1 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:28,028 Do you want to start, or-- 2 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:29,779 No, you can start. 3 00:00:29,779 --> 00:00:30,989 Okay. 4 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:37,078 So the King of England called. 5 00:00:37,078 --> 00:00:39,539 ♪ God save the King ♪ 6 00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:42,208 ♪ Long live the King ♪ 7 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:45,754 My wife and I are absolutely delighted 8 00:00:45,754 --> 00:00:47,547 to be with you in Wrexham today 9 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:50,925 to celebrate your becoming a city. 10 00:00:51,634 --> 00:00:53,887 - That's the king of-- - Yeah. 11 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,472 Yeah. 12 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:56,890 Of-of England. 13 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,016 A little earlier, 14 00:00:58,016 --> 00:00:59,476 I had the opportunity to see 15 00:00:59,476 --> 00:01:01,770 one of the other wonders of Wrexham, 16 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,439 namely the football club, 17 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:07,400 which is busy putting Wrexham on the map 18 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,777 as never before. 19 00:01:08,777 --> 00:01:09,903 It was a bit weird, really, 20 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,154 when you think about it. 21 00:01:11,154 --> 00:01:12,655 You got two Hollywood actors, 22 00:01:12,655 --> 00:01:15,867 you've got the royal family, and Wrexham. 23 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:17,827 How do you even put them together? 24 00:01:17,827 --> 00:01:20,205 I-I have no idea. 25 00:01:27,295 --> 00:01:30,131 ♪ Don't forget where you came from ♪ 26 00:01:30,131 --> 00:01:33,176 ♪ Don't forget what you're made of ♪ 27 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:36,054 ♪ The ones who were there ♪ 28 00:01:36,054 --> 00:01:39,224 ♪ When no one else would care ♪ 29 00:01:39,224 --> 00:01:42,393 ♪ Don't be afraid to cry now ♪ 30 00:01:42,393 --> 00:01:46,564 ♪ Even when the world comes crashing in ♪ 31 00:01:48,691 --> 00:01:52,529 ♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪ 32 00:01:57,784 --> 00:02:02,622 ♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪ 33 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:12,757 ROB McELHENNEY: Previously on "Welcome to Wrexham"... 34 00:02:12,757 --> 00:02:14,717 We bought the world's third-oldest football club 35 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,719 and oldest international stadium. 36 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:20,014 ROB McELHENNEY: Both were in need of some... attention. 37 00:02:20,014 --> 00:02:21,307 Rob's being polite. 38 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:23,017 {\an8}They were in the shitter. 39 00:02:23,017 --> 00:02:25,436 {\an8}They had spent 14 years 40 00:02:25,436 --> 00:02:27,939 {\an8}in the fifth tier of English football, 41 00:02:27,939 --> 00:02:30,567 but they had a ton of potential. 42 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:34,028 ROB McELHENNEY: And a ton of very opinionated fans. 43 00:02:34,028 --> 00:02:36,239 Hopefully that money gonna pay the manager off. 44 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:38,032 ROB McELHENNEY: So we went and got this guy. 45 00:02:38,032 --> 00:02:40,118 You're telling me that's not a fucking pen? 46 00:02:40,118 --> 00:02:41,870 ROB McELHENNEY: He's very enthusiastic. 47 00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:42,954 We look like a team 48 00:02:42,954 --> 00:02:44,873 of fucking fatty fucking footballers! 49 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:46,332 ROB McELHENNEY: We also brought in this guy. 50 00:02:46,332 --> 00:02:48,001 I really love goal-scoring. 51 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:51,129 ROB McELHENNEY: He was very expensive, but it paid off. 52 00:02:52,380 --> 00:02:53,840 We also brought in this guy... 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,009 Ollie Palmer puts Wrexham ahead! 54 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:58,928 He has many female fans in addition to the men. 55 00:02:58,928 --> 00:03:00,555 ROB McELHENNEY: Maybe it's because he never keeps 56 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:01,723 his shirt on. 57 00:03:01,723 --> 00:03:03,224 What else? Um... 58 00:03:03,224 --> 00:03:04,267 It's too dry, innit? 59 00:03:04,267 --> 00:03:06,603 ROB McELHENNEY: We lost a ton of money on the field. 60 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:08,938 About £200,000. - Fuck. 61 00:03:08,938 --> 00:03:10,773 This is just the most surreal year ever. 62 00:03:10,773 --> 00:03:12,609 {\an8}This is Wayne. He owns the bar 63 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:14,235 {\an8}that's literally attached to the stadium 64 00:03:14,235 --> 00:03:16,237 {\an8}and is even older than the team. 65 00:03:16,237 --> 00:03:18,114 Not Wayne. The bar. 66 00:03:18,114 --> 00:03:20,575 ROB McELHENNEY: Oh, uh, yeah, the end of last season, 67 00:03:20,575 --> 00:03:22,118 uh, this bullshit happened. 