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Is this the day
that a 15-year wait ends?
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A town ready to celebrate, ready to party.
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Final seconds at the Racecourse.
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All eyes on the referee.
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Champions! Wrexham are promoted!
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Two years of hard work,
all put into one, and it was magnificent.
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{\an8}Just to see the emotions
on everyone's faces--
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{\an8}It was something
that I'll always remember.
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They have their storybook ending.
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Their Football League exile is over.
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Fifteen long years.
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Are the boys back here? Fucking hell.
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♪ Always looking down at all I see ♪
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The magnitude of getting
the club back into the league,
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um, yeah, is so important,
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{\an8}because, you know, I really don't think
we're gonna be looking back
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{\an8}at the National League again.
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♪ Campeónes! Campeónes!
Olé, olé, olé ♪
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Dad cried when we got--
when we won the cup.
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Don't tell them.
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Yeah, I did. I did, didn't I?
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It was quite an emotional day,
it all sinking in,
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and my son telling me how proud he was.
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He went and stood in front of
his whole school at six years old
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{\an8}and told everyone that his daddy won
the National League title.
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{\an8}And that really sank in.
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That's what I do it for.
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♪ Someone like you
Somebody ♪
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♪ Someone like you
Somebody ♪
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♪ Someone like you ♪
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- Now we gotta go into League Two.
- Yep!
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Love you, buddy.
Love you.
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♪ I've been roaming around
Always looking down at all I see ♪
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{\an8}They promised us a big deal,
though, at the end of the season.
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{\an8}They promised us a monster one
at the end of the season.
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{\an8}If we get promoted,
they're gonna take us away somewhere.
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Welcome, United passengers.
Happy to have you aboard.
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So sit back, relax and enjoy the flight.
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The way that Rob McElhenney
and Ryan put it on for us was
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just like nothing I've ever seen.
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We went to
Hakkasan nightclub, right?
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And Steve Aoki is playing that night.
Yeah, he's the main guy.
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And we walk in, and the music shuts off,
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{\an8}and they start playing,
like, a Wrexham song, yeah?
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And we have got this massive, like,
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closed-off VIP area
in the middle of everything, right?
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And there's, like, a screen,
and it's showing, like,
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Paul Mullin scoring goals and stuff.
And we're in Hakkasan nightclub.
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What, in Las Vegas? Paul Mullin?
Yeah. Right.
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We just went for it.
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We just had, uh, a massive party
and enjoyed ourselves.
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And to be honest,
of what we can remember from it,
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it was, uh, really enjoyable.
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There was no mics,
no cameras, no adults.
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{\an8}I mean, I was the adult, which is wild.
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The lads are animals.
They're absolute animals.
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They've won the league,
and just wanted to let their hair down,
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and they did it, like...
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...I was spannered,
absolutely spannered, right?
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This is your captain speaking.
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I hope you had a good vacation.
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{\an8}We got clear skies.
It's supposed to be a smooth ride.
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{\an8}So sit back, relax and enjoy.
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{\an8}Right. S-So, uh, the promotion,
the trip to Vegas, the hangover.
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{\an8}We had to put all of that behind us,
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{\an8}because, actually,
there's a very small amount of time
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between the end of last season
and the start of the next one.
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Um, we're now in League Two.
Above us remains League One,
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the Championship
and then the Premier League,
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which is obviously where we aspire to be.
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But, uh, for now,
we're concentrating on League Two.
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{\an8}In League Two, first, second and third
will get automatic promotion,
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{\an8}and then four through to seven is
playoffs with one going up from there.
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{\an8}So, obviously four teams can get promoted,
as opposed to two in the National League.
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{\an8}So, obviously that gives you
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{\an8}a bit of a bigger window
to be able to have success.
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One of the big question marks
we have going into this season is,
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"Will Ben Foster be back?"
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{\an8}I do want to ask you your first question.
You staying?
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{\an8}Ooh.
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{\an8}Ooh, gosh. I don't know.
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Foster's short spell
at Wrexham FC was obviously a massive hit,
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just across the world in general.
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{\an8}Do I think he'll stay?
Is there any signs that he'll stay?
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{\an8}Can you tell us what's happening?
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{\an8}Well, yeah, we're-- we're-- we're talking.
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{\an8}I'm thinking, I'm thinking,
and I'm thinking, um...
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Well, we hit Ben Foster
from every side, right? I mean--
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In the heat of the moment, um,
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after we won promotion,
he made some comment to you.
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We'll do it again next year as well.
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Well, like, yes! Your lips to God's ears.
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That's a contract.
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He said we'll do it next year.
Okay.
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And there was a lot of text messages.
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Uh, a couple of calls.
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Uh, hey-- hey, buddy.
It's, uh, Ryan Reynolds here.
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I just wanna-- Give me a ring back
when you, uh, when you get a chance.
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Hey, Ben.
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Uh, Rob again.
Hey, call me back, man.
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Hey, Ben, it's--
I-I thought you might've called.
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Uh, anyway, it's-- it's just me again.
It's Ryan... Reynolds.
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Basically, sort of, like,
pinned me into a corner and, like,
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"Right, next season.
What's happening next season?"
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Is this Ryan and-- Ryan and Rob?
So they've got ya.
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Yeah, yeah. They were like, "We need you
back," basically. "We want you back."
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And I went, "Yes, mate.
Don't even worry about it.
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We'll sort it, all right."
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And he was like, "Cool. As long as
that-- that-- that's gospel, yeah?
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Like... [stammering] ...your word's--
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You're a man?
If you're saying it, that's it."
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And I was like, "Yep, cool.
We're doing it. Don't worry."
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We put some effort into
creating an environment
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that he would want to return to,
and he said yes.
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When you find something that works
that well, you really want to make sure
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that as much of that chemistry
remains in place as-as humanly possible.
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♪ Super Ben Foster in goal, oh ♪
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Here we are,
three weeks to the start of the season.
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Yeah. I mean,
the preseason in full swing,
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{\an8}but, you know,
instead of tried and trusted preparation,
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the team are flying out
to the US on a high-profile tour.
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Yeah, it's a packed schedule.
It's four games in ten days.
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They'll face the likes of Premier League
giants like Man United and Chelsea.
