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The AFC Wrexham continues its unique march and rises again after 43 years to the second English league. Two Hollywood stars play an important role in this, the glamor factor is increased again to climb.
On Saturday evening at short before 9 p.m. English time. Finally, it was also mathematically determined what had previously emerged and couldn’t have gone wrong: the AFC Wrexham did it again.
With a convincing 3-0 against Charlton Athletic, the Welsh club secured the third promotion in a row and will compete in the second -class championship next year. Right in the middle of the celebration: the Hollywood stars Rob Mcelhenney (left) and Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively.
Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds celebrated the climb
The Wrexham fairy tale has a historical dimension
It is a football fairy tale – and a historical event. A team in the English Football League has never celebrated three ups in a row.
With 89 points behind Meister Birmingham City (102 points), Wrexham is no longer to be displaced from the first two places that entitle the championship for direct rise. The association, which is considered the oldest in Wales, has been second -class for the first time since 1982.
A giant matter for the fans of the legendary club. When the victory against Charlton was almost perfect shortly before the end, the approximately 13,000 spectators in the RaceCourse Ground sang: “We are going up.”
After the final whistle, they stormed the lawn and the cabin also went high, as the association’s Instagram profile documented. After all, it is the preliminary climax of a Hollywood tire story that would not have been possible in this form without Hollywood.
Premier League? “Sounded crazy, but we meant it seriously”
The words “success” and “Wrexham” did not really match for a long time. As early as 1921, the Welshers entered the English football League, but there they never reached the first class, but always commuted between the second and fourth division – until 2008.
Then followed the first crash into the fifth -class National League, in which one was stuck. But two prominent rescuers should show the way out in 2020.
Rob Mcelhenney (left) and Ryan Reynolds (right) took over the AFC Wrexham 2020
Two actors took over the club: Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney – and should quickly lead him out of the gray fifth league life.
In view of the Hollywood flair, of course, there was not a lack of major ambitions. “At the first press conference we were asked what our goals are. And Rob immediately said: ‘The Premier League’. People laughed. They had every right. It sounded crazy, but we were serious,” Reynold’s recently recalled it.
Thanks to the presence of the new owners on social media and the specially created documentary “Welcome to Wrexham”, the popularity of the club rose rapidly. The fan base grew – not only nationally, but also internationally. In the meantime, the series goes into the fourth season. Pendants can track the association’s challenges and success at any time in recent years.
Right in the middle of the Wrexham Wunder: The Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
Critical voices accompany Wrexham
But the Welshers are also significantly better positioned than the competition due to the commitment of Reynolds and Mcelhenney. No wonder that over time, critical voices have repeatedly been loud that see an unfair competitive advantage.
“In the lower leagues, only a few fans like Wrexham. They dislike how much attention they get and they accuse them of buying the ascents,” expert Ben Littlemore recently described the online platform Transfermarkt.de.
“I would say that Wrexham is currently one of the most unpopular clubs at the fans of the Championship, League One and League Two,” said Littlemore: “Due to the celebrity of the two owners, the club is given more media presence and offers the players the opportunity to become much more perceived in Wrexham than with other teams in the same league.”
Blake Lively celebrates ascent with Ryan Reynolds
But the Hollywood stars don’t bother. The glamor factor was even increased again to the third promotion in a row: actress Blake Lively accompanied her husband Ryan Reynolds despite close schedule on the island, a few days later the couple was already on the red carpet in New York.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were already in New York a few days after the WREXHAM promotion to show “a little one” again in New York
Reynolds and Mcelhenney want to make WREXHAM even more attractive – both sporty and commercially.
In the first half of the year after the takeover, the club missed the playoffs by one point, but the subsequent commitment of coach Phil Parkinson’s was crucial.
The team’s sporting development has progressed since then, the squad becomes stronger from season to season. In the 2021/22 season, Wrexham still had to go to the playoffs and dramatically failed there with 4: 5. A year later, however, the high -altitude flight really started – and still no longer stopped.
Will WREXHAM be at the top soon?
The second climb followed the second, the second of the third. There is little doubt that you have the potential to survive in the championship.
After all, Reynolds and Mcelhenney have already proven that their investments not only saved the club, but also led to new spheres. Another promotion to the Premier League now seems within reach – it could crown the insane history of the club.
This does not seem impossible, the requirements are met. In addition, Reynolds and Mcelhenney rave about the cohesion of the Welsh: “I feel here at home,” said Reynolds.
Wrexham was already a guest to prepare in the USA and met top English clubs like Manchester United and FC Chelsea in test games. Soon these duels could become regular point games.
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