Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has said that Wrexham have made history, after the Welsh side secured promotion from League One over the weekend.
The club who are co owned by Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney, will play in the Championship next season, having earned their third promotion in three years after they beat Charlton 3-0 in their Sky Bet League One match at SRoK Racecourse on Sunday.
Reynolds said afterwards that the club has made "history", despite a lot of doubters thinking that he and McElhenney were either joking or crazy to dream that this club could get to the Premier League.
Now, with this latest promotion, Wrexham are just one step away from reaching the promise lands of the Premier League.
"We've been with Wrexham for what seems like the blink of an eye, but so much has happened", Reynolds wrote on Instagram. "I remember the first press conference, we were asked what our goals were… and I think Rob jumped in with, 'The Premiere League".
"People laughed. They had every right to. It seemed insane… But we weren’t kidding".
Elsewhere, Reynolds said that he feels at "home" in Wrexham, adding that he sees this as a "place that values community, decency and history".
Reynolds also said that they have "respect" for the 1934 mining fire, the Gresford Colliery disaster, and "feeling of hope and miracles created" by former Wrexham and Man United player, Mickey Thomas, who was also at the match on Saturday.
The Deadpool star also hailed Wrexham's manager Phil Parkinson for this latest success, which he stated "doesn’t happen without the wisdom of (manager) Phil Parkinson and his coaching staff, or the talent" of the team.
Reynolds also said that he "watched Sam Smith create a frightening blend between football and martial arts, scoring our second goal yesterday", after fellow midfielder Oliver Rathbone had given the Welsh side the lead.
"The stadium feels like a church," Reynolds added. "I know so many of you now. Since February, 2021, I’ve watched babies become regulars".
"And some regulars depart us for good. We’ve had the honour to scatter ashes of loved ones across that field. I’ve even watched every available hand shovel snow off the pitch to keep a match from cancellation".
"Somebody said the Welsh have the ‘heart of a poet and the fist of a fighter.’ That’s what I love about this place. I wish the whole world could visit Wrexham. Diolch (thank-you)".
This post also shows photos of Reynolds embracing fellow co owner McElhenney, with his wife Blake Lively, and celebrating with the winning Wrexham team.
Having taken over the club in February 2021, Reynolds and McElhenny have also contributed to the huge worldwide media attention of the team via their FX documentary show, Welcome To Wrexham, which as run for three series, winning eight Emmy Awards.
A fourth series of the show is to run next month.
