WREXHAM AFC is delighted to confirm the special-edition away shirts to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Gresford Colliery Disaster, have raised more than £20,000 at auction.

All items were auctioned off today (October 10), consisting of both the men’s and women’s first-team match-worn shirts, with the grand total of all sales coming to £20,310. 

The shirts were donated to the club’s official charitable partner for the 2024/25 campaign, the Wrexham Miners Project.


James McClean’s match-worn shirt ended up raising the most of any shirt, with the hammer price coming to a total of £1,500. 

Supporters who wish to donate to the Wrexham Miners Project, can do so by clicking the link to visit their official Just Giving page. 

Mining and Wrexham AFC have always been inextricably linked and never more so than in the aftermath of the Gresford Colliery Disaster. That is why this season, the club’s shirts have the number 266 and a representation of the Gresford Colliery wheel on the nape of the neck, in remembrance.

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The shirts feature a logo designed by Wrexham illustrator Liam Stokes-Massey, known for his Paul Mullin mural on the Fat Boar building.

Liam was commissioned by an American Wrexham AFC fan to raise vital funds and awareness for the Miners Rescue Centre on Maesgwyn Road.

An array of events were held across Wrexham last month to mark the 90th anniversary of the disaster, that took 266 lives.

Over £63,000 has now been raised for the rescue centre in collaboration with the club.

Co-chairmen Rob McEhlenney and Ryan Reynolds have pledged £26,200 each to the fund, if executive director Humphrey Ker will run the Manchester Marathon in April of 2025.

All proceeds will continue to preserve Wrexham's mining community.