The sequel: Wrexham on verge of second straight promotion

Wrexham can safe promotion for the second successive yr if outcomes go their approach on Saturday in what could be the most recent thrilling chapter within the workforce’s Hollywood story.

The Welsh membership want 5 factors from their remaining three video games to ensure promotion to League One and their return to the third tier of English soccer for the primary time since 2004-05.

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They have by no means been promoted in back-to-back seasons of their 159-year historical past and in the event that they obtain the feat it could be a script that house owners and Hollywood A-list actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney may solely have dreamed of performing out.

Wrexham, who’re second within the desk, should beat visiting backside aspect Forest Green Rovers on Saturday and hope there aren’t any wins for MK Dons, who host Mansfield Town, and Barrow, who go to Gillingham, to ensure that them to clinch promotion.

“Our aim is to focus on the game and what we’ve got to do ourselves,” Wrexham supervisor Phil Parkinson advised the BBC. “We can’t control anything outside and our destiny is ultimately in our own hands.

“We’re simply making ready to play in addition to we are able to on the weekend and see if that is adequate to get the factors in opposition to a Forest Green workforce who’re clearly combating for his or her lives.

“We’re going to go out and win the game and see what happens at the end. Whatever happens elsewhere we’ve got to go out and get the three points.”

Wrexham, who scripted a fairytale return to the EFL final season after they received the National League with a document 111 factors, have gained world acclaim because of the Disney+ documentary “Welcome to Wrexham” that chronicles the membership’s rise since its buy by Reynolds and McElhenney.

During Wrexham’s 4-1 win over Crawley Town on Tuesday, Reynolds posted an image of himself on social media watching the sport on an enormous display whereas on a film set, writing “Watching the @wrexham_afc game at work: new level unlocked.”