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WATCH | Wrexham's Hollywood owners Reynolds, McElhenney enjoy promotion parade

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Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney joined Wrexham's promotion party as thousands of fans lined the streets to celebrate their club's return to League Two on Tuesday.Reynolds and McElhenney have revitalised Wrexham since their surprise move to buy the unfashionable National League team in 2021.A Disney documentary series has captured Wrexham's celebrity makeover, giving the club a global popularity unheard of for a team at their lowly level of English football.The pair have attended several Wrexham games this season, including their promotion clinching win over Boreham Wood.And, with the National League title secured, they were back in north Wales for the trophy parade.Three open-top buses navigated their way around the city on a loop that started and finished outside Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, cutting through a fog of red smoke from flares set off by supporters.Fans chanted "one more year" at former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster.Foster, who played in the Premier League with Watford last season, came out of retirement after Wrexham's regular keeper suffered an injury late in the campaign and made a key contribution with a penalty save in the win over promotion rivals Notts County.Such is Wrexham's fame these days that there were Canadian maple leafs and the American stars and stripes among the hundreds of Welsh dragons along the route.An American couple joined the hundreds of fans who set up camp in the car park of The Turf pub alongside the Racecourse Ground, having taken time out from a holiday in Ireland to experience the party laid on by a club they discovered during lockdown."With Covid happening all around the world we heard this story and we watched them on the streaming services," said

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Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Wrexham AFC’s staff and players celebrated the team’s promotion with an open-top bus parade on Tuesday evening.

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