There's a fucking belief about us
because everyone will start thinking we're promoted now, won't they?
You know what I mean? I... You know... And I'm convinced after that Burton game.
So we're gonna block all that out. We don't get carried away,
we keep our feet on the fucking ground, and we get ready for fucking war.
With just five games remaining in the season,
we take a big step forward towards that dream of back-to-back-to-back promotions.
Going back to the beginning of the season, we were picked,
based on almost every opinion, to be, hopefully, mid-table.
I think they'll miss out this year.
Couple of years in League One. It's got to be a slow progression.
It's very true. It's a very difficult league. It's a big jump for us.
- The jump... - Might be too big.
...might be too big this year.
I think everybody had, um,
measured expectations.
As long as we escape relegation, I'll be happy.
A lot of people say consolidation this season.
There was a lot of talk of consolidation.
You need to settle in for a while,
figure out what you need to do to get to the next level.
If I'm being honest, I don't really know what that word means.
We just went all in and...
...Marriott hits it!
Wrexham are on the brink of making history
with a third straight promotion now within touching distance.
I'm believing now. I am believing.
They've really exceeded expectations in this league.
They are on the brink of history, back-to-back-to-back.
It's difficult to put into words
-how hard that is. - Come on!
It's incredible.
So with five games to go, those measured expectations have changed somewhat.
- We're going up! - Up the town.
A lot of people think we're gonna do it, aren't we? The three in a row.
Wrexham!
It's expected because that's what we've done the two previous seasons.
Town's going up! Town's going up!
Not only do you want to be promoted again and make history, you almost have to.
Back-to-back-to-back!
And then it gets really fucking stressful.
Back-to-back-to-back!
Never been done before. Town's going up.
If I can't feel optimistic now, I-I don't think football's for me, to be honest.
When you flash back to, like, the club being 12 hours away from going bust,
the supporters just having to rally around
and people having to put deeds up for their houses.
Just stop for five minutes
and think about what the football club's gone through in the last 30 years.
We're five games away from history, and the fans get what they deserve.
It's easy to get carried away, of course, um, but, um, we've got to be careful
because there's still every possibility that we could do a Wrexham.
We've seen it so often in the past where
we'd snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as they say.
Five games, sitting pretty.
At what point do you think we'll... we'll Wrexham it?
Welcome to The Brick Community Stadium.
Another big, big game as Wrexham push on to try and make history.
With Birmingham now promoted and effectively champions elect,
you know, we're now in a direct fight with Wycombe Wanderers
for that last automatic promotion place.
We've also got to be conscious of Stockport County
and Charlton Athletic behind us.
With five games to go, things are in our own hands.
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
A little nervous, yeah, I think you do at this stage of the season,
but I think we've been used to it over the last few years now.
Wycombe right behind us.
We've got to win pretty much every game now to keep ahead.
Fasten your seat belts 'cause, I tell you,
Wrexham are gonna make a lot of noise.
Wrexham led out by James McClean
against his old club that he served with distinction.
And here we go, Wrexham getting things underway.
James dinking over the top.
That's a good ball for Smith, left channel.
- Forced wide, flag goes up. - Was that offside, Jonah?
Matty James shapes the switch, then pulls it to the left and gets the path wrong.
I see Paul Mullin is here with the away fans.
That's quite a surprise.
Wrexham boxed in now, Mellish feeding it back.
Long-range shot is a spectacular one, and Okonkwo gets down.
I think he had it covered.
That's fucking nowhere near fucking good enough.
Smithy, second fucking best. Longy, second best.
Maxie, weak as piss in that fucking challenge.
Wigan away was a tough one 'cause we obviously could have played better.
Elliot Lee, good ball to the edge of the area.
Oh, and it went through Fletcher's legs.
Fucking hell!
And that is that.
Wigan have earned a goalless draw against Wrexham,
and it looks like Wycombe are going to win with an injury time goal.
We said one goal could make all the difference,
and Wrexham have dropped two points here.
Wycombe look like they're gonna get the three.
We gotta be fucking ready if we're gonna get promotion.
Well, forget promotion if we're gonna fucking get anything out of this game.
Wigan was as bad as I've seen us playing in a long, long time.
Dare I say a slight bit of fatigue, complacency.
