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[soft dramatic music]
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GEMMA:
So I'm just making the list
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of who needs to be in
for a review today.
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So we've got quite
a busy morning.
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[indistinct chatter]
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How are you? You all right?
- Yeah.
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GEMMA:
It's gonna be a busy morning.
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- I know, yeah.
I figured out.
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GEMMA: I hope you've
had your breakfast.
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- Yeah.
[laughter]
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GEMMA:
My name is Gemma Bamford.
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I'm the first team
sports therapist
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here at Wrexham Football Club.
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This is my sixth season,
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but it's my first season
with the first team.
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KEVIN: Yeah, and no bleeding
last night, this morning?
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- No, no, fine.
KEVIN: Okay.
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All right, that's fine.
I'm happy with that.
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GEMMA: Kevin's the
head physio within Wrexham,
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so I'm sort of just under him.
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So we'll both do assessments,
we'll both do treatments.
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And we'll both do the
rehabilitation side of things.
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You got to come
and speak to me, Rhys.
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Look how many people
I've got to see.
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- Still?
- Don't get involved.
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- Go on, Gemma! Love that!
[Gemma laughs]
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GEMMA: Being a female in a
male-dominated environment
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can be challenging at times.
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You almost have to work
a little bit harder
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and say what you think,
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even if you're disagreeing
with someone.
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At the end of the day,
you've got a job to do.
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Okay, next one on.
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Certain times
are not the nicest,
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you know, dealing with feet.
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[laughs] I don't think
anyone really wants to.
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They're not the nicest area
of the body.
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[laughing] It's like, you know,
you just have to do it.
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BUDDY: [singing] Every day,
it's a-gettin' closer
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Going faster than
a roller coaster
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Love like yours will
surely come my way
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A-hey, hey, hey, hey
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Every day,
it's a-gettin' faster
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Everyone said
go ahead and ask her
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Love like yours will
surely come my way
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A-hey, hey, hey, hey
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Love like yours will
surely come my way
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[crowd cheering]
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ANNOUNCER: Past again.
Davies takes a chance!
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[cheering]
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MARK: We're into March,
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and Wrexham have just pulled
off five straight victories...
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ANNOUNCER: Mullin
one-on-one with the keeper!
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[cheering]
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MARK: Lifting them
all the way to third place,
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well positioned for the
final stretch of the season.
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[dramatic music]
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As long as they can
keep everyone healthy,
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they should be challenging
for a top spot come May.
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- Rob Lainton,
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he's been absolutely
outstanding, hasn't he?
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WAYNE: Yeah.
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I don't think you'll get a
better keeper, if I'm honest.
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ANNOUNCER: Punched by Lainton.
Stretched really well there.
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ANNOUNCER 2: Back to Mitchell,
great stop by Rob Lainton.
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ANNOUNCER 3: It bobbles around
in the goalmouth!
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Lainton stretches!
That's a hell of a catch.
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[cheering]
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- We got 18 games left.
We got 11 at home.
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One word answer:
are we going up?
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- Absolutely.
WAYNE: Thank you very much.
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- [chuckling] Yeah, pleasure.
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KEVIN: So we went through
the scan with you.
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Nice and clear, yeah?
LAINTON: Mm.
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KEVIN: So the slight
horizontal tear
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you have the back in the knee
in the meniscus is stable.
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- This one here?
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- Yeah.
- Yeah.
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KEVIN: So if we won
the league automatically,
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I'd want to get it done
straight away.
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- Yeah?
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KEVIN: And whereas
if we get to the playoffs,
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I'd want it done straight
after the playoffs...
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LAINTON: The playoff--
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KEVIN: Get knocked out,
or the final,
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so that we can get you back
in the quickest time
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for next season.
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[somber music]
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LAINTON: Gone through a few
years of bad injuries,
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and stop-start, stop-start,
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and I just want
to enjoy it again.
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You can't let your mind go,
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otherwise you won't do your job
to the best of your ability
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when your head's not in it.
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I won't stop doing
the things I'm doing.
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Where's Dibble?
He's not got his coat.
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CHRISTIAN:
Rob's absolutely brilliant.
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I know people say
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you're both fighting
for the same spot, but,
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you know, me and Rob
are good friends as well.
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- Sorry love, off, but--
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CHRISTIAN: Course you can.
Just me on top.
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PERSON: In here.
- Go away, camera.
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No, it doesn't matter.
[laughter]
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Doesn't matter--
PERSON: [laughing] Go away!
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- You can get me.
