 He signed wing @-@ back Paul Edwards and held on to most of his key players for the 2002 – 03 season . Wrexham had a good start to the season and Smith won the Manager of the Month award for September 2002 after a sequence of four wins and two draws . A slump followed but Wrexham recovered from a poor October 2002 after coming from behind to beat Bournemouth on 9 November , as strikers Andy Morrell and Lee Trundle formed a good partnership , with Jones an impact substitute . Wrexham dropped out of the play @-@ off places following a sequence of draws in March 2003 , but new signing Scott Green scored both goals in a 2 – 0 win over Hartlepool United on 18 March , the first of a sequence of eight victories that took Wrexham into the third automatic promotion place with four games to go . They held on to the position to secure promotion from the Third Division at the first attempt . Wrexham also beat Newport County 6 – 1 in the final of the FAW Premier Cup to secure an important £ 100 @,@ 000 in prize money . Smith was named as the Manager of the Month for April and 2003 , before winning the League Managers Association 's Third Division Manager of the Season award . 
