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[dramatic tones]

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[soft music]

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♪♪ ♪♪

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PERSON:
There's so much going on

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at the club at the moment,

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especially
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It's sort
of drawn the attention

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of a global audience.

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[laughter]

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- I've traveled 250 miles today
to see the glorious Wrexham.

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- We're here because of--
because of the show, yeah.

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INTERVIEWER: What's
the overall British sentiment?

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FAN: It's largely positive,
unless you're a football fan

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of a rival club.

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And then you
absolutely hate it.

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- Home fans to my left.

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Away fans to my right, please.

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FAN: The two sets of fans
pretty much at each other,

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and it does kind of
make you the villain

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when you've got more money than
everyone else in the league.

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- The Hollywood owner club.

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COMMENTATOR 3: They're
a totally different club,

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obviously, to when Ryan
and Rob bought them.

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- It's almost like a--

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an element to it
where it's not pure.

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- A lot of jealous
people out there.

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And we'd be the same.

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If one of our rivals--
if this was happening to one

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of our rivals,
we'd be absolutely--you know,

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we'd hate it, we'd be gutted.

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- There's a bit more
of an excitement to it

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and I think a bit more
of a desire to win.

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FAN: We're right up
there on the pedestal.

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Everyone wants to beat us.

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Everyone wants
to knock us down a bit.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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SINGER: ♪♪ Don't forget
where you came from ♪♪

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♪♪ Don't forget what
you're made of ♪♪

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♪♪ The ones who were there ♪♪

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♪♪ But no one else will care ♪♪

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♪♪ And don't be
afraid to cry now ♪♪

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♪♪ Even when the world
comes crashing in ♪♪

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♪♪ ♪♪

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♪♪ And don't forget
to sing when you win ♪♪

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♪♪ ♪♪

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♪♪ Don't forget
to sing when you win ♪♪

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MARK: I'm Mark Griffiths,
and I've been

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doing commentary for Wrexham
since the late 1980s.

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Mullin, right side of the box,

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cutting inside,
running at his man.

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It's a left-hand shot!
[crowd roaring]

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- There you go!

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Mullin finds him.
Lee hits him!

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[cheering]

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Oh, my word, that was good.

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[upbeat music]

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Well, I'm from Wrexham.

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I'm from Hightown in Wrexham.

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[soft music]

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Grew up here.

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Got into football
when I was about nine

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from my next-door neighbor
coming home,

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and I'd be playing
in the front garden,

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and he would have been
to the Wrexham game.

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Supporting Wrexham's
in the blood.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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I started off in hospital
radio in the late 1980s.

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Now, hospital radio has had a
really impressive long history

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in Wrexham, the town.

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The Wrexham
Supporters Association

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paid for a physical line
to be sent

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from the racecourse to
the Maelor Hospital in Wrexham

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purely for football commentary

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for patients
within a hospital.

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That's lovely work.
He's got past his man.

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And he drills a shot.

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[cheering]

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Ah, yes!

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It was a honey trap,
and was running hospital radio,

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the broadcast section,
when I was about 21.

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And I just purely
worked for the club.

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And I've been doing it
for the club

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for quite a long time now,
really,

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rather than any sort
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If you'd come here
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you would find
a fairly depressed town.

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You wouldn't find people
bragging about Wrexham.

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We've lost most
of the markets.

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We've lost
all those big industries.

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We've lost most
of the breweries.

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We've lost the mines.

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We were negative enough
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we weren't allowed
to have nice things.

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It took people
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actually,
you've got a lot of value,

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you've got a lot of worth,
there's amazing things here,

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to really stoke
that awareness within us.

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This whole project has
been about community.

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This whole thing is about
the town, not just the club.

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No matter what
people say about us,

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that's 15 long years
at our lowest ebb.

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I genuinely believe
that we will get promoted,

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having seen what
Rob and Ryan have done,

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because they have been
transformative.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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[upbeat music]

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PLAYER: After some initial
struggles to start the season,

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we have really settled in
and been playing

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some fabulous football.

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COACH: Got this!

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Goal.

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Yes, here we go.

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Good. Better.

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- We have excelled this season
by any normal metric.

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We've been brilliant.

