Wrexham touring United States in July

[alan_corneli]

Games against Chelsea in North Carolina and Manchester United in San Diego, with two further games still to be announced.

[bobh]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

Better not kick a ball into someone's 'yard'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65325867

[Canton Kev]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

I think this could potentially be a rare slip up from R+R.

I’m not sure how I’d feel if I were a Wrexham fan and seeing the ownership catering so heavily towards American bandwagon fans who a year ago couldn’t pinpoint Wales on a map.
If they’re playing 4 games in the states it’s probably unlikely they’ll do more than 1 friendly at home. If that ends up being Chesterfield or Shrewsbury or someone like that I’d be a bit miffed.

There’s already been a few fractures between the original Wrexham fans and the new American fan base online.

I think there’s a line the owners could cross where Wrexham get seen as a bit of America’s plaything.

[Dave Blue]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

Revenue obviously. Makes perfect sense.

[2b2bdoo]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

Better than when we went to America

[B. Oddie]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

I think this could potentially be a rare slip up from R+R.

I’m not sure how I’d feel if I were a Wrexham fan and seeing the ownership catering so heavily towards American bandwagon fans who a year ago couldn’t pinpoint Wales on a map.
If they’re playing 4 games in the states it’s probably unlikely they’ll do more than 1 friendly at home. If that ends up being Chesterfield or Shrewsbury or someone like that I’d be a bit miffed.

There’s already been a few fractures between the original Wrexham fans and the new American fan base online.

I think there’s a line the owners could cross where Wrexham get seen as a bit of America’s plaything.

I completely agree.

[pipster]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

Games against Chelsea in North Carolina and Manchester United in San Diego, with two further games still to be announced.

The Wrexham story is great (and wish it was us). All R+R are doing is taking the real deal over to the states. Ideal for Americans - they cant be accused of jumping on the glory tail bandwagon - Lets remember Wrexham are in the National league and next year maybe in League 2. It gives the yanks a chance to start supporting a team from the ground - which these days rarely happens.

Good luck to all of them

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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I think this could potentially be a rare slip up from R+R.

I’m not sure how I’d feel if I were a Wrexham fan and seeing the ownership catering so heavily towards American bandwagon fans who a year ago couldn’t pinpoint Wales on a map.
If they’re playing 4 games in the states it’s probably unlikely they’ll do more than 1 friendly at home. If that ends up being Chesterfield or Shrewsbury or someone like that I’d be a bit miffed.

There’s already been a few fractures between the original Wrexham fans and the new American fan base online.

I think there’s a line the owners could cross where Wrexham get seen as a bit of America’s plaything.

It’s crazy how people’s opinions can differ so massively. Of course your opinion here is true to how you feel and I wouldn’t challenge that but I feel almost the complete opposite.

The way of the football world at the moment is that every club is someone’s plaything, but these 2 guys are doing it differently. I live in North America and it has emotionally connected people I know here to football in a way that hasn’t been done before. On one of my rare visits to Twitter last week I read that the Wrexham v Notts County game had 10 million mentions and at the same time Arsenal v Liverpool had 3 million. That’s nuts.

If they make Wrexham self sustaining I think they’ll have done a miraculous job and if attracting an audience of 10’s of millions helps with that then they deserve all the credit.

Tickets for the Man Utd game are in the $300 range!!! $300 FFS!!!!

I get that they might piss off a tiny proportion of Wrexham’s 10-15,000 current fan base, but they’re not putting Malaysian dragons on their badge amd telling Ben Foster to shoot…

I love what they’ve done and I’m more than a little jealous

[ninian opinian]

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Better than when we went to America

We went to Canada and to Seattle to see the City. It was absolutely fantastic :-)

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

It’s crazy how people’s opinions can differ so massively. Of course your opinion here is true to how you feel and I wouldn’t challenge that but I feel almost the complete opposite.

The way of the football world at the moment is that every club is someone’s plaything, but these 2 guys are doing it differently. I live in North America and it has emotionally connected people I know here to football in a way that hasn’t been done before. On one of my rare visits to Twitter last week I read that the Wrexham v Notts County game had 10 million mentions and at the same time Arsenal v Liverpool had 3 million. That’s nuts.

If they make Wrexham self sustaining I think they’ll have done a miraculous job and if attracting an audience of 10’s of millions helps with that then they deserve all the credit.

Tickets for the Man Utd game are in the $300 range!!! $300 FFS!!!!

