Fletcher is Wrexham's leading man in supporting role

Steven Fletcher playing for Wrexham
Steven Fletcher won 33 caps for Scotland and played in the Premier League with Burnley, Wolves and Sunderland [Rex Features]

In true Hollywood style, Wrexham are showing you are never too old to play the hero.

As A-list actor and club co-chairman Ryan Reynolds watched on in the 3-0 win over Burton Albion, Steven Fletcher continued what he has called one of the most enjoyable seasons of his long career.

A latest sequel that means the all-action veteran is so glad he did not retire.

At the age of 38, the former Scotland international admits he did not expect to be in the thick of a League One promotion challenge.

Instead, a game-changing goalscorer again, he is revelling in being "part of something special".

"I thought it was just going to be nine months and I'd be back home retired and with my feet on the sofa watching football," Fletcher said in the club's matchday programme.

Wrexham and their fans, firmly daring to dream of going from non-league to the Championship, will be glad he is not.

So too the on-watching Reynolds, whose phonecall from LA helped seal the deal to sign the ex-Premier League striker - for Burnley, Wolves and Sunderland - on a free when he was considering hanging up the boots in the summer of 2023.

As Wrexham toiled against Burton's 10 men in Saturday's lunchtime sunshine, Fletcher's 71st minute opener from the spot put Wrexham on course for a victory that opened up a six-point gap between themselves and third-placed Wycombe Wanderers.

It was his eighth goal of a campaign that he had not anticipated, matching his total from last year as Wrexham earned promotion to this level - and making him their leading scorer in the league.

And, as with all bar one of that tally, this latest one came off the bench as he stepped in to replace the injured Jay Rodriguez.

It means a goal every 118 minutes of football, a ratio better than the division's leading scorers Jay Stansfield of Birmingham City (127) and Wycombe's Richard Kone.

The leading man in a supporting role.

And not simply with goals. It is his attitude, aura and experience that has benefited Wrexham. A player ...

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