Reynolds McElhenney and Wrexham one step closer to top flight dream

WREXHAM, Wales - Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds said it felt like an impossible dream when fellow Hollywood A-lister Rob McElhenney first floated the idea of buying football club Wrexham, along with a pitch for a documentary. The ultimate goal was reaching the Premier League.

Four years after they purchased the north Wales outfit, Wrexham are one league away from achieving their lofty goal after a 3-0 win over Charlton Athletic on Saturday saw them promoted for a record third consecutive time.

It just seemed like an impossible dream, and we do what were lucky to do ... be storytellers, Reynolds, best known for his role as superhero character Deadpool, told Sky Sports after the game. And when youre a storyteller, you look as much as you can at the sort of macro view of this history.

We were standing there doing a press conference four years ago, and said our goal is to make it to the Premier League. And there was understandably a lot of titters and laughter and giggles, but it starts to feel like a real, tangible thing that could actually come to fruition in this moment.

The Red Dragons will play in the Championship (second tier) next season, something that was unthinkable four years ago when Wrexham were a non-league team going nowhere.

Asked about being just one league below Englands vaunted top-flight, McElhenney laughed and said: Well, thats for tomorrow to think about. Today is just enjoying the moment. We could probably wait until 12:01.

Reynolds replied: We have to wait til tomorrow? Ill erase the whiteboard I put up at halftime.

Wrexhams popularity has skyrocketed on both sides of the Atlantic due to the North American owners and the Welcome to Wrexham documentary.

While many sports teams have celebrity absentee owners, Reynolds and McElhenney