{"id":5480,"date":"2023-01-08T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/ryan-reynolds-and-rob-mcelhenney-win-documentary-gold-award-for-welcome-to-wrexham-season-2-in-welsh-football-club-big-upset\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T01:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T01:10:00","slug":"ryan-reynolds-and-rob-mcelhenney-win-documentary-gold-award-for-welcome-to-wrexham-season-2-in-welsh-football-club-big-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/ryan-reynolds-and-rob-mcelhenney-win-documentary-gold-award-for-welcome-to-wrexham-season-2-in-welsh-football-club-big-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Win Documentary Gold Award for &#8216;Welcome to Wrexham&#8217; Season 2 in Welsh Football Club Big Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 420px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/esf3FrznzfhW0fn9tilbSg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/deadline.com\/2de559acc17459543609bd256324185a\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Welcome to Wrexham<\/em>the FX documentary series about five-tier Welsh football clubs recently acquired by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has got some pretty juicy material for its upcoming season two.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham delivered a big upset in the third round of the FA Cup today, beating Coventry 4-3. The English club plays in the championship three tiers higher than his opponents. The premise of Reynolds and McElhenney buying the club and producing a show about it was to take viewers through the twists and turns of reviving the ill-fated club and giving die-hard fans a reason for hope.  (This is Netflix&#8217;s cousin to series like those produced by James Corden. <em>Sunderland Till I Die<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other works by Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No premiere date has been announced for Season 2 of <em>Wrexham<\/em>, whose first season ended in October last year. The show is streaming on Hulu. That upcoming season will focus on the still-unfolding 2022-23 season, so today&#8217;s thriller seems more likely to weave into the narrative, visiting Wrexham as he goes 3-1 at halftime. Taking the lead, he eventually pushed it up to 4\u20131. It outlasted Coventry, narrowing the game to 4-3, almost equalizing in the final minutes, missing one chance right in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m completely speechless,&#8221; Reynolds tweeted.  &#8220;What a club. What a town. What a victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McElhenny tweeted a &#8220;surprised&#8221; emoji and added: Just\u2026wow,\u201d before swearing, \u201cWe are just getting started.\u201d Reactions from fans flooded him throughout the day via social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a media twist to the game, ESPN+&#8217;s live stream stopped just as the final seconds ticked and tension peaked.  \u201cESPN+ FEED DOWN!!!\u201d McElhenney tweeted frantically.  &#8220;What&#8217;s going on????&#8221; The studio host took over the telecast, showing game highlights before the match officially advanced to the finals.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"link caas-button collapse-button\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-ylk=\"elm:readmore;slk:Story continues\">story continues<\/button><\/p>\n<p>McElhenney, actor best known for producing and starring in FX\/FXX comedy series <em>It&#8217;s always sunny in Philadelphia<\/em>teamed up with actor, producer and entrepreneur Reynolds to purchase Wrexham in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>best of deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Deadline&#8217;s newsletter. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest news.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div style=\"\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader noheight\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Tn2Gh0yrr5uC7jkDT_qW4g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MA--\/https:\/\/sb.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=7&amp;c2=6035310&amp;c3=10001&amp;cv=2.0&amp;cj=1\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Tn2Gh0yrr5uC7jkDT_qW4g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MA--\/https:\/\/sb.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=7&amp;c2=6035310&amp;c3=10001&amp;cv=2.0&amp;cj=1\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Click here to read the full article. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiVmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlhaG9vLmNvbS9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3J5YW4tcmV5bm9sZHMtcm9iLW1jZWxoZW5uZXktc3RyaWtlLTAxMTAwMjcxNy5odG1s0gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Welcome to Wrexhamthe FX documentary series about five-tier Welsh football clubs recently acquired by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has got some pretty juicy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/850dad14118d30f61b69a5c9488489d4.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}