Southampton Spygate scandal: Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson says football must go on

Parkinson pointed to comments from Southampton chairman Dragan Solak, who said the Saints had “suffered enough”.

“They will move on and everyone else has to move on. I was reading the quotes from the chairman. They have been severely punished,” Parkinson said.

“They lost the chance to get into the Premier League. That’s punishment enough. Tonda is a young manager and I’m sure he’s taken responsibility.

“He’ll learn from it, but now everybody has to draw a line over it and move on.”

Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac took a dig at Southampton last month with a promotional video aired ahead of league matches.

The Red Dragons won the encounter at the Hippodrome 2-1 thanks to an own goal at the death by Keven Schlotterbeck.

The win sent Wrexham into an extended international break and eased the pressure on Parkinson after their 6-0 defeat at West Ham.

But the three-time promotion-winning manager took three weeks without a Championship match, creating new problems for Wrexham.

“It’s been a long three weeks. It’s been a decent three weeks. The friendly against Wigan was really important,” said Parkinson.

“Three weeks is a long time for kids without competitive play. The only thing we can do is plan for three weeks, which we did.”

He added: “There were a few things that didn’t go our way, but everyone will get it in three weeks.

“Overall, I think the guys have trained well. They’ve had a decent balance between rest, fitness work and 11v11 training.”

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