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WREXHAM have suffered heartbreak in their bid to earn promotion to the football league after losing 5-4 to Grimsby Town.The Welsh outfit came second i.

Reynolds and McElhenney took a controlling stake of the club in November 2020, and attended their first games at the club earlier in the season. 'Deadpool' star Reynolds was even involved in a pitch invasion as Wrexham made it to the FA Trophy final in April - a game they ultimately lost to Bromley FC. The club is owned by Hollywood A-listers Reynolds and McElhenney, but there was no acting in the look of despair on their faces as their side's promotion dream collapsed.

Stockport County fans rubbed salt into Ryan Reynolds' wounds by flying a cheeky banner over the Racecourse Ground during Wrexham's National League play-off ...

But as it turned out, Wrexham lost 3-0 to the Daggers and the Hatters beat Halifax 2-0 to confirm their place in League Two next season. Stockport won promotion automatically from the National League after finishing ahead of Wrexham by six points. Someone else said: "Go on the lads, f***ing brilliant, can't believe some of our fans are moaning about it #cheersthankyou."

Live updates, analysis and reaction from the Racecourse Ground as the Mariners look to secure a place in the National League final.

SAVE! SAVE! A sloppy goal to concede SAVE! At the other end, Crocombe pushes over a dangerous cross Grimsby Town's never-say-die attitude should keep belief high that they can upset the favourites for promotion.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, owners of Wrexham Football Club and Hollywood actors, witnessed the team lose a nail-biting National League play-off.

In the last minute of extra time, the match was finally decided when Grimsby’s Luke Waterdell scored their fifth goal. Not to be outdone, Grimsby launched a late comeback – with two goals from Emmanuel Dieseruvwe taking them to a lead of 4-3. Grimsby briefly took the lead when Luke Waterfall scored, but they were quickly overtaken by two goals from Wrexham in quick succession – from Ben Tozer and Paul Mullin respectively.

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Luke Waterfall headed the Mariners in front for the first time two minutes after the break, but two goals in two minutes from Ben Tozer and Mullin again put the hosts back in front midway through the second-half. But the game swung back the other way as Grimsby hit back with two quick-fire goals of their own from Ryan Taylor and Emmanuel Dieseruvwe on 72 and 78 minutes respectively. Paul Mullin gave Wrexham the lead from the penalty spot after 13 minutes but John McAtee hit a long-range equaliser just two minutes later.

WREXHAM have suffered heartbreak in their bid to earn promotion to the football league after losing 5-4 to Grimsby Town.The Welsh outfit came second i.

Reynolds and McElhenney took a controlling stake of the club in November 2020, and attended their first games at the club earlier in the season. A couple of minutes after coming on, Dieseruvwe then managed to shake his marker at the far post and had a free header to see the lead swing back to Grimsby again. WREXHAM have suffered heartbreak in their bid to earn promotion to the football league after losing 5-4 to Grimsby Town.

Wrexham were beaten by Grimsby Town in the National League play-off semi-finals after a dramatic extra-time defeat, with a former player returning to haunt ...

Wrexham opened the scoring after 13 minutes when Waterfall was deemed to have brought down Paul Mullin in the box. However, it was Waterfall - who spent time with the club in 2015, who ultimately settled the game. The dream of league football will have to wait, though, with the club yet to return since their 2008 relegation.

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched their side lose 5-4 to Grimsby in an nine-goal thriller with promotion on the line.

There was no repeat of last Saturday's low-scoring 1-0 defeat to Bromley in the FA Trophy at Wembley, with six goals coming in the second half alone. Wrexham went ahead 1-0 before going 2-1 down. The National League sides met in a one-legged playoff semifinal with a place in next weekend's final at stake and the chance to move into the Football League.

Wrexham's dreams of returning to the Football League were left in tatters after an epic extra-time defeat to Grimsby in their National League play-off ...

Despite the urgings of the crowd of almost 10,000, it was the visitors who found the winner, sending Grimsby to the London Stadium and consigning Wrexham to another season in the National League. Grimsby made a bright start and McAtee fired into the roof of the net in the fourth minute, but the goal was ruled out for offside. But it was the Mariners’ Luke Waterfall who proved the hero as he headed home in the 119th minute to shock the home crowd.

Ryan Reynolds gifted Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenny a personalised urinal before the Welsh side lost 5-4 to Grimsby Town in the National League play-off ...

In an unprecedented game of football, which saw more goals than any other National League play-off game in history, Grimsby then got two goals in quick succession from Ryan Taylor and substitute Emmanuel Dieseruvwe to put the visitors ahead once again. In a thrilling back and forth game on Saturday, centre-back Waterfall scored the second of his two goals in the 119th minute to send the travelling Grimsby fans, which included comedians Rob Beckett and Lloyd Griffith, into hysterics. Ryan Reynolds gifted Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenny a personalised urinal before the Welsh side lost 5-4 to Grimsby Town in the National League play-off semi-final.