{"id":5668,"date":"2024-02-25T15:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=5668"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:36:40","slug":"2024-sunday-3-30pm-ian-herbert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=5668","title":{"rendered":"2024 Sunday – 3.30pm Ian Herbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Tinseltown: Hollywood and the Beautiful Game: A Match Made in Wrexham <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

with Ian Herbert <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Date:  Sunday 9th June 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Venue:  Montgomery Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:  3.30-4.15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets:  \u00a39.00<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We all love a rags-to-riches story, and they don\u2019t come much bigger than what happened when Hollywood\u2019s Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds bought cash-strapped, non-league Wrexham FC from the group of supporters who had saved the club from bankruptcy a decade earlier.<\/p>

Cue the hit TV series, Welcome to Wrexham<\/em>, success on the pitch and a world that fell in love with the town, its club and its people.<\/p>

Wrexham fan and award-winning sports journalist Ian Herbert is our perfect guide to this extraordinary tale, told over a bumpy, nerve-crunching season as the team moves towards a return to football\u2019s elite leagues.<\/p>

Join us to hear the inside story of what really happened when Hollywood met football in post-industrial North Wales.<\/p>

Ian Herbert<\/strong> is an award-winning sports journalist and author, and the Deputy Chief Sportswriter of the Daily Mail. He is the author of Quiet Genius<\/em>, the critically acclaimed biography of former Liverpool manager Bob Paisley, which was shortlisted for the 2017 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Herbert was born in North Wales and is a life-long Wrexham fan. His latest book, Tinseltown<\/em>, tells the story of Wrexham\u2019s regeneration since the club\u2019s takeover by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, immortalised in the Disney+ docu-series, Welcome to Wrexham<\/em>.<\/p>

David Williams<\/strong> is an award-winning journalist, media advisor and author who is a co-founder of the MyWelshpool<\/em> and MyNewtown<\/em> hyperlocal news sites. Based in Guilsfield with his two young children, his work has taken him across the world where he has been involved with several Olympic Games and other major multi-sport events, handling media operations and services. His debut thriller Desert England<\/em> was critically acclaimed on release in 2008, and his follow-up We Could Be Zeroes<\/em>\u2019 will be released \u201conce I have found the time between kids and work to put the polish on it!\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 Tinseltown: Hollywood and the Beautiful Game: A Match Made in Wrexham with Ian Herbert in conversation with David Williams Date:  Sunday 9th June 2023 Venue:  Montgomery Town Hall Time:  3.30-4.15pm Tickets:  \u00a39.00 We all love a rags-to-riches story, and they don\u2019t come much bigger than what happened when Hollywood\u2019s Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds …<\/p>\n

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