Wrexham have achieved a rare 2025/26 EFL Championship milestone during this festive period which no other side has done including league leaders Coventry City.
There are two more days to go before 2025 wraps up, but putting the Wrexham fan lenses on, the New Year 2026 has arrived.
With respect to the annual EFL Championship calendars, the most important dates to bookmark remain the first week of August and the back end of May. However, the natural 365 day calendar also deserves its fair share of recognition.
Phil Parkinson’s Wrexham has done justice to it by snatching a 2-1 victory over Preston North End which unfolded way differently to expectations.
Preston North End picked weaker lineup for Wrexham
It’s common knowledge that a club languishing inside the top six won’t put down their tools beforehand. Preston weren’t expected to do either, however, the visitors gave Wrexham a huge defensive favour early on.
Prior to the 24th matchday, the Red Dragons were sweating with the thoughts of Preston’s Lewis Dobbin and Milutin Osmajic duo facing a struggling Wrexham defence. Strangely, the rival team sheet came to Wrexham’s rescue which had no traces of either Dobbin or Osmajic.
It could be that those two attackers were running low on game fitness, but Parky’s crew had half of the game won then and there itself. From then, it was always a wait for when Wrexham will start moving the scoreboard.
A brilliant Nathan Broadhead goal followed, then an Ollie Rathbone bottom corner finish and some “close but not enough” chances at both ends in between. Previously, Preston had shown more desire and courage in front of Wrexham yet here, the Lilywhites went down 2-1 without frustrating the Reds.
When the action ended, the biggest thing on my mind was Wrexham actually winning two on the bounce in the final Championship matchday of the year. I know, many fellow fans were crying for this day which in all honesty, should have come right after the Wrexham 3-2 Coventry City showdown.
It didn’t, with a goalless Portsmouth afternoon resetting the one win streak Wrexham had before. Fast forward to now, the Dragons are still no competition to Coventry in the promotion race but have snatched a rare 2025/26 EFL Championship milestone not even Coventry City have completed.
Wrexham achieve rare 2025/26 EFL Championship milestone
According to Transfermarkt’s stats, Wrexham are the only side besides Watford to have maintained a hundred percent 2/2 wins across this festive period.
Putting up consecutive victories when the Championship table begins taking shape near January, is often expected from fallen Premier League sides or the most willing ones in the second division.
Starting from Southampton, they are both top flight participants in recent memory and willing, yet their Christmas 2025 saw two winless results. Ipswich Town and Leicester City rose tall and bagged a win each, still, launching a winning streak right before New Year proved to be beyond their depth.
Talking about the upcoming 1st January 2026, Wrexham can shrug past Watford with a 3/3 winning record should they seal another three points and the Hornets don’t.
New Year is a welcome occasion to take resolutions for everyone. Same way, Wrexham claiming a win to start the 2026 sporting proceedings will set the tone for a strong twelve months ahead.
Will that happen?
Well, the answer rests on how awful Blackburn Rovers turn up in front of us. And how much dominance Birmingham City asserts over Watford on the same night.
On the back of a winning momentum, I won’t predict Phil Parkinson’s troops to put the foot off the gas just yet. Rest, let’s leave it to Birmingham City to stop Watford from climbing the Championship ladder further.