I thought fatigue was definitely a factor.
I thought some of those players looked pretty tired.
What do you think about Mullin being up at the Wigan game there?
I've known players to come and watch Wrexham after they'd left,
but I've never known a player to come while he's still on the books.
While he's under contract, yeah.
You know, this must be some friction somewhere.
Welcome to this massive, massive match.
Wrexham at home to Bristol Rovers, who are fighting for their lives.
Four matches left. The stakes are exceptionally high.
There's one point between us and Wycombe, so...
I feel more nervous than ever now.
Squeaky bum time now, innit?
Squeaky bum, I think, innit?
- Squeaky bum time. - It is squeaky bum time.
So, the Good Friday game, we're at home to Bristol Rovers,
and Mr. McElhenney's in town.
Okay, here we go. I'll get down to my spot.
Wrexham are always favorite for home games
and particularly when we're second in the league.
Yet, you know, we have to make sure that we do what everybody expects
and pick up another three points.
We've just got to win this, haven't we? No matter how.
They want to beat us bad.
It's Rathbone inside. Cleworth 25 yards out.
They're backing off him. He's in the box. He hits it.
Oh, that's a great save.
Barnett cuts inside easily again, squares it.
Lee's got space here. Tell Tom to shoot. He does, but he took a bit of time.
We're better than this team. We just got to put one in.
Here is the away-swinging corner. It's in.
And Bristol Rovers are looking to pull off a real shock here.
I'm gonna go sit with the Philly crew for a little bit
and kind of hopefully change up the... the juju.
Let's go, let's go. We need something.
Longman delivers to the far post.
Fletcher gets up, heads it over the bar. That was a huge, huge chance.
The Wrexham crowd really getting up here.
Longman chance to cross, digs the ball into that six-yard box.
Headed, path clear. Driven in!
Wrexham pulls it back! The 76th minute, and Matty James, a great finish.
And he wheels his arms, telling the crowd to get on their feet.
Just one. Just one.
Thirteen minutes left, one all. It's not enough.
This is where the Wrexham magic happens.
Sweeps it with height beyond the far post. Lee heads it back in.
Defender gets a touch, it's in the goalmouth and Ward gets there first.
Wrexham looking for this most precious goal.
Bristol Rovers fighting like hell, defending their box.
Cleworth helps it on, James puts it off target.
And Bristol Rovers have come here and dealt Wrexham a huge blow,
and we have dropped two points.
Wycombe have gone 2-nil up as well at Bolton, so they will be
into the top two.
It felt like a loss.
We sort of had to win that game just to stay ahead of Wycombe, but we didn't.
And so Wycombe jumped in front of us, and with three games to go, you know,
it's out of your hands at that stage.
The 1-1 draw was a massive disappointment.
So that's two draws on a back-to-back basis.
Things are no longer in our hands,
and you can see and sense the mood amongst the players.
It's gonna come down to the wire.
It's gonna go down to the last day.
And when you look at the fixtures ahead for both sides,
every game now is a cup final, every game matters so much.
Discipline needs to improve, boys, come on.
We're two years into our Category 3 academy.
For us to finish second in the league table against these top clubs
is testament to the good work and the support that we've had
in setting up the academy.
Keep the tempo up!
But in terms of the lads' progress and development,
they come in as first-year scholars
and they're straightaway thinking they're gonna get a professional contract.
- Quicker. - That's why they're here.
We're now towards the end of the season, and this is the point where players
will find out whether they will receive professional contracts or not.
Leanne, David, Bryn, great to see you.
It's that time of the season
where we discuss some next steps, et cetera.
And I think the first thing I wanna do is just thank you for your time.
You've been here a long time.
Because you're such a great character, these decisions become even harder.
Unfortunately, Bryn, we won't be offering you registration for next season.
Okay.
I know it's tough to take. You're a committed, fantastic young man.
I was sad, but not for myself.
For my family. For my mates.
It was like... I felt like I let them down in a way.
We want to support you, so that coaching side.
You're still very young, you've got a massive part of your future ahead of you.
This season, I coached for Wrexham in the Academy.
So hopefully that's a career path.
Keep my foot in the door and work my way up.
You are a fantastic young man.
- You really are. - Thanks.
