Blackburn troll Wrexham about documentary error minutes after FA Cup draw
Blackburn took a playful swipe at Wrexham after being drawn towards the Red Dragons within the FA Cup.
The Championship aspect booked their positioned within the fourth spherical of the competitors with a 5-2 win over League One outfit Cambridge United, whereas Wrexham, who’re in League Two, toppled League One membership Shrewsbury.
Immediately after Monday’s draw, Blackburn’s X admin tried to fire up some beef by mocking a serious gaffe of their upcoming opponent’s fly-on-the-wall Welcome to Wrexham sequence. During an episode which aired in October, viewers had been in bits after recognizing a map of England and Wales with the badges of main soccer golf equipment crudely, and sometimes utterly inaccurately, positioned round it, supposedly highlighting the place within the UK they’re primarily based.
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Among quite a few evident errors, Swansea and Cardiff had been positioned in Devon, Newcastle had been in Lancashire (and additional south than Leeds) and Everton had been plonked on the west coast of Wales.
Elsewhere, Blackburn had been located proper on the border with Scotland, a blunder Rovers’ social media crew ridiculed on the time by posting up to date lyrics to the membership’s ‘Blackburn Aces’ tune. They wrote: “Going down the Bolton Road [crossed out] Hadrian’s Wall… to see the Blackburn aces!”
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To additional rub salt within the wounds, the membership’s X admin quoted that very same submit, added a photograph of the terrible map and cheekily wrote: “See you soon, @Wrexham_AFC. Let us know if you need directions.”
The golf equipment will face one another at Ewood Park on January 27 for a spot within the fifth spherical of the cup. Should Wrexham win it will be their finest efficiency within the competitions since they reached the quarter-finals within the 1996/97 season.
The impression homeowners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have had on the membership is huge and Phil Parkinson’s males are eyeing up back-to-back promotions. They’re presently third in League Two, and will go prime of they win their recreation in hand on league-leaders Stockport.
