1 00:00:11,228 --> 00:00:13,360 - Excuse us. - Thank you, guys. 2 00:00:16,929 --> 00:00:18,365 Thank you, gents. 3 00:00:18,365 --> 00:00:20,933 Keep moving! Guys, move on! 4 00:00:24,371 --> 00:00:27,331 - Keep it moving! - Sorry, guys. 5 00:00:27,374 --> 00:00:28,767 Keep going! 6 00:00:52,399 --> 00:00:55,620 - Wow. - Yes, yes, yes. 7 00:00:55,620 --> 00:00:57,230 Not bad, right? 8 00:00:57,274 --> 00:00:58,492 I don't think the goosebumps are 'cause it's cold. 9 00:01:04,629 --> 00:01:07,762 I'm just thinking about how many thousands of people 10 00:01:07,806 --> 00:01:12,506 have come to watch these games over the last 150 years. 11 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:15,118 - Pretty incredible. Yeah. 12 00:01:15,161 --> 00:01:16,945 Oh, wow! 13 00:01:16,989 --> 00:01:19,165 - There you go. - Come on, now. 14 00:01:19,209 --> 00:01:21,341 Now, that's a stadium. 15 00:01:21,385 --> 00:01:22,734 - Wow. Is that better? 16 00:01:28,957 --> 00:01:33,179 So there is a real risk for us. 17 00:01:33,223 --> 00:01:34,354 Yeah, I mean, that's part of the anxiety. 18 00:01:34,398 --> 00:01:36,748 Like, watching the team lose last night, 19 00:01:36,835 --> 00:01:40,534 you're thinking the investment in this club just took a hit. 20 00:01:40,578 --> 00:01:42,449 Yes. 21 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:45,974 And there is a version of the story... 22 00:01:46,018 --> 00:01:47,411 where we are villains... 23 00:01:49,021 --> 00:01:50,457 - Where it doesn't-- - Oh, that's my usual story. 24 00:01:50,544 --> 00:01:52,329 That's usually the story in my head. 25 00:01:52,416 --> 00:01:54,896 Yeah. It doesn't work, and then we go, 26 00:01:54,983 --> 00:01:57,769 "What are we gonna do? We have to sell it." 27 00:01:57,812 --> 00:01:59,988 - And then we're the bad guys. - Yeah. 28 00:02:02,252 --> 00:02:03,688 - Fuck that. - Fuck that. 29 00:02:03,688 --> 00:02:04,689 Yeah. 30 00:02:06,691 --> 00:02:07,996 It's gonna work. 31 00:02:10,651 --> 00:02:13,176 Come gather round, people 32 00:02:13,219 --> 00:02:16,788 Wherever you roam 33 00:02:16,875 --> 00:02:22,359 And admit that the waters around you have grown 34 00:02:22,402 --> 00:02:24,839 And accept it that soon 35 00:02:24,883 --> 00:02:28,016 You'll be drenched to the bone 36 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:32,804 If your time to you is worth savin' 37 00:02:32,847 --> 00:02:36,373 Then you better start swimming 38 00:02:36,416 --> 00:02:39,550 Or you'll sink like a stone 39 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:45,773 For the times, they are a-changin' 40 00:02:53,607 --> 00:02:56,915 Welcome to Wrexham 41 00:02:56,958 --> 00:03:01,267 A diamond in the heart of Wales 42 00:03:01,311 --> 00:03:04,531 This land of dragons 43 00:03:04,531 --> 00:03:08,361 Coal, fire, and steel 44 00:03:08,405 --> 00:03:10,320 Hollywood A-lister Ryan Reynolds could be 45 00:03:10,407 --> 00:03:12,757 about to take on his next big role. 46 00:03:12,844 --> 00:03:14,280 Fellow A-lister Rob McElhenney 47 00:03:14,324 --> 00:03:16,326 is bidding with Reynolds. 48 00:03:16,369 --> 00:03:18,893 They could be about to launch a takeover 49 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:20,939 at Wrexham Football Club. 50 00:03:20,982 --> 00:03:22,680 I'm hoping this is not some big publicity stunt. 51 00:03:22,723 --> 00:03:24,159 Ah, it's probably just a joke on Twitter. 52 00:03:24,203 --> 00:03:27,075 We've heard it all before, so it'll go tits up, 100%. 53 00:03:27,119 --> 00:03:29,164 Don't get me wrong. 54 00:03:29,208 --> 00:03:31,906 If the intentions are good and to move the club forward, 55 00:03:31,950 --> 00:03:34,431 then fantastic, but we need to know why Wrexham. 56 00:03:34,431 --> 00:03:38,435 Welcome to Wrexham 57 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:44,092 E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles! 58 00:03:52,536 --> 00:03:54,320 I'm from Philadelphia, 59 00:03:54,364 --> 00:03:58,150 and I've always been a sports fanatic. 60 00:03:58,193 --> 00:04:01,371 I couldn't play anything, but I always love watching it. 61 00:04:01,414 --> 00:04:03,895 My whole family loved the Eagles. 62 00:04:03,895 --> 00:04:06,289 It was just something that was a part of my life 63 00:04:06,332 --> 00:04:08,682 from the time I can remember. 64 00:04:08,726 --> 00:04:12,469 The team becomes an extension of the city. 65 00:04:12,512 --> 00:04:16,603 - Whoo! Whoo! - Yeah! 66 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:18,388 Even as a kid, 67 00:04:18,431 --> 00:04:22,174 I just remember that gave me something to identify with. 68 00:04:22,217 --> 00:04:25,743 E-A-G-L-E-S! Eagles! 69 00:04:30,182 --> 00:04:32,619 I grew up in South Philadelphia... 70 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,928 On the corner of Moyamensing and Dickinson. 71 00:04:38,538 --> 00:04:40,453 The Philadelphia that I know 72 00:04:40,497 --> 00:04:42,847 and the Philadelphia as it identifies itself, 73 00:04:42,890 --> 00:04:45,415 are people who work really hard for everything that they have. 74 00:04:47,417 --> 00:04:51,072 Oh, my God. 75 00:04:51,116 --> 00:04:53,074 This is incredible. 76 00:04:55,773 --> 00:04:57,427 Oh, my God. 77 00:04:57,427 --> 00:05:00,691 - This is crazy! 