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ANNOUNCER: Ball comes
in to the far post.

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Ollie Palmer breaks
the deadlock for Wrexham.

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PLAYER: Played really well.

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ANNOUNCER: Brilliantly.

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HUMPHREY:
We won seven straight games,

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scored lots of goals.

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COMMENTATOR:
Hayden shot to Paul Mullin.

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HUMPHREY: And shot to
the top of the table.

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ANNOUNCER: To win it
for Wrexham, and he scores!

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[cheering]

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Who else but Paul Mullin?

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Just listen to that noise.

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They've done it again,
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goes top of the league.

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- Top of the league.

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- Problem is,
there's this other bloody team

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in our division who are doing
the exact same thing.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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Notts County went off
like a runaway train.

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ANNOUNCER:
Notts County are in front.

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HUMPHREY:
They score loads of goals.

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They're having
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in the history
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Everyone's doing brilliantly.
They've recruited brilliantly.

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They play brilliant football.

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They are in every possible way
worthy and noble opponents.

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[cheering]

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And I wish they'd all fall
down a manhole and sod off.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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- Across from Dean, which
we'll go through in a minute.

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Langstaff--got to mention him
because he's got 14 goals,

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and we've got to stop him
dictating the game.

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We face Notts County
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who've have had
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You know, we win. They win.

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Very rarely does either
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And, you know,
it's been relentless.

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We've got to be alive tonight.

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If we're tight all
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those balls will be on
for the wing backs.

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The most important thing
is that we prepare the team

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properly and we just try
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on getting the job done.

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There's no medals awarded
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oh, we've broke this record
or have done that.

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That doesn't concern me at all.

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The only thing
I'm focusing on is,

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you know,
when the last ball is kicked,

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that we're the team
lifting the trophy.

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OK, thank you very much, lads.

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See you down there.

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[electric guitar playing]

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PERSON 1: Nope, sorry.
I'll tell you when.

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PERSON 2: Haven't been
blocking you perfectly.

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If you could just--
PERSON 3: Oh, yeah, OK.

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OK, I'll sit on the
couch if you want.

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Yeah, all right.

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PERSON 2: Three, four.

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[electric guitar music]

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♪♪ ♪♪

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♪♪ Influential number ten ♪♪

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♪♪ Beats his man
and scores again ♪♪

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♪♪ Smashed it to the... ♪♪

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- It's a song
which is a tribute

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to our super number ten,
Paul Mullin.

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♪♪ And proper working class ♪♪

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Mainly because we thought
we'd write the song

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because he's one of us.

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He's a working-class lad.

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He engages so well
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and the fans
can relate to him.

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♪♪ But we've got Mullin,
super Paul Mullin ♪♪

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♪♪ I just don't think
you'll understand ♪♪

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♪♪ He wears the red and white ♪♪

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♪♪ He's flipping dynamite ♪♪

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♪♪ We love super Paul Mullin ♪♪

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MARK: He's a decent bloke,
you know?

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Nothing big-headed about him.
Seems nice.

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I haven't met him myself,
but maybe one day we will.

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BEN: Fingers crossed.

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MARK: Until the song
comes out, anyway.

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BEN: Yeah.
[laughter]

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PRODUCER: How have things
changed for you

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since
"Always Sunny in Wrexham,"

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the song,
since you released it?

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- It's just gone mad
since the documentary, yeah.

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- We're getting stopped by--

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- Yeah.

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- Everybody,
you know, children,

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people from America, Canada.

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- To sit on the
ground in a seat,

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that same seat we sat in
for years and years and years,

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and all of a sudden,
they're playing your song.

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- We're getting
offered bigger gigs,

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and we're getting more money.

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That's always--
actually getting money.

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Not doing it for free.

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♪♪ He's our super Paul Mullin ♪♪

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- Notts County away,
it's a big game,

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top of the table clash,
first v. second.

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The big games are always
the ones you're excited for.

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And if we do want
to get promoted,

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we've got to go
and express ourselves.

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- Hopefully, tonight we can
keep on our winning run.

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It'll be a tough game.
They're a good team.

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Obviously,
we lost to Chesterfield,

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and it was
a disappointing performance.

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And we can't let
that happen tonight.

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We've got to go there.
We've got to win these games.

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We've got to beat
all the teams around us.

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We know we can beat the teams,
you know, around the middle

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and the bottom of the table,

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but these are the games
that we want to be winning.

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- ♪♪ Here we go,
here we go, here we go ♪♪

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Open the door.

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Who are we?

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Who are we?
- Red Army!

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[The Declan Swans' "It's
Always Sunny in Wrexham"]

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- Red Army!

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- The interest
in Wrexham Football Club has

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absolutely
exploded exponentially

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since the takeover.

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SINGER: ♪♪ Less than a mile
from the center of town ♪♪

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♪♪ A famous old stadium's
crumbling down ♪♪

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♪♪ No one's invested
so much as a penny ♪♪

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♪♪ Bring on the Deadpool ♪♪

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♪♪ And Rob McElhenney ♪♪

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- It's astonishing from the
football club's point of view.

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I mean, honestly,
the supporters

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of Wrexham at the away games
are phenomenal.

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- We're going for promotion!

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[clapping]

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- You know, we're talking
5,000 supporters to away games.

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We get people
driving four hours.

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FAN: 2 1/2
hours to go to Dorking.

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- We've been driving
for over an hour.

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- Long journey for me.
Come from Liverpool.

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Back to North Wales tonight.

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All the way
to Southend tomorrow.

256
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[fans chanting and singing]

257
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ANNOUNCER: Welcome
to Meadow Lane for what

258
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is a highly anticipated clash.

259
00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:58,592
[fans chanting and singing]

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ANNOUNCER:
It's a fantastic crowd,

261
00:11:04,131 --> 00:11:07,133
over 2,000 Wrexham fans
on a work night

262
00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,769
going across country.

263
00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:10,538
[crowd chanting]
Wrexham! Wrexham!

264
00:11:10,604 --> 00:11:11,705
Wrexham!
Wrexham!

265
00:11:11,772 --> 00:11:13,173
Wrexham!

266
00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,242
- Away games ten years ago,
when they switched off

267
00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:17,378
the music when
the players came out,

268
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it just dropped
to complete silence.

269
00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:22,716
And I think of the contrast
between that

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and what's now happening.

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[fans chanting]

272
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COACH: Got a minute yet.
Just start finishing up.

273
00:11:31,358 --> 00:11:32,659
Yeah, OK, then, boys.

274
00:11:32,726 --> 00:11:35,529
Notts County away--
obviously, they're second.

275
00:11:35,596 --> 00:11:38,331
We've gone top after
the win at the weekend.

276
00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:40,935
It's an important game,
two big clubs at the level.

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00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:43,470
You know, we had three games
against them last year,

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and all were keenly contested,
as you can imagine.

279
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And this will be no
different tonight.

280
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Their key players.
Langstaff's got 14 goals.

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Smother the bastard's
life out of him.

282
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- They have got
Macauley Langstaff,

283
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who is just a goal machine.

284
00:11:58,352 --> 00:12:00,287
He's different to Mullin.

285
00:12:00,354 --> 00:12:02,022
Mullin gets involved
in all sorts

286
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of different aspects of play.

287
00:12:03,757 --> 00:12:07,460
Macaulay Langstaff plays
between the posts.

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He's purely obsessed
with goals.

289
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COACH: OK, let's get
ready to rumble, boys.

290
00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:12,666
[cheering]

291
00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:13,968
- Come on then, boys.
- Here we go.

292
00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:15,302
Yes.
- Come on, son.

293
00:12:15,369 --> 00:12:16,737
[crowd chanting]
Wrexham!

294
00:12:16,803 --> 00:12:19,105
[clapping]
Wrexham!

295
00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:21,408
[clapping]

296
00:12:21,475 --> 00:12:23,410
ANNOUNCER: Both sides will
be vying for those two

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promotion spots this season.

298
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And Phil Parkinson
will be really hoping

299
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his side can unlock
the Notts County defense.

300
00:12:30,117 --> 00:12:32,452
[crowd chanting]
Wrexham!

