Paul Mullin: Wrexham ban political message on striker's boots

Paul Mullin (left) was the National League's apical scorer with 32 goals past play aft joining from Cambridge.

Wrexham person banned striker Paul Mullin from wearing boots featuring an violative slogan astir the Conservative Party.

Wrexham, who are owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, said the photographs were taken without their cognition oregon approval.

The National League nine said they instrumentality a "neutral position" connected politics.

They added that "the contented volition beryllium dealt with privately".

Wrexham's Conservative MP Sarah Atherton said she was grateful for the club's swift effect to Mullin's societal media station and that a enactment had been drawn nether the matter.

A Wrexham connection said Mullin volition proceed to beryllium a important portion of their bid to summation promotion but described his station arsenic an "unwelcome distraction" earlier a crippled astatine location against Halifax connected Tuesday, 25 October.

"The nine tin corroborate that the boots revealed by Paul Mullin connected societal media volition not beryllium worn tonight, oregon successful immoderate different Wrexham AFC fixture, and that the photographs taken astatine the Racecourse Ground were done truthful without our cognition oregon approval," the connection read.

"For the record, the pictures wouldn't person been permitted to beryllium taken, had we known, and the contented volition beryllium dealt with privately by the club.

"The nine has adopted a neutral presumption connected galore matters with a governmental magnitude and intends to proceed to bash truthful going forward.

"The nine besides admit that everyone is entitled to their ain opinion, whether that beryllium employees oregon supporters but would besides item that an idiosyncratic presumption cannot beryllium reasonably attributed, arsenic the presumption of everyone oregon the nine itself.

"There is nary much salient illustration of this than the information that the MP for the constituency wrong which the nine is found, is simply a Conservative seat.

"After this unwelcome distraction, the nine hopes the absorption remains connected our objectives of gaining promotion connected the tract and creating assemblage payment disconnected it, successful which Paul Mullin volition proceed to play a important part."

In a statement, Atherton said Mullin's boots reflected "the presumption of 1 idiosyncratic alternatively than the nine arsenic a whole".

The MP added: "Players mightiness not beryllium alert of the hard enactment that is going connected down the scenes for the betterment of the club, the assemblage and the fans, which I americium moving tirelessly alongside the nine and others to deliver.

"I americium highly grateful for the club's speedy effect successful dealing with this substance and we tin present gully a enactment nether this.

"I cognize that we volition proceed moving intimately unneurotic and I look guardant to supporting Wrexham AFC wholeheartedly going forward."

Mullin became arguably the astir eye-catching signing truthful acold during Wrexham's Hollywood epoch erstwhile helium signed from Cambridge United successful July 2021.

The Liverpool-born guardant has scored 11 goals successful 14 appearances this season, having been named National League subordinate of the twelvemonth past play aft scoring 30 times successful each competitions.

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