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Is this the day
that a 15-year wait ends?

A town ready to celebrate,
ready to party.

Final seconds
at the Racecourse.

All eyes on the referee.

Champions!
Wrexham are promoted!

Two years of hard work,
all put into one,
and it was magnificent.

Just to see the emotions
on everyone'’s faces--

It was something
that I'’ll always remember.

They have
their storybook ending.

Their Football League
exile is over.

Fifteen long years.

Are the boys back here?
Fucking hell.

♪ Always looking down
At all I see ♪

The magnitude
of getting the club back
into the league,

um, yeah, is so important,

because, you know,
I really don'’t think
we'’re gonna be looking back

at the National League again.

♪ Campeónes!
Campeónes! Olé, olé, olé♪

Dad cried when we got--
when we won the cup.

Don'’t tell them.

Yeah, I did. I did, didn'’t I?

It was quite
an emotional day,
it all sinking in,

and my son telling
me how proud he was.

He went and stood
in front of his whole school
at six years old

and told everyone
that his daddy won
the National League title.

And that really sank in.

That'’s what I do it for.

♪ Someone like you
Somebody ♪

♪ Someone like you
Somebody ♪

♪ Someone like you ♪

- Now we gotta go
into League Two.
- Yep!

Love you, buddy.
Love you.

♪ I'’ve been roaming around
Always looking down
At all I see ♪

They promised us a big deal,
though, at the end
of the season.

They promised us a monster one
at the end of the season.

If we get promoted, they'’re
gonna take us away somewhere.

Welcome,
United passengers.
Happy to have you aboard.

So sit back, relax
and enjoy the flight.

The way that
Rob McElhenney and Ryan
put it on for us was

just like
nothing I'’ve ever seen.

We went to
Hakkasan nightclub, right?

And Steve Aoki
is playing that night.
Yeah, he'’s the main guy.

And we walk in,
and the music shuts off,

and they start playing,
like, a Wrexham song, yeah?

And we have got
this massive, like,

closed-off VIP area in the
middle of everything, right?

And there'’s, like, a screen,
and it'’s showing, like,

Paul Mullin
scoring goals and stuff.
And we'’re in Hakkasan nightclub.

What, in Las Vegas?
Paul Mullin?
Yeah. Right.

We just went for it.
We just had, uh, a massive party
and enjoyed ourselves.

And to be honest,
of what we can remember from it,

it was, uh, really enjoyable.

There was no mics,
no cameras, no adults.

I mean, I was the adult,
which is wild.

The lads are animals.
They'’re absolute animals.

They'’ve won the league,
and just wanted to
let their hair down,

and they did it,
like...

...I was spannered,
absolutely spannered, right?

This is
your captain speaking.

I hope you had a good vacation.

We got clear skies. It'’s
supposed to be a smooth ride.

So sit back, relax and enjoy.

Right. S-So, uh, the promotion,
the trip to Vegas, the hangover.

We had to put all
of that behind us,

because, actually, there'’s
a very small amount of time

between the end of last season
and the start of the next one.

Um, we'’re now in League Two.

Above us remains League One,

the Championship
and then the Premier League,

which is obviously
where we aspire to be.

But, uh, for now, we'’re
concentrating on League Two.

In League Two, first, second
and third will get automatic
promotion,

and then four through to seven
is playoffs with one going up
from there.

So, obviously four teams can get
promoted, as opposed to two
in the National League.

So, obviously that gives you

a bit of a bigger window
to be able to have success.

One of the big question marks we
have going into this season is,

"Will Ben Foster be back?"

I do want to ask you your
first question. You staying?

Ooh.

Ooh, gosh.
I don'’t know.

Foster'’s short spell

at Wrexham FC was obviously
a massive hit,

just across the world
in general.

Do I think he'’ll stay?
Is there any signs
that he'’ll stay?

Can you tell us
what'’s happening?

Well, yeah, we'’re--
we'’re-- we're talking.

I'’m thinking, I'm thinking,
and I'’m thinking, um...

Well, we hit Ben Foster
from every side, right? I mean--

In the heat of the moment, um,

after we won promotion,
he made some comment to you.

