Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney sent fading ‘love’ warning as they continue to ride ‘magical rollercoaster’ at Wrexham

The Hollywood duo have enjoyed three memorable years at SToK Racecourse, with their stunning takeover of the Red Dragons completed in February 2021. Few bumps in the road have been hit so far, with Wrexham returned to the Football League in record-breaking style.

Phil Parkinson’s side are now riding high in League Two, as they push for back-to-back promotions, with Reynolds and McElhenney continuing to do all they can to ensure that progress is maintained on and off the field. The playing field will, however, begin to level out at some stage and it is then that famous owners will face their biggest challenges.

Wrexham director Shaun Harvey has said in The Leader of reaching a three-year anniversary in North Wales: “It's been a magical rollercoaster of a ride for three years under Rob and Ryan and arguably the best is still to come. What that entails and how it plays out, I don't think anyone can accurately predict. All we do know is there will be lots of honest endeavour both on and off the pitch, everybody will do their best to be successful. Results on the pitch make a football club but ultimately, it's what goes on off it that defines it. Everybody around Wrexham is loving the experience of seeing how far the club can go.

“The further up the pyramid you get, the more that love will become difficult to maintain. Once you are a threat, you take on a different guise; you are no longer the underdog, you are now a target that everybody is aiming for. The further up the leagues you go, the more professional and established clubs you come up against and ultimately the financial advantage that we have had begins to dissolve. But at that stage we have got to make sure we are better than everybody or at least as good. A lot of the stuff that we are doing is about making sure that when the field is a little more level, we are still in a position to be able to compete.”

Wrexham have acquired a global fan base on the back of starring in their own documentary series, with a third season of that show on the way in 2024, but Reynolds and McElhenney are fully aware that success on the pitch will be required in order to ensure that they remain a big draw off it.