I'm originally from Wrexham and I have family still there. Wrexham deserved to get out of the hole they were buried in. For most of their existence, they were a League One team. They were only relegated from that league because of their finances. They had a points deduction because of their debt levels. The doco covers the story really well. What is also very true is that this has had a huge impact on the town/city. Tourism has boomed. The town itself is nothing special, but North Wales has a lot of natural beauty and amazing places to visit. There are so many heartwarming stories to come out of this. On another note, you're absolutely right. Your franchise system SUCKS. Promotion and Relegation is what makes football/soccer so amazing. If you're not fighting to win the league, you're still fighting to stay in it, or you're fighting for a playoff position for a chance to still go up. In the Premier league, it's the same, except swap playoff with European competition. The English system is the best of all the European leagues, due to the vast size of the pyramid. Just checkout the story of Dorking Wanderers in the National League. Started by some friends 25 years ago and had 13 promotions since. The manager is the same guy this whole time. No team is too big to go down and no team is too small to go up.
Honestly it makes the sports so exciting, Can be heartbreaking for some teams but the money they can make in promotion and the story you have. Without it, in MLS for example it feels like some teams can afford to be bad for as long as they want and never make too much change.
My team Portsmouth just got promoted as Champions from the league Wrexham will be in next season and I've got to say it's one of the best sporting moments you'll ever get to experience!
This is the perfect Cinderella story! Ryan Reynolds (The Prince) saves Wrexham (Cinderella) from the evil stepsisters (previous owners). And the live happily ever after! 😁
The club worked their butts off to get where they are. But let’s not forget how much Ryan and Rob did to raise the PR of the brand. Not just any buyer can do it and was willing to go to the extent they did to promote the club and the town. You guys sound jealous as heck
The League 2 champions Wrexham will play in the final game, Stockport County was in 2015 a part-time team in the Conference North, the sixth tier of English football. That's a Cinderella story.
Aston Villa was relegated a few years ago from Premier league to Championship, one of the oldest founding historic Giant Club and former European Champions! Now we are back near Top of Prem n possibly in Champions League next year!? This is what makes The English Promotion - Relegation system so great and exciting! EVERY Game Matters right to the end of the season! Unlike MLS or NFL, 4:57 Where's the excitement and Drama in that!? Half the teams give up when they can't make play offs to get better draft picks!! That's not fair on the fans who pay Big money to go to games! We wouldn't put up with that nonsense in UK! 😂
Can we just enjoy them after consecutive promotion just where they are at now,, hopefully the stadium improvements will be in place soon and they can enjoy a winner for years to come🍻
Ryan raynolds is a movie star Rob is a tv star. Another thing, getting promotions back to back is actually rare at these levels. another point Ryan is worth millions, not billions and as such, you can't come in and say well he got money so don't get over hype, Football even in England is controlled by oil money, not movie money, there's a high difference, and even with way bigger investments, you still have clubs that can't produce what they produce. one last thing, if they get promoted next season as well, they would be the first ones ever to do 3 back to back promotions at these levels, so in some ways, yes it is a cindarela story, don't make it some cheap thing only because the owners have a few millions to spend, cause in English football, millions doesn't mean anything when you have to pay millions of pounds a year just in player salaries, it's a billioner world and you have owners who are doing it proper with millions instead. it's not about the money, it's about the managment.
As a supporter of Chester, in its previous incarnation Wrexham's chief rival in the old Fourth Division, and now stuck in non-league football, I could be totally jealous of Wrexham's fortune. But, no! This is an inspiring story and I can dream of Chester one day beating Wrexham in the Championship play-offs. Fat chance!
What happened in Cinderella again? Remind me. Oh yeah, a rich handsome wealthy prince (Rob/Ryan) lifted a diamond in the rough Cinderella (Wrexham) out of poverty and raised her status. Sounds like the shoe fits to me. Its not an UNDERDOG story, but its certainly a Cinderella story.
Exactly. Too many people think "Cinderella" means "underdog". The underdog part of the story refers to the Wrexham Supporters' Trust saving their team from an evil owner (Alex Hamilton) who tried to sell off the Racecourse Ground so he could develop the real estate.
Dont be a idiot. Hollywood brings eyes and that's it. Dont say money because all teams have money. Forest Green spends about as much as Wrexham does on players and they are being relegated out of League 2.
They are promoting Pro-Rel for US like US has the same dynamics in England. 1. US is so many multiple larger than UK. 2. Soccer is the #1 sport in the UK but #4 here in the US. It's a dumb idea to implement it here.
There is Pro/rel in Mexico. However, when a big club gets relegated, they might buy a promoted club, move it to their stadium and rename it after themselves! (It happened!)