301
00:12:38,926 --> 00:12:41,895
[crowd chanting]

302
00:12:41,962 --> 00:12:44,898
[tense music]

303
00:12:44,965 --> 00:12:49,336
♪♪ ♪♪

304
00:12:49,403 --> 00:12:52,238
COMMENTATOR:
Underway here at Notts County.

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00:12:52,305 --> 00:12:54,274
ANNOUNCER: It's a highly
anticipated clash.

306
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It's first place, second.

307
00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:58,144
An excellent atmosphere.

308
00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,548
It's across, floated into
the area, and first chance.

309
00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:03,517
And a great save from Howard.
Great save off the line.

310
00:13:03,584 --> 00:13:06,553
And it was a big header
by dapper Langstaff

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00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:08,655
and a big save by Mark Howard.

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COACH: Fucking hell, lads.

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ANNOUNCER: And in the end,
Ollie Palmer pounces Mullin.

314
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Some space on the right
if he wants to use it.

315
00:13:15,429 --> 00:13:17,030
Palmer's going alone.
PERSON: Come on, Ollie!

316
00:13:17,097 --> 00:13:18,165
ANNOUNCER: Palmer shoots.

317
00:13:18,232 --> 00:13:19,733
Drags it wide.

318
00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,468
COMMENTATOR:
On the edge of the box.

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00:13:21,535 --> 00:13:23,704
It's a key to be organized.

320
00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:25,372
One punt to the edge there,
they got runners here,

321
00:13:25,439 --> 00:13:27,140
both forwards,
and Palmer squares it.

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00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:28,809
Must be a goal.
It is a goal!

323
00:13:28,876 --> 00:13:31,445
ANNOUNCER: And it's
Notts County strike first

324
00:13:31,512 --> 00:13:33,280
in the top of the table clash.

325
00:13:33,347 --> 00:13:35,249
And who else with a goal?

326
00:13:35,316 --> 00:13:37,084
Number 15 for the season,
Macaulay Langstaff,

327
00:13:37,151 --> 00:13:40,354
in the right place at the
right time, and not the start

328
00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:43,123
that Phil Parkinson's
side will have wanted.

329
00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:45,125
- Early exchanges--
a bit disappointed.

330
00:13:45,192 --> 00:13:46,459
Notts County started
the better team.

331
00:13:46,526 --> 00:13:48,629
Their key player
got the opportunity,

332
00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:50,097
and he's taken it.

333
00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,232
And now there's a lot
of work to be done.

334
00:13:52,299 --> 00:13:54,034
COACH: Mullins, to Palmer!

335
00:13:54,101 --> 00:13:55,903
Play in there with Jordan.

336
00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,471
[fans chanting]

337
00:13:57,538 --> 00:13:59,506
ANNOUNCER:
Hayden looking forwards.

338
00:13:59,573 --> 00:14:01,775
Mullin off Cameron.
He's done well.

339
00:14:01,842 --> 00:14:03,744
He's got passing options
coming into the box.

340
00:14:03,811 --> 00:14:06,013
But he goes for it himself,
and he misses.

341
00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,082
What a chance!

342
00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:09,649
Maybe a bit
of frustration there.

343
00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:11,718
Tozer saying he was coming
if he just held it up.

344
00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:13,053
And he maybe had a point.

345
00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,556
Decision-making not quite
there so far for Wrexham.

346
00:14:15,623 --> 00:14:16,623
[both groan]

347
00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:17,758
ANNOUNCER:
Can't blame Mullin.

348
00:14:17,825 --> 00:14:19,994
Hasn't had
an opportunity all half.

349
00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:23,063
- Football is about, you know,
when the moments come,

350
00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:25,799
you know, taking
the key actions in the game.

351
00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:28,368
And we've got the players
can hurt them.

352
00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:31,671
But so far, we just
didn't take the chances.

353
00:14:31,738 --> 00:14:33,874
INTERVIEWER: What you think
so far of the first half?

354
00:14:33,941 --> 00:14:35,309
- Terrible.
INTERVIEWER: Really?

355
00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,910
- Absolutely terrible.
- Absolutely.

356
00:14:36,977 --> 00:14:38,778
- Just miles off it.

