Expectations are incredibly high for the Wrexham Red Dragons in season two of FX’s Welcome to Wrexham. The underdog football club increased its worldwide fanbase over the first season, which spotlighted not just club members but residents of the struggling small town. Season two of the Emmy-nominated series – and Critics Choice-winning – documentary series picks up the story after the club’s heartbreaking loss at the end of season one.
Club owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney executive produce along with Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Nick Frenkel, and George Dewey. Additional executive producers include Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Alan Bloom, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Jordan Wynn.
The new season premieres on FX on September 12, 2023 at 10pm ET/PT.
FX offered this description of season two:
“Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) navigate running the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world. Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars guide the future of the town’s historic Club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the Club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The world took notice and change is afoot. After a painful elimination in the playoffs, season two continues to track the Club as they fight for promotion out of the National League and return to the English Football League. Dedicated staff and supporters hold on to the dream of returning the team and town to glory while bracing for the new-found challenges that fame has brought to their small community.
From Hollywood to Wales, from the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham follows Rob and Ryan’s stewardship and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town in the midst of history in the making.
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