Wrexham plays in the English pyramid so a flop would be noticed primarily in England. And Canadian or not Ryan is associated with American culture. If it flopped mostly Englishmen would be yelling about the damn yanks
There are many clubs in the lower english leagues that get massive injections of money that can't do this. And some even after reaching this statev fall all the way back down. This is impressive nonetheless.
Another fact: ben foster (the goalkeeper that came out of retirement to play for wrexham last season) had actually played for Wrexham on loan from stoke city in 2004-05 (the season they won the EFL trophy)
Credit where it is due, Rob and Ryan have done an excellent job at Wrexham. On both the marketing and football side of the game, they have nailed it. Promotion was no surprise this season. The gap between the fourth and fifth tier is not major and there are 4 promotions spots available. Next season will be more of a challenge, but another promotion is not out of the question…
Stockports story is just as brilliant as wrexham but without the hollywood backers. So happy for them 2nd tier team in the early 2000s who endured 3 relegations in 4 years to go from L1 to the national north and languished there for around 5 seasons. Now after sorting out their debt and the club organisation, they've managed to get back to L1 after 14 years
I've got no problem with Stockport but they also kind of demonstrate that Wrexham isn't the only L2 club leveraging wealthy investors to climb the ladder. They "sorted out their debt" by having the local business tycoon forgive 7.7 million pounds of debt two years after his initial takeover of Stockport. [Edited to add: I was wondering about what the story was behind another fast riser, Ipswich Town. Sure enough, the Tractor Boys had a massive takeover three years ago and went from 100 million pounds of debt to virtually zero. They just raised a new round of capital from an American private equity fund. True underdog stories seem few and far between.]
Maybe so, but that is why when the real stories rise to the top (Leicester comes to mind) it makes it that much sweeter for general football fans. Sure its all relative but it's all ultimately about perspective. You can always be glass half full or empty.
Stockport had years of not owning the ground and not being able to put the money from the bar/food into the club, they were fucked over for years and the new owner has put a lot of money into the club, he’s a local guy and now the local fans have come back, Stockport will probably be in league 1 and yoyo into league 2 over the next couple of years as it becomes more sustainable. Wrexham is owned by American billionaires and they will probably go much further. I don’t have a problem with either tbf. What it does for the local community is massive and it’s just nice to see owners actually care about the club
@@97TheWatcherWrexham’s owners aren’t billionaires. They’re solid multimillionaires. Which is not that rare in sports team ownership. Ryan Reynolds just happens to be a *brilliant* marketer.
It also bears talking about that Wrexham got their promotion to League One by steamrollering Forest Green Rovers, a club owned by a guy who tried to lobby Tesla out of installing superchargers in service stations in the UK because he didn't want to lose his monopoly on public car chargers.
As someone who has grown up and lived in the Wrexham area my whole life and supported the club as long as I can remember, yes I'm happy that we've been promoted again but this feels a whole lot less cathartic than last season, at least to me anyway. That felt like a release, a much bigger deal getting back into the league after 15 years and after the supporters' trust having to save the club from extinction, several chancers launching fruitless takeover bids in that time, the university having to acquire the lease to the Racecourse Ground, not being able to use Colliers Park for training, the Kop redevelopment looking further and further away, nearly getting relegated to the sixth tier during the COVID season, I could go on... We'd barely got our feet under the table in League Two and now here we go again.
You guys should target to become a stable club in the Championship. I can see Wrexham finishing in the Championship Playoffs.. & do a Luton in the next 5 years
compared to the incompetent people who owned Salford City, Wrexham does seemed to be much better run by the owners. However, the true test would be when they get promoted to Championship.
You could do a video on the 3rd division of Germany as SSV Ulm a club that got promoted last year is about to promote again. Not only that but it would be the 2nd time in a row this would happen as SV Elversberg has done it the year before. They both got promoted from the same league the Regionalliga Südwest and I think this is fascinating. Fun fact SSV Ulm is the only still unbeaten club with Leverkusen in Germanys top divisions in 2024.
@@ghostg4m1ng65 Yeah but not in 2024. You can look it up, their last defeat was in winter 2023. I mean I don't know about friendlys but if you talk competitive games then they are unbeaten in the year 2024.
Rob McElhenny is “more of a background character” on always sunny? Really Zealand? He’s literally the show’s creator and one of the five main cast members lol
I believe he meant that Rob McElhenny is the background character to Ryan Reynolds in this partnership, in the eyes of people who have not seen "Always Sunny.... ".
@@sullenskulls9709 to be fair you’re probably completely right, but I am a big sunny fan so I couldnt resist commenting about it lol. Even so tho, in defense of Rob, he does seem to be the Wrexham owner making the most trips to Wales to see the club and he is the only one of the two learning Welsh. I get it, Ryan is the bigger Hollywood star. I just feel like Rob doesn’t always get his credit when it comes to Wrexham compared to Ryan, but at the end of the day I am most certainly biased
@@pjkerrigan20nah it’s true, if you watch welcome to Wrexham you’ll see that rob got the idea to buy Wrexham, does all the background work with staff and original scouting of the likes of Mullin
@@pjkerrigan20 Like rob's commitment to the joke of putting on a tonne of weight and then losing it again between series shows he really goes all in, and same can be seen with wrexham.
Congratulations to Wrexham and all of their fans. I think next year is where it stops (a triple promotion would be INSANE), as Zealand says, they're reaching the level where the amount of money they have isn't impressive. However, even though I think they (and Notts County) were already essentially League Two teams when they were in the National League, a double promotion, at any level, is nothing to sneeze at. And frankly, they care. Like, they genuinely seem to care. They genuinely seem to feel that they are stewards of a community institution, not lords of industry with a new plaything to bend to their whim. I think there are at least 10 teams in the Football League (conservatively) whose supporters would cut off a toe to have owners like them. So it's pretty awesome, and I'm quite happy for them and Wrexham. I dunno if they'll ever make the Premier League, the gap between League One and there is enormous, but then again, if Luton and Bournemouth could do it, why not Wrexham?
Their turnover is larger than a lot of teams in League 1 and some teams in the Championship. They’ll be able to punch through League 1 in a couple seasons. Championship is a different animal however. They will need to get another investor on board to push for promotion.
I think getting to and sticking around in the Championship for a long stretch is what their goal should be and probably is. If they can do that, I think the revenue they can build in addition to Ryan Reynolds other ventures night let them eventually have a chance to reach the Premier League. But I'm talking maybe a decade down the line. Like I said, sticking around in the Championship would be a triumph for them.