It's literally the story of Cinderella and some people in the UK even believe after a few years the carriage will turn into a pumpkin. The haters even think it's a Cinderella story.
never happen. the united states is too big, and there's not enough interest in professional soccer to support multiple levels of league play. and that doesn't even consider that the teams in MLS are not owned by individuals, they are all owned by the league.
@@Vote_Blue There is already multiple football leagues that could easily be made into a league system. It will never happen though as Americans don't have sports but franchises.
Teams purchase franchises in a new or existing league for hundreds of millions of dollars. In other countries, clubs are formed and begin playing in lower leagues, with small fees, if any. A few might win their way up.
@@Vote_Blue It could though. Regionalise it and mbe have all the winners & runner up's of each region play in Champions League-style competition (as all the seperate countries do in europe) to see who wins the overall ... just a thought!🤷♂
@@Red_Snappa how are you going to pay them? THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INTEREST IN SOCCER IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF LEAGUES!
Finally someone said the obvious. This ain’t cinderella story. Reynolds & McElhenney put an insane amount on money into this club, that gave a clear advantage over all League Two and National League teams. And like Hercules just said, I really want this team to reach the Premier or even the Championship, but getting out League One is not going to be easy. Just ask Sunderland fans.
I'm originally from Wrexham and I have family still there. Wrexham deserved to get out of the hole they were buried in. For most of their existence, they were a League One team. They were only relegated from that league because of their finances. They had a points deduction because of their debt levels. The doco covers the story really well. What is also very true is that this has had a huge impact on the town/city. Tourism has boomed. The town itself is nothing special, but North Wales has a lot of natural beauty and amazing places to visit. There are so many heartwarming stories to come out of this.
On another note, you're absolutely right. Your franchise system SUCKS. Promotion and Relegation is what makes football/soccer so amazing. If you're not fighting to win the league, you're still fighting to stay in it, or you're fighting for a playoff position for a chance to still go up. In the Premier league, it's the same, except swap playoff with European competition. The English system is the best of all the European leagues, due to the vast size of the pyramid. Just checkout the story of Dorking Wanderers in the National League. Started by some friends 25 years ago and had 13 promotions since. The manager is the same guy this whole time. No team is too big to go down and no team is too small to go up.
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Very true, unfortunately it looks like Dorking are getting relegated this season.
The whole concept of relegation/promotion adds a wonderful aspect that we don’t see here in the US
yeah sport is exempt from anti trust laws ! errr, wtf?!?!? sport is for fans, not owners.
Honestly it makes the sports so exciting, Can be heartbreaking for some teams but the money they can make in promotion and the story you have. Without it, in MLS for example it feels like some teams can afford to be bad for as long as they want and never make too much change.
My team Portsmouth just got promoted as Champions from the league Wrexham will be in next season and I've got to say it's one of the best sporting moments you'll ever get to experience!
This is the perfect Cinderella story! Ryan Reynolds (The Prince) saves Wrexham (Cinderella) from the evil stepsisters (previous owners). And the live happily ever after! 😁
The club worked their butts off to get where they are. But let’s not forget how much Ryan and Rob did to raise the PR of the brand. Not just any buyer can do it and was willing to go to the extent they did to promote the club and the town. You guys sound jealous as heck
This is the “happily ever after” part of the Cinderella story.
The League 2 champions Wrexham will play in the final game, Stockport County was in 2015 a part-time team in the Conference North, the sixth tier of English football. That's a Cinderella story.
Aston Villa was relegated a few years ago from Premier league to Championship, one of the oldest founding historic Giant Club and former European Champions! Now we are back near Top of Prem n possibly in Champions League next year!? This is what makes The English Promotion - Relegation system so great and exciting! EVERY Game Matters right to the end of the season! Unlike MLS or NFL, 4:57 Where's the excitement and Drama in that!? Half the teams give up when they can't make play offs to get better draft picks!! That's not fair on the fans who pay Big money to go to games! We wouldn't put up with that nonsense in UK! 😂
_"This is what makes The English Promotion - Relegation system so great and exciting!"_
German Pro/Rel System: _"Hold my beer!"_
Pro/rel mostly global
Why is Star Trek's 'Data' talking with Herculez Gomez about Wrexham?
Can we just enjoy them after consecutive promotion just where they are at now,, hopefully the stadium improvements will be in place soon and they can enjoy a winner for years to come🍻
Ryan raynolds is a movie star Rob is a tv star.
