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01/24 11:32 CST To the Premier League? Wrexham climbs into Championship playoff
spots after dramatic win
To the Premier League? Wrexham climbs into Championship playoff spots after
dramatic win
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Wrexham's bid for a fourth straight promotion and a place in the Premier League
is gaining steam.
A dramatic 3-2 win at Queens Park Rangers --- courtesy of two stoppage-time
goals --- lifted Wrexham, the Welsh club co-owned by Hollywood celebrities Ryan
Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, into sixth place in the second-tier Championship
on Saturday.
The top-two finishers secure automatic promotion and the teams who finish third
to sixth will qualify for the end-of-season playoffs for the one extra
promotion spot.
It's the first time this season that Wrexham has ended a round in the playoff
places.
Wrexham has played 29 of its 46 games in its first second-tier campaign since
the 1980s following three straight promotions. Its surge up the English soccer
pyramid, fueled by the cash injection by Reynolds and McElhenney and documented
in the popular "Welcome to Wrexham" TV series, began in 2022 with promotion
from the non-league fifth division.
The latest win came after Josh Windass equalized in the third minute of
stoppage time and Ollie Rathbone grabbed the winner a minute later at Loftus
Road.
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