Marine manager Neil Young believes the Hollywood takeover of FA Cup opponents Wrexham is 'putting non-league football on the map' but warned Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds their project will take time.
The superstar actors completed the purchase of the National League club in February and pledged to fund a return to the Football League.
Marine are three steps below Wrexham in the pyramid but take on the Welsh outfit in the final qualifying round of the FA Cup in Crosby on Saturday.
The fixture is expected to be a sell-out after Young masterminded a thrilling FA Cup run to the third round last season when the eighth-tier side were eventually beaten by then Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur.
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Young told the ECHO: "Hopefully this will be a new memory and experience.
"It is great to see people from Hollywood in non-league doing things for the right reasons, not just engaging with the football club but the community.
"They are including the whole of Wrexham as a football club and its identity. They are getting massive crowds, more than 9,000, so if another non-league club is doing well, it's great for us all.
"It's putting non-league football on the map, but I'm sure Wrexham don't want to be in non-league much longer."
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Wrexham convinced League Two top-scorer Paul Mullin to drop into the National League during the summer while also appointing former Bolton Wanderers manager Phil Parkinson.
But ex-Chester boss Young told Reynolds and McElhenney their mission statement of reaching the Football League will not happen at 'the flick of a switch'.
Young laughed: "When you're able to sign the top scorer in League Two you've got a chance!
"Wrexham have signed Paul Mullin, brought in Ben Tozer from Cheltenham, spending money, and everyone is expecting great things.
"But it doesn't always happen. Everything takes time. We live in a world unfortunately where everyone wants everything yesterday, especially in football. But it's not the flick of a switch.
"There's another 19, 20 teams in your league trying to do the same thing as you; win matches, win league, go on an FA Cup run.
"It's about putting groundwork in for the future. It doesn't happen in one or two years."
Young also promised to dedicate the occasion to Marine officials and supporters should they pull off another cup upset on Saturday.
The Mariners beat Colchester United and Havant and Waterlooville on their way to the third round last term and the experienced manager admitted he remains inspired by the reaction of those around him.
He added: "I've always said it but I get more of a thrill from making others happy than anything else. I don't know if that's right but I do!
"And I do enjoy winning, but seeing [chairman] Paul Leary's face, or [club secretary] Richard Cross' face at these games, [vice-chairman] Dave Mac, people who have been here 40 years, to see them last year....
"I look at Paul's face sometimes and I don't think he can believe what is happening!
"What they've done has been volunteer led for 40 years. Putting a smile on the faces of the fans by winning football matches overrides anything for me on a personal level.
"If we can pull off another big cup win on Saturday - and it'll be very difficult - I'll be very proud of my players, but more importantly, we'll send people home from here happy. That's the main thing."