Well, like, yes!
Your lips to God'’s ears.

What did he say?

He said we'’ll do it next year.
Okay.

And there was
a lot of text messages.

Uh, a couple of calls.

Uh, hey-- hey, buddy.

It'’s, uh, Ryan Reynolds here.

I just wanna-- Give me a ring
back when you, uh,
when you get a chance.

Hey, Ben.

Uh, Rob again.
Hey, call me back, man.

Hey, Ben, it'’s--
I-I thought you might'’ve
called.

Uh, anyway, it'’s just me
again. It'’s Ryan... Reynolds.

Basically, sort of, like,
pinned me into a corner
and, like,

"Right, next season.
What'’s happening next season?"

Is this Ryan and--
Ryan and Rob? So they'’ve got ya.

Yeah, yeah. They were like,
"We need you back," basically.
"We want you back."

And I went, "Yes, mate.
Don'’t even worry about it.

We'’ll sort it, all right."
And he was like, "Cool.

As long as that-- that--
that'’s gospel, yeah?

Like...
...your word'’s--

You'’re a man?
If you'’re saying it, that's it."

And I was like, "Yep, cool.
We'’re doing it. Don't worry."

We put some effort into
creating an environment

that he would want to return to,
and he said yes.

When you find something
that works that well,
you really want to make sure

that as much of that chemistry
remains in place
as-as humanly possible.

♪ Super Ben Foster
In goal, oh ♪

Here we are,
three weeks to the start
of the season.

Yeah. I mean,
the preseason in full swing,

but, you know, instead of
tried and trusted preparation,

the team are flying out to
the US on a high-profile tour.

Yeah,
it'’s a packed schedule.
It'’s four games in ten days.

They'’ll face the likes
of Premier League giants
like Man United and Chelsea.

My guest today is
a gent who is a master
promotion whisperer.

Thanks, Rog.

Mighty Wrexham are about
to match up

to Premier League giants,
Chelsea and Manchester United.

What-- What for you is
the measuring stick for success?

Just, um,
level of performance, really.

And I'’m really
looking forward to seeing

how we cope with that
higher level of play that,

you know, we'’re where we need
to be i-individually
and collectively as a team.

We know the targets
we-we need to hit to be
prepared for the new season.

I mean, it'’s a really
good test, innit, for Wrexham?

I mean, Andy, come on.
Chelsea, United.

That is gonna be
a good barometer
of where we really are.

♪ I gotta stop this
Talking to myself ♪

The Wrexham
USA Invasion, summer 2023

in which the club will sweep
our nation from sea
to shining sea.

In 247 years
of American history,

Wrexham might be the very first
League Two team

to undertake a nationwide,
coast-to-coast tour

of the United States
of America.

International friendly here in Chester,
Pennsylvania.

Welcome to
sunny San Diego in California.

Fans braving
North Carolina'’s grueling
temperatures to try

and get on goalkeeper
Ben Foster'’s GoPro.

Wayne Jones, the
owner at now-famed Turf Hotel,

walking around the stadium,
mobbed as if he was
Harry bloody Styles.

From the minute we
landed till the minute we left,

like, we were just made to feel
like superstars.

Come on, Wrexham!

I never thought I'’d see little
old Wrexham playing in America

against Man United and Chelsea

and have thousands and thousands
of supporters cheering on us

rather than Man United
and Chelsea.

♪ She loves me good ♪

It'’s a pinch-me moment,
you know?

- Wrexham, baby! Wrexham!
- Wrexham!

We watched
Welcome to Wrexham season one

and are big
Wrexham fans now. Yeah.

Yeah, never thought
they would come over here.

So we'’re really pumped
to have a-- have a chance
to see them play.

You know, I met people
that had driven from Canada
and driven from Texas.

I mean, these are
20-hour drives.

But, you know, to go to
Kenan Stadium in North Carolina,

have 55,000 people there.

And I genuinely believe
that probably of those 55,000,

35,000 were there
for Wrexham. Insane.

To inspire that much excitement
and interest is everything

we-we might'’ve dreamt of
at the start of this process.

What wasn'’t as fun was watching
the divide-- to see very clearly

the divide between
where we'’re at
and where we would like to be.

