BREAKING NEWS: Wrexham’s great striker opens out about his terrible injury woes as the duo is nominated for a major award.

Paul Mullin and Elliot Lee of Wrexham have made the shortlist for the League Two Player of the Year award from the Professional Footballers’ Association.

Under the leadership of their Hollywood stars, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the Welsh team earned their second consecutive promotion last season thanks to Mullin’s 24 league goals.

Lee was one of Wrexham’s other standout players as they placed second in the 2023–24 League Two standings, behind Stockport.

The 29-year-old midfielder played in all 46 of Phil Parkinson’s team’s league games and scored 16 goals.

 

The other four players on the six-man shortlist of nominations for the division player of the year award are Mansfield’s Davis Keillor-Dunn, Stockport’s title-winning midfielder Paddy Madden, and Jodi Jones and his former Notts County teammate Macaulay Langstaff.

 

Irish striker Madden, who joined League Two newcomers Chesterfield in May, scored 17 goals and helped Stockport amass 92 points in the fourth division.

 

Last year, Mansfield’s midfielder helped them earn the third automatic promotion berth.

One of their most reliable performers is Keillor-Dunn.

The 26-year-old, who scored 22 goals last season, played in every League Two game after joining the Stags from Oldham in January 2023.

 

Jones and Langstaff were a part of the Notts County team that made an EFL comeback in their first season since 2018–19, finishing 14th.

 

Before joining Championship team Millwall this month, League Two top scorer Langstaff scored 28 goals for County, and Winger Jones set an English League record with 24 assists for the Magpies previous season.

Following back surgery, Mullin is anticipated to miss the start of the next League One season.

The 29-year-old resisted having surgery until the agony finally made him do it.

 

Mullin told LeaderLive, “I’ve struggled with it for a while.”

 

“I wasn’t sure if I should have the surgery because I was still able to play with the injury, but the discomfort was growing worse. The morning after a match, I was unable to even put on my socks.

 

“Although I dislike taking painkillers, I had no choice. At that point, we determined that surgery was necessary, and it turned out to be the right choice.

 

On August 11 (2:30 am AEST), Wrexham hosts Wycombe Wanderers to kick off their 2024–25 campaign.