Wrexham and their Hollywood homeowners’ FA Cup dream got here to an finish on Tuesday after the Welsh non-league membership conceded two stoppage-time targets in a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield United of their fourth-round replay.
Owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, fifth-tier National League aspect Wrexham have been the lowest-ranked crew left within the competitors however late targets from Billy Sharp and Sander Berge gave Sheffield United the win at Bramall Lane.
Wrexham had been getting ready to a well-known victory over the Championship (second-tier) aspect within the unique tie on the Racecourse Ground earlier than United scored late on to salvage a 3-3 draw.
On Tuesday, Wrexham’s Paul Mullin scored a 59th-minute penalty to cancel out Anel Ahmedhodzic’s opener and had one other spot kick saved within the 72nd minute when the rating was nonetheless 1-1.
“So proud of these boys. And the 4,000 plus away supporters who gave it all,” Reynolds, of ‘Deadpool’ fame, wrote on Twitter.
McElhenney, the creator and star of sitcom ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’, tweeted: “I could not be more proud of those men than I am right now. They gave it absolutely everything.”
United will tackle Tottenham Hotspur within the fifth spherical.
Wrexham, who earlier eradicated second-tier Coventry City, have a historical past of manufacturing FA Cup shocks, knocking out then-English champions Arsenal in 1992 and reaching the quarter-finals in 1997 after beating West Ham United.
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