Wrexham FC, Canadian actor Ryan Reynoldswas very close to making history in the FA Cup. England’s fifth division side came within seconds of eliminating Sheffield United, but John Egan’s stoppage time goal put everything on hold for a decisive game.
The story couldn’t start worse for the team of the protagonist of the tape of ‘Deadpool’Oliver McBurnie put the Sheffield United team ahead just two minutes into the duel.
However, for the second part, James Jones and Thomas O’Connor rallied the score to put forward the local team. Oliver Norwood returned to equalize the cards to make Reynolds’ box suffer.
It seemed that Paul Mullin’s goal in the 86th minute would give the club a ticket to the next round of the fifth division, however, when the match expired John Egan appeared to ruin Wrexham party.
A historic team
Despite the fact that they have not yet qualified for the Round of 16 and will have to play the Replay, the Wrexham FC is already a historic club due to the fact that it currently leads the classification in the fifth division of England.
Ryan Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney bought the team in 2020replacing the previous board of directors formed by the investment group Wrexham Supporters Trust.
The match had an attendance of 9,909 peopleof which only 1,163 people were Sheffield United’s visiting cheerleaders.