I was quite confident going into the meeting
that he would be able to see the wider picture
and be able to use the skills that he's gained here at the academy.
And there's no doubt in my mind Bryn's gonna go on to have a fantastic future.
- How we feeling? How we doing? - Yeah, fine. Okay, yeah. So...
We're really nervous, me and my mum, my dad and my little brother come.
Probably the biggest day of me life. I just try to be as chill as possible.
All right, first and foremost, Tom,
- I want to talk about you as a person. - Yeah.
Absolute credit to yourself and your family.
Your attitude, your commitment on the field, off the field
is absolutely exactly as it should be, so thank you for that.
There's been some tough decisions, and we're at the stage now where
we'd like offer you a professional contract.
Well done.
Over the past few years, I've put quite a lot of hard work in
to be able to get to where I am.
All the late-night trips that me mum drove to.
Going to school the next morning.
I don't think I could have done it without them.
And today I'm being offered a contract, so I'm over the moon.
The hard work starts even harder now.
♪ You'll get there Because we know you can ♪
♪ Run, Humphrey, run, Humphrey Run, run, run ♪
So, eight months ago, I made a... ...um, shall we say, impulsive declaration
that if the foundation did not raise enough money
for the Wrexham Miners Project that I would run a marathon.
There he is. Good job.
When I started my training, I could run without stopping...
I don't know if... I mean, if I was being chased by a dog with a gun...
First seven-mile run.
...quarter of a mile?
- My back hurts. - Oh, my God. Ow!
I've gotten sciatica.
My left knee locked up.
This is not an act.
By any stretch of the imagination.
Mostly, I've just hated running.
This is miserable!
Now, very unfortunately, I have to go and do the marathon.
You are at the start of your epic, epic adventure
that is the 2025 Manchester Marathon.
Any last words?
They might literally be my last words.
- Yeah. - Three, two, one.
I knew that he was gonna find himself getting into great shape
and he was gonna feel great.
Keep going! Keep going!
And that this was going to be life-changing for him
and that he was then gonna embrace fitness.
- Humphrey, let's go! - Yes, lad!
And that's not what happened.
Aw, aw, aw, aw. Aw.
Sorry. Oh, my God, sorry.
At no point did he enjoy it.
Miles 17 to 21, everything felt like lead.
And then, yeah, the nipples.
Yeah, the old nips fell off, basically.
I put this much Vaseline on my tits...
...and it just washed straight off.
They're actually fine now. Um...
Yeah, it did look slightly like I'd been shot
with a sort of very low-caliber bullet.
Three cheers, you've crossed the line. Well done, ladies.
Many congratulations.
Well done.
Hey.
Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham.
I've got a feeling there is a certain person
who is about to cross the line.
I know full well all I have to do is cross that line
and then fucking Rob and Ryan have to pay up 50 grand to the miners.
Humphrey, you have completed the 2025 Manchester Marathon.
Fuck you.
Can you en... Can you endure a hug?
- I completed the Manchester marathon... - Thank you so much.
...and saw Rob.
And then behind him, much more importantly,
people from Wrexham Miners Project.
You know, you run a marathon because it... it sucks
and that's why people sponsor you to do it.
Uh, and it really sucked.
Sort of directly proportional to the amount of money we ended up raising.
♪ Run, Humphrey, run, Humphrey Run, run, run ♪
Wrexham! Wrexham!
This time we're going to Blackpool.
Again, another team that's played in the Premier League,
currently tenth in the table.
Now your season boils down to maybe three games.
The pressure comes onto it.
The fans and expectations that they have
and fans, all leading up to these playoff games.
"Come on, we want to get promoted." And it gets so big.
We can taste it. We're so close to promotion, we can taste it,
but I mean, we keep dropping points. Very frustrating.
It's a crucial game, with Wycombe picking up points the other day.
Today is the sort of, you know, do or die really.
I think that Wycombe will be the more likely to go ahead,
especially with the one point advantage, with three left.
I think Wycombe have the experience as well,
more so in this division in this league. There's a lot at stake.
It's a huge day of matches in League One.
If Wrexham lose against Blackpool and Wycombe win their match against Charlton,
Wycombe will take a significant lead over Wrexham.
And our hopes of regaining that automatic promotion spot may start slipping away.
