1 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:19,352 [Ryan sighs softly] 2 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:24,658 [Rob exhales deeply] 3 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,900 - Do you want to start, or-- 4 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:35,636 - No, you can start. 5 00:00:35,703 --> 00:00:36,736 - Okay. 6 00:00:40,941 --> 00:00:42,976 So the King of England called. 7 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:45,379 CHOIR: ♪♪ God save the King ♪♪ 8 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:47,981 ♪♪ Long live the King ♪♪ [all cheering] 9 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:51,518 KING CHARLES: My wife and I are absolutely delighted 10 00:00:51,585 --> 00:00:53,353 to be with you in Wrexham today 11 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:56,890 to celebrate your becoming a city. 12 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,727 - That's the king of-- - Yeah. 13 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:01,195 Yeah. 14 00:01:01,262 --> 00:01:02,662 - Of-of England. 15 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:03,897 KING CHARLES: A little earlier, 16 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:05,299 I had the opportunity to see 17 00:01:05,366 --> 00:01:07,501 one of the other wonders of Wrexham, 18 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,270 namely the football club, 19 00:01:10,337 --> 00:01:13,107 which is busy putting Wrexham on the map 20 00:01:13,174 --> 00:01:14,541 as never before. 21 00:01:14,607 --> 00:01:15,776 OLLIE: It was a bit weird, really, 22 00:01:15,843 --> 00:01:16,977 when you think about it. 23 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:18,445 You got two Hollywood actors, 24 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:21,581 you've got the royal family, and Wrexham. 25 00:01:21,648 --> 00:01:23,650 How do you even put them together? 26 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:25,952 I-I have no idea. 27 00:01:26,019 --> 00:01:30,123 [both stammering] 28 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:35,829 SINGER: ♪♪ Don't forget where you came from ♪♪ 29 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:38,999 ♪♪ Don't forget what you're made of ♪♪ 30 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:41,869 ♪♪ The ones who were there ♪♪ 31 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:45,005 ♪♪ When no one else would care ♪♪ 32 00:01:45,072 --> 00:01:48,208 ♪♪ Don't be afraid to cry now ♪♪ 33 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:52,212 ♪♪ Even when the world comes crashing in ♪♪ 34 00:01:52,279 --> 00:01:54,448 ♪♪ ♪♪ 35 00:01:54,515 --> 00:01:58,185 ♪♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪♪ 36 00:01:58,252 --> 00:02:03,523 ♪♪ ♪♪ 37 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:08,395 ♪♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪♪ 38 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:14,268 [rock music] 39 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:15,802 [fireworks whistling, fans chanting] 40 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:18,038 ROB: Previously on "Welcome to Wrexham"... 41 00:02:18,105 --> 00:02:20,373 RYAN: We bought the world's third-oldest football club 42 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,476 and oldest international stadium. 43 00:02:22,543 --> 00:02:25,812 ROB: Both were in need of some...attention. 44 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:27,047 RYAN: Rob's being polite. 45 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:28,782 They were in the shitter. 46 00:02:28,849 --> 00:02:31,217 They had spent 14 years 47 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:33,587 in the fifth tier of English football, 48 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:36,323 but they had a ton of potential. 49 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:39,727 ROB: And a ton of very opinionated fans. 50 00:02:39,794 --> 00:02:42,062 - Hopefully that money gonna pay the manager off. 51 00:02:42,129 --> 00:02:43,697 ROB: So we went and got this guy. 52 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:45,899 - You're telling me that's not a fucking pen? 53 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:47,635 ROB: He's very enthusiastic. 54 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:48,569 PHIL: We look like a team 55 00:02:48,636 --> 00:02:50,537 of fucking fatty fucking footballers! 56 00:02:50,604 --> 00:02:52,039 ROB: We also brought in this guy. 57 00:02:52,106 --> 00:02:53,574 - I really love goal-scoring. 58 00:02:53,641 --> 00:02:56,811 ROB: He was very expensive, but it paid off. 59 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:58,145 [crowd roaring] 60 00:02:58,212 --> 00:02:59,546 RYAN: We also brought in this guy... 61 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:01,715 MARK: Ollie Palmer puts Wrexham ahead! 62 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:04,851 RYAN: He has many female fans in addition to the men. 63 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:07,354 ROB: Maybe it's because he never keeps his shirt on. 64 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:08,955 What else? Um... 65 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,724 PHIL: It's too dry, innit? 66 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,292 ROB: We lost a ton of money on the field. 67 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:14,595 HUMPHREY: About ££200,000. - Fuck. 68 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:16,463 - This is just the most surreal year ever. 69 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:18,332 RYAN: This is Wayne. He owns the bar 70 00:03:18,399 --> 00:03:20,033 that's literally attached to the stadium 71 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,935 and is even older than the team. 72 00:03:22,002 --> 00:03:23,703 Not Wayne. The bar. 73 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:26,206 ROB: Oh, uh, yeah, the end of last season, 74 00:03:26,273 --> 00:03:27,808 uh, this bullshit happened. 75 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:29,476 I guess, uh... 76 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:31,178 I guess we gotta show it? Do we have to show it? 77 00:03:31,245 --> 00:03:33,180 Yeah, just-just show it. 78 00:03:33,246 --> 00:03:35,182 [dramatic music] 79 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:36,183 [fans chanting] 80 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:37,384 MARK: Currently playing 81 00:03:37,451 --> 00:03:39,119 outside of the Football League, 82 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:40,553 desperate to make sure 83 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:43,657 they have one more to play next Sunday. 84 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:47,060 [fans chanting] 85 00:03:47,127 --> 00:03:48,328 [whistle blows] MARK: Here we go. 86 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:49,796 And the kickoff is taken. 87 00:03:49,863 --> 00:03:51,064 ROB: You know what? 88 00:03:51,131 --> 00:03:52,332 Let's just fast-forward to the end. 89 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:54,201 We lose 5-4, everybody's hearts are broken, 90 00:03:54,268 --> 00:03:56,236 and we have to stay in the National League 91 00:03:56,303 --> 00:03:59,673 for a 15th straight season. 92 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:04,211 MARK: This was not in the Hollywood script... 93 00:04:04,277 --> 00:04:07,180 for Wrexham. 94 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:10,551 - Why do we do this to ourselves? 95 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:13,553 Why can't we like something like knitting? 96 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:17,091 Why do we have--why do we have to like football? 97 00:04:17,158 --> 00:04:19,559 - Knitting? - It's just--[sighs] 98 00:04:21,095 --> 00:04:22,696 - Yeah. - Well, yeah. 99 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:25,666 [upbeat jazzy music] 100 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:27,067 ♪♪ ♪♪ 101 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:30,604 PERSON: What's amazing for us is the Hollywood owners, 102 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:34,441 when we first heard it, we all thought it was a joke. 103 00:04:34,508 --> 00:04:36,376 What they've done is, they've given 104 00:04:36,443 --> 00:04:40,281 the whole community of North Wales such a boost. 105 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:43,783 We sold out 24,000 Wrexham shirts this year. 106 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:45,452 We could've sold a lot more, 107 00:04:45,519 --> 00:04:48,188 but the suppliers couldn't meet demand. 108 00:04:48,255 --> 00:04:49,423 Now, you can't go anywhere 109 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:50,958 where there isn't a Wrexham shirt 110 00:04:51,025 --> 00:04:53,593 and pride to be a Wrexham fan. 111 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:56,963 - Everybody's walking round in the park with them on, 112 00:04:57,030 --> 00:04:59,433 our team--the jackets or anything, 113 00:04:59,499 --> 00:05:01,535 and you just talk to one another. 114 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:04,905 PERSON: We're just on the ride of a lifetime. 115 00:05:04,972 --> 00:05:07,007 SUPPORTER: People here are excited to see Rob and Ryan, 116 00:05:07,074 --> 00:05:08,742 and we're here excited to see 117 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,977 the people who we recognize from the documentary. 118 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:12,112 [laughs] - Yeah. 119 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:13,380 - A hell of a lot of people recognize me, 120 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:15,082 and I've even signed shirts. 