Another thing, getting promotions back to back is actually rare at these levels.
another point Ryan is worth millions, not billions and as such, you can't come in and say well he got money so don't get over hype, Football even in England is controlled by oil money, not movie money, there's a high difference, and even with way bigger investments, you still have clubs that can't produce what they produce.
one last thing, if they get promoted next season as well, they would be the first ones ever to do 3 back to back promotions at these levels, so in some ways, yes it is a cindarela story, don't make it some cheap thing only because the owners have a few millions to spend, cause in English football, millions doesn't mean anything when you have to pay millions of pounds a year just in player salaries, it's a billioner world and you have owners who are doing it proper with millions instead. it's not about the money, it's about the managment.
As a supporter of Chester, in its previous incarnation Wrexham's chief rival in the old Fourth Division, and now stuck in non-league football, I could be totally jealous of Wrexham's fortune. But, no! This is an inspiring story and I can dream of Chester one day beating Wrexham in the Championship play-offs. Fat chance!
Who promotes soccer in America the best?
1) U.S. Soccer,
2) MLS,
3) Messi in Miami,
4) Ted Lasso, or
5) Welcome to Wrexham.
considering MLS, US Soccer, Messi dont promote soccer at all, I say Lasso and Wrexham does more.
6) Beckham.
Prob Ted or wrexham because they actually reach out to non soccer fans
@@wizarddragonMessi promotes it just by being here. He didn’t have to come to the MLS he did and injected life into it. Suarez and others followed.
@@tjayk9127 HE did more for Apple TV than US Soccer
West Virginia in the house representing!
Maidstone United??? True underdog
What happened in Cinderella again? Remind me.
Oh yeah, a rich handsome wealthy prince (Rob/Ryan) lifted a diamond in the rough Cinderella (Wrexham) out of poverty and raised her status.
Sounds like the shoe fits to me.
Its not an UNDERDOG story, but its certainly a Cinderella story.
Exactly. Too many people think "Cinderella" means "underdog". The underdog part of the story refers to the Wrexham Supporters' Trust saving their team from an evil owner (Alex Hamilton) who tried to sell off the Racecourse Ground so he could develop the real estate.
This is a great response. 🔥
It’s deff “Hollywood”
Dont be a idiot. Hollywood brings eyes and that's it. Dont say money because all teams have money. Forest Green spends about as much as Wrexham does on players and they are being relegated out of League 2.
Ugh. The pro/rel argument for the US is so tired.
Its my Cinderella story
They are promoting Pro-Rel for US like US has the same dynamics in England.
1. US is so many multiple larger than UK.
2. Soccer is the #1 sport in the UK but #4 here in the US.
It's a dumb idea to implement it here.
What's Pro-rel? We don't say that in the uk
It be awesome if this kind of stories happen in Liga Mx but it is all corruption
It will never happen
There is Pro/rel in Mexico. However, when a big club gets relegated, they might buy a promoted club, move it to their stadium and rename it after themselves! (It happened!)
It's literally the story of Cinderella and some people in the UK even believe after a few years the carriage will turn into a pumpkin. The haters even think it's a Cinderella story.
Hull City also went from 4 tier to first in 5 years, without huge money.
Isn’t first the premier league?
@@Jaco059: Yes
Define "without huge money". A consortium bought Hull City AFC in 2007 for £13 million and spent heavily on new players.
No team gets ahead without money.
@@drwatsonca6945 ^^^THIS....Fact! (unfortunately)
We gotta convince Ryan Reynolds to push MLS and USL to get promotion/relegation going. He can sell it with his babyface!!!!!
never happen. the united states is too big, and there's not enough interest in professional soccer to support multiple levels of league play. and that doesn't even consider that the teams in MLS are not owned by individuals, they are all owned by the league.
@@Vote_Blue There is already multiple football leagues that could easily be made into a league system. It will never happen though as Americans don't have sports but franchises.
Teams purchase franchises in a new or existing league for hundreds of millions of dollars. In other countries, clubs are formed and begin playing in lower leagues, with small fees, if any. A few might win their way up.
@@Vote_Blue It could though. Regionalise it and mbe have all the winners & runner up's of each region play in Champions League-style competition (as all the seperate countries do in europe) to see who wins the overall ... just a thought!🤷♂
@@Red_Snappa how are you going to pay them? THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INTEREST IN SOCCER IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF LEAGUES!
Finally someone said the obvious. This ain’t cinderella story. Reynolds & McElhenney put an insane amount on money into this club, that gave a clear advantage over all League Two and National League teams. And like Hercules just said, I really want this team to reach the Premier or even the Championship, but getting out League One is not going to be easy. Just ask Sunderland fans.
Pro/rel has multiple stories. MLS has only one story, join the cartel.
Franchise is boring .
So are you but who cares right
You do .
@@drwatsonca6945 Aww...did someone's franchise loving feelings get hurt? "Mommy, they don't do things the Murican way, Waaaah!"
100% no.. league 2 is not that much of a step up from the national league.