Here'’s
an opportunity for Jackson.

Nice footwork.
Good lay off too.

Perfect start.

And Chelsea have doubled their
lead not long before halftime.

As we said, Wrexham
were looking a little tired.

Chelsea have punished
them again.

When
we played Chelsea,

that was a pretty stark reminder
of the difference.

I believe we lost 27-0?

- Twenty-eight, zero, I believe.
- Yeah. We got smacked around
a little bit.

Yeah, they gave us 90 minutes
of "shut the fuck up."

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.

It is an
international friendly tonight

between LA Galaxy II
and Wrexham A.F.C.

Wrexham are in their blacks
with the red and white trim.

Uh, one of the advantages
of being promoted to League Two
is that we can wear

our very smart new black kits,
which you may remember Rob
was a big fan of.

Couldn'’t do that in the National
League due to kit restrictions.

But now the bosses are happy.

I just love
the black kit.

We felt like it was something
that people would be proud
to wear.

So to see those, um, out on
the pitch, it'’s been awesome.

Yeah.

♪ Whoa Black Betty
Bam-ba-lam ♪

♪ Black Betty had a child
Bam-ba-lam ♪

♪ The damn thing gone wild
Bam-ba-lam ♪

♪ I said oh, Black Betty
Bam-ba-lam ♪

♪ Whoa Black Betty ♪
Bam-ba-lam ♪

Bit of a gamble, right?
Yeah.

If we didn'’t get out
of the National League,

we would have to throw
those into the trash.

Welcome to the much-heralded meeting

of Manchester United
and Wrexham.

Man United have
a following that is legion.

If I were to equate
any kind of comparison to them,

uh, in terms-- in US terms,
I would say that they'’re
the Yankees maybe?

♪ Glory, glory, Man United ♪

Get the fuck in!
Get your fucking bagpipes out.

Fucking hell!

Yankees times ten.

They are a global force.

So for us to play them is a--
is a great honor for them.

A group
of gnarled veterans against

a bunch of Manchester United'’s
best up-and-coming prospects.

Wrexham in the red.

Manchester United
are wearing green.

So this will be
competitive, this first half.

That'’s for sure.

Here'’s Ollie Palmer.

This is
what they do. Worked so well,
the front two for Wrexham.

Just couldn'’t quite find the
right pass at the end of it.

Well played, boys!
Well done!

Off goes Paul Mullin.

And Mullin got there
just ahead of Bishop.

Hey!

And the referee
has gone to his pocket
for a yellow card.

Concern for Mullin
as we see once again
precisely how it unfolded.

Mullin is
quicker than Jonny Evans.

And there'’s the challenge,
and it'’s not a good one.

What you feeling,
Mulls?

Yeah, we'’ve got, like, that one.

I can'’t. No.
Here we are.

Just relax.

Good, yeah. Okay.

We get oxygen
and a SATS, please.

Collision into his left side
of ribs. He'’s really
struggling with it.

An oxygen
mask has been brought out.

He can'’t breathe.

Try and get some oxygen in.

Try and take some deep breaths
in and out for me.

Guys, give us some space,
all right? You'’re getting
in the way.

Can we get
that oxygen on, please?

Had that been
a Premier League game
or any competitive game,

I think that'’s a sending off.

Just lay back.
Relax.

- Keep that oxygen up.
- Take a breath.

Okay.

Yeah.
It hurt--

Can we get that oxygen back on, please?

Um.

Get '’em going.

And take him
to get--

You just need
to check the lungs, yeah?
Especially when you'’re having

difficulty breathing, '’cause
your oxygen level'’s a bit--

We have to take you
to the hospital, Mulls.

Just to get a chest X-ray.
All right?

Okay.
Do you want to go
in the car?

Sure.

You know,
we-we really don'’t know.

So, probably be tomorrow morning
when we get a specialist
to look at it.

I'’m fuming.
I'’ve gotta be honest with you.

I thought it was, like,
a clumsy, reckless challenge,
preseason game.

Um. Yeah.
Can'’t say any more on it.

I'’m-I'm not happy with it
at all.

