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Wrexham defeated local rivals Shrewsbury at New Meadow to advance to the fourth round of the FA Cup for the second season in a row, much to the delight of their Hollywood owners and famous friends.
Ryan Reynold's and Rob McElhenney's side defeated Shrewsbury, who play in the division above Wrexham, in a tense affair via a 72nd-minute goal from Thomas O'Connor. The game marked the first time the teams -- barely separated by the England-Wales border -- have met in almost 16 years.
The buzz around Wrexham and its celebrity owners reached new levels during a run un the FA Cup last year when the team beat one Championship side Coventry and then took another, Premier League-bound Sheffield United, to a replay.
On Sunday, responding to a video of the goal shared by the FA Cup's official account on X, McElhenney posted: "You should've seen my living room."
Co-owner Reynolds, who watched the game alongside Hugh Jackman, was pictured by the X-Men star celebrating the goal with the caption: "HUGE! ROUND 4."
Wrexham succumbed to Sheffield United over two games in last year's invigorating FA Cup run to the fourth round. Shrewsbury enjoyed the better of the play in the games early stages on Sunday, with Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson noting after the game the difference in physicality between the teams "caught out" his side in the opening exchanges.