When the creator of “Philadelphia Always Sunny” and actor Ryan Reynolds joined forces to buy a football team in Wales, the move was considered an interesting but distant experiment.

Now, fans in the Philadelphia area will have the opportunity to see the Wrexham AFC game against the Philadelphia League. The club will go to Chester next month to play a friendly match with the local MLS team in Subaru Park.

McHenney announced the news on Friday on the “Preston and Steve” show and explained that, except for one requirement, admission to the event will be free: everyone participating must bring food donations . The competition was organized in cooperation with non-profit organizations CORA Services and Philabundance.

The competition will be held on July 29, and the specific time has not yet been determined. McElhenney said it might be in the evening.

“Don’t worry, it will be at the proper drinking time,” McHenney said.

Wrexham AFC It is the third oldest professional football club in the world.

The team was founded in 1864 and plays in the English fifth-level professional football national league. Their home racecourse is the oldest international stadium in the world and is still hosting international competitions.

The Wrexham AFC has shown signs of improvement in recent years-the club ranks eighth among the 23 teams that just ended-but they are far from their peak in the late 1970s. The ownership of the club by McElhenney and Reynolds is interesting in part because they are outsiders trying to help rebuild and restore the club’s international influence. Not only that, they also run a team formerly owned by fans, surrounded by a very loyal community.

“I’m relatively new to football,” McHenney said on Friday. “I didn’t really get in touch with it until the pandemic, just watching old documentaries, old games and old YouTube videos. Of course, I have a lot of friends involved in this sport — and I really like it, especially internationally. But it’s also a Many friends who like MLS… I started to come into contact with it, really, really like it. I really think, wow, if we can present it in the right way, I can make other people, other Americans People think it’s boring, or think it’s not suitable for them, I think I can involve them.”

A press release on the Wrexham website stated that it is expected Games against the league This will be the first time McElhenney and Reynolds will watch their team play live. It is also the first time the Wrexham AFC has played in the United States, and the Welsh club will also hold a five-day training game here.

Last month, FX announced that the ownership experience of McElhenney and Reynolds will Then in the documentary series Shouted: “Welcome to Wrexham.”

Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment’s original programming, said: “Rob and Ryan will bring fans into the sport like never before, combining their true love of the game with the welcome challenge built on the club’s heritage stand up.

The schedule for the series has not yet been announced, but it is likely that the camera will roll when Subaru Park arrives in town next month.