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The red
dragon's been the symbol of Wales

for over a thousand years.

As the myth goes,

the Welsh red dragon defeated the
white dragon representing the Saxons.

The red dragon represented
hope, resistance, resilience

and the identity of a people who never
gave in and survived through adversity.

But adaptation became
a matter of survival.

When the world itself stands against
you, something deeper ignites.

Five stories, five fires.

A team searching for resistance,
chasing a historical dream.

Heroes facing changes

as they are sidelined from
the kingdom they helped build.

A mission connecting enduring
spirits that spans continents.

A boy proving that
resilience is ageless.

And a man battling his own body
through the streets of New York.

This is Wrexham.

In an ever-changing
world, they will adapt.

But like the icon of Wales, they
always fight the good fight.

Wrexham! Wrexham!

♪ ♪ Don't forget
where you came from ♪

♪ ♪ Don't forget
what you're made of ♪

♪ ♪ The ones who were there ♪

♪ ♪ When no one
else would care ♪

♪ ♪ Don't be afraid to cry now ♪

♪ ♪ Even when the world
comes crashing in ♪

♪ ♪ Don't forget to
sing when you win ♪

♪ ♪ Don't forget to
sing when you win ♪

Hello, everyone,
and welcome to Wrexham AFC.

It's Wrexham against
Leyton Orient this time.

This is gonna be a proper test

against a side who
are in a playoff spot.

McClean sweeps it under the bar.
Nicely won! It's there! Rathbone!

Again. He just can't stop scoring.
That's five for the season.

Brunt misses his
interception and it's in.

Oh, and Wrexham will
be frustrated at that.

...by Rodriguez. Volley back in, and
it's a goal. What a goal that is.

We lose at the Racecourse

for only the second
time this season.

Frustration for Wrexham.

Every dropped point is the end
of the world at the moment, it feels like,

in terms of the wider
hysteria and fan response

where, if we draw a game, that's it.
"It's the end of the world. Parky out."

If we lose a game, that's it.
"Parky out, replace the players.

We need a whole
new starting 11."

I just think there's a little bit
more added pressure these days.

Serious amounts of pressure.

Mansfield
Town against Wrexham.

The subs' bench for Wrexham,
as you might imagine.

We've got Paul Mullin.

The ball's helped on in
midfield by Baccus but cleared,

and Cannon's
charging away. Oh!

And I think he's hurt. He
doesn't look good at all.

What a... What a blow that is.

Oh! Just lost behind Dobson.
Cleworth drills it. Yes!

Cleworth again!

And
there is the final whistle.

That is a huge, huge
result for Wrexham.

Andy, great win against
Mansfield Town on the weekend.

He didn't get to play, but it
was nice seeing Mulls back in the squad.

It's just really upsetting
about Andy Cannon's injury.

Yeah, ruptured ACL. Not good.
Really, really tough injury for him.

But he'll get the best care
possible for a quick return.

It's Wrexham
against Rotherham United.

Rodriguez gets in front of his
man and flicks on beautifully.

Smith, one on one
with the keeper.

Round the keeper and scores!

Sam Smith opens up the scoring.

Wrexham!

What a noise here at the Racecourse.
Wrexham get the win, a huge win.

It's the strikers, Smith, Rodriguez,
Fletcher. All did tremendously.

Still love Mullin though. I'd like
to see Mullin back, to be honest.

It was nervy,
uh, but we got there.

And, Liam, is it a
two-horse race now?

It definitely feels
like it really is in our hands.

Definitely got second in the league now.
I've no doubt about it, to be honest.

I can't believe by the time
we come round to next week's pod,

we're gonna be in single
digits for games left.

That is absolutely crazy.

We're gonna go up, we're
gonna go up no matter what.

We will be in the
Premiership no matter what.

Outgoings. Potential outgoings.
There's a lot of discussion about Palmer.

I mean, how much are
we reading into that?

Rodriguez and
Sam Smith coming in.

They are the type of player that would
really force Palmer out of the squad.

Can we just talk about Mullin?
Where do we think we are with Mullin now?

