Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney paid tribute to the unsung heroes of the club after the side secured promotion to the Championship.
The Welsh outfit defeated Charlton Athletic 3-0 at the at SToK Cae Ras stadium to clinch a historic third successive promotion.
‘There are so many people here who do not get the credit that they deserve,’ McElhenney told Sky Sports. ‘People here everyday.
‘The stewards, obviously the supporters, the media team, the coaches, staff, everyone that helps keep the players safe.
‘People who are not talked and sung about but actually keep the thing running. We have so much love for them.’
On Saturday, Sam Smith’s brace after Oliver Rathbone’s opener ended the Addicks’ hopes of completing a remarkable late charge for automatic promotion.
Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds paid tribute to the club’s unsung heroes
Sam Smith bagged a brace after Oliver Rathbone’s opener to hand the Welsh club a 3-0 win
Wrexham clinched a remarkable third successive promotion and have risen from the fifth tier since the Hollywood duo’s arrival
Phil Parkinson’s side join Birmingham in the second tier where they will play for the first time in 43 years.
The win also came just three and a half years after the completion of the deal to buy the club and Reynolds fielded questions where he discussed the possibility of the club playing the in Premier League.
‘It just seemed like an impossible dream,’ added the Deadpool star. ‘What we’re lucky to do is we’re storytellers and when you’re a storyteller you look as much as you can at the macro few of this history.
‘We would not be here right now if it were not for the Gresford disaster, Mickey Thomas, who is a huge and pivotal point of aspiration for this club. And a goal to reach that feeling.
‘Paul Mullin, Ollie Palmer, this coaching staff that have kept, I think, the greatest dressing room in any category. Folks who are all for one and one for all.
‘And then this community, I’m speechless. Their passion, emotion and transformation.’