The pressure from the outside was on us
after two draws.
Every cunt's written us off, aren't they? Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em.
Let's go and fucking show 'em. Come on.
Let's fucking go!
- Thank you! - Let's go. I'm sitting right here.
That's Rob McElhenney down there. I just realized, in the crowd.
All right, let's go. Squeeze in.
Listen to this noise from the Wrexham fans
as Wrexham get things underway.
- Come on. - Poor ball by Coulson.
Longman hits the shot. It's blocked. Chance at the edge of the area.
Rathbone's shot is blocked and that's a corner.
Whoa. This is the sort of start you want.
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
This feels frantic already. Wrexham are pushing hard here.
What a chance for McClean. And what a save by Tyrer!
- God! - It's been absolutely brilliant,
apart from getting that ball in the back of the net.
It's Dobson to Rodriguez. What a save again by Tyrer!
Oh, my God!
Wrexham on fire but can't hit the net.
How many chances are we gonna get?
Jay! Brilliant, son, keep finding the pockets.
There was a sense that everybody was starting to tighten up and try too hard
and second-guess themselves and worry about everything.
And we knew that needed to change.
Chance to hit it, and it's just over from the man in form, Apter.
That was close.
I'm a little concerned about Blackpool. They've managed to get back into the game.
Still no score, and the referee ends the first half.
At Wycombe, they remain 2-nil down against Charlton.
You two are gonna fight tooth and nail to keep the ball at the top of the pitch.
Jay, in the pocket. Smithy, down the side.
Away we go, as we get the game underway.
But the big thing is, is the physicality.
Headers, tackles, real fighting spirit at battles with the quality,
'cause we're capable of doing both.
We've done it and we're gonna go and do it again. Let's go.
Come on, lads!
We just need that breakthrough, don't we?
Dobson sweeps it!
McClean.
Drills it in the goalmouth! It's there!
Wrexham get that goal! McClean with a brilliant driven ball in.
Wrexham take the lead.
Yeah!
Come on, Wrexham!
That first-time ball out wide is absolutely ridiculous,
the bend that he gets on it.
And then it's fizzed in and wheels away. Wow!
It is pandemonium in that way end!
It certainly is. Goodness me. This noise. Wow!
Longman delivers into the box. Back to goal, Rodriguez takes it well.
-Hits shot! It's 2-nil! -
Lovely take by Rodriguez!
Yes! Yes!
And it is Rathbone who drills it home. Great finish by Rathbone.
And Wrexham are on fire! Unbelievable!
It's definitely gone up a few decibels as well. Wow.
Wrexham!
And there is the final whistle. What a performance!
What an away day by Wrexham!
A brilliant, brilliant effort.
We most certainly took the grip back
- in this promotion battle with Wycombe. - Come on!
Wycombe lose 4-nil at home, Wrexham win 2-1 at Blackpool,
and fans are rewarded with an unbelievable performance
- from start to finish. - Town are going up, olé, olé!
It's never easy following Wrexham.
- Next Saturday we can relax. - Yeah.
Yeah. If we beat Charlton.
I think it'll be the hardest match for us against Charlton.
As the players leave the field, all of a sudden
everything's in our hands again for automatic promotion.
But, of course, we do have to be aware. Wycombe are still chasing us,
Charlton are coming up on the rails.
And any form of overconfidence will soon be picked up on,
and we'll be back in the position again where it's not in our hands
and lose that automatic promotion place.
- Hiya. - Hi. You all right?
- What's happening, champ? - Good.
- How are we? - Good.
Archie's a lovely kid. He's a Wrexham fan.
He's got a rare form of blood cancer.
- Yeah. Yeah. - You okay? Yeah?
Archie has recovered from the last cycle of chemo,
and this is our first proper day out.
- Is your pool any better? - I bet I could beat you next time.
- You think you can beat me next time? - Yeah.
We start bone marrow transplant on Monday.
So today was very, very special for him.
- Hello again. - Hello again.
- Hi. - Hey, little man.
- Go get special treatment now. - What's up, man?
- How are you? - Good.
It's so good to finally meet you in person.
I met Archie while I was on set, actually,
because I got a FaceTime from Ollie Palmer.
And I was in between takes, and so I answered it.
