1 00:00:21,281 --> 00:00:22,500 That looks lovely, doesn't it? 2 00:00:22,587 --> 00:00:24,154 Looks really lovely. 3 00:00:32,814 --> 00:00:35,252 We had the chance to win the title at Dagenham, 4 00:00:35,426 --> 00:00:39,343 but Stockport won anyway, so it didn't really matter. 5 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:41,345 It would have been nice to have won it, 6 00:00:41,475 --> 00:00:43,173 but that's where you've got to dust yourself down 7 00:00:43,260 --> 00:00:45,392 and get ready for the playoff. 8 00:00:45,523 --> 00:00:48,047 Six teams play in the playoffs. 9 00:00:48,178 --> 00:00:51,398 The major benefit of finishing second or third 10 00:00:51,529 --> 00:00:53,400 is that you only have to play one game 11 00:00:53,531 --> 00:00:56,490 before getting to the final, and you are at home 12 00:00:56,664 --> 00:00:58,971 in that game, which is why we will host Grimsby 13 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:00,625 here at the Racecourse. 14 00:01:00,755 --> 00:01:02,931 The winner will go through to the final. 15 00:01:03,062 --> 00:01:04,324 There's a lot on the line. 16 00:01:06,848 --> 00:01:09,068 It's knockout football, so it's a one-off game. 17 00:01:09,199 --> 00:01:11,723 And you win, you're through. You lose, you're out. 18 00:01:11,853 --> 00:01:13,638 Yeah, obviously, we lost Dagenham. 19 00:01:13,768 --> 00:01:15,857 We lost cup final, but, you know, 20 00:01:16,031 --> 00:01:18,121 the idea is to snap out of it as quickly as possible 21 00:01:18,208 --> 00:01:20,427 and get ready to move on. 22 00:01:20,601 --> 00:01:22,864 The motivation and the desire has got to be there. 23 00:01:23,038 --> 00:01:25,128 We've got to be ready to outrun and outfight 24 00:01:25,215 --> 00:01:27,173 for a minute in every battle. 25 00:01:27,304 --> 00:01:29,654 We can't leave anything on the pitch at all. 26 00:01:29,784 --> 00:01:31,308 It's all or nothing today. 27 00:01:34,006 --> 00:01:36,748 Come gather round, people, 28 00:01:36,878 --> 00:01:40,099 Wherever you roam 29 00:01:40,230 --> 00:01:45,974 And admit that the waters around you have grown 30 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:48,151 And accept it that soon 31 00:01:48,238 --> 00:01:51,328 you'll be drenched to the bone. 32 00:01:51,458 --> 00:01:56,246 If your time to you is worth saving, 33 00:01:56,376 --> 00:02:00,119 then you better start swimming, 34 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:03,122 or you'll sink like a stone 35 00:02:03,253 --> 00:02:09,259 for the times, they are a-changing. 36 00:02:17,484 --> 00:02:19,791 OK, so you're a new-- 37 00:02:19,921 --> 00:02:21,184 you're a new chairman. 38 00:02:21,271 --> 00:02:23,621 What are your goals for Grimsby Town? 39 00:02:25,449 --> 00:02:26,928 I'm from Grimsby. 40 00:02:27,059 --> 00:02:28,626 I'm really proud to be from Grimsby. 41 00:02:28,713 --> 00:02:31,585 Working class town that, you know, 42 00:02:31,716 --> 00:02:32,499 has been down on its luck for a few years, 43 00:02:32,673 --> 00:02:33,631 quite frankly. 44 00:02:33,805 --> 00:02:35,459 We used to be 45 00:02:35,589 --> 00:02:36,503 the world's largest fishing port, 46 00:02:36,634 --> 00:02:38,375 and that's no longer the truth. 47 00:02:38,549 --> 00:02:40,377 The industries of the past have gone away, 48 00:02:40,507 --> 00:02:42,248 and it's trying to reinvent itself. 49 00:02:42,379 --> 00:02:44,946 This club has been around 144 years. 50 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,514 It's the one constant in people's lives 51 00:02:47,645 --> 00:02:48,863 in a world that's becoming more complex 52 00:02:49,037 --> 00:02:50,735 and ever-changing. 53 00:02:50,865 --> 00:02:52,954 And I heard someone say a few weeks ago 54 00:02:53,085 --> 00:02:54,521 that it's a, you know, unlikely partner, 55 00:02:54,608 --> 00:02:56,044 it's a marriage that you can't get out of. 56 00:02:56,175 --> 00:02:59,526 Your committed to your football club for life. 57 00:02:59,657 --> 00:03:01,093 And that's really-- that's my life's work now, 58 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:03,182 is making sure, you know, this town is successful. 59 00:03:05,489 --> 00:03:07,534 When I first heard of Rob and Ryan taking over Wrexham, 60 00:03:07,708 --> 00:03:09,406 I was--like many people, I didn't really believe it, 61 00:03:09,536 --> 00:03:10,885 to be honest with you. 62 00:03:10,972 --> 00:03:12,496 I thought that, "What's the connection 63 00:03:12,626 --> 00:03:14,106 "for two Hollywood A-listers to, you know, 64 00:03:14,237 --> 00:03:16,674 a town in North Wales?" 65 00:03:16,761 --> 00:03:18,110 You know, what we know about football, 66 00:03:18,241 --> 00:03:19,764 it's about relationships. 67 00:03:19,894 --> 00:03:21,635 It's about connections to the community. 68 00:03:21,809 --> 00:03:24,464 So the question about whether money and fame and success 69 00:03:24,551 --> 00:03:26,336 is going to be an advantage for them-- 70 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:28,207 I mean, in life, it clearly is, right? 71 00:03:28,381 --> 00:03:30,688 So, you know, I've never seen my wife more interested 72 00:03:30,775 --> 00:03:32,342 in the idea of coming to a game 73 00:03:32,472 --> 00:03:33,691 when she knew we'd be playing Wrexham, 74 00:03:33,778 --> 00:03:35,258 and they might be there, so that's probably more 75 00:03:35,345 --> 00:03:36,563 of a comment about my relationship 76 00:03:36,737 --> 00:03:38,522 than about football, 77 00:03:38,652 --> 00:03:40,915 but I think it does create barriers, as well, right? 78 00:03:41,002 --> 00:03:43,222 So, you know, what we know about football, 79 00:03:43,353 --> 00:03:45,006 it's about relationships, 80 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:46,660 it's about connections to the community, 81 00:03:46,791 --> 00:03:49,446 and the reality of it is that them wealth and fame 82 00:03:49,576 --> 00:03:51,796 and that sort of success can be a barrier to building 83 00:03:51,970 --> 00:03:53,580 genuine relationships, 84 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,234 so there's a question of authenticity. 85 00:03:55,365 --> 00:03:56,583 There's a question of, you know, 86 00:03:56,714 --> 00:03:58,019 when it gets really tough 87 00:03:58,150 --> 00:04:00,239 and people turn against them, you know, 88 00:04:00,413 --> 00:04:01,501 are they gonna be getting on those private jets 89 00:04:01,588 --> 00:04:04,025 to come to Wrexham when times are hard as well? 90 00:04:04,199 --> 00:04:06,376 You know, you have to show up in the good times and bad. 91 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:08,378 And you'll have both, as well. 92 00:04:08,508 --> 00:04:09,814 Grimsby Town and Wrexham 93 00:04:09,944 --> 00:04:11,381 split their season series 94 00:04:11,511 --> 00:04:13,252 with Grimsby absolutely dominating 95 00:04:13,383 --> 00:04:16,255 the first meeting. 96 00:04:22,696 --> 00:04:24,959 First ones of next year's away shirts 97 00:04:25,046 --> 00:04:28,049 have arrived. Yes, not green anymore. 98 00:04:28,223 --> 00:04:29,877 No more green? I like it. 99 00:04:29,964 --> 00:04:30,878 Wow. 100 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:36,275 But the great thing about going up a league 101 00:04:36,406 --> 00:04:38,277 is that we can-- it avails us to players 102 00:04:38,408 --> 00:04:40,627 that aren't English. Yep. 103 00:04:40,801 --> 00:04:42,760 We can go to Uruguay and get, you know-- 104 00:04:42,847 --> 00:04:44,979 The players will be cheaper for us 105 00:04:45,066 --> 00:04:47,939 to be able to buy in League Two than the National League 106 00:04:48,069 --> 00:04:49,636 because the National League premium, 107 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:51,812 game play has to drop down the head and the toes. 108 00:04:51,943 --> 00:04:53,423 Yeah, it's brutal, yeah. - You don't have to do that. 109 00:04:53,510 --> 00:04:54,641 You pay premium. It's a simple-- 110 00:04:54,815 --> 00:04:57,644 you know, it's just a harsh fact of real life. 111 00:04:57,818 --> 00:05:00,430 Shaun Harvey is as essential and element 112 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,171 to Wrexham AFC's success 113 00:05:03,302 --> 00:05:06,653 as Rob and I are, as Phil Parkinson is, 114 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,133 as Paul Mullin is, as Ollie Palmer is, 115 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:09,874 as Aaron Hayden. 