@@kyletucker3811 I do wonder if the TV audience will understand that. Because "Wrexham as a safely Championship team" for a decade would represent a COLOSSAL success.
@@bransonelliott There is also the fact that the Championship is one of the most unsustainable leagues in the world. I can't remember whether it was total revenue or matchday revenue, but you look at the amount of money spent on player wages compared to those two (probably matchday now that I think about it), and you definitely need to be rich to survive, or have insane marketing and sponsor pull. Therefore, what is currently Wrexham's success story may well become their saviour at some point down the line...
Ben foster went their because he has played for them before the takeover happened. Not just because of the chance to play a part in the story. Also Notts county is the reason for juventus having black and white stripes on their kits.
You should check out the story of Stockport County (currently top of League Two), I think that story is equally as interesting but for different reasons, the club dropped from League One in 09/10to the National League north by 13/14 after bad ownership. The club was saved by the fans and even had to go semi-pro, eventually winning there way back to the national league, when a local businessman bought the club and is now trying to restore the former glory and aim for the Championship! Its great to see both Stockport & Wrexham back where they belong in the Football League!
From the outside as I am obviously not a Hollywood star nor the owner of a football club, the big difference in Rob and Ryan's approach as 'owners' seems to be humility and a reverence for what and who came before. They want to write their own story, but not as a new book to usurp the old, rather as a chapter of the existing story. And unlike so many big personalities who are always trying to control everything they are involved in they humbly asked the town for support and went to experts to help in all facets of their organization from the offices to the pitch. The cherry on top is what the club and community has done to them, over time adopting them into the community as more than just the absentee owners from North America, and seeing them being open, vulnerable, and invested in the team's successes and failures. I can't imagine how hopeful and excited the conversations in Wrexham will be this summer window, but it would be amazing to be a part of. Kudos the Rob and Ryan, congratulations to the town and club, and good luck as you continue the climb!
As a Welshman, I was happy to hear this. As someone who supports a different league 2 team I hate this. Wrexham wage budget is between 5.5 to 6.9 million depending on reporting outlets which is 2 to 3 times the average for the league and 5x that of Newport county. They spent almost championship level money (8ish million for Rotherham and Millwall) in the national league and people treat it like a Cinderella story when they get promoted. I agree they are doing good things for the club but I feel like we need to not pose them as the "underdogs". They are Manchester city, not Oldham athletic.
Yeah it’s annoying that it’s marketed as some Cinderella story. Fair play for what they’ve done for the community and it’s a good thing for everyone in the area but it is annoying the way they call them underdogs when they’re owned by billionaires and have extravagant sponsors. It’s well run and they play good football but they’re not underdogs
It WAS a Cinderella story. Rags-to-riches courtesy of a fairy godmother and a rich prince? What did you think a Cinderella story meant? As for the label of "underdogs", the Wrexham Supporters' Trust were the underdogs because they somehow managed to save the team from a predatory owner (Alex Hamilton) who wanted to sell off the franchise for its parts.
@@Lupin788 It has been a while since I watched it. But I thought the moral of cinderella was that while she thought she needed to be rich to marry the Prince, he loved her even though she was poor. Showing her that she was special all along and didn't need the money to find true love? In this analogy the fairy godmother has made her a princess and she married the Prince because of it. Almost proving she is not special and anyone could have done it and removing the while morale? But full respect to the supporters who have always been incredible. The crowds they get now are massive and I don't think they are going anywhere.
@@97TheWatcher Agreed but if they manage to win the Championship or get promoted to PL, that would be insanely impressive despite the money being pumped in.
It's a curious story and I think it is the Wrexham aspect that makes it work, the narrative of a Welsh club playing in England with their ownership history, with the history of the Racecourse Ground add in Reading Legend who still has so much football passion Phil Parkinson as manager and then add in the way they have built the team. There aren't many other clubs that could form this arc no matter the star power of the owners. Certainly the Winklevoss investment In Real Bedford highlights the Interest from the US in lower league football but my other favourite story is Dorking Wanderers which in 25 years has risen to the 5th Tier from below the 16th Tier.
I think theyll solidify in Lg 1 next season but its gonna be a tricky league. Charlton, Wigan and three of the current playoff teams will be stronger, plus the three relegated from the Championship will all be looking to bounce straight back up. Its a good story but this is where it slows. League 1 is a different kettle of fish to League 2 and the National League, which by and large are similar in quality.
As a Luton fan from America that was introduced to the club because we have local friends there in Bedfordshire, who started following them while they were still in Non-League, I can absolutely say that the vibe between the premiership and lower league ball is day and night. You almost start to miss it, in a way. The vibes were just happier. Looser. Less money and less stress. It was about the love of the team, and the hope of going further. Luton did it, let’s see if Wrexham can, too. Swansea and Cardiff, eat your hearts out.
speaking of the dreamy nature of lower league football: a club close to where I live in Brazil once got promoted from the second to first division of our State championship (not national division! at most that gives you a spot in the Cup if you do well enough), and they put up a sign in front of their stadium "On our way to Tokyo" (because the Club World Cup used to be in Japan, and, you know, if you get like fourth on the State championship you can play the Cup next year, and if you win the Cup you can play Libertadores the following year, and if you win that then you might be facing the Champion's League winner!)
Shoutout to Davide Persiani AKA Falconero who on youtube has picked Whrexam as his team for his EA Sport FC 24 season series and has contributed enormously to spread the name of the legend himself Paul Mullin
I think they can make it to the championship relatively easy ,but when they get there ,they wont have the money advantage that they have over other teams in the lower leagues .
I used to manage Wrexham in FM18 before this tycoon takeover. My policy was signing only players of welsh nationality. We made it to Prem and Champions league, it was really fun. Recently I found screen from first season in Prem, beating City away, being 2:0 down after 20 minutes and scoring 5 till half time, winning 5:2 at the end. Back then I did not realize I played against super attacking trio Mbappe - Haaland - Dembele :D
Wait, I thought Wrexham is nicknamed Hollywood FC? From my knowledge Portsmouth is actually Disney FC because they are owned by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
We all knew they were going up this season league 2 is easier than the national when everyone at their level would want to play for them, I'm pre predicting 13th in league 1
What I love most of Wrexham's story is everyone is humble. From the locals to the players to the Hollywood owners, everyone is humble. It's so refreshing to watch and makes even non-sports fans want to support them more. Those jealous of Wrexham don't understand the support is for the town as much as for the club. It's a feel good story inside sports, and speaking as an American, that's a rare experience. p.s. Ryan been Canadian-American since 2020
While I would love to see the Cinderella run continue, League One is a different animal. It is quite possibly one of the most brutal leagues, just look at how many big powerhouse teams got bogged down in League One for so long, it took Pompey a whole 7 years to finally get out of League One despite having more than capable teams on more than one occasion. Wish all the best for Wrexham though!
