Wrexham: Fans and film stars descend on city for crucial game

Fans and Hollywood stars person arrived successful Wrexham up of 1 of the biggest games successful the club's history.

Since the takeover by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, successful 2021, the nine has surged successful popularity astir the world.

The squad footwear disconnected against Boreham Wood astatine 18:30 BST astatine the Racecourse ground, with lone a triumph sealing promotion.

It would spot an extremity to a 15-year stint successful the 5th tier National League, and supply a glorious extremity to a play that has made Wrexham a planetary club.

Hollywood celebrities person been spotted astatine the Racecourse each season, and up of kick-off, Ant Man prima Paul Rudd was seen mingling with fans.

Reynolds and McElhenney are besides astatine the crushed acceptable for the match.

Mair Roberts, 81, and her member William Griffiths, 83, person been coming to Wrexham games for 100 years betwixt them.

William said helium has been supporting Wrexham "for 60 unusual years", and asked however contiguous compares to the past six decades, helium replied: "It's unbelievable isn't it? The owners we've got are fantastic."

Sister Mair has been coming for 40 years, and predicted a 3-1 Wrexham win. If they are promoted, she said she volition beryllium "dancing each night".

Nine-year-old Sonny, going to the crippled with his dada Doug, said helium had ne'er known a time arsenic breathtaking arsenic this one.

"I'm rather confident, spot nervous, but I deliberation we'll win... I'm conscionable truly excited, I'm buzzing with excitement," helium added.

Paris Trow, manager of Maesgwyn Hall successful Wrexham, said the metropolis had changed substantially implicit the past fewer years since the takeover.

"It's conscionable truthful overmuch much busy, the magnitude of radical coming… everyone's talking astir Wrexham. It's conscionable madness.

"It's doing truthful overmuch for the Welsh language, for Wales, Welsh culture, everything successful general. It's conscionable perfectly brilliant."

In summation to lifelong fans attending the game, Avengers movie prima Paul Rudd has been spotted extracurricular the Racecourse ground.

Wrexham fans person been utilized to seeing the unusual Hollywood prima since the takeover with Will Ferrell, Blake Lively and Charlie Day besides attending games passim the season.