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My guest today is a gent
who is a master promotion whisperer.
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Thanks, Rog.
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{\an8}Mighty Wrexham are about to match up
to Premier League giants,
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{\an8}Chelsea and Manchester United.
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What-- What for you is
the measuring stick for success?
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Just, um,
level of performance, really.
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A-And I'm really looking forward to seeing
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how we cope with that
higher level of play that,
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{\an8}you know, we're where we need to be
i-individually and collectively as a team.
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{\an8}We know the targets we-we need to hit
to be prepared for the new season.
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I mean, it's a really good test,
innit, for Wrexham?
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{\an8}I mean, Andy, come on. Chelsea, United.
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{\an8}That is gonna be a good
barometer of where we really are.
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♪ I gotta stop this talking to myself ♪
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The Wrexham USA Invasion,
summer 2023
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{\an8}in which the club will sweep our nation
from sea to shining sea.
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In 247 years of American history,
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Wrexham might be the very first
League Two team
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to undertake a nationwide,
coast-to-coast tour
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of the United States of America.
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International friendly
here in Chester, Pennsylvania.
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{\an8}Welcome to sunny San Diego in California.
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Fans braving North
Carolina's grueling temperatures to try
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and get on goalkeeper Ben Foster's GoPro.
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Wayne Jones,
the owner at now-famed Turf Hotel,
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walking around the stadium,
mobbed as if he was Harry bloody Styles.
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From the minute we landed
till the minute we left,
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like, we were just made to feel
like superstars.
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Come on, Wrexham!
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I never thought I'd see
little old Wrexham playing in America
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against Man United and Chelsea
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and have thousands and thousands
of supporters cheering on us
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rather than Man United and Chelsea.
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♪ She loves me good ♪
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It's a pinch-me moment, you know?
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- Wrexham, baby! Wrexham!
- Wrexham!
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We watched Welcome to Wrexham season one
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and are big Wrexham fans now. Yeah.
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Yeah, never thought
they would come over here.
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So we're really pumped to have a--
have a chance to see them play.
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You know, I met people that had
driven from Canada and driven from Texas.
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I mean, these are 20-hour drives.
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But, you know, to go to Kenan Stadium
in North Carolina,
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have 55,000 people there.
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And I genuinely believe
that probably of those 55,000,
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35,000 were there for Wrexham. Insane.
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To inspire that much excitement
and interest is everything
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we-we might've dreamt of
at the start of this process.
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What wasn't as fun was watching
the divide-- to see very clearly
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the divide between where we're at
and where we would like to be.
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Here's an opportunity for Jackson.
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Nice footwork. Good lay off too.
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Perfect start.
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And Chelsea have doubled their lead
not long before halftime.
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As we said,
Wrexham were looking a little tired.
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Chelsea have punished them again.
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When we played Chelsea,
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that was a pretty stark reminder
of the difference.
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I believe we lost 27-0?
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{\an8}- Twenty-eight, yeah, zero, I believe.
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{\an8}Yeah, they gave us 90 minutes
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- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.
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{\an8}It is an international friendly tonight
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{\an8}between LA Galaxy II and Wrexham A.F.C.
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Wrexham are in their blacks
with the red and white trim.
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Uh, one of the advantages of being
promoted to League Two is that we can wear
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{\an8}our very smart new black kits, which
you may remember Rob was a big fan of.
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{\an8}Couldn't do that in the National League
due to kit restrictions.
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But now the bosses are happy.
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I just love the black kit.
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We felt like it was something
that people would be proud to wear.
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So to see those, um, out on the pitch,
it's been awesome.
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♪ Whoa Black Betty
Bam-ba-lam ♪
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♪ Black Betty had a child
Bam-ba-lam ♪
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{\an8}♪ The damn thing gone wild
Bam-ba-lam ♪
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{\an8}♪ I said oh, Black Betty
Bam-ba-lam ♪
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♪ Whoa Black Betty ♪
Bam-ba-lam ♪
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Bit of a gamble, right?
Yeah.
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If we didn't get out
of the National League,
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we would have to throw
those into the trash.
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{\an8}Welcome to the much-heralded meeting
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{\an8}of Manchester United and Wrexham.
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Man United have
a following that is legion.
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If I were to equate
any kind of comparison to them,
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uh, in terms-- in US terms, I would
say that they're the Yankees maybe?
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♪ Glory, glory, Man United ♪
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{\an8}Get the fuck in!
Get your fucking bagpipes out.
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{\an8}Fucking hell!
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{\an8}Yankees times ten.
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{\an8}They are a global force.
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{\an8}So for us to play them is a--
is a great honor for them.
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{\an8}A group of gnarled veterans against
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a bunch of Manchester United's
best up-and-coming prospects.
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Wrexham in the red.
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Manchester United are wearing green.
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So this will be
competitive, this first half.
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That's for sure.
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Here's Ollie Palmer.
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This is what they do.
Worked so well, the front two for Wrexham.
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Just couldn't quite find
the right pass at the end of it.
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Well played, boys! Well done!
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Off goes Paul Mullin.
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And Mullin got there just ahead of Bishop.
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Hey!
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And the referee has gone
to his pocket for a yellow card.
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Concern for Mullin as we see once again
precisely how it unfolded.
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Mullin is quicker than Jonny Evans.
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And there's the challenge,
and it's not a good one.
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What you feeling, Mulls?
I can't breathe.
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Yeah, we've got, like, that one.
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I can't. No.
Here we are.
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Just relax.
237
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Good, yeah. Okay.
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We get oxygen and a SATS, please.
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Collision into his left side of ribs.
He's really struggling with it.
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An oxygen mask has been brought out.
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I can't breathe.
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He can't breathe.
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Try and get some oxygen in.
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Try and take some deep breaths
in and out for me.
245
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Guys, give us some space, all right?
You're getting in the way.
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Can we get
that oxygen on, please?
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Had that been a Premier
League game or any competitive game,
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I think that's a sending off.
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Just lay back. Relax.
250
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- Keep that oxygen up.
- Take a breath.
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Hurting to breathe.
I feel like I can't.
252
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Okay.
You know what I mean? Speaking.
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Yeah.
It hurt--
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I'm trying to speak.
