I beleive something happened over the weekend.

This was an amazing, thrilling, uplifting day in Wrexham FC’s history. In a way, the extra ingredient which made it so wasn’t Wembley; it was Gainsborough.

Okay, I admit that if we’d stormed to the final with a couple of 5-0 wins, or at least done as emphatic a job as we did when we got to the LDV Vans Final, it still would have been amaxing because of the immensity of the achievement and what it means to all of us. But Gainsborough’s superb effort, the fact that they so very nearly upset the odds and took it to extra time, made it even more memorable. Whether you were on the pitch on in the crowd, you really had to suffer for this!

In the lead up to the first leg I did a series of articles for the club site on our ten greatest semi-finals. This one must make the list, and not only for its importance. The tie twisted and turned so much, and while Wrexham can reasonably argue that we were the better side over the 180 minutes – after all, we dominated the first twenty minutes of the first leg, created a stream of chances in the second leg, and at worst kept Trinity at arm’s length for the first 80 minutes of the return match – Gainsborough would have got another goal were it not for some stubborn defending and the brilliance of Chris Maxwell.

On the one hand, that Neil Ashton goal in injury time of the first leg was crucial, on the other we ought to have put the tie out of sight in the second half at The Racecourse. Whichever way you cut it, Gainsborough deserve immense credit for their heroism on the pitch and their generosity off it. They put the side at the top of the division about them, who were unbeaten in 2013, under almost unbearable pressure and played a great deal more progressive football than many of the sides we’ve come up against in the league this season.

But for me, their dignity was best encapsulated after the game. Wrexham’s players walked into the packed supporters club after the match for some food, and were roundly applauded by the defeated home fans as they walked in. Plenty of Wrexham fans will have had similar experiences of the sporting disposition of the Trinity fans, as they wished us well for the final.

True fans of a proper club. I wish Gainsborough well for the future, and might even pop over the border to see them play on Wednesday at Chester. No prizes for guessing who I’ll be cheering on!

Wrexham (4-3-3): Maxwell; S Wright, Westwood, Riley, Ashton; Keates, Harris, Clarke; D Wright, Morrell (Ormerod 76), Hunt (Cieslewicz 81). Unused Subs: Coughlin, Little, Walker.