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RYAN: In 1882, Otto Isler
and Ivan Levinstein,
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two German immigrants
to the UK
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who were unimpressed by the
selection of local ales,
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set out to replicate
the lagers
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they loved from back home.
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The result was Wrexham Lager,
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which they sold
under the slogan,
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"Absolutely pure
and wholesome."
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Over the next few decades,
their endeavor grew.
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Wrexham gained in popularity,
not just at home but abroad.
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It traveled the British army.
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Yes, it was enjoyed
by local Welsh laborers,
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but it also was beginning
to find customers as far away
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as Peru, the Sudan,
and Australia.
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In 1911, at a make-or-break
moment for the lager,
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its place as a household name
alongside Guinness, Molson,
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and Carlsberg
finally seemed assured
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when the White Star Line
chose Wrexham
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to be the beer of choice
on its biggest,
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boldest bet yet.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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SINGER: ♪ Don't forget
where you came from ♪
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♪ Don't forget why you made up
the ones who were there ♪
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♪ When no one else would 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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[soft music]
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♪ 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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ANNOUNCER: Had an even game
over the 90 minutes,
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but the ball didn't stick for
Wrexham in the final third,
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and a disappointing result.
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But it sends Notts County
top of the National League.
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MARK: I've always been
a massive cynic
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because of Wrexham's
past history.
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ROB CLARKE: We've had
a lot of false dawns.
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I don't wanna curse it
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because I've seen
what happens before.
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MARK: It'll be a setback not
to go up straight away now.
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PERSON: I mean, if you don't
going through the playoffs,
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it could be quite crushing.
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PERSON 2: Think you've been
in the playoff semifinals
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against Luton.
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PERSON 3:
Yeah. We always played Luton.
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It was always bloody Luton.
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MARK: Well, this is
typical of Wrexham.
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This is what Wrexham do--
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another heroic,
frustrating failure.
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CLARKE: I'm trying
to keep it grounded,
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but we've not--
we've not won anything yet.
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We could do a Wrexham.
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The records for the most
points ever won by a team
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that didn't get promoted in the
history of the top five levels
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of English football is Wrexham,
ten years ago.
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That 2012 season
we had 98 points,
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and we ended up
in the playoffs.
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[crowd cheering]
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MARK: We hate playoffs
at Wrexham.
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We can't stand the thought
of postseason.
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HUMPHREY:
There are so many instances
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of those near-misses.
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You know, I think
all of that is just--
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it's in keeping with
what I think is a very--
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it's a very British mentality
at times of, you know,
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everything's bad, um, don't
expect better for yourself,
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just get on with your life
until you're dead.
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♪ ♪
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- Go, birds!
- Go, birds.
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ROB:
The last 365 days,
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the teams
that I have supported
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have come in second place
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in the National League--
Wrexham...
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ANNOUNCER:
Grimsby look to have won it!
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In the FA trophy,
Wrexham Men's...
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ANNOUNCER: It's worthy of a
Hollywood script, all right,
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but it's Bromley
that are the stars.
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The Women's League,
Wrexham, second place...
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The Philadelphia Union...
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ANNOUNCER:
Cal's clipping it up! Boom!
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ROB: They lost in the
championship, second place.
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Oh, and I was there,
by the way.
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The Philadelphia Phillies,
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who lost in the World Series,
second place--
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I was there too.
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In fact,
I caught the first pitch.
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And the Philadelphia Eagles,
who lost in the Super Bowl.
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ANNOUNCER:
And the Kansas City Chiefs
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have won Super Bowl LVII!
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ROB: And yes,
I was there, as well,
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but I couldn't bear to have
a camera in my face.
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I'll tell you what,
losing hurts worse
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than winning feels good.
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Coming in second means
that you lost first.
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The Bills wanna know why
you were labeled a good team
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if you make
three Super Bowl trips
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but a bad one
if you lose all three.
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They're gonna become the
synonym for all teams forever
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who don't win the big game.