116 00:05:10,004 --> 00:05:13,225 Shaun is very serious, as well a person 117 00:05:13,356 --> 00:05:15,227 should be in that position. 118 00:05:15,401 --> 00:05:17,534 And Shaun is the adult in the room. 119 00:05:17,664 --> 00:05:19,579 What's the next big check that needs to be written 120 00:05:19,666 --> 00:05:21,451 and when? 121 00:05:21,538 --> 00:05:23,191 As soon as we know which league we're in, 122 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:26,630 there's a 12-month cash flow PandL forecast. 123 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,458 I think words are too clumsy to express 124 00:05:28,545 --> 00:05:31,548 how much he means to me and how much he means to Rob. 125 00:05:31,678 --> 00:05:33,245 I also just love him, you know? 126 00:05:33,376 --> 00:05:35,465 Rob and I both just love the guy. 127 00:05:35,595 --> 00:05:37,684 Three clubs should get to go up. 128 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:40,470 Listen, I--you know, absolutely, they should. 129 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:41,906 It'd be over now. The top two-- 130 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,211 the top two should have been up. 131 00:05:43,342 --> 00:05:44,561 We should be on holiday. - Yeah. 132 00:05:44,691 --> 00:05:46,258 Got to get out of this fucking week. 133 00:05:46,345 --> 00:05:50,131 We got to get out. 134 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:00,141 Let's go! Wrexham! 135 00:06:02,361 --> 00:06:04,145 Wrexham finished the regular season 136 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:08,585 11 points ahead of Grimsby, 2nd and 6th, respectively. 137 00:06:08,715 --> 00:06:11,501 It's a big game today for us. Biggest for a long, long time. 138 00:06:11,588 --> 00:06:13,503 Now, it's all about who delivers on the day... 139 00:06:13,633 --> 00:06:15,374 Stakes could not be higher. 140 00:06:15,505 --> 00:06:17,681 Feeling very nervous. Excited, as well. 141 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:19,073 Who handles the pressure 142 00:06:19,247 --> 00:06:21,249 of playoff football. 143 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:22,729 We must have a winner. 144 00:06:22,903 --> 00:06:23,730 I mean, they weren't very good 145 00:06:23,904 --> 00:06:25,166 in that trophy final. 146 00:06:25,297 --> 00:06:26,603 They just looked a little bit lethargic, 147 00:06:26,733 --> 00:06:27,647 a little bit flat on their feet. 148 00:06:30,258 --> 00:06:31,477 The problem we've had 149 00:06:31,608 --> 00:06:32,217 is linked to being on the road. 150 00:06:32,304 --> 00:06:33,740 This is familiar. 151 00:06:33,871 --> 00:06:35,307 This is the Racecourse, where we have 152 00:06:35,481 --> 00:06:37,396 a massive crowd roaring us on. 153 00:06:37,570 --> 00:06:39,267 So I feel confident we'll be able 154 00:06:39,398 --> 00:06:40,530 to do ourselves justice. 155 00:06:47,406 --> 00:06:48,886 Nice and calm. We reset. 156 00:06:48,973 --> 00:06:51,410 Today, right? I tell you what today's about. 157 00:06:51,541 --> 00:06:53,978 Taking the fucking handbrake off, right? 158 00:06:54,108 --> 00:06:55,980 And going full throttle for the bastard throat 159 00:06:56,154 --> 00:06:57,068 of this fucking team. 160 00:06:57,198 --> 00:06:59,418 Nothing gets left on the pitch. 161 00:06:59,592 --> 00:07:01,768 We fucking give everything to put these to the bastard sword. 162 00:07:01,855 --> 00:07:03,291 Let's fucking go. All right! 163 00:07:05,772 --> 00:07:08,427 The Wrexham fans, wow. 164 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:11,691 Well, Stockport was loud. This is louder, I think. 165 00:07:11,778 --> 00:07:14,302 The Wrex fans on its feet. 166 00:07:24,574 --> 00:07:25,879 Here we go, and a pick up is taken. 167 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:27,577 And the ball is popped backwards 168 00:07:27,751 --> 00:07:29,056 and immediately launched. 169 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,107 Our ball! That's our ball! 170 00:07:36,237 --> 00:07:38,065 When I'm high, 171 00:07:38,152 --> 00:07:40,111 When I'm loving, 172 00:07:40,241 --> 00:07:41,721 When I'm starting to say-- 173 00:07:41,808 --> 00:07:43,331 Backer to you feeds it forwards. 174 00:07:43,462 --> 00:07:45,682 Well read by Young, and he comes out with the ball. 175 00:07:45,812 --> 00:07:46,726 You want to ask questions early on. 176 00:07:46,813 --> 00:07:48,336 You want to see what Wrexham are made of. 177 00:07:48,467 --> 00:07:50,251 You want to see if Wrexham can handle the pressure 178 00:07:50,425 --> 00:07:52,340 in these big games. 179 00:07:52,471 --> 00:07:54,255 What we've seen from the last game 180 00:07:54,386 --> 00:07:55,387 and how important set plays have been 181 00:07:55,518 --> 00:07:56,606 in the playoffs so far. 182 00:07:56,780 --> 00:07:58,651 Maxie, cut him in front! 183 00:08:01,785 --> 00:08:03,264 All hands, the player towards 184 00:08:03,438 --> 00:08:04,178 the edge of the box. 185 00:08:04,352 --> 00:08:06,485 Oh! 186 00:08:06,659 --> 00:08:11,272 Certainly hectical concern, the header by Taylor. 187 00:08:11,446 --> 00:08:12,970 Long way down the line for him. 188 00:08:13,057 --> 00:08:15,059 Slings it towards the corner box again. 189 00:08:15,189 --> 00:08:17,627 Cleworth is there. Smashed into the back of him. 190 00:08:17,757 --> 00:08:19,498 No, hey, hey! 191 00:08:19,629 --> 00:08:20,934 By the way, is he allowed go right 192 00:08:21,065 --> 00:08:21,979 in the back of his fucking head? 193 00:08:22,109 --> 00:08:23,720 Is that Mullin? 194 00:08:23,850 --> 00:08:24,677 Yeah. 195 00:08:27,724 --> 00:08:28,768 We'll see some heat, 196 00:08:28,855 --> 00:08:30,509 sent out the Golden Boot winner 197 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,860 in the National League, Mullin OK. 198 00:08:33,991 --> 00:08:38,865 Back again on Clifton, McAtee, Taylor. 199 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:41,651 Taylor served nicely. McAtee gets it back. 200 00:08:41,781 --> 00:08:43,522 Great goal! 201 00:08:43,653 --> 00:08:45,219 With the flags up at one count. 202 00:08:45,306 --> 00:08:48,005 Offside? 203 00:08:48,092 --> 00:08:49,310 Offside. 204 00:08:54,185 --> 00:08:55,795 From a devil 205 00:08:55,882 --> 00:08:58,319 At a scene in the concert 206 00:08:58,450 --> 00:09:00,234 Well, it feels like something's-- 207 00:09:00,321 --> 00:09:02,541 So Dibble takes the goal kick. 208 00:09:02,672 --> 00:09:04,456 Reflects it, oh, wow, Mullin's on the chase now. 209 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:05,979 Going to get there. In the box he goes. 210 00:09:06,110 --> 00:09:07,328 He's wide. Hey! 211 00:09:07,459 --> 00:09:09,896 That looks like a penalty. 