Ryan Manning late show helps earn Southampton dramatic win against Wrexham

The Welsh outfit came away pointless on their first outing in the Championship.

Southampton's Ryan Manning celebrates scoring their side's equaiser. Pic: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

Ninety minutes before kick-off a couple of digivans poking fun at Wrexham completed another lap of St Mary’s, whizzing past with an LED billboard that read: “Who needs Hollywood?” with the letters of Southampton studded in the Californian hills.

On this evidence the Welsh club – back at this level for the first time since 1982 after an extraordinary rise from non-league – are sure to be a fun addition, but how they were given a galling reminder of the step up, Saints scoring twice in the final nine minutes to earn a comeback victory and a first under Will Still.