78 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:02,649 - This is all exactly the same. - Exactly the same. Yeah. 79 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:05,086 Like, nothing has been changed. 80 00:05:05,086 --> 00:05:07,524 And the best part about this house was the outhouse-- 81 00:05:07,567 --> 00:05:09,221 an actual outhouse, 82 00:05:09,264 --> 00:05:10,744 'cause they didn't have downstairs plumbing. 83 00:05:10,788 --> 00:05:12,311 So if you were down here 84 00:05:12,311 --> 00:05:13,530 and you didn't want to go upstairs, 85 00:05:13,617 --> 00:05:15,662 you just went outside to the outhouse. 86 00:05:15,662 --> 00:05:17,751 - So, Leo... - Ooh. 87 00:05:17,795 --> 00:05:21,668 What would it be like to share this room... 88 00:05:21,755 --> 00:05:23,453 with your brother? 89 00:05:23,453 --> 00:05:26,891 - Uh, is it this small? - Yeah. 90 00:05:26,978 --> 00:05:28,675 Like, it would be, like, this exact room. 91 00:05:28,675 --> 00:05:31,112 Honestly, if I could take this, I would. 92 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:32,897 - You would? 93 00:05:32,984 --> 00:05:36,074 You want an iPod? 94 00:05:36,117 --> 00:05:38,076 Who doesn't? 95 00:05:38,119 --> 00:05:39,860 One of the things that was really attractive 96 00:05:39,904 --> 00:05:41,775 about Wrexham is, even though I've never been there, 97 00:05:41,819 --> 00:05:44,212 the town reminds me of Philadelphia. 98 00:05:44,256 --> 00:05:46,867 It's a working-class town. It's a blue-collar town. 99 00:05:46,911 --> 00:05:49,914 It's a town that has had its ups and downs, 100 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:51,872 and they haven't had all the opportunities 101 00:05:51,916 --> 00:05:53,787 that a lot of other people have had. 102 00:05:53,831 --> 00:05:55,267 I feel like I know those people. 103 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:56,660 I grew up with those people. 104 00:05:56,703 --> 00:05:58,444 I am one of those people. 105 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:05,930 Humphrey, what are the rules? 106 00:06:06,017 --> 00:06:07,540 Well, the rules are 107 00:06:07,584 --> 00:06:09,499 our team's trying to put the ball in your goal. 108 00:06:09,499 --> 00:06:10,891 You're trying to put it in our goal. 109 00:06:10,935 --> 00:06:13,372 That's really all you need to know right now. 110 00:06:13,459 --> 00:06:15,505 - Where am I going? - The goal. 111 00:06:15,592 --> 00:06:16,723 Yeah, Mom. 112 00:06:16,723 --> 00:06:17,724 - Hey! 113 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:19,509 Rob is a new convert 114 00:06:19,596 --> 00:06:21,859 to the charms and joys of football. 115 00:06:23,991 --> 00:06:26,603 Rob and I have worked together and we're friends. 116 00:06:26,690 --> 00:06:28,822 I watch quite a lot of football 117 00:06:28,822 --> 00:06:30,737 in the writers' room during our lunch breaks. 118 00:06:30,737 --> 00:06:32,913 Rob started to be like, "What is this? 119 00:06:32,957 --> 00:06:35,307 Why are you so obsessed with this stupid game?" 120 00:06:37,744 --> 00:06:39,311 My mind was racing 121 00:06:39,354 --> 00:06:42,706 when I learned about the English system. 122 00:06:42,749 --> 00:06:45,578 The idea that you can get promoted 123 00:06:45,622 --> 00:06:47,754 into a league above you and demoted 124 00:06:47,798 --> 00:06:50,757 and kicked out of the league is incredible. 125 00:06:50,801 --> 00:06:52,280 The English professional football system, 126 00:06:52,324 --> 00:06:55,762 or pyramid, consists of four tiers. 127 00:06:55,762 --> 00:06:57,285 The Premier League at the top of the pyramid, 128 00:06:57,329 --> 00:06:59,418 that's the créme de la créme of football 129 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:00,288 where you've got your Chelseas, 130 00:07:00,332 --> 00:07:02,552 Manchester Uniteds. 131 00:07:02,595 --> 00:07:05,511 And one tier down from that, you've got the Championship, 132 00:07:05,555 --> 00:07:08,862 then League One and League Two. 133 00:07:08,949 --> 00:07:10,951 So the farther up the pyramid you are, 134 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:12,866 the better the talent, the bigger the prizes, 135 00:07:12,953 --> 00:07:16,391 and thus the more profitable your club becomes. 136 00:07:16,435 --> 00:07:20,961 Teams can move between tiers via promotion and relegation. 137 00:07:21,005 --> 00:07:23,137 At the end of the season, the best teams go up, 138 00:07:23,181 --> 00:07:25,749 and the worst teams go down. 139 00:07:25,792 --> 00:07:27,794 For the past 14 seasons, 140 00:07:27,838 --> 00:07:30,667 Wrexham have been playing here, 141 00:07:30,754 --> 00:07:32,712 below the pyramid, in the National League, 142 00:07:32,756 --> 00:07:34,018 the lowest level 143 00:07:34,105 --> 00:07:35,802 of professional football in England-- 144 00:07:35,889 --> 00:07:38,109 the tiers below being semi-professional. 145 00:07:40,024 --> 00:07:41,808 Being relegated to the National League is... 146 00:07:41,852 --> 00:07:43,680 A bit like football purgatory. 