Wrexham's morale-boosting 2-0 win over Championship leaders Middlesbrough was partially overshadowed by confirmation that striker Sam Smith will miss the rest of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Smith suffered the injury during Wrexham's 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United on Friday. The 28-year-old had previously started all 13 of Wrexham's league games this season.
"Sam [Smith] has done his cruciate [ACL] so he'll be out for nine months or so; he'll have his surgery next Wednesday," Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson said after the win over Middlesbrough.
"Callum O'Hare had to walk off the training pitch on Thursday before Sheffield United and I started to feel are we a team feeling sorry for ourselves, and we can't be that team. We've had injuries in other years, we've had setbacks. We've always dug deep."
Wrexham, coming off back-to-back defeats to Blackburn and Sheffield United that had left Parkinson under pressure, looked much improved on Wednesday and won the game with late goals from George Thomason and Oli Rathbone.
It was only Middlesbrough's second defeat this season.
"It was important we put that back in place tonight," Parkinson said. "I've got to stress that it hasn't been missing all season. We've had some really good performances.
"However, in that first half against Sheffield United we lacked everything we want to be as a team.
"Tonight we were very structured. The spaces were tight, so we could get up to the ball and take it off them. The amount of times we got up to the ball and came out in our duals is exactly how we want to play as a team."
Wrexham have had a difficult start to the season after narrowly missing out on a fourth straight promotion last season under owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac.
As they continue to chase a place in the Premier League, Wrexham remain 16th in England's second tier, closer to the relegation zone than to the promotion playoffs. And Parkinson has urged his team to rediscover the feeling of their rapid rise up the divisions.
"As I said to you after the game on Friday, all I ever want, and all the owners want, is the honesty in the performance that our fans can relate to," Parkinson added.
"That's why there's been a great connection with the supporters and the players, and the owners and myself is because in general they've seen honesty and commitment and that's what the club's all about."
Information from PA contributed to this report.