68 00:03:22,118 --> 00:03:23,786 I guess, uh... 69 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:25,580 I guess we gotta show it? Do we have to show it? 70 00:03:25,580 --> 00:03:27,582 Yeah, just-just show it. 71 00:03:27,582 --> 00:03:30,585 {\an8}-(dramatic music) 72 00:03:30,585 --> 00:03:31,753 {\an8}Currently playing 73 00:03:31,753 --> 00:03:33,504 {\an8}outside of the Football League, 74 00:03:33,504 --> 00:03:34,923 desperate to make sure 75 00:03:34,923 --> 00:03:37,926 they have one more to play next Sunday. 76 00:03:41,346 --> 00:03:42,722 Here we go. 77 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:44,098 And the kickoff is taken. 78 00:03:44,098 --> 00:03:45,141 ROB McELHENNEY: You know what? 79 00:03:45,141 --> 00:03:46,351 Let's just fast-forward to the end. 80 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:48,436 We lose 5-4, everybody's hearts are broken, 81 00:03:48,436 --> 00:03:50,647 and we have to stay in the National League 82 00:03:50,647 --> 00:03:54,067 for a 15th straight season. 83 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:58,696 This was not in the Hollywood script... 84 00:03:58,696 --> 00:04:01,532 for Wrexham. 85 00:04:01,532 --> 00:04:04,953 Why do we do this to ourselves? 86 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:07,956 Why can't we like something like knitting? 87 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:11,417 Why do we have--why do we have to like football? 88 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:13,962 - Knitting? - It's just-- 89 00:04:15,463 --> 00:04:17,006 {\an8}- Yeah. - Well, yeah. 90 00:04:21,552 --> 00:04:24,973 What's amazing for us is the Hollywood owners, 91 00:04:24,973 --> 00:04:28,851 when we first heard it, we all thought it was a joke. 92 00:04:28,851 --> 00:04:30,728 What they've done is, they've given 93 00:04:30,728 --> 00:04:34,607 the whole community of North Wales such a boost. 94 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:38,111 We sold out 24,000 Wrexham shirts this year. 95 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,821 We could've sold a lot more, 96 00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:42,615 but the suppliers couldn't meet demand. 97 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:43,866 Now, you can't go anywhere 98 00:04:43,866 --> 00:04:45,285 where there isn't a Wrexham shirt 99 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:47,996 and pride to be a Wrexham fan. 100 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:51,291 Everybody's walking round in the park with them on, 101 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:53,918 our team--the jackets or anything, 102 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:55,920 and you just talk to one another. 103 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,382 We're just on the ride of a lifetime. 104 00:04:59,382 --> 00:05:01,426 People here are excited to see Rob and Ryan, 105 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:03,219 and we're here excited to see 106 00:05:03,219 --> 00:05:05,430 {\an8}the people who we recognize from the documentary. 107 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:06,639 {\an8}Yeah. 108 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:07,890 {\an8}A hell of a lot of people recognize me, 109 00:05:07,890 --> 00:05:09,434 {\an8}and I've even signed shirts. 110 00:05:09,434 --> 00:05:11,060 {\an8}I have! I told you, mate. 111 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:12,478 I went-- I went to the Racecourse. 112 00:05:12,478 --> 00:05:13,855 I was signing-- I was signing shirts 113 00:05:13,855 --> 00:05:15,982 for these kids from Australia. 114 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:18,318 We're starting a little community... 115 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,278 {\an8}Of Wrexham fans in Portugal. 116 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,157 {\an8}Yay! 117 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:25,783 {\an8}I'm from Brazil. 118 00:05:25,783 --> 00:05:28,995 {\an8}I'm being--I'm in Wrexham just today 119 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:32,123 to watch the match 120 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:34,125 with the people in The Turf. 121 00:05:37,045 --> 00:05:38,838 I speak to some people overseas in America, 122 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:41,007 and it's like, um-- 123 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:42,842 and it's like they know about Wrexham now, 124 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:44,802 which is strange, 'cause I always had to explain Wales 125 00:05:44,802 --> 00:05:46,804 'cause they thought it was an animal. 