PRIZES aren't given out after 10 games but Wrexham deserve credit for the way they have handled playing at a higher level.

Phil Parkinson's men bounced back from just a second defeat of the League One season at Stevenage by beating Northampton Town 4-1 at The Racecourse on Saturday.

It was another impressive home performance with the Reds not letting an equaliser conceded against the run of play affect them.

Wrexham played good football from the start and it was another thoroughly deserved win which continued the excellent start to the season.

The back-to-back promotion winners went into the campaign with momentum but the higher you go, the tougher it gets and the Reds have taken the step-up in their stride.

There have been set-backs along the way but there is no divine right to win every game. Only taking one point from two away games heading into the Northampton clash was hardly the end of the world and they remained among the pacesetters.

A fifth home victory in a row against the Cobblers kept Wrexham in second place and they are now only two points behind leaders Birmingham City who suffered a first defeat of the season at Charlton - proof that even title favourites can't win them all!

With 20 points from the opening 10 matches, it is a mightily impressive haul and Parkinson, his staff and players deserve all the praise they get.

Not all teams adjust to going up a level and League One is a hugely competitive division with a lot of big teams who are equally as ambitious as the Reds.

While you hope the winning theme continues, there is still a long way to go with just a quarter of the campaign gone.

There will be more blips along the way but assistant manager Steve Parkin could sense the determination amongst the players to bounce back from the 1-0 loss at Stevenage in midweek.

"It is not always easy to react to a disappointing defeat but I thought the players were magnificent," said Parkinson's right-hand man,

"We probably let ourselves down a little bit in the week in terms of our quality in the opponents half but we put that right with aplomb.

"Before the game I thought they'd got a determination. They were fairly quiet but I could see the look on a few of them, they meant business and they proved that.

"To bounce back from a disappointing defeat was great."

Wrexham played good football in the first-half and James McClean opened the scoring early on.

Although Northampton equalised against the run of play, leading scorer Marriott bagged his fifth goal of the season to restore a deserved lead at the break.

Wrexham killed the game off in the second half with Elliot Lee netting and McClean getting his second of the afternoon, with Ryan Barnett having a hat-trick of assists, and he also had a hand in the other!