Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchased the Welsh club for $2.5 million in 2021 with ambitions to turn a smaller team into a 'global force.' Now, the club has earned promotion into English Football League Two for next season.
Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, two Hollywood actors, purchased the club for $2.5 million in 2021 with ambitions to turn a smaller team into a"global force."Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
The 2021-22 campaign saw the Red Dragons finish second in the National League with 88 points, six behind first-place Stockport, before falling short in the promotion playoffs. Then came the meteoric jump this year that has seen them accumulate 110 points in 45 games, with one more fixture to go. They've won 34 games, drew eight and lost just three.
Only one team can gain automatic promotion to EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football and three promotions away from the Premier League giants. Wrexham faced stout competition from Notts County, which thus far has accumulated 106 points but won't have enough to leap the Red Dragons on the final matchday. The Magpies achieved a historic campaign of their own, having collected 82 points in 2021-22 to finish in fifth, but Wrexham managed to top them.Get today's sports news out of Los Angeles. Here's the latest on the Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Galaxy, LAFC, USC, UCLA and more LA teams.
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