1 00:00:03,618 --> 00:00:05,287 (indistinct chatter) 2 00:00:05,387 --> 00:00:08,093 -POLICE OFFICER: Excuse us. -ROB: Thank you, guys. 3 00:00:08,126 --> 00:00:11,466 (chatter continues) 4 00:00:11,567 --> 00:00:12,736 Thank you, gents. 5 00:00:12,836 --> 00:00:15,374 POLICE OFFICER: Keep moving! Guys, move on! 6 00:00:15,407 --> 00:00:17,378 (excited chatter continues) 7 00:00:17,411 --> 00:00:18,748 (camera shutter clicks) 8 00:00:18,848 --> 00:00:21,720 -POLICE OFFICER: Keep it moving! -ROB: Sorry, guys. 9 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:23,290 POLICE OFFICER: Keep going! 10 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:25,662 (chatter continues) 11 00:00:27,264 --> 00:00:29,670 (soft dramatic music) 12 00:00:46,837 --> 00:00:50,277 -ROB: Wow. -PERSON: Yes, yes, yes. 13 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:51,379 Not bad, right? 14 00:00:51,412 --> 00:00:53,551 I don't think the goosebumps are 'cause it's cold. 15 00:00:59,095 --> 00:01:02,101 I'm just thinking about how many thousands of people 16 00:01:02,201 --> 00:01:06,777 have come to watch these games over the last 150 years. 17 00:01:06,877 --> 00:01:09,750 -Pretty incredible. -PERSON: Yeah. 18 00:01:09,850 --> 00:01:11,185 RYAN: Oh, wow! 19 00:01:11,286 --> 00:01:13,791 -PERSON: There you go. -RYAN: Come on, now. 20 00:01:13,891 --> 00:01:15,728 Now, that's a stadium. 21 00:01:15,762 --> 00:01:17,599 -Wow. -PERSON: Is that better? 22 00:01:19,603 --> 00:01:21,205 (sighs) 23 00:01:23,276 --> 00:01:27,351 ROB: So there is a real risk for us. 24 00:01:27,451 --> 00:01:28,754 RYAN: Yeah, I mean, that's part of the anxiety. 25 00:01:28,854 --> 00:01:30,825 Like, watching the team lose last night, 26 00:01:30,925 --> 00:01:35,200 you're thinking the investment in this club just took a hit. 27 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:36,804 Yes. 28 00:01:36,904 --> 00:01:40,745 And there is a version of the story... 29 00:01:40,778 --> 00:01:42,147 where we are villains... 30 00:01:42,247 --> 00:01:43,216 (chuckles) 31 00:01:43,350 --> 00:01:44,820 -Where it doesn't-- -Oh, that's my usual story. 32 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,624 That's usually the story in my head. 33 00:01:46,657 --> 00:01:49,228 ROB: Yeah. It doesn't work, and then we go, 34 00:01:49,328 --> 00:01:52,334 "What are we gonna do? We have to sell it." 35 00:01:52,368 --> 00:01:54,773 -And then we're the bad guys. -RYAN: Yeah. 36 00:01:56,744 --> 00:01:58,246 -Fuck that. -Fuck that. 37 00:01:58,346 --> 00:01:59,616 Yeah. 38 00:02:01,452 --> 00:02:02,789 It's gonna work. 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,799 KEB' MO': (singing) Come gather round, people 40 00:02:07,899 --> 00:02:10,805 Wherever you roam 41 00:02:10,905 --> 00:02:16,917 And admit that the waters around you have grown 42 00:02:16,950 --> 00:02:19,355 And accept it that soon 43 00:02:19,388 --> 00:02:22,428 You'll be drenched to the bone 44 00:02:22,529 --> 00:02:27,371 If your time to you is worth savin' 45 00:02:27,404 --> 00:02:31,145 Then you better start swimming 46 00:02:31,245 --> 00:02:33,718 Or you'll sink like a stone 47 00:02:33,818 --> 00:02:40,665 For the times, they are a-changin' 48 00:02:42,769 --> 00:02:46,275 (upbeat folk guitar music) 49 00:02:47,812 --> 00:02:51,252 SINGER: (singing) Welcome to Wrexham 50 00:02:51,285 --> 00:02:55,828 A diamond in the heart of Wales 51 00:02:55,928 --> 00:02:59,168 This land of dragons 52 00:02:59,268 --> 00:03:02,609 Coal, fire, and steel 53 00:03:02,709 --> 00:03:04,780 NEWSCASTER: Hollywood A-lister Ryan Reynolds could be 54 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,184 about to take on his next big role. 55 00:03:07,284 --> 00:03:08,888 NEWSCASTER 2: Fellow A-lister Rob McElhenney 56 00:03:08,988 --> 00:03:10,591 is bidding with Reynolds. 57 00:03:10,692 --> 00:03:13,698 They could be about to launch a takeover 58 00:03:13,798 --> 00:03:15,233 at Wrexham Football Club. 59 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:16,904 I'm hoping this is not some big publicity stunt. 60 00:03:17,004 --> 00:03:18,507 Ah, it's probably just a joke on Twitter. 61 00:03:18,607 --> 00:03:21,780 We've heard it all before, so it'll go tits up, 100%. 62 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:22,949 Don't get me wrong. 63 00:03:23,116 --> 00:03:26,222 If the intentions are good and to move the club forward, 64 00:03:26,322 --> 00:03:28,661 then fantastic, but we need to know why Wrexham. 65 00:03:28,761 --> 00:03:33,504 SINGER: (singing) Welcome to Wrexham 66 00:03:35,742 --> 00:03:38,514 ALL: E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles! 67 00:03:38,614 --> 00:03:39,816 (cheers and applause) 68 00:03:39,916 --> 00:03:43,891 (upbeat marching band music playing) 69 00:03:46,897 --> 00:03:48,601 ROB: I'm from Philadelphia, 70 00:03:48,701 --> 00:03:52,374 and I've always been a sports fanatic. 71 00:03:52,474 --> 00:03:55,648 I couldn't play anything, but I always love watching it. 72 00:03:55,748 --> 00:03:57,886 My whole family loved the Eagles. 73 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:00,725 It was just something that was a part of my life 74 00:04:00,758 --> 00:04:02,896 from the time I can remember. 75 00:04:02,996 --> 00:04:06,970 The team becomes an extension of the city. 76 00:04:07,070 --> 00:04:11,279 -Whoo! Whoo! -LEO: Yeah! 77 00:04:11,379 --> 00:04:12,448 ROB: Even as a kid, 78 00:04:12,615 --> 00:04:16,557 I just remember that gave me something to identify with. 79 00:04:16,657 --> 00:04:20,330 ALL: E-A-G-L-E-S! Eagles! 80 00:04:20,363 --> 00:04:22,635 (cheers and applause) 81 00:04:24,573 --> 00:04:27,277 ROB: I grew up in South Philadelphia... 