Since the 2004-2005 season Wrexham have not played in the third tier of English football but have been backed by famous owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Welcome to Wrexham With documentary cameras following their every step, North Wales’ biggest club could be about to end their drought.
They have three games left in the Second Division season and they know that two wins will be enough to guarantee First Division football comes to STÅK Cae Ras next season. From now on, there are ‘only’ two more promotions left to the Premier League…
The investment of Reynolds and McElhenney, the management of Phil Parkinson and the goals of ‘Super’ Paul Mullin have pulled Wrexham out of trouble and they are now tantalizingly close to achieving another goal and a perfect end to a third season. related to Welcome to Wrexham.
Permutations: What do Wrexham need to get promoted?
National League – League in which the Red Dragons spent their first two seasons Welcome to Wrexham Desperately struggling to get out, League Two, with just two promotion spots, offers three automatic promotion places before clubs finishing from fourth to seventh place compete for an additional spot in the play-offs.
Wrexham currently sit second in the table having played 43 of 46 games and only need to finish in the top three to gain promotion.
As of now Stockport County are top of the table with 83 points, 4 points ahead of Wrexham with one game remaining, making them overwhelming favorites for the title.
However, it will be the third and fourth teams that the Red Dragons will be more interested in.
After a huge blow at home to Crawley Town on Tuesday night (star striker Paul Mullin scored twice in the 4-1 win), Wrexham are second with 79 points from 43 games, Mansfield Town are third with 76 points from 42 games, while MK Dons remain third with 79 points from 43 games. taking. It ranks third with 74 points from 43 matches.
This means MK Dons could finish the season with a maximum of 83 points and Mansfield could reach 86 points – if both win their remaining games – but will be deducted at least one point as they play each other on Saturday, April 13.
Wrexham’s remaining League Two matches
April 13 – Forest Green (H)
20 April – Crewe Alexandra (A)
27 April – Stockport Borough (H)
If the Dons beat Mansfield while winning both games, they would both finish the season on 83 points. 84 points is the magic number for Wrexham to ensure they finish above at least one and finish in the top three.
This means Wrexham need five points from their last three games. two wins (or one win and two draws) will guarantee promotion For the Red Dragons and returning them to the First Division after two decades.
Wrexham will be promoted on Saturday if they beat Forest Green Rovers and MK Dons and Barrow fail to win against Mansfield Town and Gillingham respectively.
How did they get here?
The story of Wrexham’s rise back to the Football League following investment from Reynolds and McElhenney has been well documented in the first two series of the season. Welcome to Wrexham. After a heartbreaking play-off defeat in the first season, they beat Notts County in a thrilling title race to win the National League last year, finally ending a 15-year non-league spell.
Expectations were high with the possibility of back-to-back promotions heading into the 2023-24 season. Wrexham, who lost 5-3 to MK Dons on the opening day, went on a spectacular run to climb to the top of the League Two table. They lost just two of their next 22 league matches, eventually losing 3–1 away to Walsall on 29 December.
Unfortunately this heralded their first consistently poor run of form of the season and they lost three consecutive matches as the calendar turned to February; They went down to Newport County, Salford City and Bradford City. However, Parkinson et al. They managed to win five of the last eight matches and left promotion in their own hands in this last turn.
Despite missing the first month of the season due to a punctured lung in a pre-season match against Manchester United, Mullin once again became Wrexham’s top scorer, scoring 19 goals in the league. Elliot Lee also scored 15 goals, while Arthur Okonkwo, who was loaned from Arsenal, scored a magnificent goal by keeping 12 clean sheets.
Why Wrexham? The story so far
Wrexham’s rise from National League obscurity to one of the most talked-about teams in English football owes much to the investment of Reynolds and McElhenney – even if the idea of two Hollywood stars owning a fifth-tier football club from North Wales is fanciful just a few years away It was ridiculous at first.
The frequently asked question is ‘why Wrexham’? It’s a long story; It is best explained in the first two series. Welcome to Wrexham – But it all starts when British comedy writer and actor Humphrey Ker watches football on his lunch break while working on McElhenney’s show. Legendary Quest.
McElhenney became addicted to the sport, decided he wanted to invest in a football club and then began deciding which club to target from a list of unlucky teams with growth potential prepared by Ker. With no other major club within miles he still decided on Wrexham due to their passionate fan base and huge catchment area.
McElhenney needed an investment partner and got Reynolds on board with the idea because he needed “movie money” rather than just “TV money.” Philadelphia is always sunny.
In November 2020, RR McReynolds LLC bought Wrexham AFC for £2 million following a poll of 2,000 Supporters’ Trust members who voted overwhelmingly in favor of the club’s new owners, and from there the pair set about rebuilding the club.
They have invested in community programs and recruited volunteer staff, such as Wrexham’s disability liaison officer. They stayed in town and had drinks at The Turf pub on the way. Welcome to Wrexham The documentary ran its course, and while it was perhaps just a PR schtick rather than a truly hard-boiled sports documentary, it drew attention to the Hollywood couple’s use of knowledge and connections in their day jobs and further invested in the team.
TikTok was chosen as the club’s main sponsor, resulting in a tenfold increase in revenue. As Reynolds and McElhenney increased advertising and appeared to millions of people, other major brands such as Expedia also joined the group. Single Show in England and Late Late Show in the USA.
They recruited former English Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey to help run the club alongside Ker, overseeing contract renewals and transfers and allowing them to sign players with pedigree in the leagues above with big wages and the lure of a long-term project.
Mullin, Lee, Ollie Palmer and many more players have brought success and excitement to the pitch, leading to the renewal of the local community and businesses; The Turfpub, featured in the documentary, also became the center of attention for tourists.
Where does the journey end, who knows? But Reynolds and McElhenney could be about to help Wrexham end a 20-year drought with promotion to League One and the sky looks like the limit.