Wrexham AFC is only one step away from English soccer’s Premier League after being promoted into the system’s second tier — the Crimson Dragons’ third straight promotion.
The Welsh soccer workforce, and Rob McElhenney, superior to the highest tier of the English Soccer League — or the Championship — after beating Charlton 3-0 on Saturday.
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Reynolds and McElhenney celebrated the win alongside hundreds of followers who stormed the house discipline, regardless of police warnings for many who invaded the pitch.
“It simply appeared like an unimaginable dream,” Reynolds mentioned after the win, , reflecting on his workforce’s third promotion in three seasons. “We mentioned 5 years in the past our objective was to make it to the Premier League. There have been understandably a variety of laughs, however it appears like a factor that would make it to fruition proper now.”
Wrexham kicked off Saturday’s sport with , leaving them with a cushty lead early on. Striker Sam Smith sealed the deal within the 81st minute of play.
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The workforce — the oldest in Wales and third-oldest soccer workforce on the earth — will spend subsequent season sitting slightly below the coveted Premier League.
Wrexham’s Sam Smith celebrates after scoring his aspect’s third objective throughout the English League One soccer match between Wrexham and Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
When Reynolds and McElhenney took the reins in 2021, Wrexham was within the Nationwide League, making it appear unlikely that the workforce would so shortly be inside spitting distance of the highest tier of English soccer.
“The house owners have are available in and completed a tremendous job. I’m so happy for them as a result of they deserve it,” supervisor Phil Parkinson mentioned, in keeping with the AP. “They’re invested in all the selections, however they belief us in in our resolution making and that’s why we’ve had success over the past three years.”
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