"Welcome to Wrexham" map has fans and clubs all saying the same thing

12 October 2023 , 15:34

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The map had football fans across the country talking and pointing out the multitude of inaccuracies

'Welcome to Wrexham' is going viral for all the wrong reasons as football fans and clubs alike are mocking a particular still from the docuseries' second season.

Episode seven of the 15-part show - documenting Wrexham winning promotion from the National League last season - dropped on Tuesday. "Giant Killers" focuses on their FA Cup campaign, during which they knocked out Championship club Coventry City and took Premier League-bound Sheffield United to a replay.

However, it is a garish graphic garnering all the attention rather than their giant-killing exploits on the pitch. The design shows the approximate locations of several clubs across England and Wales by placing their respective logos on a map.

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But some of the approximations are better than others. Wrexham is roughly in the right place, if not a little lower than reality. But to the left of their crest is Everton's, straddling Bangor and Caernarfon below Anglesey. Looking further south, but still within Wales, is the Rochdale badge, east of Aberystwyth.

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South-east of them are Shrewsbury Town, on the wrong side of the Welsh border. The fifth and final club in Wales are, correctly, Newport County, despite being slightly west of their actual location.

There is no room in South Wales for the country's two leading clubs, Cardiff City and Swansea City. They instead find themselves across the Bristol Channel in Taunton and Barnstaple, respectively.

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An original version of the map managed to miss off Swansea entirely

Those are the two most south-westerly teams represented on the map. East from here, the map-makers enjoy a degree of success, with Bristol City, Oxford City, Portsmouth, Reading and Southampton relatively in the right place.

However, more errors come closer to the capital as Stevenage sandwiches between the Royals and Pompey. Arsenal are also back in South London for the first time since the early 1900s. Watford is about right but closer to Cambridge United and rivals Luton Town than Vicarage Road. In East Anglia, Colchester United is in Ipswich rather than Essex, but Norwich City is almost spot on.

Continuing up the coast, Nottingham Forest is pushed out of the city and into Boston by rivals Notts County, while Grimsby Town has jumped the Humber, pushing Hull City up into Scarborough.

Preston North End are now west of Barnsley and Leeds United, but Middlesbrough is bang on. Meanwhile, Blyth Spartans is flying the flag for the North East, with Newcastle United now slotting between Fleetwood Town and Leeds, directly north of Manchester City.

But the worst discrepancy comes with Brentford, who find themselves neighbouring Blyth - more than 300 miles from their home in west London. The club's official account, reposting the map on social media, has reworked their "we're just a bus stop in Hounslow" chant to reference their new home, Hexham, adding they "have questions" for 'Welcome to Wrexham'.

Blackburn Rovers and Queens Park Rangers are others in odd locations. The former find themselves north of Barrow, while QPR are in Gloucester, north-west of Oxford.

Matthew Abbott