121 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,517 [Rob Clarke laughs] I have! I told you, mate. 122 00:05:16,584 --> 00:05:18,118 I went-- I went to the Racecourse. 123 00:05:18,184 --> 00:05:19,353 I was signing-- I was signing shirts 124 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:21,588 for these kids from Australia. 125 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,790 SUPPORTER: We're starting a little community... 126 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:25,859 [chuckling] Of Wrexham fans in Portugal. 127 00:05:25,926 --> 00:05:28,195 [both speaking Thai] 128 00:05:28,262 --> 00:05:29,763 PERSON: Yay! 129 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,331 - I'm from Brazil. 130 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:34,601 I'm being--I'm in Wrexham just today 131 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:37,737 to watch the match 132 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:39,240 with the people in The Turf. 133 00:05:39,306 --> 00:05:42,542 [speaking Portuguese] 134 00:05:42,609 --> 00:05:44,277 - I speak to some people overseas in America, 135 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:46,513 and it's like, um-- 136 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:48,415 and it's like they know about Wrexham now, 137 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:50,317 which is strange, 'cause I always had to explain Wales 138 00:05:50,384 --> 00:05:52,352 'cause they thought it was an animal. 139 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:54,621 - Everyone just is better off for it, really. 140 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:56,723 Probably one of the best things to happen in a long time. 141 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:58,225 - You know, we're getting hundreds and hundreds 142 00:05:58,292 --> 00:05:59,426 of tourists, not just ourselves, 143 00:05:59,493 --> 00:06:01,461 but the restaurants, the Fat Boar, 144 00:06:01,528 --> 00:06:04,131 all these places-- you know, the hotels. 145 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:05,332 I mean, our business has doubled, 146 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:06,533 practically, if not more so. 147 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:07,801 CREW MEMBER: Call this Poppy Syndrome? 148 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,436 - Sorry, guys. CREW MEMBER: That's all right. 149 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:12,739 - Oh, there's tourists walking in, yeah. 150 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:15,342 Sorry, guys. It's 1:00 today. We're just doing some... 151 00:06:15,409 --> 00:06:16,543 TOURIST: Oh. WAYNE: Shoot--yeah. 152 00:06:16,610 --> 00:06:18,045 1:00, I'm afraid. TOURIST: That's all right. 153 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:19,279 Thank you. WAYNE: I'm just doing some 154 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:20,447 filming for the documentary. I do apologize. 155 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:21,581 TOURIST: Yeah, no problem at all. 156 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:22,549 WAYNE: We'll be bang open for 1:00. 157 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:23,750 TOURIST: Sounds good. Thank you. 158 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,252 WAYNE: Sorry, guys. Take care. 159 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:26,954 See what I mean? Two minutes past 12:00. 160 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:29,790 Americans. [chuckles] 161 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:30,924 They're lovely, though. 162 00:06:30,991 --> 00:06:32,025 They're always like, "Eh, no worries." 163 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:38,298 [Wrexham fans singing] 164 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,041 HUMPHREY: The stakes are higher this year 165 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:49,643 than they were last year. 166 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:51,545 - Hopefully, we'll get promoted this season. 167 00:06:51,611 --> 00:06:53,314 - I can see them getting promoted, to be fair. 168 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:54,348 - The only choice for them, 169 00:06:54,415 --> 00:06:55,416 the only realistic choice for them, 170 00:06:55,483 --> 00:06:56,951 is to go up this year in league. 171 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:59,219 - Just getting out of this awful league has been so-- 172 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:00,654 oh, it's been terrible. 173 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,489 - If we were promoted, it would mean 174 00:07:02,556 --> 00:07:06,727 the absolute world to the fans, to the club, to the town. 175 00:07:06,794 --> 00:07:08,762 - So for anyone who needs a quick reminder, of course. 176 00:07:08,829 --> 00:07:10,297 Wrexham are currently in the National League. 177 00:07:10,364 --> 00:07:11,731 That's the fifth tier of English football. 178 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:13,834 Now, we call that non-league football. 179 00:07:13,901 --> 00:07:16,103 Everything from the fifth tier down is organized football 180 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:17,437 but is non-league. 181 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:18,839 Everything above, that's league football. 182 00:07:18,906 --> 00:07:20,173 So that's League Two, which is the fourth tier, 183 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,809 League One, which is the third tier, 184 00:07:21,876 --> 00:07:23,176 the Championship, second tier, 185 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:24,612 and the Premier League, which is the top tier. 186 00:07:24,678 --> 00:07:26,947 Now, teams can move between these different tiers 187 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:29,182 via promotion or relegation. 188 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:30,851 So promotion tends to mean bigger crowds, 189 00:07:30,918 --> 00:07:33,320 bigger prize money, bigger television money, 190 00:07:33,387 --> 00:07:34,722 bigger interest, um, 191 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,590 and relegation means the opposite. 192 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:39,726 We've put more than a small amount of money into this 193 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:41,428 with the objective of getting out of this division 194 00:07:41,495 --> 00:07:42,763 and getting into a higher league. 195 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:45,699 Uh, player contracts being handled at the moment. 196 00:07:45,766 --> 00:07:47,167 Remember this beauty? 197 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:48,268 We're about to start tearing down the Kop 198 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:49,536 so we can build a new stand there, 199 00:07:49,603 --> 00:07:50,938 which really is gonna be a lynchpin 200 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:52,706 of everything that we're trying to do here. 201 00:07:52,773 --> 00:07:55,342 - All-in physically, all-in financially, 202 00:07:55,409 --> 00:07:56,910 and all-in emotionally. 203 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:59,013 - Come on, you reds! [crowd cheers] 204 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:01,114 RYAN: We're heavily invested in building this club, 205 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:02,682 the stadium itself, 206 00:08:02,749 --> 00:08:05,018 and if we don't get promoted this year, 207 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:08,989 the club is completely, totally, 208 00:08:09,056 --> 00:08:11,825 and wholly unsustainable. 209 00:08:11,892 --> 00:08:13,727 HUMPHREY: For us to achieve promotion, we obviously have 210 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:15,863 to put the best possible team on the pitch, 211 00:08:15,930 --> 00:08:18,999 and that means investing in high-quality players. 212 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:21,501 SINGER: ♪♪ The bigger the boom, the bigger the bang ♪♪ 213 00:08:21,568 --> 00:08:23,837 ♪♪ The bigger the boom, the bigger the bang ♪♪ 214 00:08:23,904 --> 00:08:26,540 ♪♪ The bigger the boom, the bigger the bang ♪♪ 215 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:28,542 SHAUN: The playoff semifinal defeat 216 00:08:28,609 --> 00:08:30,410 at the end of last season was deflating 217 00:08:30,477 --> 00:08:33,047 for everybody at the club, but we didn't sulk. 218 00:08:33,113 --> 00:08:35,916 We just stayed committed to the process, 219 00:08:35,983 --> 00:08:37,350 to the plan that we had. 220 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:38,852 Looking forward, you think, 221 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:41,455 "This group of players together for a full season 222 00:08:41,521 --> 00:08:43,490 should be able to get us promoted." 223 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:44,825 SINGER: ♪♪ Honeys show up at the front ♪♪ 224 00:08:44,892 --> 00:08:46,327 ♪♪ Honeys show up at the rear ♪♪ 225 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:48,795 ♪♪ Because one, Philly's got the shakes ♪♪ 226 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,230 COACH: Good. Show me your finish. 227 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:51,832 Yes! There you go. Got ya. 228 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:53,267 Good. Finish! 229 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:54,401 SINGER: ♪♪ All right ♪♪ 230 00:08:54,468 --> 00:08:56,069 ♪♪ Four, Phillies want more soul ♪♪ 231 00:08:56,136 --> 00:08:58,272 PHIL: We needed to make sure 232 00:08:58,339 --> 00:09:00,975 that the squad had more strength and depth. 