Wrexham and Birmingham drew 1-1 yesterday. It wasn’t always a glamour tie (and some Blues fans don’t like being linked with Wrexham by some rival fans as a plastic club). The Hollywood derby, a phrase coined ahead of the first meeting at St Andrew’s in September, sees one club owned by two high-profile actors face another whose board boasts an all-time NFL great. This is part of a wider trend that saw 2025 kick off with no less than 23 of the 72 EFL clubs in North American hands, almost a third. As if to underline this increasing globalisation of a competition now into its 137th year, Thursday’s match was broadcast live on both sides of the Atlantic as part of CBS’ new four-year deal to show games in the Championship, League One and League Two. Cosm’s immersive entertainment centres in Los Angeles and Dallas will also be screening Wrexham vs Birmingham live. Quite the contrast from that last meeting in 1994, when only 6,002 were in attendance as the two tea...