All 3 of the clubs that got promoted automatically had bad owners in recent years we (mansfield) were locked out of our ground when we were in the national league and were close to extinction then we were saved by radford. Stockport had bad owners which forced them down 3 leagues in 4 years and they fought their way back to league 1. Wrexham had bad owners which made them go from league 1 down to national league and let them rot there
ZEALAND- you need to BUY Taunton Town brother. Become owner manager ala Dorking. Nick mcootie returns as player assistant manager - They play 4 4 f*** 2. Poised for relegation... games in hand- they need ya z
I follow Stevenage in league 1. It will be interesting to see how they do in the hardest league to be promoted from in the EFL. Top 2 are automatics, 3rd promoted is through playoffs. Bottom 4 are relegated. Wrexham played in the national league and league 2 with league 1 caliber players. Now they will have to contend with recently relegated championship squads and teams with ambitions. It will take money, better players and luck to get promoted. Some teams spend decades stuck in this league. Fleetwood town spent 20 years, and this year they are getting relegated by 6 points or less. As the last game has not been played.
Giving Rob and Ryan credit, they went to Wrexham with the goal of promotion and put the team together to do so. Next year is where i think they hit their second hiccup, in that they'll likely be in league 1 for a few years, but if they keep with it they'll be legends as far as football club owners go. If they make the Championship and get stuck there even, i think they get statues tbh. However you feel about the story and all that, they took a club that was on the brink and surviving off of volunteers and got them to this point. Personally, I don't think there's a risk of this being a "pump and dump". They both seem incredibly invested and, as you said, present for the club despite their schedules. Of course, they're actors, so who really knows, but as far as owners go you could definitely do worse than Rob and Ryan.
That's a great story and i have followed all what happened from a distant eye. No doubt people of the L2 are quite unhappy of the competitiveness advantage of Wrexham . Promotion back to back even with money that's a feat no ordinary owner can do. Money or not....
I think it's technically possible that they get into the EPL, but it'll take a lot of really wise investment. In my mind, the team to compare them to would be Brentford, whose model they might be able to mimic. Rob + Ryan combined have a very similar net worth to Matthew Benham. However, Benham (and his archnemesis Tony Bloom at Brighton) came from professional sports betting backgrounds, so they had extensive knowledge about footsoccerball before they purchased their teams and brought their knowledge and analytical techniques to power their teams with the "buy low, sell high" approach to team growth. Rob and Ryan might not have the same analytics skillsets, but they definitely understand the marketing, which can attract players in other ways. I'll be curious to see if they can translate that to promotion to the EPL.
The impact the TV show has on Wrexham is not to be sniffed at. Hashtag United has a smaller budget than most teams in the Isthmian Premier League but have been able to hang because players want to play for then so they get nationwide exposure on their UA-cam channel. And a nunber of them have gone on the be relatively successful at higher levels too because of it. You can take a step down if you have a chance to get a bigger step up because of it...
Ben Foster going to Wrexham isn't the massive influence people think it is, he played for them in 2005 before he signed for Man United, I think the transformation helped convince him to return but would he just have gone without having played for them early in his career? I don't think so
What I find funny is they considered buying Arbroath before buying Wrexham and their business partner tried to convince them that the English system was more rewarding
I don't mind the disney club of Wrexham, and the semi accurate description of little support in the US for lower league teams, but check out Detroit City FC, the support is immense and the fans are as good as any in lower league European teams. The chants, pyro, banners, political ties. This is a USL team that was able to get St. Pauli to play them in 2018 and the clubs hold a deep connection and understanding. The Keyworth in Hamtramck is usually near capacity and everyone there is wild. The best supported club in lower US leagues? I think so.
I really wish the MLS would switch from a generic American-National league system to a ladder system. This would give so much more incentive to root for lower clubs as they’ll actually have something to win for. The American system works well for Basketball and Baseball and such, but not for football(soccer).
@@YeezySkeezy God no. No North American Sport Club works like that. Every year all teams start at the beginning and work themselves up throughout the season. Makes everything even and somewhat balanced. The MLS plays by this rule on this continent. The PL does their own rules and works for them, not here.
Wrexham will be stuck in League One unless there is heavy investment. Their team is good for a mid-table League One run. But with their marketing and connections, I wouldn't be surprised if they can get big investors behind the scenes and actually push for a Championship promotion in 2 seasons.
i think it's time they changed the title of the show, we've already had our welcome. It's time for " it's always sunny in Wrexham ". Especially because of the irony
Slight inaccuracy is that it would snowball. It wouldn't. United have been run like shit for a while, and US owners still come in, because the Glazers have made huge profits
It is nice seeing wrexham do well and building something but my hometown stockport is a far better and more impressive rise. A couple years ago we were stuck in the conference north, in the 00s were almost back to the 2nd division again (championship) and we havent got multi millionaire celeb owners with the promoting power they have and arent spending what wrexham are.
People think that actors make the same money as these multi business owning old men who run 90% of clubs. Also having money means nothing as we have seen with PSG, unless you use it wisely on good players you aint winning anything
@zealandism This is another petition for you to do a video on Portsmouth. Both our womens and mens team are likely to go up as champions this season into their respective 2nd tiers. It would be the frist time the womens team is fully professional. Also, Portsmouth was recently purchased by Michael Eisner, former Managing Director of DISNEY.
I think so far they did a good job, but they haven't left the kiddie pool of club ownership yet. The future success will depend on their ability to create sustainable income. I'm not sure they can. The current marketing works on an American audience, but in Europe Wrexham's story is a dime a dozen. There's not much interest here beyond the novelty of some Hollywood stars buying a club. The main challenges are to keep an overseas audience interested in the long term to keep big name sponsors on board to make up for their lack of money and to get enough interest regionally to actually create some match day revenue.
