All language subtitles for Welcome to Wrexham (2022) - S02E05.en

In 1882, Otto Isler
and Ivan Levinstein,

two German immigrants
to the UK

who were unimpressed by
the selection of local ales,

set out to replicate

the lagers they loved
from back home.

The result was Wrexham Lager,

which they sold
under the slogan,

"Absolutely pure
and wholesome."

Over the next few decades,
their endeavor grew.

Wrexham gained in popularity,
not just at home but abroad.

It traveled the British army.

Yes, it was enjoyed
by local Welsh laborers,

but it also was beginning
to find customers as far away

as Peru, the Sudan,
and Australia.

In 1911, at a make-or-break
moment for the lager,

its place as a household name
alongside Guinness, Molson,

and Carlsberg
finally seemed assured

when the White Star Line
chose Wrexham

to be the beer of choice
on its biggest,

boldest bet yet.

♪ 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 ♪

♪ And 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 ♪

Fairly even game
over the 90 minutes,

but the ball didn't stick for
Wrexham in the final third,

and a disappointing result.

But it sends Notts County
top of the National League.

I've always been
a massive cynic

because of Wrexham's
past history.

We've had
a lot of false dawns.

Like, I don't wanna curse it

because I--I've seen
what happens before.

It'll be a setback not
to go up straightaway now.

I mean, if you don't
go through the playoffs,

it could be quite crushing.
Think you've been

in the playoff semifinals
against Luton.

Yeah. We always played Luton.

It was always bloody Luton. Yeah.

Well, this is
typical Wrexham.

This is what Wrexham do--

another heroic,
frustrating failure.

I'm trying
to keep it grounded,

but we've not--
we've not won anything yet.

You know, we--
we could do a Wrexham.

The records for the most
points ever won by a team

that didn't get promoted in the
history of the top five levels

of English football is Wrexham,
ten years ago.

That 2012 season,
we had 98 points,

and we ended up
in the playoffs.

We hate playoffs
at Wrexham.

We can't stand the thought
of postseason.

There are so many instances

of those near misses.

You know, I think
all of that is just--

it's in keeping with
what I think is a very--

it's a very British mentality
at times of, you know,

everything's bad, um, don't
expect better for yourself,

just get on with your life
until you're dead.

- Go, birds!
- Go, birds.

The last 365 days,

the teams
that I have supported

have come in second place.

In the National League, Wrexham.

Grimsby look to have won it!

In the FA trophy,
Wrexham Men's.

It's worthy of a
Hollywood script, all right,

but it's Bromley
that are the stars.

The Women's League,
Wrexham, second place.

The Philadelphia Union...

Cal's clipping it up! Boom!

They lost in the
championship, second place.

Oh, and I was there,
by the way.

The Philadelphia Phillies,

who lost in the World Series,
second place--

I was there too.

In fact,
I caught the first pitch.

And the Philadelphia Eagles,
who lost in the Super Bowl.

And the Kansas City Chiefs

have won Super Bowl LVII!

And yes,
I was there, as well,

but I couldn't bear to have
a camera in my face.

I'll tell you what,
losing hurts worse

than winning feels good.

Coming in second means
that you lost first.

The Bills wanna know why
you were labeled a good team

if you make
three Super Bowl trips

but a bad one
if you lose all three.

They're gonna become the
synonym for all teams forever

who don't win the big game.
But that's ridiculous.

If you ain't first,
you're last.

That's what
coming in second is.

And it doesn't--
it doesn't feel great.

It feels almost
more devastating

than coming in tenth, where
the expectation wasn't there.

Because the first thing
anyone wants to know

- is who was first.
- Yes.

It ain't you.

I've had a lot of movies
that came in second.

That also sucks.

Like, on a--like, an
opening weekend or something?

Yeah, you're, like,
in opening weekend,

and it's, like,
a great opening,

but you're second,
so no one cares.

They're just gonna talk
about the one that's first.

Tonight marks the 12th time
this talented actress

has been honored by her peers

with an Emmy nomination--
12 times.

Who could I possibly
be talking about?

My name is Susan Lucci.
I'm an actress.

Hey, let's talk
about disrespect

and what your tramp
of a daughter did

to my daughter Bianca,
after all Bianca did

for that piece of trash.

Starting in 1978,
Lucci was nominated

for a Daytime Emmy as
Outstanding Dramatic Actress

six out of the next eight
years and lost each time.

The situation was
becoming so perverse,

Lucci was winning
standing ovations for losing.

Oh, thank you!

By the ninth year of being
nominated and not winning,

I will say that I would hear
the other person's name called,

and I really--
I just would go numb.

I'd always tried
not to let myself

get swept up in the frenzy,
but, of course, I did.

But every time that I wouldn't
win, I would take it to heart.

And I would go back and try
and do better, you know.

Uh, not usually, not--
in fact, only once.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-mm.

All right, moving on.

I was determined
to make it happen in reality.

It's what I always wanted
to do.

It's what I love to do most.

I remember being a really--
I mean, really little--

I was the first one up
in the morning.

I would turn the TV on
right away,

and, uh, then my mother would
take me to Broadway shows

when I was--summer vacation.