212 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:23,780 I wanted to be with my child, 213 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:25,999 and being able to come back 214 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:27,348 and spend every day and every night 215 00:09:27,522 --> 00:09:29,916 seeing his face and watching him progressing 216 00:09:30,090 --> 00:09:35,095 and just seeing him smile every day... 217 00:09:35,226 --> 00:09:37,054 that's been something I've really enjoyed this year, 218 00:09:37,141 --> 00:09:39,447 and I've managed to give me mum, dad, 219 00:09:39,578 --> 00:09:41,145 and all me family, me partner, 220 00:09:41,319 --> 00:09:43,582 me little boy memories that we won't forget often 221 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:46,280 this season, and that's something that I'm proud of 222 00:09:46,367 --> 00:09:49,501 and something I want to try and keep more of. 223 00:09:49,588 --> 00:09:52,373 With all the hopes and expectations and the time 224 00:09:52,504 --> 00:09:53,679 spent out of the league 225 00:09:53,810 --> 00:09:55,289 and all the stuff we've had to deal with 226 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:56,203 this year... 227 00:10:02,122 --> 00:10:03,950 singing my name after we've been promoted 228 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:05,952 in front of all the fans who've given us 229 00:10:06,083 --> 00:10:07,954 the support all season, and we've waited 230 00:10:08,128 --> 00:10:09,913 so long for this time, like, 231 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:11,741 so to have the opportunity to hopefully 232 00:10:11,871 --> 00:10:14,178 be able to give them what they've wanted 233 00:10:14,308 --> 00:10:15,745 for years and success and bring back 234 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:17,485 the good times at the club. 235 00:10:17,616 --> 00:10:18,965 That gives me some other motivation 236 00:10:19,139 --> 00:10:22,055 to go and try and succeed, and if we could do that, 237 00:10:22,186 --> 00:10:24,841 then what a story it would be. 238 00:10:26,233 --> 00:10:28,061 Hey! 239 00:10:28,192 --> 00:10:30,107 That looks like a penalty. 240 00:10:30,194 --> 00:10:33,284 Oh, he's giving it. He's giving the penalty. 241 00:10:33,414 --> 00:10:34,764 But you can see the reaction here 242 00:10:34,938 --> 00:10:36,200 at the Grimsby place. 243 00:10:36,330 --> 00:10:37,636 That is a huge call 244 00:10:37,767 --> 00:10:41,074 from the referee, Adam Herczeg. 245 00:10:41,205 --> 00:10:42,554 Well, they're clearly delighted with it. 246 00:10:44,382 --> 00:10:48,342 We want Mullin! Send out Mullin! 247 00:10:48,429 --> 00:10:50,649 Just don't think you ought to send-- 248 00:10:50,823 --> 00:10:52,869 So the man who has won the penalty 249 00:10:52,999 --> 00:10:54,653 will now take it. 250 00:10:54,784 --> 00:10:57,656 We've got super Mullin! 251 00:10:57,787 --> 00:10:59,005 As a kid, when you're looking 252 00:10:59,136 --> 00:11:01,355 to become a footballer, you see full stadiums 253 00:11:01,442 --> 00:11:03,575 and people singing people's names. 254 00:11:03,749 --> 00:11:05,446 You wish one day it could be you. 255 00:11:05,577 --> 00:11:07,797 So this year for me, to walk out, to come there, 256 00:11:07,884 --> 00:11:09,233 and the noise and the excitement, 257 00:11:09,363 --> 00:11:12,018 it does reflect into you and in your life. 258 00:11:12,192 --> 00:11:13,977 Will he go for power here? 259 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:15,805 Mullin, that's what he tends to do. 260 00:11:15,935 --> 00:11:17,937 Pressure penalty in the playoffs. 261 00:11:23,029 --> 00:11:26,903 It's Mullin! For Wrexham! 262 00:11:27,033 --> 00:11:29,383 It's a goal against the other play. 263 00:11:29,557 --> 00:11:30,820 The Wrexham work here. 264 00:11:30,950 --> 00:11:32,691 There in front of the Racecourse. 265 00:11:32,865 --> 00:11:35,128 A real good feeling. 266 00:11:35,259 --> 00:11:39,393 Yeah, I've got a real good feeling. 267 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,701 It's raucous at the Racecourse. 268 00:11:42,832 --> 00:11:43,746 It's first blood to Wrexham. 269 00:11:43,833 --> 00:11:45,617 A real good feeling. 270 00:11:45,791 --> 00:11:46,879 Wrexham, Wrexham! 271 00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:55,627 Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham! 272 00:11:55,714 --> 00:11:57,281 It's first blood to Wrexham. 273 00:11:57,411 --> 00:11:59,762 It's raucous at the Racecourse. 274 00:11:59,849 --> 00:12:01,851 Yeah! 275 00:12:01,938 --> 00:12:03,548 Can Brimsby hit back quickly here? 276 00:12:08,727 --> 00:12:11,861 Fine man, I fucking caught my finger 277 00:12:12,035 --> 00:12:14,080 on a ball on the crossbar. Yeah. 278 00:12:14,211 --> 00:12:15,952 How's your recovery going there, mate? 279 00:12:36,015 --> 00:12:37,582 You've been in the walls, haven't you? 280 00:12:37,669 --> 00:12:38,888 No, it's weird. 281 00:12:39,062 --> 00:12:39,802 Even the minor one was bad. 282 00:12:42,456 --> 00:12:43,675 No. 283 00:12:48,767 --> 00:12:49,812 Yeah. 284 00:12:57,428 --> 00:12:58,821 Dib's just watched more of me 285 00:12:58,908 --> 00:13:00,910 than I've watched of him. 286 00:13:01,084 --> 00:13:03,303 But now it's his time to go and shine 287 00:13:03,434 --> 00:13:05,436 and make his way himself, so Dibs has come in 288 00:13:05,566 --> 00:13:09,919 and done fantastic. Couldn't be happier for him. 289 00:13:10,006 --> 00:13:12,356 Just want the team to keep winning. 290 00:13:12,486 --> 00:13:14,010 The end of the day, the main aim 291 00:13:14,184 --> 00:13:15,141 is getting promoted, this football club. 292 00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:21,278 At the start of the season, obviously, 293 00:13:21,365 --> 00:13:25,804 it's hard knowing that you're gonna be 294 00:13:25,935 --> 00:13:27,806 a number two, you know, goalkeeping-wise. 295 00:13:27,937 --> 00:13:30,113 You're gonna be second choice. 296 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:32,811 It's never easy, but, you know, with Rob going down, 297 00:13:32,985 --> 00:13:35,248 I had a couple of bad games. 298 00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:36,815 But you know, at the moment, 299 00:13:36,946 --> 00:13:37,511 I feel really, really good on myself. 300 00:13:39,949 --> 00:13:42,386 I've just got to take it game by game 301 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,388 and hopefully keep doing what I'm doing 302 00:13:44,562 --> 00:13:46,433 and help the team go up the league. 303 00:13:49,828 --> 00:13:53,571 Wrexham, 18 matches unbeaten at the Racecourse, 304 00:13:53,701 --> 00:13:57,401 their longest run since 1978, when they went 19 undefeated. 305 00:14:00,317 --> 00:14:02,623 McAtee whose had that only goal disallowed 306 00:14:02,797 --> 00:14:05,061 foxing, made the run, the--McAtee! 307 00:14:05,191 --> 00:14:07,193 Great goal! Oh, that's special. 308 00:14:10,327 --> 00:14:12,416 What a way to respond. 309 00:14:12,546 --> 00:14:15,419 Delirium among the Grimsby fans. 310 00:14:15,549 --> 00:14:17,551 Oh, my God. 311 00:14:22,817 --> 00:14:25,211 What a response from Grimsby. 312 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:28,040 1 minute and 23 seconds between the goals. 313 00:14:34,438 --> 00:14:37,310 Hosannah now. Wrexham went in again almost. 314 00:14:37,441 --> 00:14:39,356 Great save by Crocombe. 315 00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:40,792 And what a game we've got on here. 316 00:14:40,966 --> 00:14:43,664 Wrexham. Jones. 317 00:14:43,795 --> 00:14:45,666 Really busy in that box. 318 00:14:45,797 --> 00:14:47,103 If he can get a good cross, and he did, 319 00:14:47,233 --> 00:14:48,582 and French was there. 320 00:14:53,587 --> 00:14:56,112 It's all square at the racecourse at halftime. 321 00:14:56,242 --> 00:14:58,331 Love the playoffs. 322 00:14:58,462 --> 00:15:01,944 Absolutely love the playoffs. 323 00:15:03,684 --> 00:15:05,686 Listen in, boys. - Yeah. 324 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:07,253 Start again for me exactly the fucking same. 325 00:15:07,427 --> 00:15:09,125 Kick it on to Smith. Fucking try and overpower them. 326 00:15:09,255 --> 00:15:11,170 Balls down the side. Quick free kicks. 327 00:15:11,257 --> 00:15:12,476 Quick throws, even though the fucking ref 328 00:15:12,650 --> 00:15:14,043 blocked one of them. 329 00:15:14,130 --> 00:15:15,958 Keep winning the battle of both boxes, yeah? 330 00:15:16,045 --> 00:15:17,133 And keep resetting, keeping calm. 331 00:15:17,263 --> 00:15:18,786 Let's go. 332 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:21,224 Listen, let's go give fucking everything. 333 00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:23,704 Like I said, we've had this team by the fucking throat, 334 00:15:23,835 --> 00:15:25,576 haven't we, Jordy? 