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Owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob
McElhenney, fifth-tier National League side Wrexham were the
lowest-ranked team left in the competition but late goals from
Billy Sharp and Sander Berge gave Sheffield United the win at
Bramall Lane.
Wrexham had been on the brink of a famous victory over the
Championship (second-tier) side in the original tie at the
Racecourse Ground before United scored late on to salvage a 3-3
draw.
On Tuesday, Wrexham's Paul Mullin scored a 59th-minute penalty
to cancel out Anel Ahmedhodzic's opener and had another spot
kick saved in the 72nd minute when the score was still 1-1.
"So proud of these boys. And the 4,000 plus away supporters who
gave it all," Reynolds, of 'Deadpool' fame, wrote on Twitter.
McElhenney, the creator and star of sitcom 'It's Always Sunny in
Philadelphia', tweeted: "I could not be more proud of those men
than I am right now. They gave it absolutely everything."
United will take on Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth round.
Wrexham, who earlier eliminated second-tier Coventry City, have
a history of producing FA Cup shocks, knocking out then-English
champions Arsenal in 1992 and reaching the quarter-finals in
1997 after beating West Ham United.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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