WREXHAM head off down the M1 tomorrow to meet up with old Football League foes Luton Town, as both clubs look to re-group and return to the higher level after exiting their long-term surroundings.

The Hatters were deducted some 25 points in 2008-09, following their own financial problems, and as well as they did in League 1 last season, the deficit was too much of an obstacle to overcame and they joined Chester City in relegation from the League.

As most clubs entering the Conference soon discover, it's a hard division to get to grips with. Although Richard Money's men are well placed to reach the play-offs and then taking their luck in the post-season knock out.

If results went their way, and Oxford United are showing signs of a late season wobble, then a push for the title might not be out of the question.

Life's a beach at Kenilworth Road according to boss Money, who was again left to lament the state of Town's playing surface after Tuesday night's 2-1 victory over Forest Green Rovers.

He said: "Last time we played on it, it was like a ploughed field and tonight it was like a beach."

And while he admitted the football on show wasn't the best quality, he asserted results are all important.

Money said: "This is end of season football. It's about winning football matches to get to where you want to be.

"If anybody thinks you will get to play free-flowing football on that, come to the stadium tomorrow and we will walk across the pitch and have a look at it.

"It's impossible to play free-flowing football on it. You can't move the ball quick enough. You need to be very, very resolute and very, very professional to win football matches to get this team out of the league.

"What's on my mind is that we want to play football and we want to try and entertain. The most important thing is we come off with the three points. That's the be all and end all.

"We have an honest group of players here that will go until the 94th minute."

Former Wrexham striker Tom Craddock, though, revealed it was a better surface to play on than before, adding: "It's a bit better than it was in the home game against Wimbledon. Tonight it was a lot firmer with a bit of sand on it."

Meanwhile, resolute defender Ed Asafu-Adjaye has asked the Kenilworth Road faithful to back the Hatters to the death after they pinched a 2-1 victory against Forest Green.

Craddock scored the winner in the last minute and the 21-year-old defender admitted that the players had been just as frustrated as the fans with the score tied at 1-1, after an 81st-minute penalty.

He said: "We all know it wasn't the best of performances but there were positives in the game. The biggest positive was we didn't give up.

"We understand their frustration. There's no-one as frustrated as we are. We are in it the same as they are and we want it as much as them. We need them to back us to the final whistle.

"We have just got to keep everyone's heads up, push hard and keep hoping that something will happen like it did today.

"It shows it's not over until the final whistle. Goals are made in seconds."

And he believes their win has firmly put the pressure on the likes of Stevenage and Oxford at the top.

He continued: "I think it puts the pressure on them. I think they were feeling the pressure anyway. We are a big club, a big name and coming along strongly. It's only a stone's throw away."

On the two penalties that played such a major part in Tuesday night's game, Asafu-Adjaye said: "I did think the first one was a penalty and the second one was unfortunate. Janos Kovacs has gone down and fallen on the ball and given away a penalty. I think in all honesty it is a penalty, he has landed on it and leaned on it."

Boss Richard Money was pleased with the returning defender's performance, adding: "He played as though he needed the game and will get better.

"Newton has a pulled hamstring he picked up in training yesterday. It will probably be a couple of weeks or 10 days

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