CHRISTIAN: Watch out here--
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[indistinct]
- Sugar. Right.
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Oh, you're very tall.
CHRISTIAN: Yeah, very tall.
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CHRISTIAN:
Get one of them in there.
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Look, he can--
- Who's he? Who's he?
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CHRISTIAN: Take a picture
of the other goalkeeper.
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There, that's Rob.
[laughter]
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- He's the other goalie?
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LAINTON: All right.
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GRANDMOTHER: Oh,
my grandsons will love this.
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[LAUGHTER]
- Rob Lainton, too.
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CHRISTIAN: There we go.
And who's that in the front?
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- That's Shaun.
PERSON: Driver, driver.
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- Oh. Is he a player?
PERSON: He's a driver.
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CHRISTIAN: He's both.
LAINTON: Track seat.
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[laughter]
GRANDMOTHER: Is he a--
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LAINTON: Shaun Brisley, yeah.
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- What's--is he a player?
LAINTON: Shaun Brisley, yeah.
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- I'm gonna get him.
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CHRISTIAN:
Yeah, get him as well.
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[laughter]
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GRANDMOTHER: For my grandsons,
season ticket holders.
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They'll be over the--oh,
he's a handsome one and all.
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PERSON: Yeah, isn't he?
GRANDMOTHER: Too, this.
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PLAYER: Handsome one. Bravo.
- You're all handsome.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- See you later.
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[engine revving]
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[horn honks]
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[person chuckles]
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PERSON: You hear that?
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- We're just doing team shape
across the pitch, okay?
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So Rob's going to go
in that goal,
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and we're gonna attack
towards that goal.
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[somber music]
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I've had many
setbacks in my career.
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I've had--I've had bad spells
in my career,
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and here at Wrexham,
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I just thought
I was getting my chance,
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but I'm just not playing.
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PHIL: How'd you feel?
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- You see other people
like your friends
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doing well and winning.
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- Right tomorrow,
d'you know what I mean?
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And then toes goes back.
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- [chuckles]
It's--it's tough.
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[somber music]
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Why can't I play in that game?
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I'm not gonna
fucking play tomorrow.
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[somber music]
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For me, I just want
to get back playing.
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It makes me even more hungry
to prove more people wrong.
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- It's science-based, innit?
[indistinct chatter]
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- These two guys in it, look.
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TYLER: Don't worry about Cam.
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- All three of us
have been warriors
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in FUT Champs on FIFA.
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So you've got to play
20 games on the weekend,
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and the more wins you get,
the better packs you get.
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But it's ridiculously
stressful.
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TYLER: Never his ball.
Blow the fucking whistle.
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CAMERON:
As you can hear by Tyler.
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- He's got a corner in the
122nd minute of extra time.
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DANIEL: And you stay mentally
stable, that's the main thing.
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- Yeah, well, you're supposed
to stay mentally stable.
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TYLER: Yeah, but it's hard
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when you've got to sit
in a room with these two,
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'cause they can get
fucking annoying.
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CAMERON: My mental stability
is next to zero.
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Football plays obviously
the biggest part in it.
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And 22 years of age,
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I don't appreciate people
telling me white lies.
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I'd rather people
just be honest with me.
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So he started me
in the FA Cup game,
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said I was one of the
better players on the pitch,
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and then I didn't start again.
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He just brought me off the
bench whenever we were losing.
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And now it's like
the transfer window.
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I'm 22 years of age.
I want to go and play football.
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And I'm not being
allowed to go out.
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It's just--you know,
this job is so frustrating,
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because you want
to play football.
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I don't care about money
or anything like that.
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I just want to play.
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- You know, I do try
and stay positive, lads.
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Pressure is on.
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[dramatic music]
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WREXHAM FANS:
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
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[cheering]
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ANNOUNCER: Substitution
of James--Jordan Davies.
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The ball goes through
to Coulson.
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Lainton with
an excellent save.
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And Lainton again--and the
ball's gone over the bar.
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Rob Lainton puts his body--
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body on the line
every single game.
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[applause]
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FAN: Go, Wrexham!
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ANNOUNCER: Really taking one
for the team there,
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Rob Lainton.
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ANNOUNCER2 : Lainton's
going to have to come off
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in the 62nd minute.
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This isn't good.
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Christian Dibble is gonna be
the man in goal for Wrexham.
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ANNOUNCER: Not one you want
to see at all,
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especially not
for someone like Robbie.
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[somber music]
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Found it so hard to come by
with injuries and luck.
