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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I love the oven with the door you can hide!!

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Wrexham Thirst Section @wxmthirstsection.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our Kop stone is considerably more under control than we are. 😂 We wanted to make sure everyone in the WTS would feel comfortable taking a photo with it, so we kept the thirst off the stone and went with something that belongs to all of us. Classy Kop stone. Thirsty hearts. 🐉⚽🐉 #WxmThirstSection

A design for the Wrexham Thirst Section’s Kop stone, featuring two black Welsh dragons facing each other and holding a football between them, above the words “WREXHAM THIRST SECTION” in bold black lettering on a grey stone background.

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Wrexham Thirst Section @wxmthirstsection.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Your Wrexham v Southampton Thirst Section MOTM. 🔥 🏆 Jacques Ekomié Top of the vote, arms up telling everyone to stay calm, while the that footballer build makes that instruction completely impossible to follow. WTS composure: 404 Not Found #WTSMOTM #WxmThirstSection #WrexhamAFC #WxmAFC #AskWxm

Our MOTM is caught mid-gesture with his whole upper body doing that infuriatingly composed athlete thing. Torso upright, shoulders set broad and slightly rotated, both arms extended out in front of him with the elbows softly bent. One forearm sits almost horizontal while the other reaches higher, palms open, fingers spread, as though he is physically trying to tell everyone to calm down while possessing exactly the build least conducive to anyone doing so.

And those arms. The fit of the short sleeves leave the shoulders and upper arms open to scrutiny, with the biceps and triceps visibly engaged just from holding the gesture. The taped wrist only adds to the footballer-at-work evidence file. His head turns into the movement rather than toward the camera, chin tucked slightly, so the whole thing reads focused and deliberate rather than posed.

Then the kit gets involved. The shirt hangs relatively loose through the torso, but the shorts have substantially less room for diplomacy. His weight is settled through one leg while the other comes forward, which loads the thighs differently and makes the muscle structure very obvious: one quad carrying the body, the other advancing underneath him. There is nothing static about it. Even while apparently asking for calm, his lower body is still walking through the moment.

Which means the Thirst Section has been presented with a man making a "steady, everyone" gesture while the shoulders, arms and thighs are submitting entirely contradictory instructions.

Sir.

We have just won.

Nobody was steady to begin with. Nobody is steady now.

And now you have raised both arms like you personally intend to relieve the cardiovascular emergency.

MOTM on the pitch, MOTM in the vote, and apparently MOTM of telling WTS to calm down while actively preventing it. 🔥🔥🔥

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Wrexham Thirst Section @wxmthirstsection.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Your Wrexham v Burnley Thirst Section podium. 🔥 🏆 Jacques Ekomié 🥈 Issa Kaboré & Callum Doyle 🥉 Sam Smith plus 3 write-ins for glorious chaos Equaliser headed home, scuba deployed in the rain, and WTS cardiovascular services overwhelmed. #WTSMOTM #WxmThirstSection #WrexhamAFC #WxmAFC #AskWxm

Thirsties, the scuba celly has arrived and it was catastrophically effective. He was caught mid-motion, body angled forward, torso pitched into the celebration, shoulders slightly rolled in, chest carried over his hips as the whole frame followed the line of that extended right arm. One hand came up to the face for the scuba detail, the other reached forward to complete the bit, and suddenly this was a full-body performance.

The red shirt clung to the movement, showing the bend through the upper body and the tension in the arms and shoulders, while the rain somehow made the whole thing even more outrageous.

And the lower half was working just as hard. The white shorts sat over fully engaged thighs, one leg stepping through while the other trailed behind on the toe, calves taut, balance held in that perfect split second between stride and pose. Hips drove the motion forward, knees stayed active, and the whole stance had that unmistakable footballer quality of looking loose and powerfully controlled at once.

Nothing about it was static. Even frozen in a photo, you can still feel the momentum: wet turf under the boots, the follow-through of the celebration, the body still humming with adrenaline.

Which means the Thirst Section was never going to survive this. The kit was already under enough pressure without adding rain, muscle engagement, and a themed celly with committed arm work. Red shirt, white shorts, thighs engaged, calves working, torso pitched forward, arms fully committed to the scuba.

Result: elevated heart rate, collapsed decorum, and several Thirsties requiring immediate assistance back to baseline.

