Wrexham A.F.C., the Welsh football team Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought in 2021 and have since made the subject of F/X’s Emmy-winning unscripted series Welcome to Wrexham, released their veteran striker Steven Fletcher a few weeks ago.

In an unintentional dash of salt into that wound, the series’ two most recent episodes, “Built to Last” and “Anything Can Happen” feature Fletcher, who is 38, prominently. Coming on the heels of Wrexham’s unprecedented third consecutive promotion up the many leagues of professional football in the UK, this Cinderella story seems to have ended partially in ashes.

It’s ironic to know that Fletcher isn’t playing for Wrexham next season, because “Built to Last” is in large part a love letter to Fletcher and long-serving and goalkeeper Mark Howard (re

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