If you had a passing interest in British football, you probably wouldn’t have heard of Wrexham. With the kind of glamour Premier League football offers, where is the space to follow the lower leagues? Unless, of course, your favourite team has slipped a notch or two below and is fighting for promotion.
English professional football gave us one of its best underdog stories a few years ago, with the rise of Leicester City claiming the Premier League title. Across the border in Wales, Wrexham — the third oldest professional football club in the world — continued to languish in the National League, the lowest rung in professional football in the U.K. The pandemic didn’t help matters either. A club struggling for funds and form found unlikely interest from two American actors you may have heard of; Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