147 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,812 The wages are low. The prize money is low. 148 00:07:45,899 --> 00:07:47,379 It makes it very difficult 149 00:07:47,422 --> 00:07:49,250 for clubs like Wrexham that drop into it 150 00:07:49,294 --> 00:07:51,601 to get back into the English football league system. 151 00:07:51,688 --> 00:07:53,385 Imagine, if you will, 152 00:07:53,428 --> 00:07:57,258 the New York Yankees lose 150 games in a season. 153 00:07:57,258 --> 00:07:58,695 They finish dead last, 154 00:07:58,695 --> 00:07:59,609 and they have to drop down a league 155 00:07:59,696 --> 00:08:01,262 and the following year 156 00:08:01,349 --> 00:08:03,395 play against the likes of the Toledo Mud Hens 157 00:08:03,482 --> 00:08:05,397 and the Sacramento River Cats. 158 00:08:05,397 --> 00:08:06,833 And if they keep losing enough 159 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:08,356 and they keep dropping leagues, 160 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,923 then eventually they end up 161 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:12,056 playing beer league softball in Ithaca 162 00:08:12,143 --> 00:08:14,972 or against fucking 12-year-olds in Williamsport. 163 00:08:17,061 --> 00:08:18,932 And then I called Humphrey, and I was like, 164 00:08:19,019 --> 00:08:20,586 "If you had a club that had an infrastructure 165 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:21,935 "that could at least support 166 00:08:21,979 --> 00:08:23,850 "an even-ing of the balance sheet, 167 00:08:23,937 --> 00:08:26,026 "can't you theoretically take a team that's 168 00:08:26,070 --> 00:08:28,028 in the lowest league and bring them to the top?" 169 00:08:28,072 --> 00:08:29,160 Goal! 170 00:08:29,203 --> 00:08:31,292 He said, "Yes." 171 00:08:31,292 --> 00:08:33,947 But as I started to gather more and more information, 172 00:08:33,947 --> 00:08:37,603 I realized how expensive it was going to be. 173 00:08:37,647 --> 00:08:40,606 I have TV money, 174 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:42,521 but as I started to look at how expensive 175 00:08:42,608 --> 00:08:44,175 it actually was to run a club, 176 00:08:44,262 --> 00:08:47,265 I realized that I needed something more than TV money. 177 00:08:47,308 --> 00:08:49,397 I needed... 178 00:08:49,441 --> 00:08:50,877 movie-star money. 179 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:54,707 Sometimes you got to let your heart lead you, 180 00:08:54,751 --> 00:08:56,013 even if you know it's someplace 181 00:08:56,056 --> 00:08:58,189 you know you're not supposed to be. 182 00:08:58,276 --> 00:09:00,757 More than that, I needed superhero movie-star money. 183 00:09:04,064 --> 00:09:06,110 Time to make the chimi-fucking-changas. 184 00:09:06,110 --> 00:09:09,679 More than that probably, as we ascended up the leagues, 185 00:09:09,722 --> 00:09:12,638 I would need alcohol-baron money. 186 00:09:12,682 --> 00:09:15,728 Aviation American Gin. 187 00:09:15,772 --> 00:09:17,904 And mobile-phone-services money, 188 00:09:17,904 --> 00:09:20,907 and... 189 00:09:20,951 --> 00:09:22,213 what other companies does this bitch have? 190 00:09:22,256 --> 00:09:24,258 - Cybersecurity. - Cybersecurity money. 191 00:09:25,651 --> 00:09:28,001 And--anybody? 192 00:09:28,045 --> 00:09:28,698 What else has he got? 193 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:32,876 Ah! 194 00:09:36,619 --> 00:09:40,361 What the fuck? That--I mean-- 195 00:09:40,361 --> 00:09:41,754 That was great. 196 00:09:41,798 --> 00:09:44,670 In a PG-13 movie like this, 197 00:09:44,714 --> 00:09:47,673 you get one "fuck," two "shits," and a glass of white wine, 198 00:09:47,717 --> 00:09:50,328 and then you say, "Hang on to your PG-13 rating." 199 00:09:52,809 --> 00:09:54,811 I grew up in a working-class family, 200 00:09:54,854 --> 00:09:57,335 and I have three older brothers. 201 00:09:57,378 --> 00:10:01,121 My father struggled in a number of different ways. 202 00:10:01,165 --> 00:10:05,212 My dad started as a cop, then became a food broker, 203 00:10:05,256 --> 00:10:07,040 which sounds like a cover for a CIA agent or something, 204 00:10:07,084 --> 00:10:09,042 but that was his actual job. 205 00:10:09,086 --> 00:10:10,391 Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, 206 00:10:10,435 --> 00:10:13,264 oh, my God, oh, my God! 207 00:10:13,307 --> 00:10:15,309 The main place I got validation from my father-- 208 00:10:15,353 --> 00:10:17,094 like, if I was good at sports, 209 00:10:17,137 --> 00:10:19,052 in my father's eyes, I was doing all right. 210 00:10:19,096 --> 00:10:22,534 So I played sports long past the point 211 00:10:22,577 --> 00:10:25,537 where I was, like, really driven to play sports. 212 00:10:25,580 --> 00:10:26,843 Go back to, like-- yeah, right here. 213 00:10:26,843 --> 00:10:27,974 - Yeah. - Yeah. Here we go. 214 00:10:29,976 --> 00:10:31,891 It carried on, it carried on all through show business, 215 00:10:31,935 --> 00:10:33,414 all that, so, you know, 216 00:10:33,501 --> 00:10:34,981 it's like an unquenchable thirst for validation. 