Still No End For Racecourse Full Control Bid Begun In 2022

A bid by Wrexham's Hollywood owners to acquire full control of the Racecourse Ground is still rumbling on two and a half years after they bought it.

- LIAM RANDALL

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney completed the purchase of the freehold of the historic stadium (pictured above) from Wrexham University in June 2022.

The move put the Red Dragons' home ground back under its ownership for the first time since August 2011.

Reynolds and McElhenney have ambitious plans to redevelop the stadium, with a new 5,500-seat stand due to be built at the Kop end.

As part of the proposals, the club asked Wrexham's previous owners to surrender a 99-year lease on the Racecourse back in February 2022.

The lease held by the Wrexham Supporters' Trust was agreed six years earlier to protect the stadium's future.

The two actors offered to provide a covenant to keep the north Wales outfit at its current home until "at least 2115" in its place.