1 00:00:12,011 --> 00:00:14,318 Good morning, Wrexham, and happy Sunday. 2 00:00:14,361 --> 00:00:16,189 Rob and Ryan have left town. 3 00:00:16,233 --> 00:00:17,799 It feels much quieter now, doesn't it? 4 00:00:17,886 --> 00:00:19,105 BROADCASTER 2: Very much so. 5 00:00:19,149 --> 00:00:20,976 It's been a rather remarkable week 6 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:23,327 with Rob and Ryan in town, but there was a sour note. 7 00:00:23,370 --> 00:00:24,980 Not only did the team struggle on the pitch, 8 00:00:25,024 --> 00:00:26,243 but the Torquay match ended 9 00:00:26,286 --> 00:00:27,722 on a desperately despondent note 10 00:00:27,809 --> 00:00:29,028 due to several acts of 11 00:00:29,072 --> 00:00:30,682 violence from our supporters. 12 00:00:30,725 --> 00:00:32,249 BROADCASTER 1: We just don't want to see this. 13 00:00:32,336 --> 00:00:34,120 This club is getting more and more high profile. 14 00:00:34,164 --> 00:00:36,122 We've got strong family values. 15 00:00:36,166 --> 00:00:38,907 We can't have this being ruined by mindless idiots. 16 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:40,344 Well, there was a couple of incidents 17 00:00:40,387 --> 00:00:41,606 that have happened at the railway station. 18 00:00:41,649 --> 00:00:43,564 One gentleman, 19 00:00:43,608 --> 00:00:46,219 who is actually a Wrexham fan, stood on the platform. 20 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:50,484 Witnesses observed a group of other Wrexham fans 21 00:00:50,528 --> 00:00:52,573 approaching the railway station. 22 00:00:52,617 --> 00:00:55,620 They engaged in some verbals with him. 23 00:00:55,707 --> 00:00:58,275 They were shouting things over to him. 24 00:00:58,318 --> 00:01:00,146 They then come over this bridge. 25 00:01:00,190 --> 00:01:01,713 On this side of the platform 26 00:01:01,756 --> 00:01:04,803 is where this all was taking place. 27 00:02:17,702 --> 00:02:20,444 And then out of the 20, 28 00:02:20,487 --> 00:02:24,752 five, six, maybe seven, were throwing punches towards me. 29 00:02:43,597 --> 00:02:45,295 [singing] Every day, it's a-getting closer 30 00:02:45,382 --> 00:02:48,907 Going faster than a roller coaster 31 00:02:48,950 --> 00:02:53,172 Love like yours will surely come my way 32 00:02:53,216 --> 00:02:56,175 A-hey, a-hey-hey 33 00:02:56,219 --> 00:02:59,918 Every day, it's a-getting faster 34 00:02:59,961 --> 00:03:03,487 Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her" 35 00:03:03,530 --> 00:03:07,708 Love like yours will surely come my way 36 00:03:07,752 --> 00:03:10,407 A-hey, a-hey-hey 37 00:03:10,450 --> 00:03:16,674 Love like yours will surely come my way 38 00:03:22,897 --> 00:03:25,639 This is what you become a football fan for-- 39 00:03:25,683 --> 00:03:27,162 these sort of occasions. 40 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:30,296 Your club getting the opportunity to perform 41 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:31,950 when the stakes are high. 42 00:03:31,993 --> 00:03:33,952 It's nerve-racking, but it's exciting. 43 00:03:37,651 --> 00:03:39,000 The teams have come out. 44 00:03:39,087 --> 00:03:41,307 You can hear the noise. It's a fantastic crowd. 45 00:03:50,708 --> 00:03:53,798 You'll have what people call "the happy clappers." 46 00:03:53,841 --> 00:03:55,756 - Oh! - God! 47 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,237 When things are going really, really wrong, 48 00:03:58,281 --> 00:03:59,499 we'll still clap. 49 00:04:07,028 --> 00:04:08,378 And it's like, just fuck off. 50 00:04:10,336 --> 00:04:12,382 You have moaning supporters like me. 51 00:04:16,908 --> 00:04:18,779 The amount of times I've turned around 52 00:04:18,823 --> 00:04:20,346 to say "will you shut your mouth" 53 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:21,782 'cause I just can't bear it. 54 00:04:21,826 --> 00:04:23,784 Let's go, Wrexham! 55 00:04:23,828 --> 00:04:25,960 You get incredibly passionate lads. 56 00:04:33,141 --> 00:04:34,273 You're probably right. 