217 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:38,071 Aah! 218 00:10:38,115 --> 00:10:39,769 My father's been dead for years, but, like, 219 00:10:39,769 --> 00:10:41,553 it's, you know, you kind of-- 220 00:10:41,553 --> 00:10:44,121 stuff doesn't really go away. 221 00:10:44,164 --> 00:10:46,297 It's easier to sort of think of him, you know, 222 00:10:46,384 --> 00:10:48,647 the way I'm describing him, as, like, a really hard-ass. 223 00:10:48,647 --> 00:10:51,128 He would have thought all of this was wild. 224 00:10:51,171 --> 00:10:54,218 Like, you know, he didn't really see any of the stuff 225 00:10:54,305 --> 00:10:56,307 Deadpool forward, 226 00:10:56,307 --> 00:10:58,526 so I think he would have thought this was all pretty crazy. 227 00:11:06,578 --> 00:11:08,362 Ryan's FaceTiming me. 228 00:11:08,449 --> 00:11:10,408 Hey, you look great. 229 00:11:10,451 --> 00:11:12,105 All you two do is tell each other you look great. 230 00:11:12,149 --> 00:11:13,890 Yeah. I know. It's just constantly-- 231 00:11:13,977 --> 00:11:15,674 Why it's such a successful friendship. 232 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:18,198 - He seems insecure. 233 00:11:18,242 --> 00:11:19,852 I don't really know Ryan that well. 234 00:11:19,896 --> 00:11:22,463 I've never met him in person before this. 235 00:11:22,463 --> 00:11:24,596 We met through social media and then just became friends. 236 00:11:24,683 --> 00:11:26,119 Great. So that one should work, 237 00:11:26,163 --> 00:11:28,600 but as long as it's not-- yes, that should work. 238 00:11:30,341 --> 00:11:34,040 Today is the call to the Wrexham Supporters Trust. 239 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,651 Because it is a club that is owned by the fans, 240 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:39,393 we have to persuade them to vote us through 241 00:11:39,437 --> 00:11:42,179 by a 75-25 margin. 242 00:11:42,222 --> 00:11:43,920 It's quite a high bar, but that was put in place 243 00:11:44,007 --> 00:11:45,443 'cause it had terrible owners in the past, 244 00:11:45,486 --> 00:11:46,966 and so people wanted to make sure that if they were gonna 245 00:11:47,010 --> 00:11:49,055 vote for anyone, it was the right person. 246 00:11:49,099 --> 00:11:50,753 So, you know, we created a proposal 247 00:11:50,796 --> 00:11:52,406 and really made sure 248 00:11:52,450 --> 00:11:55,279 that we conveyed to the community our intentions. 249 00:11:55,279 --> 00:11:56,671 In terms of trust, 250 00:11:56,715 --> 00:11:58,282 they have been burned before 251 00:11:58,369 --> 00:12:00,066 - by shady people. - Mm-hmm. 252 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:01,981 But we're not some shady businessmen 253 00:12:02,025 --> 00:12:03,461 that can just, like, 254 00:12:03,504 --> 00:12:06,116 if this goes south, like, lurk into the shadows 255 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:07,465 and pretend like it never happened 256 00:12:07,508 --> 00:12:08,640 and just go back to our lives. 257 00:12:08,683 --> 00:12:09,902 No. People know where to find us. 258 00:12:09,946 --> 00:12:11,512 Yes, yes. 259 00:12:11,512 --> 00:12:14,646 At stake today is whether or not we get to become 260 00:12:14,689 --> 00:12:17,867 the next stewards of Wrexham Football Club. 261 00:12:17,867 --> 00:12:22,393 So if it goes south, then we won't. 262 00:12:22,393 --> 00:12:24,917 This is a very high-profile thing with a lot at stake, 263 00:12:24,961 --> 00:12:26,876 and we really don't want to let them down, 264 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:28,094 and I think we can speak to that. 265 00:12:28,138 --> 00:12:29,487 I don't know that we necessarily can speak 266 00:12:29,530 --> 00:12:31,097 so much to, "You have to trust us," 267 00:12:31,097 --> 00:12:32,751 'cause then it feels a little Harold Hill to me. 268 00:12:32,751 --> 00:12:34,709 - Yeah, great. - And I feel like--yeah. 269 00:12:34,753 --> 00:12:36,624 - Great. All right. Awesome. - Great. 270 00:12:36,668 --> 00:12:37,843 - All right. - I will, uh-- 271 00:12:37,887 --> 00:12:39,889 I will see you soon. Bye. 272 00:12:39,976 --> 00:12:41,673 Ah, he got the last word in. 273 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,893 Fuck. I got to-- 274 00:12:46,504 --> 00:12:49,637 Hello, everybody. I hope you can hear me okay. 275 00:12:49,681 --> 00:12:51,204 My name's Brian Phillips. 276 00:12:51,291 --> 00:12:53,554 I'm the chair of Wrexham Supporters Trust, 277 00:12:53,641 --> 00:12:55,469 and I want to welcome members 278 00:12:55,513 --> 00:12:57,471 and our special guests 279 00:12:57,515 --> 00:13:00,344 to this very special presentation evening. 280 00:13:00,344 --> 00:13:02,912 - Please note... - Sweating. 281 00:13:02,955 --> 00:13:04,304 I would like to invite Rob McElhenney 282 00:13:04,348 --> 00:13:05,610 and Ryan Reynolds on screen. 283 00:13:05,653 --> 00:13:07,525 Hey, hey. 284 00:13:07,568 --> 00:13:09,179 They will talk you through some key questions 285 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:11,703 about their proposed takeover of Wrexham AFC. 286 00:13:11,746 --> 00:13:13,313 We'll start with-- if you could talk us through 287 00:13:13,357 --> 00:13:14,793 what yours and Rob's vision for the club is 288 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:16,577 if members decide to entrust it to you. 289 00:13:16,577 --> 00:13:19,276 I think I just want to start by ripping the Band-Aid off 290 00:13:19,319 --> 00:13:22,496 and addressing the fact that this is all pretty... 