Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney shared an emotional embrace after fulfilling their promise to take Wrexham back to the English Football League.
It's the end of a 15-year exile for the North Wales club as they beat Boreham Wood 3-1 on Saturday night at the Racecourse Ground to secure the National League title with a record 110 points with one game remaining. The visitors came with the intention of spoiling the party and stunned a fervent home crowd when Lee Ndlovu lobbed Ben Foster to open the scoring.
However, Wrexham wouldn't be denied as they levelled the game through Elliott Lee. And after the break a double from Red Dragons hero Paul Mullin - bringing up his 37th and 38th goals of the season - signalled that the waiting was over and their job was done. Wrexham, who are the third oldest professional football club in the world having been formed in 1864, return to League Two a decade and a half after their 2008 relegation.
The historic moment was funded by Reynolds and McElhenney after their arrival in February 2021 - when the Hollywood stars completed a takeover the club from a supporters' trust that had previously helped keep them in existence. The duo were spotted in the stands cheering on the team throughout the 90 minutes - before an emotional embrace at the final whistle.
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