Who needs Christmas? Every weekend is something to look forward to for the moment.

The men’s team took a back seat to the women last weekend, although The SToK Cae Ras is feeling like peak era Rob and Ryan Wrexham despite the temporary Kop being a thing of the past.

The support for the team in the second half was uplifting and clearly had an effect on the game as we rallied against a Blackburn side with the characteristics required to be outstanding in away matches.

The weekend before they turned in the same sort of disciplined performance in a derby at Preston, and kicked on to dominate the second half. We refused to let them do that to us, which hopefully is an indication that Saturday will go well, as we’ll be the visitors to Deepdale.

However, Sunday was the high point of the weekend, and a genuinely historic one.

We’ve played at The Rock before, of course, but never as the owners. The match against Swansea marked the start of an exciting new era for the women’s branch of the club. For the first time they have a permanent base, for training, matches and administration.

It’s a massive step forwards, as is the increase of key staff drafted in this Summer as we continue our journey towards becoming a full-time club.

There was a real sense of occasion, and a genuine reflection of the community values that drew Rob and Ryan to us in the first place.

A buzzing crowd which delivered the sort of atmosphere the other Adran Premier sides can only dream of? Yup.

Local produce to eat and drink? Absolutely.

The decisive third and fourth goals scored by players from the region who are guaranteed a place in the club’s Hall of Fame? Oh yes!

It was a brilliant day all round, especially as we had meaningful opponents in Swansea City.

All season, I’ve felt that Wrexham and Cardiff are a different level from the rest of the division, with Swansea in a plateau on their own in third place. Stronger than the rest but not able to compete with us.

I stand by that, but they have improved markedly since we went to the Swansea.com stadium in October and beat them comfortably. They gave Cardiff a scare last weekend, and took the lead twice on Sunday.

In fact, the first half was very similar to the Blackburn game. They defended well and were lightning on the break, with Chloe Chivers showing the quality which earned her international caps at the heart of everything they did.

We stuck at it, though, and Maryam Mahmood won us two penalties with a glorious display of old-fashioned dribbling, isolating defenders and tying them in knots with her quick feet until they couldn’t stop themselves from fouling her.

Katie Barker drilled both penalties into the same corner; the keeper got close both times but they were so well struck that she had no chance of getting there.

As on Saturday, we stepped it up significantly after the break and put on a heck of a show.

I was on the verge of revising my opinion of Swansea and putting them on a par with us, but the way we took the game by the scruff of the neck as the second half progressed meant there was no need for a rethink.

Still, their keeper performed heroics and we were into the last ten minutes when Lili Jones raised the roof with a great header with put us ahead and raised the Rock roof.

We kept pressing and Rosie Hughes, fresh from becoming the first player to make a hundred appearances for Wrexham last weekend, and marking the occasion with four goals, wrapped up a 4-2 win with the coolest of finishes, calmly strolling round the keeper and a defender while I was having a panic attack on the gantry!

It was epic on the pitch and genuinely significant off it.

It might seem counter-intuitive to say this, but playing at The Rock, fifteen minutes down the A483 from The Racecourse, actually reflects what Wrexham really is.

Above all else, well before the industrial revolution gave us impetus, we were a market town. Wrexham has never been confined by the boundaries of the town; it’s a region, a mixture of all the villages around it. Villages that supply us, and that rely on us in return.

To be playing in one of our most well-established communities, with historic links to the industrial past which shape the actual geography of Cefn and of The Rock, feels right.

The current owners, and the WST before them, rightly spoke of tapping into the interest in the club which extends west across North and Mid Wales. They’re right, and having a permanent base in one of the satellite towns which help define Wrexham itself is a significant step towards that, and towards explaining to new fans what Wrexham is.

So, there’s two more sleeps until we go to Preston, and three more sleeps until we’re back at The Rock to see Jenny Sugarman’s exciting team again. Who needs Christmas?