82 00:04:27,377 --> 00:04:28,848 (whistling) 83 00:04:28,948 --> 00:04:31,787 On the corner of Moyamensing and Dickinson. 84 00:04:32,922 --> 00:04:34,693 The Philadelphia that I know 85 00:04:34,793 --> 00:04:36,897 and the Philadelphia as it identifies itself, 86 00:04:36,930 --> 00:04:40,538 are people who work really hard for everything that they have. 87 00:04:42,074 --> 00:04:45,848 (laughing) Oh, my God. 88 00:04:45,948 --> 00:04:47,852 This is incredible. 89 00:04:47,952 --> 00:04:50,558 (laughs) 90 00:04:50,591 --> 00:04:51,994 Oh, my God. 91 00:04:52,094 --> 00:04:54,866 -This is crazy! -(Bob chuckles) 92 00:04:54,966 --> 00:04:57,271 -This is all exactly the same. -BOB: Exactly the same. Yeah. 93 00:04:57,371 --> 00:04:59,308 ROB: Like, nothing has been changed. 94 00:04:59,408 --> 00:05:02,014 And the best part about this house was the outhouse-- 95 00:05:02,114 --> 00:05:03,551 an actual outhouse, 96 00:05:03,651 --> 00:05:05,320 'cause they didn't have downstairs plumbing. 97 00:05:05,420 --> 00:05:06,590 So if you were down here 98 00:05:06,690 --> 00:05:07,525 and you didn't want to go upstairs, 99 00:05:07,625 --> 00:05:10,096 you just went outside to the outhouse. 100 00:05:10,130 --> 00:05:11,967 -ROB: So, Leo... -LEO: Ooh. 101 00:05:12,067 --> 00:05:16,342 What would it be like to share this room... 102 00:05:16,442 --> 00:05:18,012 with your brother? 103 00:05:18,112 --> 00:05:21,452 -LEO: Uh, is it this small? -Yeah. 104 00:05:21,553 --> 00:05:23,323 Like, it would be, like, this exact room. 105 00:05:23,423 --> 00:05:25,561 Honestly, if I could take this, I would. 106 00:05:25,595 --> 00:05:27,431 -(laughter) -ROB: You would? 107 00:05:27,532 --> 00:05:30,671 You want an iPod? 108 00:05:30,705 --> 00:05:32,509 Who doesn't? 109 00:05:32,609 --> 00:05:34,044 ROB: One of the things that was really attractive 110 00:05:34,144 --> 00:05:36,382 about Wrexham is, even though I've never been there, 111 00:05:36,482 --> 00:05:38,587 the town reminds me of Philadelphia. 112 00:05:38,687 --> 00:05:41,058 It's a working-class town. It's a blue-collar town. 113 00:05:41,158 --> 00:05:44,465 It's a town that has had its ups and downs, 114 00:05:44,499 --> 00:05:46,068 and they haven't had all the opportunities 115 00:05:46,168 --> 00:05:48,406 that a lot of other people have had. 116 00:05:48,507 --> 00:05:49,809 I feel like I know those people. 117 00:05:49,910 --> 00:05:51,345 I grew up with those people. 118 00:05:51,445 --> 00:05:53,049 I am one of those people. 119 00:05:53,149 --> 00:05:56,355 (soft dramatic music) 120 00:05:58,694 --> 00:06:00,463 Humphrey, what are the rules? 121 00:06:00,498 --> 00:06:01,533 HUMPHREY: Well, the rules are 122 00:06:01,567 --> 00:06:03,871 our team's trying to put the ball in your goal. 123 00:06:03,904 --> 00:06:05,407 You're trying to put it in our goal. 124 00:06:05,508 --> 00:06:07,679 That's really all you need to know right now. 125 00:06:07,779 --> 00:06:10,050 -Where am I going? -The goal. 126 00:06:10,150 --> 00:06:11,152 KATIE: Yeah, Mom. 127 00:06:11,185 --> 00:06:12,354 -(laughter) -ALL: Hey! 128 00:06:12,454 --> 00:06:13,891 Rob is a new convert 129 00:06:13,991 --> 00:06:16,563 to the charms and joys of football. 130 00:06:16,663 --> 00:06:17,932 (laughter) 131 00:06:18,032 --> 00:06:20,805 Rob and I have worked together and we're friends. 132 00:06:20,905 --> 00:06:22,909 I watch quite a lot of football 133 00:06:23,009 --> 00:06:25,380 in the writers' room during our lunch breaks. 134 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,117 Rob started to be like, "What is this? 135 00:06:27,217 --> 00:06:29,823 Why are you so obsessed with this stupid game?" 136 00:06:29,923 --> 00:06:32,361 (chatter and laughter) 137 00:06:32,461 --> 00:06:33,631 ROB: My mind was racing 138 00:06:33,731 --> 00:06:37,004 when I learned about the English system. 139 00:06:37,037 --> 00:06:39,776 The idea that you can get promoted 140 00:06:39,876 --> 00:06:41,880 into a league above you and demoted 141 00:06:41,914 --> 00:06:44,886 and kicked out of the league is incredible. 142 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,657 HUMPHREY: The English professional football system, 143 00:06:46,690 --> 00:06:50,063 or pyramid, consists of four tiers. 144 00:06:50,096 --> 00:06:51,667 The Premier League at the top of the pyramid, 145 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:53,737 that's the créme de la créme of football 146 00:06:53,837 --> 00:06:54,806 where you've got your Chelseas, 147 00:06:54,906 --> 00:06:56,777 Manchester Uniteds. 148 00:06:56,810 --> 00:06:59,749 And one tier down from that, you've got the Championship, 149 00:06:59,849 --> 00:07:02,956 then League One and League Two. 150 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:04,926 So the farther up the pyramid you are, 151 00:07:05,026 --> 00:07:06,930 the better the talent, the bigger the prizes, 152 00:07:06,964 --> 00:07:10,538 and thus the more profitable your club becomes. 153 00:07:10,571 --> 00:07:14,946 Teams can move between tiers via promotion and relegation. 154 00:07:15,046 --> 00:07:17,552 At the end of the season, the best teams go up, 155 00:07:17,652 --> 00:07:20,190 and the worst teams go down. 156 00:07:20,223 --> 00:07:21,893 For the past 14 seasons, 157 00:07:21,994 --> 00:07:24,833 Wrexham have been playing here, 158 00:07:24,933 --> 00:07:27,170 below the pyramid, in the National League, 159 00:07:27,270 --> 00:07:28,540 the lowest level 160 00:07:28,574 --> 00:07:30,110 of professional football in England-- 161 00:07:30,143 --> 00:07:32,949 the tiers below being semi-professional. 