Actor Ryan Reynolds says Wrexham football adventure is ‘greatest experience’
- Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney took over the Welsh team in 2020. Wrexham have been on an upwards trajectory ever since the takeover
- ‘In Canada, where I am from, people are obsessed with this club,’ said Reynolds ahead of Wrexham’s FA Cup match against Sheffield United on Sunday
Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has hailed his involvement with non-league side Wrexham as the “greatest experience” of his life after he jetted in to watch his team in the FA Cup.
Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney took over the National League side in 2020 and Reynolds spoke of his affection for the club ahead of their fourth-round match against Sheffield United at the Racecourse Ground on Sunday.
“Genuinely speaking it has been the greatest experience of my entire life,” Reynolds told the BBC on Sunday.
“This adventure has been unlike anything else. I love it because it’s a project that’s going to be multi-decades.
“I met a supporter the other day whose grandfather’s ashes were scattered across the pitch. I look at this place as like a church.
“In Canada, where I am from, people are obsessed with this club. It’s been pretty remarkable. We’ve sold something like 24,000 jerseys and so many of them went to North America. We can’t get them any more. I can’t get one.