Paul Mullin is just the eternal
question for Wrexham fans at the moment

because, you know,
we love the guy.

It's a shame that Mullin's
disappeared off the...

Well, I'd love to... again, see
Mullin given a chance, you know.

I'm not sure if he's
still injured or not.

And it's a shame about Paul Mullin
not even making the bench these days.

Palmer as well. You know, the two
players that have got us to where we are,

but, obviously, I gotta
trust in the manager.

Hi.

-You all right?
-Yeah, you?

Um, Gaffer pulled me today.

Yeah.

I was completely left out of the
squad as of today in training.

And I know the industry that
I'm in, you know, it's ruthless,

And I know the industry that I'm in, you know, it's ruthless, and
I know the club that I'm at, it moves so fast, but I love it here.

And I know the club that I'm at, it
moves so fast, but I love it here.

The hard bit is where you
go from playing every week

to, all of a sudden,
you're seventh.

Well, you've played
six months out of nine.

Well, I know.

Stevenage at home was the last
game I played this season.

If I'm being totally honest, you know,
it's slightly more mentally challenging.

I've never been left
out of a squad before.

Obviously, you're training with
the boys throughout the week

knowing that you're not gonna be involved
unless something unforeseen happens

such as an injury
or a suspension.

It's undeniable with Ollie Palmer.
When he plays, we win games.

You know, I remember the
day that we signed him.

He played that night and
scored on his debut, didn't he?

-Yeah.
-He's been great, you know,

but it's a different level now.

He's not scoring goals, but he
puts in the other type of work,

the dirty work like
defending, claiming corners.

He's always trying.
He's always after it.

Yeah, it's like Mullin. They
just can't score at the moment.

-So, last night, you weren't in the squad.
-Nope.

Tell me about that.

It's been hard to just find myself in
this position now from where I've been.

It's been tough to take and just felt
like it's through no fault of my own.

I've had mental struggles this season,
mainly from coming back from injury.

I got the surgery, and they
told me it'd be six weeks,

and then I could start running,
and then once, obviously,

I got a little bit fitter, I
could get back involved in things.

But for some reason, after
probably eight to ten weeks,

I was still having severe
pains while I was training.

The surgeon decided to tell me

that it can take up to six months,
um, for you to feel full relief.

So that was challenging
because I wanna give even more

to make sure that when I go
on the pitch, I'm myself.

It's been tough
coming back mentally

'cause I've never been
injured for that long before,

and then you start
overthinking things,

and I haven't felt the same
mentally as I did before.

And then this year sort of
came back, and I was just...

Obviously, I understood I was gonna
have to wait for an opportunity

because the lads who'd been playing in
my absence had been doing really well.

But when the opportunity
came, I thought that'd be it,

and it'd be a chance to carry
on from where I left off

and it sort of didn't
transpire that way.

And I let that get
to me, to be honest.

From everywhere I've been to then
only being allowed to play four games,

just finding myself being left
out the team. I resented it.

Carried that for weeks because I
didn't... I feel it was unjust.

So, what's the difference
between annoyance and resentment?

I don't know. To be fair,
it's probably the same.

It's probably just a
different way of...

No, I think I'm
more annoyed now.

And I'm assuming
the annoyance...

Well, the annoyance is
towards who or what?

It's more annoyance of, like,
training every single day,

doing everything I can.

Obviously, looking back
on everything I've done.

And Mullin scores his 100th!
His 100th goal for the club.

Like feeling like I was a main part
of why we got to this situation.

And then feeling like I'm not being
allowed the platform to get back there

or the opportunity to
go and do it again.

I think Paul Mullin
needed a full preseason.

He's been playing
catch-up all year long.

Ultimately, he was never gonna
catch up. We don't have a reserve,

we don't play enough
friendly fixtures.

But you can't expect a player to
just, you know, come out cold,

straight into the team, do what
he's done for the last two years.

Impossible, even for him.

With Mullin and Palmer, we've had
the sentimentality for so long

because they've literally
dragged us kicking and screaming

-from nonleague to where we are.
-Yeah, yeah.

So when all of a sudden
they're kind of frozen out,

it does rankle with a large
proportion of the fan base.

