Wrexham star will take what Reynolds and McElhenney did ‘to the grave with him’
Wrexham star Elliot Lee paid tribute to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney for the membership’s historic promotion final season.
The 29-year-old scored 15 objectives in 51 video games within the 2022/23 marketing campaign that noticed the Red Dragons return to the Football League for the primary time in 15 years following their 3-1 win over Boreham Wood in April 2023.
The mammoth 111-point season caught the creativeness of the nation following an exciting title race with Notts County who completed second within the National League.
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The jubilant scenes had been led by the Hollywood homeowners as Lee opened up on the feelings the promotion stirred up inside him, as he spoke glowingly concerning the membership’s followers. Speaking on the Men In Blazers podcast, the previous West Ham man mentioned: “I get goosebumps because we knew how much it meant to people.
“Yes, Ryan [Reynolds] and Rob [McElhenney] have been unbelievable and everybody is aware of how good they’ve been nevertheless it’s additionally for the neighborhood and that’s ingrained in us by the gaffer [Phil Parkinson] and Rob and Ryan as nicely.
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“These people have been here before and they have been through so many bad times with the club and they still all come in their numbers. I remember on the bus parade seeing genuine tears of happiness and joy; we got to do that for people.
“That is a sense I’ll take to the grave with me as a result of that is one thing I’m so happy with. It goes deeper than soccer, it is individuals’s lives. This membership is individuals’s lives and I do not ever take that without any consideration once I exit on the pitch.”
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Lee has continued his kind this season, main the membership in objectives, having netted 14 instances in League Two with Wrexham sitting fourth within the desk and are only one level adrift of the automated promotion locations.