233 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,276 SINGER: ♪♪ Alakazoom, alakazam, ala-boom-boom, damn ♪♪ 234 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:04,578 ♪♪ I got the biggest, the baddest ♪♪ 235 00:09:04,645 --> 00:09:06,346 ♪♪ The fattest for joints are on point ♪♪ 236 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:09,416 - We signed quite a lot of players from higher divisions, 237 00:09:09,483 --> 00:09:12,219 obviously to get that extra bit of quality. 238 00:09:12,286 --> 00:09:14,188 [cash register rings] 239 00:09:14,255 --> 00:09:16,790 You need players on eights and nines out of ten. 240 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:18,492 [cash register rings] 241 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,262 SINGER: ♪♪ Chiki-chiki, bang-bang, we love you ♪♪ 242 00:09:21,328 --> 00:09:23,263 - Players who understand what they're coming into. 243 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,331 SINGER: ♪♪ Tell your mom and daddy ♪♪ 244 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:25,799 ♪♪ That we love them too ♪♪ 245 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:28,101 ♪♪ 'Cause the baby got back and she got it going on ♪♪ 246 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:29,370 - Benefits of that are obvious. 247 00:09:29,436 --> 00:09:30,637 You got great players from a higher level. 248 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:33,340 The potential pitfalls, though, are huge. 249 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:35,509 You know, our wage bill is 250 00:09:35,576 --> 00:09:36,810 gonna be the largest in the division. 251 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:38,512 The money we've spent on transfers will be 252 00:09:38,579 --> 00:09:39,880 more than anyone else in the division. 253 00:09:39,947 --> 00:09:43,250 Um, and we need to get that promotion in order to, 254 00:09:43,316 --> 00:09:45,252 you know, offset that cost, effectively. 255 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:48,755 So, you know, the challenge here is, 256 00:09:48,822 --> 00:09:50,457 if it doesn't all go to plan, 257 00:09:50,524 --> 00:09:52,559 we're left holding a very expensive baby. 258 00:09:52,626 --> 00:09:54,961 - And if our goal from the very beginning 259 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:57,464 was to--not just to win, 260 00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:00,800 not just to help bring some hope and optimism to the town, 261 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,402 but to build a sustainable business, 262 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:06,206 something that can continue long after we're gone, 263 00:10:06,273 --> 00:10:08,575 for us to put them in a position 264 00:10:08,642 --> 00:10:11,278 where, if they don't get promoted this year, 265 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:13,847 that they are no longer sustainable in any real way, 266 00:10:13,914 --> 00:10:18,118 is, uh--is counter to what our original promises were. 267 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:19,954 - So it's really ratcheted up the pressure 268 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:21,355 not just for us, I think, 269 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:22,556 but for the players on the field, 270 00:10:22,623 --> 00:10:24,157 for the people in the community. 271 00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:26,193 This year, we have to get promoted. 272 00:10:26,259 --> 00:10:27,527 ROB: From a financial perspective, 273 00:10:27,594 --> 00:10:29,330 if we do not get promoted this year, we are fucked. 274 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:30,497 - Fuck. Yeah. 275 00:10:37,204 --> 00:10:38,772 [indistinct chatter] 276 00:10:38,839 --> 00:10:40,507 ROB LAINTON: Yeah. 277 00:10:40,574 --> 00:10:41,508 Ah! 278 00:10:41,575 --> 00:10:43,510 - Four, five. - [Rob sighs] 279 00:10:43,577 --> 00:10:44,912 Fucking hell. - Last one. 280 00:10:44,979 --> 00:10:47,280 - Don't go dis-- 281 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:49,583 [laughing] Ah! - Awesome. 282 00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:51,619 - [groans] 283 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:53,553 Mate. 284 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,625 - Fucking can't describe it. 285 00:10:57,691 --> 00:10:59,493 [chuckling] Literally cannot describe it. 286 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:02,129 Never had any pain like it, ever. 287 00:11:02,196 --> 00:11:04,164 [tense music] 288 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:06,967 [cheers and applause] 289 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:08,702 I'll just put my body anywhere, 290 00:11:08,769 --> 00:11:11,238 do you know what I mean, to do what I need to do. 291 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:12,639 To be fair, throughout the whole of my career 292 00:11:12,706 --> 00:11:14,975 until this year, I've never had any concussion 293 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:17,344 or knockout, and then I've had three in the year now. 294 00:11:18,946 --> 00:11:21,282 That was a Bromley game away when I got knocked out, 295 00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:23,216 my first knockout. 296 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:26,653 [distant muffled speech] 297 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,923 ♪♪ ♪♪ 298 00:11:29,990 --> 00:11:31,925 MARK: Substitution of James. Jordan Davies. 299 00:11:31,992 --> 00:11:33,927 The ball goes through to Coulson, Leighton... 300 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:35,762 with an excellent save and Leighton again-- 301 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,798 and the ball's gone over the bar. 302 00:11:37,865 --> 00:11:42,168 Rob Lainton puts his body on the line every single game. 303 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:44,805 And this is a serious one for Lainton. 304 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:46,673 And looks in some pain. 305 00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:51,245 And we wish Rob a speedy recovery. 306 00:11:51,312 --> 00:11:53,380 [subdued applause] 307 00:12:01,856 --> 00:12:03,857 - Well, I was in every day from Monday to Friday. 308 00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:05,225 I'm sat in a machine where 309 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:07,995 it just bend my wrist up and down 310 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:10,630 for, like, six weeks. 311 00:12:10,697 --> 00:12:13,099 - Push, push, push. 312 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,801 - [groaning] Oh, mate. - Last one. 313 00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:16,136 - Ooh, ah. 314 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:18,038 One more, one more. PHYSIO: Got two more. 315 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:19,072 Last two. 316 00:12:19,139 --> 00:12:21,741 [indistinct chatter] 317 00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:22,776 One more. - Oh, mate. 318 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:24,010 It's when you come up. [groans] 319 00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:25,312 It was a kick in the teeth, really, 320 00:12:25,379 --> 00:12:27,181 'cause I think I'd played 34 games of the season. 321 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,582 Coming to the crunch end, 322 00:12:28,649 --> 00:12:29,883 and obviously, the injury happened. 323 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:31,651 And then you've got to watch from the sidelines 324 00:12:31,718 --> 00:12:33,254 and you feel a bit-- 325 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,722 you know, I don't know how to describe it. 326 00:12:34,789 --> 00:12:35,889 You can't-- 327 00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:37,557 you're there, but you're not there, in a way, 328 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:39,159 so you're not feeling the ups and the downs 329 00:12:39,226 --> 00:12:40,760 and you can't help, 330 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:44,965 so you just feel like a bit of waster, really. 331 00:12:45,032 --> 00:12:46,934 [indistinct chatter] 332 00:12:47,001 --> 00:12:48,301 [Rob sighs] 333 00:12:48,368 --> 00:12:50,504 - It's just a tool to give him some friction 334 00:12:50,570 --> 00:12:55,542 to try and move a few things about and desensitize a touch. 335 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:58,245 [Rob groans softly] 336 00:13:01,315 --> 00:13:03,617 KEVIN: The issue Rob has had is, after surgery, 337 00:13:03,684 --> 00:13:06,453 he was in his cast for almost ten weeks. 338 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,756 If we left this for 12 months or so... 339 00:13:09,823 --> 00:13:11,058 the body's real clever, 340 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:12,693 'cause it knows that it's healed, 341 00:13:12,759 --> 00:13:14,328 so it'll stop trying to heal itself. 342 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:16,730 And obviously, he wants to get back playing. 343 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:18,765 And with his contract situation as well, 344 00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:23,036 we need to get him back on--on the training pitch. 345 00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:28,642 - I'm out of contract in the summer. 346 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:33,313 So this could be my last season if I can't get back 347 00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:35,215 to where I was at the current time 348 00:13:35,282 --> 00:13:36,883 of when I was playing in the team. 349 00:13:36,950 --> 00:13:39,286 Obviously, my contract now runs out in the summer, 350 00:13:39,353 --> 00:13:41,489 so I've got now until then 351 00:13:41,555 --> 00:13:44,091 to get back and prove myself again. 352 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:47,094 AIDAN: We had Rob who was injured. 