126 00:05:46,804 --> 00:05:49,098 Everyone just is better off for it, really. 127 00:05:49,098 --> 00:05:51,267 Probably one of the best things to happen in a long time. 128 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:52,685 {\an8}You know, we're getting hundreds and hundreds 129 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:53,936 {\an8}of tourists, not just ourselves, 130 00:05:53,936 --> 00:05:55,938 {\an8}but the restaurants, the Fat Boar, 131 00:05:55,938 --> 00:05:58,566 {\an8}all these places-- you know, the hotels. 132 00:05:58,566 --> 00:05:59,859 I mean, our business has doubled, 133 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:01,069 practically, if not more so. 134 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:02,362 Call this Poppy Syndrome? 135 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:03,988 Sorry, guys. That's all right. 136 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:07,325 Oh, there's tourists walking in, yeah. 137 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:09,869 Sorry, guys. It's 1:00 today. We're just doing some... 138 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:11,079 Oh. Shoot--yeah. 139 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,497 1:00, I'm afraid. That's all right. 140 00:06:12,497 --> 00:06:13,748 Thank you. I'm just doing some 141 00:06:13,748 --> 00:06:15,041 filming for the documentary. I do apologize. 142 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,125 Yeah, no problem at all. 143 00:06:16,125 --> 00:06:17,168 We'll be bang open for 1:00. 144 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:18,211 Sounds good. Thank you. 145 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:19,712 Sorry, guys. Take care. 146 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:21,422 See what I mean? Two minutes past 12:00. 147 00:06:21,422 --> 00:06:24,217 Americans. 148 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:25,343 They're lovely, though. 149 00:06:25,343 --> 00:06:26,427 They're always like, "Eh, no worries." 150 00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:42,568 The stakes are higher this year 151 00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:44,237 than they were last year. 152 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,114 Hopefully, we'll get promoted this season. 153 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:47,907 I can see them getting promoted, to be fair. 154 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:48,950 The only choice for them, 155 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:49,992 the only realistic choice for them, 156 00:06:49,992 --> 00:06:51,577 is to go up this year in league. 157 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,830 Just getting out of this awful league has been so-- 158 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:55,248 oh, it's been terrible. 159 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:56,999 If we were promoted, it would mean 160 00:06:56,999 --> 00:07:01,295 the absolute world to the fans, to the club, to the town. 161 00:07:01,295 --> 00:07:03,381 So for anyone who needs a quick reminder, of course, 162 00:07:03,381 --> 00:07:04,757 Wrexham are currently in the National League. 163 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:06,342 {\an8}That's the fifth tier of English football. 164 00:07:06,342 --> 00:07:08,386 {\an8}Now, we call that non-league football. 165 00:07:08,386 --> 00:07:10,721 {\an8}Everything from the fifth tier down is organized football 166 00:07:10,721 --> 00:07:12,014 {\an8}but is non-league. 167 00:07:12,014 --> 00:07:13,474 {\an8}Everything above, that's league football. 168 00:07:13,474 --> 00:07:14,725 So that's League Two, which is the fourth tier, 169 00:07:14,725 --> 00:07:16,269 League One, which is the third tier, 170 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:17,645 the Championship, second tier, 171 00:07:17,645 --> 00:07:19,188 and the Premier League, which is the top tier. 172 00:07:19,188 --> 00:07:21,482 Now, teams can move between these different tiers 173 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:23,734 via promotion or relegation. 174 00:07:23,734 --> 00:07:25,528 So promotion tends to mean bigger crowds, 175 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:27,989 bigger prize money, bigger television money, 176 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:29,365 bigger interest, um, 177 00:07:29,365 --> 00:07:31,451 and relegation means the opposite. 178 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:34,328 We've put more than a small amount of money into this 179 00:07:34,328 --> 00:07:36,038 with the objective of getting out of this division 180 00:07:36,038 --> 00:07:37,415 and getting into a higher league. 181 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:39,834 Uh, player contracts being handled at the moment. 182 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:41,043 Remember this beauty? 