291 00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:24,934 Pretty wild. 292 00:13:24,977 --> 00:13:27,371 I'm sure it's got to be a little disconcerting 293 00:13:27,414 --> 00:13:30,374 that a Canadian and an American are so interested in your club, 294 00:13:30,417 --> 00:13:32,724 but we want to assure everyone on this call 295 00:13:32,767 --> 00:13:36,075 that we are taking this venture very seriously. 296 00:13:36,119 --> 00:13:38,121 I don't care if you're a movie star. 297 00:13:38,164 --> 00:13:40,514 I don't care if you're driving a forklift. 298 00:13:40,558 --> 00:13:42,125 When you're in a situation 299 00:13:42,168 --> 00:13:44,388 where you're seeking the approval of other people, 300 00:13:44,388 --> 00:13:46,390 your brain is always going, "They're gonna say no. 301 00:13:46,390 --> 00:13:47,826 They don't--they're on to me." 302 00:13:47,913 --> 00:13:49,393 Imposter syndrome is in full effect. 303 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,047 Rob, could you answer first? 304 00:13:51,090 --> 00:13:52,744 And I guess it's the big question-- 305 00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:54,093 why Wrexham AFC? 306 00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:56,922 When I tell people 307 00:13:56,966 --> 00:14:00,273 that the Eagles winning the Super Bowl 308 00:14:00,317 --> 00:14:03,276 was one of the greatest days of my life-- 309 00:14:03,363 --> 00:14:04,974 it was top five greatest days of my life... 310 00:14:04,974 --> 00:14:07,237 - That's it! They got it! 311 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,630 People who are supporters of clubs 312 00:14:09,630 --> 00:14:11,589 and sporting fans across the world 313 00:14:11,632 --> 00:14:13,286 know exactly what I'm talking about, and I mean it. 314 00:14:13,330 --> 00:14:15,158 I put it up there with the birth of my children 315 00:14:15,201 --> 00:14:16,942 and my wedding day 316 00:14:16,986 --> 00:14:19,292 not because of what happened on the field, 317 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:22,992 but because of what it meant to an entire community of people 318 00:14:23,079 --> 00:14:25,777 and to my relationships with my friends 319 00:14:25,864 --> 00:14:27,648 and my family members 320 00:14:27,648 --> 00:14:30,042 and the entire city of Philadelphia. 321 00:14:30,086 --> 00:14:32,088 I really believe that we can build something like that, 322 00:14:32,088 --> 00:14:33,350 and I want to be there for that. 323 00:14:33,393 --> 00:14:35,004 I want to be a part of that, 324 00:14:35,004 --> 00:14:36,570 and I hope that you will allow us 325 00:14:36,614 --> 00:14:39,356 to help you achieve something like that. 326 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:41,227 Should the majority of the supporters 327 00:14:41,227 --> 00:14:42,925 decide that we're the guys for the job, 328 00:14:42,968 --> 00:14:44,839 we would be honored and thrilled, 329 00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:46,667 and we would never, ever once take that lightly. 330 00:14:46,754 --> 00:14:48,234 We will laugh at ourselves, 331 00:14:48,278 --> 00:14:50,541 but we will never laugh at the situation. 332 00:14:50,628 --> 00:14:52,456 Well, thank you, gentlemen, for your time this evening. 333 00:14:52,456 --> 00:14:53,500 - Thank you. - Thank you, guys. 334 00:14:53,544 --> 00:14:55,154 Appreciate it. 335 00:14:58,244 --> 00:14:59,680 There you go. 336 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,465 And now it's in the people's hands. 337 00:15:01,465 --> 00:15:02,335 It is. 338 00:15:04,685 --> 00:15:06,992 I thought that went very, very well. 339 00:15:07,036 --> 00:15:08,776 - Yeah. - Agreed. 340 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:11,127 You know what was one of my favorite parts was 341 00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:12,824 when they asked about the documentary 342 00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:16,784 and you could see the giant camera behind you... 343 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:20,223 - Oh, for real? - Filming. Yes. 344 00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:21,789 Yes, so I was so glad you were like-- 345 00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:23,617 right away, you were like, 346 00:15:23,661 --> 00:15:25,097 "Oh, yeah, hell, yeah, we're doing a documentary." 347 00:15:25,141 --> 00:15:26,838 I was like, "Yeah, we're making a documentary, 348 00:15:26,881 --> 00:15:29,058 like, right this fucking second." 349 00:15:29,101 --> 00:15:31,060 Well, what the fuck? That's your responsibility. 350 00:15:31,147 --> 00:15:33,018 I can see a gigantic-- 351 00:15:33,062 --> 00:15:35,151 Is that an IMAX camera? Like, what the fuck? 352 00:15:44,899 --> 00:15:46,597 A lot of people outside the UK 353 00:15:46,684 --> 00:15:49,034 aren't even aware that Wales is not in England. 354 00:15:49,078 --> 00:15:50,470 It's a separate country. 355 00:15:50,514 --> 00:15:52,081 It's on the west coast of the UK, 356 00:15:52,124 --> 00:15:55,040 and Wrexham's a town of about 65,000 people 357 00:15:55,084 --> 00:15:58,478 in the northeast of Wales. 