For several long minutes,

34,000 people held their breath
and waited.

Paul Mullin suffered
a punctured lung
and-and four fractured ribs

during those excruciating
moments on the pitch.

"I could be in trouble here."

No, no. But...

- It was a nasty collision.
- Yeah.

I could see that there was
a bit of panic in his face.

I looked
at him on the floor,

his lips were going blue,
and he was like...

I thought he was winded,
'’cause I've seen people
lose their breath.

I looked at his face,
and his lips were bright blue.

I was like,
"Something'’s not right."
So I started shouting for Kev.

Second on.
Second on, please.

Help me up.
No, no.
Stay where you are.

You'’re not
gonna walk. Sit-- Paul.

We'’re gonna sit you in
the buggy, all right?

We'’re just gonna sit you
in the buggy,
'’cause we wanna keep-- Paul.

You'’ll be sitting on the buggy.
We'’ll take you off. Please.

Paul, Paul.
Can you just put the fucking
oxygen on, please?

Hurry up-- Paul.

I actually thought it
was his shoulder to start with,

which are notoriously
difficult injuries to manage.

So it might sound harsh,

but actually to find out
it was only a punctured lung
and broken ribs,

which have got
a quicker recovery time,

and less inherent longer-term
problems than shoulder injuries.

There was that sense of relief.

But then, of course,
comes the real consequences of--

That means he can'’t
fly for a fortnight.

We'’re leaving San Diego.

You know, nobody'’s gonna
postpone the start
of the league season.

Preparations for the next
campaign had to continue.

So, we'’ve got Paul's well-being
to take care of,

but we'’ve also got to start to
deliver on the club'’s ambitions

of trying to get promotion.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.
Can you just, like, speak about
how you feel right now?

Like, not being
able to be there?

It'’s the first thing
I asked when I got injured.

They were telling me, like,
the recovery time sometimes
isn'’t that long and stuff

till you'’re back playing.
I said, "Couldn'’t care less.

When can a fly home?
Like, I just want to go home
and see my kid."

Like, it got to the point
where the-- it was
the excitement building with me

'’cause I knew it was only two
or three days from going home.

And when he told me
I couldn'’t fly, obviously--
Actually filled up.

Sat there, like,
I didn'’t know what to think.

So how are you right now?
How are--

Feeling better. The--
The first couple of days
were really rough, to be fair.

Away from the family.
I'’m looking forward to getting
back and seeing my little boy.

He doesn'’t quite understand
why his dad hasn'’t been there
for so long,

but his mum, Mollie'’s,
done an unbelievable job

and I'’m looking forward
to getting back and seeing them.

Is it true that Rob McElhenney
invited you to stay with him

while you'’re here
in Southern California
and you said,

-"No. I do not wanna stay"?
- Absolutely true, yeah.

Both my two friends
from Liverpool were here
watching me for the tour,

and they, um, both decided
that they'’d like to stay with me

just to keep me company
and give me some home comfort.

I'’m just
about to say, oh--

Uh, you-- Rob was so kind.

He offered his own home
for Paul to stay in.

Um, I felt a little like,
"Hmm. I'’m gonna have to compete
with that somehow."

So I-I offered,
uh, Paul my lungs.

I just said, "You can have
my lungs. Uh, and you'’ll be
playing before you know it."

- You'’ve got robust lungs,
I'’m sure.
- Yeah.

- Not the lungs of a 26-year-old,
though.
- No.

- I was like,
"He could have one."
- Yeah. Yeah, that'’s a good--

Wrexham have
already been named by bookmakers

as 4-1 favorites
to win League Two.

Forty-six games lie ahead there.

You know well, you really do,
that the level of play
is gonna go up.

And as good as
this Wrexham squad is,

I mean, you--
you have experience after
experience that tells you

it'’s not always gonna be sunny
in North Wales.

Yeah. The lads know that this
division is gonna be tougher.

The top teams
in the National League

would hold their own
in League Two.

But all the games in League Two
are gonna be of the standard

of when we play Chesterfield
and Notts County.

Every game is gonna be tight,

uh, and we'’ve gotta get the
detail right in our performance.

