We use essential cookies and third-party cookies for content.

Pallade Veneta - Hollywood's Reynolds and McElhenney having 'ride of our lives' with Wrexham

Hollywood's Reynolds and McElhenney having 'ride of our lives' with Wrexham

CULTURE 13.04.2024
Hollywood's Reynolds and McElhenney having 'ride of our lives' with Wrexham
Hollywood's Reynolds and McElhenney having 'ride of our lives' with Wrexham / Photo: Oli SCARFF - AFP

Wrexham's Hollywood star co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney said they were having the "ride of our lives" after the club sealed a place in the third tier of English football with a 6-0 thrashing of Forest Green on Saturday.

Change text size:

Victory secured Wrexham's second straight promotion after the Welsh club ended a 15-year absence from the English Football League in April 2023 by winning the fifth-tier National League.

"A few years ago, if you told me I would be crying tears of joy over a football match taking place in north Wales, you would be Rob McElhenney," wrote Deadpool star Reynolds on X.

"Congrats to Wrexham and to my co-chairman in crime. Double up the town! This is the ride of our lives."

McElhenney added: "No words."

Since surprisingly buying unheralded Wrexham in 2021, McElhenney and Reynolds's investment has helped lift the team back into the English Football League, while bringing global recognition to the club via a Disney television documentary series.

Unlike the rest of their League Two rivals, Wrexham's growing fame in the United States allowed Phil Parkinson's side to go on a pre-season tour of North America which included games against Chelsea and Manchester United.

According to accounts published last month, Wrexham owe McElhenney and Reynolds £9 million ($11 million) after losing £5 million last year.

Elliot Lee opened the scoring before Paul Mullin scored twice, either side of Ryan Inniss's own-goal, as Wrexham hit four before half-time, with Ryan Barnett and Jack Marriott on target in the second half.

Results elsewhere meant the victory secured Wrexham's place in League One next season, while defeat leaves bottom side Forest Green at risk of dropping out of the Football League.

Saturday's full-time whistle was the cue for joyous fans to surge onto the pitch at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground.

F.Abruzzese--PV

Featured

Jersey Boys Anniversary Tour Opens in Birmingham With Gritty Account of Crime and Fame

The 20th-anniversary tour of Jersey Boys has opened at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre, offering a gritty and unvarnished look at the Four Seasons’ journey. The production details the band's turbulent rise from New Jersey petty criminals to international rock stars, highlighting the complex personal costs behind their musical success.

UBC professor describes police call after Galloway remark as act of care

VANCOUVER — A University of British Columbia professor has testified about a colleague’s decision to call police to visit Steven Galloway after he was accused of sexual assault, describing it as an “act of care” toward the author, who had spoken of killing himself. Galloway, who is suing his accuser and others in a defamation trial centred on the unproven allegations, has described his subsequent committal to a hospital in the United States as “terrifying.

The Cat in the Hat expands its stakes to cosmic scale in animated reboot

The folks behind the new animated “The Cat in the Hat” are pretty confident they’ve got the cat in the bag. It hasn’t even opened yet and there are onscreen references to possible movie spinoffs for the jet-powered magical couch and The Things.

Lettermen co-founder Tony Butala dies at 87

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Butala, co-founder of the Grammy-nominated trio The Lettermen, whose lush vocal harmonies made them one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1960s, died Sunday. He was 87.

Change text size: