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Kevin Baxter: Wrexham in the Premier League? Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds seek a Hollywood finish.

Players of Wrexham celebrate victory and promotion into League One following a Sky Bet League Two match against Forest Green Rovers at Racecourse Ground on April 13, 2024, in Wrexham, Wales.

LOS ANGELES — When "Welcome to Wrexham," the Emmy-winning FX docuseries, kicks off its third season Thursday (streaming the next day on Hulu), our intrepid heroes are preparing for their first season in the fourth tier of English soccer after 15 years in the semipro National League.

Funding the team's rise, and saving the down-on-its-luck Welsh city where the club plays, was the whole point of the series when actors Rob McElhenney ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Ryan Reynolds ("Deadpool") came up with the idea of buying Wrexham AFC during the pandemic.

So when the club, the third-oldest professional team in the world, was

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