We'’re working towards that.
And, you know, everyone'’s saying
we'’re favorites.

And great,
we'’ll take that pressure.

But equally, you know,
we'’ve got to make sure that we
put the processes in place

to justify that favorites tag.

Come on. What you got?
Oh, brilliant.

That'’s quite a good
kick to do.
Oh, my fucking God.

That is off a different
fucking planet.

There is a higher caliber of
player and team in League Two.

Uh, teams here
have deeper benches,
they have better squads.

Um, but we'’re pretty proud
of the squad we have,

and we think that adding
to that, uh, will get us
to where we need to be.

And the fans of Wrexham,
I think, know that--

that one or two quality
additions should see us
compete this year.

Yeah.
Why can'’t we have a top three?

We'’ve certainly got the squad
and Phil'’s built a squad
for League One.

That was the talk
around everything,

that they want to try and build
a team capable of competing
in League One.

Um. And obviously we'’re
in League Two. So, you know,
we want to be--

we want to be right up there.

Welcome back to the Football League.

Fifteen years,
we have waited for this.

Champions of the National
League. Can they be
the champions of League Two?

Here we go. Walking in.

Walking around the corner
and the point where you see,
for the first time...

massive floodlights...

...of the town.
It'’s gonna be a great day.

Come on, Wrexham.

Finally, after all this time.

- Mm-hmm. Here we are.
- Fifteen years
out of the league.

I can'’t explain how big it is
for the town.

Uh, just to be back
where we rightly belong.

Sort of the start
of a new journey, right?

'’Cause I think we can surpass
where we'’ve been
in previous years,

and actually reach new heights.

Not great, uh, losing our
star player, Super Paul Mullin.

Um, we thought-- Well,
we'’ve got a very strong squad.

Phil feels confident.
We feel confident
that even without Paul,

that this is a team
that'’s been together

and is gonna put on
a pretty good fight.

You know,
League Two, I do fancy Wrexham
to go straight through.

I think even with
the squad now,
it'’s a top-three squad already

because there'’s very few
players who weren'’t either
in League One or Two.

So these guys have been there,
seen it, done it.

They'’ve got the quality
to win promotion.

So I don'’t see any reason
why they honestly
can'’t do it again,

because it'’s such
a strong unit.

Team'’s good enough.
Team'’s good enough.

Parky knows that.

Ryan and Rob know that.

Fans know that.

So, yeah.

Yeah, playoffs,
at the least.

For promotion.

♪ Everywhere we go ♪

Pressure is a privilege.
Wrexham are very privileged.

Hi, documentary!

And what
a bloody good way to start
the new season.

MK Dons at home. That is--

That'’s as big as it gets,
really, for League Two.

But it'’s a good start, you know.
It'’s a good League One team
coming down,

and, obviously, like you
just said, we'’re coming up.

So it'’s a clash of--
It'’s a cla-- It's a clash
of the leagues effectively. Um.

I believe Wrexham are big
favorites. We'’re at home
in front of a sellout crowd.

Um, and you'’d have to back
us because we haven'’t lost
at home in two years.

What'’s the, uh,
prediction for today then?

- 2-1.
- 2-1. Alex?

- 3-2, Wrexham.
- 3-2, Wrexham.

- Cooke, you'’re back.
We back. 3-1!
- Cooke! Cookie! 4-1!

Here we are again,
beginning of another season.

You and me...

...doing this
one more time.
- Let'’s go.

Hopefully, a hundred more times,
but, like, what a special thing.

Like, let'’s not let that pass
without marking the moment
of like, "Holy shit.

We'’re standing at a-- in the
English Football League now."

We'’re in the English fucking
Football League now.

We'’re back. We're back.

I'’m just excited to be back.

It'’s just emotional
to be back in this place.

New season
in the football league.

This crowd is pumping, like,

I haven'’t seen it like this
since Notts County played here
last.

So, uh, the empyrean heights
of hope are that we finish
the league number one.

Automatic promotion.

Um, and then, realistically,
I'’m hoping that we finish
the league number one

with an automatic promotion.

We'’re gonna watch the--
the game from down there,
from where you guys were.

- It'’s so good down there.
- It'’s cool, right?