183 00:07:41,043 --> 00:07:42,879 We're about to start tearing down the Kop 184 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:44,172 so we can build a new stand there, 185 00:07:44,172 --> 00:07:45,631 which really is gonna be a lynchpin 186 00:07:45,631 --> 00:07:47,383 of everything that we're trying to do here. 187 00:07:47,383 --> 00:07:50,052 All-in physically, all-in financially, 188 00:07:50,052 --> 00:07:51,429 and all-in emotionally. 189 00:07:51,429 --> 00:07:53,681 Come on, you reds! 190 00:07:53,681 --> 00:07:55,766 We're heavily invested in building this club, 191 00:07:55,766 --> 00:07:57,310 the stadium itself, 192 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,562 {\an8}and if we don't get promoted this year, 193 00:07:59,562 --> 00:08:03,566 the club is completely, totally, 194 00:08:03,566 --> 00:08:06,444 and wholly unsustainable. 195 00:08:06,444 --> 00:08:08,362 For us to achieve promotion, we obviously have 196 00:08:08,362 --> 00:08:10,531 to put the best possible team on the pitch, 197 00:08:10,531 --> 00:08:13,659 and that means investing in high-quality players. 198 00:08:13,659 --> 00:08:21,209 ♪ The bigger the boom, the bigger the bang ♪ 199 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:23,169 The playoff semifinal defeat 200 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:25,004 at the end of last season was deflating 201 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:27,632 for everybody at the club, but we didn't sulk. 202 00:08:27,632 --> 00:08:30,551 We just stayed committed to the process, 203 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:32,053 to the plan that we had. 204 00:08:32,053 --> 00:08:33,513 Looking forward, you think, 205 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:36,098 "This group of players together for a full season 206 00:08:36,098 --> 00:08:38,142 should be able to get us promoted." 207 00:08:38,142 --> 00:08:39,352 ♪ Honeys show up at the front ♪ 208 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:40,937 ♪ Honeys show up at the rear ♪ 209 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:43,523 ♪ Because one, Philly's got the shakes ♪ 210 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:44,899 Good. Show me your finish. 211 00:08:44,899 --> 00:08:46,442 {\an8}Yes! There you go. Got ya. 212 00:08:46,442 --> 00:08:47,985 {\an8}Good. Finish! 213 00:08:47,985 --> 00:08:49,070 {\an8}♪ All right ♪ 214 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:50,738 {\an8}♪ Four, Phillies want more soul ♪ 215 00:08:50,738 --> 00:08:52,949 {\an8}We needed to make sure 216 00:08:52,949 --> 00:08:55,701 {\an8}that the squad had more strength and depth. 217 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:57,912 {\an8}♪ Alakazoom, alakazam, ala-boom-boom, damn ♪ 218 00:08:57,912 --> 00:08:59,330 {\an8}♪ I got the biggest, the baddest ♪ 219 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:00,957 {\an8}♪ The fattest for joints are on point ♪ 220 00:09:00,957 --> 00:09:04,085 {\an8}We signed quite a lot of players from higher divisions, 221 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:06,963 {\an8}obviously to get that extra bit of quality. 222 00:09:08,756 --> 00:09:11,384 {\an8}You need players on eights and nines out of ten. 223 00:09:13,177 --> 00:09:15,888 {\an8}♪ Chiki-chiki, bang-bang, we love you ♪ 224 00:09:15,888 --> 00:09:17,890 {\an8}Players who understand what they're coming into. 225 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:19,058 {\an8}♪ Tell your mom and daddy ♪ 226 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,518 {\an8}♪ That we love them too ♪ 227 00:09:20,518 --> 00:09:22,812 {\an8}♪ 'Cause the baby got back and she got it going on ♪ 228 00:09:22,812 --> 00:09:24,063 Benefits of that are obvious. 229 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:25,398 You got great players from a higher level. 230 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,109 The potential pitfalls, though, are huge. 231 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:30,278 You know, our wage bill is 232 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:31,612 gonna be the largest in the division. 233 00:09:31,612 --> 00:09:33,281 The money we've spent on transfers will be 234 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:34,657 more than anyone else in the division. 235 00:09:34,657 --> 00:09:37,952 Um, and we need to get that promotion in order to, 236 00:09:37,952 --> 00:09:39,954 you know, offset that cost, effectively. 