excited about it.

"It's a source of great pride to me, the club and the town that this pioneering event happened in Wrexham.

"The fact that we have a record of it because somebody took the trouble to do something entirely new is tremendous."

Mr Lucas said: "It's a very important year coming up for Wrexham because I think we can establish a firm footing for the club."

Wrexham council deputy leader Bob Dutton said: "The plaque will serve as a permanent reminder of the importance of sport to Wrexham and the national significance we have played in Wales' football history."A 92-year-old man is sitting at a café terrace on London’s Southbank, munching resolutely on sugar lumps. Bright morning sunshine bounces off the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, whose bells you can hear across the river where he sits.

As he sips black coffee, his checked blazer sleeve rides up to reveal a bracelet bearing the number 85454. It is the original prison number plate, about the size of a razor blade, he was forced to wear on a wire around his wrist by the Nazis at Mauthausen concentration camp.

“That was my name,” he says, when he catches me looking. He had it fixed to a gold chain, so that whenever someone asks him what it is, he can tell his story.

His real name is Ed Mosberg, and he