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Hollywood-backed Wrexham beat Welsh rivals Swansea to maintain Premier League dream

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Published 3 months ago

Wrexham bolstered their bid for promotion to the lucrative Premier League with a 2-0 win at home to Welsh rivals Swansea on Friday.

[p]The Dragons, co-owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, are aiming for a fourth consecutive promotion to continue their remarkable rise through the English football pyramid.[/p][p]Victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/swansea/K6xezbY7/"]Swansea[/a], who have a famous co-owner of their own in musician Snoop Dogg, departed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a] sixth and in a play-off place on 60 points ahead of the bulk of this weekend's second-tier Championship fixtures. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/broadhead-nathan/ljTPcIo2/"]Nathan Broadhead[/a] opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a low-angled shot, and it seemed that might be the only goal of the game at the Racecourse. [/b][/p][embed guid="fe60cead-c872-4dc1-a9c9-7068c37cb93d" url="https://x.com/Wrexham_AFC/status/2032605983487172693" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]But Wrexham put the result beyond doubt two minutes from time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomason-george/j3oH1rQ4/"]George Thomason[/a]'s cross found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doyle-callum/zcPUcEzl/"]Callum Doyle[/a], whose downward header took a big deflection off Swansea and Wales forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cullen-liam/2wZOKugF/"]Liam Cullen[/a] for an own-goal.[/b][/p][p]Wrexham are now six points in front of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a] in seventh spot, albeit the Saints have a game in hand.[/p][p]Championship leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a] (77 points) are currently well-clear of second-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/middlesbrough/6F0lvLNC/"]Middlesbrough[/a] (69).[/p]

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