162 00:07:34,251 --> 00:07:35,955 Being relegated to the National League is... 163 00:07:35,988 --> 00:07:37,825 (inhales sharply) A bit like football purgatory. 164 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:40,430 The wages are low. The prize money is low. 165 00:07:40,531 --> 00:07:41,700 It makes it very difficult 166 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,136 for clubs like Wrexham that drop into it 167 00:07:43,236 --> 00:07:46,142 to get back into the English football league system. 168 00:07:46,242 --> 00:07:47,712 Imagine, if you will, 169 00:07:47,812 --> 00:07:51,653 the New York Yankees lose 150 games in a season. 170 00:07:51,753 --> 00:07:52,855 They finish dead last, 171 00:07:52,955 --> 00:07:54,158 and they have to drop down a league 172 00:07:54,258 --> 00:07:55,695 and the following year 173 00:07:55,728 --> 00:07:57,865 play against the likes of the Toledo Mud Hens 174 00:07:57,899 --> 00:07:59,836 and the Sacramento River Cats. 175 00:07:59,869 --> 00:08:01,205 And if they keep losing enough 176 00:08:01,305 --> 00:08:02,675 and they keep dropping leagues, 177 00:08:02,775 --> 00:08:03,977 then eventually they end up 178 00:08:04,011 --> 00:08:06,215 playing beer league softball in Ithaca 179 00:08:06,315 --> 00:08:09,823 or against fucking 12-year-olds in Williamsport. 180 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,192 (laughter) 181 00:08:11,292 --> 00:08:13,129 ROB: And then I called Humphrey, and I was like, 182 00:08:13,229 --> 00:08:14,966 "If you had a club that had an infrastructure 183 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,469 "that could at least support 184 00:08:16,570 --> 00:08:18,106 "an even-ing of the balance sheet, 185 00:08:18,139 --> 00:08:20,010 "can't you theoretically take a team that's 186 00:08:20,110 --> 00:08:22,682 in the lowest league and bring them to the top?" 187 00:08:22,782 --> 00:08:23,751 Goal! 188 00:08:23,851 --> 00:08:25,654 He said, "Yes." 189 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:28,159 But as I started to gather more and more information, 190 00:08:28,192 --> 00:08:32,134 I realized how expensive it was going to be. 191 00:08:32,167 --> 00:08:34,839 I have TV money, 192 00:08:34,939 --> 00:08:36,810 but as I started to look at how expensive 193 00:08:36,910 --> 00:08:38,046 it actually was to run a club, 194 00:08:38,079 --> 00:08:41,853 I realized that I needed something more than TV money. 195 00:08:41,953 --> 00:08:44,058 I needed... 196 00:08:44,158 --> 00:08:45,494 movie-star money. 197 00:08:45,594 --> 00:08:48,901 Sometimes you got to let your heart lead you, 198 00:08:48,934 --> 00:08:50,538 even if you know it's someplace 199 00:08:50,638 --> 00:08:52,174 you know you're not supposed to be. 200 00:08:52,207 --> 00:08:55,280 More than that, I needed superhero movie-star money. 201 00:08:55,313 --> 00:08:58,319 (DMX's "X Gon' Give it To Ya") 202 00:08:58,352 --> 00:09:00,558 Time to make the chimi-fucking-changas. 203 00:09:00,658 --> 00:09:03,997 More than that probably, as we ascended up the leagues, 204 00:09:04,098 --> 00:09:07,137 I would need alcohol-baron money. 205 00:09:07,237 --> 00:09:09,876 Aviation American Gin. 206 00:09:09,976 --> 00:09:12,682 And mobile-phone-services money, 207 00:09:12,715 --> 00:09:15,153 and... 208 00:09:15,253 --> 00:09:16,656 what other companies does this bitch have? 209 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:18,961 -PRODUCER: Cybersecurity. -Cybersecurity money. 210 00:09:19,061 --> 00:09:20,130 (laughs) 211 00:09:20,230 --> 00:09:22,334 And--anybody? 212 00:09:22,367 --> 00:09:23,604 What else has he got? 213 00:09:24,138 --> 00:09:27,277 YOUNG ADAM: Ah! 214 00:09:27,377 --> 00:09:31,118 (tense music) 215 00:09:31,218 --> 00:09:34,893 What the fuck? That--I mean-- 216 00:09:34,993 --> 00:09:36,095 PERSON: That was great. 217 00:09:36,128 --> 00:09:38,867 RYAN: In a PG-13 movie like this, 218 00:09:38,967 --> 00:09:41,873 you get one "fuck," two "shits," and a glass of white wine, 219 00:09:41,973 --> 00:09:44,913 and then you say, "Hang on to your PG-13 rating." 220 00:09:45,013 --> 00:09:46,983 (upbeat music) 221 00:09:47,017 --> 00:09:49,121 I grew up in a working-class family, 222 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:51,258 and I have three older brothers. 223 00:09:51,292 --> 00:09:55,634 My father struggled in a number of different ways. 224 00:09:55,734 --> 00:09:59,174 My dad started as a cop, then became a food broker, 225 00:09:59,274 --> 00:10:01,580 which sounds like a cover for a CIA agent or something, 226 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:03,584 but that was his actual job. 227 00:10:03,684 --> 00:10:05,086 Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, 228 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,725 oh, my God, oh, my God! 229 00:10:07,758 --> 00:10:09,729 The main place I got validation from my father-- 230 00:10:09,829 --> 00:10:11,633 like, if I was good at sports, 231 00:10:11,733 --> 00:10:13,604 in my father's eyes, I was doing all right. 232 00:10:13,704 --> 00:10:16,877 So I played sports long past the point 233 00:10:16,910 --> 00:10:19,883 where I was, like, really driven to play sports. 234 00:10:19,983 --> 00:10:20,818 PERSON: Go back to, like-- yeah, right here. 235 00:10:20,918 --> 00:10:22,420 -RYAN: Yeah. -PERSON: Yeah. Here we go. 236 00:10:22,454 --> 00:10:24,091 (imitates whoosh) 237 00:10:24,191 --> 00:10:26,362 It carried on, it carried on all through show business, 238 00:10:26,395 --> 00:10:27,832 all that, so, you know, 239 00:10:27,865 --> 00:10:29,602 it's like an unquenchable thirst for validation. 