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James McClean celebrates Wrexham’s promotion with ‘f*** the king’ chant and dig at Shrewsbury

James McClean celebrates Wrexham’s promotion with a ‘f*** the king’ chant, holding the banner up, and also made a dig at Shrewsbury.

The Irishman was back on the wind up again following the final whistle, James McClean displaying a flag which had the same message as what he and the Wrexham fans had been singing around him.

As he partied into the night, he also posted a video on his Instagram stories, a dig to Shrewsbury fans after an incident earlier in the 2024/25 season.

He captioned it: “Toto i don’t think we are in league one no more.” Enjoy celebrating tackles in league 2 its good craic numpty ๐Ÿ˜‚. Be the bigger man ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ never ๐Ÿ˜‚.

Wrexham captain James McClean to Sky Sports: โ€œItโ€™s amazing,โ€ said former Ireland winger McClean. โ€œHow do you put this into words? Back-to-back-to-back [promotions] has never been done before, so we go into the history books. To be the captain and the man to be given the honours of leading that is absolutely incredible.

“You donโ€™t get success without a strong dressing room. That isnโ€™t just that players. It comes from strong management, the owners, our family, the staff behind the scenesโ€ฆ everybody.

“You see how tight we are together. We are a well oiled machine and a successful well oiled machine.

“There were dark, dark times at this club and now they get to enjoy every single minute of this. We will be right there beside them enjoying it.โ€

Wrexham owner Ryan Reynolds speaking to Sky Sports: “It just seemed like an impossible dream. We’re story-tellers, and when you’re story-tellers you look at the macro view of this history.

“We wouldn’t be here right now if it wasn’t for the history of the club. The Gresford disaster and Mickey Thomas – who is a huge and pivotal point of aspiration for the club, and a goal to reach that feeling again.

“Paul Mullin, Ollie Palmer. This coaching staff – the greatest dressing room in sports I think I’ve ever seen before.

“Folks who are all for one, and one for all. This community. I’m speechless with their passion, emotion and transformation.

“There are so many beating hearts of this club, but it all comes back to Phil and that leadership in the locker room.

“We don’t make football decisions, thank God! The faith the club has in Phil and the community that speaks volumes.

“We said five years ago our goal was to make it to the Premier League. There were understandably a lot of laughs but it feels like a thing that could make it to fruition right now.”

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson to Sky Sports on Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s impact:

“They bought the club because of the passion for the club in the area.

“This will mean so much to those two, and they deserve it because they’ve let us manage. They’ve been brilliant.

“It doesn’t happen often in football. They’ve let the manager pick the team, sign the players and have sat back and let us do our job, but still been involved.

“They’ve been outstanding for us and great to work for.”

On promotion: “I really did [enjoy that] because when the big games come, it’s important you produce one of your best performances.

“We did it last week at Blackpool and we backed it up today. That makes me very proud.

“I want to savour it because everyone has talked about the history of it but it can never be taken away from this group of players and the staff.

“The division has been strong this year and I thought ‘let’s see’ because we had a lot of players who had to adapt to the level, but they’ve stepped up to the plate.

“There are a few unknowns who have never played at this level before but they’ve adapted so well.

“The mentality in the group today was very strong today. You need players to step up when it matters the most and I thought we did that today.”

Twitter users reacted as James McClean celebrates Wrexham’s promotion with the ‘f*** the king’ chant and a dig at Shrewsbury…

@GlyndwrUSA: A great captain and proper example in the football community. So proud to have him at Wrexham

@Chris_W1987: I’m glad he’s found a club. He was treated terribly with us

@dodgewrexham: Told everyone when he signed James McClean would be a legend here! Fuck me he didn’t disappoint Sir James McClean ๐Ÿ‘

@LukeOMahony: Well in Jimmy lad ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

@wrexmad: So proud , of each and every one but our captain wow heโ€™s taken some stick this year and fully deserves this promotion, who cares what others think!!

@StattoWrexham: What a legend!!! Everything that has been thrown at him and he has batted it all off.

@Gareth74ae: Could just be my favourite player of all time. Get us. Despises what we despise

@baileywba_: oh dear god i forgot heโ€™d be back.

@MichaelCeltic18: And Celtic won the league ๐Ÿ™ŒWhat a day for James McLean ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

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