1 00:00:08,747 --> 00:00:12,359 Building 69 is where we used to edit "Sunny," 2 00:00:12,403 --> 00:00:14,013 and then you took that over. - We made it nice. 3 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:15,362 You made it nice in there, yeah. 4 00:00:15,449 --> 00:00:16,668 They gave us a budget. 5 00:00:16,711 --> 00:00:18,452 They gave us some of that sweet Deadpool money. 6 00:00:18,496 --> 00:00:19,758 Yeah, we didn't get any of that. 7 00:00:19,801 --> 00:00:22,587 This is my favorite building on the whole lot. 8 00:00:22,674 --> 00:00:25,329 Oh. Oh, Nakatomi Plaza. Nakatomi Plaza. 9 00:00:25,372 --> 00:00:26,547 Any Die Hard fan out there will know 10 00:00:26,591 --> 00:00:27,766 exactly what happened. 11 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:29,550 Yippee-ki-yay, mother... 12 00:00:34,903 --> 00:00:37,167 Yeah, this is the first soundstage 13 00:00:37,254 --> 00:00:38,777 I ever got to work on. 14 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:40,431 This is where you did-- 15 00:00:40,431 --> 00:00:41,780 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. 16 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:43,521 There's a plaque over here. - Yeah, let's find the plaque. 17 00:00:43,608 --> 00:00:45,131 There we go. 18 00:00:45,131 --> 00:00:47,133 Oh, they got it here. 19 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:48,352 Here's the beauty of this. 20 00:00:48,352 --> 00:00:50,310 So you look at this, and you think, 21 00:00:50,354 --> 00:00:52,007 "Wow, that's, like, a beautiful piece 22 00:00:52,007 --> 00:00:53,487 "of, like, steel or bronze. 23 00:00:53,531 --> 00:00:54,793 It's patina-ing." 24 00:00:54,836 --> 00:00:56,186 It's plastic. 25 00:00:56,273 --> 00:00:57,796 Oh, no! It's fucking plastic. 26 00:00:57,796 --> 00:00:59,406 Yeah. Look, it bends. 27 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,016 Let's steal it. 28 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,018 I mean, you could rip this thing right out of the wall. 29 00:01:03,018 --> 00:01:05,760 Look at this fake-- Yeah. 30 00:01:05,804 --> 00:01:07,022 You fucking broke it. 31 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:10,200 - Fucking... - Ah... 32 00:01:10,287 --> 00:01:12,463 At least you have a plaque. 33 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:16,031 - This is Hollywood to a tee-- 34 00:01:16,031 --> 00:01:18,730 beautiful on the outside... Jesus! 35 00:01:18,773 --> 00:01:21,036 And just shit. Oh, my God! 36 00:01:21,036 --> 00:01:22,516 You just scratch at the surface-- 37 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,997 I mean, how much does it cost to put a real-- 38 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,825 I never felt it before. 39 00:01:26,825 --> 00:01:28,522 You're right. It's not even plastic--it's rubber. 40 00:01:28,566 --> 00:01:30,089 Yeah, it's rubber. 41 00:01:32,613 --> 00:01:34,746 No, we need a legacy to put that back on. 42 00:01:34,789 --> 00:01:37,052 You just scratch at the surface, and underneath it is-- 43 00:01:37,052 --> 00:01:38,663 I feel so much less special. 44 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:40,708 Thank you for that ice-cold bucket of humility. 45 00:01:40,752 --> 00:01:43,058 Yeah. 46 00:01:43,058 --> 00:01:46,192 Every day it's a-getting closer 47 00:01:46,236 --> 00:01:49,848 Going faster than a roller coaster 48 00:01:49,848 --> 00:01:54,809 Love like yours will surely come my way 49 00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:57,029 A-hey, a-hey, hey 50 00:01:57,072 --> 00:02:00,554 Every day it's a-getting faster 51 00:02:00,598 --> 00:02:04,254 Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her" 52 00:02:04,341 --> 00:02:08,867 Love like yours will surely come my way 53 00:02:08,867 --> 00:02:11,261 A-hey, a-hey, hey 54 00:02:11,348 --> 00:02:17,310 Love like yours will surely come my way 55 00:02:55,392 --> 00:02:57,307 It's magnolia. 56 00:03:27,685 --> 00:03:29,164 Well, Rob and Ryan 57 00:03:29,208 --> 00:03:30,905 have an awful lot on their plate. 58 00:03:30,949 --> 00:03:32,646 It's been a summer of upheaval, 59 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:34,648 with half the playing staff released. 60 00:03:34,692 --> 00:03:37,347 The big question on Wrexham fans' minds, though, 61 00:03:37,434 --> 00:03:39,653 is whether the owners' star quality 62 00:03:39,697 --> 00:03:43,744 can attract a big name to replace Dean Keates. 