 Smith lost Morrell and Trundle on free transfers , and replaced them with Chris Armstrong and Chris Llewellyn . The club 's financial problems meant that players went unpaid at the start of 2003 – 04 , although they remained in the play @-@ off places in December 2003 . However , a hairline fracture to Shaun Pejic left Smith short of defenders and the promotion challenge ebbed away to a mid @-@ table finish . Wrexham retained the FAW Premier Cup though with a 4 – 1 victory over Rhyl . However , Smith made himself unpopular with supporters after refusing to endorse their campaign to oust controversial chairman Alex Hamilton . 
