Wrexham AFC have been promoted for the third season in a row.
The North Wales-based aspect has gone from the Nationwide League to the Championship in simply three seasons, beneath its Hollywood house owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Wrexham have been second within the desk and had a run of eight video games unbeaten forward of their match towards Charlton Athletic on Saturday, which they received 3-0.
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Wrexham’s James McClean lifts the League One trophy. Pic: PA
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Wrexham’s Dan Scarr celebrates with the followers on the pitch after Wrexham received promotion to the Championship. Pic: PA
It’s the first time any membership has been promoted for 3 consecutive seasons throughout the prime 5 tiers of English soccer.
The third oldest affiliation soccer membership on this planet, Wrexham AFC was purchased by Reynolds and McElhenney in 2020, and has since been the topic of a Disney+ documentary, Welcome To Wrexham.
Reynolds, sporting a Wrexham sweatshirt, and McElhenney have been pictured celebrating every objective, and after the sport, because the followers got here onto the pitch on the SToK Cae Ras (Racecourse Floor) to have a good time the victory with the gamers.
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Wrexham co-owners Rob McElhenney (L) and Ryan Reynolds and Ryan’s spouse Blake Energetic, earlier than the match. Pic: PA
Each stars got here onto the pitch after the supporters returned to the stands.
Chatting with Sky Sports activities, McElhenney praised these behind the scenes, referring to “so many that don’t get the credit they deserve, people who aren’t talked about”.
Reynolds stated bringing success again to the membership “seemed like an impossible dream” once they arrived in North Wales in 2020.
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Wrexham’s Sam Smith celebrates in entrance of the followers after Wrexham received promotion to the Championship. Pic: PA
He put the three promotions all the way down to “the coaching staff, the greatest dressing room” and an “all for one, one for all” perspective all through the membership, including he was “speechless with their commitment and their emotion”.
As for the mouth-watering prospect of one other promotion to the promised land of the Premier League, the pair agreed it was “for tomorrow”, earlier than ending the interview with a joint mic-drop.
Veteran striker Steven Fletcher stated, “as soon as I came to this club, I knew it was something special. We want to go again. We’ll reset in the summer, take a break and go again”.
