I have to ask, first of all, are we calling it soccer or football?

We say football, you generally are just using your feet in this sport. But then American football, you're not really using your feet that much.

It's an underdog story made for TV, literally. Wrexham, AFC, the beloved and historic UK soccer team, now on a spectacular rise.

Unbelievable for Wrexham.

After a long time losing streak, the club scooped up by celebrity backers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McEleheny in 2021.

If I were going to go bankrupt with anybody on planet Earth, it would be Rob McEleheny. So that's what we're doing.

And we are well on our way.

The duo ownership, a reversal of fortunes for the team both on and off the field, and all documented in the critically acclaimed TV show, Welcome to Wrexham, back for its third season on FX and streaming on Hulu.

I wake up and first thing I think is, have we really been taken over by two Hollywood superstars?

I love building things and growing things and telling stories, but nothing occupies the space in my mind, heart, and soul more than Wrexham.

Actor Ryan Reynolds has been telling stories for over 30 years. From starring in The Proposal. Oh my God, what is that? It's the morning. To portraying the sarcastic superhero, Deadpool.

Did I leave the stove on?

And as a businessman for ventures like Mint Mobile, Reynolds joining forces with fellow funny guy, writer and actor Rob McElheny of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Everybody, are you ready?

Bam. I reached out to Rob. I think I DMed him. I don't know, was it a year later or less than a year later, I got a call from Rob saying, How would you like to partner up in this extremely outside the box, risky, financially stupid, but emotionally immersive project?

I had this idea for the football team. I thought, Wow, there's very few people that I know who are as entrepreneurial as Ryan, who I believe I could get along with, and yet we each brought something different to the table.

Slid into the DM's, taking your shots. It's like a modern day love story. It really is.

From In to goalie box, the idea taking them to a small town in Wales.

Why Wrexham? How did you find them and what drew you to Wrexham?

We wanted to find a town that we could identify with. For me, the community I grew up in, Philadelphia, and for Ryan, he grew up in a very blue collar, working class family and background. We knew we wanted to find people that we knew, or at least we felt we knew. It checked every box.

Checking every box. But first, they say they had to earn the town's trust.

It's just a footballing town. It's hard to describe if you're not from here, I guess.

They welcomed us with a healthy sense of skepticism, which we expected, but not cynicism, which we really respected. It's the we've always approached Wrexham, which is, let's go in and listen before we talk. Let's try to understand what the community wants, what the club wants, and let's give them the resources and the exposure to get that.

Wrexham AFC has been around for over 150 years. The third oldest soccer team on Earth.

My family watched Wrexham, and my family before that have watched Wrexham, and that's how it's always been.

But in recent decades, the men's team losing their way to their lowest ever ranking in the 2019-2020 season. In late 2020, Reynolds and McAlheny's purchase of the club, bringing in some much-needed cash and Hollywood flash. The Emmy-winning Welcome to Wrexham, now documenting the dreams and traumas of this working class cities team.

Our star player wound up in the emergency room.

Was it difficult to let these cameras in, to let them see not only the highs, but the lows as well?

I struggled with it a little bit, yeah, at the beginning.

When we sat down to look at documentary footage, there's been so many times where I see myself and I'm humiliated by the way I acted in a particular moment, and I realized that has to go in because it happened. It's real life.

Wrexham, now winning more than they have in two decades.

It's easy to just focus on the wins in life, but it's really important to make sure that kids also see that you lose. Dad lost today.

It extends that feeling of authenticity. The show and its soccer stars captivating audiences around the world, drawing parallels to the hit scripted show, Ted Lasso. Now I know at least one thing about football. Even earning the town a visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla.

If this club does well, the town will do well. The two are inextricably linked.

What does this community mean to you after three years, and how have they embraced you?

I've had to start changing my My sheets, my bedsheets, more often. I'm almost going to cut this out. Because I sweat at night. Okay. I'm having a physiological reaction to this, wanting so badly to deliver what we've promised this town. What they've done for us is welcome us into their community. I hope that we've delivered on each one of our promises. With each time we do that, we get a little bit more welcome into the community, and then I sweat a little bit less.

The one of the kindest things I think anybody's ever said was that we were honorary Welshmen. Wales has really captured a huge piece of my heart to be considered part of that group in that community on some level, any level, means more to me than anything, anything I'm going to say.