335 00:15:25,706 --> 00:15:26,490 We're fit enough to go again, right to the fucking wire. 336 00:15:26,664 --> 00:15:27,926 Take 'em by the throat. 337 00:15:28,057 --> 00:15:29,493 Go and score the next goal, and go 338 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:30,624 and score the one after that. Come on, let's go. 339 00:15:30,798 --> 00:15:33,410 Come on, lads. Come on. 340 00:15:33,497 --> 00:15:35,716 This is a big 'un. Yeah. 341 00:15:35,847 --> 00:15:38,284 Wrexham about to kick off the second half. 342 00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:42,288 Can we force this over the line? 343 00:15:43,942 --> 00:15:45,378 One of these sides will play 344 00:15:45,509 --> 00:15:47,424 in next Sunday's promotion final 345 00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:48,991 at London Stadium. 346 00:15:49,078 --> 00:15:50,731 The start here, 347 00:15:50,862 --> 00:15:52,298 think we're going to be in for another classic. 348 00:15:52,429 --> 00:15:53,734 That's a good ball to McAtee, 349 00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:56,302 who's in behind already. Good save by Dibble. 350 00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:57,738 You wonder how important 351 00:15:57,869 --> 00:16:00,306 that save's going to be with that situation. 352 00:16:00,437 --> 00:16:01,960 McAtee again. 353 00:16:02,091 --> 00:16:04,310 You can't give it to him in these sort of areas. 354 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:06,878 It's the worked, the pass as well to Clifton. 355 00:16:06,965 --> 00:16:09,402 Just caught enough on that, Dibble, 356 00:16:09,533 --> 00:16:12,666 but it's an unsure start to the second half. 357 00:16:12,797 --> 00:16:14,886 All right, he's-- 358 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:16,670 So, all right, already he's dislocated 359 00:16:16,757 --> 00:16:18,324 his fucking finger or something like that, you know? 360 00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:19,847 I don't like the way that Dibbs 361 00:16:19,978 --> 00:16:21,545 has just gone down there. 362 00:16:21,632 --> 00:16:23,677 Dibble back to his feet and ready 363 00:16:23,764 --> 00:16:27,333 to help defend this corner that Amos will take. 364 00:16:31,337 --> 00:16:34,253 Amos to swing it in and Dibble on his line, punched it. 365 00:16:37,343 --> 00:16:39,476 Now to Clifton and now Amos will send it into a busy box. 366 00:16:39,563 --> 00:16:40,781 Good delivery. 367 00:16:40,912 --> 00:16:43,219 And they're in front! 368 00:16:43,349 --> 00:16:47,832 It's the captain, Waterfall, against his former club. 369 00:16:47,919 --> 00:16:50,443 They turned it all around! 370 00:16:50,574 --> 00:16:53,142 Grimsby leads at the Racecourse! 371 00:17:07,417 --> 00:17:11,334 With our first speaker tonight, freak here, 372 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:15,033 He's starred on the NBC comedy Sean Saves the World, 373 00:17:15,164 --> 00:17:16,948 and he appeared in an episode of-- 374 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:18,515 never heard of this-- 375 00:17:18,602 --> 00:17:19,516 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. 376 00:17:20,952 --> 00:17:22,475 It's true. 377 00:17:22,606 --> 00:17:24,738 And from February of last year, 378 00:17:24,825 --> 00:17:26,740 he's been our chief executive. 379 00:17:29,787 --> 00:17:32,355 Thank you. Thank you. 380 00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:37,055 Were you genuinely surprised by the fan base, 381 00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:38,926 the support we did get this season? 382 00:17:39,057 --> 00:17:39,971 Well, my first experience 383 00:17:40,058 --> 00:17:41,190 of being at the Racecourse with fans 384 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,192 was for the Chesterfield game, 385 00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:44,976 which was an amazing experience 386 00:17:45,150 --> 00:17:47,935 because we were a bit crap. 387 00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:50,068 And you know, it was tough. 388 00:17:50,199 --> 00:17:52,288 But every time we won a throw in, 389 00:17:52,418 --> 00:17:54,072 every time we won a corner, every time 390 00:17:54,246 --> 00:17:56,553 someone put in a big challenge, the whole stadium went up. 391 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,338 And ultimately, we got our reward. 392 00:17:59,425 --> 00:18:01,732 But that sense of, like, oh, this is the thing 393 00:18:01,862 --> 00:18:04,648 that we came here for, was for the fans. 394 00:18:04,778 --> 00:18:06,215 And that was the thing that was so exciting. 395 00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:09,522 And to see that in action was very special. 396 00:18:09,653 --> 00:18:12,090 That was a really exciting thing. 397 00:18:12,264 --> 00:18:16,747 Smart, capable, driven people 398 00:18:16,877 --> 00:18:19,532 can figure out anything. 399 00:18:19,663 --> 00:18:22,100 And I think Humphrey is a great example of that, 400 00:18:22,274 --> 00:18:24,015 where he came into this experience 401 00:18:24,146 --> 00:18:25,669 in the very beginning 402 00:18:25,843 --> 00:18:28,802 with a lot of passion, natural intelligence. 403 00:18:28,889 --> 00:18:30,021 Humphrey is also, like, one of those guys 404 00:18:30,195 --> 00:18:33,111 who I relate to him in a lot of ways 405 00:18:33,242 --> 00:18:37,333 because his superpower is immediately admitting 406 00:18:37,463 --> 00:18:39,465 when he's, you know, in over his head. 407 00:18:39,596 --> 00:18:41,250 He's also very charming. 408 00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:42,903 You know, his first day meeting the club 409 00:18:43,034 --> 00:18:44,862 was just amazing, when he came and spoke to them, 410 00:18:44,992 --> 00:18:49,127 and, like, you could just see the nerves and the flop sweat 411 00:18:49,301 --> 00:18:50,607 and all that kind of stuff, but he 412 00:18:50,694 --> 00:18:53,914 just made it so kind of weirdly accessible and charming. 413 00:18:54,045 --> 00:18:56,134 To move to Wrexham 414 00:18:56,308 --> 00:18:58,484 and devote six months of his life, 415 00:18:58,658 --> 00:19:02,053 I think he's learned how to become 416 00:19:02,184 --> 00:19:06,405 a legit football executive. 417 00:19:06,492 --> 00:19:08,842 Thank you all for pitching up tonight. 418 00:19:08,973 --> 00:19:11,280 Thank Humphrey. 419 00:19:27,774 --> 00:19:30,255 Here we go. 420 00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:31,865 There's nothing better than when you're doing a gig, 421 00:19:31,952 --> 00:19:33,519 and you've got 200 people 422 00:19:33,650 --> 00:19:35,608 singing your lyrics back at you. 423 00:19:35,739 --> 00:19:36,870 We didn't think we'd get this exposure. 424 00:19:36,957 --> 00:19:38,742 We never did. 425 00:19:38,829 --> 00:19:40,309 We didn't do it for that, but it's been brilliant. 426 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:54,758 I've got a letter from hospital. 427 00:19:54,932 --> 00:19:56,673 - And? - OK. 428 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,979 "Dear Mr. Hett, I am pleased to report 429 00:19:59,153 --> 00:20:02,026 "that your one-year CT scan has showed no evidence 430 00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:04,420 "of recurrence of the disease. 431 00:20:04,594 --> 00:20:07,249 I look forward to seeing you in the clinic as planned." 432 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:12,341 That's good news. 433 00:20:12,471 --> 00:20:14,430 I'm absolutely delighted. I am. 434 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,130 But maybe a bit of guilt because not everyone's 435 00:20:19,217 --> 00:20:21,132 as fortunate as me in my position. 436 00:20:21,263 --> 00:20:23,308 Look at how far you've come. 437 00:20:23,439 --> 00:20:26,746 You must have known that it was gonna be a good result. 