Eoghan O’Connell has said that Wrexham can be “as big as they want” after earning a second successive promotion.

With Barrow and MK Dons both losing as Wrexham thrashed Forest Green, the Red Dragons sealed their place in League One next season.

After winning the National League last season, Wrexham have now been promoted in successive seasons.

When asked how much further Wrexham can progress, defender O’Connell said: “I think as big as you want.”

“I just think with the fanbase, the support and the atmosphere they create and obviously the owners are incredible people.

“Who knows really.”

Even with two games remaining, the former Celtic man has urged his team to relish in their success.

“I think it’s important to enjoy these achievements over the past couple of years,” he added.

“We’ve had two [promotions] in a row, it doesn’t come around too often.

“I’m sure we’ll have a good few days and maybe even weeks.”

Manager Phil Parkinson echoed O’Connell sentiments, stressing there are more “chapters” to come from Wrexham.

“Last year when we got promotion I felt there were a lot more chapters to be written,” he said.

“I firmly believe that’s still [the case] now.”

Under the stewardship of Parkinson and the well-publicised Hollywood owners, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, the Red Dragons’ fans will be dreaming of further promotions.

Although the owners were not at SToK Cae Ras on Saturday, Parkinson said he spoke with McElhenney over the phone.

“Rob rang up – I don’t think he was expecting me to answer – so I’ve had a great chat with him,” he said.

“Obviously him and Ryan would have loved to have been here today, they deserve a lot of credit obviously because the support they’ve given myself and all the staff and the backing they give all the players as well.

“They deserve this and I’m sure they will celebrating wherever they are in the US.

“Owning a football club is tough. It’s not an easy job and you’ve got to savour these promotions, we’re building a structure underneath and I think that’s really important with the academy, I think that’s very important for the future of the club and the owners obviously recognise that and we had to get back in the league to do that.

“There’s great people been employed in our academy and they are going to work hard to get some good young players, because that’s going to be key as the club progresses.”

Parkinson has now won five promotions as a manager – two with Wrexham and one each with Colchester United, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers.

“It’s a great achievement for everybody connected with the club. There’s a lot of hard work that goes on behind the scenes and I always say about being a team effort,” he added.

“It really is at Wrexham, everybody pulls together, and you’ve got to include the supporters in that because home and away they’ve been absolutely magnificent for us again.

“We’ve had some periods where we haven’t played as well as we could, but that happens even in a promotion season.

“But they’ve stayed with us, kept the faith and kept the belief and they’ve got their rewards.”

Elliot Lee, scorer of 16 goals from midfield this season, said that the club “is only going one way”.

“We know the ambition of the club,” he said.

“It will be more difficult next season but that’s why we’re all here, we want to test ourselves against better players and teams.

“We’ve come so far from being in the National League to potentially playing some massive teams next season.

“It’s a big leap, but it’s one we are all ready for and looking forward to already.”