WREXHAM fans will be waking up with sore heads this morning after their team secured promotion to League Two from the National League.
Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have instilled a new belief into the team that the sky is the limit.
When was Wrexham last in the football league?
As the oldest club in Wales, Wrexham has a rich history as a football club.
Languishing in the National League, it took new owners to transform their fortunes and propel them back to the English lower leagues.
Remarkably, Wrexham is the third oldest club in the world, having existed for 158 years.
Their promotion to League Two ends a 15-year wait to get back out of the lower tier of English football.
READ MORE ON WREXHAM
In a titanic battle with Notts County, the North Wales side has really got people talking this season and has deservedly won the title, with a game to spare.
When was Wrexham last promoted?
Not since 2008 have the Welsh side last been in the fourth tier of English football.
They have shaken off the tag of the longest-serving side in the National League.
When their celebrity owners took charge, the club had hopes of a change of fortunes.
Most read in Football
Wrexham has somewhat of a rich history in football in Wales, having won the Welsh Cup a record 23 times.
One of the club’s most impressive achievements was when they reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the 1975/76 season.
Now the fans feel that anything is possible under their new owners as they head back to the upper tier of English football.
Did Wrexham break the National League record points haul?
Not since 2010/11 has the National League seen a side perform as well as Wrexham have this season.
On that occasion, it was Crawley Town who amassed a total of 105 points on their way to promotion.
The fact that Wrexham has needed to hit such heights to secure their path to League Two, is nothing more than a testament to rivals Notts County, with the two sides sweeping all aside in the National League this season.
Hollywood celebrities, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney promised to bring success back to the club when they took over.
Some fans doubted this, while many believed this was a new dawn for the Welsh football club.
The most important thing for Wrexham is that its owners have achieved this through a sound business model.
All too often in the modern game, success is bought.
Regularly that has proved to be a short-term plan but the Deadpool and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars have a long-term vision for the club.
Their ownership also attracts many big celebrities to their games, with their win to secure promotion being supported by Paul Rudd.
Not only have they spurred success at the Welsh club, but the whole country, if not many parts of the world are talking about Wrexham.
What remains to be seen is just how far this club can go under their stewardship.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
