It took just four minutes for Morecambe to take the lead as Wrexham’s lackadaisical defending gave Gerard Garner all the time in the world to control the ball and smash it past Arthur Okonkwo from a tight angle.

From then on, the hosts were their own worst enemies as it was a defensive error that gave Wrexham the chance to pull level just after the half-hour mark. A poor pass back was pounced on by Mullin but he still had plenty to do as he tore down the wing, cut in past Jacob Bedeau and squared to McClean who lashed it into the net.

Wrexham had been growing into the game before then but the lift provided by the goal put them well on top, as Mullin and then Ryan Barnett forced Morecambe goalkeeper Archie Mair into quick consecutive saves.

Disaster struck for Morecambe early in the second half when Max Melbourne was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Ollie Palmer. Less than five minutes later, Wrexham were awarded a penalty for a handball and Mullin sent Mair the wrong way to compound his former team’s misery and give his current one the lead.

Wrexham were hardly troubled since then and ensured a comfortable win in the end through a goal from Steven Fletcher, lifting them back into the automatic promotion spots in the English fourth-tier.