Wrexham fan embarks on 250-mile journey to watch Wroxham FC play after viral 'one letter away' documentary

Wrexham instrumentality Jim Gregson travelled 250 miles to ticker Wroxham FC successful freezing conditions aft the nine launched its ain 'Welcome to Wroxham' documentary

A die-hard Wrexham instrumentality embarked connected a 250-mile trek to ticker his club's near-namesake, Wroxham FC, play successful freezing conditions. This came aft the Norfolk-based squad humorously launched its ain documentary, 'Welcome to Wroxham', and joked astir being "one missive away" from a Hollywood takeover by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Jim Gregson, 55, was truthful inspired by Wroxham's viral communicative that helium utilized a concern travel arsenic an excuse to ticker them play against Felixstowe and Walton United. Donning his Wrexham shirt, Gregson was talented a escaped scarf from his recently adopted 2nd team.

He said: "I was truthful moved by their communicative of perchance missing retired connected Hollywood backing by conscionable 1 missive I thought they could bash with a spot of enactment from Wrexham."

During his sojourn past Tuesday nighttime (November 19th), Gregson bought rounds for amazed locals astatine the Wroxham clubhouse bar. After the game, helium shared connected Facebook: "Only present for Wroxham FC – The Yachtsmen! The ultras didn't halt singing, the nine president was brilliant, and the locals made maine consciousness close astatine home. What a night!"

The 2 clubs' fortunes are worlds apart, with Wrexham flying precocious successful 2nd spot successful League One and Wroxham struggling successful the relegation portion 5 divisions below. Despite the immense spread successful league positions, Jim described his acquisition arsenic "a precise one-off night" and admitted he'd emotion to return, reports Wales Online.

In a nonstop entreaty to 1 of Wrexham's celebrated owners, helium said: "Ryan Reynolds, if you're speechmaking this, the Yachtsmen are waiting – and they've got scarves acceptable for you. Up the Wroxhams and Wrexhams! " Meanwhile, Wroxham officials were making the astir of their infinitesimal successful the spotlight. Club president James Blowers revealed that the similarity betwixt the 2 teams' names had led to galore mix-ups implicit the years.

He said: "We've had hundreds of radical confuse america with Wrexham ever since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over. Watching their emergence has been incredible, but there's ever this feeling of: 'If lone we had that 1 letter.' We deliberation Ryan and Rob would emotion this heartwarming story."

The trailer for Wroxham's documentary has racked up implicit 330,000 views connected societal media aft ads were "accidentally" placed extracurricular locations made celebrated by Welcome to Wrexham, including The Turf pub. Fans are present calling for a affable lucifer - dubbed the "vowel derby" - to beryllium arranged betwixt the 2 clubs.

The documentary was funded done sponsorship from Riot Labs, a institution that sells vape liquids. Ben Johnson, the company's CEO, was thrilled to beryllium progressive with the club, stating: "To beryllium capable to enactment the nine and springiness them the level and concern to stock their unsocial communicative is an honour and the absorption has been brilliant. We anticipation it helps them pull aboriginal sponsors and possibly adjacent Hollywood owners of their own."