237 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:43,374 So, you know, the challenge here is, 238 00:09:43,374 --> 00:09:45,126 if it doesn't all go to plan, 239 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:47,336 we're left holding a very expensive baby. 240 00:09:47,336 --> 00:09:49,672 And if our goal from the very beginning 241 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:52,091 was to--not just to win, 242 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:55,595 not just to help bring some hope and optimism to the town, 243 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:57,096 but to build a sustainable business, 244 00:09:57,096 --> 00:10:00,933 something that can continue long after we're gone, 245 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:03,394 for us to put them in a position 246 00:10:03,394 --> 00:10:05,938 where, if they don't get promoted this year, 247 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:08,649 that they are no longer sustainable in any real way, 248 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:12,820 is, uh--is counter to what our original promises were. 249 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:14,697 So it's really ratcheted up the pressure 250 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:16,073 not just for us, I think, 251 00:10:16,073 --> 00:10:17,325 but for the players on the field, 252 00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:18,868 for the people in the community. 253 00:10:18,868 --> 00:10:20,870 This year, we have to get promoted. 254 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:22,288 ROB McELHENNEY: From a financial perspective, 255 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:24,165 if we do not get promoted this year, we are fucked. 256 00:10:24,165 --> 00:10:25,249 Fuck. Yeah. 257 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:35,217 Yeah. 258 00:10:35,217 --> 00:10:36,302 Ah! 259 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,346 {\an8}Four, five. 260 00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:39,680 {\an8}- Fucking hell. - Last one. 261 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:42,058 {\an8}Don't go dis-- 262 00:10:42,058 --> 00:10:44,268 - Ah! - Awesome. 263 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:48,314 Mate. 264 00:10:50,107 --> 00:10:52,401 {\an8}Fucking can't describe it. 265 00:10:52,401 --> 00:10:54,278 Literally cannot describe it. 266 00:10:54,278 --> 00:10:56,947 Never had any pain like it, ever. 267 00:11:02,244 --> 00:11:03,496 I'll just put my body anywhere, 268 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,915 do you know what I mean, to do what I need to do. 269 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:07,416 To be fair, throughout the whole of my career 270 00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:09,835 until this year, I've never had any concussion 271 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:12,088 or knockout, and then I've had three in the year now. 272 00:11:13,756 --> 00:11:16,133 {\an8}That was a Bromley game away when I got knocked out, 273 00:11:16,133 --> 00:11:18,052 my first knockout. 274 00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:26,811 {\an8}Substitution of James. Jordan Davies. 275 00:11:26,811 --> 00:11:28,813 The ball goes through to Coulson, Lainton... 276 00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:30,648 with an excellent save, and Lainton again-- 277 00:11:30,648 --> 00:11:32,566 and the ball's gone over the bar. 278 00:11:32,566 --> 00:11:36,904 Rob Lainton puts his body on the line every single game. 279 00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:39,532 And this is a serious one for Lainton. 280 00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:41,534 And looks in some pain. 281 00:11:43,077 --> 00:11:46,122 And we wish Rob a speedy recovery. 282 00:11:56,757 --> 00:11:58,592 Well, I was in every day from Monday to Friday. 283 00:11:58,592 --> 00:12:00,094 I'm sat in a machine where 284 00:12:00,094 --> 00:12:02,805 it just bend my wrist up and down 285 00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:05,349 for, like, six weeks. 286 00:12:05,349 --> 00:12:07,852 Push, push, push. 287 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:09,645 - Oh, mate. - Last one. 288 00:12:09,645 --> 00:12:10,896 Ooh, ah. 289 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:12,940 One more, one more. Got two more. 290 00:12:12,940 --> 00:12:13,983 Last two. 291 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:17,570 - One more. - Oh, mate. 292 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:18,738 It's when you come up. 293 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,072 It was a kick in the teeth, really, 294 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:22,074 'cause I think I'd played 34 games of the season. 295 00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:23,492 Coming to the crunch end, 296 00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:24,827 and obviously, the injury happened. 297 00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:26,412 And then you've got to watch from the sidelines 298 00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,038 and you feel a bit-- 299 00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:29,540 you know, I don't know how to describe it. 300 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:30,833 You can't-- 301 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:32,418 you're there, but you're not there, in a way, 302 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:34,044 so you're not feeling the ups and the downs 303 00:12:34,044 --> 00:12:35,671 and you can't help, 304 00:12:35,671 --> 00:12:39,800 so you just feel like a bit of waster, really. 