Manager Phil Parkinson said Wrexham's season was "off and running" after their dramatic late comeback and penalty shootout victory over Hull in the Carabao Cup.

Veteran striker Ollie Palmer put doubt over his future aside by coming off the bench to score twice in stoppage time and snatch a 3-3 draw before the Red Dragons prevailed 5-3 on spot kicks.

It was the Welsh side's first home match of a new season in which they are playing in the second tier for the first time in more than 40 years.

Anticipation had been high but, after last weekend's last-gasp defeat at Southampton, it took something extraordinary to avoid another anti-climax.

Parkinson said: "Well, first of all, we show that we never give up. I think the trait of the team and the club over the last three, four years is that

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