- Can we get that oxygen back on?
255
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I can't.
- Um.
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Get 'em going.
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And take him to get--
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You just need to check the
lungs, yeah? Especially when you're having
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difficulty breathing,
'cause your oxygen level's a bit--
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We have to take you
to the hospital, Mulls.
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Just to get a chest X-ray. All right?
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Okay.
Do you want to go in the car?
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Sure.
264
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You know, we-we really don't know.
265
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So, probably be tomorrow morning when
we get a specialist to look at it.
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I'm fuming. I've gotta be honest with you.
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I thought it was, like, a clumsy,
reckless challenge, preseason game.
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Um. Yeah. Can't say any more on it.
I'm-I'm not happy with it at all.
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For several long minutes,
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34,000 people held their breath
and waited.
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Paul Mullin suffered a punctured lung
and-and four fractured ribs
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during those excruciating moments
on the pitch.
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Hit the floor
and thought I was just winded--
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Um, it will go, it will pass.
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And then obviously as the seconds went
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and I tried to take a breath in
and I couldn't,
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that's when I thought, like, "Ah, Jesus."
Like, "I could be in trouble here."
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But, yeah, straightaway you knew
something weren't right.
279
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That's the thing with Mulls, he isn't
gonna pull out of that either.
280
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No, no. But...
281
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- It was a nasty collision.
- Yeah.
282
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I could see that there was
a bit of panic in his face.
283
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I looked at him on the floor,
284
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{\an8}his lips were going blue,
and he was like...
285
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I thought he was winded,
'cause I've seen people lose their breath.
286
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{\an8}I looked at his face,
and his lips were bright blue.
287
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{\an8}I was like, "Something's not right."
So I started shouting for Kev.
288
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Second on. Second on, please.
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Help me up.
No. Stay where you are.
290
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No, I'm gonna stand up.
You're not gonna walk.
291
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Sit-- Paul.
No. Kev, can I?
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Gonna sit you in the buggy.
There's people at home watching.
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We're gonna sit you in the buggy.
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I'm walking out.
295
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You'll sit on the buggy.
We'll take you off. Please.
296
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I was trying to tell the physios,
"I cannot sit on a stretcher.
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There's family watching at home.
It's early hours in the morning.
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Like, if I sit on that or lie on that
with the oxygen mask on, like,
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they're gonna be even more worried
than they are now."
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I'm walking.
Paul, Paul.
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I'm walking. I'm fine.
Put the oxygen on.
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- Please. Paul.
- I'm walking.
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I should never have done that,
304
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but, as I say, I had to do it
with family watching.
305
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It was something that was
nonnegotiable for me.
306
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I actually thought
it was his shoulder to start with,
307
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{\an8}which are notoriously difficult injuries
to manage.
308
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So it might sound harsh,
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but actually to find out it was only
a punctured lung and broken ribs,
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which have got a quicker recovery time,
311
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and less inherent longer-term problems
than shoulder injuries.
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There was that sense of relief.
313
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But then, of course,
comes the real consequences of--
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That means he can't fly for a fortnight.
315
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We're leaving San Diego.
316
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You know, nobody's gonna postpone
the start of the league season.
317
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Preparations for the next campaign
had to continue.
318
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So, we've got Paul's well-being
to take care of,
319
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but we've also got to start
to deliver on the club's ambitions
320
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of trying to get promotion.
321
00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:26,860
Oh, yeah.
322
00:16:28,278 --> 00:16:31,365
Oh, yeah. Can you just,
like, speak about how you feel right now?
323
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{\an8}Like, not being able to be there?
324
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It's, uh, the first thing I asked
when I got injured.
325
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They were telling me, like, the recovery
time sometimes isn't that long and stuff
326
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till you're back playing.
I said, "Couldn't care less.
327
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When can a fly home? Like,
I just want to go home and see my kid."
328
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Like, it got to the point where the--
it was the excitement building with me
329
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'cause I knew it was only two
or three days from going home.
330
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And when he told me I couldn't fly,
obviously-- Actually filled up.
331
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Sat there, like,
I didn't know what to think.
332
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So how are you right now? How are--
333
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Feeling better. The-- The first couple
of days were really rough, to be fair.
334
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Away from the family.
335
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I'm looking forward to getting back
and seeing my little boy.
336
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He doesn't quite understand
why his dad hasn't been there for so long,
337
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but his mum, Mollie's,
done an unbelievable job
338
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and I'm looking forward
to getting back and seeing them.
339
00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:17,161
They basically said that if, uh, I got
on a plane, my lung would expand
340
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and 'cause there's a hole already in it,
basically it would pop.
341
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And then you're in trouble when
you're flying over the Atlantic Ocean.
342
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You ain't got many hospitals to go to
in that circumstance.
343
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So I had to wait for the two weeks
to-- to fully heal
344
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and for the hole to close over.
345
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And then I could actually fly.
346
00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:37,264
Is it true that Rob McElhenney
invited you to stay with him
347
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while you're here in Southern California
and you said,
348
00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,769
-"No. I do not wanna stay"?
- Absolutely true, yeah.
349
00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:46,273
Both my two friends from Liverpool
were here watching me for the tour,
350
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and they, um, both decided
that they'd like to stay with me
351
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just to keep me company
and give me some home comfort.
352
00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,114
So, I know he's probably got
the rooms in the house, but, um,
353
00:17:54,114 --> 00:17:57,493
I don't think he'd have liked the scouse
company too much after a couple of days.
354
00:17:57,493 --> 00:17:59,036
Here we are. What's this?
355
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Has he got one of them?
- Not yet. He'll love that.
356
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So he'll be happy.
357
00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:06,502
Uh, you-- Rob was so kind.
358
00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:09,088
He offered his own home
for Paul to stay in.
359
00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:12,007
Um, I felt a little like, "Hmm. I'm gonna
have to compete with that somehow."
360
00:18:12,007 --> 00:18:14,551
So I-I offered, uh, Paul my lungs.
361
00:18:14,551 --> 00:18:19,473
I just said, "You can have my lungs. Uh,
and you'll be playing before you know it."
362
00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:21,100
- You've got robust lungs, I'm sure.
- Yeah.