- Hey, Archie. - Oh.
- That's the best, huh? - Wow.
Then we just stayed in touch. And so I reached out to Archie's parents.
And I wanted to give him a tour of the stadium
and then bring him to a game.
You got all sorts of people fighting through all sorts of adversity
with a smile on your face
and it's really inspiring for me and for us.
- Yeah. - So, you're somebody we look up to.
For real.
Archie was nervous.
It's probably the most nervous I've seen him actually in a long time.
Mr. Parkin, this is my friend Archie.
Good to see you. How are you?
- Good. Yeah. - Good.
- He got to speak to Steve Parkin. - Are you coming to the game
- at the weekend? - Yes.
Good. Expecting big things?
- Massive. - Hopefully, yeah.
Massive.
He was telling him what he thinks Charlton might do on Saturday.
Right wing back is very forward thinking.
He got to stand in the changing rooms with the lads.
Ryan was there, Paul was there. Palmer was there.
He couldn't get out of bed when you came, could he?
Nah, he was in bed, weren't ya? Smashing me at FIFA.
- Twice. Twice. - He's not very good.
To have a son at 12 years old, be taken away from his friends,
his normal way of life is very difficult.
You need to touch.
I can't reach it, so...
He just makes us so proud because of how...
happy he is.
I got special permission.
Everybody else, including your parents, have to walk around the pitch,
- but you and I can walk straight across. - Wow.
- You wanna walk straight across? Yeah. - Really? Oh, wow.
Okay, let's do it. You and me, buddy.
Yeah. I'm taking some.
- You can take some. - Nice.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
When I think about adversity, his face pops into my head.
Because it's all so trivial
when you think that there's this 12-year-old boy
and his parents who have to essentially live in a hospital
for months on end
so that he can beat this fucking cancer.
On the TV, it looks quite far away, but--
Okay, you ready? Let me put this over here.
Nice and easy.
Yes.
Talk about pressure, overcoming adversity, overcoming the odds.
It is insanely inspiring. He's a beacon for the whole club.
- I scored. I scored. - You sure did.
- You scored at the Racecourse. - Yeah.
Welcome to Brisbane Road for Leyton Orient against Wycombe.
And it's Wrexham or Wycombe for the automatic promotion spot.
Get ready for a day that could change just about everything.
Wycombe were going to be playing before us at 12:30 on the day,
and our game kicking off at 5:30.
If Wycombe beat Leyton Orient and overtake us,
Wrexham have to beat Charlton today to retake second place
and would still have to win their final match
to have a chance at automatic promotion.
I feel very nervous, like, very, very nervous.
- Yeah? - Yeah, like adult diaper nervous.
But if Wycombe lose,
Wrexham would be promoted with a win today.
That was the moment I think all of us,
everybody, the entire town went,
"Holy shit, this could happen."
We could not only be promoted, but we could make history doing it.
That was probably the worst day for me,
in terms of trying to overthink
and then I got to a point where there's nothing I can do.
It was a very weird morning.
Head it! Head it!
My brother and my dad put the Wycombe game on.
I was like, "Just get it off. I don't want to know."
I kept an eye on the scores, I'll be honest.
Left-foot shot. Turned in!
That's right, ponytail! Yes!
- And that is the final whistle.
Yeah!
Oh, give those boys the night-night juice. Wow!
By the time the game is finished and Wycombe have got beaten,
you could hear the roar all the way around Wrexham.
We need those three points. We want that automatic promotion.
We'll move forward with Wrexham, and it's a bumper game.
We have to go to the circus and see what we can get.
- Welcome to the circus, Charlton. - Yes.
The atmosphere when we get in the Racecourse
is gonna be something phenomenal.
Go on, the town!
Biggest game in... in football history.
We know we're on the cusp of something special.
That obviously adds the pressure on us because we need to win now to do it.
Yeah, you feel really big pressure.
It's now ours to lose.
Our route to glory is clear.
If we're able to beat Charlton,
we are going to achieve that back-to-back-to-back promotion.
You guys wanna eat your feelings?
Wrexham!
Phil asked if I would just give a little pep talk to the players
who, um... who just needed to hear something fresh.
He's like, "Look, they're listening to me and Steve Parkin, um,
all year long, and I think they just maybe need to hear a fresh perspective."