438 00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:28,661 And we've got some really, really good friends who really 439 00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:30,576 supported us throughout it. 440 00:20:30,707 --> 00:20:32,361 The lads in the band that supported me 441 00:20:32,535 --> 00:20:34,450 as well as Michael. 442 00:20:34,580 --> 00:20:36,669 We've got friends who were here at the drop of a hat, 443 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,457 and just have really helped us along the way, really. 444 00:20:41,587 --> 00:20:43,241 It kept me going with what was going on 445 00:20:43,372 --> 00:20:44,938 at Wrexham because Wrexham is a big part of my life, 446 00:20:45,069 --> 00:20:46,810 the football club. 447 00:20:46,984 --> 00:20:49,247 You know, I've always supported Wrexham since I'm a kid. 448 00:20:49,378 --> 00:20:51,380 Before I leave this planet, I'd like to see Wrexham 449 00:20:51,554 --> 00:20:52,946 get back into the Football League. 450 00:20:54,818 --> 00:20:57,777 Grimsby leads. 451 00:20:57,908 --> 00:20:59,605 We are 10 minutes into the second half here, 452 00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:02,042 and the momentum is totally on Grimsby's side. 453 00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:05,176 Wrexham trail by a goal. 454 00:21:05,263 --> 00:21:06,612 Waterfall is there. 455 00:21:06,743 --> 00:21:07,831 Now maybe they can counter. 456 00:21:08,005 --> 00:21:10,268 McAtee or Sousa wanted the pass. 457 00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:11,269 Intercepted there by McAtee. 458 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:12,923 Come on! 459 00:21:13,053 --> 00:21:15,534 Young. 460 00:21:15,621 --> 00:21:17,754 Davis. 461 00:21:17,841 --> 00:21:21,410 He's come all the way through towards Palmer. 462 00:21:21,540 --> 00:21:25,805 It's been a good reaction from Wrexham. 463 00:21:25,936 --> 00:21:27,329 I've barely missed a game in 30 years. 464 00:21:29,983 --> 00:21:31,855 You go because you love the team so much, 465 00:21:31,985 --> 00:21:34,292 you love the town so much, you love the club so much. 466 00:21:34,423 --> 00:21:36,294 So you go because it's in your heart. 467 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:38,862 I just couldn't imagine a life without watching Wrexham. 468 00:21:38,992 --> 00:21:40,385 It's in me. 469 00:21:40,516 --> 00:21:42,300 I hopefully instill it into my sons. 470 00:21:42,431 --> 00:21:44,302 When I'm gone, I want them to be, you know, 471 00:21:44,433 --> 00:21:46,304 have that passion I've got. 472 00:21:46,435 --> 00:21:48,175 It's passed down to you. 473 00:21:48,306 --> 00:21:51,091 It's passed--that passion's passed down, I think. 474 00:21:51,265 --> 00:21:53,006 That's the mother of my kids. 475 00:21:53,093 --> 00:21:55,879 I'd love to get her back, although it's not happening. 476 00:21:56,053 --> 00:21:58,011 Broke my heart, and it's still broken now. 477 00:21:58,185 --> 00:22:00,884 You know, it's awful. 478 00:22:01,014 --> 00:22:02,538 But then it's life. 479 00:22:02,712 --> 00:22:03,234 You've just got to get on with it, haven't you? 480 00:22:03,408 --> 00:22:04,888 It's all you can do. 481 00:22:05,062 --> 00:22:08,195 He blasted a defense maneuver! 482 00:22:08,326 --> 00:22:10,241 Johnson McCall, the left-hand side. 483 00:22:10,372 --> 00:22:12,678 Young, right-footed. 484 00:22:12,809 --> 00:22:14,114 Sweeps it under the bar. 485 00:22:16,682 --> 00:22:18,205 Threat in that side, and they're showing here! 486 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:21,557 And they've equalized! Tozer! 487 00:22:21,687 --> 00:22:24,342 You see the audience coming in, 488 00:22:24,473 --> 00:22:25,691 and then he's got the advantage 489 00:22:25,822 --> 00:22:28,694 to get his arm on his shoulder and head over it. 490 00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:38,051 It's been a long road. 491 00:22:38,138 --> 00:22:40,010 It's been a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, 492 00:22:40,140 --> 00:22:41,707 and we fought our battles as a town, 493 00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:43,230 and we fought our battles as a football club. 494 00:22:43,361 --> 00:22:46,799 And what's happening now, for me, is reward. 495 00:22:46,973 --> 00:22:49,802 All I've seen is people smiling, people happy. 496 00:22:49,976 --> 00:22:51,238 Just happy, not just for the genuine fans, 497 00:22:51,369 --> 00:22:52,936 happy for the town as a whole. 498 00:22:53,066 --> 00:22:54,720 And this is what inextricably links to the football club 499 00:22:54,894 --> 00:22:56,722 and the community. 500 00:22:56,853 --> 00:22:58,637 There's no better place in the world to be. 501 00:22:58,724 --> 00:23:00,378 It's absolutely bouncing. 502 00:23:00,509 --> 00:23:01,597 The jukebox is blaring, and people are singing, 503 00:23:01,727 --> 00:23:02,511 and people are happy. 504 00:23:05,339 --> 00:23:06,863 Wrexham is the football club, 505 00:23:06,950 --> 00:23:08,517 and the football club is Wrexham. 506 00:23:08,604 --> 00:23:10,954 That's how sort of interconnected they are. 507 00:23:11,084 --> 00:23:12,869 Here's Tozer with another long throw there. 508 00:23:18,178 --> 00:23:21,094 So the Wrexham fans on their feet behind the goal. 509 00:23:21,268 --> 00:23:24,271 Tozer slings it. 510 00:23:24,402 --> 00:23:25,577 Got it up by Palmer! 511 00:23:31,540 --> 00:23:36,980 In the blink of an eye, from 2-1 down to 3-2 up. 512 00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:38,634 It's there! 513 00:23:38,764 --> 00:23:40,897 I think there's Mullin! Mullin flicked it off! 514 00:23:40,984 --> 00:23:43,639 And it's blasted in by a goalie! 515 00:23:43,769 --> 00:23:46,903 Mullin puts Wrexham ahead! Come on! Come on! 516 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:52,212 We got celebrations in the commentary box. 517 00:23:52,386 --> 00:23:54,127 What a play because Grimsby has shown quality 518 00:23:54,301 --> 00:23:55,868 in the second half. 519 00:23:55,999 --> 00:23:58,001 They showed spirit to fight back 520 00:23:58,175 --> 00:23:59,568 from that first half, you know, winning, 521 00:23:59,698 --> 00:24:01,918 but we are in a fight here. 522 00:24:02,005 --> 00:24:03,572 Wow. 523 00:24:07,227 --> 00:24:08,446 I believe we're gonna do it. 524 00:24:08,577 --> 00:24:09,578 We are gonna do it. 525 00:24:19,022 --> 00:24:21,894 Well, Grimsby were on top. 526 00:24:22,068 --> 00:24:23,940 They were the side who looked like getting the next goal. 527 00:24:24,027 --> 00:24:25,376 There you go! There you go! 528 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:27,509 Come on! Let's go! 529 00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:33,732 The momentum has swung. 530 00:24:33,819 --> 00:24:36,039 The advantage has gone Wrexham's way. 531 00:24:36,169 --> 00:24:37,823 But the way this has gone now, and I tell you what, 532 00:24:37,997 --> 00:24:40,260 I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Grimsby 533 00:24:40,391 --> 00:24:41,740 come back into it again. 534 00:24:41,827 --> 00:24:43,263 And we've got what, with added time, 535 00:24:43,437 --> 00:24:44,961 probably about half an hour to go of this. 536 00:24:45,048 --> 00:24:46,310 Fuck me. I can't handle this. 537 00:24:54,492 --> 00:24:56,102 Yeah! Let's go! 538 00:24:56,189 --> 00:24:58,191 Get another one! 539 00:24:58,365 --> 00:25:00,977 Get another one! Ah! 540 00:25:01,064 --> 00:25:02,718 And Palmer will chase this, 541 00:25:02,892 --> 00:25:04,981 and Crocombe got there before him. 542 00:25:15,295 --> 00:25:17,559 McAtee. 543 00:25:17,646 --> 00:25:19,604 Taylor's on the edge of the box. 544 00:25:19,735 --> 00:25:21,780 McAtee looks-- behind him! 545 00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:26,219 They've done it again! 546 00:25:26,306 --> 00:25:28,874 They just never know when they're beaten! 547 00:25:29,005 --> 00:25:30,876 McAtee provided this time. 548 00:25:33,313 --> 00:25:35,228 It's Taylor with a massive goal. 549 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:36,926 Football hurts. 