Wrexham's Paul Mullin (ideal) commemorates with Elliot Lee after Mullin scored their side's 4th objective of the video game throughout the Sky Bet League Two match at the STōK Cae Ras, Wrexham, on Saturday. (Jacob King/PA Images through Getty Images)
Wrexham AFC may be best understood amongst casual, traditional observers for being a soccer club owned by stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, and included on FX sports documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham.” The group is barely a Television program novelty.
For the 2nd time in 2 years under its star ownership, Wrexham has actually protected a promo to a greater tier. With a 6– 0 home success over Forest Green on Saturday, the Welsh club won promo to League One, the 3rd tier of English soccer. Wrexham has actually never ever won back-to-back promos in club history.
The Red Dragons took a 4– 0 halftime lead on an objective from Elliot Lee, 2 from Paul Mullins and an own objective by Forest Green's Ryan Inniss. The Rovers never ever got close, while Wrexham included objectives by Ryan Barnett and Jack Marriott in the 2nd half.
In addition to a win over Forest Green, Wrexham likewise required both MK Dons and Barrow to lose. Those clubs accommodated, with MK Dons falling 4– 1 to Mansfield while Barrow lost to Gillingham, 3– 0.
Wrexham fans storm the pitch in event after protecting back-to-back promos and will be playing in League ONE next year …
Fair play
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— george (@StokeyyG2) April 13, 2024
The leading 3 groups in EFL League Two instantly get promoted to League One. Wrexham remains in 2nd location behind Stockport and ahead of Mansfield and MK Dons. The club might still win the League Two title, however is 4 points behind Stockport, which likewise has a video game in hand. Wrexham can end up no lower than 3rd location and is now 2 tiers far from the English Premier League.
Last season, Wrexham won the National League to make promo to the English Football League, doing so for the very first time in 15 years.