358 00:15:58,522 --> 00:16:01,525 Wrexham was a nice place to grow up. 359 00:16:01,525 --> 00:16:03,744 It was a really safe place 360 00:16:03,831 --> 00:16:06,008 where communities pull together. 361 00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:09,620 And of course, when I was growing up, 362 00:16:09,663 --> 00:16:12,231 we had a really good football team. 363 00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:16,757 As a child, my father took me to games, 364 00:16:16,844 --> 00:16:18,498 and I can remember back then, 365 00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:21,197 we were what is now known as the Championship 366 00:16:21,197 --> 00:16:23,547 or the level below the Premier League. 367 00:16:27,942 --> 00:16:29,640 It's the third-oldest professional club 368 00:16:29,683 --> 00:16:31,337 in the world. 369 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,774 It's the oldest club in Wales, 370 00:16:33,774 --> 00:16:37,169 and it plays at the Cae Ras, or the Racecourse in English, 371 00:16:37,213 --> 00:16:39,780 which is the oldest international stadium 372 00:16:39,780 --> 00:16:43,784 still in use anywhere in the world. 373 00:16:43,784 --> 00:16:48,093 And for many, many years, Wrexham were Wales' best club. 374 00:16:48,137 --> 00:16:49,573 And it's Thomas who takes it. 375 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,184 Oh, what a goal! Mickey Thomas! 376 00:16:52,228 --> 00:16:53,794 When I started watching Wrexham, 377 00:16:53,794 --> 00:16:55,274 we had a team of heroes in those days. 378 00:16:58,799 --> 00:17:01,802 Wrexham's crowds would compare favorably with many clubs, 379 00:17:01,802 --> 00:17:03,326 even sometimes in top divisions 380 00:17:03,369 --> 00:17:04,414 in other countries in Europe. 381 00:17:08,896 --> 00:17:11,725 Three, two, one, fire. 382 00:17:13,814 --> 00:17:16,165 But by the very early '80s, 383 00:17:16,208 --> 00:17:18,036 Wrexham became a very depressed town 384 00:17:18,123 --> 00:17:20,386 with incredibly high levels of unemployment. 385 00:17:22,258 --> 00:17:24,347 People have asked me, "What's Wrexham like?" 386 00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:26,392 I've just said, "Don't go." 387 00:17:26,392 --> 00:17:28,002 - "It's a load of rubbish." 388 00:17:28,046 --> 00:17:29,482 "You're wasting your time." 389 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:32,572 The football club 390 00:17:32,616 --> 00:17:34,487 was impacted by hard times as well. 391 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:36,489 In a small place, the fortunes of the town 392 00:17:36,576 --> 00:17:39,231 and its team are inextricably intertwined. 393 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:42,843 The two absolutely depend upon one another. 394 00:17:42,843 --> 00:17:45,585 Wrexham is a town that battles 395 00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:49,154 against odds constantly. 396 00:17:49,198 --> 00:17:51,504 It really is a place where people deserve 397 00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:54,333 a little bit more than maybe they've got out of life. 398 00:17:56,509 --> 00:18:00,209 But the thing that we love more than anything... 399 00:18:00,296 --> 00:18:02,559 is the football club. 400 00:18:11,263 --> 00:18:14,614 Holy shit, holy shit, ujobok, gotta run 401 00:18:14,658 --> 00:18:17,400 Make a hit, make a hit, we ain't here for fun 402 00:18:17,443 --> 00:18:20,011 Holy shit, holy shit, jeto hit and run 403 00:18:20,054 --> 00:18:22,318 Make a hit, make a hit, like a machine gun 404 00:18:22,361 --> 00:18:23,667 Wrexham-- we're the fifth tier 405 00:18:23,754 --> 00:18:25,059 of professional football. 406 00:18:25,103 --> 00:18:27,845 We are the bottom level of the professional game. 407 00:18:27,888 --> 00:18:30,021 Professional football is everybody, 408 00:18:30,064 --> 00:18:31,805 whether you're in the National League 409 00:18:31,849 --> 00:18:33,416 or Premier League, but there is a big difference 410 00:18:33,459 --> 00:18:36,984 in terms of lifestyle, money. 411 00:18:37,028 --> 00:18:38,290 The average salary 412 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:39,378 for a Premier League footballer 413 00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:43,426 is about £3 1/2 million a year. 414 00:18:43,469 --> 00:18:47,038 A player in the National League will be making...a bit less. 415 00:18:51,129 --> 00:18:52,609 Gotta run, make a hit 416 00:18:52,652 --> 00:18:54,001 You tell people 417 00:18:54,045 --> 00:18:55,264 you're a professional footballer, 418 00:18:55,307 --> 00:18:57,483 and instantly they think flash car, nice house, 419 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:58,702 and it's not. It's not like that. 420 00:19:00,486 --> 00:19:02,706 Absolute fucking disaster! 421 00:19:02,706 --> 00:19:04,055 A lot of times, you can actually hear 422 00:19:04,098 --> 00:19:05,274 someone calling you shit or... 423 00:19:08,842 --> 00:19:09,843 Yeah. 424 00:19:13,151 --> 00:19:17,155 Ujobok, ujobok, ujobok 425 00:19:17,155 --> 00:19:20,158 Even playing at this level and getting paid for it, 426 00:19:20,158 --> 00:19:21,812 it still is living the dream. 427 00:19:21,899 --> 00:19:25,946 I know the dream is the top, but this is still a dream. 