TL;DR
– Wrexham became the first club in the top five tiers of English football to achieve three consecutive promotions, from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
– Small stuff under £15; the keeper sits between £15 and £30.
– Founded in 1864, Wrexham are the third oldest professional football club in the world and the oldest in Wales.
– Every personalised Wrexham book is hand-illustrated by a real artist, never AI, and built entirely around your child.
A personalised Wrexham book lands especially well right now, with a whole new generation of Red Dragons fans discovering the club through its remarkable recent rise. This guide covers what is inside the book, what it costs, and why it works just as well for a lifelong fan as a brand new one.
Three promotions in a row, a first for English football
Wrexham, founded in 1864, are the third oldest professional football club in the world and the oldest in Wales, playing at the Racecourse Ground, the oldest international stadium still in use anywhere.
Since 2021, under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Wrexham have achieved three consecutive promotions, from the National League to the Championship, the first club across the top five tiers of English football ever to manage that run. It has brought a wave of new young fans to a genuinely ancient club.
The takeover was formally completed in February 2021 after receiving backing from 98.6% of the Wrexham Supporters’ Trust membership, and the Welcome to Wrexham documentary series that followed, first airing in August 2022, introduced the club to a completely new global audience.
What can you find for under £15?
Below £15, keep it simple: a personalised bottle, a bag tag, or a compact club history book. Good options include:
- A water bottle in the team colours with their name
- An engraved keyring
- A pocket history book about the club
For a child who owns the obvious things, these are pleasant extras rather than the main gift.
Does spending £15 to £30 buy something worth keeping?
Yes. Once you pass £15, a framed print or personalised storybook becomes the headline gift, not an extra. Worth considering:
- A personalised storybook where the child scores the winner
- A framed print built around their name and a big result
- A named kit bag for a child who plays themselves
For roughly what a top costs, a personalised storybook is opened repeatedly across the year, which is the real value here.
What makes a good personalised Wrexham book?
A good personalised Wrexham book is built around the child, not the crest. The best version is a personalised book where they wear the red and win the day at the Racecourse, rather than a name added to standard stock.
Lean into specifics: the number on their back, their position, the goal they picture in their head.
What is the best age for a personalised Wrexham book?
Pick the book to fit how the child follows the club:
- 5 to 6: still mostly a picture-book reader, and a personalised storybook slots straight into that stage.
- 7 to 9: an age where imagination and reading ability are both strong, a combination this format rewards.
- 10 to 12: old enough to be a little sceptical of gifts, which a genuinely personal one tends to win over.
The advantage over standard club merchandise
Kit and keyrings are proof of allegiance to a club. A personalised storybook is proof that someone thought specifically about this child, not just their team, which is a different and more valuable kind of gift.
The artwork reflects that care too, since every page is hand-drawn by a real human illustrator rather than produced by any AI tool.
For a gift that is meant to last on a shelf for years rather than a season, the quality of the underlying artwork matters as much as the personalisation itself.
What’s actually inside a personalised Wrexham book?
A personalised Wrexham book is a full storybook of around 28 pages, every page hand-drawn by a real artist, with the child’s name, hair colour, skin tone and eye colour set to match them exactly.
For a family who came to Wrexham through the club’s recent rise, the book gives a child their own place inside that story: scouted, signed and scoring the winning goal at the Racecourse, with a personal message from you on the inside cover.
Because every detail, name, appearance, message, is set by you at checkout, no two copies of the book are ever quite the same, even between two young Wrexham fans in the same class.
Is a personalised Wrexham book official?
No. Our storybook is not officially licensed by Wrexham AFC. It is a personalised, football-themed story in the spirit of fan art, so check the product page if a licence matters to you.
Every illustration is hand-drawn by a real artist, never AI, and you set the child’s name, appearance and inside-cover message when you customise their storybook. For another club, the same idea covers our full range of personalised football books.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it a good gift for a girl who supports Wrexham? Yes, certainly. Gender and appearance are yours to choose, and there is a growing Ladies Range for the women’s game too.
What is inside the book? Around 28 pages of hand-drawn story, your child as the star, a personalised cover, and your own words printed inside.
How far ahead should I order? Give it a proper runway. Since each copy is produced to order in the UK, it needs more lead time than usual.
Is this book something a young Wrexham fan will actually keep? Yes. The book does not rely on a current kit or squad, so it avoids the dating problem that eventually affects almost all football merchandise.
How does the size compare to a normal children’s book? It is a full-length storybook, not a short novelty item, closer in scale to a proper picture book than a card or leaflet.
Is the book hardback or softback? It is produced as a printed storybook designed to withstand repeated reading, built for a child’s bookshelf rather than a one-off keepsake box.