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This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. podcast. can currently find him on three shows. It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Mythic Quest, and Welcome to Wrexham. The documentary series about the Welsh

soccer team he owns with actor Ryan Reynolds.

Mackelhenes spoke last week with Sam Brigger.

Here's Sam with more.

In 2020, Rob McElheney and Ryan Reynolds

bought a Welsh soccer team, or as it's called in Wales,

a football club that was struggling in the lowest

tiers of the professional British Football Leagues. The club is in the town of Wrexham, a city that

itself had been struggling. Their idea was to turn the team around, raise

its standings, and help out the town. Machelhenia said that Wrexham reminded him of

his hometown Philadelphia, a city with its own troubles and a fierce loyalty to its athletic

teams, also the home of fresh air.

The co-owners and the town and the soccer team's trials and tribulations are the subject of the Emmy Award winning FX documentary

series Welcome to Wrexham, now in its third season and streaming on Hulu.

MacLenny is also an executive producer of the show.

In season 3, Wrexham has successfully moved up a level, which is called being promoted, only

to find themselves facing off against better teams and more problems, like their amazing striker Paul Mullen suffering a punctured

lung and having to sit out the start of the season. While not stressing over his soccer team,

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