Wrexham secured promotion to the fourth tier of English soccer on Saturday, reaching the primary a part of the dream of celeb homeowners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The Hollywood actors had been amongst a crowd of greater than 10,000 on the Racecourse Ground in north Wales to see Wrexham clinch the National League title with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood.
Reynolds and McElhenney seemingly have turn out to be 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 staff run by two actors studying the ropes of sports activities membership possession.
The second season of the present may have a contented ending, with Wrexham heading again into the English Football League — the three divisions under 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 automated promotion spot to League Two.
Among the 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 greatest identified for starring within the “Deadpool” films, whereas McElhenney is the creator of TV present “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” One of their acknowledged 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.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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