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Wrexham promoted to Football League - reaction
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After 15 years away, Wrexham are heading back inro the Football League after they confirmed promotion with victory over Boreham Wood.
Victory sparked stunning scenes of celebration at a club that was bought by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in 2021.
McElhenney was in tears at full-time. Reynolds said he was lost for words.
Scroll down for all of the reaction from both men, the Wrexham players, managers plus the best of the scenes of celebration.
Wrexham's Hollywood owners celebrate
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'This is just the start'
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This is Wrexham's story.
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Philip: Seeing the wonderful celebrations at Wrexham and the sense of community, spirit and love of the game is good too see, this is what football is about, not sadly what the Premier League is about anymore (with the odd exception). Lower-league football has a heart! Good luck to Wrexham next season.
'This club is different'
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Ex-Premier League goalkeeper Ben Foster, who joined Wrexham last month, speaking to BT Sport: "This is my seventh game right and it is like home already - this club is different. It is special."
On regretting his move to Wrexham: "Heck no! Heck no! There’s nowhere else that I would have come to. I know how much it means to them. Seven games I've played - oh my god, they [Wrexham fans] are bonkers!"
On Wrexham's poor start: "That's not the start you want - even then, though, I thought it was fine. When the fans get going no one can stand in our way. It was never in doubt when we got one back."
On feeling pressure: "The lads don't feel any pressure, I don't think I've been in a team where the team go about their job so relentlessly and there is no big timers in that dressing room."
'It's the honour of my life' - McElhenney
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Rob McElhenney speaking to BT Sport after the game: "Well I think we can hear what it means to the town. It's a time of celebration and to be welcomed into their community and be welcomed to this, it is the honour of my life."
On Paul Mullin: "I would like to say Paul Mullin is one of the greatest footballers in the world."
'This is why we chose Wrexham' - Ryan Reynolds
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Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds, speaking to BT Sport: "I am not sure I can process what happened tonight. I am still a little speechless.
"[People ask] 'Why Wrexham?'. This is why Wrexham. This happening, right now, is why.
"Boreham Wood showed up today. They are an incredible team. They have one of the best defences in the entire league.
"This entire story, the reason we are all on edge of our seats is because Notts County are so damn good. They deserve to go up. We are rooting for Notts County. We want to see them go up."
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Wrexham promoted to Football League
Rob McElhenney, with his Wrexham cap on, is right in there amongst the celebrations that are continuing in front of the fans.
The supporters aren't going anywhere.
'Very special'
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"This club is different," says goalkeeper Foster. "That is very special."
He was retired a few months ago before signing for Wrexham at the end of last month.
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Now former Manchester United, West Brom and England goalkeeper Ben Foster hugs Ryan Reynolds in the middle of the pitch.
That's a sentence I didn't think I'd be writing a year ago.
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Anon: Nowhere else in the world could you find the league average attendance over 3,000 in the fifth tier! Shows just how much love the British public has for football no matter how ‘big or small’ their club!
Wrexham lift National League trophy
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Wrexham players Luke Young and Ben Tozer lift the National League trophy high above their heads!
The champagne is sprayed and We Are the Champions is belted out over the PA system.
'I feel so emotional' - Parkinson
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Phil Parkinson speaking to BT Sport: "Amazing feeling. I feel so emotional after what the club has been through in the last 15 years. I am so proud of the performance and the fans to go down and to come back.
"To play Notts County and to turn up on the big occasion, I'm pleased for every single one of them.
"We know how to win games and I just thought if we keep passing it and switching it we will get chances to score."
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First there was Hercules, then Tarzan. Disney's newest hero Paul Mullin has just been given his winner's medal.
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'I'm so proud of the lads'
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More from striker Paul Mullin, speaking to BT Sport: "It [Boreham Wood's goal after 43 secods] wasn't a lapse in concentration, it just happens. It was an uphill challenge from there, but the players we have got and the chances we can create is unbelievable.
"The pressure we have had since the Notts County game - and not just that, we have had to keep going and even at Barnet when we went down to 10 men we had to show the grit and determination.
"I am most proud of that. We had to deal with a lot and people think ‘biggest budget, you'll win it easy’ and it’s not like that. But Notts County have been unbelievable and I'm so proud of the lads to get over the line."
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