Business of Sport: Wrexham's Hollywood Takeover

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slater are joined by Wrexham FC director Spencer Harris as he takes us inside the takeover deal that saw Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchase the club this week. We'll hear about their plans to take Wrexham to a global audience, the positive impact they've already made on the local community and there's tales of late night zoom calls with Reynolds and The Rock. In addition to that we're joined by Harrogate Town chairman Irving Weaver for his perspective on the continued wranglings over the proposed EFL bailout by the Premier League and he has some interesting things to say about Project Big Picture. Subscribe to The Athletic for just £1-a-week by heading to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Business of Sport Podcast on the Athletic.
0:12.0	Each week will take you behind the curtain into the world of
0:14.8	football business and other sports across the globe. Alongside me today from the
0:19.2	Athletic is Football News reporter Matt Slater and there is only one place for us to start.
0:25.0	Nothing says I'm thinking about you and your horse like
0:29.4	Yevor Williams trailer. Tilt Bed horsebox, livestock, you name it.
0:35.3	So if you're looking to really well, then this year.
0:38.8	And you own livestock, visit Yevor Williams.
0:42.1	Why are Bob and I pitching a North Wailian trailer manufacturer?
0:45.0	Well, because we just became owners of Wrexham Association football club.
0:50.0	And they're our team sponsor.
0:52.0	You may have never heard of Wrexham, the Racecourse Ground,
0:55.3	or evil or willing, but you will.
0:58.6	So to the Wrexham supporters trust,
1:00.6	thank you for your faith and trust in us. We are humbled and we're already getting to work.
1:08.2	Oh shit, this is really happening.
1:10.0	Well today we are going to look at Wrexham's Hollywood takeover after actors Ryan Reynolds and
1:15.7	Rob Mcalenny were this week giving the green light to purchase the club from the supporters club.
1:21.2	If you're not already a subscriber to the athletic then I urge you to head to
1:25.3	the athletic.com slash Aunstein and Chapman where you can sign up for just one pound a week
1:30.4	and you can read Matt Peace on this in full. We're going to talk to Spencer Harris, a director
1:36.3	at Wrexham who's been fully involved in this process, but first Matt, it is a remarkable story.
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