They already draw more fans weekly than all but 6 league 1 clubs - 3 of which currently occupy the 3 automatic promotion spots so likely won’t be in league 1 next season. Even discounting their global brand (they’re selling out a 70,000 seat stadium in San Francisco for a friendly this summer) they have local sustainable match day revenue to rival the top of league 1
Notts county fan here, wrexham are just a lower leauge mancity not luton town fantastic owners but no one else can compete with them in the leauge honestly its a bit sad to see leauges get bought out.
disagree alot personally. you may aswell put prime barca up against these teams, they is no cool story behind this (support Carlisle btw so im confident in my knowledge of the efl)lets go through there transfers. may i remind you no FFP in the national league which i think is a big reason why they chose wrexham national league season 1: They brought our best center back and vice captain Arron Hayden who was a higher level league two player pushing league 1. Thomas connor a minimum league one player pushing championship at the time. Callum McFadzean good level league two player. paul mullin the league two all time record goal scorer. ben tozer captained league two chamions cheltenham at the time as big of a tranfer as paul mullin and ollie palmer a very good league two player. also got a championship level manger to drop own 3 steps national league season 2: Ben foster, 8 caps for England, lower prem higher champ level player. ryan barnett young up coming wing back (first deal that i consider good and not just splashing the cash). Billy waters very good player from the league above to warm there bench. Eoghan O'Connell top league one player. andy connon lower championship level player. jordon tunnicliffe top level league two centre back. elliot lee championship level player. mark howard poty at carlsile the season before to warm there bench league 2 season 3: Okonkwo seen as a championship level keeper when signed and is on loan in league 2?. will boyle good championship cb. jack marriot, probably fleetwood best player in league one. luke bolton imo best rb in the league at the time for salford. geogre evens championship level player easily and finally james mcclean almost championship level player. Wrexham put out press release for 22/23 accounts. 🔑 figs Revenue £10.5m (record for NL & higher than all of L2 and most of L1) Wages £6.9m (as above) Losses £5.1m (same) Amount owing to owners £9m them coming second in league two should be seen as a major failure according to kieran maguire twitter.com/KieranMaguire/status/1773374881532359112
No cool story behind this? These are two owners who knew very little about Soccer entirely before they bought the team. Not only that but they strategically picked one of the best teams out there with the lowest risk and one of the largest possibilities of growth. And then, these two lads actually managed to surround themselves with wise people. On top of that they took what skills they did have to leverage an additional source of revenue for the organization. That’s pretty impressive. Loads of teams have money, but that doesn’t guarantee promotion, they still have to do it. Prime example is Salford.
@@loganleroy8622 never said Ryan and rob did anything wrong. They got the main things right like getting people who know what there doing to do good jobs and use the pull because there famous. At Salford they just hired themselves to do the job. Gary ran the club for years. Paul scholes is the DOF and was manger for a month. Neil wood the Man U youth coach came in did shot got sacked. Ryan gigs is the sporting director. Nicky butt is the chief executive. They relied on Man U loans. Horrible ran. Ryan and rob are just obviously sitting back and slapping money at it which the club staff deal with it (which is a lot better than Salford and the right thing to do) but the amount of money is obscene and in a league we’re FFP isn’t there it is very unfair and also when they are extremely famous the pull that has had is also obscene (and I think there used that amazingly in the efl especially. Getting Lee, etc). But it’s still very unfair to other clubs and the problem I have is when people go crazy over how well there doing when there predicted to finish top, they finish second and it’s like leicester won the prem again. Finishing second with that squad is a failure.
And I happen to agree with you ... as a QPR fan my team has owners who are probably wealthier and are doing - frankly - a p1sspoor job, these guys are doing a way better job at Wrexhamm
Can’t wait for Wrexham vs Chelsea and city in league one
Wrexham will win 10 premier leagues before the charges are investigated
@@NdashTerryand before Tottenham wins one apparently
Ha ha not funny tho
@@nbaslamdunks3992 damn was hoping you giggled
At least Chelsea will finally finish in the top half of a league table under the new ownership.
"It could have set back US-England soccer relations for decades." Meanwhile Ryan being Canadian, and Wrexham being Welsh: 😶
Wrexham plays in the English pyramid so a flop would be noticed primarily in England. And Canadian or not Ryan is associated with American culture.
If it flopped mostly Englishmen would be yelling about the damn yanks
@@kalmenbarkin5708 Ryan is both Canadian and American, and most people would think he was American anyway.
@@kalmenbarkin5708 😂
There are many clubs in the lower english leagues that get massive injections of money that can't do this. And some even after reaching this statev fall all the way back down. This is impressive nonetheless.
Proxy war.
Another fact: ben foster (the goalkeeper that came out of retirement to play for wrexham last season) had actually played for Wrexham on loan from stoke city in 2004-05 (the season they won the EFL trophy)
Ryan Reynolds is Canadian btw
he says 'american' which could mean anyone from both continents
he's Canadian-American since 2020
Not a real country doesn't count
@@Zealandism just like ur hairline isnt real
@@wtfoffences bro chill haha he has to fit in with uk men
Credit where it is due, Rob and Ryan have done an excellent job at Wrexham. On both the marketing and football side of the game, they have nailed it. Promotion was no surprise this season. The gap between the fourth and fifth tier is not major and there are 4 promotions spots available. Next season will be more of a challenge, but another promotion is not out of the question…
I think Wrexham is more well known in the US than half of the premier league teams. Their marketing has been amazing.
Yeah, I could probably name about 10
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Wrexham Buried MLS. That's sad that the then 4th Tier Club in the English Pyramid got more pull than an Entire League.
What are you on about? I’ve been watching football for 3 yrs in the US and I NEVER heard abt wrexham until now.
Stockports story is just as brilliant as wrexham but without the hollywood backers. So happy for them
2nd tier team in the early 2000s who endured 3 relegations in 4 years to go from L1 to the national north and languished there for around 5 seasons. Now after sorting out their debt and the club organisation, they've managed to get back to L1 after 14 years
I've got no problem with Stockport but they also kind of demonstrate that Wrexham isn't the only L2 club leveraging wealthy investors to climb the ladder. They "sorted out their debt" by having the local business tycoon forgive 7.7 million pounds of debt two years after his initial takeover of Stockport.
[Edited to add: I was wondering about what the story was behind another fast riser, Ipswich Town. Sure enough, the Tractor Boys had a massive takeover three years ago and went from 100 million pounds of debt to virtually zero. They just raised a new round of capital from an American private equity fund. True underdog stories seem few and far between.]
Maybe so, but that is why when the real stories rise to the top (Leicester comes to mind) it makes it that much sweeter for general football fans. Sure its all relative but it's all ultimately about perspective. You can always be glass half full or empty.
@@beepboop9268 Leicester have wealthy owners as well!
Stockport had years of not owning the ground and not being able to put the money from the bar/food into the club, they were fucked over for years and the new owner has put a lot of money into the club, he’s a local guy and now the local fans have come back, Stockport will probably be in league 1 and yoyo into league 2 over the next couple of years as it becomes more sustainable. Wrexham is owned by American billionaires and they will probably go much further. I don’t have a problem with either tbf. What it does for the local community is massive and it’s just nice to see owners actually care about the club
@@97TheWatcherWrexham’s owners aren’t billionaires.
