Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have made their first appearance at a Wrexham game since buying the Welsh football team.<\/p>\n
The pair travelled to Maidenhead United's York Road ground, roughly 45km west of London, for Wrexham's game in the fifth tier of the English football pyramid.<\/p>\n
Deadpool<\/em> star Reynolds and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/em> creator McElhenney completed a takeover of the Welsh side, who are one of the world's oldest professional clubs, in November last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Anger, disbelief at star's drastic boycott<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Door slammed on non-vaxxers at Australian Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Wrexham fell behind 2-0 early before clawing back to 2-2, only to lose 3-2 to a late second half winner.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMcElhenney\/status\/1453269086603984901<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MUFCYorkRoad\/status\/1453073677717811203<\/a><\/p>\n "We didn't want our first win to be away anyway," McElhenney joked afterwards.<\/p>\n Reynolds said on Instagram that football was "a beautiful, heartbreaking, soul-deadening, evil and gorgeous game and I'm never sleeping again."<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CVgnwvYIxBk\/<\/a><\/p>\n Through their company – RR McReynolds Company LLC – the takeover deal received the backing of almost all of the 2,000 members of the Wrexham Supporters Trust.<\/p>\n Reynolds and McElhenney injected $2.5 million US ($3.3 million AUD) into the club after the takeover was confirmed.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Daniel Ricciardo responds to 'dirty driving' claim from F1 rival<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n