305 00:12:43,137 --> 00:12:45,347 It's just a tool to give him some friction 306 00:12:45,347 --> 00:12:50,436 {\an8}to try and move a few things about and desensitize a touch. 307 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:58,569 The issue Rob has had is, after surgery, 308 00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:01,363 {\an8}he was in his cast for almost ten weeks. 309 00:13:01,363 --> 00:13:04,575 {\an8}If we left this for 12 months or so... 310 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:05,868 the body's real clever, 311 00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:07,661 'cause it knows that it's healed, 312 00:13:07,661 --> 00:13:09,121 so it'll stop trying to heal itself. 313 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:11,624 And obviously, he wants to get back playing. 314 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,667 And with his contract situation as well, 315 00:13:13,667 --> 00:13:17,838 we need to get him back on--on the training pitch. 316 00:13:20,883 --> 00:13:23,594 I'm out of contract in the summer. 317 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:28,224 So this could be my last season if I can't get back 318 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,100 to where I was at the current time 319 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:31,852 of when I was playing in the team. 320 00:13:31,852 --> 00:13:34,271 Obviously, my contract now runs out in the summer, 321 00:13:34,271 --> 00:13:36,440 so I've got now until then 322 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,068 to get back and prove myself again. 323 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:42,029 We had Rob who was injured. 324 00:13:42,029 --> 00:13:43,656 Christian Dibble. 325 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,950 Then he got injured in pre-season. 326 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:49,119 {\an8}Which was-- that was a nightmare for him. 327 00:13:49,119 --> 00:13:50,830 {\an8}Think he dislocated his knee, 328 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:53,541 so there was a bit of turbulence with that. 329 00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:55,501 The goalkeeper situation is difficult, 330 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:57,711 because, you know, I had a good chat with Dibbs. 331 00:13:57,711 --> 00:14:00,339 The time is right for him to go and be someone's number one. 332 00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:03,926 And unfortunately, he's got injured in preseason himself. 333 00:14:03,926 --> 00:14:06,595 Rob has got a long-term injury, 334 00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:09,056 so we brought Mark in. 335 00:14:09,056 --> 00:14:11,684 Mark Howard is a very experienced goalkeeper. 336 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:14,103 Been around, played in the Championship, 337 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:15,688 knows it, which I like. 338 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:17,898 I like a senior goalkeeper 339 00:14:17,898 --> 00:14:19,733 just because there's an experience there 340 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:20,985 and a calmness. 341 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:23,779 Mark Howard, goalkeeper. 342 00:14:23,779 --> 00:14:25,573 I turned pro at 18. 343 00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:30,244 {\an8}I'm 36, nearly 37 now, so close to 18, 19 years. 344 00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:31,912 Last season at Carlisle, 345 00:14:31,912 --> 00:14:34,164 I ended up signing ten games into the season, 346 00:14:34,164 --> 00:14:35,624 trying to help them stay in the league. 347 00:14:35,624 --> 00:14:37,376 Thrown to the Carlisle United fans, 348 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:40,129 it's a save by Mark Howard. 349 00:14:40,129 --> 00:14:41,839 I end up having a very successful season. 350 00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:43,173 Went on to get quite a few awards. 351 00:14:43,173 --> 00:14:45,050 What a save from Mark Howard! 352 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:46,385 I'd worked with Phil before. 353 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:48,429 We'd had a really successful season in League One 354 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:51,348 with Bolton getting promoted, and even the season after. 355 00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:52,808 Phil's a dead honest manager. 