WREXHAM, Wales (AP) - Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Hugh Jackman watched an eight-goal thriller which had an sad ending for the Hollywood stars as Welsh soccer membership Wrexham misplaced its first match again in England’s Football League on Saturday.

Host Wrexham was crushed 5-3 by MK Dons on the Racecourse Ground within the opening spherical of matches within the fourth tier.

Co-owners Reynolds and McElhenney have made Wrexham one of the talked-about groups in Britain after shopping for a down-on-its-luck membership for $2.5 million in 2021 and making it the topic of a fly-on-the-wall documentary - entitled “Welcome to Wrexham” - that’s charted the journey of a staff run by a few actors studying the ropes of sports membership possession.

Wrexham is taking part in within the Football League - the three divisions exterior the Premier League - for the primary time in 15 years following promotion from the National League in April.

Wrexham’s profile has risen a lot that the staff performed preseason video games within the United States towards Premier League golf equipment Chelsea and Manchester United final month.

Wrexham and the Dons had been two divisions aside simply three months in the past and the guests shortly confirmed their high quality, taking a two-goal lead 10 minutes into the sport. Jacob Mendy diminished the deficit simply earlier than halftime as Wrexham celebrated its first EFL purpose in 5,572 days.

Wrexham was with out injured star striker Paul Mullin and new signing James McClean.

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