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For Wrexham to reach Premier League, they must survive tough Championship first

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After Wrexham won their third successive promotion -- the first-ever team in the history of organized English soccer to do so -- their billionaire, superhero co-owner had a message for the haters.

"I remember the first time I did a press conference there," Ryan Reynolds said, "and one of the media people asked me, 'How far do you think this dream goes?' And I said, 'Well, we're going to take this team to the Premier League,' and they laughed and even the players laughed. But they're not laughing now. We're in the Championship."

Ever since the "Deadpool" star paired with Rob Mac -- formerly Rob McElhenney of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" -- to buy the club in 2021 and turned the experience into a docuseries, they've been talking about the Premier League.