{"id":82123,"date":"2026-04-22T15:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wrexham-co-owner-rob-mcelhenney-offers-coventry-a-vegas-trip-before-key-match\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:50:04","slug":"wrexham-co-owner-rob-mcelhenney-offers-coventry-a-vegas-trip-before-key-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wrexham-co-owner-rob-mcelhenney-offers-coventry-a-vegas-trip-before-key-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney offers Coventry a Vegas trip before key match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With the Premier League promotion race heating up, Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney already is plotting for an advantage against Coventry City on Sunday. He offered his opponent a trip to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0421\/r1647223_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0219\/r1617220_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After defeating Oxford United 1-0 on Tuesday, Wrexham now sits in sixth in the EFL Championship standings with 70 points. They are just ahead of Hull City on goal difference for the final playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>Three teams are promoted to the Premier League from the championship each year, with the top two receiving automatic bids. Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 have to go through a playoff for the final spot.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry &#8212; who will face Wrexham at home Sunday &#8212; won the league for a trip to the top flight league. Their finalized status prompted McElhenney to tag in co-owner Ryan Reynolds and pose a simple proposition for Coventry on X: a first-class trip to Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>There would be the added caveat of being ready for the game, but &#8220;a little late is okay too,&#8221; McElhenney added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coventry_City?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Coventry_City<\/a> !!!! \ud83d\udca5 <\/p>\n<p>My friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VancityReynolds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@VancityReynolds<\/a> and I would like to offer you a first class trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vegas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Vegas<\/a>. Please be ready in the am and be back in time for kickoff on Sunday. A little late is okay too. \ud83e\udd42 https:\/\/t.co\/fllMLWcC8P<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Mac (@RMcElhenney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMcElhenney\/status\/2046709865490550887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With two fixtures remaining in the season, earning points against Coventry will be key for Wrexham to maintain a playoff spot. Wrexham then will face fifth-place Middlesbrough on the final day in another crucial match.<\/p>\n<p>American actors McElhenney and Reynolds bought the club in 2021. Wrexham &#8212; the oldest club in Wales, dating back to 1864 &#8212; has since earned three consecutive promotions in the English soccer system, the first club in English football to ever do so.<\/p>\n<p>To continue the record, they might need help from Coventry &#8212; and Sin City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Premier League promotion race heating up, Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney already is plotting for an advantage against Coventry City on Sunday. He offered his opponent a trip to Las Vegas. Editor&#8217;s Picks 1 Related After defeating Oxford United 1-0 on Tuesday, Wrexham now sits in sixth in the EFL Championship standings with 70 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-transfers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1647254_1296x729_16-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}