353 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,696 Christian Dibble. 354 00:13:48,762 --> 00:13:51,131 Then he got injured in pre-season. 355 00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:54,201 Which was-- that was a nightmare for him. 356 00:13:54,268 --> 00:13:55,835 Think he dislocated his knee, 357 00:13:55,902 --> 00:13:58,606 so there was a bit of turbulence with that. 358 00:13:58,672 --> 00:14:00,574 PHIL: The goalkeeper situation is difficult, 359 00:14:00,641 --> 00:14:02,776 because, you know, I had a good chat with Dibbs. 360 00:14:02,843 --> 00:14:05,479 The time is right for him to go and be someone's number one. 361 00:14:05,545 --> 00:14:09,082 And unfortunately, he's got injured in preseason himself. 362 00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:11,719 Rob has got a long-term injury, 363 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:14,054 so we brought Mark in. 364 00:14:14,121 --> 00:14:16,724 AIDAN: Mark Howard is a very experienced goalkeeper. 365 00:14:16,791 --> 00:14:19,126 Been around, played in the Championship, 366 00:14:19,193 --> 00:14:20,827 knows it, which I like. 367 00:14:20,894 --> 00:14:23,063 I like a senior goalkeeper 368 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:24,832 just because there's an experience there 369 00:14:24,898 --> 00:14:26,099 and a calmness. 370 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:28,736 MARK HOWARD: Mark Howard, goalkeeper. 371 00:14:28,802 --> 00:14:30,570 [faucet shuts off] I turned pro at 18. 372 00:14:30,637 --> 00:14:35,209 I'm 36, nearly 37 now, so close to 18, 19 years. 373 00:14:35,276 --> 00:14:36,877 Last season at Carlisle, 374 00:14:36,944 --> 00:14:39,246 I ended up signing ten games into the season, 375 00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:40,647 trying to help them stay in the league. 376 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:42,349 ANNOUNCER: Thrown to the Carlisle United fans, 377 00:14:42,416 --> 00:14:45,186 it's a save by Mark Howard. 378 00:14:45,252 --> 00:14:46,953 - I end up having a very successful season. 379 00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:48,255 Went on to get quite a few awards. 380 00:14:48,322 --> 00:14:50,090 ANNOUNCER: What a save from Mark Howard! 381 00:14:50,157 --> 00:14:51,458 - I'd worked with Phil before. 382 00:14:51,525 --> 00:14:53,527 We'd had a really successful season in League One 383 00:14:53,594 --> 00:14:56,330 with Bolton getting promoted, and even the season after. 384 00:14:56,397 --> 00:14:57,898 Phil's a dead honest manager. 385 00:14:57,965 --> 00:14:59,366 He'll tell you how it is, 386 00:14:59,433 --> 00:15:01,635 and if things aren't going to plan, he tells you. 387 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:03,804 Once I found out that he was interested, 388 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:04,905 it was a no-brainer for me. 389 00:15:04,972 --> 00:15:06,574 And at this stage in my career 390 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,275 and what Wrexham are trying to achieve, 391 00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:09,944 I've got this opportunity. 392 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,812 Something really exciting to be part of. 393 00:15:11,879 --> 00:15:15,782 [upbeat rock music] 394 00:15:15,849 --> 00:15:17,851 HUMPHREY: So it's the start of the season and time to see 395 00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:20,220 how the squad looks with the new additions. 396 00:15:20,287 --> 00:15:23,657 - Eastleigh. Absolutely must-win game. 397 00:15:23,724 --> 00:15:24,825 - So excited! 398 00:15:24,891 --> 00:15:27,094 PERSON: Who's your favorite? - Paul Mullin. 399 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,329 - Sellout crowd again today for Eastleigh, 400 00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:29,430 which is just phenomenal. 401 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:31,298 - Play with physicality, intensity, 402 00:15:31,365 --> 00:15:32,600 and fucking aggression. 403 00:15:32,666 --> 00:15:33,734 The ball goes in the box, 404 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,735 we're fucking aggressive. 405 00:15:34,802 --> 00:15:35,869 Challenges all over the pitch. 406 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:37,237 We are fucking aggressive. 407 00:15:37,304 --> 00:15:39,673 And when we fucking go, we fucking go together. 408 00:15:39,740 --> 00:15:41,275 PERSON: Let's go, then! PHIL: Come on, now, let's go! 409 00:15:41,342 --> 00:15:42,209 MARK GRIFFITHS: Hello, everyone! 410 00:15:42,276 --> 00:15:44,311 Welcome to Wrexham. 411 00:15:44,378 --> 00:15:46,380 [scattered cheers and applause] 412 00:15:46,447 --> 00:15:49,015 - We've got to do it this year. This year is the year. 413 00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:51,151 MARK: Ooh, start of the season! 414 00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:52,586 Getting that tingle yet, everyone? 415 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:54,688 ANNOUNCER: Ooh, it's exciting. It's exciting. 416 00:15:54,755 --> 00:15:56,256 MARK: It's odd. I was saying beforehand 417 00:15:56,323 --> 00:15:58,992 that every other season I've watched Wrexham, 418 00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:00,227 I just have a feeling 419 00:16:00,294 --> 00:16:01,662 somewhere between hope and fear. 420 00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:02,830 ANNOUNCER: Yeah. 421 00:16:02,896 --> 00:16:03,964 MARK: Now for the first time ever, 422 00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:05,365 I actually feel expectation. 423 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:07,301 I expect us to win this league. 424 00:16:07,368 --> 00:16:11,205 [Wrexham fans chanting] 425 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:12,706 [whistle blows] 426 00:16:12,773 --> 00:16:14,408 Finally, we get going. 427 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,143 The ball's laid back to Ben Tozer. 428 00:16:16,210 --> 00:16:17,377 Palmer is after it. 429 00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:18,879 [energetic rock music] 430 00:16:18,946 --> 00:16:20,514 Floated in to the near post. Howard comes! 431 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:21,381 And he drops it! 432 00:16:21,448 --> 00:16:23,316 And it's 1-0 to Eastleigh! 433 00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:26,720 He's furious. He thinks he's been fouled. 434 00:16:26,787 --> 00:16:27,921 I-it looked to me like 435 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:29,122 he just got underneath the ball, to be honest. 436 00:16:29,189 --> 00:16:30,691 ANNOUNCER: He is, yeah. Back to the ball. 437 00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:33,493 MARK: And then he pawed at it with one hand. 438 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,396 Feeding it back, first time cross by McFadzean. 439 00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:36,897 ANNOUNCER: Oh! MARK: Looking for Forde! 440 00:16:36,964 --> 00:16:38,899 Defender heads it! Oh, no! And it's headed over the bar. 441 00:16:38,966 --> 00:16:41,134 Another incredibly close escape. 442 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,203 It's swung in towards the near post. 443 00:16:43,270 --> 00:16:45,239 Palmer! Just wide. ANNOUNCER: Ooh. 444 00:16:45,305 --> 00:16:46,607 MARK: Oh, he got up so well there, 445 00:16:46,674 --> 00:16:48,909 but tried to put it inside the far post. 446 00:16:48,976 --> 00:16:51,178 Young seeks the near post, Palmer flicks it on! 447 00:16:51,245 --> 00:16:52,379 ANNOUNCER: Oh! MARK: Just wide. 448 00:16:52,446 --> 00:16:54,381 Oh, that was so close. 449 00:16:54,448 --> 00:16:55,716 [whistle blows] The ref, he blows his whistle. 450 00:16:55,783 --> 00:16:57,751 And the fans boo, but I think it's fair to say 451 00:16:57,817 --> 00:17:00,220 the booing is reserved for the official 452 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:01,721 and the opponents. ANNOUNCER: Yes. 453 00:17:04,091 --> 00:17:06,594 MARK: Wrexham trailing 1-0 up against Eastleigh. 454 00:17:06,660 --> 00:17:08,495 51st minute. 455 00:17:08,562 --> 00:17:10,397 Elliot Lee on for his debut 456 00:17:10,464 --> 00:17:13,433 to provide a bit more attacking threat for Wrexham. 457 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,202 Palmer is taking on his man. 458 00:17:15,269 --> 00:17:16,737 Couple of stepovers. That's nice. 459 00:17:16,804 --> 00:17:18,172 Backheels it, Lee hits it! 460 00:17:18,239 --> 00:17:20,975 Yeah! [cheers and applause] 461 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:22,776 Yeah! What a goal! 462 00:17:24,412 --> 00:17:26,813 Mullin helps it in. Lee, six yards out. 463 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,048 Hits it! BOTH: Yeah! 464 00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:29,516 [cheers and applause] 465 00:17:29,583 --> 00:17:33,053 - What a player! What a player! 466 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:36,023 ♪♪ ♪♪ 467 00:17:36,090 --> 00:17:37,291 MARK: So that's it! 468 00:17:37,358 --> 00:17:39,226 It starts as we mean to go on-- 469 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:41,729 with a win. 470 00:17:41,795 --> 00:17:45,299 - Elliot Lee, absolutely immense. 471 00:17:45,365 --> 00:17:47,434 - Second half, Elliot Lee changed the game. 472 00:17:47,501 --> 00:17:50,004 - What a signing. What a player. 473 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:51,438 What a fucking player. 474 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:57,244 PERSON: Elliot Lee, yeah. 475 00:17:57,310 --> 00:18:00,447 [birds singing] 476 00:18:01,982 --> 00:18:03,150 LISA: Is this the first time 477 00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:04,617 you've actually been trained in etiquette? 