They’re solid multimillionaires.
Which is not that rare in sports team ownership.
Ryan Reynolds just happens to be a *brilliant* marketer.
It also bears talking about that Wrexham got their promotion to League One by steamrollering Forest Green Rovers, a club owned by a guy who tried to lobby Tesla out of installing superchargers in service stations in the UK because he didn't want to lose his monopoly on public car chargers.
And Tesla are so opposed to monopolies...
@@simonmatthews7512 this is why that whole situation is insane. Elon Musk was actually IN THE RIGHT about the Ecotricity lobbying.
As someone who has grown up and lived in the Wrexham area my whole life and supported the club as long as I can remember, yes I'm happy that we've been promoted again but this feels a whole lot less cathartic than last season, at least to me anyway.
That felt like a release, a much bigger deal getting back into the league after 15 years and after the supporters' trust having to save the club from extinction, several chancers launching fruitless takeover bids in that time, the university having to acquire the lease to the Racecourse Ground, not being able to use Colliers Park for training, the Kop redevelopment looking further and further away, nearly getting relegated to the sixth tier during the COVID season, I could go on...
We'd barely got our feet under the table in League Two and now here we go again.
You guys should target to become a stable club in the Championship. I can see Wrexham finishing in the Championship Playoffs.. & do a Luton in the next 5 years
compared to the incompetent people who owned Salford City, Wrexham does seemed to be much better run by the owners. However, the true test would be when they get promoted to Championship.
Championship is a melting pot. Parachute payments and billionaire gamblers.
Psr also will kick in next seadon for wrexham.
Ryan is Canadian... I am sure you are going to hear this a bit.
The better American
Canadian, American. Potato, Tomato. It’s all the same to Z.
He obtained US citizenship, he lives and works in America, his wife is American, his children are American; he’s an American at this point.
@@Gpz02018
America's 51st State
You could do a video on the 3rd division of Germany as SSV Ulm a club that got promoted last year is about to promote again. Not only that but it would be the 2nd time in a row this would happen as SV Elversberg has done it the year before. They both got promoted from the same league the Regionalliga Südwest and I think this is fascinating. Fun fact SSV Ulm is the only still unbeaten club with Leverkusen in Germanys top divisions in 2024.
That’s a great story, I’d watch a video on that, maybe you should make a video on it
@@97TheWatcher Yeah but im ass at editing and reading stuff so I'd rather have someone else talk about it xD
Hate to break your illusion, but Ulm has lost 7 times in the league alone…
@@ghostg4m1ng65 Yeah but not in 2024. You can look it up, their last defeat was in winter 2023. I mean I don't know about friendlys but if you talk competitive games then they are unbeaten in the year 2024.
If you know how the German league system works past 2 Buli it's fairly understandable.
Rob McElhenny is “more of a background character” on always sunny? Really Zealand? He’s literally the show’s creator and one of the five main cast members lol
I believe he meant that Rob McElhenny is the background character to Ryan Reynolds in this partnership, in the eyes of people who have not seen "Always Sunny.... ".
@@sullenskulls9709 Thanks for clarifying, I thought that it was an odd thing to say too
@@sullenskulls9709 to be fair you’re probably completely right, but I am a big sunny fan so I couldnt resist commenting about it lol. Even so tho, in defense of Rob, he does seem to be the Wrexham owner making the most trips to Wales to see the club and he is the only one of the two learning Welsh. I get it, Ryan is the bigger Hollywood star. I just feel like Rob doesn’t always get his credit when it comes to Wrexham compared to Ryan, but at the end of the day I am most certainly biased
@@pjkerrigan20nah it’s true, if you watch welcome to Wrexham you’ll see that rob got the idea to buy Wrexham, does all the background work with staff and original scouting of the likes of Mullin
@@pjkerrigan20 Like rob's commitment to the joke of putting on a tonne of weight and then losing it again between series shows he really goes all in, and same can be seen with wrexham.
Congratulations to Wrexham and all of their fans. I think next year is where it stops (a triple promotion would be INSANE), as Zealand says, they're reaching the level where the amount of money they have isn't impressive. However, even though I think they (and Notts County) were already essentially League Two teams when they were in the National League, a double promotion, at any level, is nothing to sneeze at.
And frankly, they care. Like, they genuinely seem to care. They genuinely seem to feel that they are stewards of a community institution, not lords of industry with a new plaything to bend to their whim. I think there are at least 10 teams in the Football League (conservatively) whose supporters would cut off a toe to have owners like them.
So it's pretty awesome, and I'm quite happy for them and Wrexham. I dunno if they'll ever make the Premier League, the gap between League One and there is enormous, but then again, if Luton and Bournemouth could do it, why not Wrexham?
Their turnover is larger than a lot of teams in League 1 and some teams in the Championship. They’ll be able to punch through League 1 in a couple seasons.
Championship is a different animal however. They will need to get another investor on board to push for promotion.
I think getting to and sticking around in the Championship for a long stretch is what their goal should be and probably is. If they can do that, I think the revenue they can build in addition to Ryan Reynolds other ventures night let them eventually have a chance to reach the Premier League. But I'm talking maybe a decade down the line. Like I said, sticking around in the Championship would be a triumph for them.
@@kyletucker3811 I do wonder if the TV audience will understand that. Because "Wrexham as a safely Championship team" for a decade would represent a COLOSSAL success.
Championship is their target for NOW
@@bransonelliott There is also the fact that the Championship is one of the most unsustainable leagues in the world. I can't remember whether it was total revenue or matchday revenue, but you look at the amount of money spent on player wages compared to those two (probably matchday now that I think about it), and you definitely need to be rich to survive, or have insane marketing and sponsor pull.
Therefore, what is currently Wrexham's success story may well become their saviour at some point down the line...
Ben foster went their because he has played for them before the takeover happened. Not just because of the chance to play a part in the story. Also Notts county is the reason for juventus having black and white stripes on their kits.
Not just that, Notts County are also the oldest professional football club in the world.
No. He went there just for the story and money. He was already retired before he signed
@@BuckledFrame2187 the salary was very average for a nl keeper, he didnt go for the money, but yes prob for the story and exposure
@@BuckledFrame2187 you know he basically just asked for travel to be covered.
@nollienick1121 you do know people lie on the Internet to save face right? Wrexham didn't spend 6 million last year on nothing.
Being a Reading fan I’m so impressed by them both as owners and I’m very happy for Wrexham but it hurts man it really hurts.
met rob reynolds the other day, great guy!
