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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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[laughter]
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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.
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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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00:16:04,528 --> 00:16:08,271
Everybody in the Racecourse
is on their feet!
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00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:10,708
And I think
that win's in.
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[laughs]
Oh, my God!
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Wild afternoon!
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It's Always Sunny
in Wrexham!
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[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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00:16:30,424 --> 00:16:33,644
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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[solemn music]
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[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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00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:37,578
And we beat Chesterfield.
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I think that's
when we started to believe
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that we had the chance.
FAN: Yeah.
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Hang on to that
for the playoffs, belief.
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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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and the excitement,
we got to win now.
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00:17:59,948 --> 00:18:03,299
And especially last minute
like that, it's like whoa.
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00:18:03,386 --> 00:18:06,172
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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00:18:10,263 --> 00:18:11,090
I mean,
we didn't used to have that.
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00:18:11,177 --> 00:18:12,700
They'd all be gone.
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00:18:12,830 --> 00:18:14,180
FAN: And seeing children
around Wrexham
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00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:15,746
with Wrexham shirts.
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00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:18,184
FAN 2: Yes.
Not Chelsea or Man United.
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00:18:18,314 --> 00:18:19,620
FAN: Or Liverpool.
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00:18:19,794 --> 00:18:20,751
Wrexham, yes.
FAN 2: Yes.
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00:18:20,882 --> 00:18:23,058
[soft upbeat music]
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00:18:23,189 --> 00:18:26,496
ANNETTE: It's been a lot more
popular with the students.
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00:18:26,627 --> 00:18:29,282
There's more now deciding,
the younger ones,
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that are going
to be Wrexham fans.
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00:18:32,067 --> 00:18:34,635
What do you think about Mullin?
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00:18:34,765 --> 00:18:38,334
Super Paul Mullin.
It's cracking play, I think.
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00:18:38,421 --> 00:18:41,859
ANNETTE: The support
is just brilliant.
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00:18:41,990 --> 00:18:43,644
It's a whole mindset, isn't it,
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00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:47,996
of everybody's got
the same goal?
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00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,519
There's a good rapport now
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00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:53,088
between the players
and the fans.
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00:18:53,262 --> 00:18:56,004
I think on our day,
we can beat anybody.
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00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,224
It's just belief, I think.
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00:18:58,311 --> 00:19:00,356
I think it's belief
in being able
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to work together as a team,
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00:19:03,446 --> 00:19:05,231
seeing that
they put the effort in,
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00:19:05,361 --> 00:19:07,885
seeing that
they play together,
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seeing that they care.
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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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00:19:21,812 --> 00:19:23,466
because it's so cutthroat.
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00:19:23,597 --> 00:19:25,468
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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He's gone from
one end of the country
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to the other end
of the country.
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00:19:31,082 --> 00:19:33,041
And then you could probably
never see them again.
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00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:34,564
I think that's why sometimes
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footballers don't get
emotionally attached,
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00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:41,441
because there's so many
ups and downs with teammates,
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00:19:41,571 --> 00:19:43,704
with fans, with a bit
of everything, really.
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00:19:43,878 --> 00:19:46,837
Like again, getting attached
to a club, it's the same.
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00:19:46,924 --> 00:19:49,405
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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So it's tough.
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00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:54,845
Certainly, it's tough.
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00:19:55,019 --> 00:19:58,893
[pensive music]
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00:19:59,023 --> 00:20:00,938
PHIL: With the players who've
been part of this journey,
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they've been part
of something special
486
00:20:02,462 --> 00:20:04,507
in terms of the ownership
of the club,
487
00:20:04,638 --> 00:20:07,380
the TV documentary,
488
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:08,859
some of the fantastic games
you've had.
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00:20:08,946 --> 00:20:11,297
[pensive music]
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00:20:11,427 --> 00:20:12,733
Yeah, watching
each other's back,
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00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:15,388
looking out for each other
is important.
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00:20:15,518 --> 00:20:19,740
As a manager, you kind of
guide that and oversee it.
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00:20:19,914 --> 00:20:22,743
And you try and make sure
that they move on
494
00:20:22,873 --> 00:20:25,311
to the next challenge,
you know,
495
00:20:25,398 --> 00:20:27,313
knowing that we've looked
after them
496
00:20:27,443 --> 00:20:29,532
or looked out for them.