63 00:03:43,788 --> 00:03:46,007 It's a shock Dean leaving, wasn't it? Or was it? 64 00:03:46,094 --> 00:03:47,879 Well, no, I don't think it was a shock. 65 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:49,489 I think it was... 66 00:03:56,453 --> 00:03:59,891 But who are they gonna get in instead? 67 00:03:59,934 --> 00:04:01,545 Well... 68 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:04,461 Yeah. 69 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:23,958 So it's time to rebuild. 70 00:04:24,002 --> 00:04:26,831 - Hey. - Yay. 71 00:04:26,918 --> 00:04:30,008 We desperately need that CEO in place to be able to deal 72 00:04:30,051 --> 00:04:31,357 with the day-to-day, you know, businesses 73 00:04:31,401 --> 00:04:33,359 of running the football club. 74 00:04:33,403 --> 00:04:34,926 You know, they're gonna have to come 75 00:04:34,969 --> 00:04:36,710 with a special set of skills, 76 00:04:36,797 --> 00:04:38,930 and they need to rebuild a club in the National League, 77 00:04:39,017 --> 00:04:41,367 which isn't a skill set that a lot of people have got. 78 00:04:41,367 --> 00:04:43,587 Can we find a very capable CEO 79 00:04:43,630 --> 00:04:47,242 who can also maybe be a striker? 80 00:04:47,242 --> 00:04:49,593 That would be a good cost-saving exercise 81 00:04:49,636 --> 00:04:51,029 if we could, you know-- 82 00:04:51,072 --> 00:04:53,379 Ryan, if you can find a 20-goal-a-season CEO, 83 00:04:53,423 --> 00:04:54,815 that's the ideal. 84 00:04:54,815 --> 00:04:57,035 I feel like we fixed Wrexham, guys. 85 00:04:57,078 --> 00:04:59,690 So I'm gonna just jump off, and I'll see you guys later. 86 00:04:59,733 --> 00:05:01,996 - Okay. Good. - Mic drop. It was great. 87 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,955 That was easy. 88 00:05:03,998 --> 00:05:05,870 So we thought it was gonna be a difficult search, 89 00:05:05,957 --> 00:05:08,829 but it actually turned out quite easy. 90 00:05:08,873 --> 00:05:11,223 Fleur Robinson was a no-brainer. 91 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:12,964 I'm Fleur Robinson, 92 00:05:13,051 --> 00:05:14,966 Commercial Director of Burton Albion Football Club. 93 00:05:15,009 --> 00:05:17,447 I've worked in football for over 26 years 94 00:05:17,534 --> 00:05:19,927 and, during that time, had many roles, 95 00:05:19,927 --> 00:05:22,713 but I haven't played in goal or mown the pitch. 96 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:25,455 Fleur Robinson, CEO, she comes from Burton. 97 00:05:25,542 --> 00:05:28,153 She comes from a big football family. 98 00:05:28,196 --> 00:05:31,722 She's probably the smartest football CEO in the business. 99 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:33,985 She's so smart that she asked not to be featured too much 100 00:05:34,028 --> 00:05:35,682 in the documentary. 101 00:05:35,726 --> 00:05:38,555 So I didn't know that that was an option. 102 00:05:42,297 --> 00:05:43,777 Well... Hello. 103 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:45,692 Hi. 104 00:05:45,779 --> 00:05:48,347 Here we are again-- really loving these Zooms. 105 00:05:48,434 --> 00:05:50,567 What we needed was a manager to come in 106 00:05:50,610 --> 00:05:53,308 who had a track record of being successful 107 00:05:53,308 --> 00:05:55,702 because that in its own right 108 00:05:55,746 --> 00:05:58,792 must give you a better chance of success. 109 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:01,142 In the process of trying to find us a new manager 110 00:06:01,229 --> 00:06:03,144 at the moment, we received... 111 00:06:03,231 --> 00:06:05,103 Did we say it was 100 applications? 112 00:06:05,103 --> 00:06:06,757 Yeah, I think, last time I counted-- 113 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,106 and to be really honest, I've stopped counting-- 114 00:06:08,149 --> 00:06:10,238 It was at 100. - Yeah. 115 00:06:10,282 --> 00:06:12,023 I support the boldest choice. 116 00:06:12,110 --> 00:06:15,113 I just support whatever is going to march this team 117 00:06:15,156 --> 00:06:17,158 proverbially down the field. 118 00:06:17,245 --> 00:06:20,118 Alongside all the applications we have-- 119 00:06:20,118 --> 00:06:23,121 and there were some good applicants in there-- 120 00:06:23,121 --> 00:06:26,820 but we recognized that if we could persuade Phil Parkinson 121 00:06:26,864 --> 00:06:29,780 to come to Wrexham Football Club, 122 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:33,392 that would give us the best chance of success. 