363
00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,893
- Not the lungs of a 26-year-old, though.
- No.
364
00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:25,312
- I was like, "He could have one."
- Yeah. Yeah, that's a good--
365
00:18:31,485 --> 00:18:34,071
Wrexham have already been named
by bookmakers
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00:18:34,071 --> 00:18:37,282
{\an8}as 4-1 favorites to win League Two.
367
00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:39,451
Forty-six games lie ahead there.
368
00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:43,372
You know well, you really do,
that the level of play is gonna go up.
369
00:18:43,372 --> 00:18:45,499
And as good as this Wrexham squad is,
370
00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:48,961
I mean, you-- you have experience
after experience that tells you
371
00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:52,506
{\an8}it's not always gonna be sunny
in North Wales.
372
00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:55,300
{\an8}Yeah. The lads know
that this division is gonna be tougher.
373
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The top teams in the National League
would hold their own i-in League Two.
374
00:19:00,681 --> 00:19:04,893
But all the games in League Two
are gonna be of the standard
375
00:19:04,893 --> 00:19:07,146
of when we play Chesterfield
and Notts County.
376
00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:09,148
Every game is gonna be tight,
377
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:12,025
uh, and we've gotta get the detail right
in our performance.
378
00:19:12,025 --> 00:19:15,362
We're working towards that. And, you know,
everyone's saying we're favorites.
379
00:19:15,362 --> 00:19:17,322
And great, we'll take that pressure.
380
00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:20,993
But equally, you know, we've got to make
sure that we put the processes in place
381
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,703
{\an8}to justify that favorites tag.
382
00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:24,621
Come on. What you got?
Oh, brilliant.
383
00:19:24,621 --> 00:19:27,416
That's quite a good kick to do.
Oh, my fucking God.
384
00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:30,377
That is off a different fucking planet.
385
00:19:31,211 --> 00:19:35,424
There is a higher caliber
of player and team in League Two.
386
00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:39,094
Uh, teams here have deeper benches,
they have better squads.
387
00:19:39,094 --> 00:19:41,180
Um, but we're pretty proud
of the squad we have,
388
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:44,641
and we think that adding to that, uh,
will get us to where we need to be.
389
00:19:44,641 --> 00:19:46,602
And the fans of Wrexham,
I think, know that--
390
00:19:46,602 --> 00:19:50,147
that one or two quality additions
should see us compete this year.
391
00:19:50,939 --> 00:19:52,691
Yeah.
Why can't we have a top three?
392
00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:55,694
We've certainly got the squad
and Phil's built a squad for League One.
393
00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:57,321
That was the talk around everything,
394
00:19:57,321 --> 00:20:00,574
that they want to try and build a team
capable of competing in League One.
395
00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:04,077
Um. And obviously we're in League Two.
So, you know, we want to be--
396
00:20:04,077 --> 00:20:05,787
we want to be right up there.
397
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,336
{\an8}Welcome back to the Football League.
398
00:20:12,336 --> 00:20:14,213
{\an8}Fifteen years, we have waited for this.
399
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:19,009
{\an8}Champions of the National League.
Can they be the champions of League Two?
400
00:20:19,009 --> 00:20:21,720
{\an8}Here we go. Walking in.
401
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,724
{\an8}Walking around the corner and the point
where you see, for the first time...
402
00:20:27,976 --> 00:20:30,687
massive floodlights...
403
00:20:30,687 --> 00:20:33,732
...of the town. It's gonna be a great day.
404
00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:35,275
Come on, Wrexham.
405
00:20:35,943 --> 00:20:37,778
Finally, after all this time.
406
00:20:37,778 --> 00:20:41,365
- Mm-hmm. Here we are.
- Fifteen years out of the league.
407
00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:44,326
I can't explain how big it is
for the town.
408
00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:46,912
Uh, just to be back
where we rightly belong.
409
00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:48,580
Sort of the start of a new journey, right?
410
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:52,000
'Cause I think we can surpass
where we've been in previous years,
411
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,253
and actually reach new heights.
412
00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:58,382
Not great, uh, losing our star player,
Super Paul Mullin.
413
00:20:58,382 --> 00:21:00,884
Um, we thought--
Well, we've got a very strong squad.
414
00:21:00,884 --> 00:21:04,596
Phil feels confident.
We feel confident that even without Paul,
415
00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:08,517
that this is a team that's been together
and is gonna put on a pretty good fight.
416
00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:11,228
You know, League Two,
I do fancy Wrexham to go straight through.
417
00:21:11,228 --> 00:21:14,273
I think even with the squad now,
it's a top-three squad already
418
00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:18,443
because there's very few players
who weren't either in League One or Two.
419
00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:20,487
So these guys have been there,
seen it, done it.
420
00:21:20,487 --> 00:21:22,614
They've got the quality to win promotion.
421
00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:25,075
So I don't see any reason
why they honestly can't do it again,
422
00:21:25,075 --> 00:21:27,577
because it's such a strong unit.
423
00:21:27,577 --> 00:21:29,329
Team's good enough. Team's good enough.
424
00:21:29,329 --> 00:21:30,706
Parky knows that.
425
00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:32,207
Ryan and Rob know that.
426
00:21:32,207 --> 00:21:33,292
Fans know that.
427
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:34,376
So, yeah.
428
00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:37,629
Yeah, playoffs, at the least.
429
00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:39,047
For promotion.
430
00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:45,262
♪ Everywhere we go ♪
431
00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:48,098
Pressure is a privilege.
Wrexham are very privileged.
432
00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:49,683
Hi, documentary!
433
00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:52,144
And what a bloody
good way to start the new season.
434
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,562
{\an8}MK Dons at home. That is--
435
00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:55,981
{\an8}That's as big as it gets,
really, for League Two.
436
00:21:57,441 --> 00:22:00,360
But it's a good start, you know.
It's a good League One team coming down,
437
00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,362
and, obviously, like you just said,
we're coming up.
438
00:22:02,362 --> 00:22:06,867
So it's a clash of-- It's a cla-- It's
a clash of the leagues effectively. Um.
439
00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:10,579
I believe Wrexham are big favorites.
We're at home in front of a sellout crowd.
