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Wrexham AFC has become a household name in the US. And all the credit goes to their Hollywood owners. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have worked magic on the club’s popularity. Now, to take advantage, the club will travel to the US for the preseason, with high-profile games on schedule.
The fans in the US are eagerly waiting for the team to arrive for the preseason. However, a recent social media post about the ticket prices for the open training session of Wrexham caused a stir among fans. The fans took to social media to voice out their dissatisfaction with overpricing.
Wrexham fans unhappy at ticket prices
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Wrexham will visit the US in July for the preseason ahead of the new season. They will play a host of friendlies on the tour. The main attraction of the US tour are the games against Chelsea and Manchester United. The Red Dragons will play Chelsea on July 19 at Kenan Memorial Stadium, North Carolina. One of the Twitter handles related to Wrexham posted open training session ticket prices.
Open training session prices are…👀 pic.twitter.com/bxY9xeN7F2
— RobRyanRed – Wrexham AFC Podcast (@RobRyanRed) May 22, 2023
It will cost $85 for the fans to watch the Wrexham team train. It caused a stir amongst the fans, who showed their displeasure over social media. One fan wrote, “I wouldn’t pay $85 to watch the 1992 Dream Team practice.” Other fans soon followed suit. One of those fans reminded everyone about the free entry to training sessions in Portugal.
I wouldn’t pay $85 to watch the 1992 Dream Team practice https://t.co/FiEN6xGQGG
— Connor Lionela Bessegdog (@YNWABadger) May 22, 2023
Open training session in the Portugal preseason was free entry from what I can remember https://t.co/m3lFQrRMpi
— (C)ap Aled 🏴🇦🇹 (@capaled) May 22, 2023
To watch us train for a pre season friendly ?????? https://t.co/9pR8cqZcOu
— Isaac (@isaachwxm) May 22, 2023
A fucking joke https://t.co/VbGuN0556E
— Johnpaul MacDonald (@jpmacca91) May 22, 2023
£30 to watch wrexham and chelsea train. Games gone mad.
— Super CHAMPION sub (@Paskins_tache) May 22, 2023
That’s more than I paid for my San Diego ticket. I mean, it would be cool to watch them train, don’t get me wrong, but still.
— MichPDX (@michPDX7223) May 23, 2023
Wouldn’t pay a £5er to watch an open training session!!
— Sion Parry (@sion_parry) May 22, 2023
Don’t forget the $20 parking pass 🤷♂️
— JK2 (@JohnKTN) May 22, 2023
Absolute joke
— Wrexham AF(C) Fan (@WrexhamAFC4) May 22, 2023
Fans are unhappy with the high-ticket prices. One fan labeled it as a joke, while the other said that it was more than what he paid for the San Diego ticket. A few fans said, why one should pay such high fees to watch the open training session. One dissatisfied fan reminded the charge of a $20 parking pass in addition to the $85 ticket.
The Red Dragons will know their fixtures soon
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A new League Two season will start in the first week of August. Wrexham fans are anticipating a great season ahead, and the club will strive to do their best to get another enormous result at the end of the season. The fixtures for the 2023-24 seasons in English soccer will release on June 22. Ryan Reynolds’ club will know their opponents on matchday one soon.
The club will look to upgrade the squad ahead of the season. The owners have already started working on the new signings. Wrexham recently released a list of players the club will retain recently. The list also contains the players whom the Red Dragons offered new contracts. It will be intriguing to see how the summer transfer window pan out for the world’s third-oldest club.
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