Can you talk about Leverkusen and their 120 Year History's first Championship? Thanks
You should check out the story of Stockport County (currently top of League Two), I think that story is equally as interesting but for different reasons, the club dropped from League One in 09/10to the National League north by 13/14 after bad ownership. The club was saved by the fans and even had to go semi-pro, eventually winning there way back to the national league, when a local businessman bought the club and is now trying to restore the former glory and aim for the Championship!
Its great to see both Stockport & Wrexham back where they belong in the Football League!
Yep, both clubs went through underdog and Cinderella phases. Evil stepmothers (a.k.a. bad owners) are unfortunately not uncommon in this industry.
From the outside as I am obviously not a Hollywood star nor the owner of a football club, the big difference in Rob and Ryan's approach as 'owners' seems to be humility and a reverence for what and who came before. They want to write their own story, but not as a new book to usurp the old, rather as a chapter of the existing story. And unlike so many big personalities who are always trying to control everything they are involved in they humbly asked the town for support and went to experts to help in all facets of their organization from the offices to the pitch. The cherry on top is what the club and community has done to them, over time adopting them into the community as more than just the absentee owners from North America, and seeing them being open, vulnerable, and invested in the team's successes and failures. I can't imagine how hopeful and excited the conversations in Wrexham will be this summer window, but it would be amazing to be a part of. Kudos the Rob and Ryan, congratulations to the town and club, and good luck as you continue the climb!
As a Welshman, I was happy to hear this. As someone who supports a different league 2 team I hate this. Wrexham wage budget is between 5.5 to 6.9 million depending on reporting outlets which is 2 to 3 times the average for the league and 5x that of Newport county. They spent almost championship level money (8ish million for Rotherham and Millwall) in the national league and people treat it like a Cinderella story when they get promoted. I agree they are doing good things for the club but I feel like we need to not pose them as the "underdogs". They are Manchester city, not Oldham athletic.
Yeah it’s annoying that it’s marketed as some Cinderella story. Fair play for what they’ve done for the community and it’s a good thing for everyone in the area but it is annoying the way they call them underdogs when they’re owned by billionaires and have extravagant sponsors. It’s well run and they play good football but they’re not underdogs
It WAS a Cinderella story. Rags-to-riches courtesy of a fairy godmother and a rich prince? What did you think a Cinderella story meant? As for the label of "underdogs", the Wrexham Supporters' Trust were the underdogs because they somehow managed to save the team from a predatory owner (Alex Hamilton) who wanted to sell off the franchise for its parts.
@@Lupin788 It has been a while since I watched it. But I thought the moral of cinderella was that while she thought she needed to be rich to marry the Prince, he loved her even though she was poor. Showing her that she was special all along and didn't need the money to find true love? In this analogy the fairy godmother has made her a princess and she married the Prince because of it. Almost proving she is not special and anyone could have done it and removing the while morale?
But full respect to the supporters who have always been incredible. The crowds they get now are massive and I don't think they are going anywhere.
Games the game.
@@97TheWatcher Agreed but if they manage to win the Championship or get promoted to PL, that would be insanely impressive despite the money being pumped in.
I just want someone to score against them and pull out a Green Lantern ring and do the oath in front of the camera, just to dig at Ryan Reynolds. 😂
Wrexham was my very first FM club countless years ago so it's always nice to hear about them doing well.
It's a curious story and I think it is the Wrexham aspect that makes it work, the narrative of a Welsh club playing in England with their ownership history, with the history of the Racecourse Ground add in Reading Legend who still has so much football passion Phil Parkinson as manager and then add in the way they have built the team. There aren't many other clubs that could form this arc no matter the star power of the owners. Certainly the Winklevoss investment In Real Bedford highlights the Interest from the US in lower league football but my other favourite story is Dorking Wanderers which in 25 years has risen to the 5th Tier from below the 16th Tier.
And to think they very nearly purchased the team my grandad used to support: Hartlepool United...
The rest of the first season of welcome to wrexham is actually worth the watch
I think theyll solidify in Lg 1 next season but its gonna be a tricky league. Charlton, Wigan and three of the current playoff teams will be stronger, plus the three relegated from the Championship will all be looking to bounce straight back up. Its a good story but this is where it slows. League 1 is a different kettle of fish to League 2 and the National League, which by and large are similar in quality.
As a Luton fan from America that was introduced to the club because we have local friends there in Bedfordshire, who started following them while they were still in Non-League, I can absolutely say that the vibe between the premiership and lower league ball is day and night. You almost start to miss it, in a way. The vibes were just happier. Looser. Less money and less stress. It was about the love of the team, and the hope of going further.
Luton did it, let’s see if Wrexham can, too. Swansea and Cardiff, eat your hearts out.
speaking of the dreamy nature of lower league football: a club close to where I live in Brazil once got promoted from the second to first division of our State championship (not national division! at most that gives you a spot in the Cup if you do well enough), and they put up a sign in front of their stadium "On our way to Tokyo" (because the Club World Cup used to be in Japan, and, you know, if you get like fourth on the State championship you can play the Cup next year, and if you win the Cup you can play Libertadores the following year, and if you win that then you might be facing the Champion's League winner!)
That’s nice af, why not dream big. Brazil is where ballers are born
Thanks for being one of the only people saying it how it is and not being bitter lobe the content keep it up ❤
Portsmouth owner Michael Eisner was literally CEO of Disney for years
Shoutout to Davide Persiani AKA Falconero who on youtube has picked Whrexam as his team for his EA Sport FC 24 season series and has contributed enormously to spread the name of the legend himself Paul Mullin
Really nice for Ryan Reynolds to take time out of his busy schedule to record a video for Zealandism.
My club are in tier 7 of the pyramid and that was a perfect description of non league football. This guy gets it!
I think they can make it to the championship relatively easy ,but when they get there ,they wont have the money advantage that they have over other teams in the lower leagues .
Up next; Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen buy Oldham Athletic.
I used to manage Wrexham in FM18 before this tycoon takeover. My policy was signing only players of welsh nationality. We made it to Prem and Champions league, it was really fun. Recently I found screen from first season in Prem, beating City away, being 2:0 down after 20 minutes and scoring 5 till half time, winning 5:2 at the end. Back then I did not realize I played against super attacking trio Mbappe - Haaland - Dembele :D
Too bad the Disney Club missed the title to Stockport, Manchester...
Wait, I thought Wrexham is nicknamed Hollywood FC?
From my knowledge Portsmouth is actually Disney FC because they are owned by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
We all knew they were going up this season league 2 is easier than the national when everyone at their level would want to play for them, I'm pre predicting 13th in league 1
That sounds pretty right to me. Not quite promotion ready, but well safe from relegation.
