Ryan Reynolds would ‘love’ Wrexham to get the better of Tom Brady’s Birmingham

The Blues won the September fixture between the two clubs at St Andrew’s 3-1.

Ryan Reynolds has expressed his desire to beat Birmingham minority owner Tom Brady in the ‘Hollywood Derby’ and revealed how his celebrity friends love to hang out at “unspoiled” Wrexham.

NFL great Brady’s Birmingham visit Wrexham on Thursday night with precious Sky Bet League One points at stake and revenge in the Welsh air after the Blues won the reverse fixture at St Andrew’s in September.

Brady was in the directors’ box that night alongside former England captain David Beckham and, as Wrexham slid to a 3-1 defeat, Reynolds said he jokingly texted the pair about “failing bone structure and age-related material”.

Birmingham City v Wrexham – Sky Bet League One – St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park — Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady (left) and former England captain David Beckham were in the crowd to watch Birmingham beat Wrexham in September (Nick Potts/PA)

“Would Rob (McElhenney)? Maybe more. I think Rob has a skosh more rabies about it all. It’s the big one.”

It is almost four years since Reynolds and McElhenney completed their takeover of Wrexham, the pair having transformed a club which had spent more than a decade in the National League doldrums.

The Red Dragons, having won back-to-back promotions, are currently third in League One – five points behind leaders Birmingham – and the club and community now has a global profile through the award-winning ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ documentary series.

Wrexham v Boreham Wood – Vanarama National League – The Racecourse Ground — Rob McElhenney (left) and Ryan Reynolds have transformed Wrexham since taking control of the club nearly four years ago (Martin Rickett/PA)

Reynolds said: “I don’t have to pitch them anything. They’ve seen the show and they know ‘how the sausage gets made’ to a certain degree.

“The show doesn’t centre myself or Rob, it centres the community and the team and they want to experience that.

“They want to feel a bit of that Fields of Dream energy and walk into a place that is hallowed. A place that, despite the best efforts of Rob and myself, has remained unspoiled.

Wrexham v Milton Keynes Dons – Sky Bet League Two – SToK Racecourse — Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman (right) and Ryan Reynolds pose for a photo with a fan at a Wrexham game (Jacob King/PA)

Reynolds also spoke of his relationship with football – “I love this sport so much I hate it” – and again stressed his determination to take Wrexham into the Premier League.

He said: “I mean, 10 years from now… we would be morons to not want to see this club in the Premier League but to also be unique in that everything about the place has stayed true to what it originally was. I mean, that’s kind of the perfect scenario.

“So, 10 years, I hope Wrexham is Wrexham and I hope the change that has taken place is for the better and that people are proud of it.

“I hope the change doesn’t feel like it was too big, too soon because there’s an underdog nature to the town.”