It’s not all about Paul Mullin! Wrexham’s talisman is back among the……

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The Red Dragons’ star striker has returned from injury, but he’s received plenty of help in the goalscoring department from his team-mates

Wrexham’s 2-0 victory away at Notts County on Saturday felt like a seismic moment in their season. After the game, Phil Parkinson ranked it among his best-ever days as a manager – and it’s easy to see why.

Backed by a raucous, packed-out away end, his side secured a vital three points against one of their principle League Two promotion rivals, with whom they enjoyed a historic title race with in the National League last season.

Parkinson wasn’t the only one who enjoyed himself either. Striker Paul Mullin was a very happy man too, describing the trip as the “perfect away day”. Mullin made a telling contribution at Meadow Lane, providing the assist for Ollie Palmer’s 76th-minute goal which sealed the result for Wrexham, after Elliot Lee opened the scoring just a few moments earlier.

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It marked Mullin’s fourth goal contribution in as many games, as his campaign gets back on track following an extremely difficult start to the season which forced his attacking team-mates to step up to the plate.

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Mullin carried Wrexham to the title

When Wrexham romped to the National League title, no player had a bigger role than Mullin. The Liverpool-born striker finished with a quite remarkable 46 goals in all competitions, with his closest challenger for the club’s Golden Boot, Ollie Palmer, lagging behind on 16.

It wasn’t just the sheer volume of goals that was so astounding. Mullin brought plenty more to the table too, in terms of his link-up play, pressing and creativity – as former team-mate Jake Hyde reflected on recently.

“He’d drop short, create chances and I thought ‘this lad is a proper player’,” Hyde recalled. “Then he went on to prove how good he is in front of goal. When he first came in, the thing I remember is thinking ‘I’m going to like playing with this lad because he’s got that creative side’. He was better than I thought he would be.”

In other words, he was Wrexham’s undisputed main man and was all set to continue in this pivotal role as the team made their long-awaited return to the Football Leagu