Last week I followed Bath City to the land of my father to see the team face a seemingly impossible task at league leaders Wrexham.

I have always had a soft spot for Wales as my mum and dad came to Bath from the south of the country in the 1950s.

The 16,000-capacity Racecourse Ground is an historic Welsh football venue graced by international footballers over the years. I remember seeing Mark Hughes and Ian Rush there in the 1980s, as well as host of stars from Spain, the USSR and others.

Most of us have loved going to grounds like Cambridge United, York City, Kidderminster, Lincoln and Grimsby. Playing in front of 7,000 at Luton Town's Kenilworth Road was only a dream but two years ago and we have a much greater profile as a result.

Most fans accept that we excelled last season and knew it would be tougher this but expectations did inevitably rise. We all want to stay at Blue Square Bet Premier level but we should remind ourselves that it was always going to be difficult.

We do need a stronger club financially, so whether the miracle of the great escape is achieved or not, that has to be the priority.

On the pitch we were not disgraced in the defeat at Wrexham but it ended a pretty miserable week for the club, with the main damage done by the loss to Alfreton Town.

The fact that 60 fans made the long trip north to Wrexham is more evidence of how committed followers of City are, even in difficult times.

With 16 games to go and City still rock bottom, there are various views among fans about what Adie Britton might do for the rest of the season. Some say we should accept that we are almost certainly down, cut costs and begin to build a team capable of battling out of the Blue Square South. Others in the 'never say die' camp argue that the great escape is still possible.

I am firmly in the latter. I recall the heroic efforts of 1990-91, when we won three of the last six games to stay up. In 1996-97 we won four of the last five and only just missed out, and in 2001-02 we won seven of the last 12 to stay up dramatically with a win on the last day at Worcester.

We also have the possible bonus of the Conference's 'AGM Cup'. The plight of Darlington and Kettering has been well publicised but Stockport are also in trouble.

So the season is far from over. Players, management and fans feel a real sense of injustice and we must build on that and give it a real go.

There is also the prospect of Wembley. We were more confident of progressing before shipping 11 goals in three games – six of those to our opponents this weekend at Twerton, Grimsby Town.

But it's an FA Trophy match and anything can happen. I am still dreaming of a great day for Bath City at Wembley and, after the season we've had, might Saturday be the day that it changes in our favour?

Dare you not be there?