428 00:19:26,033 --> 00:19:28,340 Ujobok, holy shit 429 00:19:28,384 --> 00:19:29,950 When you're in the non-league, 430 00:19:29,950 --> 00:19:31,387 you've got to grind for everything, 431 00:19:31,387 --> 00:19:32,605 you got to work hard for everything, 432 00:19:32,649 --> 00:19:34,172 you got to pay for everything, 433 00:19:34,172 --> 00:19:36,740 but I think as a football-- it's the same game. 434 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:39,177 You're still playing football. You're still enjoying it. 435 00:19:39,264 --> 00:19:41,614 Promotion's the goal. We want to win the league. 436 00:19:41,658 --> 00:19:43,747 We want to be the best team in the league by a mile. 437 00:19:43,834 --> 00:19:45,923 Getting back into that fourth tier, 438 00:19:45,966 --> 00:19:48,708 the League Two, would be amazing for the club, 439 00:19:48,752 --> 00:19:49,970 'cause if you get back into the fourth tier, 440 00:19:49,970 --> 00:19:52,146 you get a lot of funding from the football league. 441 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:54,410 I'm really excited the takeover's happening 442 00:19:54,410 --> 00:19:56,629 because they can improve the whole town as a collective 443 00:19:56,716 --> 00:19:58,370 in terms of the infrastructure of the town. 444 00:19:58,414 --> 00:20:00,590 You know, the stadium will likely improve. 445 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:01,895 This club's obviously been down in this league 446 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:04,420 for a long time now, and as captain, 447 00:20:04,507 --> 00:20:06,117 I'd love to get to the end of my career and look back 448 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,424 on being the one that led it back into the football league. 449 00:20:16,127 --> 00:20:17,259 Doo-do-doo. 450 00:20:20,218 --> 00:20:21,959 All right, then, with all that said, what we going for? 451 00:20:22,002 --> 00:20:24,135 If we get an early goal, 2-nil, Wrexham. 452 00:20:24,178 --> 00:20:25,136 - 2-nil? - If we get an early goal. 453 00:20:30,794 --> 00:20:31,882 Dave-o, what do you think? 454 00:20:31,925 --> 00:20:33,100 I'll go 1-nil. 455 00:20:33,144 --> 00:20:35,015 I just can't see us keeping 'em out. 456 00:20:35,059 --> 00:20:37,017 We just--we're not confident. I think I'm gonna go 1-1. 457 00:20:37,061 --> 00:20:39,759 I hope I'm wrong, 458 00:20:39,803 --> 00:20:40,847 but we just don't score enough goals, do we? 459 00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:15,404 I'm a volunteer at the club. 460 00:21:21,497 --> 00:21:24,151 I joined the trust board nine years ago 461 00:21:24,195 --> 00:21:28,417 as Director, Wrexham AFC, 462 00:21:28,504 --> 00:21:30,723 and what I do is I manage the budget. 463 00:21:30,767 --> 00:21:34,074 I organize all board meetings, all agendas. 464 00:21:34,161 --> 00:21:37,600 I tend to be the person who deals with media 465 00:21:37,643 --> 00:21:39,210 and more or less the face of the club 466 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:40,690 from a business side. 467 00:21:42,605 --> 00:21:46,217 I've got a really big day job for a multinational company, 468 00:21:46,260 --> 00:21:49,089 which means I work long hours anyway during the week. 469 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:51,222 And at weekends, 470 00:21:51,265 --> 00:21:53,442 I've given everything to the football club that I can. 471 00:21:53,485 --> 00:21:57,010 I've prioritized it over career advancement, 472 00:21:57,054 --> 00:21:59,099 over family. 473 00:22:03,626 --> 00:22:05,584 This season, it's been very, very challenging, 474 00:22:05,628 --> 00:22:08,413 given global pandemic. 475 00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:11,068 We weren't allowed to have supporters in the stadium, 476 00:22:11,111 --> 00:22:14,419 which was the main source of income for the football club. 477 00:22:18,205 --> 00:22:20,469 Because of the pandemic, no fans coming into the ground 478 00:22:20,556 --> 00:22:22,993 to pay the one major income stream-- 479 00:22:23,036 --> 00:22:25,778 there's no broadcast money at this level. 480 00:22:25,865 --> 00:22:27,780 It's what comes in through the turnstiles 481 00:22:27,867 --> 00:22:30,435 is the major revenue raiser, and from March onwards, 482 00:22:30,479 --> 00:22:32,132 nobody's been coming in to football stadia 483 00:22:32,176 --> 00:22:33,917 to support the teams. 484 00:22:39,923 --> 00:22:43,666 So how are the clubs like Wrexham gonna survive? 485 00:22:43,709 --> 00:22:45,494 It's an extremely uncertain future 486 00:22:45,494 --> 00:22:46,930 that Wrexham was looking at. 487 00:22:47,017 --> 00:22:48,714 Face the ball, face the ball! 488 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:51,804 So the takeover, from Wrexham's perspective, 489 00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:54,285 the timing was-- could not have been better. 490 00:22:57,114 --> 00:22:59,159 In my view, getting out of the National League 491 00:22:59,246 --> 00:23:02,859 is the hardest job in world football. 