-Yeah.
-So we have to get used to that aspect

of seeing this final
run-in without those guys.

So talk about, uh, your
relationship with the manager.

Like, he picked you, and you thrived
and scored and helped the team succeed.

And now, obviously,
he's not picking you.

How do you feel about that
relationship and that change?

Um...

It's been... I don't
know. It's difficult.

I don't know what's caused him to
trust me less, but he clearly does.

Well, obviously he wants
the best for the team.

When we bought two strikers in January,
we always knew we'd have a surplus.

So people would find themselves
out of the 18-man squad

because you can only
have seven substitutes.

That's... That's the way it is.

Mulls didn't just quite get the goals,
you know, which he normally does.

And I thought he had a good
start to the season, Ollie.

And his general performances were
decent, but the goals didn't come.

And, you know,

we just needed more from the player
in that number nine role really.

So Paul and Ollie found
themselves out the 18-man squad.

It's a harder level than
we've been operating at.

So both good lads, you
know, really good lads

have carried on training
well for us, but it's tough.

It's-It's a competitive division.
To make the step up, it's not easy.

He thinks it's best for
me to go out on loan.

I said I wanna be a
part of the promotion.

I said I wanna be a part of the promotion.
I've given everything to this club

I've given everything
to this club

-and the community and loved it.
-Yeah.

-Why would I then wanna... Yeah.
-...till the last minute.

It's just I've built
a bond with the boys

-and the staff and the fans...
-Yeah.

...and everything
to do with Wrexham.

I just don't know what to do.

You don't wanna be somewhere
where you're not wanted,

but my heart is to be
at this football club

and continue what I've been doing
and help the team in any way.

So I just don't know.
I don't fucking know.

So, what's your plan now? How are
you gonna get back in the team?

Yeah, as I say, I've let go
of all resentment and anger.

Like... And also going forward,

I'm just, like, well, the only
thing I can do is control myself.

And lately as well, I've just been
making sure that when I go home,

-I'm satisfied with my day's work.
-Yeah.

Not trying to
satisfy someone else,

whereas I think that's where
it led me the last few months,

so I was going in trying to
satisfy someone else every day

and that I don't satisfy
me, 'cause I wouldn't be me.

Just to play one game in the
Championship with Wrexham

would be worth
absolutely everything.

Be the icing on the cake
for this story, and, uh,

who knows where it could end,

but I've enjoyed absolutely
every minute here.

And if we could get to the
Championship, then that'd be phenomenal.

But from a personal
point of view,

I don't think I'll have any part
to play in it from here on in.

Is there any chance Mullin
or Palmer comes back into the fold?

Can you see that happening
before the end of the season,

or do you think that we are just
reaching the end of that era?

I think that there's definitely a
future for Paul at the football club.

I think it's a case of
working hard, training hard

and working on the training pitch to
dislodge one of the other strikers.

I think for Ollie,
age is a factor.

That's a taller task for him.

Another thing I've learned in
football is that things can change

in the drop of a hat.

And if someone gets injured,

somebody who is currently
further down the pecking order

can step into the breach and
completely change their fortunes.

It's obviously frustrating,

but the club's bigger
than any player.

And that's just the way it is.

Is it tough? Yeah,
it's fucking hard.

But I'm not gonna
be a bitch about it.

I'm just gonna get my head
down, gonna work hard.

And when an opportunity
opens, I'm gonna take it.

Nothing can change what I've done in
the past, do you know what I mean?

I've achieved that even if I didn't ever
play again. That can't be rewritten.

These last six months since the
summer have been really challenging.

But one thing I can guarantee is the
next time I do step foot on the pitch,

I'll be playing as myself.

I haven't been able to give the
best version of myself this season

through many factors, but
I've no doubt that eventually

I'll find myself again
whether it's here, um,

or when it's somewhere else.

It's out of my control. I hope
it's here, but you never know.

Thousands of
runners are making their way

from Prospect Park to Central Park for
the 2025 New York City Half Marathon.

It starts in Prospect
Park, runs over the Brooklyn Bridge

through Times Square and
ends there in Central Park.