But in terms of TV
and wanting--

as an early,
early motivating factor,

I would think,
"I wanna be in that box.

"I don't wanna be
out here watching.

I wanna be doing that."

Yes, here we go. Touch.

Good. Yeah!

Touch. Good. Finish! Better.

I often thought
that what we do as actors

is very akin to athletes.

We are our own instrument.

What we do with ourselves
is what is shown.

And it's very disciplined.

Don't let the speed go!

Go on, Mac.

You're part of a team.

At the same time,
you have an opportunity

to do something individual.

Kill 'em!

Let other people
perceive you as you want.

I perceive you as the most
resilient, tough-minded bunch

of SOBs that ever
participated in sports.

In sports,
there's just so much

that's out
of anyone's control.

I mean, you could do--
you could do everything right

and still never manage
to achieve

what you're trying to achieve,
and I think--

I think that can kind of
get to your head.

When the going
gets tough in the game,

you wanna be on the touchline
as a manager,

and you wanna see
those players who are gonna

go that extra yard to--
to turn a draw into a win

or a defeat in--into a draw.

And that's
the kind of mentality,

the strength of character,
the winning mentality,

who on the pitch
is not gonna accept defeat?

Of course, you know,
you've got to make sure

players who you bring in

have got the capability
to do that.

That's tough,
but Mendy's there.

Mendy from range.

Oh, my goodness!

Now Jacob Mendy
will have a pop, and hits!

But we watched Jacob
a lot, and in the summer,

we were trying hard
to get him,

and we got knocked back
several times by Boreham Wood.

We looked at other players.

And I always went back to him

because I liked the hunger
he played with.

My whole life
has been a challenge.

I've got a strong mentality
because of, um,

what I've grew up seeing.

The example of my father,
you know,

taking us from Gambia to--

to Spain
and then from Spain to the UK.

I used to--to look
at my father and see how hard

he--he worked.

You just have to have the same
energy and same mentality

that he has because, you know,
you know he's doing it for us.

Hooray!
Ah! Season ticket!

Season ticket!

Obviously, moving
from country to country

is--is always hard.

When I actually moved
to London six years ago,

I saw how hard it is to--
to move to a different country

as an adult and, you know,

having to--to work
to pay the rent.

I used to, obviously, play
and work at the same time.

So I had two jobs as well.

I was doing a cleaning job,

and I used to work
about 12 hours a day,

so it was harder for me
to find a club,

and it wasn't great, you know.

I liked the story
of him coming over to England,

playing in--in non-league in--
in Wealdstone, first of all,

working on a building site,

and then moving
to Boreham Wood.

And I just felt his hunger
and kind of rawness

would fit in well--
would be a good addition

to the group we had.

You're my favorite player.

Oh, my.
Oh, thank you very much.

What's your name?
Stefan.

Stefan, nice to meet you.

When I first came
to the changing room,

I saw Paul Mullin.

He told me about how good
was the club and, uh,

how good was the people

around the club
and everything.

But I couldn't understand
one thing of what he said.

So that was the first impression
I had of--of, you know,

the--the--the--the club
and the team.

So I was like, oof,
I'm going to struggle

just to understand them.

Mendy delivered one
good ball from there already.

This time, he cuts inside
low to Palmer.

Palmer on his right foot.
He's gonna hit it.

Great block by Gallagher,
doesn't fall for Davis,

does for Mendy.
Mendy hits it. It's in!

The first Wrexham goal
for Jacob Mendy!

You know,
we share the same mentality

and the same passion.

Yeah.

Which means, um--
I don't know if I--

my pronunciation was right,
but it means, uh,

"My name is Jacob."

In?
- In Welsh.

Obviously, I wasn't part

of what happened
the season before.

And that is it!
Wrexham's season is over!

Second place, it feels
like basically you're losing.

It's last.
That's the worst feeling.

You know, you work hard
and you just had it there.

It's a horrible feeling
that you don't recover

in days and days and days.

You know, you can see, um,
the disappointment

in everyone's faces.

But at the same time, I thought
it was something positive

because I knew they wouldn't
like to feel the same way.

Looking for Mendy. Mendy.

I knew from the first day

that I wanted
to come to Wrexham.

I wanted to play for a team
with a winning mentality.

I'm only here to win.

So with all this talk about,
you know, coming in second

and "losing,"
there's a team

towards the bottom
of our table...

Who are actually winners.

Bring it up,
bring it up, bring it up.

Hit second! Second!
Right, right, right, right!

One of the great things
about the National League is,

it is this melting pot
of different teams.

You've got former league teams

that have fallen
on hard times,

which you would count us
as one.

And--you know, and you've got
teams like Dorking Wanderers,

who have undergone this
incredible transformation

over the last 20 years, um,

of going from being
a Sunday league

amateur group
of friends to now a,

you know, professional team on
the cusp of--of league football.

I think it's a great story.
It's a community club.

Um, they've come up
from so low down.

Dorking is a small town

located 21 miles
outside of London,

which is about four hours away
from Wrexham.

Apart from their
beautiful countryside,

Dorking is home to, arguably,
the most ambitious

football team
in all of England.

