The 33-year-old joined the Dragons in 2021 – shortly before Paul Mullin’s arrival – and was thrust straight under the spotlight at a club that sees their every move documented in the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ television series.

Hyde admits that he lost his composure when he initially came into contact with Reynolds, but he has no trouble being in front of the camera. Although he initially behaved like a fanboy, he soon felt at ease around the Deadpool actor and his colleague co-chairman Rob McElhenney.

WHAT THEY SAID

Hyde has told the RobRyanRed Podcast of the famous owners in North Wales: “It was so mad. I knew loads about Ryan, I’ve watched loads of his films. Stupidly, and probably the least cool thing I’ve ever done in my life, I told him straight away that one of my favourite comedies was The Change Up. That’s straight off the bat, I didn’t even introduce myself, just ‘hi, I really like Change Up’ – it was terrible! The person he is, I can’t speak highly enough of him – just as a general man, as a polite bloke. Across the whole of my career – I’ve played for 10 different clubs – never had a chairman text you on your birthday. He’s just, as a bloke, unbelievable. The fact that he is so well known, how well he has done and all the success, for him to still be that man and character is says bundles about him. He’s a really, really top bloke.

And regarding Rob, I would say the same. Rob and I spoke a little less, and I didn’t see him as much, but as a guy, he was still interested in learning about us and asking how we were, as well as how the family was doing. He had so much knowledge about us. One thing that comes to me when I think about Rob is how knowledgeable he was. I believe that when they initially took over, they were still learning on the job about how a football club is run, let alone how football is run. Rob was immediately engrossed. Ryan was probably the same, too, but Rob never failed to astound me with his knowledge.He would recount an incident that occurred to me over a year ago, and I would wonder, “How does he even…?” So it was clear that he was deeply committed and had spent a long time conducting research. People frequently advise against meeting your heroes because they believe you’ll be let down, yet those two far exceeded my expectations. Someone of that renown and caliber should have become weary and said, “I’ve had enough of that and want to be on my own,” but they didn’t. They always put forth such an effort and were so happy to see us and speak with us. That really resonated with the boys.

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