‘I die when they lose!’ - Don’t question Wrexham ‘love’ of Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney as Hollywood co-owners reveal how they helped spark League Two promotion push

The Red Dragons opened their League Two campaign in 2023-24 with collective sights locked on securing a top-three finish. Just past the midway point, with 26 of their 46 fixtures taken in, the wheels started to come off for Phil Parkinson’s side.

A run of three straights losses, and just two wins in nine, saw the Welsh outfit slip out of the automatic promotion places. That testing period has now figured on the Welcome to Wrexham documentary, with Reynolds saying of how negative results impact him: “I'm not a football expert so what the f*ck do I know? But I can't seem to figure it out, no one can figure out what's going wrong. Our away form has been a little trashy but god dammit I love this club with every cell of my body. It's like I die when they lose.”

He added: “We just have to do better, and I think that Rob and I need to show our face, go to the town, go to the Racecourse and just be there.”

Reynolds - due to his filming commitments with the new Deadpool film - was unable to travel to SToK Racecourse, but McElhenney made the trip for a welcome 4-0 victory over Accrington. He said: “It just felt like the right time to visit Wrexham and spend some time with the team and the people. I love Wrexham, I consider it my second home. I just think it's one of those places that draws you back and always welcomes you back. It felt like the morale had dropped at that point and I was really concerned. So we wanted to go down there and show our support. As co-chairman of a football club it's good to show your face and give some support in person, especially when they're struggling a bit.”

Wrexham turned their season around from there, dropping just eight points through their final 12 games of the campaign. That run was enough to land a runners-up finish, with the Red Dragons now readying themselves for life in League One.