Is Wrexham’s Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending?

Wrexham’s Hollywood dream seems almost too good to be true. The club spent years in the doldrums of the football league, its lack of success on the pitch matched by financial troubles off it. In 2004, the club plunged into the relegation zone after it was placed into administration. A few years later, in 2008, the side even dropped out of the league altogether. But then, in 2020, two handsome saviours arrived – and now the club’s troubles appear to be over.

There’s something uncomfortable about two rich Hollywood guys larping around with British working-class culture

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, who made their fame and fortune starring in films such as Deadpool (Reynolds) and the TV series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (McElhenney), are model owners. They put their hands in their pockets to pay for players and have vowed to fork out to develop the club’s worn-out ground. Wrexham has now been promoted and is linked with ex-Real Madrid star – and Wales’ greatest ever footballer – Gareth Bale (even if he subsequently scotched reports that he would join).