I'm not assuming that I have any right to talk
to a group of young professional athletes about what they do for a living.
I reached out to a couple of professional athlete friends of mine and said,
"Hey, if you wanted to hear from the chairman before a game like this,
what would you... what would you wanna hear? What would you need... need to hear?
And to protect his privacy,
and everybody's privacy who's a part of the story,
we'll just bleep out all the names.
So, I reached out to [bleep], he's a friend of mine
and I'm like, "If there's anybody in the arena, he's the one."
I'm gonna read you my text exchange because I felt like, "Okay."
If you have access to one of the greatest players of all time at something,
you might as well listen to him.
So, "Rob, your guys have far exceeded expectations.
Now they just have to finish.
And here is the secret: I want you to tell them from me
that they have to remember,
even if they have to force themselves, that this needs to be fun."
This is an important one.
He said, "[bleep] told me something
that [bleep] told him before his first Masters."
So now we're talking about... This is now [bleep] telling me something
that [bleep] told him that [bleep] told him before his first Masters.
"You already did the work of a man.
Now go out there and play like a little boy."
I wrote, "Jesus Christ.
That's one of the coolest texts anyone's ever sent or received."
He said, "The point is that they need to go out there
and play like they did when they were ten years old...
...and that they were having the time of their lives
because I promise you that's the only thing that they will remember."
That's it. Okay, boys, just have a look here. Everyone ready.
So, because I'm a woo-woo actor and a golfer,
I believe in visualizing something.
So I want everybody please to just close your eyes right now.
Everybody in the room.
I want you to picture a time in your life.
Maybe you're eight, maybe you're nine, maybe you're ten, maybe you're six,
maybe you're 12,
but you're out there and you're playing football.
You're just kicking the ball around. You're playing with your friends, your dad
your mom, your sisters, your brothers, your buddies.
You're just playing football.
Sam? Kick.
Lewis. Oh, that's...
Get up. Oh, nice. No.
Go on, Matt. Go on, Matt. Go on.
Well done, Matt!
And it's fun. And you fell in love with that feeling.
At some point along the way, the football world fell in love with you,
but you owe the football world nothing.
Of course you're grateful for the support that you've had along the way,
your family, your friends, and everyone, but you've already honored that.
From this point on, you do not owe anything to anyone,
not to me, not to your parents, not to the club.
I would even say, not even to each other.
From our point of view, the door has been opened for us, innit?
The door has been opened,
and we're gonna fucking step through it with a fucking proper performance.
- Let's fucking go. - Come on, boys. Let's fucking go.
Let's fucking go, boys. Go. Come on, come on.
From this point, the only person you owe something to
is that ten-year-old kid who fell in love with football,
who could not wait to be in the position that you're in right fucking now!
So, here we are. As Wrexham face Charlton Athletic,
we know what we've got to do here.
We win, we go up.
This is special. This is... This feels different today.
All right, deep breath.
Fasten your seat belts and let's go on a journey.
Come on! Do it! Do it!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
Come on!
I picture Ryan Longman doing his magic
and, like, nutmegging some kid at eight years old...
...and all the parents going, "Who the hell is that kid?"
He's in the box. Longman rips it across. Great ball in.
I can imagine Ollie Rathbone underestimated because of his size,
cutting across some player and ripping one into the back of the net.
...Wrexham are going to Rathbone who hits a shot.
Yeah!
Ollie Rathbone!
Rathbone, drills it home!
This guy is on fire.
And he smashes it in, and Wrexham take the lead.
Wowee, that was a hell of a hit!
Wrexham!
I want you to picture a time when James, definitely at 11 years old,
was f... beating the shit out of somebody.
Great tackle by McClean.
Or Sam
doing something that's, I don't know, just physically impossible.
Matty James dinks it in for Smith.
Kick it, Sam.
Ball!
The fuck was that!
Sam Smith! With a scissors kick!
Oh, what a goal!
That was a ninja move.
James with the most delicious assist.
You look astonished, Mia!
Oh, yeah. Harry is in front of me, he's just gone absolutely mad!
Can't believe what he's just seen! What a goal! Sam Smith!
Wrexham!
All I wanted from today was a win.
