WREXHAM AFC are set to make three mammoth journeys over the course of one week.

The Dragons played away at Havant & Waterlooville on Saturday, February, 16, as well as Boreham Wood last night.

Now they face Gateshead away this weekend in the North East of England, meaning the team have travelled upwards of 1,200 miles for three games in the span of a week.

However, it’s not just the players who have endured the long journeys travelling up and down England and Wales, but many hardcore fans have committed to making the trips to support their team.

One of these fans is Liam Braisdell, who says that he’s willing to make all the journeys he has must to cheer on his side.

“This is nothing new to me, I’ve been going to most games this season, I don’t want to miss out.

“To be honest, when I saw the fixtures and realised how far all the journeys were, I actually got more excited.

“It’s great for the fans these long away days, I think the Wrexham fans love a day out, myself included.”

Mark MacDougall is another supporter travelling to all three away games and says this is something he’s done as long as he can remember.

“I’ve done things like this regularly over the years.

“I’ve supported Wrexham my whole life, I do it for the love and the passion of my team.

“It’s not just me though, I’d say there’s a hardcore contingent of the fanbase, maybe a hundred or two-hundred fans that will travel wherever, whenever for the team.

“That’s not something I’ve seen matched by any other team in The National League.

Fans travelled to Havant & Waterlooville FC’s stadium last weekend in a four-and-a-half-hour journey from Wrexham.

The stadium is located only fifteen minutes from the Portsmouth Port, a 476-mile round trip.

However, those that made the trip to Boreham Wood will have also faced a three-and-a-half-hour journey, a total of 356 miles there and back, and will face a further three-and-a-half-hour journey to Gateshead this weekend, a 380-mile round trip.

Overall, those that travel to all three fixtures will spend at least ten-and-a-half hours on British roads, racking up a total of 1,212 miles, which is the equivalent of driving from The Racecourse Ground to the Polish capital of Warsaw.

Despite this, Mr MacDougall says that it doesn’t matter where the team goes and who they play, fans will turn up to support their club.

“Fans will go anywhere, anytime.

“It doesn’t matter where we’re playing on any given day, I’ve experienced playing away at Dover one week, then away at Gateshead the next week, then away at Torquay the week after that.

“I still went to those games as did other fans.”

Mr Braisdell shared the same sentiments, stating that he believes Wrexham fans are some of the most dedicated in Britain.

“We’re always there supporting the team no matter what.

“Wrexham fans are always at the game to sing their hearts out for the side, no matter where we are in the league, or how bad our form might be.”

Mr Braisdell went on to explain how he, and the friends and family he travels with, pass the time on the long drives.

“We often get the away bus down to the ground and it’s a great atmosphere all the way.

“We share a few drinks, there’ll be singing, music, good banter as well.

“Everybody is really friendly, and we all chat about footy, or we tell funny stories about things we’ve done that week or in the past, it’s a great time.

However, Mr MacDougall seemed to have a different approach on how to tackle the away day travels.

“I’ll often snooze on the way down.

“Obviously if I’m not driving then I’ll have a drink or we might have a chat, but I quite like to have a little sleep in the car to get through the time.”

Wrexham AFC are targeting to finish this week on top of The National League, after turning their fortunes around following five consecutive defeats at the start of the year, and some fans are still holding out hope for an automatic promotion place back to the English Football League.

Mr MacDougall is one of these fans, who says that the recent change in manager has changed the outlook of the team.

“The appointment of Bryan Hughes has installed faith back in this team and you can see that in the players on the pitch.

“We can absolutely win this league, there’s no doubt about that.

“There is no reason why, with the team we’ve got and the run of games we have left, we can’t win this league.”

Mr Braisdell was just as optimistic, citing that the dip in form at the start of the year shows why Wrexham are good enough to gain promotion.

“We lost five games in a row, and we’re still there towards the top, what does that say about the quality of Wrexham?

“We can definitely get promotion this season, but you never know, Wrexham is a crazy team, and The National League is a crazy league.”