Oh man that dread and hope you described is absolutely spot on. Its the hope that kills you...
What I love most of Wrexham's story is everyone is humble. From the locals to the players to the Hollywood owners, everyone is humble. It's so refreshing to watch and makes even non-sports fans want to support them more. Those jealous of Wrexham don't understand the support is for the town as much as for the club. It's a feel good story inside sports, and speaking as an American, that's a rare experience.
p.s. Ryan been Canadian-American since 2020
While I would love to see the Cinderella run continue, League One is a different animal. It is quite possibly one of the most brutal leagues, just look at how many big powerhouse teams got bogged down in League One for so long, it took Pompey a whole 7 years to finally get out of League One despite having more than capable teams on more than one occasion. Wish all the best for Wrexham though!
I hope you continue watching the Wrexham documentary. It is indeed a compelling story, and the third season will be debuting May 2nd
All 3 of the clubs that got promoted automatically had bad owners in recent years we (mansfield) were locked out of our ground when we were in the national league and were close to extinction then we were saved by radford. Stockport had bad owners which forced them down 3 leagues in 4 years and they fought their way back to league 1. Wrexham had bad owners which made them go from league 1 down to national league and let them rot there
If you could pick a match to come watch Wrexham. It would have to be the local derby vs Shrewsbury next season.
ZEALAND- you need to BUY Taunton Town brother.
Become owner manager ala Dorking.
Nick mcootie returns as player assistant manager -
They play 4 4 f*** 2.
Poised for relegation... games in hand- they need ya z
Zealand throwing his tens of hundreds of dollars around the league
I follow Stevenage in league 1. It will be interesting to see how they do in the hardest league to be promoted from in the EFL. Top 2 are automatics, 3rd promoted is through playoffs. Bottom 4 are relegated. Wrexham played in the national league and league 2 with league 1 caliber players. Now they will have to contend with recently relegated championship squads and teams with ambitions. It will take money, better players and luck to get promoted. Some teams spend decades stuck in this league. Fleetwood town spent 20 years, and this year they are getting relegated by 6 points or less. As the last game has not been played.
Giving Rob and Ryan credit, they went to Wrexham with the goal of promotion and put the team together to do so. Next year is where i think they hit their second hiccup, in that they'll likely be in league 1 for a few years, but if they keep with it they'll be legends as far as football club owners go. If they make the Championship and get stuck there even, i think they get statues tbh. However you feel about the story and all that, they took a club that was on the brink and surviving off of volunteers and got them to this point.
Personally, I don't think there's a risk of this being a "pump and dump". They both seem incredibly invested and, as you said, present for the club despite their schedules. Of course, they're actors, so who really knows, but as far as owners go you could definitely do worse than Rob and Ryan.
That's a great story and i have followed all what happened from a distant eye. No doubt people of the L2 are quite unhappy of the competitiveness advantage of Wrexham . Promotion back to back even with money that's a feat no ordinary owner can do. Money or not....
As a Cheslea fan I can sense some subtext and reference in this video.
"Zealand you look like Rob McElhenney, Zealand you look like Rob Reynolds" ah yes Zealand, I know Rob Reynolds ;)
They gotta hire you fr.
Timely reference with the suez canal
You have watched 'Welcome to Wrexham'. There's your Disney movie. I know it's show but it's still a Disney thing so there it goes.
I think it's technically possible that they get into the EPL, but it'll take a lot of really wise investment. In my mind, the team to compare them to would be Brentford, whose model they might be able to mimic. Rob + Ryan combined have a very similar net worth to Matthew Benham. However, Benham (and his archnemesis Tony Bloom at Brighton) came from professional sports betting backgrounds, so they had extensive knowledge about footsoccerball before they purchased their teams and brought their knowledge and analytical techniques to power their teams with the "buy low, sell high" approach to team growth. Rob and Ryan might not have the same analytics skillsets, but they definitely understand the marketing, which can attract players in other ways. I'll be curious to see if they can translate that to promotion to the EPL.
Honestly just can't wait for my local game of Leyton Orient vs Wrexham.
A shout out to the non-celebrity owned Tamworth, they’re back in the National League after two successive promotions.
They'll definitely hit the Championship soon, but that's where I feel they will stall, and possibly become a Championship/L1 yoyo club.
The impact the TV show has on Wrexham is not to be sniffed at. Hashtag United has a smaller budget than most teams in the Isthmian Premier League but have been able to hang because players want to play for then so they get nationwide exposure on their UA-cam channel. And a nunber of them have gone on the be relatively successful at higher levels too because of it.
You can take a step down if you have a chance to get a bigger step up because of it...
Ryan Reynolds is painfully Canadian
Its so weird that the owners are both more involved and less involved than other owners.
Ben Foster going to Wrexham isn't the massive influence people think it is, he played for them in 2005 before he signed for Man United, I think the transformation helped convince him to return but would he just have gone without having played for them early in his career? I don't think so
What I find funny is they considered buying Arbroath before buying Wrexham and their business partner tried to convince them that the English system was more rewarding
I don't mind the disney club of Wrexham, and the semi accurate description of little support in the US for lower league teams, but check out Detroit City FC, the support is immense and the fans are as good as any in lower league European teams. The chants, pyro, banners, political ties. This is a USL team that was able to get St. Pauli to play them in 2018 and the clubs hold a deep connection and understanding. The Keyworth in Hamtramck is usually near capacity and everyone there is wild. The best supported club in lower US leagues? I think so.
I really wish the MLS would switch from a generic American-National league system to a ladder system. This would give so much more incentive to root for lower clubs as they’ll actually have something to win for. The American system works well for Basketball and Baseball and such, but not for football(soccer).
@@YeezySkeezy God no. No North American Sport Club works like that. Every year all teams start at the beginning and work themselves up throughout the season. Makes everything even and somewhat balanced. The MLS plays by this rule on this continent. The PL does their own rules and works for them, not here.
If they continue this success they could make Wrexham more hated than MK Dons. That would be quite something.
Everyone commenting Ryan is Canadian somehow forgetting Rob is American. How dare you!? He’s the one who hooked Ryan on the idea.
Ryan Reynolds is Canadian
And Wrexham is in wales 🏴
Next year is interesting, owners tend to become close to billionaires
Wrexham will be stuck in League One unless there is heavy investment. Their team is good for a mid-table League One run. But with their marketing and connections, I wouldn't be surprised if they can get big investors behind the scenes and actually push for a Championship promotion in 2 seasons.