440
00:22:10,579 --> 00:22:14,750
Um, and you'd have to back us because
we haven't lost at home in two years.
441
00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:17,127
What's the, uh, prediction for today then?
442
00:22:17,127 --> 00:22:19,004
- 2-1.
- 2-1. Alex?
443
00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:21,423
- 3-2, Wrexham.
- 3-2, Wrexham.
444
00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:25,135
- Cooke, you're back. We back. 3-1!
- Cooke! Cookie! 4-1!
445
00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:29,931
Here we are again,
beginning of another season.
446
00:22:29,931 --> 00:22:31,600
You and me...
447
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,560
...doing this one more time.
- Let's go.
448
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,813
Hopefully, a hundred more times,
but, like, what a special thing.
449
00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:40,942
Like, let's not let that pass without
marking the moment of like, "Holy shit.
450
00:22:40,942 --> 00:22:43,779
We're standing at a--
in the English Football League now."
451
00:22:44,571 --> 00:22:46,573
We're in the English fucking
Football League now.
452
00:22:46,573 --> 00:22:48,325
We're back. We're back.
453
00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:51,620
We are Wrexham, super Wrexham.
We're gonna win the league.
454
00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:57,000
I'm just excited to be back.
455
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,711
It's just emotional
to be back in this place.
456
00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:01,630
New season in the football league.
457
00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:03,548
This crowd is pumping, like,
458
00:23:04,424 --> 00:23:07,010
I haven't seen it like this
since Notts County played here last.
459
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,603
So, uh, the empyrean heights of hope
are that we finish the league number one.
460
00:23:16,603 --> 00:23:18,230
Automatic promotion.
461
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:22,359
Um, and then, realistically, I'm hoping
that we finish the league number one
462
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:23,985
with an automatic promotion.
463
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:32,786
We're gonna watch the-- the game
from down there, from where you guys were.
464
00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:34,454
- It's so good down there.
- It's cool, right?
465
00:23:34,454 --> 00:23:35,831
Wear-- Wear something warm.
466
00:23:35,831 --> 00:23:38,083
- It's cold and it's raining a little.
- Yeah.
467
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,837
- Welcome to our quiet zone.
- Thank you.
468
00:23:41,837 --> 00:23:43,255
Come and enjoy. Hi, welcome.
469
00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:46,675
There's so many people
who want to be a part of the experience,
470
00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:49,511
but for sensory issues,
for a-a host of different reasons,
471
00:23:49,511 --> 00:23:53,515
feel more comfortable, um,
in environments where it's not as chaotic,
472
00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:54,433
it's not as loud.
473
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:58,854
So with my son, uh, Axel, we went down
to watch in-in the quiet zone
474
00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:00,814
to show our support, and it was lovely.
475
00:24:01,398 --> 00:24:04,693
Let's start finishing off,
boys. Just have a quick chat before we go.
476
00:24:04,693 --> 00:24:05,694
Come on out.
477
00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:09,322
Okay. What we're looking for today
is a progression from preseason.
478
00:24:09,322 --> 00:24:13,034
A progression in terms
of our performance level. Okay?
479
00:24:13,034 --> 00:24:15,537
So the key boxes we wanna tick today
480
00:24:15,537 --> 00:24:18,915
is play with energy,
intensity and physicality.
481
00:24:18,915 --> 00:24:22,252
Anyone who comes here is under
fucking pressure from the first minute
482
00:24:22,252 --> 00:24:24,296
to the fucking last. Let's go.
483
00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:25,589
Come on, boys!
484
00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:26,923
Come on. Let's fucking go.
485
00:24:27,591 --> 00:24:30,427
Come on, boys. Get out of here.
Whatever happens, that's what we do.
486
00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:32,554
Fucking energy, boys.
487
00:24:38,935 --> 00:24:40,103
Wrexham!
488
00:24:40,854 --> 00:24:44,983
Good afternoon,
and welcome back to the SToK Cae Ras...
489
00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:47,068
Come on, Wrexham!
490
00:24:47,068 --> 00:24:51,865
...for today's
EFL Sky Bet League Two feature
491
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:54,326
between Wrexham and MK Dons.
492
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,786
How good does it feel hearing that?
493
00:24:56,786 --> 00:24:59,164
Wrexham back in the football league,
494
00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:02,459
and we'll be hoping to be back
with a bang this afternoon
495
00:25:02,459 --> 00:25:06,755
against MK Dons, who were relegated
last season from Sky Bet League One.
496
00:25:06,755 --> 00:25:09,841
Fifteen years of pain
and suffering are over...
497
00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,802
It's, uh-- It's two weeks from the injury.
498
00:25:12,802 --> 00:25:15,472
Will be Tuesday
when I can finally fly home.
499
00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:18,266
Obviously, I'd love nothing more
to be there now playing,
500
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:21,269
then after that, I'd love nothing more
to be at home with my-- with my son.
501
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:23,146
But I think we've got it in us.
502
00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:25,941
MK Dons to get the game on the way.
503
00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:28,443
Let's go, boys! Come on!
504
00:25:28,443 --> 00:25:31,655
Tozer. Back to Foster, who plays.
505
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:34,950
Mendy rises. A free kick.
506
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:38,119
Fourth. Fourth. Fourth. Fourth.
507
00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,997
Hey, by the way, you must've
been able to see that's our ball.
508
00:25:40,997 --> 00:25:42,290
Could you not see that was our ball?
509
00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:43,416
Take your hand off me.
510
00:25:43,416 --> 00:25:45,627
Could you not see that's our ball?
Answer the question.
511
00:25:45,627 --> 00:25:47,420
Hey! Answer the question!
512
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,299
A free kick for MK Dons
in the opening minutes of the game.
513
00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:59,474
Robson swings the ball into the area--
It's a good ball. O'Connell.
514
00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:03,144
No.
515
00:26:04,604 --> 00:26:05,855
Fuck's sake, man.
516
00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:09,317
...and MK Dons take the lead
at SToK Cae Ras.
517
00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:11,361
Inside six minutes.
518
00:26:13,029 --> 00:26:15,865
Own goal.
Put it in his own goal.
519
00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:19,786
{\an8}Eoghan O'Connell.
It's an inauspicious start.
