IT was a bad night all-round for Reds' co-owner Rob McElhenney as both his teams - Wrexham and Philadelphia Eagles - lost.

McElhenney flew straight from the Emmy awards in America to watch Wrexham lose for the first time this season in Monday's much hyped-up match at Birminghamn City.

The game took top billing as the Reds are owned by McElhenney and fellow Hollywood A-lister Ryan Reynolds while Birmingham also have North American investors in Tom Wagner and American Football legend Tom Brady.

And it was Brady's bunch who enjoyed bragging rights over Wrexham’s star owners as two goals from big-money summer signing Jay Stansfield earned Birmingham a 3-1 victory at St Andrew’s.

McElhenney described Monday's mouth-watering match as his 'main course.'

"The Emmys were the appetiser and now I'm here for the main course," said McElhenney, speaking on Sky Sports in the build-up to the game.

Thrilled to be at the game, McElhenney also talked about the contrast of a near 28,000 crowd at St Andrews and the 1,692 attendance at Maidenhead for the first Wrexham game the Always Sunny in Philadelphia star watched in October 2021.

"It was really good to go to that ground and be booed!" joked McElhenney, who also revealed he would be glued to the TV screen in his hotel room after the game to watch his beloved Eagles team take on Atlanta Falcons in American Footballs' NFL.

And that didn't turn out well either as Kirk Cousins led the Falcons to victory, coming out on top with a game-winning drive in the dying minutes for a 22-21 victory.

Instead the night in Birmingham belonged to NFL legend Brady, who presented McElhenney a Birmingham shirt before kick-off.

"I’ve been friends with Ryan and Rob for quite a while," said Brady.

"I’ve seen everything they’ve done with Wrexham, and I've been very impressed by their commitment.

"They're doing a lot of things the right way, they're two humble guys, hard-working and it's something for us all to emulate. Everyone should learn from that experience."