57 00:04:34,317 --> 00:04:36,188 You want it all? 58 00:04:37,494 --> 00:04:39,496 Then fight for it 59 00:04:53,858 --> 00:04:56,774 And every club has hooligans. 60 00:05:11,441 --> 00:05:13,573 - Fuck off! 61 00:05:26,804 --> 00:05:29,197 So obviously, we had heard of hooliganism, 62 00:05:29,241 --> 00:05:31,765 or hooligans, over the years, 63 00:05:31,852 --> 00:05:34,464 but we didn't really quite understand what they were 64 00:05:34,551 --> 00:05:37,989 or really what that meant until now. 65 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:46,911 The word "hooligan" popped up in the 1890s 66 00:05:46,911 --> 00:05:49,783 in London, two references to the name. 67 00:05:49,870 --> 00:05:54,005 One was in a serial comics publication called "Nuggets" 68 00:05:54,048 --> 00:05:56,355 that depicted an Irish family living in London 69 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:58,879 by the name Hooligans. 70 00:05:58,923 --> 00:06:01,926 The other was in the London newspapers in 1894, 71 00:06:02,013 --> 00:06:06,104 referring to a street gang, the Hooligan Boys, 72 00:06:06,147 --> 00:06:08,933 that was committing violent crimes in South London, 73 00:06:09,020 --> 00:06:12,763 including one member committing murder in 1898. 74 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,155 It's believed they named themselves 75 00:06:14,155 --> 00:06:16,027 after Patrick Hoolihan, 76 00:06:16,027 --> 00:06:19,291 an Irish criminal who murdered a police officer. 77 00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:25,906 While hooliganism is global, 78 00:06:25,950 --> 00:06:29,127 it has often been called the English disease. 79 00:06:29,170 --> 00:06:30,737 Every club has unsanctioned groups 80 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:33,436 of hooligan supporters referred to as firms. 81 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:38,919 Firms act as unofficial club enforcers. 82 00:06:38,963 --> 00:06:40,747 They shout at, pick fights, 83 00:06:40,747 --> 00:06:44,272 and chase down opposing club supporters. 84 00:06:44,316 --> 00:06:45,970 They've been known to use things like rocks, 85 00:06:45,970 --> 00:06:48,189 bricks, concrete slabs, 86 00:06:48,189 --> 00:06:49,930 iron bars, and bottles, 87 00:06:49,974 --> 00:06:52,977 as well as knives, flare guns, 88 00:06:52,977 --> 00:06:55,588 and petrol bottles. 89 00:06:55,632 --> 00:06:57,938 Because of heavy gun regulation in the UK, 90 00:06:57,982 --> 00:07:01,768 luckily, there are very few firearms. 91 00:07:01,768 --> 00:07:04,205 But that doesn't mean it's not brutal 92 00:07:04,205 --> 00:07:05,642 and sometimes deadly. 93 00:07:09,994 --> 00:07:12,387 While hooliganism has been ever-present, 94 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:15,608 it rose to popularity in the '70s and '80s. 95 00:07:15,652 --> 00:07:18,306 The British economy was reeling as it divested itself 96 00:07:18,350 --> 00:07:22,223 of its empire and felt a crunch of global recession. 97 00:07:22,223 --> 00:07:24,225 Heavy industry and blue-collar jobs 98 00:07:24,225 --> 00:07:25,357 were going overseas. 99 00:07:25,357 --> 00:07:26,663 In Wrexham, 100 00:07:26,706 --> 00:07:30,101 coal, steel, and breweries went away. 101 00:07:30,144 --> 00:07:33,931 Young, bored, disaffected men turned to violence. 102 00:07:38,326 --> 00:07:40,894 ...was what one might describe as a lower working class 103 00:07:40,938 --> 00:07:43,244 council estate. 104 00:07:43,331 --> 00:07:46,378 These seem to be communities categorized by... 105 00:08:53,097 --> 00:08:54,533 Jesus Christ. 106 00:08:56,883 --> 00:08:59,451 Not the sturdiest that I've been on for this. 107 00:09:13,117 --> 00:09:14,118 He's all right, yeah. 108 00:09:14,118 --> 00:09:16,337 Yeah, he's a good lad. 109 00:09:16,424 --> 00:09:17,251 You can be honest. 110 00:09:18,688 --> 00:09:19,689 Are you sure? 111 00:10:14,395 --> 00:10:16,615 I grew up in Brymbo in Wrexham. 112 00:10:16,702 --> 00:10:20,575 It's a little village, about ten minutes from town, 113 00:10:20,619 --> 00:10:22,273 up in the hills really. 