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Ollie Rathbone feels Wrexham are fully deserving of their place in League One's top two given their performances so far this season.

Rathbone - who joined Phil Parkinson's side in a club-record deal from Rotherham United in August - scored his first goal for Wrexham in a 3-0 triumph over Exeter City on Saturday.

Victory against the Grecians lifted Wrexham to second in the table following Birmingham City's 3-2 loss at Shrewsbury Town.

And Rathbone feels Wrexham are proving they are serious promotion contenders having bounced back from defeat at Stockport County by securing a convincing win against an Exeter side who boasted the best defensive record in the division before the sides met at the Stok Racecourse.

"It's an exciting place to be, I'm really enjoying it," said Rathbone.

"The table doesn't lie, we're over a third of the way through the season and we're where we are on merit. I don't think it's a flash in the pan.

"There's no reason we can't continue and see where we are at the end of the season."

Rathbone's goal sealed victory over Exeter after early strikes from Max Cleworth and Ollie Palmer.

"If you want to be successful in this league, you've got to keep going, you can't just have little patches of form and performances," Rathbone added.

"You've really got to build them up and go on runs of winning games and collecting points.

"Good teams don't lose two in a row, you can't end up going into a dip, and I don't think we've done that at all this season."