Selfishly, for him.
- That's not selfish. - Yeah, but...
I'd like a win for him.
And now Steven Fletcher comes on.
The point is, like, there is a moment
or a series of moments in which you were in love with this game,
and that is all that fucking matters.
Fifteen minutes left. Cleworth goes outside.
- This one's getting in. - Cross comes in from Cleworth!
Goal!
Yeah!
That is why you're here, that moment, because that's what you deserve.
You didn't owe that to anybody.
Great header! Brilliant cross! Cleworth, the wingback.
And you know what? This is starting to look quite good.
- Oh, my God. Are we gonna do it? - Yeah! We're gonna fucking do it!
We are going up! We are going up!
I would just end with this. Forget the history.
I want you to go out there and play like you're ten years old
and have the time of your lives because I promise you
that is the only thing you will remember.
Dad would have loved that.
- Told ya. - That's it! They've done it!
We have the first team in history
to win back-to-back-to-back promotions.
I can't believe it!
I mean, I can believe it.
It's believable, but barely. Barely.
That's fucking brilliant, boys.
What a fucking achievement.
Back-to-back-to-back!
History in front of our eyes!
We are going up! Said we are going up!
- What'd you think, pal? - I think it's amazing!
- Pretty wild, huh? - You made this happen.
- No, no, buddy. - You made this happen.
- No, I didn't. - Yes, you did. You did.
You did it. They did it. We all did it together.
We are going up, say we are going up!
Holy shit.
Like, what feels better than that?
It looked like you guys had a fucking blast.
Like, what are all those idiots doing with the cocaine?
This is so much better.
This team just written their names into absolute history, haven't they?
What about that then?
Up the history makers!
What about that phrase "To Wrexham it," is that a thing of the past now?
Can we consign that to history?
You'd hope so, wouldn't you? You really would.
I think doing a Wrexham has changed its meaning now.
Doing a Wrexham is winning promotion back-to-back-to-back.
It means everything.
Wrexham are playing championship football.
Wow, I cannot believe it.
The sky is the limit. The sky is the limit.
What would it mean to get the ultimate promotion?
One more time. You are in the Premier League.
The championship will suck the positivity out of anybody.
Four promotions, is it possible or
- is the championship the toughest test-- - No. No.
Wrexham is definitely back to being the underdog. This is going to be hard.
It's a fairy story already.
They don't want it to turn into a nightmare.
Why can't you just let me... I just want to bask.
Would you let me just bask?
We'll talk about... ...the championship next year.
You have to remember that this is an incredible privilege
that very few people in the history of the world get to actually enjoy,
and you have to enjoy it.
There have been just as many tragedies as there have been triumphs on the pitch.
But the truth is we just have to love every moment of it.
What's most important to me
is to be grateful for the moment that we have right in front of us,
and I say this with all honesty,
I don't... I don't care about, uh, about the next promotion.
I care about this one.
A few years ago, we were not in the English Football League.
They asked us what was our goal.
We're gonna take Wrexham to the Premier League.
And I said, "The Premier League," and people laughed.
Why not dream big?
No one's laughing anymore.
A back-to-back-to-back promotion doesn't happen.
But the only place it could happen is here.
Wrexham's the only place that this kind of historical miracle could happen
because of the town, because of the club, because of its history,
because of its sadness, because of its joy,
because of its perseverance.
And all of that comes together to make miracles and that is doing a Wrexham.
And now we're one away from the Premier League.
It doesn't make any sense. It defies all rational thinking.
But I haven't always done great with rational thinking, if I'm being honest.
Irrational thinking has served us well.
So that's three.
That is three.
Could go for four.
Four?
- It'll be pricey. - I feel,
- next year's budget in this next thing. - Yeah,
- that's what I was going for. - That's what they fill it with,
- don't they, right? Yeah. - All right. No, I'll help you. Yeah.
- I'm actually going that way. All right. - Well, yeah, I'm going this way.
- Ah. Yeah. - Yeah.
You know what, I'll take it. You're right, yeah?
- No, you take it. You should have it. - We should just--
- Yeah, I should. - I have enough trophies.
It's just... You know, it's crazy, right? I just think... yeah.
- Let's leave it. - Yeah, I think that's the spot.
It looks nice.