Local actor Mark Lewis Jones posed with ITV’s Ruth Dodsworth in Wrexham as they watched the club's 5-0 win against Maidstone United.

Both Ruth and Mark attended the match on Saturday, August 20, where club chairmen Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney also watched on from their box, Rob seeing Wrexham win in person for the first time. 

Ruth, who is a Wrexham fan, Tweeted that she had “out selfied the best of ‘em” at the end of the match as she posed with the actor, originally from Rhos.

She added: “Who else can say they’ve shared a moment on a petrol station forecourt with nasty pasty from #keepingfaith (lovely Mark!)”

 

Ruth also snapped a selfie with Ryan and Rob in the background before the match.

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Mark responded to the Tweet saying: “Lovely to see you and what a game! X”

The actor’s film credits include Star Wars: The Last Jedi and famously played a police inspector in BBC drama series 55 Degrees North.

Mark was in Wrexham for Wales Comic Con, which was hosted at Glyndwr University the day after the match, Sunday, August 21.

Mark had also posted a picture on Twitter at the match, with the bilingual caption: "Ffantastic! Ers Stalwm Cae Ras. Brilliant to be in the Racecourse today"

 

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Wrexham AFC’s journey of the last 18 months has been captured in a docuseries, ‘Welcome to Wrexham’. The series will premier on Disney+ on August 25 in the UK.