240 00:10:29,702 --> 00:10:32,642 -YOUNG ADAM: Aah! -(imitates explosions) 241 00:10:32,742 --> 00:10:34,278 My father's been dead for years, but, like, 242 00:10:34,378 --> 00:10:36,182 it's, you know, you kind of-- 243 00:10:36,282 --> 00:10:38,319 stuff doesn't really go away. 244 00:10:38,419 --> 00:10:40,290 It's easier to sort of think of him, you know, 245 00:10:40,323 --> 00:10:42,929 the way I'm describing him, as, like, a really hard-ass. 246 00:10:43,029 --> 00:10:45,333 He would have thought all of this was wild. 247 00:10:45,433 --> 00:10:48,907 Like, you know, he didn't really see any of the stuff 248 00:10:49,007 --> 00:10:50,143 Deadpool forward, 249 00:10:50,176 --> 00:10:53,416 so I think he would have thought this was all pretty crazy. 250 00:11:00,931 --> 00:11:03,135 -(cell phone ringing) -ROB: Ryan's FaceTiming me. 251 00:11:03,236 --> 00:11:04,404 Hey, you look great. 252 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:06,676 HUMPHREY: All you two do is tell each other you look great. 253 00:11:06,776 --> 00:11:08,212 Yeah. I know. It's just constantly-- 254 00:11:08,312 --> 00:11:09,949 HUMPHREY: Why it's such a successful friendship. 255 00:11:10,049 --> 00:11:12,220 -He seems insecure. -(laughs) 256 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,057 ROB: I don't really know Ryan that well. 257 00:11:14,091 --> 00:11:16,696 I've never met him in person before this. 258 00:11:16,796 --> 00:11:19,234 We met through social media and then just became friends. 259 00:11:19,334 --> 00:11:20,270 Great. So that one should work, 260 00:11:20,370 --> 00:11:23,242 but as long as it's not-- yes, that should work. 261 00:11:24,111 --> 00:11:28,386 Today is the call to the Wrexham Supporters Trust. 262 00:11:28,419 --> 00:11:30,991 Because it is a club that is owned by the fans, 263 00:11:31,091 --> 00:11:33,964 we have to persuade them to vote us through 264 00:11:34,064 --> 00:11:36,703 by a 75-25 margin. 265 00:11:36,803 --> 00:11:38,306 It's quite a high bar, but that was put in place 266 00:11:38,406 --> 00:11:39,474 'cause it had terrible owners in the past, 267 00:11:39,642 --> 00:11:41,445 and so people wanted to make sure that if they were gonna 268 00:11:41,546 --> 00:11:43,182 vote for anyone, it was the right person. 269 00:11:43,282 --> 00:11:45,353 RYAN: So, you know, we created a proposal 270 00:11:45,386 --> 00:11:46,856 and really made sure 271 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:49,996 that we conveyed to the community our intentions. 272 00:11:50,029 --> 00:11:51,131 ROB: In terms of trust, 273 00:11:51,232 --> 00:11:53,002 they have been burned before 274 00:11:53,102 --> 00:11:54,739 -by shady people. -Mm-hmm. 275 00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:56,408 ROB: But we're not some shady businessmen 276 00:11:56,509 --> 00:11:57,477 that can just, like, 277 00:11:57,511 --> 00:12:00,383 if this goes south, like, lurk into the shadows 278 00:12:00,416 --> 00:12:01,886 and pretend like it never happened 279 00:12:01,987 --> 00:12:02,788 and just go back to our lives. 280 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:04,291 No. People know where to find us. 281 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:05,861 -ROB: Yes, yes. -(Ryan chuckles) 282 00:12:05,961 --> 00:12:08,967 ROB: At stake today is whether or not we get to become 283 00:12:09,001 --> 00:12:12,407 the next stewards of Wrexham Football Club. 284 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,348 So if it goes south, then we won't. 285 00:12:16,448 --> 00:12:19,121 This is a very high-profile thing with a lot at stake, 286 00:12:19,154 --> 00:12:21,091 and we really don't want to let them down, 287 00:12:21,191 --> 00:12:22,360 and I think we can speak to that. 288 00:12:22,460 --> 00:12:23,897 I don't know that we necessarily can speak 289 00:12:23,997 --> 00:12:25,534 so much to, "You have to trust us," 290 00:12:25,567 --> 00:12:27,170 'cause then it feels a little Harold Hill to me. 291 00:12:27,270 --> 00:12:29,041 -Yeah, great. -And I feel like--yeah. 292 00:12:29,074 --> 00:12:30,978 -Great. All right. Awesome. -Great. 293 00:12:31,078 --> 00:12:32,414 -All right. -I will, uh--(chuckles) 294 00:12:32,447 --> 00:12:34,451 I will see you soon. Bye. 295 00:12:34,552 --> 00:12:36,322 Ah, he got the last word in. 296 00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:38,426 Fuck. I got to-- 297 00:12:38,527 --> 00:12:40,898 (soft music) 298 00:12:40,998 --> 00:12:44,171 BRIAN: Hello, everybody. I hope you can hear me okay. 299 00:12:44,204 --> 00:12:45,440 My name's Brian Phillips. 300 00:12:45,541 --> 00:12:47,979 I'm the chair of Wrexham Supporters Trust, 301 00:12:48,079 --> 00:12:50,049 and I want to welcome members 302 00:12:50,149 --> 00:12:51,920 and our special guests 303 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:55,059 to this very special presentation evening. 304 00:12:55,159 --> 00:12:57,063 -Please note... -Sweating. 305 00:12:57,163 --> 00:12:58,800 JAMES: I would like to invite Rob McElhenney 306 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:00,269 and Ryan Reynolds on screen. 307 00:13:00,370 --> 00:13:01,940 Hey, hey. 308 00:13:01,973 --> 00:13:03,209 JAMES: They will talk you through some key questions 309 00:13:03,309 --> 00:13:06,015 about their proposed takeover of Wrexham AFC. 310 00:13:06,115 --> 00:13:07,350 We'll start with-- if you could talk us through 311 00:13:07,384 --> 00:13:09,087 what yours and Rob's vision for the club is 312 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:10,958 if members decide to entrust it to you. 313 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:13,797 I think I just want to start by ripping the Band-Aid off 314 00:13:13,897 --> 00:13:17,070 and addressing the fact that this is all pretty... 