123 00:06:33,479 --> 00:06:35,829 Phil Parkinson can celebrate. 124 00:06:35,873 --> 00:06:38,919 The lowest-ranked former Premier League club 125 00:06:38,919 --> 00:06:40,791 begin to make their way 126 00:06:40,834 --> 00:06:42,923 back up the football league pyramid. 127 00:06:42,967 --> 00:06:45,404 Phil Parkinson, with championship experience-- 128 00:06:45,491 --> 00:06:48,363 he's improved teams year on year 129 00:06:48,363 --> 00:06:51,062 and knows how to win games. 130 00:06:51,105 --> 00:06:54,282 Colchester United have been promoted 131 00:06:54,326 --> 00:06:55,936 to the Championship 132 00:06:55,936 --> 00:06:59,853 for the first time in the club's history. 133 00:06:59,897 --> 00:07:02,726 He has a track record that is better 134 00:07:02,769 --> 00:07:05,772 than that of a National League manager. 135 00:07:08,906 --> 00:07:10,864 Most managers work their entire life 136 00:07:10,951 --> 00:07:12,779 hoping to achieve just one promotion, 137 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:16,261 and Parkinson has done it three times. 138 00:07:16,261 --> 00:07:18,872 So, obviously, all of us were very keen on Phil Parkinson. 139 00:07:18,916 --> 00:07:20,787 We made what we felt was a very appropriate approach, 140 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:23,703 and he said no. 141 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:28,099 We're looking for someone that has gravitas 142 00:07:28,142 --> 00:07:31,972 and someone who's gonna be able to, like, inspire, lead, 143 00:07:32,016 --> 00:07:36,586 direct in all the ways that you want from a manager/head coach. 144 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:39,023 You know, I talked about Phil Parkinson. 145 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:40,764 you know, he's won back-to-back promotions. 146 00:07:40,807 --> 00:07:42,374 He's done it in multiple clubs. 147 00:07:42,417 --> 00:07:44,681 Like, he is a top, top coach. 148 00:07:44,724 --> 00:07:47,205 And we basically said, "What do you want? 149 00:07:47,205 --> 00:07:48,772 We'll give it to you." 150 00:07:48,815 --> 00:07:50,904 And he's just like, "Well, is it a real thing? 151 00:07:50,948 --> 00:07:52,689 "Is this gonna be 18 months, they're gonna get bored? 152 00:07:52,732 --> 00:07:53,820 "Like, what if they don't get promoted 153 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:55,213 "at the end of the season, 154 00:07:55,256 --> 00:07:56,431 are they gonna just, like, disappear?" 155 00:07:56,475 --> 00:07:58,564 You know, he's-- - Taken a job yet? 156 00:07:58,564 --> 00:08:00,044 No, not yet. 157 00:08:00,131 --> 00:08:03,917 Can you put me in touch with... 158 00:08:03,961 --> 00:08:05,397 Phil Parkinson? 159 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,138 - I can try. - Okay. 160 00:08:07,138 --> 00:08:09,401 I can try. 161 00:08:09,444 --> 00:08:10,837 I think it's worth a conversation. 162 00:08:10,924 --> 00:08:12,056 Mm-hmm. 163 00:08:17,191 --> 00:08:20,064 Phil. Hey. 164 00:08:20,151 --> 00:08:22,936 It's Rob McElhenney. 165 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:24,503 How are you? 166 00:08:26,461 --> 00:08:29,029 Thank you for taking the time to talk to me. 167 00:08:29,073 --> 00:08:32,946 Currently, I am in prep for another season of "Sunny." 168 00:08:33,033 --> 00:08:37,081 So we're in the writing process right now. 169 00:08:37,124 --> 00:08:39,083 It was a tough sell insofar as we were asking him 170 00:08:39,170 --> 00:08:41,346 to drop down two or three leagues, 171 00:08:41,389 --> 00:08:43,653 and some people could look at that as steps backwards. 172 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:46,481 But I just kind of laid out for him 173 00:08:46,525 --> 00:08:50,137 what our vision for the club is 174 00:08:50,137 --> 00:08:53,227 and why we thought that the town deserved it. 175 00:08:53,271 --> 00:08:56,448 And we hoped that he was gonna see the potential in that. 176 00:08:56,491 --> 00:08:58,755 Boy, Rob just kind of went after him 177 00:08:58,798 --> 00:09:00,452 like a dog with a bone. 178 00:09:00,495 --> 00:09:02,628 I think something about Rob that a lot of people don't know 179 00:09:02,672 --> 00:09:05,283 is that Rob will not get off the phone 180 00:09:05,283 --> 00:09:06,850 until he gets what he wants. 