Wrexham is the Game 3: Parking the Park

We're back for more shenanigans including parks, beards and Mullin's imaginary pals

ANDY: The Ryan Reynolds memorial park from episode four of Welcome to Wrexham is a good analogy for a lot of stuff ‘happening’ the club.

Well meaning, community focused but ultimately still stuck in the mud with not much actually getting done. Think training ground and new Kop.

Never fear, this week the club have brought someone in to kick things on. New CEO Mike Williamson has extensive experience of building infrastructure during his spell with Inter Milan and Miami FC among others. And he looks like Elliot Lee in a fun mirror.

With that in mind we explore if that's all he'll do in his new role – and what it means for Shaun Harvey.

We'll review a rather divisive Welcome to Wrexham episode, examine the ongoing kit issue and there’s a new fan of the week, plus your old favourites (…well, old favourites from the past two weeks anyway).

SALES PITCH ALERT. Many of you guys signed up to the free version - but you don't get the full thing! For an introductory price of £15-a-year you get everything - and the last one came in at 2,500 words of comment, analysis and maybe even jokes (NOTE: jokes may not be funny) so it's good value for money.

And below the pay line is where it really all happens. This week I interview the Loch Ness Monster and he (or she) reveals they’re favourite ever Wrexham player while Tim discovers Atlantis and finds Tom Taylor on the moon. Honest.

Quotes of the week: "I had two imaginary friends, Val and Caden. They made me do some quite naughty things when I was younger." Super Paul Mullin blaming figments of his imagination for f**king the Tories and hating the King

Mike Williamson: International man of mystery

Who are yer??? No, really who are you Mike (if that’s your real name…)

ANDY: Everyone feels a bit sorry for Mike Williamson don't they? Swapping the delights of Milan and Miami for, er, Minera.

But despite losing the street art delights of Wynwood for cock and balls graffiti outside the Wynnstay he’s already lauded as the second coming. Why? Because of that CV, that mathematically-measured beard and the fact he isn’t someone who has gone for a Burton.

The power dynamic in and out of that cabin is going to be very interesting though. Will Shaun Harvey look more toward the UK side and direct the major developments he's been involved in like the training ground and new Kop with an increased vigour?

That could allow Mike to push us in a market he knows well - North America. And does it explain the Necaxa link up (more on this below).

Or will Shaun take more of a backseat, become the non day-to-day director he was always supposed to be and allow Iron Mike to take us forward on all fronts.

'From Milan to Miami to Mold. Poor bloke.'
AdamDavies99 on X sums it all up perfectly

That will become apparent in time, but Mikey has certainly got the experience to do it all and probably will want to.

There's little about his life before his role at DC United and he doesn’t seem to do a huge amount of interviews. Although this TV spot here shows he’s super comfortable in front of the camera.

Watch the interview here - it exudes American charm

Our advice to Mike is get yourself out there. Even come on a particular podcast we’re fond of. Fleur's tenure showed that people who don't communicate often get the blame when things go wrong. And let’s face it, we're all a sucker for Humphrey's easy charm. He could tell us the Racecourse was on fire and we’d love it.

One thing our insiders have said is that Mike was there for the Stockport game and had a very encouraging meeting with Racecourse staff just a few days ago where words like ‘inspiring’ were bandied about.