478 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:07,187 - This is the--well, I did read--breezy read... 479 00:18:07,254 --> 00:18:08,522 LISA: Okay. - But I read 480 00:18:08,589 --> 00:18:10,224 "Tiffany's Table Manners for Teens" when I was young. 481 00:18:10,291 --> 00:18:11,324 LISA: [laughing] Okay. RYAN: Uh, yeah, 482 00:18:11,391 --> 00:18:12,625 Yeah. LISA: Okay, all right. 483 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,895 So I think we should start with the beginning. 484 00:18:14,962 --> 00:18:16,730 - We went to monarchy boot camp. 485 00:18:16,797 --> 00:18:17,765 ROB: Mm-hmm. 486 00:18:17,831 --> 00:18:18,799 - It's like the military, 487 00:18:18,866 --> 00:18:20,133 except your pinky's always up. 488 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,169 - Everything begins with the first impression. 489 00:18:22,236 --> 00:18:23,603 So what do you think people notice 490 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:26,473 that exudes something special about you? 491 00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:27,841 - Smell. He smells. LISA: Exudes confidence. 492 00:18:27,908 --> 00:18:29,076 - He smells great. 493 00:18:29,143 --> 00:18:30,243 LISA: Well, before they can smell you, 494 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:31,412 they notice something physically. 495 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:33,013 - Oh. LISA: What do you think it is? 496 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:33,981 - Posture. - Posture. 497 00:18:34,048 --> 00:18:35,215 LISA: There we go. 498 00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:36,182 Okay, so let's stand up for a moment. 499 00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:37,685 - Let's not. LISA: If we may. 500 00:18:37,751 --> 00:18:39,486 - Let's not, 'cause--but we've established we're both tall. 501 00:18:39,553 --> 00:18:41,121 HUMPHREY: Yeah, so Rob and Ryan are very excited 502 00:18:41,188 --> 00:18:42,255 about the King coming. 503 00:18:42,322 --> 00:18:44,158 Giddy, you might say. 504 00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:47,527 And, you know, I think they recognize, 505 00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:49,630 you know, the significance of having the monarch 506 00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:50,931 visiting Wrexham. 507 00:18:50,998 --> 00:18:52,466 We are trying to get 508 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,902 ££20 million worth of Kop funding 509 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:56,070 out of the UK government. 510 00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:59,039 [refined fanfare] 511 00:18:59,106 --> 00:19:01,408 ♪♪ ♪♪ 512 00:19:01,475 --> 00:19:03,143 18 months, two years. 513 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:04,478 A lot of work has gone into 514 00:19:04,544 --> 00:19:06,279 lining up all the pieces of the puzzle 515 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:07,715 to try and get this funding, 516 00:19:07,781 --> 00:19:09,449 and that will give us an extra 5,500 seats. 517 00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:10,784 It'll also give us a stadium 518 00:19:10,851 --> 00:19:13,954 that is deemed to be of international standards 519 00:19:14,021 --> 00:19:16,824 so we can bring Welsh football back to the Racecourse. 520 00:19:16,890 --> 00:19:18,091 It's the biggest 521 00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:20,327 and most expensive piece of the endeavor. 522 00:19:20,394 --> 00:19:22,562 - When you sit down, do not flop. 523 00:19:22,629 --> 00:19:26,166 And when you place your hands, you are going to literally 524 00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:28,068 just place them right here on your knees. 525 00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,369 Okay? And that's it. 526 00:19:29,436 --> 00:19:30,738 But I just want to see it. 527 00:19:30,805 --> 00:19:32,573 And by the way, was I leaning back in the chair? 528 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,009 No, I was sitting up with good posture. 529 00:19:35,076 --> 00:19:36,276 - Are you ready? LISA: I think so. 530 00:19:36,343 --> 00:19:37,878 - Okay. Just casually walking. LISA: Chin up. 531 00:19:37,945 --> 00:19:39,212 Good. Yeah, there we go. - Mm. 532 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,580 LISA: Okay. Turn around. - Oh, that's a nice chair. 533 00:19:40,647 --> 00:19:41,916 LISA: You know where the chair is. 534 00:19:41,982 --> 00:19:43,183 Good. 535 00:19:43,250 --> 00:19:45,352 [laughing] Nice. The control. 536 00:19:45,419 --> 00:19:47,354 I feel like the thigh muscles were working, right? 537 00:19:47,421 --> 00:19:48,722 - I feel like a serial killer. 538 00:19:48,789 --> 00:19:50,924 ROB: Yeah, you look like you're ready to pounce. 539 00:19:50,991 --> 00:19:52,025 - Yeah. 540 00:19:52,092 --> 00:19:53,426 - UK government and the monarchy 541 00:19:53,493 --> 00:19:56,196 are closely aligned in many respects, 542 00:19:56,263 --> 00:20:00,167 and so getting support from the King is critical 543 00:20:00,234 --> 00:20:02,803 for the Kop stand as well as our future goals and plans. 544 00:20:02,870 --> 00:20:06,006 [stately classical music] 545 00:20:06,073 --> 00:20:07,875 ROB: Yeah, that's so good. That's great. 546 00:20:07,942 --> 00:20:09,209 RYAN: Mm-hmm. LISA: Okay. 547 00:20:09,276 --> 00:20:10,811 Nice spine distance. 548 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,012 - [Ryan grunts] 549 00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:14,047 LISA: Okay, beautiful. Okay. Lovely. 550 00:20:14,114 --> 00:20:15,649 [laughter] And now, you may-- 551 00:20:15,716 --> 00:20:18,419 ROB: I don't stand, I rise. - [laughing] Exactly. 552 00:20:18,485 --> 00:20:19,686 Now, I don't need to teach you gentlemen 553 00:20:19,753 --> 00:20:21,588 how to curtsy because you're men. 554 00:20:21,655 --> 00:20:24,057 However, about the bow. RYAN: Mm-hmm. 555 00:20:24,124 --> 00:20:27,127 - So it is a certain inclination of the head. 556 00:20:27,194 --> 00:20:28,595 It's literally from the neck down. 557 00:20:28,662 --> 00:20:29,596 ROB: Mm-hmm. 558 00:20:29,663 --> 00:20:31,931 - Let's just see what that looks like. 559 00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:33,567 [laughing] Okay. Okay, good. 560 00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:35,702 - I'm having--I--I-- - How you feel? 561 00:20:35,769 --> 00:20:37,905 - Yeah, I think I am gonna have a hard time with this. 562 00:20:37,972 --> 00:20:39,306 LISA: Okay. - Yeah, yeah. 563 00:20:39,373 --> 00:20:42,009 I can see the structure is hurt--is bothering you. 564 00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:43,944 - It's not the structure. 565 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:46,180 It's the idea of bowing to somebody. 566 00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:47,348 It triggers something. 567 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:48,449 - I want you to-- - Hi! 568 00:20:48,516 --> 00:20:49,883 - I want you to feel that rage... 569 00:20:49,950 --> 00:20:51,551 - Oh, hello. Welcome, welcome. - Coming in the wrong way. 570 00:20:51,618 --> 00:20:52,753 - No, that's okay. - When we're working. 571 00:20:52,819 --> 00:20:54,355 - Hello. How are you? - Welcome, welcome. 572 00:20:54,422 --> 00:20:56,923 LISA: Let me see, though, the two pumps and release. 573 00:20:56,990 --> 00:20:58,392 Oh, by the way, also, gentlemen... 574 00:20:58,458 --> 00:20:59,526 RYAN: Two pumps and release. 575 00:20:59,593 --> 00:21:02,295 - Should we also at the same time get-- 576 00:21:02,362 --> 00:21:04,398 LISA: It doesn't have to be in unison. 577 00:21:04,465 --> 00:21:06,433 - Yeah. Say it. Yeah. - Two... 578 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,335 BOTH: Two pumps. ROB: Release. 579 00:21:08,402 --> 00:21:09,703 - [laughs] That was an exchange. 580 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:10,771 - Oh, wait, let me see the-- 581 00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:11,739 with the inclination. 582 00:21:11,806 --> 00:21:12,773 - How do you do? 583 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,008 - Jolly good. 584 00:21:14,075 --> 00:21:15,642 Jolly good. - [Lisa laughing] 585 00:21:15,709 --> 00:21:18,012 - You know, I'm very impressed by their diligence 586 00:21:18,078 --> 00:21:21,549 in going to see an etiquette coach before meeting the King. 587 00:21:21,615 --> 00:21:25,385 Um, no one asked me if I needed to see an etiquette coach. 588 00:21:25,452 --> 00:21:27,754 So I hope I don't blow it. 589 00:21:27,821 --> 00:21:29,456 LISA: Do you remember the phrase, gentlemen? 590 00:21:29,523 --> 00:21:31,025 - Your majesty, may I present? 591 00:21:31,091 --> 00:21:32,092 LISA: No. 592 00:21:32,159 --> 00:21:33,060 When you actually meet, 593 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:34,562 there's that other formal phrase 594 00:21:34,628 --> 00:21:36,830 that I taught you that we're forgetting. 595 00:21:36,897 --> 00:21:41,168 You get a little petit four-- extra one if you get it right. 596 00:21:41,235 --> 00:21:43,303 ROB: A petite what? 597 00:21:49,109 --> 00:21:50,110 CREW MEMBER: Come over here so we can see it. 598 00:21:50,177 --> 00:21:51,445 We can see it there. Have a seat. 599 00:21:51,512 --> 00:21:53,614 So what is this? 600 00:21:53,681 --> 00:21:57,184 - So this is one of the shirts from our time. 601 00:21:57,250 --> 00:22:00,254 Seven season, we were sponsors, uh, 602 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,423 for back of shirt, as they called it. 603 00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:04,858 [slow dramatic piano music] [cheers and applause] 604 00:22:04,925 --> 00:22:08,829 We carried that on for seven seasons. 605 00:22:08,896 --> 00:22:11,665 And then, obviously, the last season that we were sponsors 606 00:22:11,732 --> 00:22:14,801 was the first season of the takeover. 