HP joins United Airlines in sponsoring Welsh soccer club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney

Wrexham AFC, the tiny Welsh shot nine owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, connected Tuesday announced caller sponsorship from U.S. exertion elephantine HP.

The Palo Alto-based tech stalwart volition supply the nine with caller laptops, PC accessories and hybrid moving technology, and its logo volition look connected the sleeve of the team's shirts for the upcoming 2023/24 season.

Last month, Wrexham announced that United Airlines would go its authoritative front-of-shirt sponsor, replacing TikTok, arsenic the club's marque continues to grow internationally.

"HP was calved successful a store successful 1939 and has go 1 of the starring exertion brands successful the world. Wrexham Association Football Club was calved successful a barroom successful 1864 and is connected its mode to large things," said Wrexham AFC Co-Chairmen McElhenney and Reynolds.

"We could not deliberation of a amended spouse connected this ride, for the nine and the community. Plus, our tech crippled truly needs an upgrade. Pretty definite we inactive person flying toasters arsenic screensavers connected immoderate of our computers."

The third-oldest nonrecreational shot nine successful the world, Wrexham past play won the Vanarama National League and earned promotion to League Two, the 4th tier of the English shot pyramid, for the archetypal clip since 2007/8. The formerly struggling nine has undergone a singular translation since Reynolds and McElhenney purchased the nine for £2 cardinal ($2.6 million) successful November 2020.

The club's popularity was boosted substantially by the Disney+ and HBO documentary bid "Welcome to Wrexham," which followed the caller owners' efforts to unafraid promotion to League Two during their archetypal play astatine the helm.

"The passionateness of Wrexham's fans to rally astir their beloved shot team, passim the highs and lows, has been an inspiration to america astatine HP," said HP Global Chief Marketing Officer Vikrant Batra.

"We're excited to bring the powerfulness of our exertion to the nine and broader community, supporting them to execute their goals."

Wrexham volition soon embark connected a summertime circuit of the U.S. to look English Premier League titans Chelsea and Manchester United, on with Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy, successful accumulation matches up of the 2023/24 season.