'Wetting ourselves!' - Paul Mullin reveals how Wrexham team-mate Callum McFadzean hid behind a bin lid to avoid wrath of Phil Parkinson after dreadful performance

After seeing his side leak five goals at home, manager Phil Parkinson naturally looked to address what was going on in his defence and called a team meeting. Understandably there was some nerves among those who'd featured in the Wrexham defence that afternoon, with some going to extreme lengths to avoid their manager's wrath.

Mullin takes up the story in his recently-released autobiography, My Wrexham Story.

"In October 2022 we went one better than the Dover result with a 7–5 win over Barnet. A mad, mad game. A couple of days later the gaffer wanted a meeting to analyse how we’d shipped so many. Defender Callum McFadzean had made a mistake on two of their goals. When news came through of the analysis session, he was wandering round the changing-room asking, ‘Has anyone got a camouflage coat?’ ‘What are you on about?’ ‘I need to hide – I’m getting it big-time off the manager here.’ In the end he hid behind a bin lid. We were wetting ourselves."

McFadzean kept his place in the side despite the ticking off. However, Barnet once again proved something of a bogey side, with the defender picking up a red card in the return meeting that season and not featuring in the league for Parksinon since. McFazdean fell victim to the squad limit of 22 players in League Two and has been limited to cup outings this term. Parkinson was fulsome in his praise for McFazdean's professionalism after his recent EFL Trophy performance against Burton.

Mullin should be raring to go after a free midweek when Wrexham travel to Forest Green Rovers on Saturday in Leage Two. McFazdean will be cheering his team-mates on as he hopes to win a place in the squad back in January.

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