607 00:22:14,868 --> 00:22:16,169 Felt as if we were doing something right, 608 00:22:16,236 --> 00:22:18,238 that we were helping the club, and I always said 609 00:22:18,305 --> 00:22:20,206 that when we had this on the back of the shirt, 610 00:22:20,273 --> 00:22:22,642 that was--you know, I never got to play for them, 611 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:26,146 but to, uh--to have that on there, you know, 612 00:22:26,213 --> 00:22:29,150 as our company was brilliant. 613 00:22:29,216 --> 00:22:30,717 Getting emotional now. 614 00:22:30,784 --> 00:22:32,119 [sniffles and chuckles] 615 00:22:32,186 --> 00:22:34,488 ♪♪ ♪♪ 616 00:22:34,555 --> 00:22:38,726 My name's Phil Salmon. I'm 64 years of age now. 617 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:40,894 Been supporting Wrexham AFC 618 00:22:40,961 --> 00:22:42,996 since probably about the age of seven. 619 00:22:43,063 --> 00:22:44,398 [metallic grinding] 620 00:22:44,465 --> 00:22:47,501 This is one of the original Kop barriers 621 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:49,736 from, obviously, the Racecourse Ground, 622 00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:52,473 the oldest international stadium in the world. 623 00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:56,043 They were taken down when the Kop was no longer in use. 624 00:22:56,110 --> 00:22:57,511 [soft upbeat music] 625 00:22:57,578 --> 00:22:59,546 So the Kop used to be standing only. 626 00:22:59,613 --> 00:23:01,381 That was the reason for these barriers, 627 00:23:01,448 --> 00:23:03,183 to stop any sort of crush 628 00:23:03,250 --> 00:23:05,886 if fans move forward too quickly or whatever. 629 00:23:05,953 --> 00:23:08,789 And so fans that used to stand on the Kop 630 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:11,258 were given the opportunity to purchase them. 631 00:23:11,325 --> 00:23:12,926 And the money was used for charities. 632 00:23:12,993 --> 00:23:15,528 And--'cause we were doing 'em on a voluntary basis, 633 00:23:15,595 --> 00:23:16,663 we'd normally do them at night, 634 00:23:16,730 --> 00:23:18,365 you know, after we finished work. 635 00:23:18,432 --> 00:23:22,736 So I'd, say, spend an hour on each barrier. 636 00:23:22,803 --> 00:23:25,872 ♪♪ ♪♪ 637 00:23:25,939 --> 00:23:29,243 AMANDA: I very luckily met Phil through Dixie. 638 00:23:29,310 --> 00:23:32,012 And Phil mentioned that he might have a barrier 639 00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:35,015 from the old Kop at Wrexham Football Club 640 00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:37,985 that he may be able to donate to Nightingale House Hospice 641 00:23:38,051 --> 00:23:40,988 to see whether we could raise vital money for the hospice. 642 00:23:41,054 --> 00:23:43,356 - This is where people stood behind 643 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:46,160 watching the football matches in the '70s and '80s 644 00:23:46,227 --> 00:23:48,662 and gave you lots of abuse if you missed a goal. 645 00:23:48,729 --> 00:23:50,130 [laughter] 646 00:23:50,197 --> 00:23:51,799 Don't put that in. Don't put that in. No. 647 00:23:51,866 --> 00:23:53,300 AMANDA: So please keep your eyes peeled, 648 00:23:53,367 --> 00:23:55,402 because this is coming on the market, 649 00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,971 and it will be sold to the highest bidder. 650 00:23:58,038 --> 00:23:59,406 PHIL: Brilliant. - Amazing. 651 00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:00,908 If it wasn't for the likes of Phil, 652 00:24:00,975 --> 00:24:03,276 we wouldn't be able to have the opportunity 653 00:24:03,343 --> 00:24:04,911 to raise the valuable money that we need. 654 00:24:04,978 --> 00:24:06,346 [sizzling] 655 00:24:06,413 --> 00:24:08,349 PHIL: I've always thought that, you know, 656 00:24:08,416 --> 00:24:10,283 if you can do something nice, 657 00:24:10,350 --> 00:24:12,286 it gives a lot of people a lot of pleasure, you know? 658 00:24:12,353 --> 00:24:14,087 And I would like to think that 659 00:24:14,154 --> 00:24:16,457 if I was in somebody else's shoes, 660 00:24:16,524 --> 00:24:18,625 that I would look forward to somebody doing that for me. 661 00:24:18,692 --> 00:24:22,195 So yeah, just loads of history. 662 00:24:22,262 --> 00:24:23,931 So to be involved with the club 663 00:24:23,998 --> 00:24:27,668 and see where it is now is just phenomenal. 664 00:24:27,735 --> 00:24:31,172 ♪♪ ♪♪ 665 00:24:31,238 --> 00:24:33,673 [birds singing] 666 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:36,643 [indistinct chatter] 667 00:24:38,179 --> 00:24:39,646 ROB: Lovely. 668 00:24:43,517 --> 00:24:44,451 [grunts] 669 00:24:48,322 --> 00:24:49,423 - So as I was saying, the line-- 670 00:24:49,490 --> 00:24:50,925 the line's here-- the line's here. 671 00:24:50,991 --> 00:24:53,059 So once you're at the line, 672 00:24:53,126 --> 00:24:54,194 you and Rob are gonna go 673 00:24:54,261 --> 00:24:55,462 that way with the Queen Consort. 674 00:24:55,529 --> 00:24:56,329 - Yeah. 675 00:24:56,396 --> 00:24:59,466 [indistinct chatter] 676 00:25:07,541 --> 00:25:10,610 [stately classical music] 677 00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:17,584 ♪♪ ♪♪ 678 00:25:22,923 --> 00:25:25,859 [indistinct chatter] 679 00:25:25,926 --> 00:25:28,228 ♪♪ ♪♪ 680 00:25:28,295 --> 00:25:29,597 - Yes. [laughs] 681 00:25:29,663 --> 00:25:34,134 - Your Majesty. [indistinct chatter] 682 00:25:34,201 --> 00:25:35,735 I am-- no, I'm from Philadelphia, 683 00:25:35,802 --> 00:25:37,037 but I live in Los Angeles. 684 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:38,972 So it's actually quite warm. 685 00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:41,708 [indistinct chatter] 686 00:25:41,775 --> 00:25:44,945 - This is Rob, our goalkeeper. 687 00:25:45,012 --> 00:25:48,548 [indistinct chatter] 688 00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:55,522 ♪♪ ♪♪ 689 00:25:57,424 --> 00:25:59,693 - What about you? PHIL: This is Rosie. 690 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:00,894 - I live quite close. 691 00:26:00,961 --> 00:26:03,597 I didn't, but I moved closer just to play for Wrexham. 692 00:26:03,664 --> 00:26:10,570 ♪♪ ♪♪ 693 00:26:11,238 --> 00:26:14,141 [indistinct chatter] 694 00:26:14,208 --> 00:26:21,314 ♪♪ ♪♪ 695 00:26:24,285 --> 00:26:27,320 - So Kyle travels. 696 00:26:27,387 --> 00:26:30,490 [indistinct chatter] 697 00:26:30,557 --> 00:26:35,028 ♪♪ ♪♪ 698 00:26:35,095 --> 00:26:38,198 [camera shutters clicking] 699 00:26:52,045 --> 00:26:54,147 HUMPHREY: Moments of great import are happening. 700 00:26:54,214 --> 00:26:55,750 At the same time, you know, this week, 701 00:26:55,816 --> 00:26:58,418 we've obviously got a massive game against a big rival, um, 702 00:26:58,485 --> 00:27:01,422 and, you know, the other thing for us this week is obviously, 703 00:27:01,489 --> 00:27:03,290 you know, we're looking forward to getting, uh, 704 00:27:03,356 --> 00:27:04,825 some kind of decision about 705 00:27:04,891 --> 00:27:07,094 the Levelling Up Fund, hopefully, which is, you know, 706 00:27:07,161 --> 00:27:08,528 the money from the UK government 707 00:27:08,595 --> 00:27:10,998 that we're hoping to help use to pay for the Kop. 708 00:27:11,064 --> 00:27:13,267 - The Kop is still there. HUMPHREY: Mm-hmm. 709 00:27:13,334 --> 00:27:17,538 - We were supposed to have knocked it down months ago. 710 00:27:17,605 --> 00:27:19,373 And we keep getting emails and updates saying, 711 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,774 "Well, it'll be next week. 712 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,676 Maybe the week after, the week after." 713 00:27:22,743 --> 00:27:24,478 Where are we with the Levelling Up Fund? 714 00:27:24,544 --> 00:27:25,645 Let's talk about that. SHAUN: Mm-hmm. 715 00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:27,414 The Levelling Up Fund, we are told 716 00:27:27,481 --> 00:27:28,749 that the decision is next week. 717 00:27:28,815 --> 00:27:30,184 Now-- 718 00:27:30,251 --> 00:27:31,852 - We have been told the decision is next week... 719 00:27:31,919 --> 00:27:33,153 SHAUN: Twice. - Twice. 720 00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:34,521 SHAUN: Yeah. 721 00:27:34,588 --> 00:27:35,823 - Over many, many, many months, let alone weeks. 722 00:27:35,890 --> 00:27:36,790 SHAUN: Absolutely. - Okay. 723 00:27:36,857 --> 00:27:38,726 - The club has an application 724 00:27:38,792 --> 00:27:40,827 into the Levelling Up Fund, 725 00:27:40,894 --> 00:27:43,563 which is operated by UK government. 726 00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:47,234 We're asking them to contribute, via the council, 727 00:27:47,301 --> 00:27:50,337 ££20 million to actually build a new stand. 728 00:27:50,404 --> 00:27:53,173 - Mr. Speaker, if you live in North Wales 729 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,708 and want to watch international sport, 730 00:27:54,775 --> 00:27:57,644 you'll have to travel four hours to Cardiff or Swansea. 731 00:27:57,711 --> 00:27:58,812 PARLIAMENTARIAN: Shocking. 732 00:27:58,879 --> 00:28:01,481 - The Wrexham Racecourse with its historic Kop stand 733 00:28:01,548 --> 00:28:06,119 offers an excellent opportunity to level up access to sport. 734 00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:08,322 VARIOUS: Hear, hear! 735 00:28:08,388 --> 00:28:10,490 - Well, there could be no better campaigner 736 00:28:10,557 --> 00:28:13,093 for the interests of Wrexham sport. 737 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:15,128 I will do what I can, Mrs. Speaker, 738 00:28:15,195 --> 00:28:17,164 but I'm sure that Wrexham has every chance 739 00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:18,565 of success in the future. 740 00:28:18,632 --> 00:28:19,967 ROB: The truth of the matter is, 741 00:28:20,034 --> 00:28:23,604 if we don't get that funding, we can't build the Kop. 742 00:28:23,670 --> 00:28:25,338 - If we don't get the Levelling Up Fund, 743 00:28:25,405 --> 00:28:27,707 we have to go and find a public sector contribution 744 00:28:27,774 --> 00:28:28,876 from somewhere else. 745 00:28:28,943 --> 00:28:31,812 Nowhere near as attractive or quick. 