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8th tier club, ‘bidding for stardom’, keep being mistaken for near-namesake Wrexham

8th tier club Wroxham, ‘bidding for stardom’, keep being mistaken for near-namesake Wrexham, with a documentary to premiere.

The Norfolk based club has gained many football fans’ attention on social media, capitalising on its similar name to Wrexham AFC, the club famously taken over by Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. 

Due to the similarity in names, Wroxham often gets mistaken for Wrexham AFC, with the non league club  seeing some rather amusing moments of fans or visitors arrive expecting to see the Hollywood-owned club but end up at Wroxham instead.

Wroxham FC aims to leverage this confusion for its benefit, hopefully with a boost in investment, partnerships and a rise in attendances and have even made their own documentary series titled “Welcome to Wroxham,” similarly to the successful “Welcome to Wrexham” series.

Chairman of Wroxham FC, James Blower, said while the two clubs sounded similar, his missed out on Hollywood investment “by just one vowel”.

Now they hope that with a four-part fly-on-the-wall documentary series will help “improve the club’s fortunes”.

Wroxham, currently sit five tiers below Wrexham, sitting second from bottom in the Isthmian League North Division.

“We want to get more fans through the gate; we want to get a higher profile and ultimately, more commercial partners and investment,” said Blower, per BBC News.

“We missed out on Hollywood investment by one vowel and this is a chance to showcase all that’s good about our club.

“People phone the club by accident or go on the website and they’ve got the wrong club.

“We also had an incident with a commercial partner who got incredibly excited when dealing with us.

“But then I realised the girls in the marketing team thought they were going to be working with Ryan Reynolds and not James Blower, and they were obviously very disappointed when they saw the reality.”

Wroxham midfielder Jordan King said despite the clubs’ similar names, footballing conditions were very different: “They [Wrexham players] probably get their meals done for them. But we’re non-league, we’re part-time and we train twice a week.

“We’ve also got families and jobs so we have to balance work.”

He adds that Wroxham was “hinting” at playing a friendly against Wrexham.

“In a one-off game we’d always fancy ourselves against someone else,” he added.

78 year old volunteer groundsman Barry Letten said a confused fan once arrived at the club’s Trafford Park ground.

“They came through the gate and asked ‘Are we in Wrexham?’

“I said ‘No, you’re in Wroxham in Norfolk’,” he said.

“He decided he wasn’t going to get to Wrexham in time for kick-off so he stayed here and watched the game.”

WROXHAM STATEMENT:

Welcome to Wroxham

This Saturday, it’s yet another ‘international break’ meaning that there is no game home or away for Norwich City fans. All the more reason to head down to the Ginger Pickle Arena at Trafford Park to watch Wroxham v Witham Town in an Isthmian League North clash.

Stay on after the game and attend the premiere of the documentary that has captured the imagination of the football world this week – ‘Welcome to Wroxham’.

The film will be shown in the clubhouse at 5.30pm . The bar will be selling Woodfordes Beer and pasties and sausage rolls will be available.

Make a footballing day of it and remember “We are Wroxham from the Broads, not Wrexham from North Wales”

Admission: Adults £10, Concessions £8, 16-18 year olds £3, Children with an accompanying adult, free of charge.

Programmes £2. 50/50 draw tickets £1 each or 3 for £2.

Bar and Food available from 1pm.

Dog Friendly ground. Affordable Football .

Here’s how fans reacted as the 8th tier club, ‘bidding for stardom’, keep being mistaken for near-namesake Wrexham…

@DragonChatWxmFC: Let’s have a 4 team tournament and invite Hexham and Wexham.

@julesisfabat42: Itv wales a few years ago gave a Wroxham score instead of Wrexham one. Made me laughs

@1864Red: What’s 1 vowel and 250 miles between friends? Up the Wr_xhams!

@DForrester11: I’m from Wrexham & a Wrexham fan. Years ago, when I started a new job in Sussex, one of the directors asked me where I was from, “Wrexham in North Wales”, I replied; He then tried to convince me that I was wrong (about my hometown) and that I must actually be from Norfolk. 🤦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@thatmarkgodfrey: They’ve got Rob and Ryan. You’ve got Roy’s.

@Finnas_13: Hey @WrexhamFX exploring the Wrexham success and how it affects Wroxham! Good episode for the doc!

@el_paperboy: A women from Norwich bought a bike off me on EBay, and asked if she could pop round to collect in the next half hour. I said sure and then she realised she used the wrong vowel in the name. Up the Wr?xham’s!

@SteveD_CCGames: Wrexham and Wroxham sitting in a tree, playing an annual game of friendly footy. Probably be better off played on the pitch though.

@CowboyMedic7: I love it! You just earned yourself a new follower. We wish you all the best.

@todlloyd: This is great! @VancityReynolds @RMcElhenney

@NorfolkSAFC: A partnership made for @chris_sutton73 & @RobbieSavage8! #BBC606 @5liveSport

@wxm_emma: Ryan or Rob must’ve put you up this? 😂 Its got to be for some advert or campaign? 🤣

@Cameronbickmore: them fans saying they havent heard of wroxham when they probably played them couple years ago 😂😂

@andy_trotsky: Do you randomly get lots of American fans turning up on match day blaming the sat nav..

@ben_wrecsam: Would love a friendly with you guys one day!

@Afoleyjones: Its Always Sunny in Wroxham ☀️

@cavalierbm2: Well played 😂

@wrexhamrob: Well done Wr?xham greetings from WroxhamRob . Yes there should be a documentary episode and a friendly between Wr?xham and Wr?xham

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