WREXHAM proudly boast about the part The Racecourse Ground has played in the history of international football.

It’s 142 years since the Welsh went down 2-0 to Scotland in the country’s first ever international match.

There’s been plenty more matches since and ahead of tonight’s Racecourse return, here’s The Leader’s top 10 of Wales’ most memorable games in the town.

And there’s only one game to kick off with and that’s the 4-1 humiliation of Ron Greenwood’s England on May 17 1980.

It was Mike England’s first game in charge and what a way to start!

Mickey Thomas picked a great time and a great ground to score his first international goal with Ian Walsh, Robbie James and a Phil Thompson own goal sending the majority of the 24,000-plus crowd home happy.

Another Manchester United great, Mark Hughes, who was born and bred in Ruabon scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over England on May 2 1983.

And anyone who was there on April 30 1985 will never forget that amazing volley Sparky sent fizzing into the top corner in a 3-0 slaying of Spain.

Arfon Griffiths - Wrexham’s greatest-ever player - was also the match-winner in a 1-0 win against Austria on November 19 1975 - a victory that secured Wales a place in the European Championship quarter-finals.

There was a 5-3 win over the old enemy England again back on March 13 1882 while ex-Wrexham striker Ian Edwards scored five on his debut in a 7-0 mauling of Malta on October 25 1977 - and he was cheered by the Racecourse faithful despite the fact he was a Chester player at the time!

The goals were also flying in left right and centre as Wrexham trio Steve Evans, Chris Llewellyn and Mark Jones all played in a 4-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein on November 14 2006.

A crowd of less than 5,000 say Roy Vernon (2), Wyn Davies and Ronnie Rees down Denmark 4-2 on December 1 1965 while Leighton James bagged a double and Nick Deacy scored the third in a 3-0 win against Czechoslovakia on March 30 1977.

And one of the biggest wins at The Racecourse came on October 12 1983 when Ian Rush scored twice in a 5-0 romp against Romania.

Mickey Thomas, Robbie James and Alan Curtis also scored in front of a paltry crowd of 4,181.