Wear-- Wear something warm.

- It'’s cold and it's raining
a little.
- Yeah.

- Welcome to our quiet zone.
- Thank you.

Come and enjoy. Hi, welcome.

There'’s so many people

who want to be
a part of the experience,

but for sensory issues, for
a-a host of different reasons,

feel more comfortable,
um, in environments

where it'’s not as chaotic,
it'’s not as loud.

So with my son, uh, Axel,
we went down to watch
in-in the quiet zone

to show our support,
and it was lovely.

Let'’s start
finishing off, boys. Just have
a quick chat before we go.

Come on out. Okay.

What we'’re looking
for today is a progression
from preseason.

A progression in terms
of our performance level. Okay?

So the key boxes
we wanna tick today

is play with energy,
intensity and physicality.

Anyone who comes here is under
fucking pressure

from the first minute
to the fucking last. Let'’s go.

Come on, boys!

Come on.
Let'’s fucking go.

Come on, boys. Get out of here.
Whatever happens,
that'’s what we do.

Fucking energy, boys.

Wrexham!

Good afternoon,
and welcome back
to the SToK Cae Ras...

Come on, Wrexham!

...for today'’s EFL
Sky Bet League Two feature

between Wrexham and MK Dons.

How good does it feel
hearing that?

Wrexham back in
the football league,

and we'’ll be hoping to be back
with a bang this afternoon

against MK Dons,
who were relegated last season
from Sky Bet League One.

Fifteen years of pain
and suffering are over...

It'’s, uh-- It's two
weeks from the injury.

Will be Tuesday
when I can finally fly home.

Obviously, I'’d love nothing more
to be there now playing,

then after that,
I'’d love nothing more to be
at home with my-- with my son.

But I think we'’ve got it in us.

MK Dons
to get the game on the way.

Let'’s go, boys!
Come on!

Tozer.
Back to Foster, who plays.

Mendy rises. A free kick.

Take your hand off me.

Could you not see that'’s
our ball? Answer the question.

Hey! Answer the question!

A free kick
for MK Dons in the opening
minutes of the game.

Robson swings the ball
into the area--
It'’s a good ball. O'Connell.

No.

Fuck'’s sake, man.

...and MK Dons
take the lead at SToK Cae Ras.

Inside six minutes.

Own goal.
Put it in his own goal.

Eoghan O'’Connell.
It'’s an inauspicious start.

Not the start
that anyone would have
hoped for here.

And work to do
for Wrexham here.

And the Wrexham fans
are looking to get
behind their team here.

Leko takes it down and across.

Into Eisa. Can he get the shot?

He cuts back to his right,
gets through the middle,

and it'’s 2-nil to MK Dons.

Absolutely walking through us.
Awful.

Have you ever played before?

Mo Eisa danced back
onto his right foot

There was a sea of red shirts
in front of him.

No one got near him.

And Wrexham are 2-nil down.

Oh, my God.

And a stunned silence

- at the SToK Cae Ras.
- Come on.

Just relax, everybody!
Relax, everybody.

Tommy, tell Toz to relax!

This is just--
I don'’t know what--

We didn'’t-- We haven't
lost at home in a year.

So, this is, you know--
It'’s unusual, but it, um--

You know, it'’s,
uh, nerves, I think.

We lost Paul Mullin.
Yes, absolutely.

A little bit of that.

- He was, like,
the leader, right?
- Yeah.

It'’s saved.

Come on. Let'’s go.

Nothing ever happens the easy way
for Wrexham.

Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

♪ Okay
Yeah ♪

♪ This is a battle
For the future, ah ♪

That ball races to Sam Dalby.

Can he get it
across to Ryan Barnett?

He does really well.
Barnett down the wing.

Barnett now passing
down the right-hand side.

Forces in the area. Can he
find him? Headed away by Smith.
Jones with the strike!

Headed away!
That one was goal-bound.
Oh!

Come on! Good pressure, boys!

Wrexham are playing themselves
back into this game.

Robson sets Leko with a shot!

Oh, what an unbelievable
save by Foster!

Great save.

And Foster
was more than a match to it.