181 00:09:06,893 --> 00:09:08,939 I remember he called me when I was 16, 182 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:10,854 and when I got off the phone, I was in my mid-40s 183 00:09:10,897 --> 00:09:13,508 and owned a Welsh football club. 184 00:09:13,552 --> 00:09:16,686 So, you know, do not underestimate Rob-- 185 00:09:16,773 --> 00:09:19,558 I want to say McElhenney is the name. 186 00:09:21,081 --> 00:09:23,867 Yes. Well, it was great talking to you, too. 187 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:25,520 Okay. 188 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,653 Okay, great. Thank you. 189 00:09:27,697 --> 00:09:28,567 Bye. 190 00:09:30,917 --> 00:09:33,528 Well, we talked for about an hour and a half. 191 00:09:37,054 --> 00:09:39,273 I think I sounded like an asshole. 192 00:09:42,537 --> 00:09:44,670 I don't know. I really have no idea. 193 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:46,106 Love like yours 194 00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:49,022 will surely come my way 195 00:09:49,066 --> 00:09:50,633 I definitely sounded like an asshole. 196 00:09:57,465 --> 00:09:59,076 Football is for a lot not just about the football. 197 00:09:59,119 --> 00:10:01,339 It's about meeting in the pub at 11:00, 12:00 198 00:10:01,382 --> 00:10:02,906 on the day of the game. 199 00:10:02,949 --> 00:10:05,038 It's not just pouring a pint and having a chat. 200 00:10:05,082 --> 00:10:07,127 It's everything, you know-- a counselor. 201 00:10:07,171 --> 00:10:09,129 You know, people need an arm round their shoulder. 202 00:10:09,173 --> 00:10:10,609 People want to confide in you. 203 00:10:14,091 --> 00:10:14,744 Yeah. 204 00:10:16,397 --> 00:10:19,096 Ah! 205 00:10:19,139 --> 00:10:20,271 Oh, yeah. 206 00:10:25,145 --> 00:10:26,059 No. 207 00:10:29,367 --> 00:10:32,370 Fucking hell. 208 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:34,589 - Look at that. 209 00:10:34,589 --> 00:10:35,939 No, leave it there. 210 00:11:03,401 --> 00:11:05,620 It's the kits that's different. 211 00:11:05,664 --> 00:11:07,666 But the goalkeeper's kit looks like-- 212 00:11:25,249 --> 00:11:26,337 Yeah, man, 1-0. 213 00:11:26,337 --> 00:11:27,686 Go on. 214 00:11:39,393 --> 00:11:41,134 Go on. What is it? - Six. 215 00:11:41,178 --> 00:11:43,441 Oh, the island again. Go on, kid. 216 00:11:43,441 --> 00:11:45,922 Lenny's storming this. 217 00:11:53,364 --> 00:11:55,453 Come on. Bedtime. 218 00:11:55,453 --> 00:11:57,672 Come on, kiddo. Come on, Charl. 219 00:11:57,716 --> 00:11:59,936 Hup, two, hup, two, hup, two. 220 00:12:11,121 --> 00:12:12,470 It's a beautiful day 221 00:12:12,470 --> 00:12:14,080 here in Wrexham, 222 00:12:14,124 --> 00:12:15,516 but that's not what's on our minds. 223 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:18,693 Preseason training begins in just a few days' time. 224 00:12:18,693 --> 00:12:21,479 Are we gonna see a new manager unveiled by then? 225 00:12:21,479 --> 00:12:24,787 Will the restructuring of the squad have begun? 226 00:12:33,404 --> 00:12:36,711 Emmett. 227 00:12:36,711 --> 00:12:38,539 Phil Parkinson--confirmed. 228 00:12:38,626 --> 00:12:40,759 Yay. Phil Parkinson. 229 00:12:40,846 --> 00:12:42,630 We've hit the jackpot, haven't we? Let's be fair. 230 00:12:42,674 --> 00:12:44,154 Just brilliant, innit? 231 00:12:44,154 --> 00:12:45,068 I mean, it's absolutely brilliant, innit? 232 00:12:45,068 --> 00:12:47,070 Phil Parkinson. 233 00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:49,202 New manager. What do you think? 234 00:12:49,246 --> 00:12:52,858 Yeah, very exciting. Very exciting. 235 00:13:07,655 --> 00:13:09,483 He knows, yeah. PERSON 2: Yeah. 236 00:13:16,751 --> 00:13:19,406 Wrexham here having 237 00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:22,583 to throw everything at this, as Jarvis takes it on. 238 00:13:22,670 --> 00:13:24,542 That's a great pass as well. 239 00:13:24,585 --> 00:13:26,936 And they kick the ball over towards Ponticelli. 240 00:13:27,023 --> 00:13:29,112 And they've got the equalizer. 241 00:13:29,112 --> 00:13:30,765 Growing up, I can remember 242 00:13:30,765 --> 00:13:32,767 going to watch games with my dad 243 00:13:32,767 --> 00:13:34,595 and my brother and friends. 