{"id":297833,"date":"2023-11-20T19:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297833"},"modified":"2023-11-20T19:39:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:39:16","slug":"rob-mcelhenneys-face-took-physical-toll-after-stress-of-owning-wrexham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/rob-mcelhenneys-face-took-physical-toll-after-stress-of-owning-wrexham\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob McElhenney’s face took physical toll after stress of owning Wrexham"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wrexham AFC owner Rob McElhenney has opened up on the tolls that come with being in charge of a professional football club. The 46-year-old became the co-owner of the team in 2021, along with fellow Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, and has since revealed that the “stress” of the job made his eyes “swollen up like I\u2019m a prize-fighter.”<\/p>\n

Wrexham have endured a mixed run since McElhenney and Reynolds became involved in the club. The pair’s first season involved in the club ended in a failure to gain promotion from the national league. And the emotional toll of the journey took its toll on McElhenney, something he only got over when the team guaranteed promotion.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou, intellectually, know what happened,\u201d he told The Athletic. \u201cBut you emotionally, almost forget. With my nervous system, I still feel the anxiety from the end of the Notts County game. I\u2019ve mentioned in one of the episodes that I had a massive double style.<\/p>\n

However, last season saw the team perform admirably and gain promotion to League Two following a 15-year absence and a 45-year trophy drought – breaking a new record for the most points earned in a season (111) in the process.<\/p>\n

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“You can see them in the documentary. My eyes are swollen up like I\u2019m a prize fighter. That was simply due to the stress. In watching some of the footage, I felt a lot of those things coming back, even though I knew it was a happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since gaining promotion, Wrexham currently sits fourth in League Two. Only a narrow goal difference separates the side with fellow newly promoted team Notts County.<\/p>\n

Wrexham have enjoyed a good run of form with nine wins, six draws and just three defeats so far – but the start of the season didn’t go quite to plan. The Red Dragons only won two of their opening five league games and saw star striker Paul Mullin suffer a long injury in a pre-season game against Manchester United.<\/p>\n

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