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Lewis Ambrose·23 March 2023

Ben Foster ends retirement to become Wrexham's latest Hollywood story

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Wrexham have confirmed the signing of formerly retired goalkeeper Ben Foster until the end of the season.

The 39-year-old hung up his gloves after leaving Watford in the summer but has now completed a spectacular return to the club owned by Hollywood Robs Reynolds and McElhenney.


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Foster played for Wrexham 18 years ago, when he was on loan with the club from Stoke.

The ex-Manchester United and West Brom stopper has made the eighth most appearances of any goalkeeper in Premier League history but will now aid Wrexham’s bid to win promotion to League Two.

“I’m over the moon. I’ve been at the Club an hour this morning and it seems a really nice place. Everyone is down to earth and the manager’s top class,” Foster said.

“It’s changed a lot since I was last here, but it’s nice to be back and it’s nice to be back as a player too. It will be interesting to see how my body feels after training today! I’m looking forward to getting started.

“The first time I was here, it was genuinely the springboard to the rest of my career – on the back of the loan move, playing in the LDV Vans Trophy Final at the Millennium Stadium, I got my move to Manchester United at the start of the next season. It was absolutely bonkers!

“If you’d told me 18 years ago that I’d have gone on to have the career that I have had, I probably wouldn’t have believed you to be honest so I do owe a lot to Wrexham.”