I get that they might piss off a tiny proportion of Wrexham’s 10-15,000 current fan base, but they’re not putting Malaysian dragons on their badge amd telling Ben Foster to shoot…

I love what they’ve done and I’m more than a little jealous

well said mate

[Whisperer]

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Well I think it's brilliant what they're doing and it's give the club and community a huge lift and put Wales back on the map as far as the states are concerned. I went to Barnet last week and their fans were superb, our youngsters could learn a thing or two when it comes to chants and songs - they sing men of Harlech with their own lyrics about promotion creative and original, our lot in the last ten years have become lazy and just copying the big clubs.

[Mr Soul '68]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

It’s crazy how people’s opinions can differ so massively. Of course your opinion here is true to how you feel and I wouldn’t challenge that but I feel almost the complete opposite.

The way of the football world at the moment is that every club is someone’s plaything, but these 2 guys are doing it differently. I live in North America and it has emotionally connected people I know here to football in a way that hasn’t been done before. On one of my rare visits to Twitter last week I read that the Wrexham v Notts County game had 10 million mentions and at the same time Arsenal v Liverpool had 3 million. That’s nuts.

If they make Wrexham self sustaining I think they’ll have done a miraculous job and if attracting an audience of 10’s of millions helps with that then they deserve all the credit.

Tickets for the Man Utd game are in the $300 range!!! $300 FFS!!!!

I get that they might piss off a tiny proportion of Wrexham’s 10-15,000 current fan base, but they’re not putting Malaysian dragons on their badge amd telling Ben Foster to shoot…

I love what they’ve done and I’m more than a little jealous

Agree with everything you have said here, especially your last sentence

[superfeathers]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

It’s crazy how people’s opinions can differ so massively. Of course your opinion here is true to how you feel and I wouldn’t challenge that but I feel almost the complete opposite.

The way of the football world at the moment is that every club is someone’s plaything, but these 2 guys are doing it differently. I live in North America and it has emotionally connected people I know here to football in a way that hasn’t been done before. On one of my rare visits to Twitter last week I read that the Wrexham v Notts County game had 10 million mentions and at the same time Arsenal v Liverpool had 3 million. That’s nuts.

If they make Wrexham self sustaining I think they’ll have done a miraculous job and if attracting an audience of 10’s of millions helps with that then they deserve all the credit.

Tickets for the Man Utd game are in the $300 range!!! $300 FFS!!!!

I get that they might piss off a tiny proportion of Wrexham’s 10-15,000 current fan base, but they’re not putting Malaysian dragons on their badge amd telling Ben Foster to shoot…

I love what they’ve done and I’m more than a little jealous

This.
I'd take a bit of what they've got all day long!
All they're doing is some pre-seasons over in the U.S , I can't stand pre-seasons / any friendly/non competitive football so if I had the opportunity to miss those games for the benefit of the club i'd take that!

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Wrexham touring United States in July

It’s crazy how people’s opinions can differ so massively. Of course your opinion here is true to how you feel and I wouldn’t challenge that but I feel almost the complete opposite.

The way of the football world at the moment is that every club is someone’s plaything, but these 2 guys are doing it differently. I live in North America and it has emotionally connected people I know here to football in a way that hasn’t been done before. On one of my rare visits to Twitter last week I read that the Wrexham v Notts County game had 10 million mentions and at the same time Arsenal v Liverpool had 3 million. That’s nuts.

If they make Wrexham self sustaining I think they’ll have done a miraculous job and if attracting an audience of 10’s of millions helps with that then they deserve all the credit.

Tickets for the Man Utd game are in the $300 range!!! $300 FFS!!!!

I get that they might piss off a tiny proportion of Wrexham’s 10-15,000 current fan base, but they’re not putting Malaysian dragons on their badge amd telling Ben Foster to shoot…

I love what they’ve done and I’m more than a little jealous

Good post, I take your view on it.

[Hometown Unicorn!]

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A friend of mine who works on the retail side at Man Utd told me their game against Wrexham is a sell out but other games on the tour Dortmund, Real Madrid...were not yet.

If you crack the US that is a huge revenue stream. The fact Man Utd want to align with and play them just shows the exposure Wrexham are getting especially in North America.

The way the Rob M and Ryan R have approached football club ownership is an absolute breath of fresh air. I'm sure they have probably alienated some of the fan base but on the whole it seems they have done an incredible job not only on the football side but also fan and community engagement. They have embraced Wrexham and Wales and have actually put the time in to lean about and understand the culture.

Compare that to Tan, who apart from injecting cash into the club, did not embrace the culture or our identity, alienated and divided fans and as time as past and his interest has waned, been a diminishing presence at the club.