- ♪ We are giants among men ♪
- ♪ Among men ♪

Back to
Barnett. Driven to Barnett
with a one-two.

Barnett crosses well.
Dalby rises.

Waters with a strike!

Oh!

Great save.
Mendy with a follow up!

And it'’s 2-1!

Get in there!

Jacob Mendy
pulls one back for Wrexham.

Come on. Back again! Yes!

Incredible strike by Waters

falls into the path
of Mendy on the follow up.

Game on now.

Here we go!

Wrexham!

Okay. So, a little bit
of a rough start,
but then I thought--

Yeah. I need--
I kind of was gonna say,

could you please stay up here
for the second half?

I'’m gonna stay up here
for the second half.

And they are huge.
Yes.

They are, like,
much bigger than us.

But everybody else
is feeling good, and the whole
crowd seems pretty jazzed.

Yeah.
I think there'’s a
lot of goals left in this game.

It'’s a horrible feeling,

but obviously to start the game
like that was killer, really.

It'’s just the first 15 minutes
back, and you'’re 2-nil down,

but they come into the game
obviously as it settled
down a bit

and created chances and--
The gaffer'’s class.

At halftime he'’ll tell
the lads exactly
where they can create chances,

and where we can get in.

And then it'’s up to the lads
to go out the second half

and take action on it, obviously.

Last year, we usually do that.
This year, we knew it was
gonna be more difficult.

It'’s not gonna be as
simple as last year.

Um, we'’ve gotta
work hard for it,

but I think we can obviously
win the game from this position.

Right, I wanna ask you
a question just
right before we go out.

Were our fucking arousal levels

at the right level
in the first 20 minutes
of that game?

Or were you too fucking uptight
and fucking 100-mile an hour?

Yeah?

We just all just
need to relax and play.

We'’re back in the game.

These are not a great team.
I'’ll tell you that now.

We'’ve played in bigger
games than this, by the way.

The season doesn'’t get defined
by this fucking game.

We fucking
had to play Notts County.

We played
Sheffield United at home.

Like, you'’ve got in the rhythm
in the last 15, 20 minutes

and just fucking
start like a good team.

Two minutes, boys.
You know what you gotta do.
We'’ve done enough talking.

Let'’s go and play well
for 45 minutes.

- Lets show we'’re good. Come on.
- Let'’s get clean our way.

Come on. Come on.

♪ Wrexham FC ♪

Welcome back,
then, to the second half
at the SToK Cae Ras.

Wrexham will be hoping
that they could come out
of the traps fast.

Put MK Dons on the back foot
once again.

What will the next 45
minutes take? We shall see.

Yeah.
- Come on, Wrexham.

...half underway.

Good ball
to Ryan Barnett in space.

Crossed it to the area,
headed away.

Out to Andy Cannon.

Strike blocked.

Barnett again, gets across
into the area, headed away.

A much more lively start
by Wrexham.

Cannon.
Referee'’s played advantage,
and Cannon'’s still down.

And Leko to get the shot away.

And it gets past Foster
and goes in.

And the two-goal
lead has been restored.

Wow. Wow.

For fuck'’s sake, man.

A smart
finish by Jonathan Leko.

Ollie, Bickers,
make sure you'’re ready.

Lucky sweater time.

Fitting into this might change
the course of the game here.

All right.

It'’s getting serious.

Ollie, Ollie, Ollie!

Ollie Palmer, Jake Bickerstaff.

Jordan Davies makes
his way on as well.

Come on!

Bickerstaff to Jones.
Elliot Lee.

Palmer. Lee. Plays it across.

Can'’t quite get it
out of his feet.
But better by Wrexham.

Oh, my God. Just put one in.

Here come MK Dons again.

And Leko'’s been
let straight through.

Can he make it four?

He can.

How he'’s had
that much space,

I'’m not so sure.

And it'’s 4-1 to MK Dons.

Fuck off.
It'’s a fucking disgrace.

The away end
loving every second of this.

I don'’t like them singing that.

Is that them singing?

♪ Welcome
To the Football League ♪

Boo!

This is just a good old-
fashioned...
Ass whooping?

...pants-down spanking
in the supermarket.