244 00:13:34,682 --> 00:13:38,556 My mum and dad actually were Preston North End fans, 245 00:13:38,599 --> 00:13:39,949 which that's over in Lancashire, 246 00:13:40,036 --> 00:13:41,776 and they were season-ticket holders 247 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:43,604 at Preston when they grew up, 248 00:13:43,691 --> 00:13:46,172 and, you know, so it's always been in my family. 249 00:13:46,259 --> 00:13:49,610 And I always had a desire to be a footballer. 250 00:13:49,697 --> 00:13:51,351 Primed and ready... 251 00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:53,353 When Rob and Ryan took over the club, 252 00:13:53,353 --> 00:13:56,443 it was big news in the football world. 253 00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:58,576 Position could not have been better. 254 00:13:58,619 --> 00:14:01,579 When I came in and obviously looked at the squad 255 00:14:01,579 --> 00:14:03,842 and the infrastructure, 256 00:14:03,929 --> 00:14:05,757 there's a lot of work to be done 257 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,542 to make us serious contenders. 258 00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:11,719 The people of Wrexham I just think have been amazing 259 00:14:11,763 --> 00:14:15,114 in terms of the welcoming they've given me and Steve. 260 00:14:20,728 --> 00:14:22,817 Good, lads, good! Better! 261 00:14:22,817 --> 00:14:25,255 Each day in training, 262 00:14:25,255 --> 00:14:27,300 I just want us to keep concentrating on the process. 263 00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:28,649 Expectations have risen. 264 00:14:28,736 --> 00:14:29,868 Go on, then. 265 00:14:29,955 --> 00:14:32,088 And the ultimate goal is promotion. 266 00:14:32,131 --> 00:14:34,220 Go on! Go on! 267 00:14:34,264 --> 00:14:35,526 We're gonna work tirelessly 268 00:14:35,569 --> 00:14:37,310 to try and achieve that. 269 00:14:37,354 --> 00:14:40,313 But we're trying hard to keep the focus. 270 00:14:40,357 --> 00:14:42,837 Really important that we get the detail right. 271 00:14:42,837 --> 00:14:44,230 Guys, two lines! 272 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:46,189 Managers and players at this football club 273 00:14:46,232 --> 00:14:47,625 are under more pressure. 274 00:14:47,668 --> 00:14:49,018 And they're under more pressure 275 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:51,585 because the expectation level is higher. 276 00:14:54,501 --> 00:14:56,547 We all understand the expectation of the club. 277 00:14:56,590 --> 00:14:59,942 Greens go to this end, two ten-minute games. 278 00:14:59,985 --> 00:15:01,595 This needs to be a proper game. 279 00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:02,814 Play. Away we go. 280 00:15:02,857 --> 00:15:04,337 We've got to try and get something 281 00:15:04,381 --> 00:15:06,252 out of a couple of these players 282 00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:08,559 who haven't figured a great deal in the past, 283 00:15:08,602 --> 00:15:11,475 the last season. 284 00:15:11,562 --> 00:15:14,304 And we've got to find the key to unlocking their talent. 285 00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:16,262 Last minute, Greens! You got to get a goal! 286 00:15:16,306 --> 00:15:18,221 The atmosphere has been electric 287 00:15:18,264 --> 00:15:19,787 inside the ground, 288 00:15:19,831 --> 00:15:24,357 and I think just the positivity and the vibrancy-- 289 00:15:24,444 --> 00:15:26,620 what Rob and Ryan have brought to the area, you can feel it. 290 00:15:30,885 --> 00:15:32,670 The start of the season's nearly here. 291 00:15:32,670 --> 00:15:35,368 The ground staff are working extra hard 292 00:15:35,455 --> 00:15:37,370 to make sure the Racecourse looks its best 293 00:15:37,457 --> 00:15:39,938 for the first home game against Notts County. 294 00:15:42,593 --> 00:15:45,074 I don't use social media as well as my partner does. 295 00:15:45,161 --> 00:15:47,467 But I will say that... 296 00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:49,687 As I'm navigating through Twitter, 297 00:15:49,730 --> 00:15:53,386 a lot of the people are asking us to sign 298 00:15:53,430 --> 00:15:55,606 a man named Paul Mullin. 299 00:15:58,696 --> 00:15:59,914 Here's Paul Mullin. 300 00:15:59,914 --> 00:16:02,047 Oh. Brilliant! 301 00:16:02,091 --> 00:16:04,354 He can't stop scoring! 302 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:06,834 Mullin again! 