Chester vs Wrexham would be a doozy. Look it up.
i think it's time they changed the title of the show, we've already had our welcome. It's time for " it's always sunny in Wrexham ". Especially because of the irony
Honestly staying midtable would be perfectly fine. Hell even if they do get relegated they at least know they have the chops to get back up.
Slight inaccuracy is that it would snowball. It wouldn't. United have been run like shit for a while, and US owners still come in, because the Glazers have made huge profits
what is a rob reynolds (0:52)
I hope to see this on Welcome to Wrexham, HI Welcome to Wrexham fans
It is nice seeing wrexham do well and building something but my hometown stockport is a far better and more impressive rise. A couple years ago we were stuck in the conference north, in the 00s were almost back to the 2nd division again (championship) and we havent got multi millionaire celeb owners with the promoting power they have and arent spending what wrexham are.
You sound a bit emotional mate, LETS GOOO WREXHAM!!! 🏴 🔴
now it gets really difficult. Promotion to the Championship will be far more difficult.
Like everything in life. I step at a time.
Rob McIlzealand
At lower league level 'good owner' basically means they don't asset strip the club.
Unless Disney actually buys Werkham I can not see them doing well in the championship
Ryan Reynolds is Canadian too
You have to make a video on Leverkusen bro
Jokes aside, did you go for a run today?
0:53 bro does look a lot like Rob Reynolds...whoever that is.
Come to Bristol rovers
Aren't they in Wales
They are, but they play in the EFL
Wrexham bought another title!
Who’s Rob Reynolds?
I guess the avatar of Rob and Ryan, 🤷🤷🤫
People think that actors make the same money as these multi business owning old men who run 90% of clubs. Also having money means nothing as we have seen with PSG, unless you use it wisely on good players you aint winning anything
@zealandism This is another petition for you to do a video on Portsmouth. Both our womens and mens team are likely to go up as champions this season into their respective 2nd tiers. It would be the frist time the womens team is fully professional. Also, Portsmouth was recently purchased by Michael Eisner, former Managing Director of DISNEY.
I think so far they did a good job, but they haven't left the kiddie pool of club ownership yet.
The future success will depend on their ability to create sustainable income. I'm not sure they can. The current marketing works on an American audience, but in Europe Wrexham's story is a dime a dozen. There's not much interest here beyond the novelty of some Hollywood stars buying a club.
The main challenges are to keep an overseas audience interested in the long term to keep big name sponsors on board to make up for their lack of money and to get enough interest regionally to actually create some match day revenue.
They already draw more fans weekly than all but 6 league 1 clubs - 3 of which currently occupy the 3 automatic promotion spots so likely won’t be in league 1 next season.
Even discounting their global brand (they’re selling out a 70,000 seat stadium in San Francisco for a friendly this summer) they have local sustainable match day revenue to rival the top of league 1
They have still bought their titles tho Z, paying Mullins a fortune in the National League gave them a huge advantage over every other team.
Notts county fan here, wrexham are just a lower leauge mancity not luton town fantastic owners but no one else can compete with them in the leauge honestly its a bit sad to see leauges get bought out.
If you had owners who pumped money in your club. You wouldn’t have complained
Zealand. Your hairline is dropping faster than Taunton Town...
disagree alot personally. you may aswell put prime barca up against these teams, they is no cool story behind this (support Carlisle btw so im confident in my knowledge of the efl)lets go through there transfers. may i remind you no FFP in the national league which i think is a big reason why they chose wrexham
national league
season 1: They brought our best center back and vice captain Arron Hayden who was a higher level league two player pushing league 1. Thomas connor a minimum league one player pushing championship at the time. Callum McFadzean good level league two player. paul mullin the league two all time record goal scorer. ben tozer captained league two chamions cheltenham at the time as big of a tranfer as paul mullin and ollie palmer a very good league two player. also got a championship level manger to drop own 3 steps
national league season 2: Ben foster, 8 caps for England, lower prem higher champ level player. ryan barnett young up coming wing back (first deal that i consider good and not just splashing the cash). Billy waters very good player from the league above to warm there bench. Eoghan O'Connell top league one player. andy connon lower championship level player. jordon tunnicliffe top level league two centre back. elliot lee championship level player. mark howard poty at carlsile the season before to warm there bench
league 2 season 3: Okonkwo seen as a championship level keeper when signed and is on loan in league 2?. will boyle good championship cb. jack marriot, probably fleetwood best player in league one. luke bolton imo best rb in the league at the time for salford. geogre evens championship level player easily and finally james mcclean almost championship level player.
Wrexham put out press release for 22/23 accounts. 🔑 figs
Revenue £10.5m (record for NL & higher than all of L2 and most of L1)
Wages £6.9m (as above)
Losses £5.1m (same)
Amount owing to owners £9m
them coming second in league two should be seen as a major failure
according to kieran maguire
twitter.com/KieranMaguire/status/1773374881532359112
No cool story behind this? These are two owners who knew very little about Soccer entirely before they bought the team. Not only that but they strategically picked one of the best teams out there with the lowest risk and one of the largest possibilities of growth. And then, these two lads actually managed to surround themselves with wise people.
On top of that they took what skills they did have to leverage an additional source of revenue for the organization. That’s pretty impressive. Loads of teams have money, but that doesn’t guarantee promotion, they still have to do it. Prime example is Salford.
@@loganleroy8622 never said Ryan and rob did anything wrong. They got the main things right like getting people who know what there doing to do good jobs and use the pull because there famous. At Salford they just hired themselves to do the job. Gary ran the club for years. Paul scholes is the DOF and was manger for a month. Neil wood the Man U youth coach came in did shot got sacked. Ryan gigs is the sporting director. Nicky butt is the chief executive. They relied on Man U loans. Horrible ran.
Ryan and rob are just obviously sitting back and slapping money at it which the club staff deal with it (which is a lot better than Salford and the right thing to do) but the amount of money is obscene and in a league we’re FFP isn’t there it is very unfair and also when they are extremely famous the pull that has had is also obscene (and I think there used that amazingly in the efl especially. Getting Lee, etc). But it’s still very unfair to other clubs and the problem I have is when people go crazy over how well there doing when there predicted to finish top, they finish second and it’s like leicester won the prem again. Finishing second with that squad is a failure.
The only thing close to lower league football has to be high school sports in the US
Ryan Reynolds is actually Canadian...
So actually Canada ... and Wales?
And I happen to agree with you ... as a QPR fan my team has owners who are probably wealthier and are doing - frankly - a p1sspoor job, these guys are doing a way better job at Wrexhamm
0:50 who tf is rob reynolds lmao