Aspirations very much in line
with the town

and team's symbol,
the Dorking cockerel.

Right, let's go.
Jump into the shape.

Get it right.

Shit!
No good, no good, no good.

It's no good, come back,
come back, stop.

Well, we're gonna go
one more time.

It's a bit fucking frosty
for me, right?

Get the width, lads.
Get the standards.

Okay? Come on, men! Let's go.

Yeah, I think, with Phil,
they've got a manager

with a--a drive
and determination--

he's a part owner,
as well, um--

to keep--keep progressing.

Let's go!
Put your foot into it!

Perfect!
Double that arch. Good.

Winger, let's go!
Let's go! Let's go!

I'm Mark White, the, uh, owner,
chairman, and manager

of Dorking Wanderers
Football Club.

Keep going! Keep going!

I started the club
from scratch 23 years ago.

We started 12 divisions
below the National League,

where we are now, so it
would be the equivalent

of any sport that is
the lowest possible level

and just done for fun.

We're like a real, you know,
fairy tale in terms of,

like, we had no stadium,
no ground, no nothing.

We didn't know what to expect.

We just thought
we'd have fun with it.

And then we got the bug.

We kind of kept winning.

We've actually got--it's 12
promotions in--in 23 years.

So we've been promoted pretty
much once every two seasons,

which is a British record.

And, uh, we're proud of that.

And that's really
how it's all taken off.

Dorking Wanderers,

they've developed
this winning mentality.

They've proven, uh,

that against all odds
and adversity,

that they
are gonna go out there

and give everything
of themselves,

which is inspiring to us

because Wrexham
has had a historically

tough time
in the last few decades.

That's passion, and passion,
I think, is super important.

Passion gets shit done
all the time.

Oi, fuck off!

Isaac, get closer, man!

Fucking get closer!

Passion also scares
the shit out of people.

Terrorize 'em, seriously!

Um, passion inspires people.

What are we doing?

You know, he--he gets fired up.

They wanna drop
into a block, fuck that!

Put it on 'em!

Like, if something
goes wrong on the pitch,

something goes wrong
with the club,

that--that guy still believes
he's gonna win.

Looking to fight.

Hey, don't fucking
shit yourselves!

Don't fucking shit yourselves!

Marc's an extraordinary
character in many respects

because he's so,
in many respects,

divorced from, like,
the conventional way

of doing things in football,

and it's--it's yielding
incredible results.

I've managed every single game
for, like, 23 years.

Even when I've been
suspended, I just--

I just hide in the stadium.

Even when I'm not allowed
in the ground,

I just put
a fucking disguise on.

I've got to be there.
That's how it works.

Do you know
who you remind me of?

Go on.

Del Boy Trotter.
- Mate, fucking--

Right?

But what about
Alf Garnett, then?

Eh? You havin'
a fucking laugh, eh, mate?

Fair Deal Frank.

Well, it depends.
It's seasonal.

Do you know what I mean?
It's seasonal.

In the winter,
it's fucking easy, right?

It's--it's hat, coat,
the whole shebang.

In the summer,
it's not--it's not ideal.

It's a lot tougher.

I wouldn't show
the owners this stuff

because they'll be thinking
Parky ain't as good as me.

And that--that--that's when
it becomes an issue.

Marc and his team have
been a breath of fresh air.

There's--they've got
a great story.

And I'm sure,
in the coming years,

they'll be looking to make
themselves a league club.

This year,
we've probably got

a lot lower resources
than other clubs.

When we first get promoted
to a new division,

we--we try to consolidate
where we are.

If we stay in the division,
that was our goal.

And the next year, we'll piss
people off by winning more,

and that's what we always do.

Dorking,
they probably don't--

well, obviously,
they don't have the--

the financial resources
that, uh, certain clubs do.

Uh, but the resource
they do have in spades is,

kind of, they have
this culture of success.

You know, they--their first
year at this level,

they're the only team to beat
Notts County so far.

We haven't even done that.

And then, you know,
come the end of the season,

they may have done us
a huge favor there.

What everyone here in town
is fighting to change

is that pessimism
that creeps up

when things go wrong.
And the referee...

He's glowing.
Has he had enough?

Yep.
Yes, he has.

Well, a 0-0 draw
for Wrexham, disappointing.

Very disappointing, Mark.

Yeah, it's a shame.

You know, we--we should have
stayed on top of the league.

But we're one point
behind them now, or was it--

yeah, one point
behind Notts County now.

We're jumping over each other.

One of our guys,
our producers, sent, like,

the sweetest, like, hey,
we'd love to interview Notts.

You guys are having an amazing
season, blah, blah, blah.

- I loved it.
- And they were like, ugh.

The--the--the response
is so good.

It's so great.

Fuck you--

Fuck you and your sh--

you can shove your shite
documentary up your arse.

Yeah, yeah.

We need to seize the moment.

There--there comes a point
where the story of a team

that always tries to achieve
something and never does

becomes a nonstory.

And the outstanding diva is...

the streak is over!
Susan Lucci!

I have always been "never
take no for an answer" type.

It's true. Mm-hmm.

I'm not somebody who will ever
throw up my hands

and say, "That's it."