PERSON: But that's ridiculous.
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If you ain't first,
you're last.
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That's what
coming in second is.
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And it doesn't--
it doesn't feel great.
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It feels almost
more devastating
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than coming in tenth, where
the expectation wasn't there.
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Because the first thing
anyone wants to know is,
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- is who was first.
- Yes.
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It ain't you.
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I've had a lot of movies
that came in second.
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[Rob laughs]
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That also sucks.
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ROB: Like, on a--like, an
opening weekend or something?
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RYAN: Yeah, your, like,
opening weekend,
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and it's, like,
a great opening,
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but you're second,
so no one cares.
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They're just gonna talk
about the one that's first.
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Tonight marks the 12th time
this talented actress
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has been honored by her peers
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with an Emmy nomination--
12 times.
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Who could I possibly
be talking about?
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[laughter]
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My name is Susan Lucci.
I'm an actress.
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Hey, let's talk
about disrespect
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and what your tramp
of a daughter
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did to my daughter Bianca,
after all Bianca did
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for that piece of trash.
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NARRATOR: Starting in 1978,
Lucci was nominated
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for a Daytime Emmy as
Outstanding Dramatic Actress
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six out of the next eight
years and lost each time.
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The situation was
becoming so perverse,
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Lucci was winning
standing ovations for losing.
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Oh, thank you!
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By the ninth year of being
nominated and not winning,
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I will say that I would hear
the other person's name called,
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and I really--
I just would go numb.
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I always tried
not to let myself
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get swept up in the frenzy,
but, of course, I did.
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But every time that I wouldn't
win, I would take it to heart.
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And I would go back and try
and do better, you know.
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Uh--not usually, not--
in fact, only once.
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Mm-hmm.
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Mm-mm.
[laughs]
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PRODUCER:
[laughs] Moving on.
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SUSAN: I was determined
to make it happen in reality.
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It's what I always wanted
to do.
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It's what I love to do most.
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I remember being a really--
I mean, really little--
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I was the first one up
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I would turn the TV on
right away,
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and, uh, then my mother would
take me to Broadway shows
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when I was--summer vacation.
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But in terms of TV
and wanting--
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as an early,
early motivating factor,
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I would think,
"I wanna be in that box.
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"I don't wanna be
out here watching.
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I wanna be doing that."
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COACH:
Yes, here we go. Touch.
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Good. Yeah!
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Touch. Good. Finish! Better.
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SUSAN: I often thought
that what we do as actors
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is very akin to athletes.
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We are our own instrument.
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What we do with ourselves
is what is shown.
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And it's very disciplined.
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COACH:
Don't let the speed go!
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Go on, Mac.
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SUSAN:
You're part of a team.
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At the same time,
you have an opportunity
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to do something individual.
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COACH:
Kill 'em!
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[soft dramatic music]
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Let other people
perceive you as you want.
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I perceive you as the most
resilient, tough-minded bunch
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of SOBs that ever
participated in sports.
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ROB: In sports,
there's just so much
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that's out
of anyone's control.
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I mean,
you can do everything right
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and still never manage
to achieve
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what you're trying to achieve,
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and I think that can
kind of get to your head.
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PHIL: When the going
gets tough in the game,
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you wanna be on the touchline
as a manager,
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and you wanna see
those players that are gonna
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go that extra yard
to turn a draw into a win
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or a defeat into a draw.
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And that's
the kind of mentality,
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the strength of character,
the winning mentality,
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who on the pitch is not gonna
accept defeat?
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♪ ♪
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Of course, you know,
you've gotta make sure
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players who you bring in
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have got the capability
to do that.
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ANNOUNCER: That's tough,
but Mendy's there.
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ANNOUNCER 2:
Mendy from range.
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Oh, my goodness!
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Now Jacob Mendy
will have a bump, and hits!
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PHIL: Well, we watched Jacob
a lot, and in the summer,
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we were trying hard
to get him,
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and we got knocked back
several times by Boreham Wood.