746 00:28:31,879 --> 00:28:33,680 ROB: Okay. Oh, this is quick? 747 00:28:33,747 --> 00:28:35,515 Thus far, we've been moving-- this is quick? 748 00:28:35,582 --> 00:28:37,885 - Trust me. This is efficient. HUMPHREY: Not wrong. 749 00:28:37,951 --> 00:28:39,219 - Ugh. 750 00:28:39,286 --> 00:28:41,322 I feel like after the show's aired-- 751 00:28:41,388 --> 00:28:44,391 in the UK, I notice that people were laughing 752 00:28:44,458 --> 00:28:45,659 about how much I was whinging. 753 00:28:45,726 --> 00:28:47,861 Whinging is my favorite British term now. 754 00:28:47,928 --> 00:28:53,299 ♪♪ ♪♪ 755 00:28:53,366 --> 00:28:56,737 That I was whinging about how slow everything is, 756 00:28:56,803 --> 00:29:00,040 because I guess they're just so used to it 757 00:29:00,107 --> 00:29:02,743 from a bureaucratic standpoint. 758 00:29:02,810 --> 00:29:04,511 But good Lord. 759 00:29:04,578 --> 00:29:08,014 - When the stand is built, the level of craftsmanship, 760 00:29:08,081 --> 00:29:09,449 the quality, the work that's gone into it 761 00:29:09,516 --> 00:29:11,552 means that it should work and operate 762 00:29:11,619 --> 00:29:13,654 and it'll go the way it should do 763 00:29:13,721 --> 00:29:15,422 and none of the door handles should fall off 764 00:29:15,489 --> 00:29:17,591 like everything does in my house in LA. 765 00:29:17,657 --> 00:29:18,626 Because-- 766 00:29:18,692 --> 00:29:19,793 ROB: So what you're suggesting to me 767 00:29:19,860 --> 00:29:24,264 is that because of this level of bureaucracy, 768 00:29:24,331 --> 00:29:28,101 that there's a certain level of care and craftsmanship 769 00:29:28,168 --> 00:29:29,336 that goes into it that just doesn't exist 770 00:29:29,403 --> 00:29:30,370 in the United States of America. 771 00:29:30,437 --> 00:29:32,039 - Yes. - I reject that wholesale 772 00:29:32,105 --> 00:29:35,175 on behalf of the American people. 773 00:29:35,242 --> 00:29:36,577 SHAUN: Well, congratulations. [laughter] 774 00:29:36,644 --> 00:29:37,944 However, this is happening in Wales, 775 00:29:38,011 --> 00:29:39,146 so you've got no choice. 776 00:29:39,213 --> 00:29:40,247 - Yeah. - Okay. 777 00:29:40,313 --> 00:29:42,182 All right, so we'll know next week. 778 00:29:42,249 --> 00:29:44,384 - We'll know next week. 779 00:29:44,451 --> 00:29:46,052 RYAN: The delays in funding put us at risk 780 00:29:46,119 --> 00:29:47,354 of falling behind schedule, 781 00:29:47,421 --> 00:29:49,456 so we need to have the new Kop built 782 00:29:49,523 --> 00:29:51,825 for the 2024-2025 season. 783 00:29:51,892 --> 00:29:53,594 So we decided to pay for the demolition 784 00:29:53,661 --> 00:29:57,898 of the old Kop ourselves and began tearing it down. 785 00:29:57,964 --> 00:30:01,435 [soft music] 786 00:30:01,502 --> 00:30:03,904 WAYNE: Oh, very fond memories, you know? 787 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:06,307 My folks moved across the road when I was 11, 788 00:30:06,373 --> 00:30:08,942 and I was told then strictly not to cross the road. 789 00:30:09,009 --> 00:30:11,711 But as an eagle-eyed 11-year-old, 790 00:30:11,778 --> 00:30:13,080 the floodlights were on. 791 00:30:13,147 --> 00:30:15,515 I remember the game well. I think it was Blackpool. 792 00:30:15,582 --> 00:30:17,418 And we scored a last-minute winner to win 4-3. 793 00:30:17,484 --> 00:30:20,554 And between the lights and the last-minute euphoria, 794 00:30:20,621 --> 00:30:22,088 I was absolutely hooked from that minute on. 795 00:30:22,155 --> 00:30:24,124 And that was in the Kop, so yeah, 796 00:30:24,191 --> 00:30:26,427 just very fond memories. 797 00:30:26,494 --> 00:30:29,496 [metallic clanking and grinding] 798 00:30:33,233 --> 00:30:34,902 - Um, mixed emotions, really. 799 00:30:34,968 --> 00:30:38,372 One of excitement for the future. 800 00:30:38,439 --> 00:30:40,107 But obviously, there's a little bit of, um-- 801 00:30:40,174 --> 00:30:41,675 a little bit of sadness, 802 00:30:41,742 --> 00:30:44,278 you know, mixed in there because not only I, 803 00:30:44,345 --> 00:30:45,679 thousands of people, you know, 804 00:30:45,746 --> 00:30:47,214 people that are no longer with us as well 805 00:30:47,281 --> 00:30:49,116 have got memories, you know, in that stand. 806 00:30:49,183 --> 00:30:51,919 ♪♪ ♪♪ 807 00:30:51,985 --> 00:30:54,622 NEIL: I think the Kop was obviously iconic. 808 00:30:54,688 --> 00:30:56,590 And it's, like, a little bit like the Turf. 809 00:30:56,657 --> 00:30:59,559 It's just sort of the fabric of the football club, 810 00:30:59,626 --> 00:31:01,695 in many ways, that-- 811 00:31:01,762 --> 00:31:03,330 obviously, friends have come together 812 00:31:03,397 --> 00:31:05,532 and I've stood on there as a youngster. 813 00:31:05,599 --> 00:31:06,867 [TV flicks on] 814 00:31:06,934 --> 00:31:08,401 But then as a player, 815 00:31:08,468 --> 00:31:11,538 to look out onto a full Kop was pretty special. 816 00:31:11,605 --> 00:31:13,106 ANNOUNCER: Neil Roberts equalized 817 00:31:13,173 --> 00:31:14,441 from the penalty spot. 818 00:31:14,507 --> 00:31:15,676 NEIL: You know, that's something nice 819 00:31:15,743 --> 00:31:18,245 that I'll always have to keep hold of 820 00:31:18,311 --> 00:31:20,614 and, you know, that-- 821 00:31:20,681 --> 00:31:23,751 that moment becomes even more special 822 00:31:23,817 --> 00:31:27,554 now it's no longer there. 823 00:31:27,621 --> 00:31:32,459 CROWD: Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! 824 00:31:32,526 --> 00:31:37,497 - Well, out of the ashes, you know, will arise a new Kop. 825 00:31:37,564 --> 00:31:41,968 ♪♪ ♪♪ 826 00:31:42,035 --> 00:31:43,270 FAN: Goodbye, old friend, as Rob said. 827 00:31:43,337 --> 00:31:45,138 - Yes, yeah. Goodbye, old friend. 828 00:31:45,205 --> 00:31:52,345 ♪♪ ♪♪ 829 00:32:02,256 --> 00:32:05,459 [indistinct chatter] 830 00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:07,994 PHIL: Start of the season, there's a few teams 831 00:32:08,061 --> 00:32:09,429 you expect to be up there. 832 00:32:09,496 --> 00:32:12,533 And Chesterfield, Notts County, Boreham Wood, 833 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,800 you know, you look at those teams, 834 00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:16,703 and they've been building squads for a while 835 00:32:16,770 --> 00:32:18,472 to make challenges to get out this league 836 00:32:18,538 --> 00:32:21,475 and, like ourselves, haven't found it easy. 837 00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:23,443 You'd expect them to challenge again. 838 00:32:23,510 --> 00:32:24,811 - You know, there's absolutely no doubt 839 00:32:24,878 --> 00:32:26,247 Chesterfield were going to be 840 00:32:26,313 --> 00:32:29,182 one of the contenders for promotion. 841 00:32:29,249 --> 00:32:31,118 And obviously, going there so early 842 00:32:31,185 --> 00:32:33,820 was always going to be a challenge. 843 00:32:33,887 --> 00:32:35,155 It's an early season test, 844 00:32:35,222 --> 00:32:36,957 and we'll know more about the team 845 00:32:37,024 --> 00:32:38,225 when we come out of the game. 846 00:32:38,292 --> 00:32:41,228 [upbeat music] 847 00:32:41,295 --> 00:32:43,497 BROADCASTER 1: Let's get on to predictions. 848 00:32:43,564 --> 00:32:46,600 I'm gonna go for a nervy 1-niller 'cause I just love 849 00:32:46,667 --> 00:32:50,070 shoving it up those Derbyshire fellows. 850 00:32:50,137 --> 00:32:54,475 [all chanting] 851 00:32:54,541 --> 00:32:56,643 BROADCASTER 2: I'm gonna go for 2-nil. 852 00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:58,846 I'm gonna go same as last year. 853 00:32:58,912 --> 00:33:00,580 BROADCASTER 1: Brilliant. So we're gonna be 854 00:33:00,647 --> 00:33:02,115 top of the league by the end of this. 855 00:33:02,182 --> 00:33:03,783 You heard it here first. 856 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:06,687 - Arrived in Chesterfield. Massive game. 857 00:33:06,754 --> 00:33:08,789 [all chanting] 858 00:33:08,855 --> 00:33:12,692 Need to be taking points off people like this. 859 00:33:12,759 --> 00:33:14,728 [exhales] Up the town. Come on, boys! 860 00:33:14,795 --> 00:33:16,830 MARK: Hold onto your hats for the start. 861 00:33:16,897 --> 00:33:18,799 Quite the power from the adrenaline-fueled 862 00:33:18,866 --> 00:33:20,501 atmosphere we got anyway. 863 00:33:20,568 --> 00:33:22,035 I mean, I hope you can hear us 864 00:33:22,102 --> 00:33:24,605 in this massive early season match. 865 00:33:24,672 --> 00:33:27,775 [crowd chanting] 866 00:33:27,841 --> 00:33:29,743 - [chanting indistinctly] 867 00:33:29,810 --> 00:33:31,177 MARK: If you're gonna win the title, 868 00:33:31,244 --> 00:33:33,380 you've gotta take points off your rivals. 869 00:33:33,447 --> 00:33:36,183 Chesterfield are serious rivals. 870 00:33:36,250 --> 00:33:39,953 It's the first time I've gone into a season 871 00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:42,122 actually expecting success. 872 00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:44,157 SINGER: ♪♪ Yeah, I'm like a stampede ♪♪ 873 00:33:44,224 --> 00:33:46,527 ♪♪ Man, I come through like a banshee ♪♪ 874 00:33:46,594 --> 00:33:48,395 ♪♪ And there's only one thing that I can't see ♪♪ 875 00:33:48,462 --> 00:33:50,163 ♪♪ That's a plan B ♪♪ 876 00:33:50,230 --> 00:33:51,565 ♪♪ 'Cause I got tunnel vision ♪♪ 877 00:33:51,631 --> 00:33:53,701 ♪♪ I won't never give in, yeah ♪♪ 878 00:33:53,767 --> 00:33:55,336 ♪♪ And I ain't playin' with 'em, nah ♪♪ 879 00:33:55,402 --> 00:33:57,470 ♪♪ I'm just tryna win it all, yeah ♪♪ 880 00:33:57,537 --> 00:33:59,339 ♪♪ They broke the mold when they made me ♪♪ 881 00:33:59,406 --> 00:34:01,308 ♪♪ So cold, man, I keep freezing ♪♪ 882 00:34:01,374 --> 00:34:03,209 ♪♪ I'm the Loch Ness, I'm a monster ♪♪ 883 00:34:03,276 --> 00:34:04,778 ♪♪ I'm the one that they ain't believe ♪♪ 884 00:34:04,845 --> 00:34:06,680 ♪♪ I'm the one that you can't see ♪♪ 885 00:34:06,747 --> 00:34:08,181 ♪♪ Whoo, yeah ♪♪ 886 00:34:08,248 --> 00:34:10,050 ♪♪ Try to hold me down but I break free ♪♪ 887 00:34:10,116 --> 00:34:11,518 ♪♪ You can't stop me now ♪♪ 888 00:34:11,585 --> 00:34:12,920 MARK: Lee on the left-hand side 889 00:34:12,987 --> 00:34:14,288 scurries forward as well. 890 00:34:14,355 --> 00:34:15,923 Nice ball to Mullin, heads behind and turns, 891 00:34:15,989 --> 00:34:17,424 hits it just wide. 892 00:34:17,491 --> 00:34:20,961 SINGER: ♪♪ You can't take me down ♪♪ 893 00:34:21,028 --> 00:34:24,731 ♪♪ I'm on another level ♪♪ 894 00:34:24,798 --> 00:34:27,367 - Banks switches beautifully to King 895 00:34:27,434 --> 00:34:28,835 on the right-hand side halfway line. 896 00:34:28,902 --> 00:34:31,605 Palmer gets across quickly. It's pinged inside. 