Exeter City wanting to tell their own story against Hollywood Wrexham
Both clubs have the same story to tell, in terms of how they went from a club on the brink of extinction to a healthy and sustainable club at League One level. The big difference, of course, is how they got there.
PLENTY has been made of the Hollywood story at Wrexham under the ownership of megastar actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. But while that may be proving a Netflix hit, Exeter City have a pretty fascinating story of their own to tell.
Both clubs have the same story to tell, in terms of how they went from a club on the brink of extinction to a healthy and sustainable club at League One level. The big difference, of course, is how they got there.
Wrexham have endured a phenomenal rise under their celebrity owners. Little wonder then that attendances have increased by around 10,000 as the town are gripped by Hollywood fever with millions being puimped into the club to take them as far as they can.
There is no sign of the fairytale ending with the journey showing no sign of ending just yet. But while this rags to riches story has happened in the blink of an eye – in football parlance, that is – Exeter’s has been done methodically, over time and on relatively limited funds in comparison.
Two contrasting stories indeed and two very different ways to go from the depths of despair to arguably the healthiest state either club have ever been in. But while the Wrexham story is the envy of many fans that dream of such owners, it is a tale that manager Gary Caldwell has the utmost respect for.
“I think the owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, have done a brilliant job in not just buying a football club and running a football club, they have really invested in the community,” Caldwell said. “They have invested in a story and the greatest gift for the two of them is that they are actors and can tell that story very well with the documentary and I think they have generated an amazing amount of intrigue into the club with new supporters and have re-awakened a big club in British football that was probably slowly dying.
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