Today's the day of the half
marathon. It's a big old stepping stone

to the full blinking marathon.

So, um, with the kind of advent of more
and more people coming into the club

in different roles,

my initial sort of handling whatever gets
thrown my way has changed a little bit.

I was formerly executive director,
and now I am community director.

In the main now,

In the main now, my focus is much more
specifically on the foundation, our charitable arm.

My focus is much more specifically on
the foundation, our charitable arm.

In my capacity as community director,
I am patron of Wrexham Miners Project,

so it just seemed to make sense that
if I was gonna do some horrible thing

like run a marathon, it
was gonna be, you know,

on behalf of the foundation to raise
money for a charity that I am patron of.

We wish you all the best
of luck here on this Sunday morning.

And wave number 3, we
have just got word.

We have got clearance on the
roadway, so we are set to begin.

-Mamma mia!
-Mamma mia!

You're gonna have a great race.

United
team is coming through.

Target time
today is to finish.

I think if I get two and a half
hours, I'd be happy with that.

♪ ♪ I got way too
much ambition ♪

♪ ♪ I keep on
beating statistics ♪

♪ ♪ I keep on beating statistics
♪ ♪♪ I will not be denied ♪

♪ ♪ I will not be denied ♪

♪ ♪ My only option is winning ♪

♪ ♪ I'm crossing
the finish line ♪

As a non-runner myself, and
obviously being strong enough

not to be bullied into doing it,

I was able to find a spot
just outside Times Square.

All of a sudden, there's this vision
coming up with Times Square behind him.

A 6'7" colossus as he's running
down the middle of the road.

And I have to say, I was
concerned when I saw him.

He certainly didn't look
like he was enjoying it.

He looked like somebody had
thrown a bucket of water over him.

But what you could tell was his
determination to get to the end,

and it makes me proud
to say he's my mate.

Just ran the New York Half
Marathon in two hours, 24 and 59 seconds.

It was really, really, really,
really hard.

No inspirational chat here.

It nearly killed me.

Well done, mate. Well done.

-No. Not even nearly.
-Right. Right, right.

-You're okay.
-That scared the shit out of me,

to be honest.

Crossing the finishing line,

I didn't really feel a
sense of achievement,

more just a sense of real dread.

And I've gotta do
that twice. In a row.

Pray?

Did you get what you want, you
vultures, for your television program?

Never again.

So as we continue up the football
pyramid, the change is constant.

Everybody's roles are changing.

Somebody like Paul, who
is a Wrexham legend,

is adjusting to the
changes of the squad.

As is the nature of the sport.

But the great news is that Paul is a
force of nature in so many different ways,

and he has an
incredible platform

and a desire to reach out
and uplift the community,

and that's what
Wrexham's all about.

Cheers,
guys. Thank you.

Hello.

-Are you okay, kid?
-Yeah.

-How are we?
-Good.

Still got your
Wrexham gear on then?

-Yeah.
-Always.

There's not enough room for it, is there?

During my time off,

I met up with a good little friend
of mine and we had some fun.

That was your last photo
with Archie.

-Give us a look.
-Before you shaved your hair off.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

Archie, the little star, he's
got a rare form of blood cancer,

which is obviously
not very nice to hear.

But him and his fam have
been spending a lot of time

at Alder Hey Children's
Hospital in Liverpool.

Dad, I think we're gonna
be framing a lot of stuff.

Yeah.

My name is Sarah, and
I am Archie's mum.

Last year, his eyes and
nose kept running, um,

very tired, he wasn't himself.

And then in the summer,
when we went away on holiday

was when he first had a joint pain
attack and his face was totally deformed.

That is when I thought he
needs to go to the hospital,

I need to rush him in.

And then they decided to get
the oncology team involved.

We got taken out of the
room and he just said,

"I'm so sorry, he's got a rare
cancer called myeloid sarcoma."

It's a leukemia.

I just felt so numb.

It just changed me as a parent.

Completely.

To tell your child that
they have cancer...

you-you can't find
the words to say it.

I just blurted out this speech,
and he just went, "Oh. Okay."

And I remember the first
day of chemotherapy.