520
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:24,916
Not the start that anyone
would have hoped for here.
521
00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:29,087
And work to do for Wrexham here.
522
00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:33,842
And the Wrexham fans are looking
to get behind their team here.
523
00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:35,510
Leko takes it down and across.
524
00:26:36,803 --> 00:26:38,096
Into Eisa. Can he get the shot?
525
00:26:38,096 --> 00:26:40,056
He cuts back to his right,
gets through the middle,
526
00:26:40,056 --> 00:26:41,808
and it's 2-nil to MK Dons.
527
00:26:46,563 --> 00:26:50,692
Absolutely walking through us. Awful.
528
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:53,278
Have you ever played before?
529
00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:57,032
Mo Eisa danced back onto his right foot.
530
00:26:57,032 --> 00:26:59,242
There was a sea of red shirts
in front of him.
531
00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:01,202
No one got near him.
532
00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:04,372
And Wrexham are 2-nil down.
533
00:27:04,372 --> 00:27:05,624
Oh, my God.
534
00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:09,919
And a stunned silence at the SToK Cae Ras.
535
00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:11,004
Come on.
536
00:27:11,004 --> 00:27:14,174
Just relax, everybody! Relax, everybody.
537
00:27:14,924 --> 00:27:17,135
Tommy, tell Toz to relax!
538
00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:18,720
This is just--
I don't know what--
539
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,805
{\an8}We didn't--
We haven't lost at home in a year.
540
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:23,892
{\an8}So, this is, you know--
It's unusual, but it, um--
541
00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:26,394
You know, it's, uh, nerves, I think.
542
00:27:26,394 --> 00:27:29,272
We lost Paul Mullin.
Yes, absolutely.
543
00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:30,357
A little bit of that.
544
00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:32,317
- He was, like, the leader, right?
- Yeah.
545
00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:33,526
It's saved.
546
00:27:33,526 --> 00:27:35,111
Come on. Let's go.
547
00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:37,322
Go.
548
00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:40,909
Nothing ever happens
the easy way for Wrexham.
549
00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:44,871
Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
550
00:27:44,871 --> 00:27:46,039
♪ Okay ♪
551
00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:48,625
♪ Yeah
This is a battle for the future, ah ♪
552
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:51,461
That ball races to Sam Dalby.
553
00:27:51,461 --> 00:27:53,088
Can he get it across to Ryan Barnett?
554
00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:55,006
He does really well.
Barnett down the wing.
555
00:27:55,882 --> 00:27:57,384
Barnett now passing
down the right-hand side.
556
00:27:57,384 --> 00:28:00,011
Forces in the area. Can he find him?
Headed away by Smith.
557
00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:01,471
Jones with the strike!
558
00:28:02,263 --> 00:28:04,766
Headed away! That one was goal-bound.
Oh!
559
00:28:04,766 --> 00:28:06,976
Come on! Good pressure, boys!
560
00:28:06,976 --> 00:28:09,479
Wrexham are playing
themselves back into this game.
561
00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:11,398
Robson sets Leko with a shot!
562
00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:15,485
Oh, what an unbelievable save by Foster!
563
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:18,363
Great save.
564
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:23,118
And Foster was more than a match to it.
565
00:28:25,161 --> 00:28:27,997
- ♪ We are giants among men ♪
- ♪ Among men ♪
566
00:28:30,083 --> 00:28:33,294
Back to Barnett.
Driven to Barnett with a one-two.
567
00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:36,131
Barnett crosses well. Dalby rises.
568
00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:37,632
Waters with a strike!
569
00:28:39,426 --> 00:28:41,386
Oh!
570
00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:43,805
Great save. Mendy with a follow up!
571
00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:46,141
And it's 2-1!
572
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,687
Get in there!
573
00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:55,233
{\an8}Jacob Mendy pulls one back for Wrexham.
574
00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:58,027
Come on. Back again! Yes!
575
00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:02,240
Incredible strike
by Waters falls into the path
576
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,159
of Mendy on the follow up.
577
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:05,493
Game on now.
578
00:29:14,461 --> 00:29:15,462
Here we go!
579
00:29:15,462 --> 00:29:16,755
Wrexham!
580
00:29:24,012 --> 00:29:27,599
Okay. So, a little bit of a rough start,
but then I thought--
581
00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,309
Yeah. I need--
I kind of was gonna say,
582
00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:31,060
could you please stay up here
for the second half?
583
00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:32,604
I'm gonna stay up here
for the second half.
584
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,190
And they are huge.
Yes.
585
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:37,567
They are, like, much bigger than us.
586
00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:41,404
But everybody else is feeling good,
and the whole crowd seems pretty jazzed.
587
00:29:41,404 --> 00:29:42,697
Yeah.
588
00:29:42,697 --> 00:29:44,741
I think there's a lot
of goals left in this game.
589
00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,035
It's a horrible feeling,
590
00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:50,872
but obviously to start the game
like that was killer, really.
591
00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:53,166
It's just the first 15 minutes back,
and you're 2-nil down,
592
00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:55,627
but they come into the game obviously
as it settled down a bit
593
00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,295
and created chances and--
594
00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,379
The gaffer's class.
595
00:29:58,379 --> 00:30:01,591
At halftime he'll tell the lads
exactly where they can create chances,
596
00:30:01,591 --> 00:30:03,301
and where we can get in.
597
00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:06,137
And then it's up to the lads
to go out the second half
598
00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:07,806
and take action on it, obviously.
599
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:08,932
Last year, we usually do that.
600
00:30:08,932 --> 00:30:10,683
This year, we knew it was gonna be
more difficult.
601
00:30:10,683 --> 00:30:13,478
It's not gonna be as simple as last year.
602
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:16,022
Um, we've gotta work hard for it,
603
00:30:16,022 --> 00:30:18,483
but I think we can obviously
win the game from this position.
604
00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,778
Right, I wanna ask you a question
just right before we go out.
605
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:28,493
Were our fucking arousal levels
at the right level
606
00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:30,036
in the first 20 minutes of that game?
607
00:30:31,704 --> 00:30:34,541
Or were you too fucking uptight
and fucking 100-mile an hour?
608
00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:36,084
Yeah?
