{"id":14520,"date":"2026-05-03T05:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=14520"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:08:37","slug":"wrexham-2-2-middlesbrough-boro-into-play-offs-as-red-dragons-miss-out-on-top-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=14520","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough: Boro into play-offs as Red Dragons miss out on top six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Stok Cae Ras was a sea of red as supporters from both clubs gave their all knowing so much was at stake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the home faithful were silenced in the fourth minute as Callum Brittain&#8217;s cross was turned into the net by Conway from close range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Only Watford have claimed more points from losing positions than Wrexham in the Championship this season, and the Red Dragons responded well to that early setback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They made it 1-1 before the half-hour mark in stunning style as, after Smith was fouled, Windass guided his free-kick beyond Sol Brynn from around 25 yards out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It got even better before the break as Smith darted in front of Boro captain Dael Fry to head Issa Kabore&#8217;s cross into the net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But home delight swiftly turned to concern as Strelec turned Matt Targett&#8217;s cross beyond Danny Ward just two minutes after Wrexham had taken the lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The positive and negative outcomes of results elsewhere continued to filter through to the 10,716-strong crowd in north Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leo Castledine and Luke Ayling both went close to restoring the away side&#8217;s lead before Wrexham &#8211; who knew they needed to find a late third goal &#8211; pushed for a winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Substitute Nathan Broadhead broke free before teeing up Windass four minutes from time, although the forward drilled over from the edge of the box &#8211; with Smith then having a shot blocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And after failing to win, Wrexham&#8217;s agony was compounded when confirmation of Hull&#8217;s victory against Norwich filtered through as their campaign came to a heartbreaking end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As for Boro, their attention turns to the play-offs, with Kim Hellberg&#8217;s side hosting Southampton at the Riverside Stadium in the semi-final first leg on Saturday, 9 May. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The return leg at St Mary&#8217;s Stadium will take place three days later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stok Cae Ras was a sea of red as supporters from both clubs gave their all knowing so much was at stake. However, the home faithful were silenced in the fourth minute as Callum Brittain&#8217;s cross was turned into the net by Conway from close range. Only Watford have claimed more points from losing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}