“I’ve been through it before at Bolton Wanderers as a manager. People always talk to me about pressure of management. Pressure is when you’re at Bolton Wanderers and you’re not getting paid for five months, there’s a food bank in place for all the staff who aren’t getting the wages and the club’s on the brink of going out of business, which it very nearly did.

“Bolton was one game away, first game of the season Wycombe away. If we hadn’t fulfilled that fixture, the club would have gone the same way as Bury. It’s as simple as that.

“Talking about that period of time brings back feelings of stress because me and Steve [Parkin, assistant manager] and the staff had to keep all the players going and competing at a level with a threadbare squad and obviously not getting any money in the bank.”

He added: “Everybody in football, we’re all football people, understands that along the way there’s going to be clubs nearly every year who are in difficult situations and it’s important for the football community and world to support those clubs. I’m sure they’ll get a lot of support.”

Wrexham and Sheffield Wednesday are both looking for their first points of the season this weekend having lost each of their two Championship matches so far this term.