Ryan Reynolds was not budging from his line nor from the pitch as the latest instalment of Wrexham promotion celebrations carried on long after the final whistle sounded on their 3-0 win over Charlton.

For now, for Reynolds, for Wrexham, the Championship will do just fine.

It is a level the club have not experienced in more than four decades, their highest standing in their 161 Years. Even for a club that is fast becoming used to success and the surreal, this is different.

Escaping non-league after 15 years was a moment of relief. Going again from League Two was probably not a surprise. An unprecedented third? Who said trilogies never prove popular.

As Barry Horne, the former Wales and Wrexham captain put it: “I didn’t expect this – and anybody who did is lying.”

And yet, the Stok Cae Ras seemed set for this from the moment Reynolds and co-chairman Rob McElhenney entered the ground almost five hours before their decider with a London side still harbouring their own promotion ambitions.

As the A-listers watched rivals Wycombe Wanderers lose in their early kick-off from a private box, there were few in the ground to see Reynolds emerge in celebration as the sounds from the nearby Turf pub confirmed a pivotal goal in Wrexham’s favour long before they had kicked a ball.

“The door’s been opened for us, now we have to step through it,” was manager Phil Parkinson’s dressing room message to his players as it dawned on supporters and players that a win would now confirm a historic back-to-back-to-back promotion.