497
00:20:29,663 --> 00:20:32,187
[pensive music]
498
00:20:32,318 --> 00:20:34,407
Yeah, from my point of view, Campbell,
499
00:20:34,581 --> 00:20:36,974
you've been great as a lad
and we're sorry to see you go,
500
00:20:37,148 --> 00:20:39,847
but I think we both know
you're frustrated, aren't ya?
501
00:20:39,977 --> 00:20:41,457
Yeah.
PHIL: And you need to play.
502
00:20:41,544 --> 00:20:42,980
You know,
we don't give up anybody
503
00:20:43,154 --> 00:20:44,068
because we can't do loans.
504
00:20:44,199 --> 00:20:45,548
We want to keep
everyone 'round.
505
00:20:45,722 --> 00:20:47,420
But for you,
506
00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:48,769
I think with the career
you've had up to this point
507
00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:49,900
where you've not had enough
minutes of football...
508
00:20:50,074 --> 00:20:51,772
CAMERON: For sure.
509
00:20:51,946 --> 00:20:53,861
I feel it's unfair to stop
you having the opportunity,
510
00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:54,992
'cause that's what you need.
511
00:20:55,123 --> 00:20:56,429
CAMERON: I appreciate that.
512
00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:58,213
PHIL: I think
you're a talented player.
513
00:20:58,344 --> 00:20:59,780
You don't want to be
the perennial sub, d'ya?
514
00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:01,434
CAMERON: No.
515
00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:03,436
And I think that you know
you're in the position
516
00:21:03,566 --> 00:21:05,438
of that could happen to you.
517
00:21:05,612 --> 00:21:07,657
And I think because of
your age, you need to play.
518
00:21:07,788 --> 00:21:09,224
No, I appreciate that.
519
00:21:09,398 --> 00:21:10,356
So that's why we've
decided to let you go.
520
00:21:10,530 --> 00:21:11,444
CAMERON: No,
I really appreciate that.
521
00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:12,445
So I wish you all the best.
522
00:21:12,575 --> 00:21:13,924
Wish you all the best,
my son.
523
00:21:14,011 --> 00:21:15,709
Stay in touch.
We'll be watching you closely.
524
00:21:15,796 --> 00:21:17,711
Nice one.
Take it easy.
525
00:21:17,798 --> 00:21:19,452
The best.
526
00:21:19,582 --> 00:21:21,149
PERSON: Make sure you do it.
527
00:21:21,236 --> 00:21:22,716
CAMERON: I'm going to try.
- You take care.
528
00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:24,370
CAMERON: I will.
529
00:21:24,457 --> 00:21:26,241
Do not take that smile
off your face.
530
00:21:26,372 --> 00:21:27,590
CAMERON: I'll try my best.
531
00:21:27,721 --> 00:21:29,244
[indistinct chatter]
532
00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:29,853
See you later, guys.
- I know you're off.
533
00:21:29,940 --> 00:21:31,159
All the best, too.
534
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,161
[pensive music]
535
00:21:33,248 --> 00:21:34,293
PERSON: He's going to his car.
536
00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:36,033
CAMERON:
Yeah, it's mixed emotions.
537
00:21:36,207 --> 00:21:36,860
Obviously excited to go home,
see all my friends,
538
00:21:36,947 --> 00:21:38,688
and play football.
539
00:21:38,819 --> 00:21:40,037
But obviously, I'm going
to miss Giles, Frenchie,
540
00:21:40,168 --> 00:21:42,039
living with them,
winding people up.
541
00:21:42,170 --> 00:21:43,258
And the staff and the players.
542
00:21:43,389 --> 00:21:44,477
They're a good group
of people here,
543
00:21:44,607 --> 00:21:46,261
and it's just a shame
I can't be a part
544
00:21:46,435 --> 00:21:47,610
of getting them promoted now.
545
00:21:47,784 --> 00:21:49,264
But I've got to
be a bit selfish
546
00:21:49,395 --> 00:21:50,178
and think of me,
to be honest with you,
547
00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:52,180
so that's the plan.
548
00:21:53,747 --> 00:21:55,314
I'm going to miss you, too.
Good luck, mate.
549
00:21:55,401 --> 00:21:57,272
PERSON: All right.
550
00:21:57,403 --> 00:21:58,491
We're going to just watch you
drive off into the sunset.
551
00:21:58,621 --> 00:22:00,188
Yeah? Cool. Cheers, guys.
See you later.
552
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:02,843
See ya.
553
00:22:03,017 --> 00:22:05,541
[solemn music]