897 00:34:31,671 --> 00:34:33,273 And the return pass is a good one. 898 00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:36,343 King hits the goal line, puts it inside Palmer. 899 00:34:36,410 --> 00:34:39,312 Gets to the 6-yard box. 900 00:34:39,379 --> 00:34:42,783 It's goal! Chesterfield take the lead! 901 00:34:42,850 --> 00:34:44,184 Wow! 902 00:34:44,251 --> 00:34:48,088 Chesterfield score in the tenth minute. 903 00:34:48,155 --> 00:34:51,759 King with a superb run. 904 00:34:51,826 --> 00:34:55,796 And now it's the Chesterfield fans making all the noise. 905 00:34:55,862 --> 00:34:57,564 MARK: Goalkeepers make mistakes all the time. 906 00:34:57,631 --> 00:34:59,299 It's just that we get punished for it, 907 00:34:59,366 --> 00:35:00,935 and it normally leads to a goal. 908 00:35:01,001 --> 00:35:03,337 [dramatic music] 909 00:35:03,403 --> 00:35:06,240 I think it's one of them things that, with the weather, 910 00:35:06,306 --> 00:35:08,441 we just didn't start that game well enough. 911 00:35:08,508 --> 00:35:10,443 MARK: Lays it out to McFadzean. 912 00:35:10,510 --> 00:35:13,280 Early cross, easy for the keeper. 913 00:35:13,346 --> 00:35:15,182 Wrexham haven't quite got their rhythm back 914 00:35:15,249 --> 00:35:17,884 since going behind. 915 00:35:17,951 --> 00:35:20,487 ♪♪ ♪♪ 916 00:35:20,554 --> 00:35:22,056 ANNOUNCER: Asante's free on the left-hand side 917 00:35:22,122 --> 00:35:24,458 as Wrexham try and recover. Tozer. 918 00:35:24,524 --> 00:35:27,394 Wrexham are really, really pinned back here. 919 00:35:29,096 --> 00:35:30,464 MARK: Living up towards Bellinger's. 920 00:35:30,531 --> 00:35:31,898 King gets it back, turns it over the top 921 00:35:31,965 --> 00:35:33,800 and Tozer will have to chase this one. 922 00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:35,168 He'll-- 923 00:35:35,235 --> 00:35:36,703 vey coolly plays to Howard, 924 00:35:36,770 --> 00:35:38,872 who's under pressure, and he's lost the ball! 925 00:35:38,939 --> 00:35:41,174 He's outside the box. The shot comes in! 926 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:44,045 ♪♪ ♪♪ 927 00:35:44,111 --> 00:35:45,679 [wild cheering] 928 00:35:45,745 --> 00:35:48,783 2-0! Oh, dear me. 929 00:35:48,849 --> 00:35:50,451 That got us. 930 00:35:50,518 --> 00:35:53,520 I don't think that was a wise place to play a back pass. 931 00:35:53,587 --> 00:35:56,456 How on Earth have Wrexham managed to go two down? 932 00:35:56,523 --> 00:35:59,559 I mean, that's a disaster. 933 00:36:00,895 --> 00:36:04,765 - I think I wasn't--ah. 934 00:36:04,832 --> 00:36:06,633 It was tough because of-- 935 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:09,202 it was the pressure from the year before. 936 00:36:09,269 --> 00:36:12,005 We needed to start off the season so well. 937 00:36:12,072 --> 00:36:13,506 Obviously, I tried to take a back pass in 938 00:36:13,573 --> 00:36:16,176 and then just took a bad touch. 939 00:36:16,243 --> 00:36:17,577 That's the nature of being a goalkeeper. 940 00:36:28,823 --> 00:36:30,958 PHIL: We came against a team who started 941 00:36:31,025 --> 00:36:32,425 very quickly on the night, 942 00:36:32,492 --> 00:36:35,328 and when you can see two poor goals-- 943 00:36:35,395 --> 00:36:37,797 and it always gives any team a lift. 944 00:36:37,864 --> 00:36:40,734 And yeah, we gave ourselves a mountain to climb. 945 00:36:42,770 --> 00:36:45,105 MARK: Wrexham really needs 946 00:36:45,172 --> 00:36:47,842 to push on in this second half now. 947 00:36:47,908 --> 00:36:50,511 ANNOUNCER: Chesterfield outperforming the Red Dragons 948 00:36:50,577 --> 00:36:52,713 on their trip over here to Derbyshire. 949 00:36:52,780 --> 00:36:54,248 Phil Parkinson's side just couldn't get 950 00:36:54,315 --> 00:36:58,786 into their rhythm or their groove. 951 00:36:58,853 --> 00:37:00,220 [whistle blasts] 952 00:37:00,287 --> 00:37:02,289 That's the full time whistle that's blown. 953 00:37:02,355 --> 00:37:05,458 MARK: This was a frustrating day for Wrexham 954 00:37:05,525 --> 00:37:07,060 who, in front of a superb following, 955 00:37:07,127 --> 00:37:11,731 have not been able to come out with a result at all. 956 00:37:11,798 --> 00:37:13,500 PHIL: It's a real disappointment 957 00:37:13,567 --> 00:37:16,169 early in the season when we were arriving, 958 00:37:16,236 --> 00:37:18,372 full of optimism, thinking, 959 00:37:18,438 --> 00:37:21,041 this is where we make a statement. 960 00:37:21,107 --> 00:37:23,210 - You know, we knew we'd put a squad together 961 00:37:23,277 --> 00:37:25,145 that was good enough to get promotion. 962 00:37:25,212 --> 00:37:26,980 Us knowing it and them doing it 963 00:37:27,047 --> 00:37:28,515 are two vastly different things. 964 00:37:31,752 --> 00:37:33,487 HUMPHREY: Yeah, unfortunately, I can't work out 965 00:37:33,554 --> 00:37:36,390 how to do it on my phone, which is a bit of a blow. 966 00:37:36,457 --> 00:37:37,825 - If you can pin yourself, Ryan, 967 00:37:37,891 --> 00:37:39,860 and then record your screen. 968 00:37:39,926 --> 00:37:42,996 - Uh, does anyone know--sorry-- how to record my screen? 969 00:37:43,063 --> 00:37:44,798 I'm not quite sure. 970 00:37:44,865 --> 00:37:46,800 PERSON: Yeah, it should be down below in the center. 971 00:37:46,867 --> 00:37:47,901 If you just click on-- 972 00:37:47,968 --> 00:37:49,236 there's a little record button. 973 00:37:49,302 --> 00:37:51,404 - Oh, yeah, I think it's recording. 974 00:37:51,471 --> 00:37:52,906 - It says you're recording. You're good. 975 00:37:52,973 --> 00:37:54,407 - Okay, great. 976 00:37:56,076 --> 00:37:57,110 - Okay, cool. 977 00:37:57,177 --> 00:38:01,115 So I just got a message from-- 978 00:38:01,182 --> 00:38:04,185 well, regrettably, a media outlet 979 00:38:04,251 --> 00:38:06,420 that's heard the news 980 00:38:06,486 --> 00:38:09,189 that the Levelling Up Fund bid application 981 00:38:09,256 --> 00:38:11,191 from the council has been unsuccessful. 982 00:38:11,258 --> 00:38:14,361 So the Levelling Up Fund bid's not been accepted. 983 00:38:14,428 --> 00:38:16,563 18 months worth of work 984 00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:18,265 trying to get the funding for the Kop 985 00:38:18,332 --> 00:38:21,434 has just gone up in smoke. 986 00:38:21,501 --> 00:38:22,969 - Great. 987 00:38:23,036 --> 00:38:24,838 - We can't grow the club 988 00:38:24,905 --> 00:38:27,074 unless we can get more people into the stadium. 989 00:38:27,141 --> 00:38:29,109 We've got a three-sided ground now 990 00:38:29,176 --> 00:38:32,012 with a Kop that's nearly on the floor. 991 00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:33,614 - Yeah. 992 00:38:33,681 --> 00:38:35,315 Is this, like, a political thing? 993 00:38:35,382 --> 00:38:38,151 - Probably the Conservative government don't believe 994 00:38:38,218 --> 00:38:41,588 they'll hold the Wrexham seat this time at the next election, 995 00:38:41,655 --> 00:38:43,123 regardless of how much money they put 996 00:38:43,190 --> 00:38:44,858 into the local football club. 997 00:38:44,925 --> 00:38:46,459 - Still, it's a huge problem. 998 00:38:46,526 --> 00:38:49,897 I mean, this is a cornerstone of our long-term Wrexham plans. 999 00:38:49,963 --> 00:38:51,499 I mean, this is huge. 1000 00:38:51,565 --> 00:38:54,201 - We've taken a blow, but we're gonna get back up again. 1001 00:38:54,268 --> 00:38:56,169 And we're not out with this fight yet. 1002 00:38:56,236 --> 00:38:58,405 - I don't have ££20 million lying around. 1003 00:38:58,471 --> 00:39:00,007 I don't--I don't know if Ryan does, 1004 00:39:00,073 --> 00:39:01,575 but I don't think so. 1005 00:39:01,642 --> 00:39:03,977 He might say he does, but I would talk to Blake, 1006 00:39:04,044 --> 00:39:05,779 'cause I bet you he fucking doesn't. 1007 00:39:05,846 --> 00:39:10,483 - Uh, what is it that we can do to help see this through? 1008 00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:12,319 - Just the three of you promise me this, okay? 1009 00:39:12,386 --> 00:39:15,489 I'm low at the moment. Let just me be the lowest. 1010 00:39:15,556 --> 00:39:16,590 We'll find a-- - [chuckles] 1011 00:39:16,657 --> 00:39:18,626 - We'll find a-- we'll find a solution 1012 00:39:18,692 --> 00:39:21,361 because we are gonna need to think outside the box 1013 00:39:21,428 --> 00:39:23,597 and do things differently, so... 1014 00:39:23,663 --> 00:39:26,666 - Uh, I'll sell one of my children. 1015 00:39:26,733 --> 00:39:28,035 - Oh, well, you've got so many of them. 1016 00:39:28,101 --> 00:39:29,636 - Yeah, you got a bunch of 'em now. 1017 00:39:29,703 --> 00:39:30,637 - I have four. 1018 00:39:30,704 --> 00:39:32,606 I mean, I don't even know their names. 1019 00:39:32,672 --> 00:39:35,008 - You can't possibly--you can't possibly need all of them. 1020 00:39:35,075 --> 00:39:36,510 - Oh, you've brightened my day. 1021 00:39:36,577 --> 00:39:38,946 You've brightened my day up, you three. 1022 00:39:39,013 --> 00:39:42,416 - [laughs] Good. Um, okay-- 1023 00:39:42,483 --> 00:39:44,351 - Is there anything else we need to discuss 1024 00:39:44,418 --> 00:39:46,420 besides the fact that the sky is falling? 1025 00:39:46,487 --> 00:39:48,355 Is there anything-- is there anything else? 1026 00:39:48,422 --> 00:39:49,790 - All right. Bye, guys. 1027 00:39:49,856 --> 00:39:52,125 SHAUN: Cheers. Talk to you later, mate. 1028 00:39:52,192 --> 00:39:55,095 [soft guitar music] 1029 00:39:55,162 --> 00:40:02,269 ♪♪ ♪♪ 1030 00:40:23,290 --> 00:40:24,724 [child giggles, seagull cries]