Leyton Orient have publicly questioned Wrexham's Hollywood owners after the Welsh club unveiled a third kit featuring a badge that bears a striking resemblance to Orient's own crest.
Wrexham, co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, launched the new strip on Wednesday, a cream design finished with a black collar and terracotta-orange trim. The pair modelled the kit themselves in promotional images shared on the club's official website, giving the release their trademark celebrity backing.
However, attention quickly turned away from the shirt itself and towards the emblem stitched onto it. Wrexham's usual identity features two red dragons facing one another around a golden football, accompanied by the Prince of Wales feathers, a coronet, a Welsh motto and the national flag's colours. For this release, that design was set aside in favour of two facing wyverns positioned above a football — a layout that closely echoes the badge Leyton Orient adopted back in 1976.
Orient's crest was originally created to reflect the club's historic ties to the City of London and the River Thames, with the wyvern serving as a mythological guardian of the river and the sea, a nod to the area's connection with the old Orient Shipping Company.
The similarities did not go unnoticed by the League One club, who took to social media to voice their displeasure directly at Reynolds and McElhenney.