114 00:10:22,273 --> 00:10:25,189 I grew up there with my mum, dad, and my sister. 115 00:10:25,276 --> 00:10:27,365 It was nice, 'cause it was quite quiet up there. 116 00:10:27,408 --> 00:10:30,368 There was never any trouble or anything like that. 117 00:10:30,411 --> 00:10:31,761 I used to have friends across the road 118 00:10:31,761 --> 00:10:33,850 that we used to play outside. 119 00:10:33,850 --> 00:10:36,374 There was a field down the road where we used to play football. 120 00:10:36,417 --> 00:10:38,855 I was a bit of a tomboy back in my day. 121 00:10:38,942 --> 00:10:41,074 But then I turned into a teenager, 122 00:10:41,118 --> 00:10:44,382 and I went the girly way, I suppose. 123 00:10:44,425 --> 00:10:47,211 My dad's in a band called James, and he's the drummer. 124 00:10:47,211 --> 00:10:50,605 They were pretty popular in America in the '90s, 125 00:10:50,649 --> 00:10:53,870 so when I was younger, he used to take me on tour, 126 00:10:53,870 --> 00:10:56,786 and festivals, to recording studios, and stuff. 127 00:10:56,873 --> 00:10:58,831 I wanted to be a tour manager, 128 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:01,399 I think, 'cause I loved being on tour. 129 00:11:01,442 --> 00:11:03,662 I just wanted to do it forever, and I knew obviously, 130 00:11:03,749 --> 00:11:06,534 eventually, Dad won't be touring anymore, 131 00:11:06,578 --> 00:11:07,927 so I just didn't want it to end. 132 00:11:15,805 --> 00:11:19,025 detective constable fast-track. 133 00:11:19,025 --> 00:11:20,897 So you just got fast-tracked to detective. 134 00:11:20,897 --> 00:11:24,639 You didn't have to be-- not a police officer first. 135 00:11:24,683 --> 00:11:26,293 So I thought I would give it a go. 136 00:11:26,337 --> 00:11:28,339 Didn't think I'd ever have a chance at getting it. 137 00:11:28,382 --> 00:11:29,775 I just thought I'd put my name down. 138 00:11:29,819 --> 00:11:31,429 And I got the job. 139 00:11:31,472 --> 00:11:32,952 I couldn't wait. I was so excited. 140 00:11:44,964 --> 00:11:46,487 Like, I'd watch England on the sofa 141 00:11:46,531 --> 00:11:48,141 or Wales on the sofa 142 00:11:48,185 --> 00:11:50,578 and put it on every three or four years, 143 00:11:50,622 --> 00:11:52,885 but I wouldn't travel on a Tuesday night 144 00:11:52,929 --> 00:11:54,147 to do it in the freezing cold. 145 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:58,238 I'm just not that excited about the club. 146 00:12:01,851 --> 00:12:04,679 I'm dating a Wrexham supporter. 147 00:12:04,723 --> 00:12:08,074 He's crazy about Wrexham, but I just don't understand 148 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:11,251 how he's so crazy about a football club. 149 00:13:10,223 --> 00:13:11,703 The police were there, and they were blocking the fans 150 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:14,227 from getting to the away fans. 151 00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:16,012 I was sitting my car waiting for the police to pass 152 00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:18,884 'cause we couldn't leave the car park until they'd gone. 153 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:22,148 And next thing, I just see Jonny running down the road, 154 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:25,935 and I just thought, what an idiot. 155 00:13:32,593 --> 00:13:33,594 But you're banned. 156 00:13:49,523 --> 00:13:50,829 Why? 157 00:14:04,625 --> 00:14:05,975 So you're gonna keep buying the season ticket 158 00:14:05,975 --> 00:14:07,759 on the off-chance they're gonna go up? 159 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:08,847 Yeah. 160 00:14:20,424 --> 00:14:22,513 FAN 1: Come on! FAN 2: Idiot. 161 00:14:42,533 --> 00:14:44,665 Swung in right for the great wall. 162 00:14:44,752 --> 00:14:45,579 And it's 1-all. 163 00:14:45,666 --> 00:14:48,191 Fucking hell! 164 00:14:50,802 --> 00:14:52,456 Hooliganism has been responsible 165 00:14:52,456 --> 00:14:54,762 for some very dark moments in football. 