Wrexham followers have a enjoyable thought – they need to title their new stand after Hollywood co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The pair have performed grand issues for the membership since they took over in 2020, not least main it again to the Football League after years out. There are plans for a sensible new 5,500-seater stand on the Racecourse Ground – not fairly prepared for subsequent season – however the present momentary one will do for now.
Many followers reckon it is solely proper that Reynolds and McElhenney get a little bit of thanks for all their laborious work, so why not title the brand new stand after them? A survey by native media of us, The Leader, discovered loads of assist for the concept, with one fan saying: “[It should be called] The R and R Kop stand. Without Ryan [Reynolds] and Rob [McElhenney] it would never have been built.”
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Another fan chimed in with the concept, suggesting the brand new stand might bear the names of the present stars and the Wrexham Supporters Trust. “How can we realistically not call it something that includes our current owners’ names, as well as the Wrexham Supporters Trust – they saved our club!”
There’s nonetheless a little bit of debate about the entire thing, although. Some followers are eager to commemorate stalwart defender Joey Jones, a former Wales worldwide who spent two spells with Wrexham and received the Welsh Cup with the Reds in 1975. Bit of pleasant rivalry between film stars and footballing heroes, eh?
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“Joey Jones, simply no words needed,” a fan expressed. “Imagine his name with a photo of his fist pump in the middle of the stand, going into the ground and on the back wall, for players to see as they run to that end.” Some followers additionally remembered late Reds supporter Ian ‘Jacko’ Roberts.
“Got to include Jacko’s name in my opinion,” one Wrexham follower steered, whereas one other proposed: “Jacko Memorial Stand, the voice of the kop for decades.” Meanwhile, Wrexham are gearing up for his or her fourth-round FA Cup match in opposition to Blackburn Rovers on Monday.
This follows their 1-0 defeat by Newport Country in League Two on Saturday, as a consequence of a 34-minute objective by Seb Palmer-Holden. They missed the chance to prime the desk after their fifth lack of the season, and supervisor Phil Parkinson urged his crew to indicate extra self-discipline.
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“We gave ourselves a mountain to climb with the sending off. It’s a tough place to come anyway but we go down to 10 men and then second half they had the conditions in their favour as well,” Parkinson instructed membership media.
“The last thing we needed coming to a place like this is one, to go down to 10 men and 2, concede a goal. If we’d made it to half-time nil-nil, you’d have fancied us because the crowd were starting to get edgy to their own team and the goal was, like any goal, a key moment.”
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