WREXHAM, Wales — Wrexham secured promotion to the fourth tier of English soccer on Saturday, reaching the primary a part of the dream of celeb house owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The Hollywood actors had been amongst a crowd of greater than 10,000 on the Racecourse Floor in north Wales to see Wrexham clinch the Nationwide League title with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wooden.
Reynolds and McElhenney seemingly have change into soccer fanatics since finishing their out-of-nowhere buy of the Welsh membership for $2.5 million in 2021.
An offshoot of the takeover was the making of a fly-on-the-wall documentary – entitled “Welcome to Wrexham” – that has charted the journey of a historic however down-on-its-luck soccer crew run by two actors studying the ropes of sports activities membership possession.
The second season of the present could have a contented ending, with Wrexham heading again into the English Soccer League – the three divisions beneath the Premier League – for the primary time in 15 years.
Wrexham is 4 factors away from second-placed Notts County with one spherical of video games left, so is assured the only computerized promotion spot to League Two.
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Among the many spectators on the Racecourse was Paul Rudd, one other Hollywood actor who was noticed consuming a beer with locals forward of the sport and watched the sport within the administrators’ field with Reynolds and McElhenney.
Reynolds is finest recognized for starring within the “Deadpool” motion pictures, whereas McElhenney is the creator of TV present “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia.” One among their said goals when shopping for Wrexham was to guide the 158-year-old membership – the world’s third oldest skilled membership – to the Premier League and the journey is properly underway.
