CHRISTIAN DIBBLE has never played alongside Devonte Redmond before but the duo are no strangers having travelled together to matches at The Racecourse as children to watch their dads play for Wrexham.

Christian's father, Andy Dibble, and Devonte's dad, Paul Edwards, were both recruited by Denis Smith and were in the Reds' side than clinched promotion from Division Three in the 2002-3 season.

Both families were based in the Manchester area and travelled in the same car to home matches.

Fast forward 16 years and Dibble junior has been joined at Wrexham by Redmond, who turned down the offer of a new contract at Salford City to join the Reds.

"I spoke to Devonte when he came in and he said 'we used to travel in together'." said Dibble.

"I told my dad about it and he said we used to all come in together; me, my dad, Devonte and Paul, which is strange.

"It is funny how we are both playing together now, two lads and their fathers having played together for Wrexham.

"I think Paul comes a bit more than my dad to watch because he is goalkeeper coach at Cardiff."

But Dibble and Redmond are not car sharing after renewing acquaintances.

"There are two Manchester car schools now," said Dibble.

"Me, Rob Lainton, Luke Summerfield and Jake Lawlor, and you have got Devonte, James Jennings and Mark Carrington.

"I had my car stolen but I got a new one on Friday which is good so I don't have to rely on lifts all the time."

Dibble is hoping he and Redmond can achieve promotion like their fathers did when Wrexham kick-off a 12th season in non-league.

"I remember coming to The Racecourse when my dad played," said Dibble.

"I remember a few of the players; Paul, Dennis Lawrence, Lee Trundle, what a team that was, they had a really good side.

"Now we need this to be our year so hopefully we can go up and put our names in the history books.

"Twelve years in this division is a long time but it is a tough division. Anybody can beat anybody.

"We don't make it easy for teams at home but when we go away, we need to be on the front-foot, go out and try and score goals.

"I am looking forward to the season starting. We have got a good squad and brought some good additions in."

Goalkeeper Dibble, brought to Wrexham in the summer of 2017, was back-up last season to Rob Lainton who scooped the player of the year award.

An ankle injury has ruled Lainton out of the opening three friendlies and Dibble, who only made four appearances in 2018-19, is keen to impress manager Bryan Hughes.

"Obviously it is not nice to see Rob injured but it has been a good opportunity for me to come in and get a bit more game-time under my belt," said Dibble.

"I have just tried to show the gaffer what I can do.

"He didn't see a lot of me last season but all I can do is keep doing the right things in pre-season and see what happens.

"Rob did brilliantly last season.

"He did really well all season but the club has got two good goalkeepers who are going to push each other right to the end.

"Regardless of whether Rob is injured or not, every time you play you want to give 110 per cent.

"Every time I step on the pitch I will do that."