Exclusive: Wrexham star Elliot Lee aims to tackle food poverty

 It’s a joke in the Wrexham dressing room that Elliot Lee will be around long after his playing days in North Wales, painting walls or cleaning toilets when needed.

 “I always joke with the lads and always say I’m still at Wrexham whether I’m running or in the stands!” Lee laughs.

“I’ll still be here in 10, 20, 30 years. I’m very much a Wrexham boy now and I love it.

Lee beams as he sits down with Mail Sport to reflect on life in Wrexham. A recent Disney documentary series talks about the club and its goals for the season – both on and off the pitch.

“From top to bottom, the club is just incredible,” he adds. “The owners, the staff, the manager, the trainers, the guys, the physio, the cooks, the field guys, everybody. I get along so well with everybody. I come in every day with a smile on my face and I just want to keep building on that , which we have already built.

Elliot Lee has been Wrexham’s best player so far this season, but he has also left the field.

Elliot Lee has been Wrexham’s best player so far this season, but he has also left the field.

The middleman became Dom’s Food Mission, a food charity

The middleman became Dom’s Food Mission, a food charity

Lee has been Wrexham’s best player so far this season and goes into Saturday’s heavyweight clash against Stockport County with seven goals from eight league games.

Watching the son of former Newcastle and England star Lee this season sees the player in his element. Carrying the scoring load alongside star striker Paul Mullin, who was sidelined with a punctured lung against Manchester United in pre-season, he appears to have taken a big step forward in his game. He had 12 goals last season for a National League record 111 points — but with him now on pace for 40 (he scoffs at the idea), which, if anything, pushed him. to even greater heights?

“I’m not sure there’s a rhyme or reason to it,” he says.

– In the last year I have worked a lot on the mental side of my game. I worked with Rob Blackburne. He works at a company called Inner Game Academy and he has been incredible for me, changing my perspective on and off the soccer field. “If I had to explain what I achieved on the field, it would probably be a big responsibility of Rob because he changed the way I see the game and go to play and away from football.

For all his success on the pitch – he has scored seven league goals in eight games – much of his scoring is off it and he wants to give back to the food-scarce community.

For all his success on the pitch – he has scored seven league goals in eight games – much of his scoring is off it and he wants to give back to the food-scarce community.

Many of Lee’s (right) long-time friends came to watch him at a recent game against Doncaster Rovers, where they also met Wrexham vice-chairman Ryan Reynolds (centre)

Many of Lee’s (right) long-time friends came to watch him at a recent game against Doncaster Rovers, where they also met Wrexham vice-chairman Ryan Reynolds (centre)

“I’m much happier with myself and I really like going to Wrexham training every day. I like playing in front of the fans. I like going out on the pitch every weekend. I don’t know if that’s more the reason. I feel good because I really enjoy it.

Wrexham fans are very fond of Lee and many would like to see a mural of him painted in the town to complement the popular Paul Mullin model which sits next to the Fat Boar pub and restaurant. Lee has always been popular wherever he has been, particularly at Luton Town and Charlton Athletic, but when asked how to rate the football fever he experienced at Wrexham, he has one particular club in mind to compare it to.

“[My family] always describe Wrexham as a smaller scale of Newcastle because the fan base is so passionate,” he says.

“The community is so passionate that when the football club is doing well, everything is going well, everyone is happy and when it’s down, everything is a bit down. The whole town revolves around football and that’s such a great thing.

– It was exactly the same with Newcastle. The support from everyone around Newcastle is very similar to Wrexham. They live and breathe football and the football club is the heart of the community and I think that was so special for my family as well.

“It’s a bit like when my dad got the support of all the Newcastle fans and now I get it with Wrexham. They’re very similar clubs in that respect.

Things couldn’t be better for Lee right now, and it also says that much of his current athleticism comes from his work in the community.

As well as wearing number 38 when he walked through the door at Wrexham – he long chose the number to honor and raise awareness of former West Ham team-mate Dylan Tombides, who died aged 20 in 2014 after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. . of disease – fighting food shortages is also high on Lee’s to-do list, to which he devotes all his energies. Lee told Mail Sport that he was then asked to take part