609
00:30:36,084 --> 00:30:39,420
We just all just need to relax and play.
610
00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,089
We're back in the game.
611
00:30:41,089 --> 00:30:44,092
These are not a great team.
I'll tell you that now.
612
00:30:44,092 --> 00:30:46,261
We've played in bigger games than this,
by the way.
613
00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:49,013
The season doesn't get defined
by this fucking game.
614
00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,807
We fucking had to play Notts County.
615
00:30:50,807 --> 00:30:52,600
We played Sheffield United at home.
616
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,395
Like, you've got in the rhythm
in the last 15, 20 minutes
617
00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:57,480
and just fucking start like a good team.
618
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,190
Two minutes, boys.
You know what you gotta do.
619
00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:01,734
We've done enough talking.
Let's go and play well for 45 minutes.
620
00:31:01,734 --> 00:31:04,279
- Lets show we're good. Come on.
- Let's get clean our way.
621
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:06,239
Come on. Come on.
622
00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:09,242
♪ Wrexham FC ♪
623
00:31:09,242 --> 00:31:12,954
Welcome back, then,
to the second half at the SToK Cae Ras.
624
00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:16,624
Wrexham will be hoping that
they could come out of the traps fast.
625
00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:19,502
Put MK Dons on the back foot once again.
626
00:31:19,502 --> 00:31:22,505
What will the next 45 minutes take?
We shall see.
627
00:31:22,505 --> 00:31:24,090
Yeah.
- Come on, Wrexham.
628
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,970
...half underway.
629
00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:30,930
Good ball to Ryan Barnett in space.
630
00:31:30,930 --> 00:31:32,473
Crossed it to the area, headed away.
631
00:31:32,473 --> 00:31:33,725
Out to Andy Cannon.
632
00:31:35,435 --> 00:31:36,519
Strike blocked.
633
00:31:37,645 --> 00:31:40,607
Barnett again, gets across
into the area, headed away.
634
00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:43,192
A much more lively start by Wrexham.
635
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,867
Cannon. Referee's
played advantage, and Cannon's still down.
636
00:31:51,534 --> 00:31:53,328
And Leko to get the shot away.
637
00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:55,830
And it gets past Foster and goes in.
638
00:31:55,830 --> 00:31:58,333
And the two-goal lead has been restored.
639
00:32:00,376 --> 00:32:03,463
Wow. Wow.
640
00:32:03,463 --> 00:32:05,548
For fuck's sake, man.
641
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,720
{\an8}A smart finish by Jonathan Leko.
642
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,938
Ollie, Bickers, make sure you're ready.
643
00:32:26,653 --> 00:32:28,488
Lucky sweater time.
644
00:32:29,072 --> 00:32:34,077
Fitting into this might change
the course of the game here.
645
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,081
All right.
646
00:32:42,043 --> 00:32:44,170
It's getting serious.
647
00:32:44,170 --> 00:32:45,880
Ollie, Ollie, Ollie!
648
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,591
Ollie Palmer, Jake Bickerstaff.
649
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:52,804
Jordan Davies makes his way on as well.
650
00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:53,972
Come on!
651
00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:02,605
Bickerstaff to Jones. Elliot Lee.
652
00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:05,650
Palmer. Lee. Plays it across.
653
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:08,653
Can't quite get it out of his feet.
But better by Wrexham.
654
00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:11,280
Oh, my God. Just put one in.
655
00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,867
Here come MK Dons again.
656
00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:18,121
And Leko's been let straight through.
657
00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:20,832
Can he make it four?
658
00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:26,838
He can.
659
00:33:30,216 --> 00:33:33,469
How he's had
that much space, I'm not so sure.
660
00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:36,681
{\an8}And it's 4-1 to MK Dons.
661
00:33:37,432 --> 00:33:40,393
Fuck off. It's a fucking disgrace.
662
00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:45,106
The away end
loving every second of this.
663
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:50,945
Welcome to the Football League.
Welcome to the Football League.
664
00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:53,031
I don't like them singing that.
665
00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:55,408
Is that them singing?
666
00:33:55,408 --> 00:34:00,038
♪ Welcome to the Football League ♪
♪ Welcome to the Football League ♪
667
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,123
Boo!
668
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:07,754
This is just a good old-fashioned...
Ass whooping?
669
00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:10,631
...pants-down spanking in the supermarket.
670
00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,595
Bickerstaff to Lee.
671
00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:17,305
Lee drives towards goal.
672
00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:18,848
Jordan Davies!
673
00:34:18,848 --> 00:34:19,974
Oh!
674
00:34:19,974 --> 00:34:21,809
Y-- Oh.
675
00:34:21,809 --> 00:34:23,436
That's why you don't get excited.
676
00:34:29,984 --> 00:34:33,613
Davies to Bickerstaff.
Takes it down well.
677
00:34:35,364 --> 00:34:36,741
Out to Lee for--
678
00:34:37,492 --> 00:34:39,327
With him on the right.
Lee might shoot, himself.
679
00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:43,247
Bryce Hosannah. Back to Jordan Davies!
680
00:34:48,377 --> 00:34:49,921
Great goal from Davies!
681
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,881
Yeah!
682
00:34:51,881 --> 00:34:53,716
Yes!
683
00:34:53,716 --> 00:34:57,720
That's how you fucking do it.
That's a laser, baby!
684
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:01,849
Wrexham get a goal back.
685
00:35:01,849 --> 00:35:04,936
Stop celebrating, lad.
Lets go and fucking score again. Come on.
686
00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,562
And is there maybe,
687
00:35:06,562 --> 00:35:10,316
maybe just a chance for Wrexham here.
688
00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:13,319
Cuts inside and shoots.
689
00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:15,238
And that one goes for a corner.
690
00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:18,074
Goes to the back post
to Davies. Across goal!
691
00:35:18,825 --> 00:35:19,992
Just wide.
692
00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:21,994
Fuck! I thought that was fucking in.
693
00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:25,039
That's seven minutes
on it. Still time, then.
694
00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:34,757
And it's 5-2.
695
00:35:36,759 --> 00:35:38,386
Like Ben wouldn't even try.
696
00:35:39,303 --> 00:35:41,514
{\an8}And there's not much more to say.