166 00:14:54,762 --> 00:14:58,201 One of them involved two of the oldest firms in the world, 167 00:14:58,244 --> 00:15:01,291 Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers. 168 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,902 Their rivalry is based on religious sectarianism 169 00:15:03,989 --> 00:15:05,469 and interregional divide. 170 00:15:05,556 --> 00:15:09,081 Their stadiums are only seven miles from each other. 171 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:11,692 The Celtic supports are primarily Scottish Catholics, 172 00:15:11,779 --> 00:15:15,479 and the Ranger supporters are Scottish Protestant. 173 00:15:18,047 --> 00:15:20,353 This religious and interregional divide 174 00:15:20,353 --> 00:15:24,096 was the catalyst for the 1980 Scottish Cup Finals riot 175 00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:25,924 that was seen by millions on TV 176 00:15:25,924 --> 00:15:28,666 and triggered the ban of alcohol at Scottish games 177 00:15:28,709 --> 00:15:29,623 moving forward. 178 00:15:32,017 --> 00:15:33,888 Another historically tragic incident 179 00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:35,934 was on May 29, 1985, 180 00:15:36,021 --> 00:15:39,155 when Liverpool met the Italian football club, Juventus, 181 00:15:39,155 --> 00:15:42,897 in the European Final at Heysel Stadium in Belgium. 182 00:15:42,941 --> 00:15:44,551 At the moment, we don't know. 183 00:15:44,595 --> 00:15:46,510 We're just going on reports that are coming in. 184 00:15:46,510 --> 00:15:49,600 At about 7:00 p.m., before the game even started, 185 00:15:49,643 --> 00:15:52,690 the barrier between sections X and Z broke down. 186 00:15:52,733 --> 00:15:55,736 Stadium and police forces were overwhelmed. 187 00:15:55,736 --> 00:15:57,869 Crumbling insufficient infrastructure 188 00:15:57,869 --> 00:15:59,958 and under-resourced policing 189 00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:02,700 combined with the worst elements of hooliganism 190 00:16:02,743 --> 00:16:05,833 and produced a tragedy that saw 39 fans killed 191 00:16:05,877 --> 00:16:08,488 and 600 injured. 192 00:16:08,532 --> 00:16:09,924 It's the most disgraceful scenes 193 00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:11,622 I've seen at a soccer game live. 194 00:16:11,665 --> 00:16:14,059 After the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster, 195 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:15,974 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 196 00:16:16,061 --> 00:16:19,543 set up a war cabinet to combat hooliganism. 197 00:16:19,630 --> 00:16:21,197 Parliament subsequently passed 198 00:16:21,284 --> 00:16:23,547 the Football Spectators Act of 1989 199 00:16:23,634 --> 00:16:26,202 and the Football Disorder Act of 2000. 200 00:16:26,245 --> 00:16:28,204 Laws such as these have helped, 201 00:16:28,204 --> 00:16:31,424 but wherever you find young men with time, 202 00:16:31,511 --> 00:16:33,774 poor economic prospects, and a love of football, 203 00:16:33,818 --> 00:16:35,950 you'll find hooliganism, 204 00:16:35,994 --> 00:16:38,779 which is why you find a heavy police presence at every match 205 00:16:38,866 --> 00:16:40,651 and entire sections of empty seats 206 00:16:40,694 --> 00:16:42,957 that separate opposing fans. 207 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:45,656 But even that can't stop everything. 208 00:16:45,699 --> 00:16:47,788 And after two years of a pandemic 209 00:16:47,788 --> 00:16:49,138 and economic uncertainty, 210 00:16:49,225 --> 00:16:51,749 the question is, will it make a comeback? 211 00:16:51,792 --> 00:16:53,794 Would I say it's on the rise again? Possibly. 212 00:16:53,881 --> 00:16:55,796 These days, most incidents tend to occur 213 00:16:55,883 --> 00:16:57,363 at prearranged locations 214 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,322 as opposed to the matches themselves. 215 00:16:59,365 --> 00:17:00,714 They are preplanned. 