Philip Oliver

[Rocco @_roccosv]

Rob McElhenney reveals the ridiculous reason he decided to buy Wrexham during the pandemic despite the club being 25 years older than the Brooklyn Bridge and how he convinced Ryan Reynolds to join him.
“I’m a sports junkie. I’ll watch any sport.”

Stephen Colbert: “Some people learned how to bake sourdough bread, and you said, ‘I want to own a sports team?’”

Rob: “Yes! Well, bread won’t bankrupt me. What else? How can I be riddled with anxiety every weekend? Let’s buy a football team.”

After discovering promotion and relegation, McElhenney became fascinated with the idea of owning a club where losing could literally mean being kicked into a lower league.

“The club that Ryan and I purchased is 25 years older than the Brooklyn Bridge.”

Ryan Reynolds: “The stadium is the oldest international football stadium on Earth. There are countless people who have had their ashes spread across this field. This stadium is a church to so many folks in Wrexham.”

[Football Fights @Footballfights]

Forest Green vs Boreham Wood earlier today... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👊

[Philip Oliver @PhilipOliver8]

@Nigel_Farage You beat a bloke with a bin on his head - you must be proud! Enjoy the standards inquiry

[Paul Davis @paulm_davis]

I caught up with new boy Paul Mullin just after his arrival at #rufc.

Here's the result.

Longer read.

https://t.co/2HFYuh1qhM

[Ryan Reynolds @VancityReynolds]

Thank god they didn’t watch Chernobyl

[Philip Oliver @PhilipOliver8]

@RoyKyffin Happy birthday mate

[Wrexham AFC @Wrexham_AFC]

The Knicks win was good, but it will never beat these last minute winners under Phil Parkinson 😉

🔴⚪ #WxmAFC

[Peter Moore @PeterMooreUSA]

It got me thinking…who is this World Cup actually for?

In 1994, I was able to take my family to matches here in the United States. It wasn’t a luxury decision, it was something that felt within reach, and that mattered because that’s how the game grows and that’s how memories are made. I was living in Boston working for Reebok at the time, and so we were able to go to so many games at Foxborough as well as in New York City. In full disclosure, my work also allowed me to travel to games on the West Coast, including the final. While that was not the best shop window for The Beautiful Game it was stunning to see the Rose Bowl fulled to the brim with 94,000 fans.

Now fast forward to 2026.

Imagine a young family here in America today. Mum, dad, two kids who love the game. They sit down and look at the cost of attending just one match…tickets, travel, maybe a night or two in a hotel…and they pause. Not because they don’t love the game enough, it’s because they simply can’t justify it.
in my 45 years living here in the US and being involved in the game at so many different levels, I’ve never seen its popularity spike like it is today. Gen Z has fully embraced the game, Welcome to Wrexham has laid bare the passion and the joy it can ignite in a previously beleaguered community,
and we are spoiled for the choice of just about every major game in the world brought to us by streaming channels fighting for their place in broadcasting live sports.

Or think about a supporter from abroad. Someone who has followed their national team their entire life. For many, this isn’t just a trip, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage.

Between ticket pricing, travel costs, and uncertainty around access, that dream starts to slip out of reach.

That’s the part that sits uneasily with me.

The World Cup has always been more than a tournament. It’s been a gathering of people, cultures, stories. A place where the game feels like it belongs to everyone.

If too many of those people are left watching from afar, we lose something that can’t be measured in revenue. It becomes a made-for-tv spectacle like the Super Bowl, and then we lose the soul of it…

And once that starts to go, it’s very hard to get back.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Nigel Farage is challenged by Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara over Reform UK's promises to voters, as his party launched its campaign for May's local elections.

[Fearless In Devotion | WREXHAM AFC podcast @fearlessidzine]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 2 🇬🇧0

Earnt. Not bought.

[Fearless In Devotion | WREXHAM AFC podcast @fearlessidzine]

When we win handsomely it's always the opposition that are below par, never how good we are.

When we nick a win it's always 'they paid the referee's' or 'that's what deep pockets gets you', never a 'yeah they rode their luck but you can see why they're up there.'

When we take 2k away and sneak a win it's always 'their fans we're rubbish', never 'fair play to them, decent away record too.'

When we were shit, they never cared. Now they do care. They care enough to try and downplay this club's unbelievable achievements at every turn.

Our pride is their envy.

#WxmAFC

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

I seem to have upset the @Nigel_Farage fan club - so let me be clear.

This man sows hate, lies and division.

He is a grifter and a conman.

He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.

RT if you agree

P.s. multiculturalism is great.

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

The phrase "mainstream media" has become a pejorative term. We should instead use the phrase "professional media" to distinguish it from the chancers, Russian shills and partisan axe-grinders calling themselves "news sources" on the Internet.

[Fearless In Devotion | WREXHAM AFC podcast @fearlessidzine]

Worst ranked Championship boss, Phil Parkinson takes out 5th ranked John Mousinho.

Just Chris Davies & Mark Robins remain.... on this list anyway.

The rest have either been sacked, left or been defeated by Parky's tricky Reds.

Who'd have thunk it? Not @secondtierpod 🙈

[Martyn Peel #FBPE @martynpeel]

@PolitlcsUK @Telegraph

[CaughtOffside @caughtoffside]

🚨 Pep Guardiola hits back at Jim Ratcliffe: "We treat immigrants or people that come from other countries like they are the ones causing problems for our country. It's a big problem because the fact I am Catalan and you are British? What influence did we have on where we were born?

"Everyone wants to have a better life, everyone wants to have a better future for themselves and their families. Sometimes the opportunities are where you are born and sometimes it is in the place where you go.

"The colour of your skin or the place where you were born don't make a difference.

"Most people run away from their countries for the problems that are in their country, not because they want to leave.

"The more we embrace other cultures, truly embrace it, then we will have a better society - I do not have any doubts about that."

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

Says the man colonising Monaco to avoid paying tax in his own country. What an F ing Hypocrite. And wrong on the numbers, immigration is falling fast, its 20% of what it was under the Tories. And btw, immigrants as a whole make a net contribution to our economy, they are not the problem, rich tax exiles are. The super yachts not the small boats. Rich, selfish and ignorant (of the facts).

https://t.co/RIUq5QjT3Y

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Aside from his blatant lies/ignorance about UK population numbers, Ratcliffe is an immigrant tax exile in Monaco, and most of his Manchester United team are immigrants to UK. So he’s a stinking race-baiting hypocrite.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Nigel Farage has:

- Voted against stronger worker's rights.
- Threatened to cut the minimum wage.
- And now attacks work/life balance.

This steelworker asks: what does Farage have against workers?

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Jewish activists heckle Nigel Farage during the launch of Reform UK's Jewish alliance

"My grandmother fled Germany, you would deport her!"