It’s fine to call what’s happened at Wrexham a fairytale, Ker thinks, but he bristles at describing them as underdogs. “By getting promoted, we are back into a degree of underdoggery,” he suggests.

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds weren’t at The Racecourse Ground to see Wrexham go up to League One this month. They can thank classic British understatement for that. The team’s second promotion in ...