216 00:17:20,821 --> 00:17:22,910 I think a lot of the issues that we tend to get, 217 00:17:22,954 --> 00:17:24,347 at Wrexham, at this level, 218 00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:26,610 is what we call spontaneous disorder. 219 00:17:26,697 --> 00:17:29,917 So initially, we had bottles and coins 220 00:17:29,961 --> 00:17:32,833 coming from this area, so here to here. 221 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,794 And then, when Torquay scored their goal late in the game, 222 00:17:36,837 --> 00:17:40,145 we also had some bottles and drinks thrown 223 00:17:40,189 --> 00:17:43,583 from this section, so above them in this area here. 224 00:17:43,627 --> 00:17:45,585 As soon as we have identified all the individuals, 225 00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:47,370 the club will be issuing interim bans 226 00:17:47,413 --> 00:17:48,936 and revoking any season tickets 227 00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:51,852 pending an investigation by the police. 228 00:17:51,939 --> 00:17:53,593 We were not made aware of that 229 00:17:53,637 --> 00:17:57,293 until after we had gotten back to the States. 230 00:17:57,336 --> 00:18:00,078 And obviously that's not something 231 00:18:00,078 --> 00:18:02,515 we would ever condone or tolerate, 232 00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:04,430 and we took the necessary actions. 233 00:18:04,430 --> 00:18:05,779 It was just a shame that it happened. 234 00:18:08,304 --> 00:18:11,829 I think it's highly regrettable 235 00:18:11,872 --> 00:18:17,530 that a very small minority of fans 236 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:21,969 resort to the types of behavior that are driven by-- 237 00:18:22,013 --> 00:18:23,884 you know, are driven by emotion, 238 00:18:23,884 --> 00:18:26,887 and some acts of lawlessness, really. 239 00:18:26,974 --> 00:18:30,326 Of course, pre-COVID and pre-takeover, 240 00:18:30,369 --> 00:18:31,892 our crowds here at Wrexham 241 00:18:31,979 --> 00:18:33,851 were somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 242 00:18:33,894 --> 00:18:35,983 depending on how the team was performing on the pitch. 243 00:18:36,027 --> 00:18:39,291 Now that we do have these new high-profile owners, 244 00:18:39,335 --> 00:18:40,684 the crowd has pretty much doubled. 245 00:18:40,684 --> 00:18:44,078 You know, so we're just under 10,000 week in, week out, 246 00:18:44,122 --> 00:18:46,472 which is fantastic to see, great for the club, 247 00:18:46,472 --> 00:18:48,648 but unfortunately, you know, 248 00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:51,695 that element of people who wanna cause problems 249 00:18:51,695 --> 00:18:54,306 seems to have also been attracted with it. 250 00:19:02,488 --> 00:19:04,795 Let's keep that going. 251 00:19:04,838 --> 00:19:07,363 Let's not spoil it. 252 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:10,192 There's no place for violence anywhere. 253 00:19:47,098 --> 00:19:49,622 Bread, if you want it. 254 00:19:49,709 --> 00:19:52,190 How long will this take? 10 minutes. 255 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:55,193 I don't see what the fascination is with it. 256 00:19:55,237 --> 00:19:58,283 Why would you want to get hurt? 257 00:19:58,327 --> 00:20:01,504 And why would you want to hurt someone else over football? 258 00:20:01,547 --> 00:20:04,246 I don't understand. I don't get it at all. 259 00:20:09,555 --> 00:20:13,124 Yeah. - What were you thinking? 260 00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:15,126 Yeah. 261 00:20:16,693 --> 00:20:18,651 It affects the relationship because 262 00:20:18,738 --> 00:20:22,394 we're arguing about it, he's lying to me. 263 00:20:22,438 --> 00:20:23,874 I'm always checking up on him when he's there 264 00:20:23,917 --> 00:20:26,659 'cause I'm thinking, what's he doing? 265 00:20:26,703 --> 00:20:28,879 I don't--which ones-- 266 00:20:28,922 --> 00:20:31,664 I just hope he'll start behaving himself 267 00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:33,449 when his ban's lifted so we can be 268 00:20:33,492 --> 00:20:36,016 a bit more of a normal couple. 