Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.
Courtesy of Ryan Reynolds/InstagramRyan Reynolds shed tears of joy as football team Wrexham AFC secured another victory to secure promotion to League One.
“If you had told me a few years ago that I would cry tears of joy over a football match in North Wales you would be @robmcelhenney,” Reynolds wrote via Instagram on Saturday, April 13, after Wrexham defeated Forest Green Rovers 6 -0. “Congratulations to @wrexham_afc and my crime co-chair. Double the city! This is the ride of our lives. 🏴xnxxthird party
Reynolds and Rob McElhenny became part-owners of Wrexham AFC after purchasing the club for $2.5 million in 2021, with the intention of turning the franchise back into a successful team after several relegations. They were in the fifth tier of English football teams and were promoted to the second tier last year. The latest promotion takes them to the third division.
In another post shared via Instagram Story, Reynolds wrote, “This is Field of Dreams stuff,” a reference to the iconic 1989 baseball film starring Kevin Costner. McElhenny wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “No words.”
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In April 2023, Wrexham gained promotion for the first time in 15 years after a win over Boreham Wood. “Rob and I kind of passed out at that moment, but somehow we’ll never forget it,” Reynolds captioned an Instagram post at the time, which showed fans storming the pitch after the winning goal.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Courtesy of Ryan Reynolds/Instagram“I don’t remember this moment at all,” he said it’s always sunny in Philadelphia The star captioned the same clip via Instagram. “But you can see something leaving both of our bodies at the same time. And then we are filled with indescribable joy again. ❤️.”
“It’s certainly two full years of bubbling to the top,” Reynolds said of the team’s potential promotion shortly before play began in April 2023. “But I would say it happens all the time. Especially when I think it can’t bubble anymore – like with the Notts [County] Game – here I am, actually having had four sleepless nights in front of Boreham Wood. That’s all I think about.”
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A year later, Wrexham’s victory against Forest Green and subsequent promotion to League One – two divisions away from the Premier League – marked the football club’s first consecutive promotion in 159 years.
Wrexham’s journey from a little-known football club to a League One team is documented in the FX documentaries. Welcome to Wrexham. The latest promotion is expected to appear in the third season of the Emmy-winning hit.
The show brought a lot of attention to Wales and boosted local tourism. In April last year, Reynolds and McElhenney were awarded the Freedom of the Borough Award by Wrexham City Council.
“One of the great things about football is that it creates great unity. I have been able to forge these connections between people living all over the world,” McElhenny said in his acceptance speech. “I am truly honored and blessed to have been welcomed into this community.”