Hollywood pair watch Dragons’ midweek loss

WREXHAM’S Hollywood-star co-owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds were in attendance at York Road on Tuesday night to watch their side play Maidenhead in the National League.

McElhenney and Reynolds made headlines after taking 100 per cent ownership of the Red Dragons in February this year.

They took over from the Wrexham Supporters’ Trust and made a £2-million investment under the terms of the deal.

Tuesday’s game was the first Wrexham fixture the duo have attended since taking over as owners of the club.

Their first game had plenty of action, Maidenhead scored two goals in two minutes before Bryce Hosannah was shown a straight red card, reducing the Red Dragons to 10 men.

The visitors then looked set to pull off a Hollywood-style comeback, as goals from Paul Mullin and Jordan Davies levelled the scores.

Josh Kelly replied for the Magpies in the 75th minute as Maidenhead won 3-2.

Wrexham fan Andy Gilpin said he was “gobsmacked” to see the Hollywood owners at York Road and their appearance had “given supporters a boost”.

“We had an inkling that they may have shown up today, but we didn’t actually think that might happen until we saw them in the stand,” Gilpin said.

“Obviously that gave everyone a big boost – they’re there, you can see them, they were waving to the fans.

“We knew they were in the area and we knew they’d landed about six hours ago, but we thought this probably would be a game too far for them. Then we saw a lot of stewards rushing around just before the kick-off and then the rumour came round that yeah they’re here.”