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I love a good sports documentary but it took me a while to give this one a chance, probably because I had no real feelings about Wrexham as a club.
This kept them ticking over until 2020, when a bizarre and much publicised twist occurred, as the club was bought by Ryan “Deadpool” Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the star of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I understand there has been some mixed reaction to this takeover, as Reynolds and McElhenney’s intentions were questioned and perhaps some negativity over the excessive attention the celebrity owners brought the club. I honestly believe the intentions are genuine as you literally see the owners fall in love with the club before your eyes, and will almost certainly have positive repercussions for the English game in that pesky, hard-to-crack North American market .
I think a lot of Americans view “soccer” as a dull game, because of the low scoring potential and the fact they don’t really have natural exposure to it. Having experienced the ups and downs of being invested in a club, the Wrexham co-owner has been fully taken over by the appeal of the game, and chances are his audience has been taken along for the ride with him.
How would Wrexham the town have come to have that exposure on Disney+ if all of its citizens had chosen to watch Arsenal oron the television and adopt them as their team, with zero affection for the area they represent but plenty of intent to get on various websites and sneer at fans of anyone else in the name of that club? Every club in this country is a representation of its community and this is another thing that Reynolds and McElhenney are bowled over by, having been brought up on the...
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