356 00:14:52,808 --> 00:14:54,268 He'll tell you how it is, 357 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:57,021 and if things aren't going to plan, he tells you. 358 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:58,731 Once I found out that he was interested, 359 00:14:58,731 --> 00:14:59,857 it was a no-brainer for me. 360 00:14:59,857 --> 00:15:01,609 And at this stage in my career 361 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:03,319 and what Wrexham are trying to achieve, 362 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:04,862 I've got this opportunity. 363 00:15:04,862 --> 00:15:06,780 Something really exciting to be part of. 364 00:15:10,784 --> 00:15:12,912 So it's the start of the season and time to see 365 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,205 how the squad looks with the new additions. 366 00:15:15,205 --> 00:15:18,584 Eastleigh. Absolutely must-win game. 367 00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:19,919 So excited! 368 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,004 Who's your favorite? - Paul Mullin. 369 00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:23,422 Sellout crowd again today for Eastleigh, 370 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:24,465 which is just phenomenal. 371 00:15:24,465 --> 00:15:26,383 Play with physicality, intensity, 372 00:15:26,383 --> 00:15:27,509 {\an8}and fucking aggression. 373 00:15:27,509 --> 00:15:28,677 {\an8}The ball goes in the box, 374 00:15:28,677 --> 00:15:29,720 {\an8}we're fucking aggressive. 375 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,888 {\an8}Challenges all over the pitch. 376 00:15:30,888 --> 00:15:32,222 {\an8}We are fucking aggressive. 377 00:15:32,222 --> 00:15:34,725 {\an8}And when we fucking go, we fucking go together. 378 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,018 Let's go, then! Come on, now, let's go! 379 00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:39,396 Hello, everyone! Welcome to Wrexham. 380 00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:43,943 We've got to do it this year. This year is the year. 381 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,111 Ooh, start of the season! 382 00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:47,613 Getting that tingle. Yes, everyone! 383 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:49,782 Ooh, it's exciting. It's exciting. 384 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,200 It's odd. I was saying beforehand 385 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,036 that every other season I've watched Wrexham, 386 00:15:54,036 --> 00:15:55,245 I just have a feeling 387 00:15:55,245 --> 00:15:56,622 somewhere between hope and fear. 388 00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:57,665 Yeah. 389 00:15:57,665 --> 00:15:58,958 Now for the first time ever, 390 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,376 I actually feel expectation. 391 00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:02,419 I expect us to win this league. 392 00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:09,468 Finally, we get going. 393 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:11,261 The ball's laid back to Ben Tozer. 394 00:16:11,261 --> 00:16:12,554 Palmer is after it. 395 00:16:14,014 --> 00:16:15,474 Floated in to the near post. Howard comes! 396 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:16,517 And he drops it! 397 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,310 And it's 1-nil to Eastleigh! 398 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:21,689 He's furious. He thinks he's been fouled. 399 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:23,065 It looked to me like 400 00:16:23,065 --> 00:16:24,358 he just got underneath the ball, to be honest. 401 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:25,776 He did, yeah. Back to the ball. 402 00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:28,529 And then he pawed at it with one hand. 403 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:30,447 Feeding it back, first time cross by McFadzean. 404 00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:32,032 Oh! Looking for Forde! 405 00:16:32,032 --> 00:16:33,867 Defender heads it! Oh, no! And it's headed over the bar. 406 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:36,120 Another incredibly close escape. 407 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,288 It's swung in towards the near post. 408 00:16:38,288 --> 00:16:40,290 Palmer! Just wide. Ooh. 409 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:41,750 Oh, he got up so well there, 410 00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:44,086 but tried to put it inside the far post. 411 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:46,255 Young seeks the near post, Palmer flicks it on! 412 00:16:46,255 --> 00:16:47,589 Oh! Just wide. 413 00:16:47,589 --> 00:16:49,425 Oh, that was so close. 414 00:16:49,425 --> 00:16:50,843 The ref, he blows his whistle. 415 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:52,928 And the fans boo, but I think it's fair to say 416 00:16:52,928 --> 00:16:55,305 the booing is reserved for the official 417 00:16:55,305 --> 00:16:56,890 and the opponents. Yes. 418 00:16:59,309 --> 00:17:01,645 {\an8}Wrexham trailing 1-nil up against Eastleigh. 