Business of Sport: real-life Ted Lassos driving improbable sporting dream

Business of Sport: real-life Ted Lassos driving improbable sporting dream
Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney, left, and Ryan Reynolds watch their team play Notts County. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
Some time in the past week, I swear Russell Crowe has muttered under his breath: “Why not me?”The New Zealand-born, Sydney-raised Hollywood actor played a leading hand in saving one of the most revered clubs in rugby league history, foundation club the South Sydney Rabbitohs, which has since won an NRL premiership under Crowe’s ownership. It’s a great story. Maybe even a movie. But Crowe’s yarn has never gained anything like the international traction of the Wrexham FC fairytale currently playing out in U...

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