Parkinson pleased with balance in 'enjoyable week'

Phil Parkinson was pleased with the balance of his Wrexham side as they extended their unbeaten run after the final international break of 2025.

The Red Dragons claimed five points from the nine on offer from their Championship fixtures with Ipswich Town, Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers - with the trio of matches being played in just eight days.

"I think when you have the three games in the eight days like that, we've just got to get the balance right because the next week we go into another great run," Parkinson said.

"But it's been enjoyable this week, we've really enjoyed it. They've all been different types of games.

"The Ipswich game, we came up against a really good football team, we had to be so disciplined.

"Bristol City was kind of a mixture really in the way they played and it became a really good football game and today against a counter-attacking team (Blackburn) who sat off the ball and let us have it and we had to find an answer.

"I felt the subs came on, I've also got to mention Callum Doyle because I thought he was brilliant when he came on, we needed that kind of impetus from that side to step through with the ball and I thought he made a big difference."

Wrexham's 1-1 draw with Blackburn saw them concede a goal for the first time in 375 minutes in the Championship.

It brought an end to their impressive run of keeping four successive league clean sheets - their joint-best sequence under Parkinson.

But the Wrexham boss was pleased with the response to Andri Gudjohnsen's opener as Max Cleworth netted in added time to salvage a point for the home side at the Stok Cae Ras.

"You've got to be careful when we haven't conceded for a while, we haven't been behind for a while," he added.

"We said to the dressing room, 'lads, come on, it's just football, teams are allowed to score, we'd like to not concede again this season, but it's going to happen'.

"The lads responded really well. It's never easy against a team like the way they were set up today, they've a real work ethic in the side and that's why they've got points on their travels. But we'll take the point."