Dixie - The Autobiography of Dixie McNeil: The Story of a Wrexham Legend

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McNeil is very much Mr Wrexham, and the present stability of the club, now in community ownership after a period of great uncertainty, and ably guided by player-manager Andy Morrell, who has continued the current success on the field of the previous manager Dean Saunders, gives McNeil enormous pleasure and real hope that Wales’s oldest league club can once again regain its rightful status. McNeil scored in every round that season – in 2-0 wins at home to Burton Albion, and away at Preston and another against Bristol City in a 3-0 replay win after the first leg at Ashton Gate ended in a thrilling 4-4 draw. All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS - they are the actual prints that were used by the newspapers, they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. He said: “It’s one of those games that doesn’t matter who you play against, you have to get the job done and get the result. McNeil’s final club, and for a second spell there, was Hereford United, signing for them in October 1982.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading. Overseeing it all was John Sillett, a big, bubbly character who McNeil admitted to being scared of when the team lost. In 1966 Leicester allowed the nineteen year old McNeil to leave on a free transfer and he moved to Exeter City in the fourth division. I’ve got to say everything at the moment is hunky-dory and everybody has the same ambition of getting promoted. Press photos have been available to the public for just a few years, and similar to baseball cards, they have attracted investors and collectors.Despite scoring in one third of the matches he played, he was released at the end of the season, dropping down into the Southern League with Corby Town, who were relegated in McNeil's first season.

It was great being at a First Division club but it was not me in charge and it was not my home town club. Wrexham managed four seasons in the second division and, after a slow start, McNeil proved again that he could score goals at that level, even well into his mid 30’s. A last-minute leveller at home to minnows Blyth Spartans meant another trip up north and back to St James’ Park where he scored in a 2-1 win. As a schoolboy, McNeil signed for Leicester City after playing for the local club Holwell Works, but he was released without playing for the first team. The supporters have come back in droves to watch the games; the players are doing a brilliant job on the pitch and the manager is thriving.The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.