303 00:16:06,878 --> 00:16:08,401 He can score left foot, right foot. 304 00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:10,099 He can score at strange angles. 305 00:16:10,186 --> 00:16:12,362 He can head the ball in. 306 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:13,972 Last year he scored 32 goals for Cambridge. 307 00:16:14,059 --> 00:16:15,930 He was the top scorer in Division Two, 308 00:16:15,974 --> 00:16:17,758 which is a division above this. 309 00:16:17,845 --> 00:16:19,847 Yeah, I, too, get tagged 310 00:16:19,891 --> 00:16:22,067 in a lot of Paul Mullin-related tweets. 311 00:16:22,067 --> 00:16:23,851 You know, he's Cambridge United's 312 00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:24,939 top scorer last season. 313 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:27,507 He's a top scorer in League Two. 314 00:16:27,551 --> 00:16:29,944 Whether or not he'd be interested in coming to us, 315 00:16:29,944 --> 00:16:31,946 that's something that remains to be seen. 316 00:16:31,946 --> 00:16:33,948 There needs to be a little bit 317 00:16:33,948 --> 00:16:36,125 of expectation management. 318 00:16:36,212 --> 00:16:38,997 The top goal scorer in League Two 319 00:16:39,084 --> 00:16:41,086 should be going to the Championship 320 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:43,393 or the top end of League One. 321 00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:46,309 Yeah, he finished last season with 34 goals 322 00:16:46,309 --> 00:16:48,137 in all competition at Cambridge United, 323 00:16:48,224 --> 00:16:49,573 won promotional league. 324 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,010 Wait, he finished with 34 goals? 325 00:16:52,097 --> 00:16:53,490 Yeah, in all competitions. 326 00:16:53,533 --> 00:16:54,752 Yeah. 34. 327 00:16:54,795 --> 00:16:57,755 What the fuck? Wow. 328 00:16:57,755 --> 00:17:01,324 Just be careful in how you set this up 329 00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:04,544 because Paul Mullin should be unachievable 330 00:17:04,544 --> 00:17:05,806 for Wrexham Football Club. 331 00:17:05,893 --> 00:17:07,460 That might be a little bit impossible. 332 00:17:07,504 --> 00:17:09,332 It's certainly going to be... 333 00:17:09,375 --> 00:17:10,811 - Expensive. - Very, very, very difficult. 334 00:17:10,898 --> 00:17:12,335 It'll take some persuading, 335 00:17:12,335 --> 00:17:14,032 even if you throw everything at him. 336 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:15,773 And if we do throw everything at him, 337 00:17:15,773 --> 00:17:17,122 the budgets that we've set 338 00:17:17,166 --> 00:17:19,124 will completely out of the window. 339 00:17:19,124 --> 00:17:20,343 Yeah. 340 00:17:20,343 --> 00:17:22,475 That's what I was hoping to hear. 341 00:17:30,353 --> 00:17:33,791 Here you go. There's your scarf. Ready? 342 00:17:33,791 --> 00:17:35,880 My name's Kerry Evans, 343 00:17:35,923 --> 00:17:38,709 and I'm a full-time volunteer at Wrexham Football Club. 344 00:17:42,626 --> 00:17:45,803 I got contacted by Spencer Harris from the WST 345 00:17:45,803 --> 00:17:49,807 to say, "Is it okay to give Rob or Ryan your phone number 346 00:17:49,807 --> 00:17:50,982 to give you a ring?" 347 00:17:51,025 --> 00:17:52,505 I was like, "Sorry?" 348 00:17:54,551 --> 00:17:58,032 Oh, I hope this rain stops. 349 00:17:58,032 --> 00:18:01,035 We thought it was important to hire somebody 350 00:18:01,035 --> 00:18:03,386 who is gonna create accountability 351 00:18:03,429 --> 00:18:07,041 in terms of the stadium being accessible. 352 00:18:07,085 --> 00:18:10,219 She exemplifies the spirit of that town. 353 00:18:10,306 --> 00:18:12,438 So many people that worked at the club 354 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,048 were actually volunteers, 355 00:18:14,048 --> 00:18:15,615 and Kerry was one of those people. 356 00:18:15,615 --> 00:18:17,443 So she was doing the exact job 357 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:19,837 that we hired her to do already 358 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,406 and had been for many years and was doing it for free. 359 00:18:23,449 --> 00:18:25,669 I say to everybody, I'm a full-time volunteer 360 00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:28,062 because I do a full-time job. 361 00:18:28,106 --> 00:18:30,630 I work every day of the week, and I'm always at the matches. 