269 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:37,453 Well, there you go, guys. 270 00:20:37,496 --> 00:20:38,671 Oh, thank you very much. 271 00:20:38,715 --> 00:20:39,672 Well, it wasn't just me. 272 00:20:39,716 --> 00:20:41,239 It was Steph as well, really. 273 00:20:41,326 --> 00:20:43,589 - I helped her. - Oh, thank you. 274 00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:45,374 They don't want to change. 275 00:20:45,374 --> 00:20:47,245 If they're only changing for you, 276 00:20:47,245 --> 00:20:49,682 then they're never gonna properly change. 277 00:20:49,726 --> 00:20:51,815 They need to want to change themselves, I think, 278 00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:53,556 or do it for themselves. 279 00:20:53,599 --> 00:20:54,687 If he's like, "Oh, I'll change. 280 00:20:54,731 --> 00:20:56,559 If we had a kid, I'd be different." 281 00:20:56,602 --> 00:20:58,125 Well, I'm not taking the chance to have a child 282 00:20:58,169 --> 00:21:00,563 just on the off-chance you might change. 283 00:21:00,606 --> 00:21:02,216 Yeah, I'm looking to do a career change myself 284 00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:03,783 to go into the police. 285 00:21:03,827 --> 00:21:05,959 I got offered the job as a detective. 286 00:21:06,046 --> 00:21:07,396 And it was hard work. 287 00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:09,485 There were so many tests and interviews. 288 00:21:09,485 --> 00:21:12,009 And I didn't think I'd ever get the job. 289 00:21:12,052 --> 00:21:13,532 And I got the job. 290 00:21:42,648 --> 00:21:45,477 I can't carry on like this. 291 00:21:45,521 --> 00:21:47,174 I just don't want a boyfriend 292 00:21:47,218 --> 00:21:49,307 that's getting in trouble with the police, 293 00:21:49,307 --> 00:21:51,265 and I just find it embarrassing. 294 00:21:51,309 --> 00:21:54,878 I genuinely don't think he ever thinks I'll leave. 295 00:21:54,878 --> 00:21:56,967 If he gets in trouble with the police again, 296 00:21:57,010 --> 00:21:59,970 then that will-- that'll be--that'll be it. 297 00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:10,676 We'll win games. We'll lose games. 298 00:22:10,676 --> 00:22:12,765 I understand those 299 00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:15,681 absolutely heartbreaking rules of football. 300 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,988 But the real battle here is not on the pitch. 301 00:22:18,031 --> 00:22:20,207 It's in the town. 302 00:22:20,251 --> 00:22:22,645 We pride ourselves here on welcoming visitors, 303 00:22:22,688 --> 00:22:24,995 um, and people coming here having good-- 304 00:22:25,038 --> 00:22:26,257 great experience at the town center, 305 00:22:26,257 --> 00:22:27,911 good experience at the ground, 306 00:22:27,911 --> 00:22:29,347 you know, win or lose, 307 00:22:29,434 --> 00:22:32,219 shake hands at the end and you carry on, you know? 308 00:22:32,263 --> 00:22:34,004 And if we're unable to improve things 309 00:22:34,047 --> 00:22:35,571 for the people of Wrexham, 310 00:22:35,571 --> 00:22:39,444 if we're unable to inspire them to a better future, 311 00:22:39,488 --> 00:22:41,707 that's a real loss 312 00:22:41,707 --> 00:22:44,362 'cause that's a human loss. 313 00:22:44,362 --> 00:22:47,234 And it could be felt for generations. 314 00:22:47,278 --> 00:22:49,236 You don't get another chance at it 315 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,935 next Saturday or next Tuesday. 316 00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:13,260 Here they come, the mighty champions 317 00:23:13,304 --> 00:23:16,481 Raise your voices to the anthem 318 00:23:16,525 --> 00:23:19,919 Marching like a mighty army 319 00:23:19,963 --> 00:23:23,270 Wrexham is the name 320 00:23:23,314 --> 00:23:25,403 Fearless in devotion 321 00:23:25,447 --> 00:23:26,622 Fight, fight! 322 00:23:26,665 --> 00:23:29,059 Rising to promotion 323 00:23:29,102 --> 00:23:30,103 Fight, fight!