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Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney build Wrexham squad with 'no idiots' as history-making Red Dragons embrace life in front of the documentary cameras

<p>That is according to veteran goalkeeper Mark Howard, who is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/rob-mcelhenney-emotional-farewell-steven-fletcher-mark-howard-wrexham-confirm-summer-exits/blt71a1d24282381562" target="_blank">severing ties with the Red Dragons after three seasons</a> at SToK Racecourse. The 38-year-old savoured <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/wrexham-rob-mcelhenney-kaitlin-olson-reacts-history-making-championship-red-dragons/blt339a0e3cacb0cd93" target="_blank">promotion in each of those campaigns</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>The<a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-magic-record-breaking-wrexham/bltdc9ee63d6235391e" target="_blank"> record books have been rewritten</a> in North Wales, as Phil Parkinson readies his team for life in the Championship, and there is the promise of more to come as their <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-break-wrexham-transfer-record-summer-window-2m-striker-sam-smith/blt98955e995614d4e1" target="_blank">Hollywood co-owners prepare to fund exciting business in another transfer window</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Whoever Wrexham bring in, Howard believes they will instantly <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/man-utd-wrexham-christian-eriksen-transfer-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-obscene-wages/bltd46b81ece2c44675" target="_blank">buy into the most exciting of sporting projects</a>. There have been no bad eggs so far, due to shrewd recruitment, while <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/dancing-channing-tatum-meeting-will-ferrell-wrexham-bonkers-madness-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney/blt6e74118953c5e0c9" target="_blank">cameras inside the dressing room</a> are now considered to be the norm.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Howard told <a href="https://x.com/BBCLancsSport/status/1929883692656201847  " target="_blank"><em>BBC Radio Lancashire</em></a> of life inside the Wrexham camp: "To say that we've done three [promotions] in a row, and are the first team to ever do it, is just incredible.</p><p>"It's not been easy, but it's been so much fun and I think that's one thing that all the players in our dressing room will tell you; everything that you see about the club is incredible, but it's so much fun to be part of.</p><p>"There's no hindrance in the TV cameras being there and the publicity and the pressures that that entails, you just absolutely enjoy it.</p><p>"We had a really galvanised dressing room that all fought together, we all got along really well, there was no idiots, everyone bought into what Wrexham really was and I think that's been the secret to the success."</p>

WHAT MARK HOWARD SAID

<p>Wrexham are being linked with a number of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/jamie-vardy-tom-cairney-patrick-bamford-wrexham-director-responds-transfer-talk-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhnney-interest-players-never-heard-of/blta57d07e649ce1bed" target="_blank">players that boast Premier League experience</a>. The long-term plan is for the Red Dragons to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/300m-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-wrexham-valuation-update-bid-reach-premier-league/blt66082c0886b3db7a" target="_blank">one day grace the English top-flight themselves</a>, with Reynolds and McElhenney fully committed to turning that dream into reality.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR WREXHAM?

Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney build Wrexham squad with 'no idiots' as history-making Red Dragons embrace life in front of the documentary cameras | Goal.com

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have built a squad with &quot;no idiots&quot;, as every player embraces life on the &apos;Welcome to Wrexham&apos; documentary series.

Ryan Reynolds &amp; Rob McElhenney build Wrexham squad with &apos;no idiots&apos; as history-making Red Dragons embrace life in front of the documentary cameras