‘Tears of joy’ as Wrexham promoted
Wrexham’s Hollywood star owners were “crying tears of joy” as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney revelled in the club’s second successive promotion by thumping Forest Green 6-0 to seal their place in League One next season.
Joyous fans poured on to the pitch to celebrate at the end of a dominant display at the Racecourse Ground.
The hosts led 4-0 at halftime thanks to two goals from Paul Mullin, one from Elliot Lee and a Ryan Inniss own goal. Ryan Barnett and Jack Marriott completed a memorable day for the Dragons with Ryan Reynolds strikes in the second half.
Deadpool star Reynolds wrote on X: 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. Congrats to Wrexham and to my co-chairman in crime. Double up the town! This is the ride of our lives.” McElhenney wrote simply: “No words.” The pair’s takeover in February 2021 has contributed to worldwide attention for the club. Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson was full of praise for his team, who won the National League title last season.
He said: “I’m immensely proud of the lads today because, if you look at the Tuesday performance [a 4-1 win over Crawley] and today, when it mattered most we’ve put in our two best performances of the season.
“It’s never easy with Forest Green’s low block making it difficult, but it was important we showed that we’d learned from when we played them last time and I think some of our football was of a very high standard today.
“I came into the game not expecting other results to go our way, I think that’s the best way to approach it.
“It wasn’t until about two minutes to go when my son George, who’s our analyst, gave me the rundown and obviously then you know it’s a done deal. I’m just so pleased.
“It’s a great achievement for everybody connected with the club, it really is.
“There is a lot of hard work that goes on behind the scenes, it really is a team effort at Wrexham, everybody pulls together and I have to include the supporters in that because, home and away, they’ve been absolutely magnificent for us.
“They’ve stayed with us, kept the faith and the belief and they’ve got their rewards today.”
While Wrexham can look forward to seal their place in League One next season, ,Forest Green remain rooted to the foot of the table and face the very real prospect of relegation. - The Telegraph