Sport
McElhenney and Reynolds: Wrexham’s Game-Changers
Wrexham are back in action on Monday night with the clash against Birmingham City set to attract plenty of viewers in the United States.
Wrexham watched on over the weekend as most League One sides took to the pitch well in advance of Wrexham’s trip to Birmingham City.
Phil Parkinson and co still sit top of the League One table but the time has now come for Wrexham to get into action again.
After four wins in five league games to start the season, Wrexham now face potentially the biggest test of the season.
Wrexham head to St Andrew’s to take on Birmingham City in a game with major intrigue.
Both teams have shown ambition in the transfer market, though Birmingham’s spending completely blows Wrexham’s out of the water.
American TV executive on Wrexham
This is not only a game between two potential rivals in the League One promotion race this season, but also between two teams with celebrity involvement.
Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have been the catalyst for success at Wrexham whilst Tom Brady is a minority owner at Birmingham.
NFL legend Brady has been stoking a rivalry with McElhenney ahead of Monday night’s clash and David Beckham will even be in attendance.
This game will generate major interest in the United States and will be featured on CBS Sports over in America.
The Athletic have now spoken to CBS Sports executive Dan Weinberg and he explained the hype around Wrexham.
Weinberg noted that this game is a huge one, but also that CBS have been showing all Wrexham games so far this season.
Weinberg wants to show as many Wrexham games as possible, highlighting that the club is simply ‘impossible to ignore’ with McElhenney and Reynolds at the the helm.
The North American ownership at both Birmingham and Wrexham is seemingly driving interest in America and CBS are loving the buzz around this fixture.
“A really, really high-profile match,” said Weinberg.
“We’ve carried every Wrexham game this season and we’ll continue to lean into them as much as we can. They are impossible to ignore in this country with the celebrity influence they have and the visibility of Ryan and Rob. We are enthused by the growth of their profile in the market.
“These two clubs have owners that resonate very well in this country,” he added.
Wrexham can make a real statement
Wrexham have impressed everybody so far this season.
Parkinson has masterminded a superb start to the campaign, winning four of the first five games whilst conceding just two goals.
Wrexham are on a run of four clean sheets in a row and have already picked up impressive results against the likes of Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Peterborough United.
Winning at Birmingham would be another level though and even a draw would show that Wrexham really can compete at the very top of this division.
This won’t be an easy game given Birmingham’s enormous spending spree but Wrexham will head to St Andrews’s with genuine belief of a result.