315 00:13:17,170 --> 00:13:19,308 (chuckles) Pretty wild. 316 00:13:19,341 --> 00:13:21,345 I'm sure it's got to be a little disconcerting 317 00:13:21,445 --> 00:13:24,484 that a Canadian and an American are so interested in your club, 318 00:13:24,585 --> 00:13:27,057 but we want to assure everyone on this call 319 00:13:27,090 --> 00:13:30,497 that we are taking this venture very seriously. 320 00:13:30,597 --> 00:13:32,367 I don't care if you're a movie star. 321 00:13:32,467 --> 00:13:35,106 I don't care if you're driving a forklift. 322 00:13:35,206 --> 00:13:36,208 When you're in a situation 323 00:13:36,342 --> 00:13:38,847 where you're seeking the approval of other people, 324 00:13:38,947 --> 00:13:40,918 your brain is always going, "They're gonna say no. 325 00:13:41,018 --> 00:13:42,120 They don't--they're on to me." 326 00:13:42,220 --> 00:13:43,957 Imposter syndrome is in full effect. 327 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:45,494 JAMES: Rob, could you answer first? 328 00:13:45,594 --> 00:13:47,364 And I guess it's the big question-- 329 00:13:47,464 --> 00:13:48,967 why Wrexham AFC? 330 00:13:50,103 --> 00:13:51,338 When I tell people 331 00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,846 that the Eagles winning the Super Bowl 332 00:13:54,946 --> 00:13:57,317 was one of the greatest days of my life-- 333 00:13:57,417 --> 00:13:59,454 it was top five greatest days of my life... 334 00:13:59,555 --> 00:14:01,392 -(all cheering) -That's it! They got it! 335 00:14:01,493 --> 00:14:03,997 People who are supporters of clubs 336 00:14:04,031 --> 00:14:05,634 and sporting fans across the world 337 00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:07,638 know exactly what I'm talking about, and I mean it. 338 00:14:07,671 --> 00:14:09,876 I put it up there with the birth of my children 339 00:14:09,976 --> 00:14:11,145 and my wedding day 340 00:14:11,245 --> 00:14:13,282 not because of what happened on the field, 341 00:14:13,382 --> 00:14:17,558 but because of what it meant to an entire community of people 342 00:14:17,591 --> 00:14:20,396 and to my relationships with my friends 343 00:14:20,497 --> 00:14:22,000 and my family members 344 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,204 and the entire city of Philadelphia. 345 00:14:24,304 --> 00:14:26,408 I really believe that we can build something like that, 346 00:14:26,442 --> 00:14:27,878 and I want to be there for that. 347 00:14:27,912 --> 00:14:29,515 I want to be a part of that, 348 00:14:29,549 --> 00:14:30,984 and I hope that you will allow us 349 00:14:31,018 --> 00:14:33,890 to help you achieve something like that. 350 00:14:33,924 --> 00:14:35,627 RYAN: Should the majority of the supporters 351 00:14:35,728 --> 00:14:37,430 decide that we're the guys for the job, 352 00:14:37,531 --> 00:14:39,134 we would be honored and thrilled, 353 00:14:39,167 --> 00:14:41,238 and we would never, ever once take that lightly. 354 00:14:41,338 --> 00:14:42,440 We will laugh at ourselves, 355 00:14:42,541 --> 00:14:44,679 but we will never laugh at the situation. 356 00:14:44,712 --> 00:14:47,117 Well, thank you, gentlemen, for your time this evening. 357 00:14:47,217 --> 00:14:48,319 -Thank you. -Thank you, guys. 358 00:14:48,352 --> 00:14:49,589 Appreciate it. 359 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:52,995 (soft music) 360 00:14:53,028 --> 00:14:54,231 There you go. 361 00:14:54,331 --> 00:14:56,034 And now it's in the people's hands. 362 00:14:56,135 --> 00:14:57,170 It is. 363 00:14:59,074 --> 00:15:01,445 I thought that went very, very well. 364 00:15:01,546 --> 00:15:03,048 -Yeah. -HUMPHREY: Agreed. 365 00:15:03,149 --> 00:15:05,253 You know what was one of my favorite parts was 366 00:15:05,353 --> 00:15:07,056 when they asked about the documentary 367 00:15:07,157 --> 00:15:11,064 and you could see the giant camera behind you... 368 00:15:11,165 --> 00:15:14,471 -ROB: Oh, for real? -(laughing) Filming. Yes. 369 00:15:14,505 --> 00:15:16,408 Yes, so I was so glad you were like-- 370 00:15:16,509 --> 00:15:18,012 right away, you were like, 371 00:15:18,112 --> 00:15:19,414 "Oh, yeah, hell, yeah, we're doing a documentary." 372 00:15:19,515 --> 00:15:21,285 I was like, "Yeah, we're making a documentary, 373 00:15:21,385 --> 00:15:23,222 like, right this fucking second." 374 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:25,561 Well, what the fuck? That's your responsibility. 375 00:15:25,594 --> 00:15:27,197 RYAN: I can see a gigantic-- 376 00:15:27,297 --> 00:15:30,136 Is that an IMAX camera? Like, what the fuck? 377 00:15:39,221 --> 00:15:40,691 SPENCER: A lot of people outside the UK 378 00:15:40,791 --> 00:15:43,563 aren't even aware that Wales is not in England. 379 00:15:43,663 --> 00:15:44,966 It's a separate country. 380 00:15:45,066 --> 00:15:46,435 It's on the west coast of the UK, 381 00:15:46,536 --> 00:15:49,575 and Wrexham's a town of about 65,000 people 382 00:15:49,675 --> 00:15:52,982 in the northeast of Wales. 383 00:15:53,082 --> 00:15:56,121 Wrexham was a nice place to grow up. 384 00:15:56,221 --> 00:15:58,225 It was a really safe place 385 00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:01,231 where communities pull together. 386 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:03,970 And of course, when I was growing up, 387 00:16:04,070 --> 00:16:07,177 we had a really good football team. 388 00:16:07,912 --> 00:16:11,251 As a child, my father took me to games, 389 00:16:11,351 --> 00:16:12,621 and I can remember back then, 390 00:16:12,655 --> 00:16:15,459 we were what is now known as the Championship 391 00:16:15,561 --> 00:16:18,132 or the level below the Premier League. 