Bickerstaff to Lee.

Lee drives towards goal.

Jordan Davies!

Oh!

Y-- Oh.

Davies to Bickerstaff.
Takes it down well.

Out to Lee for--

With him on the right.
Lee might shoot, himself.

Bryce Hosannah.
Back to Jordan Davies!

Great goal from Davies!

Yeah!

Yes!

That'’s how you fucking do it.
That'’s a laser, baby!

Wrexham get a goal back.

Stop celebrating, lad.
Lets go and fucking score again.
Come on.

And is there maybe,

maybe just a chance
for Wrexham here.

Cuts inside and shoots.

And that one goes for a corner.

Goes to the back post
to Davies. Across goal!

Just wide.

Fuck! I thought
that was fucking in.

That'’s seven
minutes on it.
Still time, then.

And it'’s 5-2.

Like Ben wouldn'’t even try.

And there'’s
not much more to say.

We knew at some point we were
going to have to reckon
with the idea

that we may have to be careful
with what we wish for.

Humphrey, why-- why did you
tell us to go to this league?

I like the other league better.

We lost, like,
three times in the other one.

Yeah.
- Like, all year.

I just didn'’t realize
it was gonna happen
immediately...

No.

- ...in the beginning of the...
- Yeah.

...League Two campaign.

- Let'’s go back.
- Yeah. Can we--
Is that an option?

Well,
some Wrexham fans are leaving

in disgust, understandably.

But we still have
more football to play.

Plays it across to O'’Connell.

Forde takes it down well.

- And that'’s a great goal
by Anthony Forde.
- All right. Okay. Great.

Brilliant finish.

Don'’t underestimate
how important those are.

At the end of the season.

Goal differential.

At the
SToK Cae Ras, it is finished.

Wrexham 3, MK Dons 5.

A disappointing
return to the Football League
for Wrexham.

Too many goals.

I'’d turn it off if
these weren'’t here.

- When was the last time
we lost here?
- Grimsby.

Two years ago. Two seasons ago.

Is that the last
time we lost here?

Yep.

- Man, you don'’t wanna peak
too early.
- No.

No way.

We can'’t start games
just '’cause how we feel like it.

We gotta start on it,
fucking loose as goose.

No fucker concentrating
on doing the things
that are important,

the basics on fucking first
half today.

So, why? Is it the
fucking buildup to the game?

Is it the fucking warm-up?
Is it the mentality?

Is it the fucking lackluster--
"No, we'’re fucking Wrexham.

We'’re a good--" What is it
that makes us start shit?

Obviously, MK Dons played
very well on the day,
but we just

not only lacked sharpness
physically, but, mentally,

we looked, like,
really below par in terms
of our decision-making.

It'’s a
wake-up call, yeah, I think.

Definitely bring us
down to earth, I think.

After all the hype
and everything,

definitely bring us
down to earth that will.

- Fucking shit.
Get that on the triple A.
- Shit. Yes.

Welcome to the Football League.

We'’ve gone up a league,
and it'’s gonna be a bit--

It'’s gonna be a bit--
a bit difficult.

People-- I think a lot of people
are getting carried away

and thinking we were gonna,
you know, win every game 5-nil.

Well, ain'’t gonna happen, is it?

It portends to be
a very harrowing,
edge-of-your-seat season.

I don'’t think you go through
a League Two with another only,
you know,

only suffering three losses.

Well, I don'’t know
where we'’re starting,

but it'’s probably in, like,
14th place after game one.

Yeah.
- Oh, sorry. Hold on.

Don'’t wanna be a party pooper,
but, um, we'’re actually 21st,
not 14th.

Look how fast
the crowd is out of here too.

It'’s amazing.
Just vaporized.

Sometimes you need
a day like this,

like a reality check,
um, to reassess things.

When you go up a level and you
make mistakes, you get punished.

And-And that'’s what
happened to us today.

We hard-launched failure.

Yep. Yeah.

See you Tuesday, boys.

- See you, boys.
- Thank you.

See you, guys.

See?
It'’s like a funeral.

It'’s hard. It hurts.
A funeral, right?

I feel the pain.
Yeah.