Wrexham and Birmingham City have become rivals over the last 12 months thanks to their owners.
Wrexham and Birmingham City were both promoted out of League One in 2024/25, finishing second on 92 points and first on 111.
Now, likely to the delight of their owners and the media looking to push the American angle, the duo are set to face off in the Championship later this year.
Blues owner Tom Wagner has praised Wrexham this month, amid much social media activity around Tom Brady’s gift to Rob McElhenney.
Ryan Reynolds expressed his love for Brady as well, while former Birmingham player Troy Deeney questioned Wrexham in the Championship, suggesting the Midlands outfit will fare better.
Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty ImagesForget Birmingham City, Wrexham will have another big Championship rival
For the most part, Wrexham and Birmingham’s rivalry has been friendly, but there is another team in the Championship with which the club could be a lot more hostile.
That side is Charlton Athletic and their outspoken manager, Nathan Jones.
Charlton have won promotion to the second tier alongside Wrexham after they beat Leyton Orient in the play-off final.
The Addicks and the Dragons are not long-time rivals, but it’s hard to see anyone at the club or the fans forgetting what Jones said about Wrexham during 2024/25.
Photo by Tom West/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhat Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones said about Wrexham
The Welsh side won promotion on April 26 after beating Charlton 3-0 at the Racecourse Ground.
Prior to that meeting, Jones called Wrexham a circus, saying: “We’ll finish, we’ll debrief, we’ll breathe a little bit and then we’ll move forward with Wrexham. It’s a bumper game, we have to go to the circus and see what we can get.”
It was a comment that massively backfired and seemingly garnered the ire of players, with Parkinson using Jones’ comments in team talks prior to the meeting, as Dan Scarr shared.
Wrexham fans taunted the Charlton manager as well during their 3-0 win, and it’s unlikely supporters will have forgotten about his interesting choice of words when the two teams meet once more in 2025/26.