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Wrexham's Hollywood fairytale - Brian Carey called it decades ago

Corkman Colm O'Callaghan has been travelling to watch Wrexham for 30 years. How will the club's modern rise change its relationship with hardcore fans? 
Wrexham's Hollywood fairytale - Brian Carey called it decades ago

TRANSFORMATION: Ryan Reynolds, Co-Owner of Wrexham, and Rob McElhenney, Co-Owner of Wrexham, celebrate with players of Wrexham Men and Women during a Wrexham FC Bus Parade following their respective Title Winning Seasons in the Vanarama National League and Genero Adran North. Pic: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

The fourth official’s board is raised as a patchy end-of-season game enters its closing stages and the travelling support breaks into a freshly-minted chorus. "Five more minutes in the National League, five more minutes in the National League" sing the 1,200 Wrexham fans who’ve made the 500-mile round trip to Torquay United.

After 15 years in non-league football, Wrexham AFC have finally made it back into the English Football League [EFL] as champions and few would bet against them completing another promotion next season.

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