Story of Wrexham’s unstoppable rise from Hollywood backing to amazing Arsenal loanee – is Premier League now in sight?

WREXHAM have secured promotion to League One in the latest step of their rebirth under their Hollywood owners.

Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have transformed the club with the help of manager Phil Parkinson.

They sealed back-to-back promotions for the first time in their 159-year history in style, thrashing bottom-of-the-table Forest Green Rovers 6-0.

Wrexham will return to the third tier for the first time since 2005, with owner Reynolds thrilled at the achievement.

He wrote on social media: "A few years ago, if you told me I would be crying tears of joy over a football match taking place in North Wales, you would be Rob McElhenney. Congrats to Wrexham and to my co-chairman in crime. Double up the town! This is the ride of our lives."

It has been some journey for the Hollywood A-listers, who were greeted with trepidation when they first bought the club, with some members of the fan trust that previously owned Wrexham voting against their takeover.

But the pair quickly put fans at ease by assuring Wrexham would remain a club at the heart of its community, and they won over some by recognising the mining disaster at Gresford where 266 people lost their lives on the back of the team's shirts.

It has not been plain sailing either as Wrexham missed out on promotion from the National League in the first season under the owners, while they had to produce a record points tally last year to beat Notts County to first place last season.

Their rise has been documented by Disney series 'Welcome to Wrexham', which caused scepticism amongst some who thought the show was a "money grab".

The third season of the show will begin to air from next month and will document Wrexham's continued rise, which could just be getting started.

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