357
00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:40,847
ANNOUNCER: It's 1-0 to
Notts County at the break,

358
00:14:40,914 --> 00:14:43,383
while Wrexham haven't
been at their best so far.

359
00:14:43,450 --> 00:14:46,453
Some strained efforts as
the players exit the field.

360
00:15:08,876 --> 00:15:10,144
COACH: Don't--let's
not come off the pitch

361
00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:11,178
and moan about it.

362
00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:12,880
We've got to go up a level.

363
00:15:12,947 --> 00:15:14,514
They got the goal early.

364
00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:16,149
There's no one
to blame for that.

365
00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:18,185
And it's important there's
a buy-in from the group now.

366
00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:19,552
It's not about individuals.

367
00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:22,523
It's about the team
working towards that goal.

368
00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:24,358
Honestly, lads,
when we've passed it,

369
00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,226
we've got a bit
of calmness in our play.

370
00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:27,594
We've looked decent.

371
00:15:27,661 --> 00:15:29,796
When we've forced it,
we haven't looked as good.

372
00:15:29,863 --> 00:15:31,298
That's how we're going to play.

373
00:15:31,365 --> 00:15:33,534
- When you play the big games,
you're fucking at work.

374
00:15:33,601 --> 00:15:35,903
And we will carry
you off the pitch.

375
00:15:35,970 --> 00:15:37,404
- Let's go up a notch.
Come on.

376
00:15:37,471 --> 00:15:38,973
- Come on, boys, hey?
Come on.

377
00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:40,307
- Come on.
- Come on.

378
00:15:40,374 --> 00:15:41,909
Come on.
We know what we've got to do.

379
00:15:41,976 --> 00:15:45,346
I don't feel that it
knocks them if they miss.

380
00:15:45,412 --> 00:15:47,147
I feel it gives
them more resolve

381
00:15:47,214 --> 00:15:48,649
to take the next opportunity.

382
00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:50,750
We go to the end,
and we stick together.

383
00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:52,486
We fucking stick together.

384
00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:55,256
[fans chanting]

385
00:15:55,322 --> 00:15:56,824
[dramatic music]

386
00:15:56,891 --> 00:15:59,893
ANNOUNCER: Welcome back
for the second 45 minutes.

387
00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,695
COACH: Come on, boys.
Come on.

388
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,030
Give us that energy, son.

389
00:16:03,096 --> 00:16:04,899
ANNOUNCER: Back to goal.
[indistinct] passes to Jones.

390
00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:08,502
[indistinct]
Yes, move!

391
00:16:08,568 --> 00:16:12,039
[crowd roaring]

392
00:16:12,106 --> 00:16:13,274
COACH: They're out
fucking side.

393
00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:14,908
Fucking time you run.

394
00:16:14,975 --> 00:16:16,243
ANNOUNCER: Brilliant
football by Wrexham,

395
00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:17,744
but the flag is up.

396
00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:20,614
Wrexham 0, Notts County 1.

397
00:16:20,681 --> 00:16:24,585
♪♪ ♪♪

398
00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:27,587
[soft music]

399
00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:33,727
♪♪ ♪♪

400
00:16:33,794 --> 00:16:35,629
- Isn't it typical?

401
00:16:35,696 --> 00:16:38,065
We have the most remarkable
record-breaking season

402
00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:39,632
in history.

403
00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:42,702
Someone else does as well
at the same time as us.

404
00:16:42,769 --> 00:16:47,574
They are remarkable
adversaries.

405
00:16:47,641 --> 00:16:50,010
PERSON: The more successful we
are and the more of a threat

406
00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:52,479
we become to other teams
and their ambitions, you know,

407
00:16:52,546 --> 00:16:55,315
the more every team
we play puts on their best

408
00:16:55,382 --> 00:16:56,650
performance of the season.

409
00:16:56,717 --> 00:16:58,319
I imagine lots of people
watching this game

410
00:16:58,385 --> 00:17:00,420
and probably willing
us on to fail.

411
00:17:00,487 --> 00:17:02,923
Everybody wants to see
Deadpool in the mud.

412
00:17:02,990 --> 00:17:05,058
They want to see
Rob McElhenney disappointed.

