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Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney’s dream dashed? Why NFL GOAT Tom Brady will struggle to create ‘celeb-fest’ at Wrexham vs Birmingham League One fixtures in 2024-25

League One

Shrewsbury

Birmingham

Wrexham

Exeter

The Red Dragons and Blues, who both have <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/tom-brady-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-soccer-invo%5B%E2%80%A6%5D-thinks-american-owners-birmingham-wrexham/bltd414b1a0022fdf45" target="_blank">famous investors in their respective boardrooms</a>, find themselves in the same division after heading in opposite directions at the end of last season. Back-to-back promotions have lifted Wrexham into League One, while Birmingham have slipped into the third tier of English football for the first time since 1995.

WHAT HAPPENED?

McElhenney has reiterated a desire to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/tom-brady-birmingham-wrexham-american-investment-california-ex-tottenham-star-salutes-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney/blt700e631cfbfc4d41" target="_blank">take in a game alongside NFL great Brady</a> in the upcoming campaign, with Wrexham seeing dates with Birmingham lined up for September 16 at SToK Racecourse and January 24, 2025 in the West Midlands.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

There has been <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ryan-reynolds-vs-tom-brady-celeb-fest-predicted-wrexham-birmingham-league-one-nfl-legend-hollywood-superstars/bltf380e43d4aa5677a" target="_blank">talk of a “celeb-fest” being enjoyed at those matches</a>, but Brady is unlikely to make a trip over the Atlantic alongside Reynolds and McElhenney. That is because the seven-time Super Bowl winner has signed a lucrative analyst deal with Fox Sports.

DID YOU KNOW?

Wrexham’s clash with Birmingham in September coincides with Monday Night Football in Week 2 of the new NFL season, while the match in January takes place on the same weekend as the NFC Championship Game, meaning that Brady will be expected in a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ted-lasso-welcome-to-wrexham-american-investment-boom-jj-watt-lebron-james/blt59dba5dc2bbc1ccc" target="_blank">punditry chair on American soil rather than soccer stands in the UK</a>.

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Birmingham and Wrexham have already generated headlines ahead of the 2024-25 season, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-tom-brady-bizarre-request-move-league-one-birmingham-wrexham-united-states-rejected-efl/blt3f4364f231788caf" target="_blank">efforts made to take one of their games to the United States</a> – allowing extra revenue to be generated from bigger attendances. That proposal, which <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ludicrous-birmingham-slammed-dragging-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-wrexham-ridiculous-request-league-one-game-united-states/blt8d8a314535f765b6" target="_blank">Reynolds quickly distanced the Red Dragons from</a>, has been knocked back by the EFL.

WHAT NEXT?

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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney had been hoping to attend Wrexham versus Birmingham games with Tom Brady in 2024-25, but that dream may be dashed.

Ryan Reynolds &amp; Rob McElhenney’s dream dashed? Why NFL GOAT Tom Brady will struggle to create ‘celeb-fest’ at Wrexham vs Birmingham League One fixtures in 2024-25