Nobody else in League Two would spend pre-season in America playing Chelsea and Manchester United but that is life at Wrexham under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The hype and glamour surrounding the north Wales club ahead of next Saturday's kick-off against MK Dons is unrecognisable to previous generations of Red Dragons.
'Our preparation was going to Aberystwyth to run in the sand,' says Mickey Thomas, one of the club's greatest players of all time. 'Or ferry trips to a tournament in the Isle of Man,' retorts Dave Brammer, his one-time boot boy.