Why a new stand has become symbolic for Wrexham

Then there are the new facilities. The dressing room areas and tunnel will move to the Kop end of the ground – closer to the Turf pub from where players originally changed and ran onto the field – with Parkinson and sports science staff having a say in the new layout.

And new media facilities will also be housed, not to mention a fan plaza next to the railway station as part of the gateway to the city.

"This time last year it was a just a dirt lot," added Williamson, who previously spent time at Inter Milan during their renovation of the San Siro.

"Now you see the steelwork, the foundations in place. It's moving along very quickly. For the first time, people are seeing how massive a stand it is going to be."

It is no exaggeration, certainly when in comparison to the rest of the Racecourse which retains some of the lower-league feel of the club's previous standing.

Against Watford, eagle-eyed fans would have spotted the giant steel truss that is set to house an LED screen almost 7 metres tall and 18 metres wide.

"Everyone's been waiting a long time for the development of the Kop and now, over the last six months or so, we've all seen it emerging out of the ground," said Parkinson, who could not help but catch a glance of some of the 1,500 tonnes of steel on display as he had a pre-match stroll.

"It's very impressive. We're pleased at the progress of that and it's going to be amazing when we'll be able to get supporters into it."

There is a possibility a small number of fans could be squeezed into the new stand before the current season is out, although it will only be next term that it will be fully operational with all its bells and whistles.

Whether that will be in the Premier League depends on if Wrexham can get it right on the pitch. The foundations are there, with Parkinson quick to remind after the Watford draw that the side are two points better off than at the same stage last year.

But the ambitions are clear, summed up by the growing stand that sums up Wrexham's bid to keep on building.