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Had a couple of times
this season.
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It's good to see
that he's sat up.
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[cheers and applause]
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But he looks
in some serious discomfort.
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[cheers and applause]
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And we wish Rob
a speedy recovery.
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[cheers and applause]
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And Dibble making his way
onto the field.
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WREXHAM FANS: Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
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Wrexham!
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[somber music fading]
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DAVE: Hey, guys.
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Yeah, good. [indistinct]
How are you, mate? You okay?
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DAVE: So I'll just go over
what you CT scan shows, Rob.
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Essentially, you got
a dislocated wrist, um,
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which is probably
one of the worst injuries
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you can have in the wrist.
LAINTON: Okay.
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DAVE: The goals
of the operation
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are to assess all the injuries
and to stabilize the wrist,
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allowing you to return
to full play and full function.
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- It is a potential
career-ending injury.
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- Yeah.
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DAVE: But if we do our best
and it heals well
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and you recover well,
I'd be hopeful
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of getting you back to play
as soon as possible.
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DAVE: [chuckles]
Maybe not that.
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Maybe not that quick.
- [laughs]
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DAVE: If you look at the
evidence surrounding this,
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I'll be hoping that
we put you in a plaster cast
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for your first eight weeks.
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If everything goes to plan,
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you come out
and start your rehabilitation,
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and I would hope
that approximately
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three months after,
you'd be looking at getting
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the full range of movement
and improving strength.
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[delicate orchestral music]
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ROB McELHENNEY: He's
inarguably the best goalie
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in the National League,
a major asset.
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Looks like it's going to be
about four months of recovery
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and it's devastating.
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The reality in sports is that
it's also an opportunity.
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PHIL: When Rob got injured,
that was a blow
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because Rob had been
playing really well.
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So Christian Dibble
has come in,
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and I'm confident
in Dibbs anyway.
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But there is a difference,
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when suddenly,
you're now the man.
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Dibbs has got an opportunity
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to stake a claim
for the shirt.
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[whistle blows]
PERSON: Good, Dibbs!
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CHRISTIAN: As a goalkeeper,
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I think you got
to be so strong mentally.
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Last season,
I had a couple of bad games.
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Which, you know,
everyone's got--
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like I said,
everyone's gonna have 'em.
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But it was just the manner of
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some of the way the
Wrexham fans were towards me,
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sending me messages
on Facebook,
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Instagram, Twitter.
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[solemn music]
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It got to a point where I
didn't want to come into work.
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Like, I physically dreaded
playing in every game.
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You had 5,000 fans
on a player's back
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every single week,
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and he wants to go out
and do his best.
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And he's got that in his head
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every time he steps
on the football pitch.
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It's not easy.
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The season, the gaffer,
he said, "Look, come in.
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Be number two and give
good competition to Rob."
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And once my opportunity comes
around, I need to take it.
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So I'd like to think
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there isn't a number one
at this club
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who is going
to start every game.
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But obviously, the manager
gave that shirt to Rob,
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and then obviously
when he gets injured,
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I'm coming in and
I'm fighting for that shirt.
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I did start fresh
to start the season.
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But I had to do that,
because if I didn't do that,
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then I probably wouldn't
be playing football anymore.
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But it just sucked the life
out of me, really.
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[chuckles]
Would have killed me, but
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I went into this season
knowing what I needed to learn
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from the season before.
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It started to get better
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because I felt more confident
in myself,
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you know,
in terms of the fans.
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I personally think
this season,
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I really have shown quite
a few of them what I can do,
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and I've hopefully changed
their mind a little bit.
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[upbeat jazz music]
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ANNOUNCER: Well, here we go.
Match day 34.
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Wrexham squaring off against
the worst team in the league,
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Dover Athletic.
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They've been truly awful
this year.
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Serendipitous opposition
for Christian Dibble today
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as he continues to gain his
sea legs for the first team.
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On the current run of form,
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this game should
be a confidence builder
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for the new Wrexham's
number one.
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- Prediction for today.
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I'm hoping for 3-0.
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- 4-0.
- 5-0, Wrexham.
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ROB: This is Rob.
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RYAN: This is Ryan,
co-chairman of Wrexham AFC.
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ROB: Wrexham has been
doing so well recently,
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we've decided to call this
game against Dover Athletic,
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which is the
worst team in the league.
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RYAN: And we are
of course joined by
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the incomparable voice of
Wrexham AFC, Mark Griffiths.
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- Right,
we're about to get cracking.