He was just very quiet.
Very brave, but very quiet.

-Yeah.
-That's good, isn't it?

-Yeah.
-So that's good news then?

-Yeah.
-So you're getting stronger every day.

Yeah. I'm like the Hulk.

"I'm like the Hulk."

-Better than the Hulk.
-He has been like the Hulk.

Or like Deadpool.

Archie is my little best friend.

And I am, you know, very
proud to be his mum,

but to see him being sick
daily, unable to walk

was very difficult to watch,
and you have to be strong.

He made me strong, and it should
have been the other way around.

He's very resilient.

Yeah.

I think I might give you
a good run for your money, mate.

He spent a lot of
time with Paul Mullin.

In fact, he's been incredible.

We basically class him as part of our
family now after everything he's done.

Good shot.

I can't lose this.

-I can't lose this.
-I need to win this.

It's quite a difficult
thing to explain.

From one moment you get sort
of, not a happiness, but a joy

of being able to provide a bit of comfort
and put a smile on the face of someone

who's gone through such
a challenging time.

Yes.

As long as I can help with
that, it's a good sign for me

As long as I can help with that, it's a good sign for me because
I get to speak to him a lot, but it also helps me to feel better.

Because I get to speak to him a lot,
but it also helps me to feel better.

No pressure, but everyone in
America's gonna watch this shot.

When I was visiting Archie...

Shot.

...I quickly learned that he was a
real big Marvel fan and superhero fan,

so I thought there'd be no
better way to cheer him up

than to giving a
friend of mine a call.

-There he is!
-No!

You. You!

How you doing?

-Good.
-Yeah?

Yeah. I can't
believe you answered.

Well, of course.

-I can't believe he answered.
-He answered for you.

He's the superstar. I'm
just... I just work for Paul.

-No way.
-Can I tell you one thing, Archie?

-Yeah, go on.
-This is something

that's really important.

When someone who's, like,
going through a lot of,

I think we can all say
shit, like you are...

-Yeah.
-...and you're talking to me,

it's only because the people that
are around you love you so much.

Like, I mean it.

They love you so much 'cause
they're going through this with you.

Every single second of this,
they go through it with you.

We'd like to thank you all for
everything you've done for the town,

the football club.

We've been going since...
We're five generations of red.

And it really, really
means the world to us all.

Honestly, the club's done more for
me than I could ever do for it.

And this town has done more for
me than I could ever do for it.

The football club, it means
absolutely everything to him.

It's something that has been engraved
in him from the minute he was born.

My window could see
the floodlights.

He was wrapped in a
Wrexham scarf straightaway.

It's massively helped Archie
throughout all of this.

Really, really spurred him on.

The fact that the whole of the
football team have been so supportive

and making sure that,
you know, Archie is okay,

it's just made it so special.

I will see you soon. And
remember you can get a hold of me, okay?

-All right. Yeah.
-Cheers. All right, Archie.

-Thank you very much.
-Bye-bye.

-See you later.
-Talk to you soon, Paul.

Bye.

-Wow.
-What?

It's a real privilege to be in a
position where you can help other people,

and to be able to provide that
opportunity to Archie and his family

was something that I
don't take for granted,

but it's something that
I love to do anyway.

That cool?

Yeah.

-I wasn't expecting that.
-You all right?

Who's Paul Mullin?

Yeah.

-Good to see you.
-Good to see you.

-How are you?
-Hello.

-Hello.
-Thank you.

When I first
came to Wrexham in 2021

after leaving my role as
the CEO of the EFL in 2019,

I was an adviser to the
board, mostly part-time.

But as the club experienced
rapid growth and expansion,

But as the club experienced rapid growth and expansion, my role
evolved into a more permanent position with broader responsibilities.

My role evolved into a more permanent
position with broader responsibilities.

Come on then, I'll
get you a pint.

My role changed when the decision
to bring a new CEO in was made.

The biggest change is that I no
longer have day-to-day responsibility.

I still sit on the
board of directors,

and, you know, provide to Michael
and his team, you know, history

and lessons from... that we've
learned so far on this journey.