392 00:16:18,232 --> 00:16:20,504 (cheers and applause) 393 00:16:22,207 --> 00:16:24,211 It's the third-oldest professional club 394 00:16:24,311 --> 00:16:25,681 in the world. 395 00:16:25,781 --> 00:16:28,118 It's the oldest club in Wales, 396 00:16:28,152 --> 00:16:31,291 and it plays at the Cae Ras, or the Racecourse in English, 397 00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:34,264 which is the oldest international stadium 398 00:16:34,364 --> 00:16:38,138 still in use anywhere in the world. 399 00:16:38,172 --> 00:16:42,280 And for many, many years, Wrexham were Wales' best club. 400 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:44,217 COMMENTATOR: And it's Thomas who takes it. 401 00:16:44,317 --> 00:16:46,288 Oh, what a goal! Mickey Thomas! 402 00:16:46,388 --> 00:16:48,292 BRYN: When I started watching Wrexham, 403 00:16:48,392 --> 00:16:50,396 we had a team of heroes in those days. 404 00:16:53,202 --> 00:16:56,275 Wrexham's crowds would compare favorably with many clubs, 405 00:16:56,308 --> 00:16:57,678 even sometimes in top divisions 406 00:16:57,711 --> 00:16:59,447 in other countries in Europe. 407 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:06,228 Three, two, one, fire. 408 00:17:06,328 --> 00:17:08,098 (explosion) 409 00:17:08,199 --> 00:17:10,436 BRYN: But by the very early '80s, 410 00:17:10,537 --> 00:17:12,440 Wrexham became a very depressed town 411 00:17:12,473 --> 00:17:15,046 with incredibly high levels of unemployment. 412 00:17:15,146 --> 00:17:16,516 (barking) 413 00:17:16,616 --> 00:17:19,054 PERSON: People have asked me, "What's Wrexham like?" 414 00:17:19,154 --> 00:17:20,724 I've just said, "Don't go." 415 00:17:20,824 --> 00:17:22,393 -"It's a load of rubbish." -(laughs) 416 00:17:22,494 --> 00:17:24,464 PERSON: "You're wasting your time." 417 00:17:25,667 --> 00:17:26,836 BRYN: The football club 418 00:17:26,869 --> 00:17:28,607 was impacted by hard times as well. 419 00:17:28,707 --> 00:17:30,677 In a small place, the fortunes of the town 420 00:17:30,777 --> 00:17:33,482 and its team are inextricably intertwined. 421 00:17:33,583 --> 00:17:37,357 The two absolutely depend upon one another. 422 00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:40,196 Wrexham is a town that battles 423 00:17:40,296 --> 00:17:43,335 against odds constantly. 424 00:17:43,369 --> 00:17:45,473 It really is a place where people deserve 425 00:17:45,574 --> 00:17:49,281 a little bit more than maybe they've got out of life. 426 00:17:50,751 --> 00:17:55,092 But the thing that we love more than anything... 427 00:17:55,192 --> 00:17:56,763 is the football club. 428 00:17:56,863 --> 00:18:00,637 (Apashe ft. Instasamka's "Uebok [Gotta Run]") 429 00:18:00,737 --> 00:18:03,777 SINGER: (rapping in Russian) 430 00:18:05,547 --> 00:18:08,853 Holy shit, holy shit, ujobok, gotta run 431 00:18:08,954 --> 00:18:11,626 Make a hit, make a hit, we ain't here for fun 432 00:18:11,659 --> 00:18:14,364 Holy shit, holy shit, jeto hit and run 433 00:18:14,464 --> 00:18:16,703 Make a hit, make a hit, like a machine gun 434 00:18:16,803 --> 00:18:18,238 SHAUN: Wrexham-- we're the fifth tier 435 00:18:18,339 --> 00:18:19,240 of professional football. 436 00:18:19,407 --> 00:18:22,180 We are the bottom level of the professional game. 437 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,250 LUKE: Professional football is everybody, 438 00:18:24,351 --> 00:18:26,121 whether you're in the National League 439 00:18:26,221 --> 00:18:28,125 or Premier League, but there is a big difference 440 00:18:28,225 --> 00:18:31,398 in terms of lifestyle, money. 441 00:18:31,499 --> 00:18:32,534 HUMPHREY: The average salary 442 00:18:32,635 --> 00:18:33,770 for a Premier League footballer 443 00:18:33,803 --> 00:18:37,645 is about £3 1/2 million a year. 444 00:18:37,678 --> 00:18:41,819 A player in the National League will be making...a bit less. 445 00:18:42,487 --> 00:18:45,326 (cash register bell rings, winds down) 446 00:18:45,426 --> 00:18:47,263 SINGER: (singing) Gotta run, make a hit 447 00:18:47,297 --> 00:18:48,399 CHRISTIAN: You tell people 448 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:49,334 you're a professional footballer, 449 00:18:49,502 --> 00:18:52,206 and instantly they think flash car, nice house, 450 00:18:52,307 --> 00:18:53,409 and it's not. It's not like that. 451 00:18:53,510 --> 00:18:55,212 (crowd clamoring) 452 00:18:55,313 --> 00:18:56,883 Absolute fucking disaster! 453 00:18:56,983 --> 00:18:58,419 LAINTON: A lot of times, you can actually hear 454 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,256 someone calling you shit or... 455 00:19:01,224 --> 00:19:03,429 (laughs) 456 00:19:03,530 --> 00:19:04,699 Yeah. 457 00:19:06,301 --> 00:19:07,437 (laughs) 458 00:19:07,538 --> 00:19:11,311 SINGER: (singing) Ujobok, ujobok, ujobok 459 00:19:11,411 --> 00:19:14,451 TYLER: Even playing at this level and getting paid for it, 460 00:19:14,552 --> 00:19:15,687 it still is living the dream. 461 00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:20,429 I know the dream is the top, but this is still a dream. 462 00:19:20,463 --> 00:19:22,568 SINGER: (singing) Ujobok, holy shit 463 00:19:22,668 --> 00:19:24,404 REECE: When you're in the non-league, 464 00:19:24,437 --> 00:19:25,574 you've got to grind for everything, 465 00:19:25,674 --> 00:19:26,843 you got to work hard for everything, 466 00:19:26,943 --> 00:19:27,911 you got to pay for everything, 467 00:19:28,045 --> 00:19:30,951 but I think as a football-- it's the same game. 468 00:19:30,984 --> 00:19:33,389 You're still playing football. You're still enjoying it. 469 00:19:33,489 --> 00:19:35,861 DANIEL: Promotion's the goal. We want to win the league. 