492 00:23:02,902 --> 00:23:04,382 Come on, then! 493 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:07,167 - Yeah! 494 00:23:07,167 --> 00:23:08,865 And I think if the club wants to get out 495 00:23:08,908 --> 00:23:12,172 of the National League, it needs to change. 496 00:23:12,259 --> 00:23:16,525 If Rob and Ryan can bring that change, then fantastic. 497 00:23:18,048 --> 00:23:19,397 Thank you very much. 498 00:23:49,558 --> 00:23:50,863 The home of Wrexham Football Club-- 499 00:23:50,907 --> 00:23:52,212 the Turf Hotel. 500 00:23:56,956 --> 00:23:58,567 The club was founded in this very building, 501 00:23:58,610 --> 00:23:59,655 which sits directly outside 502 00:23:59,698 --> 00:24:01,134 the main entrance to the grounds. 503 00:24:09,621 --> 00:24:11,057 The bar is always five or six deep. 504 00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:14,757 My parents were regulars here, 505 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:15,584 and I remember coming to this pub 506 00:24:15,671 --> 00:24:17,237 after the match and they've won. 507 00:24:17,324 --> 00:24:18,761 And the jukebox is blaring, 508 00:24:18,804 --> 00:24:19,762 and people are singing, and people are happy. 509 00:24:19,805 --> 00:24:23,679 And from that minute on, I was absolutely hooked. 510 00:24:23,722 --> 00:24:26,682 We had the badge built into the wall. 511 00:24:26,769 --> 00:24:27,944 That was just my way of, you know, 512 00:24:27,987 --> 00:24:30,555 keeping the pub and the club connected. 513 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:34,907 In my 13 years of being here, we've only ever closed one day. 514 00:24:34,951 --> 00:24:37,693 We open 365 days a year. 515 00:24:37,693 --> 00:24:39,390 We even open on Christmas Day and Christmas night, 516 00:24:39,433 --> 00:24:40,913 but like every other pub, 517 00:24:40,957 --> 00:24:43,263 we've been closed because of COVID. 518 00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:45,831 You can't put into words what it means to people. 519 00:24:45,875 --> 00:24:47,267 You know, it's almost like losing a limb, 520 00:24:47,354 --> 00:24:49,400 because people say it's only a game, but it's not. 521 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:50,706 It's more than that, you know? 522 00:24:50,749 --> 00:24:52,272 This football club means everything 523 00:24:52,272 --> 00:24:55,058 to people in this town. 524 00:24:55,058 --> 00:24:56,929 Anybody that you speak to will tell you 525 00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:59,497 it's been a real difficult decade. 526 00:25:01,281 --> 00:25:03,240 The past owners that we've had-- 527 00:25:03,283 --> 00:25:05,721 and are they here for the wrong reasons? 528 00:25:05,721 --> 00:25:08,854 So you still don't allow yourself to believe 529 00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:11,727 that this could happen. 530 00:25:11,770 --> 00:25:14,033 But this set of supporters, this town, 531 00:25:14,077 --> 00:25:16,427 this community deserves a break. 532 00:25:21,911 --> 00:25:23,652 Hello. 533 00:25:23,739 --> 00:25:25,610 - Mustache is gone. - Oh, yeah. 534 00:25:25,654 --> 00:25:28,831 Yep. I'm no longer on camera, so... 535 00:25:28,874 --> 00:25:30,833 Well, here we are, 536 00:25:30,876 --> 00:25:33,749 after what feels like an age, right? 537 00:25:33,836 --> 00:25:35,881 I have actual butterflies right now. 538 00:25:35,968 --> 00:25:40,494 As you know, the threshold on the vote was high. 539 00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:44,020 So you needed to get a 75% or more 540 00:25:44,063 --> 00:25:47,676 of those voting for-- for this to pass. 541 00:25:47,719 --> 00:25:50,548 The turnout was massive, right? 542 00:25:50,635 --> 00:25:53,899 91.5% of people who could vote voted. 543 00:25:53,899 --> 00:25:55,684 Wow. 544 00:25:55,684 --> 00:26:00,558 On resolution one, it was a 98.6% for. 545 00:26:00,645 --> 00:26:01,864 - Wow. - On resolution two, 546 00:26:01,907 --> 00:26:06,869 it was a 98.4% for, and on resolution three, 547 00:26:06,912 --> 00:26:09,219 it was a 98.4% for, so... 548 00:26:10,916 --> 00:26:13,136 An overwhelming and resounding yes. 549 00:26:13,136 --> 00:26:15,878 So congratulations and really well done. 550 00:26:15,921 --> 00:26:17,444 "Llongyfarchiadau," we say in Wales. 551 00:26:17,488 --> 00:26:20,360 - Thank you. 552 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:21,884 Really looking forward to the journey. 553 00:26:21,927 --> 00:26:23,799 When you wake up tomorrow, 554 00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:25,017 the announcement will be out there, 555 00:26:25,061 --> 00:26:26,584 and let the fun commence. 556 00:26:49,128 --> 00:26:51,043 It's not 100% in their control 557 00:26:51,087 --> 00:26:53,176 that they're gonna get this club promoted, 558 00:26:53,263 --> 00:26:54,873 but if they do that, 559 00:26:54,917 --> 00:26:58,355 it will be one of the biggest days 560 00:26:58,398 --> 00:27:01,140 in the history of the town. 561 00:27:01,184 --> 00:27:02,664 The Red Army had something to sing about 562 00:27:02,707 --> 00:27:03,708 this afternoon. 563 00:27:14,023 --> 00:27:15,981 A good moment to congratulate Ryan Reynolds 564 00:27:16,025 --> 00:27:18,114 and Rob McElhenney for their recent purchase 565 00:27:18,157 --> 00:27:20,420 of Wrexham Football Club.