If we don't go up, we get
to turn to you guys and go,

"Why did you let us do this?"

-Yeah.
-"How could you let this happen?"

A lot of the jobs
that Shaun was doing,

Michael is reorganizing
within the organization.

For us, we wanna make sure that he is
still a major part of this moving forward.

The club had to
change to move forward,

and that meant me
taking on a new role.

The club's success is more important
than the degree to which I'm involved.

So I'm cautiously optimistic
moving forward in this new role.

Oh, yeah. No, no, listen,

they've got a set of fixtures that you
wouldn't want at this time of year.

However, if you're winning, you do
want, you just keep going, don't you?

Coming to Wrexham,

I hope I've been able to change
my image amongst fans in the EFL.

Yeah. So, Shaun was, or has been
historically quite a divisive figure.

I mean, I think lots of people
have, um, taken agin him...

...in his various roles, but
particularly as-as CEO of the EFL,

because in that capacity, he's often
had to kind of intervene and adjudicate

in situations surrounding
various different football clubs.

Well, I joined the EFL in 2013,

left in 2019.

It was a job that
I absolutely loved,

but it came with a significant
amount of pressure.

All 72 clubs of the EFL
fell under your charge,

and keeping those clubs in business
for the benefit of the communities

from which they took their name was
one of the key aspects of the job.

We want Oyston
out! We want Oyston out!

Every change of
control or change of ownership

that was happening
at an EFL club

came ultimately via my desk.

Don't forget this,
EFL. This is our show today.

No one's bought your ticket.

Stage right, get out.
You're not fit for purpose.

A lot of people have laid the
sins of football at his door.

You know, I know that he's not a
very popular figure in Blackpool

or in Reading, or in a
number of other places.

Speak of the devil,
he's calling me now.

He can tell I'm talking
about him. Uh-oh.

You know, there were
issues with many clubs,

Blackpool at different
times, Charlton, Coventry,

all fan groups who had
disputes with their owners,

who wanted to see a change
of control at their club

and felt that the responsibility
did fall to the EFL to achieve this.

You're not
fit. You're not proper.

Get some people in with
proper football governance.

As the CEO
of the EFL, you know,

you are the face of
the organization.

Obviously then you become, you
know, the lightning rod, ultimately,

for any criticism, blame,
or even just general angst.

What are you doing, Shaun Harvey,
leeching off the fans like a tick?

Ultimately, at one stage, you know,
there were threats against my kids.

There was a threat of
kidnap at one stage.

So, you know, there is
a dark side to this.

It's sad, in reality.

Nobody should ever have
to go through that.

Big game tonight. We're
on us way to Reading.

Unfortunately for Reading,
and their fans in particular,

they've been through a number
of different ownership sagas.

When the current owner of Reading
was allowed to buy the club,

I was the CEO of
the EFL at the time.

Whilst it was never my single
decision to allow him to buy the club,

you know, ultimately I was in
charge at that particular time.

And whilst the EFL had absolutely no
reason not to allow him to buy the club

at that time,

when things go sour
and bad like this,

then ultimately there's always
got to be somebody to blame.

And some fans blamed me.

All I have ever seen
Shaun do in the last four years

is try and do right by
football, by football clubs,

particularly Wrexham, because
that's been his specific purview.

But I think that, you know, his
trials and tribulations in the past

are often put in a situation where he
has got to pick the lesser of two evils.

And the people that have suffered as a
result of the lesser of those two evils

And the people that have suffered as a result of the lesser of those two evils
often think, "Well, you suck, and you should have picked the other evil."

often think, "Well, you suck, and you
should have picked the other evil."

We want Dai Yongge out!
Said we want Dai Yongge out!

There's going to be a protest
this evening against the current owner.

Fuck off
home, sell the club!

There's a number of Reading
fans who wanted to take the opportunity

of actually linking it to Wrexham and,
obviously, my involvement at Wrexham.

Come on, the town! Come on!

Well, today's match
is really important.

We can't afford to lose too
much footing in this race

because there's so many teams
that are ready to capitalize.

So we need to win, really.

Even a draw tonight
puts us in second place,

ahead of a massive game
against Wycombe on Saturday.