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[upbeat jazz music]
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ROB: Just six minutes in,
Mullin blasts one in.
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MARK: Another Mullin special!
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RYAN: Followed by James Jones,
who makes it 2-0, Wrexham.
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MARK:
Very cool finish by Jones.
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RYAN: I love this game.
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ROB: Well, Mr. Co-Chairman,
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it looks like
we have this one in the bag.
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[cheering]
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[upbeat jazz music slows down]
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MARK: What a goal!
[fans cheering]
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Oh, the Wrexham fans
are all applauding that,
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which maybe shows that
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we think this game
is not that challenging.
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[tense music]
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2-all!
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Unbelievable!
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Wrexham are 3-2 down.
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Tozer has it--
he's in trouble here!
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Dibble--it's going to be 4-2.
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Dibble punched Tozer.
4-2.
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[cheering]
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And now the anger comes.
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I can't believe what
I'm seeing here.
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Cross comes in!
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Gyasi, five.
Hat trick for Gyasi.
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ROB: Dover jumps ahead
by three goals.
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What just happened?
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MARK:
Wrexham are falling apart.
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Christian Dibble
looks lost out there.
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Dover Athletic haven't scored
five goals this calendar year.
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But I'll tell you what,
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they just scored their
fifth goal in this match.
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Wrexham trail the worst team
in the league 5-2.
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My word.
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[booing and whistling]
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[tense music]
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RYAN: In a radical act
of self-care,
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I'm ending this episode early.
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But now I'm getting texts
to turn it back on.
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MARK:
Goes back and that's a goal!
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[cheering]
Wrexham pull one back.
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It's getting the fans going,
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and they're responding
in fair play.
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ROB: I think we're going
to let Mark
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take it the rest of the way,
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but we do want to introduce
this decibel meter
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for no specific reason.
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RYAN: Just a reminder,
this is Mark.
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MARK: Here's Jarvis,
running at his man,
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cutting in the box,
squares it up,
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chance at a shot,
driven--yes!
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It's in!
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What a brilliant finish
by Palmer!
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[cheering]
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He toe bolted it!
A toe-buster!
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This is madness!
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We're back
in this game!
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Oh, well.
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Davies steps up, sweeps
it beyond the wall.
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[cheering]
Yes! Yes!
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[indistinct]
Gareth Bale!
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We've got
Jordan Davies!
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Come on!
Five-all!
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We've got six or
seven minutes to play.
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Wow.
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[dramatic music]
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[fans chanting]
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Well,
we are attacking.
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What am I going to say
if we get another?
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[dramatic music]
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It's the 97th minute.
It's another corner.
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Young under the bar,
it's side--
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flicked on!
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
[cheering]
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
- Yeah!
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MARK: Just in case
you haven't realized,
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Wrexham have scored!
[laughs]
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Can't compete
with that!
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00:15:58,527 --> 00:16:02,501
Everybody in the Racecourse
is on their feet!
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00:16:02,568 --> 00:16:05,039
And I think
that win's in.
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[laughs]
Oh, my God!
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00:16:09,649 --> 00:16:11,051
Wild afternoon!
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00:16:11,118 --> 00:16:13,322
It's Always Sunny
in Wrexham!
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00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:14,457
[whistle blows]
[cheering]
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Oh, yes!
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There's that
final whistle!
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ANNOUNCER:
Wrexham have won this.
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MARK: I love football.
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- Oh, my God.
I'm absolutely buzzing.
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What--I'm hoarse.
What a game that was.
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- [chuckling] Hey!
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[laughter]
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[laughter]
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[laughter]
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00:17:04,659 --> 00:17:07,463
[solemn music]
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00:17:15,814 --> 00:17:19,054
[soft upbeat music]
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FAN: I picked a bad time
to stop biting my nails.
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I'm telling you,
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they're never going to survive
to the end of the season.
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They got to be down
to my knuckles by then.
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Oh, dear.
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00:17:30,677 --> 00:17:32,080
And we beat Chesterfield.
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00:17:32,146 --> 00:17:34,952
I think that's
when we started to believe
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that we had the chance.
FAN: Yeah.
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00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:39,595
Hang on to that
for the playoffs, belief.
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00:17:39,662 --> 00:17:43,269
- And how many goals have
we scored this season
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in the last minute?
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Or in injury time.
FAN: Yeah.
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- Which just goes to show
that we just don't give up.
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- They've battled
and battled back,
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00:17:51,118 --> 00:17:53,957
and the excitement,
we got to win now.
