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Live at The Turf

Buckle up, two to go!

Sunday sends Wrexham to the Coventry Building Society Arena. The last time these sides met back on Halloween night at the STŌK Cae Ras, it turned into a proper five-goal affair, with Wrexham edging it 3–2 in a match that had more twists than a haunted house. Safe to say Coventry probably haven’t forgotten it.

Presiding over things on the Coventry touchline will be Sky Blue Sam, the club’s famously cheerful light-blue elephant mascot. Exactly how a Midlands football club ended up represented by a smiling elephant is still one of football’s great unsolved mysteries, but there he’ll be all the same, waving at the crowd and acting like this is perfectly normal behaviour for a large sky-blue elephant.

For anyone not making the trip to Coventry, you can still follow every moment live inside The Turf. The match will be on our screens, and the place will have that familiar away-night energy where every pass, tackle, and near miss draws an instant reaction from somewhere in the room. So, if the motorway miles aren’t part of your plans, settle in at The Turf instead. Same match, same tension, just without the travel, and with a crowd that will happily explain exactly what should’ve happened five seconds before it did.

Hours
Butty Van
8am – 2pm

The Pub
11am – 11pm

FanZone
Closed

Early May brings Middlesbrough to the STŌK Cae Ras for the final match of the regular season, which means one last afternoon where nerves, noise, and bold predictions all arrive in equal measure. The last time these two met up north back in October it finished 1–1, a result that felt like both sides had more to say but simply ran out of minutes to say it.

Missing from the trip will be Roary the Lion, Middlesbrough’s overconfident feline mascot. A pity, really. A lion turning up in Wrexham might’ve been entertaining, though he’d probably spend most of the afternoon pretending not to notice the noise coming from the stands. Still, it’s understandable, lions are known for courage, but even they know when to stay safely on their own turf.

We’re currently waiting to see whether the match will be televised, and if it is, we’ll be showing it on our TVs, so keep an eye on this page as we’ll update it as soon as we know. Either way, when The Turf is practically leaning against the stadium, it hardly matters. If you’ve got a ticket, this is the natural starting point before the short wander to the turnstiles, and the place everyone drifts back to afterwards to explain exactly how they would’ve taken that chance differently.

No ticket? You’ll still be right in the middle of it. When the STŌK Cae Ras erupts, the noise tends to roll straight through The Turf anyway. On the final matchday of the regular season, the football might be happening next door, but the matchday atmosphere lives right here.

Hours
Butty Van
8am – 3pm

The Pub
10am – 12am

FanZone
10am – 4pm