When you pour your heart into a season as remarkable as Wrexham's Championship campaign, the stakes couldn't be higher. Former midfielder Waynne Phillips sums it up perfectly: missing out on the play-offs would be a "disappointment" — even after a season that's already a triumph by any measure.

Currently sitting sixth in the table, Wrexham face a pivotal showdown this Saturday (12:30 BST) against fourth-placed Middlesbrough at home. A victory could secure a play-off spot — but only if Hull City doesn't win by a larger margin. Anything less, and the door creaks open for Derby County to slip into that coveted sixth place.

Phillips, speaking on BBC Radio Cymru, didn't mince words. "There will be an element of disappointment if they don't make it into the top six," he said. "They will have come so close having done so well for the majority of the season."

It's been a season of highs, but the timing of Wrexham's worst run has been cruel. "I'm disappointed with how the season has finished for them — their worst run of the season has come at the most important time," Phillips noted. Yet, there's a glimmer of hope: Middlesbrough themselves have stumbled recently. "They have not been at their best in the last 10 games. If you look back to two months ago, it looked like Middlesbrough were going up automatically."

As Phillips wisely reminds us, "Things change in football. What counts now is not what has happened in 45 games this season but the 90 minutes tomorrow afternoon." For fans and players alike, this is the moment to rise — and maybe, just maybe, to add a new chapter to Wrexham's incredible story.