362 00:18:30,630 --> 00:18:32,763 Hi, Chal. 363 00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:34,678 Yeah, you? 364 00:18:34,765 --> 00:18:37,246 I had a meeting with Humphrey and Fleur. 365 00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,857 They did offer me paid employment. 366 00:18:39,857 --> 00:18:41,772 Okay. You all right? Lovely to see you. 367 00:18:41,772 --> 00:18:43,556 See you later. 368 00:18:43,643 --> 00:18:45,471 We've obviously been on the benefit system 369 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:48,082 because of our situation for many, many years, 370 00:18:48,082 --> 00:18:50,868 and it was very scary to think, 371 00:18:50,911 --> 00:18:53,262 "Am I capable of doing 372 00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:56,090 the transition of doing paid work?" 373 00:18:56,134 --> 00:18:58,484 I found that quite... 374 00:18:58,571 --> 00:19:01,574 sort of a heavy decision on my shoulders. 375 00:19:01,618 --> 00:19:04,708 It scares me. It scares me, the commitment of it. 376 00:19:07,667 --> 00:19:12,498 I really struggled with, could I cope with my health? 377 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:15,371 And my family all said to me, "You're doing it. 378 00:19:15,414 --> 00:19:17,590 "You know, it's not a case of can you do it. 379 00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:19,592 You're doing it already." 380 00:19:19,679 --> 00:19:21,681 I can do one for a couple of games at a time. 381 00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:23,205 And then just when you want to go back, let me know. 382 00:19:23,248 --> 00:19:25,859 It will be a very proud moment 383 00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:28,558 to go back into full-time employment, 384 00:19:28,558 --> 00:19:31,430 something that I never, ever dreamed would be possible. 385 00:19:34,999 --> 00:19:36,174 Would you like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? 386 00:19:36,261 --> 00:19:38,132 Yes. Hell, yeah. 387 00:19:38,132 --> 00:19:41,614 Where are we with Paul Mullin? 388 00:19:41,658 --> 00:19:44,661 Well, I mean, Phil's made contact with him. 389 00:19:44,704 --> 00:19:46,880 And Shaun has, rather more importantly, 390 00:19:46,924 --> 00:19:48,404 made contact with his agent. 391 00:19:48,447 --> 00:19:49,709 Somewhat unsurprisingly, 392 00:19:49,753 --> 00:19:53,757 the agent has been agenting pretty hard. 393 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,108 It just comes down to the age-old question of, 394 00:19:57,151 --> 00:20:00,633 do we want to pay as much as they want us to pay them? 395 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,983 But he wants to move closer to his family, right? 396 00:20:03,070 --> 00:20:04,420 Right. And truth be told, 397 00:20:04,463 --> 00:20:06,813 that's the only reason we've got a shot. 398 00:20:06,813 --> 00:20:09,294 We'll have to pay a premium to get him to drop divisions. 399 00:20:09,294 --> 00:20:11,775 Okay. Do you think he's worth it? 400 00:20:11,818 --> 00:20:15,866 If I were you and I owned the football team... 401 00:20:15,866 --> 00:20:18,651 yes, I'd buy him. 402 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:21,175 - Wow. - Yeah. Because-- 403 00:20:21,219 --> 00:20:22,873 You said that with conviction. 404 00:20:22,916 --> 00:20:24,483 Yeah. 405 00:20:24,527 --> 00:20:27,007 I believe I heard you say, 406 00:20:27,094 --> 00:20:29,575 you would put your job on the line, right? 407 00:20:29,662 --> 00:20:31,925 Didn't he say that? - At no point did I say that. 408 00:20:31,969 --> 00:20:33,797 I said I'd spend-- Here's what I'm saying-- 409 00:20:33,884 --> 00:20:35,886 I'd happily spend your money on Paul Mullin. 410 00:20:35,929 --> 00:20:37,888 I mean, I got to talk to Ryan again, 411 00:20:37,931 --> 00:20:40,586 but I think he'll go for it 412 00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:42,371 knowing that you were willing to sign the contract 413 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:44,590 that stated... - That I'd get fired-- 414 00:20:44,634 --> 00:20:45,765 That you get fired if Paul doesn't-- 415 00:20:45,809 --> 00:20:47,506 Yeah. - He might not be worth it. 416 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:48,768 He can be worth it. 417 00:20:48,768 --> 00:20:49,900 Okay. 418 00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:57,255 Ready? Go. Go on. 419 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:11,530 Cool, innit? 