550 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:45,325 A National League playoff classic unfolding 551 00:25:45,456 --> 00:25:47,240 here at the Racecourse. 552 00:25:47,327 --> 00:25:49,242 And the good news is, we've still got about 553 00:25:49,329 --> 00:25:51,027 20 minutes of this to go. 554 00:25:53,203 --> 00:25:54,813 We really miss Aaron Hayden. 555 00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:00,427 Watching that Grimsby game 556 00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:02,255 was the hardest football game I've ever watched in my life. 557 00:26:45,516 --> 00:26:47,518 - Ooh! - Wow. 558 00:26:47,692 --> 00:26:49,607 Ooh, who's that? 559 00:26:49,781 --> 00:26:51,043 Look at him. What's he eating, mates? 560 00:26:51,174 --> 00:26:52,044 Whoa. 561 00:27:02,315 --> 00:27:04,840 When we first come to Wrexham, she could just barely walk. 562 00:27:04,970 --> 00:27:05,754 Like, the day I signed for Wrexham, 563 00:27:05,928 --> 00:27:07,538 she took her first steps. 564 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:10,019 So these little priceless moments. 565 00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:15,285 That along with football, for me, 566 00:27:15,459 --> 00:27:17,548 is so important because as much as my career is going on, 567 00:27:17,722 --> 00:27:19,419 I've got a life that's going on, 568 00:27:19,593 --> 00:27:20,682 and it can pass you by if you don't, like, 569 00:27:20,769 --> 00:27:22,118 be present in the moment. 570 00:27:25,338 --> 00:27:26,862 The quality that's been shown by both teams, 571 00:27:26,992 --> 00:27:28,777 Adam, is absolutely exemplary. 572 00:27:28,907 --> 00:27:30,474 It really is at National League level. 573 00:27:32,998 --> 00:27:34,652 But I've enjoyed Wrexham. 574 00:27:34,826 --> 00:27:37,829 It's a great place. It's a really special place. 575 00:27:40,223 --> 00:27:43,879 I'm excited for next year, for the fans. 576 00:27:44,009 --> 00:27:45,750 I can't call this though. 577 00:27:45,881 --> 00:27:48,666 I have no idea what way this is ultimately going to go. 578 00:27:48,797 --> 00:27:50,233 It's just brilliantly breathless stuff. 579 00:27:50,363 --> 00:27:52,235 I know I'm going to need to lie down in a dark room 580 00:27:52,365 --> 00:27:53,366 after it, though. 581 00:27:55,368 --> 00:27:58,458 Oh, they've caught them by surprise, Clifton! 582 00:27:58,589 --> 00:28:00,243 And it might jump for Waterfall! 583 00:28:00,373 --> 00:28:01,984 Good block. 584 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:04,595 Can Waterfall find a yard in the box 585 00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:06,379 to get away from Tozer? 586 00:28:06,553 --> 00:28:08,468 In it goes for McAtee! 587 00:28:08,642 --> 00:28:12,603 He's done it again! I can't believe this! 588 00:28:12,734 --> 00:28:14,736 Dieseruvwe! 589 00:28:17,042 --> 00:28:19,088 This is almost beyond remarkable! 590 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,050 Can Wrexham rescue it again? 591 00:28:25,181 --> 00:28:27,400 Just find yourself looking around the pitch, 592 00:28:27,487 --> 00:28:29,489 thinking who will be the hero? 593 00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:31,491 Football's a strange game 594 00:28:31,622 --> 00:28:33,058 because you can be in teams 595 00:28:33,232 --> 00:28:34,625 where you go 1-0 down, 596 00:28:34,712 --> 00:28:36,148 and you just don't have that belief 597 00:28:36,322 --> 00:28:36,975 where you're gonna get back into the game. 598 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:41,763 This team isn't like that. 599 00:28:43,373 --> 00:28:45,157 We've produced moments throughout the season 600 00:28:45,288 --> 00:28:46,855 where we've got more nailed down, 601 00:28:46,942 --> 00:28:48,770 and you just see us come alive, really. 602 00:28:51,816 --> 00:28:54,732 We just kick into that extra gear. 603 00:28:54,863 --> 00:28:57,604 We have so much determination and belief, 604 00:28:57,735 --> 00:28:58,997 and we all know that. 605 00:28:59,084 --> 00:29:00,869 we just bounce back, straight on track, 606 00:29:00,956 --> 00:29:03,436 and when we are on track, we're a tough team to stop. 607 00:29:17,015 --> 00:29:20,105 Jord has gone through 608 00:29:20,279 --> 00:29:22,238 a really awful year. 609 00:29:24,631 --> 00:29:29,027 He lost Arthur, his baby boy, our baby boy. 610 00:29:31,856 --> 00:29:35,555 And he lost his nanny from cancer. 611 00:29:39,429 --> 00:29:42,040 And only a few weeks later, he also lost his grandad. 612 00:29:49,526 --> 00:29:51,702 The last two months, I've just been in autopilot. 613 00:29:54,009 --> 00:29:56,141 Almost become immune to life, in a way. 614 00:29:58,796 --> 00:30:00,798 Just been waking up, going to football, 615 00:30:00,929 --> 00:30:02,626 coming back, not really processing anything. 616 00:30:05,890 --> 00:30:08,327 I probably didn't allow myself to grieve 617 00:30:08,458 --> 00:30:12,157 for Arthur, for Nanny, for Granddad at all, really. 618 00:30:12,331 --> 00:30:14,812 These things that hit you in life, 619 00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:18,424 they force you to really grow up. 620 00:30:21,123 --> 00:30:24,300 I'll be 24 when next season starts, 621 00:30:24,387 --> 00:30:27,912 and I've grown a lot, on and off the pitch. 622 00:30:28,043 --> 00:30:29,522 I've probably found what I want, 623 00:30:29,653 --> 00:30:32,264 and I know what I want. 624 00:30:32,395 --> 00:30:36,051 I've got a house and a dog and a family now, 625 00:30:36,181 --> 00:30:38,923 so we're ready for a child whenever that may come. 626 00:30:39,054 --> 00:30:40,620 You can't control what happened in the past, 627 00:30:40,751 --> 00:30:41,970 but you can control the future. 628 00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:46,670 Eight times this season, they've rescued 629 00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:49,847 games from losing positions. 630 00:30:49,978 --> 00:30:52,110 Can they do it again, Wrexham, in their biggest game 631 00:30:52,197 --> 00:30:55,505 of the season? 4-3 down at the Racecourse. 632 00:30:55,679 --> 00:30:58,769 The aspirations I have with Wrexham are sky high. 633 00:30:58,943 --> 00:31:00,858 I want to stay with Wrexham, 634 00:31:01,032 --> 00:31:02,425 and I want to get Wrexham promoted because 635 00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:05,297 it's my hometown club, and I love Wrexham. 636 00:31:05,471 --> 00:31:06,951 Can they do it again, Wrexham, 637 00:31:07,082 --> 00:31:08,431 in their biggest game of the season? 638 00:31:08,605 --> 00:31:10,433 4-3 down at the Racecourse. 639 00:31:14,872 --> 00:31:17,005 And we're close again! 640 00:31:17,092 --> 00:31:20,922 It's one of the local lads, Davies! 641 00:31:21,009 --> 00:31:22,924 4-4! 642 00:31:26,449 --> 00:31:28,581 Does anybody want to win this game? 643 00:31:30,888 --> 00:31:33,021 Unbelievable. Honestly, unbelievable. 644 00:31:37,329 --> 00:31:39,462 Three minutes of normal time remaining. 645 00:31:39,636 --> 00:31:43,031 We are headed towards extra time in North Wales. 646 00:31:43,161 --> 00:31:45,120 It's been a National League 647 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:47,383 playoff semi-final for the ages. 648 00:31:47,470 --> 00:31:49,689 Which way will it ultimately swing? 649 00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:53,128 Extra time looming. May even require penalties. 650 00:31:55,260 --> 00:31:57,349 This is the end. 651 00:31:57,523 --> 00:31:59,134 The fact that this is happening 652 00:31:59,308 --> 00:32:01,136 in the biggest game of the season. 653 00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:03,268 Full time that Wrexham fought Grimsby for. 654 00:32:03,399 --> 00:32:04,922 Extra time to come. 655 00:32:05,096 --> 00:32:07,707 This has been brilliant chaos in the playoffs. 656 00:32:09,405 --> 00:32:10,536 Shaun. 657 00:32:19,154 --> 00:32:21,069 So there's a 15-minute side for each? 658 00:32:21,243 --> 00:32:22,113 Yeah, so... 659 00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:25,987 They're tryna--this sport is trying to kill people. 