Wrexham: From scepticism of Hollywood owners to promotion glory
So when Deadpool super hero Ryan Reynolds and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney proposed a takeover of Wrexham any scepticism was understandable.
And, appropriately, the quest to turn Wrexham back into a Football League club paralleled a classic Disney storyline. Wrexham are back in the Football League for the first time since 2008, shaking off the dubious title of the longest serving club in the fifth tier. This is a club with history. It's the club which lauds Wales legend and Liverpool's double European Cup winner Joey Jones as a favourite son. It's the club of Mickey Thomas, Arfon Griffiths and John Neal. A sometime Championship club.For all the stardust, the global fame and influx of transatlantic tourists who flock to the Racecourse and the Turf pub, the football principles have endured.
Yet this takeover has been deeper than just first-team success. Reynolds and McElhenney have ensured the eyes of the world are on this part of north Wales. As tourist chiefs admit, it's the sort of promotion they could not buy for the area.
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