“The tales have been written within the stars, it appears. Actually.”

Whereas scathing of the hassle of lots of his personal gamers, even Nottingham Forest supervisor Sean Dyche acknowledged one thing is stirring at Wrexham as they knocked his Premier League facet out of the FA Cup.

In entrance of co-owner Ryan Reynolds, the Pink Dragons’ class of 2025-26 etched themselves into cup folklore by taking a top-flight scalp on the Stok Cae Ras on penalties – and with drama befitting their modern-day Hollywood affiliation.

Twice they have been two objectives clear in opposition to final 12 months’s semi-finalists earlier than being dragged, exhausted, into further time, the place they produced a dramatic climax.

For a membership with FA Cup upsets stitched into their cloth, this win was up there with probably the most climactic – and the hero of the iconic win over Arsenal in 1992, Mickey Thomas, watched on.

Earlier than the match supervisor Phil Parkinson mentioned he had wished to tackle a Premier League crew for the reason that membership’s journey up from the fifth tier started 5 years in the past.

“We highlighted to the lads a few of the nice moments on this membership’s historical past within the FA Cup and will we make our personal little bit of historical past tonight. We have actually completed that,” Parkinson mentioned.

They did, after which some – beating top-flight opposition for the primary time since 1999 to progress into spherical 4.

However Wrexham are getting used to writing their very own scripts.

“It is not simply concerning the cash, the celebrity and the individuals concerned who’ve been superb in the entire story, however to maintain that edge and preserve pushing as they’re doing is super,” Dyche mentioned.

And, with a nod to Wrexham’s place simply outdoors the Championship play-offs, having been a non-league facet as lately as 2023, he added: “They may nicely add to the story.”