The Ted Lasso discourse continues unabated online, but at least the fictional soccer coach has made good on a promise to deliver a real soccer team some dang biscuits.
Following a joke about Wrexham AFC, a lower division soccer club now owned by Ryan Reynolds and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-creator Rob McElhenney, the two actors made waves by demanding an apology for mocking them by way of the Jason Suedeikis character’s famous biscuits. You know, a lot of them.
This whole thing, of course, was mostly in jest and entirely to drum up some publicity for both Lasso and the very real soccer team the two own. And it certainly worked, as we’re writing about it and you’re reading about it right now. While the request to have the ridiculous amount of biscuits arrive in time for the team’s first game didn’t get honored, the team did get a big delivery of pink boxes over the weekend.
A man of his word, thanks @TedLasso!
Better late than never, 50 boxes of forgiveness are gratefully accepted
P.s, tell Colin, mae’r ddraig Gymreig yn gryf ynddo!
#WxmAFC x #Believe pic.twitter.com/528NgSHeEL
— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) September 2, 2021
Big isn’t bad, and working out where to put them all is a challenge we’re willing to face.
You’re a good man, coach @TedLasso
— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) September 2, 2021
Even the fictional AFC Richmond Twitter account got in on the fun.
Word on the street is that Colin is a strong and capable man. And now a Welsh Dragon? We’ll never hear the end of it… https://t.co/gnaIPFxJ0H
— AFC Richmond (@AFCRichmond) September 2, 2021
It’s a nice little coda on a very cool story in soccer, as Wrexham AFC and teams like AFC Wimbledon are certainly inspirations for the fictional squad Lasso coaches. Now if we can figure out if Brett Goldstein is real or not then we can all move on with our lives.