470 00:19:35,961 --> 00:19:38,198 We want to be the best team in the league by a mile. 471 00:19:38,232 --> 00:19:40,202 JORDAN: Getting back into that fourth tier, 472 00:19:40,302 --> 00:19:42,808 the League Two, would be amazing for the club, 473 00:19:42,908 --> 00:19:43,877 'cause if you get back into the fourth tier, 474 00:19:43,977 --> 00:19:46,348 you get a lot of funding from the football league. 475 00:19:46,448 --> 00:19:48,485 PAUL: I'm really excited the takeover's happening 476 00:19:48,586 --> 00:19:50,757 because they can improve the whole town as a collective 477 00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:52,594 in terms of the infrastructure of the town. 478 00:19:52,695 --> 00:19:54,732 You know, the stadium will likely improve. 479 00:19:54,832 --> 00:19:56,401 LUKE: This club's obviously been down in this league 480 00:19:56,502 --> 00:19:58,707 for a long time now, and as captain, 481 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,342 I'd love to get to the end of my career and look back 482 00:20:00,443 --> 00:20:03,215 on being the one that led it back into the football league. 483 00:20:10,697 --> 00:20:12,501 WAYNE: Doo-do-doo. 484 00:20:14,638 --> 00:20:16,475 All right, then, with all that said, what we going for? 485 00:20:16,509 --> 00:20:18,513 If we get an early goal, 2-nil, Wrexham. 486 00:20:18,613 --> 00:20:19,915 -WAYNE: 2-nil? -If we get an early goal. 487 00:20:19,949 --> 00:20:22,988 (stately music) 488 00:20:25,426 --> 00:20:26,428 WAYNE: Dave-o, what do you think? 489 00:20:26,529 --> 00:20:27,330 I'll go 1-nil. 490 00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:28,600 I just can't see us keeping 'em out. 491 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:31,639 We just--we're not confident. I think I'm gonna go 1-1. 492 00:20:31,739 --> 00:20:33,877 I hope I'm wrong, 493 00:20:33,910 --> 00:20:35,781 but we just don't score enough goals, do we? 494 00:21:01,398 --> 00:21:04,672 (folk music) 495 00:21:06,742 --> 00:21:07,911 (car alarm beeps) 496 00:21:07,945 --> 00:21:10,550 SPENCER: I'm a volunteer at the club. 497 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,566 I joined the trust board nine years ago 498 00:21:18,666 --> 00:21:22,841 as Director, Wrexham AFC, 499 00:21:22,941 --> 00:21:24,979 and what I do is I manage the budget. 500 00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:28,586 I organize all board meetings, all agendas. 501 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:31,826 I tend to be the person who deals with media 502 00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:33,763 and more or less the face of the club 503 00:21:33,863 --> 00:21:35,567 from a business side. 504 00:21:36,502 --> 00:21:40,442 I've got a r eally big day job for a multinational company, 505 00:21:40,544 --> 00:21:43,850 which means I work long hours anyway during the week. 506 00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:45,654 And at weekends, 507 00:21:45,754 --> 00:21:47,724 I've given everything to the football club that I can. 508 00:21:47,825 --> 00:21:51,566 I've prioritized it over career advancement, 509 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:53,603 over family. 510 00:21:53,636 --> 00:21:55,740 (indistinct chatter) 511 00:21:57,811 --> 00:22:00,115 This season, it's been very, very challenging, 512 00:22:00,149 --> 00:22:02,554 given global pandemic. 513 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:05,025 We weren't allowed to have supporters in the stadium, 514 00:22:05,125 --> 00:22:09,400 which was the main source of income for the football club. 515 00:22:12,139 --> 00:22:15,079 BRYN: Because of the pandemic, no fans coming into the ground 516 00:22:15,179 --> 00:22:17,483 to pay the one major income stream-- 517 00:22:17,584 --> 00:22:19,889 there's no broadcast money at this level. 518 00:22:19,989 --> 00:22:21,893 It's what comes in through the turnstiles 519 00:22:21,993 --> 00:22:24,765 is the major revenue raiser, and from March onwards, 520 00:22:24,798 --> 00:22:26,903 nobody's been coming in to football stadia 521 00:22:27,003 --> 00:22:28,506 to support the teams. 522 00:22:28,540 --> 00:22:31,478 (indistinct chatter) 523 00:22:31,512 --> 00:22:34,117 (soft dramatic music) 524 00:22:34,217 --> 00:22:37,891 So how are the clubs like Wrexham gonna survive? 525 00:22:37,925 --> 00:22:40,095 It's an extremely uncertain future 526 00:22:40,196 --> 00:22:41,499 that Wrexham was looking at. 527 00:22:41,599 --> 00:22:43,035 Face the ball, face the ball! 528 00:22:43,135 --> 00:22:45,907 So the takeover, from Wrexham's perspective, 529 00:22:46,007 --> 00:22:49,013 the timing was-- could not have been better. 530 00:22:49,047 --> 00:22:51,051 (indistinct shouting) 531 00:22:51,151 --> 00:22:53,656 SPENCER: In my view, getting out of the National League 532 00:22:53,756 --> 00:22:57,396 is the hardest job in world football. 533 00:22:57,497 --> 00:22:58,866 FOOTBALLER: Come on, then! 534 00:22:58,967 --> 00:23:01,404 -(whistle blows) -ALL: Yeah! 535 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,408 SPENCER: And I think if the club wants to get out 536 00:23:03,509 --> 00:23:06,649 of the National League, it needs to change. 537 00:23:06,682 --> 00:23:11,091 If Rob and Ryan can bring that change, then fantastic. 