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We looked at other players.
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And I always went back to him
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because I liked the hunger
he played with.
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JACOB: My whole life
has been a challenge.
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I've got a strong mentality
because of, um,
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what I've grew up seeing.
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The example of my father,
you know,
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taking us from Gambia to--
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to Spain,
and then from Spain to the UK.
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[soft music]
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I used to look at my father
and see how hard he worked.
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You just have to have the
same energy and same mentality
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that he has because, you know,
you know he's doing it for us.
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PLAYER 1: Hooray!
PLAYER 2: Ah! Season ticket!
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Season ticket!
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Obviously, moving
from country to country
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is always hard.
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When I actually moved
to London, six years ago,
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I saw how hard it is
to move to a different country
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as an adult and, you know,
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having to work
to pay the rent.
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[speaking language]
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I used to, obviously, play
and work at the same time.
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So I had two jobs as well.
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I was doing
a cleaning job then.
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I used to work about
12 hours a day,
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so it was harder for me
to find a club,
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and it wasn't great, you know.
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PHIL: I liked the story
of him coming over to England
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playing in non-league in
Wealdstone, first of all,
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working on a building site,
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and then moving
to Boreham Wood.
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And I just felt his hunger
and kind of rawness
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would fit in well--
would be a good addition
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to the crew we had.
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CHILD:
You're my favorite player.
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JACOB: Oh, my god.
Thank you very much.
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What's your name?
STEFAN: Stefan.
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Stefan, nice to meet you.
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When I first came
to the changing room,
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I saw Paul Mullin.
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He told me about
how good was the club and, uh,
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how good was the people
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around the club and everything.
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[cheery music]
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But I couldn't understand
one thing of what he said.
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[laughs]
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So that was the first
impression I had of, you know,
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the club and the team.
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So I was like, oof,
I'm going to struggle
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just to understand them.
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ANNOUNCER: Mendy delivered one
good ball from there already.
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This time, he cuts inside
low to Palmer.
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Palmer on his right foot.
He's gonna hit it.
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Great block by Gallagher,
doesn't fall for Davis,
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does for Mendy.
Mendy hits it. It's in!
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The first Wrexham goal
for Jacob Mendy!
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JACOB: You know,
we share the same mentality
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and the same passion.
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Yeah.
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Which means, um,
I don't know if I--
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my pronunciation was right,
but it means, uh,
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"My name is Jacob."
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- In?
- In Welsh.
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Obviously, I wasn't part
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of what happened
the season before.
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ANNOUNCER: And that is it!
Wrexham's season is over!
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JACOB: Second place, it feels
like basically you're losing.
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It's last.
That's the worst feeling.
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You know, you work hard
and you just had it there.
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It's a horrible feeling
that you don't recover
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in days and days and days.
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You know, you can see
the disappointment
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in everyone's faces.
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But at the same time, I thought
it was something positive
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because I knew they wouldn't
like to feel the same way.
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ANNOUNCER:
Looking for Mendy. Mendy.
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JACOB:
I knew from the first day
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that I wanted
to come to Wrexham.
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I wanted to play for a team
with a winning mentality.
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[crowd roaring]
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[soft dramatic music]
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I'm only here to win.
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So with all this talk about,
you know, coming in second
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and quote, "losing,"
there's a team
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towards the bottom of our table
who are actually winners.
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[dramatic music]
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COACH: Bring it up,
bring it up, bring it up.
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Hit second! Second!
Right, right, right, right!
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[crowd cheering]
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One of the great things
about the National League is,
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it is this melting pot
of different teams.
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You've got former league teams
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that have fallen
on hard times,
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which you would count us
as one.
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And--you know, and you've got
teams like Dorking Wanderers,
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who have undergone this
incredible transformation
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over the last 20 years, um,
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of going from being
a Sunday league
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amateur group
of friends to now a,
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you know, professional team
on the cusp of league football.
