Former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has revealed Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds gave him an original glove from Deadpool after securing promotion to the Football League.
10.04.2023 - 11:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Hollywood A-lister Ryan Reynolds has reportedly bought a £1.5m home in a Welsh village close to the football club he has taken over. The Deadpool star, who purchased Wrexham FC with fellow actor Rob McElhenney, has bought a home in Marford in North Wales, according to a report in The Sun.
The village is about six miles from Wrexham's Racehorse Ground. The pair have made several trips to watch their team, who play in the National League, the fifth tier of English football.
The possibility of the superstar coming to Marford got residents chatting on a local Facebook group, North Wales Live reported. One resident joked whether the film star would prefer shopping in the Co-op or the Spar.
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The site said Marford is one of the most expensive areas to live in the region. Wrexham are currently joint top of the league, alongside Notts County. Both are on 100 points, and face each other in North Wales this afternoon.
Ryan and Rob bought the club in 2020 and a fly on the wall documentary, Welcome to Wrexham, has chronicled their tenure at the club. The show documents Wrexham's battle to get promoted as well as the lives of some of the city's residents and supporters of the football club.
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are riding high and nursing hangovers after celebrating a made-for-Hollywood win by the Wrexham Football Club, of which they serve as co-owners. On Saturday, Wrexham secured its promotion back to the English Football League after a 15-year absence. Reynolds and McElhenney, who took control of the Welsch team in 2021, each shared a video of the emotionally-charged moment on their Instagram pages. «I don't remember this moment at all.
A massive win. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are happy soccer team owners after Wrexham AFC was promoted to the English Football League for the first time in 15 years.
postgame press conference with the team’s star goalkeeper Ben Foster. “Foster!” Reynolds yelled as he waded through the reporters, “Jersey, now!” “It stinks, honestly!” Foster replied with a grin. “It absolutely stinks!” When asked by a reporter if he was going to sell Foster’s shirt online, Reynolds stuffed the jersey into the back of his pants and said, “Listen, I work in show business, we fall on hard times!” before scampering off.“He texted me earlier! He’s so hungry for the shirt! He’s like, ‘Don’t throw that into the crowd.
Ryan Reynolds joked that even Hollywood actors fall on hard times as he interrupted Ben Foster's post-match interview to get his Wrexham shirt.
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who purchased the soccer club with fellow actor Rob McElhenney in 2020 — trademarked “Wrexham FC 1864” and “Wrexham is the Name” in the US and UK, while an application for “Welcome to Wrexham” is pending in the US and Canada, online records show.The holding firm, the R.R. McReynolds Company, requested the rights to market products with the club’s branding, such as clothes, toys, games and athletic gear, as well as to use for “entertainment services.”The FX docuseries “Welcome to Wrexham” premiered in August, and a second season is in the works.The A-list co-owners have said their goal is to transform the team into a “global force.”The Post has reached out to representatives for Wrexham AFC and Reynolds, 46, for comment.Reynolds is also in a bidding war to purchase the Ottawa Senators NHL team.“It’s very expensive,” the Vancouver native said in the fall.
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