413
00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,060
They want to bloody the nose

414
00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:09,229
of the big fancy
Hollywood jerkoffs.

415
00:17:09,296 --> 00:17:14,034
And, you know,
that's just an extra

416
00:17:14,101 --> 00:17:16,169
challenge for us to deal with.

417
00:17:21,775 --> 00:17:26,914
[soft music]

418
00:17:26,981 --> 00:17:28,549
REPORTER: Well, Wrexham's
hot streak has

419
00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:30,383
suffered a bit of
a cool-down with a defeat

420
00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:31,919
against Notts County.

421
00:17:31,985 --> 00:17:34,321
A bit of a tough pill to
swallow for the droves of fans

422
00:17:34,388 --> 00:17:36,256
who made the long trip
to support the Reds,

423
00:17:36,323 --> 00:17:37,824
but one thing's for sure.

424
00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:39,893
Supporters of other clubs
around the National League

425
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,796
are absolutely loving it.

426
00:17:42,863 --> 00:17:45,765
ROB: Sports is such a--
is so tribal in nature that

427
00:17:45,832 --> 00:17:48,969
you're going to have supporters
of other clubs looking at this

428
00:17:49,036 --> 00:17:50,738
club and wanting
to cut us down

429
00:17:50,804 --> 00:17:53,841
at every turn simply
in support of their own club.

430
00:17:53,908 --> 00:17:57,244
And they're not necessarily
inclined to look

431
00:17:57,311 --> 00:17:58,813
at the situation objectively.

432
00:17:58,879 --> 00:18:00,380
That's the fun of sports.

433
00:18:00,447 --> 00:18:02,315
Then, of course, there's
also cynics out there

434
00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,384
and people who just
hear the story.

435
00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:06,420
And they're just sort of
cynical without really

436
00:18:06,487 --> 00:18:07,287
looking into it.

437
00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:09,022
And they can fuck
all the way off.

438
00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:11,191
- [laughs]

439
00:18:11,258 --> 00:18:13,093
I think
it's perfectly acceptable

440
00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,996
to root against,
say, Rob and I.

441
00:18:16,063 --> 00:18:18,498
ROB: Oh, yeah, the Hollywood
idiots definitely deserve it.

442
00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:21,234
- I'm just going to be really,
really truthful about what

443
00:18:21,301 --> 00:18:23,370
I think about AFC Wrexham.

444
00:18:23,437 --> 00:18:26,473
- But I don't see how you
can root against a town

445
00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:28,475
that has been through so much.

446
00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:30,577
- This is a town that have
been through quite a lot.

447
00:18:30,644 --> 00:18:33,146
This dream of being back
in the Football League,

448
00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:36,016
it's not an entirely
greedy dream, is it?

449
00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:38,752
If someone wants to come in,
and they want to romanticize

450
00:18:38,819 --> 00:18:40,721
this town and say
these positive things

451
00:18:40,788 --> 00:18:42,355
about this town
you're so proud of

452
00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:43,890
and put it on the map,

453
00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:46,327
I'm not going to be the one
to be bitter and jealous

454
00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:48,495
about that just
because I'd be so

455
00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:51,298
desperately wishing it would
happen to my football club.

456
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:53,600
INTERVIEWER: Are Wrexham
going up this season?

457
00:18:53,667 --> 00:18:56,403
[all cheering]

458
00:18:56,470 --> 00:18:58,205
- I don't know how
you don't root

459
00:18:58,272 --> 00:18:59,740
for a town like Wrexham.

460
00:18:59,807 --> 00:19:03,043
- See, like this is
our relationship, writ large.

461
00:19:03,110 --> 00:19:05,679
I'm telling people to fuck off.

462
00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,881
And he's saying,
well, hold on a second.

463
00:19:07,948 --> 00:19:10,417
Now maybe there's a different
way of looking at this.

464
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:12,019
Maybe if we can
welcome more people.

465
00:19:12,086 --> 00:19:13,253
- I agree
with your assessment too.

466
00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,489
I mean,
they can fuck right off.

467
00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:21,228
But I--yeah, like,
I'm fascinated by how

468
00:19:21,295 --> 00:19:23,363
that sort of
conversation happens.