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I think it's a great story.
It's a community club.
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Um, they've come up
from so low down.
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[inquisitive music]
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NARRATOR:
Dorking is a small town
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located 21 miles
outside of London,
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which is about four hours away
from Wrexham.
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Apart from their
beautiful countryside,
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Dorking is home to, arguably,
the most ambitious
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football team
in all of England.
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Aspirations very much in line
with the town
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and team's symbol,
the Dorking cockerel.
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[chickens clucking]
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COACH: Right, let's go.
Jump into the shape.
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Get it right.
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[players shouting]
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COACH: Shit!
No good, no good, no good.
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It's no good, come back,
come back, stop.
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Well, we're gonna go
one more time.
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It's a bit fucking frosty
for me, right?
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Get the width, lads.
Get the standards.
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Okay? Come on, men! Let's go.
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Yeah, I think, with Phil,
they've got a manager
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with a drive
and determination--
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he's a part owner,
as well, um--
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to keep progressing.
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Let's go!
Put your foot into it!
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Perfect!
Double that arch. Good.
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We got the stones! Let's go!
Let's go!
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I'm Mark White, the, uh,
owner, chairman, and manager
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of Dorking Wanderers
Football Club.
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Keep going! Let's keep going!
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I started the club
from scratch 23 years ago.
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We started 12 divisions
below the National League,
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where we are now, so it
would be the equivalent
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of any sport that is
the lowest possible level
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and just done for fun.
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We're like a real, you know,
fairy tale in terms of,
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like, we had no stadium,
no ground, no nothing.
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We didn't know what to expect.
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We just thought
we'd have fun with it.
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And then we got the bug.
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We kind of kept winning.
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We've actually got--it's
12 promotions in 23 years.
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So we've been promoted pretty
much once every two seasons,
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which is a British record.
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And, uh, we're proud of that.
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And that's really how
it's all taken off.
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RYAN:
Dorking Wanderers,
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they've developed
this winning mentality.
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ROB:
They've proven, uh,
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that against all odds
and adversity,
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that they
are gonna go out there
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and give everything
of themselves,
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which is inspiring to us
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because Wrexham has had
a historically
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tough time
in the last few decades.
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That's passion, and passion,
I think, is super important.
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Passion gets shit done
all the time.
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MARC:
Oy, fuck off!
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Isaac, get closer, man!
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Fucking get closer!
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Passion also scares
the shit out of people.
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COACH:
Terrorize 'em, seriously!
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Um, passion inspires people.
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COACH: [shouting]
What are we doing?
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You know, he gets fired up.
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MARC: They wanna drop
into a block, fuck that!
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Put it on 'em!
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Like, if something
goes wrong on the pitch,
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something goes
wrong with the club,
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that guy still believes
he's gonna win.
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Looking to fight.
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MARC: Hey, don't fucking
shit yourselves!
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Don't fucking shit yourselves!
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Marc's an extraordinary
character in many respects
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because he's so,
in many respects,
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divorced from, like,
the conventional way
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of doing things in, football,
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and it's yielding
incredible results.
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I've managed every single
game for like, 23 years.
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Even when I've been suspended,
I just--
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I just hide in the stadium.
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Even when I'm not
allowed in the ground,
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I just put
a fucking disguise on.
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I've gotta be there.
That's how it works.
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FAN: Do you know
who you remind me of?
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Go on.
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- FAN: Del Boy Trotter.
- Mate, fucking--
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[laughter]
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But what about
Alf Garnett then?
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FAN: You havin'
a fucking laugh, eh, mate?
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Fair deal, Frank.
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Well, it depends.
It's seasonal.
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Do you know what I mean?
It's seasonal.
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In the winter,
it's fucking easy, right?
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It's hat, coat,
the whole shebang.
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In the summer,
it's not--it's not ideal.
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[laughs] It's a lot tougher.
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00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:38,232
I wouldn't show
the owners this stuff
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because they'll be thinking
Parky ain't as good as me.