And with ten games to
go, every point counts.

♪ ♪ You know I had
to give it to 'em ♪

♪ ♪ Give 'em
everything I got... ♪

Wrexham, well done!

This will
be a genuine test.

For Reading, they have
major issues off the pitch.

On the pitch, they have
continued to be competitive.

They lose Sam Smith,
their star striker.

They lose their
manager, Rubén Sellés,

and yet they're unbeaten in eight games,
longest unbeaten run in the division.

Ref! Ref! It's fucking out!

McClean, chance
to take on Abrefa.

Hits the goal line,
delivers to the far post.

Great ball. Barnett drives it.

Oh! And it's over
the bar. Corner.

Wow, there it is, there it
is. What a chance that was.

Halftime whistle
blows, goalless at halftime.

I don't think Phil Parkinson
will be necessarily satisfied

with the performance level.

This is not the performance of a
team who are competing to go up.

As Reading
kick off the second half,

Wrexham need to dig in and
find the back of the net

to secure three points and
keep their edge on Wycombe.

Revan's beaten in
the air by Campbell.

Ooh. And O'Connell's beaten
to it. He's given a penalty.

Now, did O'Connell make a challenge
there or was he just coming across?

Fucking hell. Are you
winding me fucking up?

And it's just such a poor
start to the second half for Wrexham.

He fucking dived.

Changes the angle,
right-footed, hits it and scores,

and Okonkwo deceived by Knibbs's
move and guessed the wrong way.

Wrexham, after three consecutive
clean sheets, concede a penalty.

So Wrexham restart and
need to step up here.

There's
loads of time left.

O'Connor drilling it long, headed away
firmly in the middle of the pitch.

O'Connell, who conceded the
penalty, gives the ball away.

Garcia cutting inside,
tidy on the ball,

finds the other inverted
fullback, Abrefa.

And it's turned nicely round
the corner. This is a good move.

Wing lays it on, and now he
can hit this and he scores.

And that is a lovely move

and a very, very well
taken goal by Wing.

But Wrexham have had a
nightmarish start to this half.

Great
goal by Reading.

Real tough ask now for Wrexham
to try and get back in this game.

This is a real test of
your promotion credentials.

♪ ♪ Apply pressure ♪

♪ ♪ No one can do it better ♪

♪ ♪ Pressure ♪

♪ ♪ Break you down 'cause
you can't hold the pressure ♪

Still more than half an hour
left. There's plenty of time in the game.

It's just that Wrexham need
to step this up massively.

Let's go! Come on!

And now the ball's fed out by
Lee to McClean. Chance to cross.

Stands it up to the far
post. Smith heads it...

Great save by the keeper.

Longman again, right-footed inswinger's
a good ball in and it's towards goal...

Another big save by Pereira.

Got four minutes plus added time
left. Something's got to go in soon.

Again, a right-footed ball in.

Barnett gets up. Fletcher
gets up. It ricochets loose.

Pereira doesn't get there,
and somehow it doesn't go in.

Smith hits it!

Oh, my God.
How'd he save that?

Parried on the line.
That's outrageous!

How that didn't go
in, I don't know.

That was astonishing.

But the save by
Pereira was madness.

Wrexham, was that the chance?

Long diagonal by Cleworth. Fletcher
and Faal go for the same ball.

Faal flicks it on, and listen to that
cheer as the final whistle blows.

Reading, full value for that.

Listen, we've been
on a good run.

Now we dust ourselves down
and we go again at Wycombe.

So, we've got to be
mentally fucking strong.

This is the time of season now. We
gotta be fucking ready to go again.

Ready to go again, and
we fucking will be.

We will be, you know, mentally
and physically ready to go again.

Come on, boys, get your
heads up. We go again.

So,
opportunity missed.

We dropped three
points at Reading today

and head to Wycombe,
away, even on points.

But they also have
a game in hand,

which makes Saturday
an absolute must-win.

I think that's the frustration,

to be so close and have the chance
to obviously put pressure on Wycombe

and then do that.

It's just frustrating.

The Reds may be down now, but
Wrexham have been here before.

