So for a change…this review won’t be sarcastic or cynical..because I actually like this series. I’ve been locked into Welcome to Wrexham since Season 1. I’m not a football or EFL n00b, but I didn’t know much about the actual history of Wrexham or the city itself until I started watching. The second I got into it, though, I realized it was speaking directly to me. It lives at the intersection of everything I like. Football + Entertainment + European town with real identity + WHO👏🏻DOESN’T👏🏻LIKE👏🏻 VanCityReynolds and Rob Mac. (Yes, I saw the name change thing. Yes, I lol’d).

Story / Writing – Could Be Better

This season had good flow. Obviously none of the on field is ever scripted but I felt the series making a dramatic shift trying to balance between football content and off-the-field community moments. Earlier seasons were about player access and letting us build relationships with them. These last few seasons shifted that lens. The show zooms out and focuses on what the club means to the town. That shift worked for me, but a few threads got dropped along the way. Something that kind of bugged me was the fact that in the beginning of the season, they highlighted the women’s team quite a bit, but I guess due to their poor performances, they didn’t really factor in towards the end? Did I blink and miss an episode or did they just kind of get swept under the rug after jumping into 4th on the table to enter the playoffs? They deserved more clarity than that. Same thing with the leadership reshuffle. Humphrey Ker and Shaun Harvey were moved to different roles after the incoming CEO made changes, but there was barely any explanation. I felt like in the past, there would be some sort of BTS scene of why they were moving into these new roles and what has changed for them.

Acting – What Acting?

Look, I know reality TV is scripted but there's really not much acting here. It still feels like a docuseries that trusts its subjects. Rob and Ryan bring their usual presence and polish, but the people of Wrexham are the ones who carry this. Longtime fans, volunteers, podcasters or vendors. These are the voices that matter most to give that realistic feeling. The scenes that land are the ones with no commentary or cuts. Just real people being themselves. No actor could fake that feeling.

Originality – Definitely

This isn’t the first show to try this format. Sunderland ’Til I Die came first and deserves its flowers. But Welcome to Wrexham builds on that foundation and brings in a more modern twist. It knows how to play with form. They broke the fourth wall a few times. They filmed the Tom Brady documentary film crew filming the Tom and Rob encounter lol. There was a whole episode that leaned into the Disney playbook, complete with BGM and Bambi flashbacks. On paper, that should be cringe. It wasn’t. The show knows exactly how far to go without becoming self-parody. And when the finale hit, it delivered. Rob’s “play for your ten-year-old self” speech, with inspiration from a “Football legend” that heard something from a “Basketball legend” that was told something from a golfer before winning his first Masters, and the childhood photos and videos of the players were pitch perfect. It could have been corny. Instead, I ate it all up.

Vibes – This Is Where It Thrives

Vibes are everything here. To be able to pull off something unthinkable like the FIRST EVER back-to-back-to-back promotion run is remarkable, but to have it all documented from the inside and outside is just what a Wrexham x Hollywood collab is about. The idea that this small run down club can become a symbol for an entire city’s rebirth feels believable now. They could have done a better job explaining some things tho..I sort of remember them saying they will explain what Eva Longoria and Paul Rudd were doing in the owners box in different episodes but maybe I missed it but much like the women’s team, I don’t remember them explaining their existence in the series.

Impact – Fully Committed

I’m involved emotionally. While I did check the scores and the League One table periodically this season to check on the Red Dragons, I do enjoy the BTS of a doc like this to really make me feel like I have a connection with these players and the club. Now..I’m not about to fly to Wrexham to check out a match any time soon but never say never…I’m committed now.

And it is not just me. Browsing Reddit, I see so many people with no football knowledge or no EFL/EPL knowledge become fans of the club. It can only be good for the overall growth of the game. What I also appreciate is that the sometimes naive and delusional owners, Rob and Ryan are evolving along with the story. I remember in an earlier season, Rob called Super Paul Mullin one of the best players in the world. Now the show is honest enough to admit that Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer, both faces of the club for the last few years, and some might even call legends of the club, might not even be enough to start on a promotion challenging League One club weekly. That shift in perspective feels important. The series is not just chronicling a team’s rise. It is showing us what growth looks like, both on the pitch and behind the scenes. Facing the hard truth of the Wrexham rocket up the football pyramid is that many of the characters that we were invested in the past few years will be left by the curb. And for this reason I believe this is why they ventured away from having so much spotlight on the players and to pivot the spotlight onto the overall impact of the club for and in the community.

Next season is the season they consolidate right? There's no way they can go up again right....riiiight??? From what I've learned from this series..you can never say never with these guys! Let's see that Disney magic ONE MORE TIME!