Foster keeps clean sheet as Wrexham beat York

Former England goalkeeper Ben Foster kept a clean sheet on his second Wrexham debut as the National League leaders beat York City 3-0.

Sam Dalby headed in from Ben Tozer’s long throw to double the lead before Elliot Lee rolled in a late third.

The win keeps Wrexham three points clear at the top of the table.

Foster, 39, made second-half saves from Ryan Fallowfield and Mitch Hancox in his first appearance since coming out of retirement to rejoin Wrexham – a club he played for on loan in 2005 – earlier this week.

Second-placed Notts County beat lowly Scunthorpe to maintain pressure on Wrexham, although Phil Parkinson’s men have a game in hand.

Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were part of a 10,161 crowd at The Racecourse, the Welsh side’s highest gate of the season.

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson:

“The pitch was slow because of the weather and the fluency at times wasn’t quite there. I still felt we created enough in the opening exchanges to get the goal.

“I sensed something would come. It’s a fantastic strike from James Jones to get us off and running and I thought it was a good solid performance from us against a well-organised team.

“We kept our cool and handled the situation well and have come away convincing winners.

“It was always a big call whether to play Ben [Foster] today because he hasn’t played for so long. He was 100% adamant he was ready.

“What a great day for us – that’s the big thing, that he’s come through the game in terrific fashion. He was excellent.”