697
00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:48,187
We knew at some point we were
going to have to reckon with the idea
698
00:35:48,187 --> 00:35:52,024
that we may have to be careful
with what we wish for.
699
00:35:52,024 --> 00:35:55,820
Humphrey, why-- why did you tell us
to go to this league?
700
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,530
I like the other league better.
701
00:35:57,530 --> 00:35:59,240
We lost, like,
three times in the other one.
702
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,658
Yeah.
- Like, all year.
703
00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:03,661
I just didn't realize
it was gonna happen immediately...
704
00:36:03,661 --> 00:36:04,745
No.
705
00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:06,873
- ...in the beginning of the...
- Yeah.
706
00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:08,124
...League Two campaign.
707
00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:10,710
- Let's go back.
- Yeah. Can we-- Is that an option?
708
00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:15,089
Well,
some Wrexham fans are leaving
709
00:36:15,089 --> 00:36:16,924
in disgust, understandably.
710
00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:19,510
But we still have more football to play.
711
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:21,262
Plays it across to O'Connell.
712
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:26,267
Forde takes it down well.
713
00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:32,023
- And that's a great goal by Anthony Forde.
- All right. Okay. Great.
714
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,316
Brilliant finish.
715
00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:38,112
Don't underestimate
how important those are.
716
00:36:38,905 --> 00:36:40,239
At the end of the season.
717
00:36:41,073 --> 00:36:42,408
Goal differential.
718
00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:51,083
{\an8}At the SToK Cae Ras, it is finished.
719
00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:54,086
{\an8}Wrexham 3, MK Dons 5.
720
00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:57,506
A disappointing return
to the Football League for Wrexham.
721
00:36:57,506 --> 00:36:58,758
Too many goals.
722
00:36:59,258 --> 00:37:00,927
I'd turn it off if these weren't here.
723
00:37:07,433 --> 00:37:10,228
- When was the last time we lost here?
- Grimsby.
724
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,688
Two years ago. Two seasons ago.
725
00:37:12,688 --> 00:37:14,523
Is that the last time we lost here?
726
00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:17,610
Yep.
727
00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,658
- Man, you don't wanna peak too early.
- No.
728
00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:24,825
No way.
729
00:37:24,825 --> 00:37:28,204
We can't start games
just 'cause how we feel like it.
730
00:37:28,204 --> 00:37:31,290
We gotta start on it,
fucking loose as goose.
731
00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:34,710
No fucker concentrating
on doing the things that are important,
732
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:37,505
the basics on fucking first half today.
733
00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:40,174
So, why?
Is it the fucking buildup to the game?
734
00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:42,927
Is it the fucking warm-up?
Is it the mentality?
735
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:46,222
Is it the fucking lackluster--
"No, we're fucking Wrexham.
736
00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:49,558
We're a good--"
What is it that makes us start shit?
737
00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:54,730
Obviously, MK Dons played very well
on the day, but we just
738
00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:58,776
not only lacked sharpness physically,
but, mentally,
739
00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:02,488
we looked, like, really below par
in terms of our decision-making.
740
00:38:02,488 --> 00:38:03,864
It's a fucking hard league,
741
00:38:03,864 --> 00:38:06,200
and you don't get away
with making too many mistakes,
742
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,201
'cause they'll punish you.
743
00:38:07,201 --> 00:38:08,661
And that's what's fucking happened today.
744
00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:10,663
They played
like a proper team.
745
00:38:10,663 --> 00:38:12,707
We played like a fucking non-league team.
746
00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:14,625
The players are stronger
the higher up you go.
747
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,502
Do you know what I mean?
So we've got a lot of work to do.
748
00:38:16,502 --> 00:38:18,421
And we've gotta accept
we've gone up another level.
749
00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:21,257
It's a wake-up call, yeah, I think.
750
00:38:21,257 --> 00:38:22,758
Definitely bring us down to earth,
I think.
751
00:38:23,342 --> 00:38:24,677
After all the hype and everything,
752
00:38:24,677 --> 00:38:26,762
definitely bring us down to earth
that will.
753
00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:29,932
- Fucking shit. Get that on the triple A.
- Shit. Yes.
754
00:38:30,516 --> 00:38:32,101
Welcome to the Football League.
755
00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:35,313
We've gone up a league,
and it's gonna be a bit--
756
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:36,981
{\an8}It's gonna be a bit-- a bit difficult.
757
00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:39,650
{\an8}People-- I think a lot of people
are getting carried away
758
00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:42,069
{\an8}and thinking we were gonna,
you know, win every game 5-nil.
759
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:43,321
Well, ain't gonna happen, is it?
760
00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:48,659
It portends to be a
very harrowing, edge-of-your-seat season.
761
00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:52,747
I don't think you go through a League Two
with another only, you know,
762
00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:54,332
only suffering three losses.
763
00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:56,334
Well, I don't know
where we're starting,
764
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,419
but it's probably in, like,
14th place after game one.
765
00:38:58,419 --> 00:38:59,587
Yeah.
766
00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:00,671
Oh, sorry. Hold on.
767
00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:05,301
Don't wanna be a party pooper,
but, um, we're actually 21st, not 14th.
768
00:39:06,135 --> 00:39:08,429
Look how fast
the crowd is out of here too.
769
00:39:08,429 --> 00:39:11,057
It's amazing.
Just vaporized.
770
00:39:11,974 --> 00:39:18,105
Sometimes you need a day like this, like
a reality check, um, to reassess things.
771
00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:21,650
When you go up a level and you
make mistakes, you get punished.
772
00:39:21,650 --> 00:39:23,778
And-And that's what happened to us today.
773
00:39:23,778 --> 00:39:25,780
We hard-launched failure.
774
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,324
Yep. Yeah.
775
00:39:28,324 --> 00:39:29,533
See you Tuesday, boys.
776
00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:30,785
- See you, boys.
- Thank you.
777
00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:32,703
See you, guys.
778
00:39:33,996 --> 00:39:35,331
See? It's like a funeral.
779
00:39:35,331 --> 00:39:36,999
It's hard. It hurts.
780
00:39:36,999 --> 00:39:38,834
A fucking funeral, right?
I feel the pain.
781
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:39,919
Yeah.