Hollywood glamour graced the sell-out stadium in Wrexham on Saturday night time because the workforce secured their long-awaited return to the Soccer League, cheered on by their A-list star homeowners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Star striker Paul Mullin scored twice because the Welsh workforce made an aesthetic comeback to beat Boreham Wooden and seal the Nationwide League title with a sport to spare, and with it promotion to the EFL’s League Two after 15 years.
The ailing membership have been purchased for £2m by the actors Reynolds and McElhenney in November 2020, who set about elevating the profile of each the workforce and the town of Wrexham.
The Hollywood duo have embraced a sport they knew little about, often flying from the USA to attend non-league matches on the Racecourse Floor, and assembly and consuming with followers in The Turf pub over the street. Their profile has inspired world manufacturers TikTok and Expedia to sponsor the membership and introduced vacationers to Wrexham from everywhere in the world.
On the pitch, luxurious signings like Mullin and former Premier League goalkeeper Ben Foster have elevated the membership to problem on the high of the division, and after simply falling in need of promotion final season – a disappointment detailed within the documentary sequence Welcome To Wrexham – the workforce edged out Notts County this time round to safe the title.
Reynolds and McElhenney – who have been joined by the man US actor Paul Rudd watching on – sang alongside to refrains of “We’re going up!” with supporters within the closing minutes, and so they have been in tears on the ultimate whistle as followers invaded the pitch in celebration.
“I’m undecided I can course of what occurred tonight, I’m nonetheless just a little speechless,” mentioned Reynolds. “Boreham Wooden confirmed up at present, they’re an unimaginable workforce and so they have top-of-the-line defences in the whole league and so they confirmed us that each one night time lengthy. Large credit score to Boreham Wooden.
“Additionally this whole story, why it’s been so good is as a result of Notts County is so rattling good. They need to go up. We’re rooting for Notts County we need to see them go up as effectively.”
Co-owner McElhenney added: “I believe we are able to hear the way it feels to this city and that’s a very powerful factor for us. For us to be welcomed into their group and to be welcomed into this expertise has been the honour of my life.”
Mullin praised his “unbelievable” teammates for dealing with the stress placed on them. “The character we’ve proven this season has been phenomenal at instances and that epitomises it tonight,” he instructed BT Sport after the sport. “We’ve had a very long time on this divison and the followers deserve this present day.
“I believe after the primary minute they have been all fearing the worst however this group, we stick collectively. We now have carried out all season, from the media and all over the place else, all of the shenanigans that include enjoying for Wrexham, to cope with it the way in which we now have and to return from one aim down tonight it’s unbelievable.
“We knew that Boreham Wooden have been going to be a tricky workforce to beat and once they went one up we thought it could possibly be even tougher however the gamers we’ve obtained and the probabilities we are able to create are unbelievable. We’re simply over the moon to recover from the road. We’ve come right here as favourites and have been anticipated to go up however that makes it much more particular once you do it.”
Fashioned in 1864, Wrexham is the oldest membership in Wales and the third oldest skilled soccer workforce on this planet. The membership spent 15 consecutive seasons within the Nationwide League – the fifth division of the English soccer system.