538 00:23:11,191 --> 00:23:12,527 (sizzling) 539 00:23:12,561 --> 00:23:14,397 WAYNE: Thank you very much. 540 00:23:25,620 --> 00:23:27,089 (laughs) 541 00:23:29,495 --> 00:23:32,567 (soft dramatic music) 542 00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,426 The home of Wrexham Football Club-- 543 00:23:45,527 --> 00:23:46,829 the Turf Hotel. 544 00:23:46,862 --> 00:23:49,835 (upbeat music) 545 00:23:51,237 --> 00:23:52,841 The club was founded in this very building, 546 00:23:52,941 --> 00:23:54,043 which sits directly outside 547 00:23:54,143 --> 00:23:55,981 the main entrance to the grounds. 548 00:23:58,653 --> 00:24:00,857 (stately music) 549 00:24:04,030 --> 00:24:05,867 The bar is always five or six deep. 550 00:24:07,671 --> 00:24:09,073 My parents were regulars here, 551 00:24:09,173 --> 00:24:10,142 and I remember coming to this pub 552 00:24:10,242 --> 00:24:11,679 after the match and they've won. 553 00:24:11,779 --> 00:24:12,714 And the jukebox is blaring, 554 00:24:12,848 --> 00:24:13,683 and people are singing, and people are happy. 555 00:24:13,883 --> 00:24:18,025 And from that minute on, I was absolutely hooked. 556 00:24:18,125 --> 00:24:20,864 We had the badge built into the wall. 557 00:24:20,964 --> 00:24:22,534 That was just my way of, you know, 558 00:24:22,634 --> 00:24:24,838 keeping the pub and the club connected. 559 00:24:24,872 --> 00:24:29,480 In my 13 years of being here, we've only ever closed one day. 560 00:24:29,581 --> 00:24:31,886 We open 365 days a year. 561 00:24:31,986 --> 00:24:33,890 We even open on Christmas Day and Christmas night, 562 00:24:33,990 --> 00:24:35,493 but like every other pub, 563 00:24:35,593 --> 00:24:37,731 we've been closed because of COVID. 564 00:24:37,764 --> 00:24:40,002 You can't put into words what it means to people. 565 00:24:40,035 --> 00:24:41,739 You know, it's almost like losing a limb, 566 00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:43,910 because people say it's only a game, but it's not. 567 00:24:44,010 --> 00:24:45,245 It's more than that, you know? 568 00:24:45,346 --> 00:24:46,716 This football club means everything 569 00:24:46,816 --> 00:24:49,253 to people in this town. 570 00:24:49,354 --> 00:24:51,525 Anybody that you speak to will tell you 571 00:24:51,625 --> 00:24:54,498 it's been a real difficult decade. 572 00:24:55,834 --> 00:24:57,637 The past owners that we've had-- 573 00:24:57,738 --> 00:24:59,908 and are they here for the wrong reasons? 574 00:24:59,942 --> 00:25:03,516 So you still don't allow yourself to believe 575 00:25:03,549 --> 00:25:06,054 that this could happen. 576 00:25:06,154 --> 00:25:08,526 But this set of supporters, this town, 577 00:25:08,626 --> 00:25:11,499 this community deserves a break. 578 00:25:15,005 --> 00:25:16,809 (computer chimes) 579 00:25:16,909 --> 00:25:18,078 Hello. 580 00:25:18,111 --> 00:25:20,015 -Mustache is gone. -ROB: Oh, yeah. 581 00:25:20,115 --> 00:25:23,288 Yep. I'm no longer on camera, so... 582 00:25:23,388 --> 00:25:25,159 SPENCER: Well, here we are, 583 00:25:25,259 --> 00:25:28,065 after what feels like an age, right? 584 00:25:28,165 --> 00:25:30,537 I have actual butterflies right now. 585 00:25:30,637 --> 00:25:34,812 As you know, the threshold on the vote was high. 586 00:25:34,912 --> 00:25:38,553 So you needed to get a 75% or more 587 00:25:38,653 --> 00:25:41,926 of those voting for-- for this to pass. 588 00:25:41,959 --> 00:25:44,898 The turnout was massive, right? 589 00:25:44,998 --> 00:25:48,573 91.5% of people who could vote voted. 590 00:25:48,606 --> 00:25:50,109 Wow. 591 00:25:50,142 --> 00:25:54,952 On resolution one, it was a 98.6% for. 592 00:25:54,985 --> 00:25:56,354 -BOTH: Wow. -On resolution two, 593 00:25:56,387 --> 00:26:01,231 it was a 98.4% for, and on resolution three, 594 00:26:01,331 --> 00:26:03,970 it was a 98.4% for, so... 595 00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:05,105 (Ryan chuckles) 596 00:26:05,205 --> 00:26:07,644 An overwhelming and resounding yes. 597 00:26:07,744 --> 00:26:09,982 So congratulations and really well done. 598 00:26:10,082 --> 00:26:11,952 "Llongyfarchiadau," we say in Wales. 599 00:26:11,986 --> 00:26:14,725 -(laughter) -Thank you. 600 00:26:14,825 --> 00:26:16,327 SPENCER: Really looking forward to the journey. 601 00:26:16,428 --> 00:26:17,998 When you wake up tomorrow, 602 00:26:18,031 --> 00:26:19,601 the announcement will be out there, 603 00:26:19,635 --> 00:26:21,137 and let the fun commence. 604 00:26:21,237 --> 00:26:22,941 (fireworks whistling, popping) 605 00:26:23,041 --> 00:26:26,715 (all chanting indistinctly) 606 00:26:40,409 --> 00:26:43,281 (all chanting indistinctly) 607 00:26:43,381 --> 00:26:45,620 SPENCER: It's not 100% in their control 608 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,724 that they're gonna get this club promoted, 609 00:26:47,757 --> 00:26:49,360 but if they do that, 610 00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:52,968 it will be one of the biggest days 611 00:26:53,068 --> 00:26:55,372 in the history of the town. 612 00:26:55,472 --> 00:26:57,176 NEWSCASTER: The Red Army had something to sing about 613 00:26:57,276 --> 00:26:58,245 this afternoon. 614 00:26:58,345 --> 00:27:01,417 ANNOUNCER: (speaking German) 615 00:27:01,451 --> 00:27:04,725 ANNOUNCER: (speaking Spanish) 616 00:27:08,098 --> 00:27:10,035 A good moment to congratulate Ryan Reynolds 617 00:27:10,135 --> 00:27:12,641 and Rob McElhenney for their recent purchase 618 00:27:12,741 --> 00:27:14,978 of Wrexham Football Club. 619 00:27:15,078 --> 00:27:18,318 (triumphant musical flourish) 620 00:27:51,251 --> 00:27:52,888 (child giggles, seagull cries)