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00:17:54,024 --> 00:17:57,598
And especially last minute
like that, it's like whoa.
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00:17:57,665 --> 00:18:00,336
- And isn't it lovely to
see all the people
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waiting outside the club
to get autographs?
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00:18:04,377 --> 00:18:05,647
I mean,
we didn't used to have that.
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They'd all be gone.
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00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:08,687
FAN: And seeing children
around Wrexham
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00:18:08,753 --> 00:18:10,222
with Wrexham shirts.
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00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:12,661
FAN 2: Yes.
Not Chelsea or Man United.
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00:18:12,728 --> 00:18:13,997
FAN: Or Liverpool.
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00:18:14,064 --> 00:18:15,333
Wrexham, yes.
FAN 2: Yes.
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00:18:15,399 --> 00:18:17,136
[soft upbeat music]
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00:18:17,203 --> 00:18:20,711
ANNETTE: It's been a lot more
popular with the students.
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00:18:20,777 --> 00:18:23,382
There's more now deciding,
the younger ones,
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00:18:23,449 --> 00:18:26,221
that are going
to be Wrexham fans.
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00:18:26,288 --> 00:18:28,893
What do you think about Mullin?
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00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,635
- Super Paul Mullin.
It's cracking play, I think.
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00:18:32,701 --> 00:18:36,141
ANNETTE: The support
is just brilliant.
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00:18:36,208 --> 00:18:38,012
It's a whole mindset, isn't it,
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00:18:38,078 --> 00:18:42,521
of everybody's got
the same goal?
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00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:43,857
There's a good rapport now
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00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:47,263
between the players
and the fans.
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00:18:47,330 --> 00:18:50,504
I think on our day,
we can beat anybody.
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00:18:50,570 --> 00:18:52,373
It's just belief, I think.
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00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,545
I think it's belief
in being able
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to work together as a team,
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00:18:57,718 --> 00:18:59,622
seeing that
they put the effort in,
463
00:18:59,689 --> 00:19:02,193
seeing that
they play together,
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seeing that they care.
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00:19:04,632 --> 00:19:07,103
They've got heart.
It's a difference.
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[pensive music]
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TYLER: In football,
it is super tough,
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00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:17,825
because it's so cutthroat.
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00:19:17,891 --> 00:19:19,595
So you can be really close
to somebody,
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and then all of a sudden,
they're gone.
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00:19:21,833 --> 00:19:23,435
He's gone from
one end of the country
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to the other end
of the country.
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And then you could probably
never see them again.
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00:19:27,578 --> 00:19:28,880
I think that's why sometimes
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00:19:28,947 --> 00:19:31,051
footballers don't get
emotionally attached,
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00:19:31,118 --> 00:19:35,527
because there's so many
ups and downs with teammates,
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00:19:35,594 --> 00:19:37,998
with fans, with a bit
of everything, really.
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00:19:38,065 --> 00:19:41,038
Like again, getting attached
to a club, it's the same.
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00:19:41,104 --> 00:19:43,777
You get attached to a club,
and then all of a sudden,
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you're never going to play
for the club again.
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00:19:45,379 --> 00:19:47,918
So it's tough.
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00:19:47,985 --> 00:19:49,688
Certainly, it's tough.
483
00:19:49,755 --> 00:19:52,828
[pensive music]
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00:19:52,895 --> 00:19:55,299
PHIL: With the players who've
been part of this journey,
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they've been part
of something special
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00:19:56,736 --> 00:19:58,907
in terms of the ownership
of the club,
487
00:19:58,973 --> 00:20:01,478
the TV documentary,
488
00:20:01,546 --> 00:20:03,215
some of the fantastic games
you've had.
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00:20:03,282 --> 00:20:05,620
[pensive music]
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00:20:05,687 --> 00:20:06,989
Yeah, watching
each other's back,
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00:20:07,056 --> 00:20:09,227
looking out for each other
is important.
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00:20:09,294 --> 00:20:13,970
As a manager, you kind of
guide that and oversee it.
493
00:20:14,037 --> 00:20:17,243
And you try and make sure
that they move on
494
00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:19,447
to the next challenge,
you know,
495
00:20:19,515 --> 00:20:21,819
knowing that we've looked
after them
496
00:20:21,886 --> 00:20:23,990
or looked out for them.
497
00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,629
[pensive music]
498
00:20:26,696 --> 00:20:28,500
Yeah, from my point of view,
Campbell,
499
00:20:28,566 --> 00:20:31,405
you've been great as a lad
and we're sorry to see you go,
500
00:20:31,471 --> 00:20:33,910
but I think we both know
you're frustrated, aren't ya?
