After a season full of domination, Wrexham AFC fulfilled the prophecy and broke the 15-year of league soccer exile. On the back of the heroic performance by the entire team, manager Phil Parkinson proved his worth and took the team one step closer to the top tier. There is a long way to way from the theoretic way from the fifth tier to the top, but such is a plan of the owners.
Taking a break from soccer and strategies, the entire team is now celebrating their automatic promotion. Yesterday, owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney joined the team in a roadshow around the town that left the roads jammed as the entire town came to show their support for the Red Dragons.
It was in this show, fans came to know about the next phase of celebration for the National League champions. Wrexham Star Paul Mullin revealed that they will be off to Las Vegas after the victory road show in Wrexham. Although, one member of the team didn’t make the cut.
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Wrexham manager will be missing Las Vegas
It was long known that against Boreham Wood, the Wrexham stars weren’t only playing for the title trophy and promotion, they were also playing for Vegas. The owners had already promised a party in Las Vegas, USA, for all the team members if they get the automatic promotion. They did that and now the owners are fulfilling their promise by gifting everybody a lavish vacation in Vegas.
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However, Phil Parkinson, the manager of Wrexham AFC, didn’t make the cut. During the celebrations in a clip by Sky Sports, is said, “I didn’t make the cut for the Vegas trip, unfortunately. We’ll leave that one to the lads and, hopefully, they will come back in one piece. I’m sure they will.”
Goal Scoring phenom Paul Mullin also talked about the Vegas trip in a podcast, insinuating his life partner isn’t very thrilled, about letting Mullin go to Vegas for a party and celebration.
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Mullin on the Vegas trip
Talking about the same trip Wrexham’s megastar Paul Mullin said, “I don’t know if I can say it yet but we’re off to Vegas. It should be unbelievable, that’s literally what [the owners] were texting me about two minutes ago. I don’t think she (his partner) is too happy about it, but if the owners tell you, you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go.”
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The team will definitely be missing their manager. However, the trip will refresh the players for the upcoming season of league soccer.