
The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 2002 to February 2005, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. Wrexham scored twice in a seven-minute span and led 2-1 at halftime.Hungry Heart: Wild Striker ( Japanese: ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER, Hepburn: Hangurī Hāto Wild Sutoraikā) is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yōichi Takahashi. McElhenney was at the match but Reynolds wasn't. Wrexham supporters often serenade their team's best player with a song called “Super Paul Mullin” and it came across in “Welcome to Wrexham” that the striker is the favorite player of Reynolds and McElhenney. “It was a clumsy, reckless challenge, preseason game. 5 for the Welsh club, which recently earned promotion to English soccer's fourth tier.īishop was not injured and was booed every time he touched the ball after the collision. “Injuries are part and parcel of football and you've got to deal with them as a group and we'll come out stronger.” “Obviously it's a massive blow for us,” Parkinson said after Wrexham won 3-1 in front of a record crowd of 34,248 at San Diego State's Snapdragon Stadium in the third of four matches on a U.S. Ryan Reynolds, who owns Wrexham with fellow actor Rob McElhenney, tweeted that “Paul Mullin puts his last drop of blood into everything he does” and that the entire Wrexham community was pulling for a speedy recovery. Manager Phil Parkinson called it a small puncture and said the team didn't immediately know how long Mullin will be out. A stretcher and a cart were sent out and Mullin was surrounded by medical personnel, but he eventually got up and slowly walked off with assistance while wearing an oxygen mask. Mullin immediately grabbed his head with his right hand and his left hip with his left hand, and was clearly in pain.

Mullin was attempting a header when Bishop challenged him just outside the box in the 11th minute and the two went down. SAN DIEGO (AP) - Striker Paul Mullin, one of the stars of the “Welcome to Wrexham” docuseries, was hospitalized with a punctured lung after a collision with Manchester United goalie Nathan Bishop in a friendly Tuesday night.
