For the past five years, Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac have owned Wrexham AFC, the Welsh football club, with their exploits chronicled in the FX series Welcome to Wrexham.
The club has had a remarkable turnaround since, securing league promotions, bringing in blue chip sponsors, and making the entertainment titans the toast of the town (population of about 45,000). It also delivered a global fanbase to what had been a small regional soccer team.
But there is one thing that the pair has not done with the club, until now: Call a live game.
Mac and Reynolds will co-host a live broadcast for the Wrexham AFC vs. Swansea City match on March 13, live from the STōK Cae Ras (the racecourse where Wrexham hosts its matches). The special, called Live from Wrexham with Rob & Ryan, will feature unscripted match analysis and real-time reactions from Mac and Reynolds alongside Sky Sports presenter David Prutton.
The special will stream in the U.S. on Paramount+ and on Sky Sports in the U.K.
“As with our decision to take over Wrexham five years ago, we genuinely have no idea how this is going to go, but we will give it our best,” Mac and Reynolds said in a statement. “Neither of us have called a sporting event of any variety, let alone a sport we basically learned the rules of five years ago. Either way, it will be another unpredictable day at the Racecourse and we can’t wait. We’re grateful to our partners at the EFL and Sky Sports, the latter of which we hope is ready with the bleep button.”
“From the very beginning of Rob and Ryan’s ownership, we have strived as a Club to do things differently,” added Michael Williamson, CEO of Wrexham. “The first-ever Live from Wrexham with Rob & Ryan, together with Sky Sports and the EFL, continues on this theme and allows Wrexham fans globally yet another unique way of following our match with Swansea in a world where sport and entertainment collide.”