Celebratory? Yes. Subtle? Absolutely not. Devastating? Beyond dispute. 🔥

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

D’oh! Typo! I obviously meant to say “I’m NOW just”

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m not just an Empty Ice Bath until further notice 😭

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Wrexham Thirst Section @wxmthirstsection.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Your Millwall v Wrexham Thirst Section podium is officially in. 🔥 🏆 Jacques Ekomié 🥈 Josh Windass and Matty James 🥉 Kieffer Moore Three goals, one clean sheet, a knee-slide for the archives, and WTS composure left somewhere in London. #WTSMOTM #WxmThirstSection #WrexhamAFC #WxmAFC #AskWxm

Thirsties, this one was absolute cinema. He was caught mid-knee-slide, body arched back in full celebration, chest lifted to the sky like the moment physically could not be contained. One hand was flung up to his ear, mouth wide open in a roar, and the whole pose had that glorious split-second mix of power, release, and pure "are you not entertained?" energy.

The red shirt was stretched clean across his torso as he leaned back, every line of the movement visible through the twist and extension of the celebration. Shoulders opened, core engaged, neck taut, the whole upper body committed to the drama of it. Nothing about this was static. It was all motion, all force, all adrenaline. A goal celebration with absolutely no interest in subtlety.

And then the lower half joined the performance. Those white shorts and socks were doing the Lord’s work while he slid across the turf on both knees, thighs engaged, hips driving forward, legs folded underneath him in that wonderfully theatrical footballer collapse into glory. The shine on the legs, the grass contact, the grounded power of the slide — it all made the image feel even more physical, like you could practically hear the roar and the scrape of the turf.

In short: this was not just a celebration. This was a full-body event. A red-and-white missile of joy, confidence, and beautifully committed athletic drama. The Thirst Section did not stand a chance. 🔥

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

LOL. It feels like a loss, but I know it's just sports. It was inevitable, but still kind of sad when it happens. I hope he finds a good team to play for & thrives. I'll really miss seeing him in a Wrexham shirt but looking forward to watching him play again.

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💔 The end of an era. Wishing him all the success wherever he lands. #WxmAFC

A photo of former Wrexham AFC player Elliot Lee standing in a player tunnel, waiting to go on the field. The view is from behind Lee, so his back is to the viewer and he is wearing a black shirt with Lee and 38 on the back

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Wrexham Thirst Section @wxmthirstsection.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Your Wrexham v Birmingham City Thirst Section podium is officially in. 🔥 🏆 Callum Doyle 🥈 Lewis O’Brien 🥉 Ollie Rathbone Equaliser buried, danger supplied, midfield menace deployed. WTS composure did not survive. Not the result we wanted. We go again. #WTSMOTM #WxmThirstSection #WxmAFC #AskWxm

Thirsties, the photographer has caught him mid-applause, still carrying the match in his body. Shoulders set, chest lifted, forearms working as his hands come together, the long sleeves somehow making the whole thing look even more unfairly put-together. There’s nothing posed about it. He’s walking, clapping, breathing hard, hair damp and pushed back, face still wearing that post-match concentration. The athleticism is doing all the talking.

And then we get to the lower half. Those white shorts are revealing exactly how much work has gone through the legs: thighs still engaged as he strides forward, one knee driving through, weight shifting onto the other leg, the whole frame caught between steps rather than politely standing still for the camera. Lean, balanced, compact, strong. Very much a body that has spent the evening tackling, carrying, covering ground and then casually wandering over to acknowledge the crowd as though the Thirst Section possesses normal blood pressure.

The applause is supposed to be for the supporters. Unfortunately, the visual evidence has reversed the transaction. We are now applauding him. Respectfully. Loudly. With absolutely no expectation of recovering our composure tonight. 🔥🥵

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Wrexham Thirst Section @wxmthirstsection.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thirsties, Danny Imray has entered the frame and apparently taken everyone’s composure with him. 🔥 #WTSMOTM #WxmThirstSection #WrexhamAFC #WxmAFC #AskWxm

Thirsties, somebody needs to explain why Imray has been photographed doing something as innocent as chasing a football and somehow produced a full-body emergency.

Look at the positioning. Left leg planted and loaded, thigh doing an frankly unreasonable amount of work, right leg kicked back mid-stride, hips turning through the movement while his torso twists above them. That red shirt is stretched across the chest and pulled in at the waist, the tattooed arm is raised for balance, and the other hand drops casually by the hip as though none of this is causing difficulties for the viewing public.

And that’s the killer: he isn’t posing. He isn’t flexing. He isn’t even looking at the camera. He’s just completely absorbed in the chase while every line of his body is caught in motion: broad shoulders, tight waist, powerful legs, all balance and controlled acceleration.

So yes, Thirsties, enlarge the photo. Study the biomechanics. Develop a sudden scholarly interest in thigh engagement. Tell yourselves you’re analysing his centre of gravity while returning to the same image for the seventeenth time.