I know they'll never give in and
will fight to the bitter end.

These players keep reminding us
they're just like our famous flag:

hopeful, resilient
and tough Red Dragons.

We're still gonna beat Wycombe
and we're still gonna be promoted.

It might take the playoffs,
but we're going up.

No stopping us, we're going up.

One of the pleasing things
about my new non-exec role at the club

is that I do have time to be able
to go and see some of the projects

that we've worked on
in full working order,

rather than just seeing
them from a distance, so...

We're in Lesotho to celebrate
the partnership that's in place

between Wrexham AFC
and Kick4Life FC.

Kick4Life is a football club
in Lesotho in southern Africa.

They describe themselves
as a football club

exclusively dedicated
to social change.

They work with disadvantaged
youth throughout Lesotho,

with an emphasis on health,
education, life skills,

addressing gender-based violence, and
a variety of social development issues.

On behalf of everybody from Wrexham,
thank you. This is a privilege for us.

So we're here to work with you,
we're here to learn from you.

Part of the plan with Kick4Life

was that we actually wanted to get
some of their coaches over to Wrexham.

To actually see what
North Wales is like,

to understand how we actually
integrate with the local community

and how we use football as that
vehicle for positive change.

And now myself, you know,
other coaches from the club

are able to go out to Lesotho, to
exchange these coaching methods

and genuinely use football as
a positive vehicle for change.

-Are you ready to play?
-Yebo!

-Are you ready to play?
-Yebo!

Okay.

What is
happening behind me

is life skills training
of the Wrexham coaches.

They're going to be trained
today on our curriculum,

about three sessions
that focus on health.

Kick4Life goes into local
communities and schools to teach children

about various serious issues
like drug and substance abuse,

HIV transmission and
gender-based violence.

One statistic I was
shocked to learn

is that approximately 90% of
girls and women in Lesotho

had experienced
gender-based violence.

I grew up with my mum. My mum
was a single parent by then.

Yes.

Puky, through the gate,
not over it. Don't hit my cones.

There's about to be
an international friendly game

between the local high school
here and a Wrexham select 11.

Now some of them are very
select, it's fair to say.

Pressure's on some of them to
complete two and a half minutes.

-Are you ready to play?
-Yebo!

So, how much does this mean to the
schoolchildren here in Lesotho?

I mean, it means a lot.

For me, it's really more than a
job, it's my moral responsibility.

If we don't continue to do
what we do at Kick4Life,

then we can't break the cycle.

There's a cycle and it's
quite vicious in Lesotho,

and I think at Kick4Life,
we are making a change.

So, it's more than a job.

It's really a moral imperative.

We've got a penalty. If
we score, we're all on.

Yes!

If anybody ever wants to see what
the actual power of football is,

actually, it's that
universal language.

Then, you know, this session here
in Lesotho answers it in visual form

that words could never
actually do justice to.

And now we're
gonna drag her off.

You know, being able
to go out to Lesotho

and actually see some
of the initiatives

that we actually talked about in
the first place coming to fruition

was arguably one of the most
rewarding parts of my time at Wrexham.

Hands up!

Hands up!

This experience
feels like a good example

of what my new position
at Wrexham has to offer,

and I'm really excited to see
what other positive changes

we can implement in the future.

Wrexham is in a unique position

where the club's visibility
is at an all-time high.

If we can use this visibility
to spotlight, uplift

and advocate for communities that
could benefit from greater attention,

then, you know, part of
Rob and Ryan's legacy

will have been
completely fulfilled,

because we've connected
Wrexham to the world

and we've got a small community in
Lesotho that's benefiting from it.

Wrexham!

The red dragon endures
because it represents something timeless:

The ability to rise
when knocked down.

At Wrexham, this spirit lives
in every player, every fan,

and throughout the community.

It's about more than
winning matches.

It's about facing each
challenge with courage,

adapting and fighting
the good fight

for something bigger than
any individual, together.

Yma o hyd.

♪ ♪ Stars can be revealed
when the skies clear ♪

♪ ♪ Voices raising
up generations ♪

♪ ♪ Voices raising
up generations ♪