Wrexham promoted back to Football League as Paul Mullin scores twice

Paul Mullin has present scored 38 goals successful the National League this season

Paul Mullin was the leader arsenic Wrexham sealed the National League rubric and a instrumentality to the Football League aft a 15-year lack successful beforehand of 10,000 jubilant fans.

Star striker Mullin took selfies with the celebrating fans who poured onto the transportation astatine full-time.

Manager Phil Parkinson led the chanting of 'We Are Going Up' from the stands, aft what helium had antecedently described arsenic "15 years of pain" successful non-league football.

Actors Reynolds, McElhenney, and Paul Rudd - pictured drinking successful section pubs with fans earlier the important lucifer - joined successful the celebrations.

Fans spilled onto the transportation with reddish flares astatine the last whistle and the rain-sodden trophy presumption had to beryllium delayed arsenic fans were requested to permission the field.

When the trophy assistance did instrumentality place, Wrexham players sprayed champagne astir arsenic Queen's 'We Are The Champions' played retired implicit the PA system.

"It's an astonishing feeling," said Parkinson. "I consciousness truthful affectional aft what the nine has been done successful the past 15 years. I americium truthful arrogant of the show and the fans to spell down and to travel back."

Mullin, the antheral who swapped the imaginable of League One for the National League erstwhile helium joined Wrexham from Cambridge United successful the summertime of 2021, scored the goals that yet sealed a instrumentality to the Football League.

The striker added: "We are ecstatic. To woody with the unit we person had, I americium truthful arrogant of the lads.

"We had to woody with a batch and radical deliberation with the biggest fund you'll triumph it casual and it's not similar that."

Wrexham's instrumentality came 15 years to the time since they dropped retired of the EFL pursuing a 2-0 decision astatine Hereford connected 22 April 2008.

Since relegation from League Two, the nine endured play-off disappointment 5 times and was besides connected the brink of going retired of business.

But since Deadpool prima Reynolds and It's Always Sunny successful Philadelphia creator McElhenney took implicit successful aboriginal 2021, the nine has been transformed.

With the airing of the Disney+ documentary Welcome to Wrexham, involvement successful the nine has grown globally and coincided with an epic National League rubric race.