469
00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:25,332
Yeah, it's interesting.
- He's so nice.

470
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:26,900
He's so nice.
- Not too nice.

471
00:19:26,967 --> 00:19:28,935
- No, not nice--kind.
- No, no.

472
00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:31,005
[laughter]

473
00:19:31,071 --> 00:19:33,006
Nice is in
the South of France.

474
00:19:33,073 --> 00:19:34,641
Nice.
He's very Nice.

475
00:19:34,708 --> 00:19:36,810
- He's very Nice.

476
00:19:36,877 --> 00:19:38,312
SUPPORTER: And you hear people
say they've got a lot

477
00:19:38,379 --> 00:19:39,746
of money pumped into the club.

478
00:19:39,813 --> 00:19:41,915
That's a good thing
for a lower league, you know?

479
00:19:41,982 --> 00:19:44,451
They're not the big boys.
So I think that's a good thing.

480
00:19:44,518 --> 00:19:48,388
- Every club at this level
needs an advantage.

481
00:19:48,455 --> 00:19:49,723
- It's a hard league to be in.

482
00:19:49,790 --> 00:19:52,593
So if you can get out of it,
well done.

483
00:19:52,659 --> 00:19:54,128
- I mean, yes,
they've got a bit of money.

484
00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:55,362
They're using it well.

485
00:19:55,429 --> 00:19:56,796
They're doing what
they should do.

486
00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,265
- Well, obviously, I think
everyone would want that sort

487
00:19:58,331 --> 00:19:59,366
of investment in their club.

488
00:19:59,433 --> 00:20:02,469
But, you know,
we'll look forward

489
00:20:02,536 --> 00:20:05,839
to building Dagenham
in the future as well, so...

490
00:20:05,906 --> 00:20:08,408
- You know, I wish I could
win the EuroMillions.

491
00:20:08,475 --> 00:20:09,943
Then I'd do the same here.

492
00:20:10,010 --> 00:20:11,845
[laughter]

493
00:20:11,912 --> 00:20:14,548
ROB: Taking an honest look
at the people of Wrexham

494
00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:19,053
and seeing that they probably
look a lot like you,

495
00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:23,023
and they probably live
a very similar life to you,

496
00:20:23,090 --> 00:20:28,128
and, yes, sure, on the field
may be your adversaries.

497
00:20:28,194 --> 00:20:32,299
But in real life, you're
kind of on the same team.

498
00:20:32,366 --> 00:20:34,234
- Much respect to Wrexham
for being

499
00:20:34,301 --> 00:20:35,402
where they are right now--

500
00:20:35,469 --> 00:20:37,337
exactly the same
position as us.

501
00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,439
- Good luck to them, you know?

502
00:20:39,506 --> 00:20:41,609
- Yeah, good luck to them.
That's what I say.

503
00:20:41,675 --> 00:20:44,078
[fans chanting]
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

504
00:20:44,145 --> 00:20:46,579
FAN: From the top!

505
00:20:46,646 --> 00:20:49,549
- I mean, good luck to them.
Good luck to them.

506
00:20:52,653 --> 00:20:53,921
[Declan Swans'
"Super Paul Mullin" playing]

507
00:20:53,987 --> 00:20:57,590
♪♪ We've got Mullin,
super Paul Mullin ♪♪

508
00:20:57,657 --> 00:21:01,395
♪♪ Just don't think
you understand ♪♪

509
00:21:01,462 --> 00:21:03,063
♪♪ He wears the red and white ♪♪

510
00:21:03,130 --> 00:21:05,199
♪♪ He's freaking dynamite ♪♪

511
00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:07,934
♪♪ We love super Paul Mullin ♪♪

512
00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:11,839
♪♪ ♪♪

513
00:21:11,906 --> 00:21:13,941
- Thank you.
- You like it?

514
00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:15,475
- Well, you're the man.
- Like it a lot.

515
00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:17,845
- He hasn't hit us.
- He hasn't hit us.

516
00:21:17,911 --> 00:21:18,846
- Thanks, Paul.

517
00:21:18,913 --> 00:21:20,380
- Paul, thank you.

518
00:21:23,317 --> 00:21:24,784
[child giggles, seagull cries]