Imray is simply moving through midfield.

And our hearts, beautifully. 🔥

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Whoo! First vote of the new season! Let go Thirsties! #WxmThirstSection

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you’re overheated, I highly suggest an ice bath 😆🧊🛁

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I pretty much always yell Smudge whenever he scores a goal. The team socials often refer to him as that too. Lol. Now I wonder if you thought I was just being a weirdo, yelling Smudge with no context or reason 🤣

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Aaahhhhh!!!! WHO DID THIS?! 😍 I’m so excited!!! Let the freckle counting begin! 👀

Screenshot of the bio of Bluesky user Zak Vyner’s Frenckles

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thanks Sheri! 🥰 I saw that photo this morning - better than coffee at waking me up 😆 Every summer there’s that ONE photo (or video)! Will this be the one?

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm hoping that's an excuse to break out some ice baths! 😉 Am I right, #WxmThirstSection??

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

SO CLOSE. And yet.... so far. It's sad, because if this was 5 years ago I would already be there with tickets in hand! I used to travel to the US so much!

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Friends, I have NEVER been more upset to miss out on this. Why couldn't they have had ONE stop in Canada like they did last time they came to North America? 😭 I'm gutted. Especially since Elliot made the Travelling Squad. #WxmThirstSection

Red graphic with US landmarks and the text Wrexham in the USA 2026 Travelling Squad
Tampa / New York / Philadelphia

red background with a list of Wrexham AFC players going on the Wrexham AFC In the USA 2026 tour:
Harry Ashfield
Ryan Barnett
Nathan Broadhead
Lewis Brunt
Callum Burton
Liberato Cacace
Bailey Cadamarteri
Max Cleworth
George Dobson
Callum Doyle
Dominic Hyam
Aaron James
Matty James
Davis Keillor-Dunn

red background with a list of Wrexham AFC players going on the Wrexham AFC In the USA 2026 tour:
Elliot Lee
Ryan Longman
Alex Moore
Lewis O'Brien
Arthur Okonkwo
Ollie Rathbone
Dan Scarr
Ben Sheaf
Sam Smith
George Thomason
Zak Vyner
Danny Ward
Josh Windass

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It’s the waiting that’s the hardest!

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

From Parkie’s recent interview, Cleworth & Windass both have tweaks so so are staying back to continue training & getting up to full fitness. No updates on the others

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

With my luck, they’ll announce his departure today 😭

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hiya #WxmThirstSection! Do you know what today is?! It’s the TWO YEAR anniversary of THAT video appearing on Tiktok! What will you be doing to celebrate? 😆🧊🛀 Unfortunately, Elliot was left off the squad travelling to Helsinki today 😭 Should I do a photo post a day until we hear more news?

A still photo from the video that broke the Wrexham Thirst Section’s minds. Wrexham AFC football player Elliot Lee has just sat up from a frigid ice bath in an orange inflatable tub. The date of the video 2024-7-17 is circled in red with 3 red arrows pointing at it

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Who me? I would NEVER! I know Elliot appreciation has no boundaries! ❤️

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

There’s always that ONE Elliot Summer photo (or video) that spawns new fans! 😬 I remember mine fondly (and no, you’ll be shocked to know it wasn’t THAT video 😆)

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Or red. Or green. Or white. Or blue. Or orange…. 🤣

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I’m popping the ice bath back into action for maybe one last time 😭

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I just realised the ice bath is full right now because TECHNICALLY he’s not on loan & is on the team. I’m just not sure I can handle filling it just to unfill it again 😭

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

He definitely has an old fashioned movie hearththrob look going there, doesn’t he?

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Happy Elliot Lee Signing Anniversary to all who celebrate! Made it to four years! 🎉🍻🐉🔥 Any favourite memories? Photos? Videos? 😉 #WxmThirstSection

A grid of nine photos of Wrexham AFC player Elliot Lee in various Wrexham outfits from the past few seasons

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Very relaxed and happy. I love it! 🥰

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Summer Elliot may be my favourite Elliot 📷 from Elliot’s IG #WxmThirstSection

Wrexham AF player Elliot Lee on summer vacation, sitting in an outdoor area, wearing a white baseball cap backwards and a white tank top. His long brown hair is loose and curly and he’s laughing and looking off to the side

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Good question! I think only Cleworth, Barney & Lee are left from the National Team (and 2 of those are heavily rumoured to be leaving/loaned this summer) but there should be more from the L2 team

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It’s going to be a tough, possibly long, summer 😭

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The Empty Ice Bath @stormhound38.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Me neither!! I was honestly sitting there with “who’s that?” for a few minutes longer than I care to admit 🫣

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