Explanation of “freakish results” Not to worry Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, co-owners of Wrexham, are hungover after a record-breaking promotion.

Wrexham’s Hollywood co-owners are not overly concerned about that, with Humphrey Ker – the club’s executive director – telling The Athletic: “Rob and Ryan are being remarkably calm. Which surprises me! Again, they appreciate it is early days and that allows a certain leeway. I really don’t think the shape of the league has quite formed yet. We are a big, strong, physical team who can grind it out when the chips are down, as we have shown a few times already this season. Let’s look forward to the dog-days of January and February when the (weather) conditions can be horrible. Mind, I said Notts County would struggle in those conditions this time last year and look how that turned out with them flying through that period!”

Ker says Wrexham were always aware that a “hangover” of sorts would be endured at the start of the current campaign – given all that was achieved last season – and added on the big picture in North Wales: “There’s been an adjustment period and a few factors at play that have helped create some freakish results. But I remain confident we will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season. We got into a nice groove for a few weeks and then got derailed by Stockport (losing 5-0). What I do believe we have, as a club, is this slight hangover from the National League, in that we feel we have to win every week. If you drop points in that competition, it is a disaster (due to only one club being promoted automatically). I was watching a few episodes of the documentary last night and was reminded of the 2-2 (home) draw we had with Woking. I remember that feeling like the end of the world at the time. Same with the draw against Maidenhead. This division is not like that. Leyton Orient won League Two last season having drawn 13 games and lost seven.”

Wrexham will be back in action on Saturday when taking in a trip to Crawley, with Phil Parkinson hoping that talismanic striker Paul Mullin can rediscover the spark that saw him hit 47 goals last season – with somebody required to provide inspiration if the Dragons are to push for back-to-back promotions.