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00:16:40,601 --> 00:16:43,103
And that's when
it becomes an issue.
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00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:45,072
Marc and his team have
been a breath of fresh air.
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00:16:45,072 --> 00:16:47,308
They've got a great story.
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00:16:47,308 --> 00:16:49,043
And I'm sure,
in the coming years,
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they'll be looking to make
themselves a league club.
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00:16:51,579 --> 00:16:53,213
This year,
we've probably got
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a lot lower resources
than other clubs.
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When we first get promoted
to a new division,
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we try to consolidate
where we are.
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If we stay in the division,
that was our goal.
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And the next year, we'll piss
people off by winning more,
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and that's what we always do.
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RYAN: Dorking,
they probably don't--
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well, obviously, they don't
have the financial resources
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that, uh, certain clubs do.
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00:17:15,803 --> 00:17:18,405
Uh, but the resources
they do have in spades is,
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kind of, they have
this culture of success.
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00:17:20,574 --> 00:17:22,543
You know, they--their first
year at this level,
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they're the only team to beat
Notts County so far.
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We haven't even done that.
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And then, you know,
come the end of the season,
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they may have done us
a huge favor there.
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What everyone here in town
is fighting to change
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00:17:31,652 --> 00:17:34,722
is that pessimism
that creeps up
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when things go wrong.
MARK: And the referee...
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ANNOUNCER: He's glowing.
MARK: Has he had enough?
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ANNOUNCER: Yep.
MARK: Yes, he has.
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00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,464
Well, a 0-0 draw
for Wrexham, disappointing.
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ANNOUNCER:
Very disappointing, Mark.
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MARK:
Yeah, it's a shame.
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You know, we should have
stayed on top of the league.
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00:17:48,535 --> 00:17:51,205
But we're one point
behind them now, or was it--
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00:17:51,205 --> 00:17:53,507
yeah, one point
behind Notts County now.
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00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:55,376
We're jumping over each other.
438
00:17:55,376 --> 00:17:57,244
One of our guys,
our producers, sent like,
439
00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:59,079
the sweetest, like, hey,
we'd love to interview Notts.
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00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:00,414
You guys are having an amazing
season, blah, blah, blah.
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00:18:00,414 --> 00:18:01,682
- I loved it.
- And they were like, ugh.
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00:18:01,682 --> 00:18:04,418
- Their response is so good.
- It's so great.
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00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:05,619
Fuck you--
[laughs]
444
00:18:05,619 --> 00:18:07,288
Fuck you and your sh--
445
00:18:07,288 --> 00:18:09,823
you can shove your shite
documentary up your arse.
446
00:18:09,823 --> 00:18:12,059
Yeah, yeah.
447
00:18:12,059 --> 00:18:14,695
MARK:
We need to seize the moment.
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00:18:14,695 --> 00:18:17,331
[crowd cheering]
449
00:18:17,331 --> 00:18:20,401
There comes a point
where the story of a team
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that always tries to achieve
something and never does
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becomes a non-story.
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00:18:25,306 --> 00:18:29,443
[soft upbeat music]
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00:18:29,443 --> 00:18:33,614
And the outstanding diva is...
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00:18:33,614 --> 00:18:35,516
the streak is over!
Susan Lucci!
455
00:18:35,516 --> 00:18:39,553
[crowd cheering]
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00:18:39,553 --> 00:18:42,423
I have always been "never
take no for an answer" type.
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00:18:42,423 --> 00:18:44,458
It's true. Mm-hmm.
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00:18:44,458 --> 00:18:46,627
I'm not somebody who will ever
throw up my hands
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00:18:46,627 --> 00:18:48,696
and say, "That's it."
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00:18:48,696 --> 00:18:52,098
[cheers and applause]
461
00:18:58,105 --> 00:19:01,041
[upbeat music]
462
00:19:01,041 --> 00:19:08,014
♪ ♪
463
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[child giggles, seagull cries]