420 00:21:14,751 --> 00:21:17,275 Don't think you get many better views than this, do you? 421 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:33,726 Can we help you over? 422 00:22:34,874 --> 00:22:35,875 The pandemic's 423 00:22:35,875 --> 00:22:37,790 kept the fans for 18 months. 424 00:22:37,834 --> 00:22:40,097 But now, still full of excitement 425 00:22:40,140 --> 00:22:41,751 after Paul Mullin arrived, 426 00:22:41,751 --> 00:22:45,624 it's time for a party as they return home to the Racecourse. 427 00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:47,931 Football's more than a game. 428 00:22:48,018 --> 00:22:50,063 I think the famous Bill Shankly once said that, 429 00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:51,935 "It's not life and death--it's more important than that." 430 00:22:52,022 --> 00:22:53,327 I'm a huge football fan. 431 00:22:53,371 --> 00:22:55,939 So, to myself and to the people of this town, 432 00:22:56,026 --> 00:22:59,246 it's incredibly important, especially the club next door. 433 00:22:59,290 --> 00:23:01,814 Fourteenth season in this non-league. 434 00:23:01,858 --> 00:23:03,816 Isn't that the longest anybody's been down? 435 00:23:03,860 --> 00:23:05,470 - Probably. Probably. - I think so. 436 00:23:05,470 --> 00:23:07,951 We've got to get up this time. 437 00:23:08,038 --> 00:23:09,779 And we've got to get out. 438 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:12,738 This town, like no other town around, deserves a break. 439 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,697 Economically and from a football aspect, 440 00:23:14,697 --> 00:23:15,915 we need a break. 441 00:23:15,915 --> 00:23:17,656 Are we gonna win today, Arthur? 442 00:23:28,101 --> 00:23:29,538 There's no doubt 443 00:23:29,625 --> 00:23:31,365 who the headline signing is. 444 00:23:31,365 --> 00:23:33,716 Everyone's paying attention to Wrexham now, 445 00:23:33,716 --> 00:23:35,369 'cause Paul Mullin's here. 446 00:23:35,369 --> 00:23:37,807 But thanks to new manager Phil Parkinson, 447 00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:40,374 Wrexham fans will be seeing a lot of fresh faces 448 00:23:40,418 --> 00:23:41,506 out on the pitch today. 449 00:23:41,506 --> 00:23:43,160 Everyone is keen to see 450 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,858 what this freshly rebuilt squad is capable of. 451 00:23:45,902 --> 00:23:47,730 The buzz that's going round Wrexham at the minute 452 00:23:47,730 --> 00:23:49,166 is absolutely fantastic. 453 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:50,646 So hopefully that can spur them on, 454 00:23:50,733 --> 00:23:53,953 especially with the crowd back in the Racecourse today-- 455 00:23:53,953 --> 00:23:57,000 might make for a good atmosphere. 456 00:23:57,087 --> 00:23:58,218 He's got to win it, doesn't he? 457 00:23:58,305 --> 00:24:00,177 So important. 458 00:24:00,177 --> 00:24:01,918 New manager, all the changes in the stadium... 459 00:24:01,961 --> 00:24:03,789 new players... 460 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:07,097 you know, he's got to win it. - Mm. 461 00:24:07,184 --> 00:24:10,100 Please, please, please win the first match, you know, 462 00:24:10,187 --> 00:24:12,581 and then we're off to a good start, then, aren't we? 463 00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:14,583 Oh, please. 464 00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:23,592 Fire in your fucking bellies and ice in your veins. 465 00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:25,594 So we're playing with passion, 466 00:24:25,681 --> 00:24:26,986 but we want to see that class as well. 467 00:24:27,030 --> 00:24:28,988 Let's get both of those two right tonight, 468 00:24:28,988 --> 00:24:30,424 and we'll have a great night. 469 00:24:30,424 --> 00:24:33,689 Come on, boys. Come on, boys. 470 00:24:33,732 --> 00:24:36,039 The noise is terrific here 471 00:24:36,126 --> 00:24:38,084 at the Racecourse. 472 00:24:38,128 --> 00:24:41,000 Two stands open, and they're packed full of people 473 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,568 who want to hear and to be heard. 474 00:24:49,226 --> 00:24:51,750 As Mullin's about to get the game under way.