{"id":763331,"date":"2026-04-30T08:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/763331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:57:22","slug":"wrexham-seeks-premier-league-dream-by-securing-playoff-spot-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/763331\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham seeks Premier League dream by securing playoff spot \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Wrexham\u2019s growing global fanbase it\u2019s set to be another heart-stopping end to the season.<\/p>\n<p>This time, a place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/englisg-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Premier League<\/a> is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a defibrillator is the traditional fifth season gift? Would make sense for this show,\u201d Ryan Reynolds, the Hollywood celebrity who is a co-owner of the club, wrote on X in a nod to the \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/streaming-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">series<\/a> that has documented the team\u2019s unprecedented journey up English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/soccer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">soccer<\/a>\u2019s league pyramid.<\/p>\n<p>The final step is the biggest one, though.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Wrexham heads into the final round of regular-season games in the second-tier Championship aiming to secure a place in the playoffs that will determine the last promotion spot to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The top two teams go up automatically \u2014 one of them is Coventry, which will finish first \u2014 and the teams finishing third to sixth will advance to the playoffs. With one match left, Wrexham is in sixth place.<\/p>\n<p>That last playoff spot is a three-way contest between Wrexham, Hull (in seventh place, behind Wrexham on goal difference) and Derby (in eighth place, one point further back).<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham has the toughest game \u2014 at home to fourth-place Middlesbrough, which needs to win to stand a chance of finishing in second spot.<\/p>\n<p>Hull hosts ninth-placed Norwich and Derby is at home to 15th-placed Sheffield United.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham is already assured of the highest finish in its 162-year history \u2014 its previous best was 15th in the second tier in the 1978\u201379 season \u2014 but still possible is a fourth straight promotion that would be beyond the owners\u2019 wildest dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Three promotions in a row had never been done before in English soccer. So Wrexham, a club on so many people\u2019s lips owing to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/soccer\/wrexham-efl-championship-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">remarkable rise since being bought by Reynolds and Rob Mac (formerly McElhenney) in 2021<\/a>, is well ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the start of the season,\u201d Wrexham midfielder Ollie Rathbone said, \u201ceveryone would have taken this scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All 12 of the matches in the Championship\u2019s last round kick off at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Key matchups<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a huge, if not decisive, round in the Premier League for both the title race and battle to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal \u2014 seeking to be English champion for the first time since 2004 \u2014 leads by three points from second-placed Manchester City, which has a game in hand. Arsenal hosts Fulham on Saturday and City visits Everton on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the standings, third-from-last Tottenham \u2014 a top-flight team since 1978 \u2014 is in the relegation zone with four games left. Its next match is at Aston Villa on Sunday. Tottenham is two points behind West Ham, which visits Brentford on Saturday, and five points behind Nottingham Forest, which visits Chelsea on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Also notable is Manchester United&#8217;s home game against rival Liverpool on Sunday. They are in third and fourth place, respectively, and both are bidding to tie up Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Out of action<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen for how long Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, who is leaving the club at the end of the season after nine years, will be sidelined after sustaining a hamstring injury last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Man City hopes Rodri is available to return from a muscle injury after missing the team&#8217;s last two games.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney chatted with Access Hollywood about their team Wrexham AFC Football Club being promoted to the English Football League after 15 years. &#8220;I&#8217;m still a little to be totally frank, speechless about. I mean, so many things had to go, right. That involved dumb luck,&#8221; Reynolds quipped. McElhenney also shared why he wanted to partner with Reynolds on buying the team. FX\u2019s &#8220;Welcome to Wrexham&#8221; is available to stream now on Hulu.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Wrexham\u2019s growing global fanbase it\u2019s set to be another heart-stopping end to the season. 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