660 00:32:28,511 --> 00:32:29,860 Fuck. 661 00:32:29,991 --> 00:32:32,384 Holy shit. 662 00:32:32,515 --> 00:32:35,735 You can't write it. You can't write it. 663 00:32:40,697 --> 00:32:42,612 And welcome back to the Racecourse Ground 664 00:32:42,742 --> 00:32:44,092 where, if you can believe it, Wrexham and Grimsby 665 00:32:44,222 --> 00:32:47,225 are tied 4-4 as we head into extra time. 666 00:32:50,315 --> 00:32:52,448 I've walked off the ground. 667 00:32:52,535 --> 00:32:54,015 Thing is when Wrexham means so much to you, 668 00:32:54,102 --> 00:32:56,234 I can't hack it, and the people sitting 669 00:32:56,321 --> 00:32:57,409 next to me, I don't think they get it. 670 00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:58,976 Like, I just cannot-- 671 00:32:59,150 --> 00:33:01,413 I can't stand it. It's just everything. 672 00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:03,415 Ask him for a drink. 673 00:33:06,940 --> 00:33:09,030 Be strong on set plays. 674 00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:10,553 Don't give cheap, free kicks away. 675 00:33:10,727 --> 00:33:11,684 OK? Everybody, stay on it. 676 00:33:11,815 --> 00:33:13,469 Come on. 677 00:33:13,556 --> 00:33:14,818 We can fucking do this, boys. Hey, hey! Listen! 678 00:33:14,905 --> 00:33:16,776 We can fucking do this. 679 00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:18,039 Listen, only one point for me here, 680 00:33:18,126 --> 00:33:19,779 keep putting it in the danger area, 681 00:33:19,910 --> 00:33:21,564 keep going in with fucking everything. 682 00:33:21,694 --> 00:33:23,435 Just go for the set play. 683 00:33:23,609 --> 00:33:25,568 A little bit less anxiety because, you know, 684 00:33:25,698 --> 00:33:29,354 you have 30 minutes, but still. - We're on a little ride now. 685 00:33:29,528 --> 00:33:31,574 Penalty kicks, I don't want to do. 686 00:33:31,704 --> 00:33:32,705 They got some nice gas in the tank still, though. 687 00:33:32,836 --> 00:33:34,229 Yeah. 688 00:33:34,359 --> 00:33:35,795 I see the boys are springy, you know? 689 00:33:35,969 --> 00:33:37,362 Just feels like 690 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:38,363 the calm before the storm, doesn't it? 691 00:33:38,494 --> 00:33:40,583 The Racecourse is about as quiet 692 00:33:40,713 --> 00:33:42,454 as it's been all afternoon. 693 00:33:42,585 --> 00:33:46,241 I think everyone's shattered. 694 00:33:46,371 --> 00:33:47,894 The fact that this is happening in the biggest game 695 00:33:48,025 --> 00:33:49,505 of the season for these two clubs, 696 00:33:49,592 --> 00:33:51,811 it is a game that really dictates 697 00:33:51,985 --> 00:33:54,292 the futures of so many individual players, 698 00:33:54,379 --> 00:33:55,815 the clubs. 699 00:33:55,946 --> 00:33:57,034 To happen in those circumstances 700 00:33:57,208 --> 00:33:58,601 makes it all the more remarkable. 701 00:33:58,775 --> 00:34:00,255 Credit to both sets of players 702 00:34:00,429 --> 00:34:01,386 for that 90 minutes of football because it was 703 00:34:01,517 --> 00:34:04,824 absolutely breathtaking. Glorious chaos. 704 00:34:04,955 --> 00:34:06,913 And hopefully, we've got another 30 minutes more of it. 705 00:34:08,959 --> 00:34:11,179 Let's go! 706 00:34:11,266 --> 00:34:14,095 Jordy, they've just got three in the back, Jordy. 707 00:34:14,182 --> 00:34:16,053 They've just got three in the back, 708 00:34:16,227 --> 00:34:19,491 so it's a match up. Touch. 709 00:34:19,622 --> 00:34:21,624 Young. Good eye, spread legs! 710 00:34:21,754 --> 00:34:25,541 Davies. Lovely player, Davies. 711 00:34:31,373 --> 00:34:33,984 Here's for a penalty. The challenge was sparked. 712 00:34:34,071 --> 00:34:36,987 Hey! That's a fucking penalty! Hey! 713 00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:39,076 Fucking hell! 714 00:34:39,207 --> 00:34:41,600 I'm glad you're coming over. 715 00:34:41,731 --> 00:34:43,994 Now, can you just tell me how that's not a penalty? 716 00:34:44,081 --> 00:34:46,431 - No, it-- - How's that not a penalty? 717 00:34:46,605 --> 00:34:48,520 How is that not a penalty? 718 00:34:48,651 --> 00:34:49,869 I can understand 719 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,002 Phil Parkinson's frustration completely. 720 00:34:52,089 --> 00:34:53,873 Can get it for dissent, yeah, 721 00:34:54,047 --> 00:34:55,092 but it usually has to be pretty, 722 00:34:55,223 --> 00:34:57,007 pretty hardcore dissent. 723 00:34:59,096 --> 00:35:01,664 Clifton. 724 00:35:01,838 --> 00:35:04,580 That wasn't great, was it? From Tozer. 725 00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:06,886 Come on, Wrexham! 726 00:35:07,017 --> 00:35:07,800 Which one of these sides 727 00:35:07,974 --> 00:35:11,456 will get to that final? 728 00:35:11,630 --> 00:35:13,328 To be played a week tomorrow. 729 00:35:13,458 --> 00:35:16,548 Grimsby looking to threaten. 730 00:35:16,679 --> 00:35:19,899 Just over a minute normal time remaining 731 00:35:20,073 --> 00:35:21,597 at the end of this first period of extra time. 732 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,036 Palmer. 733 00:35:28,343 --> 00:35:30,475 Palmer went down in the box, 734 00:35:30,606 --> 00:35:32,129 and the Grimsby players not happy about that. 735 00:35:34,131 --> 00:35:35,959 Yellow cards for Palmer. 736 00:35:37,830 --> 00:35:39,267 This is nuts. 737 00:35:41,834 --> 00:35:44,010 Every fucking one of you, fight a bit more. 738 00:35:44,141 --> 00:35:46,491 We can fucking do it. Come on. Come on. 739 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:51,192 A little pressure from McFadzean. 740 00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:55,196 Back here, swing back! Again, swing back! 741 00:35:57,850 --> 00:35:59,809 Come on, Wrexham! 742 00:35:59,939 --> 00:36:01,941 What an afternoon this has been. 743 00:36:02,115 --> 00:36:03,508 Last 10 minutes of extra time. 744 00:36:12,865 --> 00:36:15,085 Shoot it, come on! 745 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:16,869 Five minutes to go. 746 00:36:19,959 --> 00:36:21,657 What a game. 747 00:36:21,744 --> 00:36:23,224 What a spectacle they've given us. 748 00:36:23,311 --> 00:36:25,400 There has to be a winner, though. 749 00:36:25,530 --> 00:36:27,750 Sheer delight for one of these clubs. 750 00:36:27,924 --> 00:36:29,230 Utter dejection for the other. 751 00:36:31,710 --> 00:36:33,973 Cropper. 752 00:36:34,104 --> 00:36:35,801 Just getting great distance on it, as expected! 753 00:37:03,002 --> 00:37:06,702 I normally get this season's shirt, 754 00:37:06,789 --> 00:37:08,443 give them a wash, 755 00:37:08,573 --> 00:37:09,922 put them away in the drawer with all 756 00:37:10,009 --> 00:37:11,707 my other seasons' shirts. 757 00:37:13,796 --> 00:37:15,798 It's quite sad, really. 758 00:37:15,928 --> 00:37:16,842 End of another one. 759 00:37:19,149 --> 00:37:21,586 It's been an amazing season. 760 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,806 They played out of their skin. 761 00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:27,331 Done far better than I thought they were going to. 762 00:37:27,462 --> 00:37:29,377 It would have been fantastic if we'd have won. 763 00:37:29,507 --> 00:37:31,509 Unbelievable. 764 00:37:31,596 --> 00:37:34,599 The excitement for if we were going up 765 00:37:34,730 --> 00:37:36,732 would be absolutely fantastic. 766 00:37:41,606 --> 00:37:44,522 You don't set out ever thinking you're going to lose. 767 00:37:44,609 --> 00:37:47,046 In the final game, 768 00:37:47,220 --> 00:37:48,831 when they scored the winning one, 769 00:37:48,961 --> 00:37:52,704 my heart just sank to the floor. 770 00:37:52,835 --> 00:37:54,532 They've done it! 771 00:37:54,619 --> 00:37:58,188 Grimsby look to have won it. 772 00:38:41,971 --> 00:38:46,105 [singing] Crazy how it all feels tonight. 