The unlikely story of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) purchasing historic Welsh soccer club Wrexham AFC is coming to television.
Welcome to Wrexham is an FX docuseries that will follow the Wrexham Red Dragons, a struggling team in the fifth tier of British soccer and one of the oldest professional clubs in Wales. The club had been fan-owned since 2011 but Reynolds and McElhenney teamed up to buy the team in 2020, despite having no experience working in soccer or with one another.