WREXHAM, Wales -- It had been billed in England as the "Hollywood derby," Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac versus Tom Brady and two American-owned clubs with Premier League ambitions, but Wrexham and Birmingham City are discovering that life in the EFL Championship is a tale of grit and struggle rather than glory and fantasy.

After a 1-1 draw at the Racecourse Ground, with Patrick Roberts earning a point for Birmingham by canceling out George Dobson 's first-half opener, Wrexham are still without a home win in the league this season, and Birmingham's recent poor form was extended to just one win in their past seven games.

Both sides went into this season hoping, maybe even expecting, to use last season's promotion from League One as a springboard to challenge for a top-six finis

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