Dream makers

MCCLURE NEW SHEFFIELD PRESIDENT

- BY JONATHAN VEAL

John McClure (far right) in his new surroundings

REVEREND and the Makers frontman Jon McClure says Sheffield FC will not be the new Wrexham after becoming chairman of the world's oldest football club.

McClure is fronting a consortium that has bought a "significant minority" of the ninth-tier club, which were founded in 1857, with renowned music executive David Bianchi, who represents Tom Grennan and Charli XCX, also on board.

Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac have taken Wrexham from Non-league to a global phenomenon, but McClure knows that is an unlikely path for his club.

"I'm not Ryan Reynolds, and I'm not anywhere near that famous, right?" he said. "I'm well known nationally in the music world.