Ex Wrexham player trolls Dragons fans with 'capitalism' jibe

Former Wrexham AFC defender Martin Riley took aim at the club's fans in a post relating to the ownership of the club on Twitter.

The Wolverhampton-born defender played for Wrexham in two separate spells, in the 2012/13 season and then again in the 2016/17 campaign, both of his spells came during the period of Wrexham Supporters Trust ownership- prior to the Hollywood takeover by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.

The 35 year old, who now plays for Hednesford Town in Southern League Premier Division (Central), has previously spoken out on more than one occasion about his preference for outside investment rather than the fan-owned model of football club ownership.

In a post on Twitter, Riley said: "How's capitalism treating you Wrexham fans? Not perfect but a lot better than the alternative hey?

"Strange some of you would rather be sitting around saying “we own our own club” while the ground's crumbling down around you."

There were several responses from fans, long-standing Reds supporter Simon Johnson reminded Riley of some of the previous owners under whom the club nearly went into liquidation. Johnson said: "Guterman, Hamilton, Moss, Dickens, Roberts were all capitalists. Put me down for some of the alternative please."

Johnson also went on to say: "Unrestricted capitalism nearly killed our club, twice. The fact that we’ve been extremely lucky to get decent owners does not prove that a certain ideology is superior. In fact, we were chosen by these owners because the club had been so well run by the supporters."

Alan Jones was also disappointed with Riley's comments, he said: "Don’t understand all this Martin. You’ve always been one of the good guys but now looking for arguments with fans. Strange."

Riley has previously