501
00:20:33,977 --> 00:20:35,680
- Yeah.
PHIL: And you need to play.
502
00:20:35,747 --> 00:20:37,350
You know,
we don't give up anybody
503
00:20:37,417 --> 00:20:38,252
because we can't do loans.
504
00:20:38,318 --> 00:20:40,055
We want to keep
everyone 'round.
505
00:20:40,122 --> 00:20:41,358
But for you,
506
00:20:41,425 --> 00:20:42,961
I think with the career
you've had up to this point
507
00:20:43,028 --> 00:20:44,765
where you've not had enough
minutes of football...
508
00:20:44,832 --> 00:20:46,134
CAMERON: For sure.
509
00:20:46,201 --> 00:20:48,205
- I feel it's unfair to stop
you having the opportunity,
510
00:20:48,272 --> 00:20:49,307
'cause that's what you need.
511
00:20:49,374 --> 00:20:50,577
CAMERON: I appreciate that.
512
00:20:50,644 --> 00:20:52,380
PHIL: I think
you're a talented player.
513
00:20:52,447 --> 00:20:54,217
You don't want to be
the perennial sub, d'ya?
514
00:20:54,284 --> 00:20:55,486
CAMERON: No.
515
00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,925
- And I think that you know
you're in the position
516
00:20:57,991 --> 00:20:59,528
of that could happen to you.
517
00:20:59,595 --> 00:21:02,066
And I think because of
your age, you need to play.
518
00:21:02,133 --> 00:21:03,402
- No, I appreciate that.
519
00:21:03,469 --> 00:21:04,805
- So that's why we've
decided to let you go.
520
00:21:04,872 --> 00:21:05,674
CAMERON: No,
I really appreciate that.
521
00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:07,076
So I wish you all the best.
522
00:21:07,143 --> 00:21:08,345
- Wish you all the best,
my son.
523
00:21:08,412 --> 00:21:10,049
Stay in touch.
We'll be watching you closely.
524
00:21:10,116 --> 00:21:12,220
- Nice one.
Take it easy.
525
00:21:12,286 --> 00:21:13,923
The best.
526
00:21:13,990 --> 00:21:15,359
PERSON: Make sure you do it.
527
00:21:15,426 --> 00:21:17,430
CAMERON: I'm going to try.
- You take care.
528
00:21:17,498 --> 00:21:18,432
CAMERON: I will.
529
00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,937
- Do not take that smile
off your face.
530
00:21:21,004 --> 00:21:22,039
CAMERON: I'll try my best.
531
00:21:22,106 --> 00:21:23,408
[indistinct chatter]
532
00:21:23,475 --> 00:21:24,477
See you later, guys.
- I know you're off.
533
00:21:24,545 --> 00:21:25,514
All the best, too.
534
00:21:25,580 --> 00:21:27,416
[pensive music]
535
00:21:27,483 --> 00:21:28,753
PERSON: He's going to his car.
536
00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:30,256
CAMERON:
Yeah, it's mixed emotions.
537
00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:31,526
Obviously excited to go home,
see all my friends,
538
00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:32,628
and play football.
539
00:21:32,694 --> 00:21:34,264
But obviously, I'm going
to miss Giles, Frenchie,
540
00:21:34,330 --> 00:21:36,334
living with them,
winding people up.
541
00:21:36,401 --> 00:21:37,704
And the staff and the players.
542
00:21:37,771 --> 00:21:38,873
They're a good group
of people here,
543
00:21:38,940 --> 00:21:40,544
and it's just a shame
I can't be a part
544
00:21:40,610 --> 00:21:41,779
of getting them promoted now.
545
00:21:41,846 --> 00:21:43,448
But I've got to
be a bit selfish
546
00:21:43,516 --> 00:21:44,518
and think of me,
to be honest with you,
547
00:21:44,585 --> 00:21:46,856
so that's the plan.
548
00:21:48,025 --> 00:21:49,829
- I'm going to miss you, too.
Good luck, mate.
549
00:21:49,895 --> 00:21:51,566
PERSON: All right.
550
00:21:51,632 --> 00:21:52,701
We're going to just watch you
drive off into the sunset.
551
00:21:52,768 --> 00:21:54,772
- Yeah? Cool. Cheers, guys.
See you later.
552
00:21:54,839 --> 00:21:57,243
See ya.
553
00:21:57,310 --> 00:22:00,416
[solemn music]