It seems like a story straight out of a Hollywood movie, but it’s the other way around: Wrexham and Ryan Reynolds are living a reality that could well absorb fiction to tell the feat that the Welsh club is about to achieve. Not even the most soccer-loving screenwriter would have dared to write what is happening with the actor and the team.
If you look at what Reynolds’ last job was, you’ll find that it was Deadpool & Wolverine, a 2024 film. Since then, he hasn’t done anything for the screen. And it’s not because he’s short of offers. It just so happens that he has decided to get stuck in and focus on the upward process of the club he acquired in 2021 with Rob McElhenney.
What at first seemed like a risky adventure with a direct ticket to uncertainty, has become an experience that demands greater commitment and responsibility due to the surprising results that are being achieved with a project that will be a worldwide soccer example and model in the future.
Reynolds invested in buying Wrexham without having any idea about football. The only thing he had was the money to bet on a business that, at first, was not profitable. On the contrary, it started with losses: a fifth division team with no future prospects. It gave the impression that it would be a business entertainment, an unnecessary waste of capital or a hobby toy. However, this was not the case.
The actor made two fundamental decisions that led him to trust the project: to seek advice from local experts in British soccer to begin to soak up the culture of the game and to strengthen the bonds of belonging and identity with the team’s fans and the community. Connecting with the club’s history, getting closer to the people and being present in Wrexham’s development meant that the synergy between the population, fans, players and the press increased with dreams fulfilled along the way.
It was an immediate click between the parties. This translated into the unthinkable decades ago: the Welsh team was promoted to League Two in 2023, to League One in 2024 and to the Championship in 2025. In three years they were promoted three divisions! Currently, the team competes in the Championship, the league that gives promotion to the Premier League. If that wasn’t enough, they are fighting for the top spots to gain promotion to the top flight.
Wrexham and Ryan Reynolds are about to make history!
After 30 rounds of matches, the Welsh side are in sixth place overall. Of the 24 teams competing in the Championship, Wrexham are among the top six looking for the coveted ticket to the Premier League.
- 47 points
- 12 wins
- 11 draws
- 7 defeats
- 44 goals for
- 37 goals against
They are 11 points behind leaders Coventry City and second-placed Middlesbrough. The teams that finish the season in the top two places are promoted directly. The teams that finish in third, fourth, fifth and sixth place play the playoff round for one of the four to be promoted. Wrexham and Reynolds are clinging to the goal of direct promotion, although they also embrace the possibility of the third ticket in the playoffs. With 16 games remaining, they are going all out.
The Wrexham phenomenon as a tourist boost
The team’s meteoric rise under Reynolds’ management has prompted English fans and tourists to travel to Wales to watch their matches. Such is the attraction they have generated that even the English and Welsh authorities are working on a transport plan that includes a train route between the two countries to facilitate travel with four direct journeys. It is estimated that by December 2026 it will be in operation. If Wrexham were to be promoted to the Premier League, this would translate into tourism revenues.
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