WE all knew it was going to get crazy at Wrexham Football Club this season.

If Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney didn’t know what exactly they’d stir up when they woke this sleeping giant from it’s non-league slumber they do now.

The mega-rich film stars invested in Wrexham and boy, have the club’s fantastic supporters bought into it - and it was great to see the fans’ smiling faces back at The Racecourse last Saturday after months of obeying lockdown restrictions.

But the shackles broke free in a week when supporters queued up in the early hours for their golden ticket to watch Reds matches at The Racecourse. There were grown men in their 50s and 60s hanging around the club shop to buy the latest shirt.

It wasn’t exactly Beatlemania in the town but Harry Lennon did sign up and then we had the ‘Starr signing’ - not Ringo but Paul Mullin - a striker who talks the language of goals after firing in 32 in Cambridge’s League Two promotion campaign.

You could sense the excitement in Mullin’s voice when he was interviewed following his shock move to The Racecourse.

McElhenney had called Mullin himself about his dream and the Scouse striker - and we’ve had a few good ones from that neck of the woods over the years - said: “You don’t often get people from Hollywood giving you a call.

“The owner’s ambition, what he’s got planned for the club and the community - he wants to be remembered for the next 100 years

“It really struck me and I want to be a part of something exciting and Wrexham was that for me.

“I always knew Wrexham was a massive, massive club - they should be in the Football League.”

We’ve heard that before. But this time, surely it’s for real. Wrexham have to escape from the depths of despair in the non-league to begin the journey back to where they belong.

And with all the investment and expectation, it’s got to be as champions because McElhenney said he wants to see open-top bus parades through the town centre just like the swinging Seventies when Arfon Griffiths’ side finished top of the old Division Three.

To be a young Wrexham fan growing up watching Bobby Shinton, Dixie McNeil and Mickey Thomas week in, week out was a privilege.

You didn’t need to support Man U or Liverpool when you were a Wrexham regular.

Fans who saw that team do harp on about the halcyon days - and why not? They were the best side in the club’s history.

It’s like the iconic Kop; the red barriers may have gone but the memories remain.

Now Phil Parkinson and his new-look Reds have the chance to give Wrexham’s present-day fans - supporters who only know what it’s like to support a non-league team - something to shout about.

It’s going to be one helluva ride and the fact that 5,200 have jumped on board to grab seats in the front row, back row, you name it shows how much it means to them.

It’s a shame Saturday’s opener is not at The Racecourse but at least the Reds have got a game - at a Solihull ground where they don’t fare very well.

But that mentality must change. We must not hear managers’ speak like: ‘Solihull’s a tough place to go; Bromley have a great home record and we’ll be happy with a point at Maidenhead!’

Teams across the country will be jealous of Wrexham’s situation - and why wouldn’t they?

No other club outside the Premier League has had so much publicity than Wrexham.

It may make them public enemy number one in the National League this season and let’s face it, no-one has a divine right to gain promotion , no matter how good your ground is and how many you have watching your games.

The fact that Wrexham fans have stuck with their team through the bad times and the fact it was 10 years last week that they raised £100,000 in a day to save the club from going under says it all about this loyal band of merry men, women and children.

And let’s not forget what this can do for the town. If a football club does well, the town normally prospers.

It would be unfair to label Wrexham as a ‘run-down’ town but any town that has experienced the effects of the Covid lockdown, deserves a lift.

Rob and Ryan’s Wrexham revolution can do that. The Wrexham Hollywood-style sign is back up at Bersham and now it’s time for Parkinson and the boys to put the club’s name back in lights where it matters most - on the football field.

You can have all the money in the world to help make your dreams come true. But in football, it’s all what happens between 3pm and 5pm on a Saturday afternoon.

There’s a few of those to look forward to along the way from now until May so C’mon you Reds!