773 00:38:46,236 --> 00:38:51,676 Crazy and out for love. 774 00:38:51,850 --> 00:38:54,026 With all of my friends 775 00:38:54,113 --> 00:38:56,681 and the booze making stuff-- 776 00:38:56,812 --> 00:39:00,903 Resilience is so key. 777 00:39:01,033 --> 00:39:04,559 It's crazy how my life can go. 778 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,691 The failures in life make you stronger. 779 00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:10,652 They do. 780 00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:11,696 And you've got to keep picking yourself up. 781 00:39:16,005 --> 00:39:18,703 We didn't win, but I do genuinely think 782 00:39:18,877 --> 00:39:21,924 things are different. 783 00:39:22,054 --> 00:39:24,579 Things are only going to get better. 784 00:39:24,709 --> 00:39:28,844 It's like a fairy tale, having two Hollywood owners 785 00:39:28,931 --> 00:39:30,889 who are willing to dip into their pockets 786 00:39:31,020 --> 00:39:32,717 to secure the fact that we're going to go up. 787 00:39:32,848 --> 00:39:35,590 They've now got Wrexham under their skin 788 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:39,420 in the same way as a lot of us fans. 789 00:39:39,507 --> 00:39:40,508 You guys are the heartbeat 790 00:39:40,682 --> 00:39:42,597 of this entire community. 791 00:39:42,727 --> 00:39:44,294 You guys have already done the thing. 792 00:39:44,381 --> 00:39:47,036 I know the goal was promotion, but that's not-- 793 00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:49,038 that was not our number one goal. 794 00:39:49,168 --> 00:39:51,388 Our number one goal of the season 795 00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:55,087 was to bring belief back into this town and into this club, 796 00:39:55,261 --> 00:39:57,176 and you can hear it. 797 00:39:57,307 --> 00:40:00,397 10,000 people out there every single game. 798 00:40:00,571 --> 00:40:02,530 Standing ovation as you guys walked off. 799 00:40:15,412 --> 00:40:17,545 And I'm just hoping that they stay with us. 800 00:40:17,632 --> 00:40:18,763 If it doesn't happen next season, 801 00:40:18,937 --> 00:40:19,895 that they stick at it. 802 00:40:28,512 --> 00:40:30,688 Well, this is how we started, 803 00:40:30,775 --> 00:40:32,473 walking on a field. 804 00:40:37,652 --> 00:40:40,002 I thought you said this was gonna work. 805 00:40:40,132 --> 00:40:43,005 Well, next year, I guess. 806 00:40:57,106 --> 00:40:59,935 Welcome to Wrexham and Lager Podcast. 807 00:41:00,022 --> 00:41:04,679 Wayne, the famous publican from the Turf 808 00:41:04,853 --> 00:41:06,158 is with us today. Welcome to the podcast, Wayne. 809 00:41:06,289 --> 00:41:07,899 Thanks, guys. 810 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:11,250 Wayne, your year in the pub, and watching Wrexham, 811 00:41:11,424 --> 00:41:13,035 how would you sum it up? 812 00:41:13,165 --> 00:41:15,254 And obviously, your film career is taking off. 813 00:41:15,385 --> 00:41:16,691 I mean, I think I walked in the Turf once, 814 00:41:16,821 --> 00:41:18,562 and you were getting makeup done. 815 00:41:18,693 --> 00:41:22,261 It's been strange, I think, but exciting. 816 00:41:22,392 --> 00:41:23,828 I woke up on Sunday after the Grimsby game 817 00:41:23,959 --> 00:41:26,614 with tears in my eyes. I was physically emotional. 818 00:41:26,701 --> 00:41:29,007 And on the Monday, I was utterly, utterly depressed. 819 00:41:29,138 --> 00:41:31,183 I, personally, for me, as we all know, Wayne, you'll know, 820 00:41:31,270 --> 00:41:32,707 and James, you know more than anyone. 821 00:41:32,837 --> 00:41:34,709 I mean, when I suffer lows, I suffer lows. 822 00:41:34,883 --> 00:41:36,362 But the football has picked me up at times. 823 00:41:36,493 --> 00:41:37,842 And I'm going to smile about it now because-- 824 00:41:37,929 --> 00:41:39,931 I'm telling you, it's a good thing, isn't it? 825 00:41:40,062 --> 00:41:41,498 Very much, you can say the passion-- 826 00:41:41,629 --> 00:41:43,195 you're up, you're down, 827 00:41:43,282 --> 00:41:45,502 but this down hasn't knocked you down, 828 00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:47,373 if you get what I mean. You've still got optimism. 829 00:41:47,504 --> 00:41:49,071 And next year, we go again. 830 00:41:49,158 --> 00:41:50,942 And do you know what? It's like you said before. 831 00:41:51,116 --> 00:41:54,380 This isn't like a down like any other season down. 832 00:41:54,511 --> 00:41:55,643 This is a down that we're going to be 833 00:41:55,773 --> 00:41:57,514 right back up there next year. 834 00:41:57,688 --> 00:41:58,863 This is a short-term down because we're coming back 835 00:41:58,994 --> 00:42:00,169 with a vengeance. - We're coming back, and-- 836 00:42:00,299 --> 00:42:01,170 It's more of a delay. 837 00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:02,388 This season continuing-- 838 00:42:02,519 --> 00:42:04,086 That's a great word. This is a delay. 839 00:42:04,216 --> 00:42:05,566 Coming to win the league. We're coming to win the league. 840 00:42:05,653 --> 00:42:07,524 We're coming to kick the bloody door 841 00:42:07,698 --> 00:42:09,091 down on the Football League because we're coming for you. 842 00:42:09,221 --> 00:42:10,527 Yeah. 843 00:42:10,658 --> 00:42:11,572 The Red Army are coming for you. 844 00:42:11,659 --> 00:42:12,442 You look what it will be like 845 00:42:12,616 --> 00:42:13,748 when we do win the league. 846 00:42:13,878 --> 00:42:16,011 Then you'll really see it take off. 847 00:42:19,318 --> 00:42:21,320 Wrexham AFC 848 00:42:21,494 --> 00:42:24,759 has been an important part of my life, 849 00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:27,675 on the stage of life, still called to me 850 00:42:27,762 --> 00:42:29,894 just like when I was a child. 851 00:42:30,025 --> 00:42:32,636 I think it's hope. 852 00:42:32,767 --> 00:42:34,899 Yeah, there's some fire just ignited in my body, 853 00:42:34,986 --> 00:42:36,684 and there's a lot of passion there now. 854 00:42:36,771 --> 00:42:37,902 You can see it now in the team 855 00:42:38,076 --> 00:42:39,425 and the fans and the town. 856 00:42:39,556 --> 00:42:41,993 Wrexham's got ambitions. 857 00:42:42,124 --> 00:42:44,561 Up the town. Still up the town. 858 00:42:44,692 --> 00:42:45,910 The fans are so passionate, 859 00:42:46,041 --> 00:42:48,130 and I've got that from day one. 860 00:42:48,304 --> 00:42:49,784 We've come so far, 861 00:42:49,914 --> 00:42:52,090 and we can only build on it next season. 862 00:42:52,221 --> 00:42:55,398 I think you have to fail to be successful. 863 00:42:55,485 --> 00:42:58,009 You have to see that side. 864 00:42:58,140 --> 00:43:00,621 Next season, we will win the league. 865 00:43:04,407 --> 00:43:05,713 I'm telling you. 866 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,152 The way that we've approached this whole thing 867 00:43:10,326 --> 00:43:12,284 is not just simply as, 868 00:43:12,371 --> 00:43:14,635 oh, this would be a fun toy to have. 869 00:43:14,722 --> 00:43:17,812 It was always community first. 870 00:43:17,942 --> 00:43:20,379 When I saw the people of Wrexham, 871 00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:23,600 I realized, wow, these are-- 872 00:43:23,731 --> 00:43:26,037 I know-- I just know these people. 873 00:43:26,168 --> 00:43:27,430 And if we can do anything to help this club, 874 00:43:27,517 --> 00:43:29,388 I'd love to do it. 875 00:43:37,179 --> 00:43:39,050 Everything I saw, everything I felt there 876 00:43:39,181 --> 00:43:42,140 was just nothing short of beautiful. 877 00:43:42,271 --> 00:43:45,317 So I'm really protective of Wrexham now, you know? 878 00:43:45,404 --> 00:43:47,537 When somebody says, "Why Wrexham?" 879 00:43:47,624 --> 00:43:51,280 I feel the veins in my neck pop out a little bit. 880 00:43:51,410 --> 00:43:54,413 We're going to get this team back here next year, 881 00:43:54,544 --> 00:43:56,677 and we're going to achieve promotion. 882 00:43:56,764 --> 00:44:01,116 I promise. This town deserves it. 883 00:44:01,203 --> 00:44:02,900 Next season, I might jolly well 884 00:44:02,987 --> 00:44:05,337 just start watching football.