419 00:17:01,645 --> 00:17:03,689 {\an8}51st minute. 420 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:05,399 Elliot Lee on for his debut 421 00:17:05,399 --> 00:17:08,610 to provide a bit more attacking threat for Wrexham. 422 00:17:08,610 --> 00:17:10,320 Palmer is taking on his man. 423 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,780 Got the stepovers. That's nice. 424 00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:13,574 Backheels it, Lee hits it! 425 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:16,118 {\an8}-Yeah! 426 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,995 {\an8}Yeah! What a goal! 427 00:17:19,496 --> 00:17:21,874 {\an8}Mullin helps it in. Lee, six yards out. 428 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,208 {\an8}-Heads it! Yeah! 429 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:28,213 {\an8}What a player! What a player! 430 00:17:30,591 --> 00:17:32,384 So that's it! 431 00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:34,428 We starts as we mean to go on-- 432 00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:36,930 with a win. 433 00:17:36,930 --> 00:17:40,392 Elliot Lee, absolutely immense. 434 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:42,603 Second half, Elliot Lee changed the game. 435 00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:45,189 What a signing. What a player. 436 00:17:45,189 --> 00:17:46,607 What a fucking player. 437 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:52,529 {\an8}Elliot Lee, yeah. 438 00:17:57,117 --> 00:17:58,243 Is this the first time 439 00:17:58,243 --> 00:17:59,828 you've actually been trained in etiquette? 440 00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:02,372 This is the--well, I did read--breezy read... 441 00:18:02,372 --> 00:18:03,707 Okay. - But I read 442 00:18:03,707 --> 00:18:05,375 {\an8}"Tiffany's Table Manners for Teens" when I was young. 443 00:18:05,375 --> 00:18:06,543 Okay. Uh, yeah, 444 00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:07,836 Yeah. Okay, all right. 445 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:09,963 So I think we should start with the beginning. 446 00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:11,840 We went to monarchy boot camp. 447 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:12,883 ROB McELHENNEY: Mm-hmm. 448 00:18:12,883 --> 00:18:13,926 It's like the military, 449 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:15,219 except your pinky's always up. 450 00:18:15,219 --> 00:18:17,346 Everything begins with the first impression. 451 00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:18,889 So what do you think people notice 452 00:18:18,889 --> 00:18:21,725 that exudes something special about you? 453 00:18:21,725 --> 00:18:23,018 Smell. He smells. Exudes confidence. 454 00:18:23,018 --> 00:18:24,228 He smells great. 455 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:25,437 Well, before they can smell you, 456 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:26,605 they notice something physically. 457 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:28,232 Oh. What do you think it is? 458 00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:29,274 - Posture. - Posture. 459 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:30,317 There we go. 460 00:18:30,317 --> 00:18:31,401 Okay, so let's stand up for a moment. 461 00:18:31,401 --> 00:18:32,903 Let's not. If we may. 462 00:18:32,903 --> 00:18:34,613 Let's not, 'cause--but we've established we're both tall. 463 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:36,323 Yeah, so Rob and Ryan are very excited 464 00:18:36,323 --> 00:18:37,533 about the King coming. 465 00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:39,284 Giddy, you might say. 466 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:42,704 And, you know, I think they recognize, 467 00:18:42,704 --> 00:18:44,748 you know, the significance of having the monarch 468 00:18:44,748 --> 00:18:46,125 visiting Wrexham. 469 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,709 We are trying to get 470 00:18:47,709 --> 00:18:50,129 £20 million worth of Kop funding 471 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,338 out of the UK government. 472 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,387 18 months, two years. 473 00:18:58,387 --> 00:18:59,721 A lot of work has gone into 474 00:18:59,721 --> 00:19:01,557 lining up all the pieces of the puzzle 475 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:02,975 to try and get this funding, 476 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,768 and that will give us an extra 5,500 seats. 477 00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:06,103 It'll also give us a stadium 478 00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:09,273 that is deemed to be of international standards 479 00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:12,067 so we can bring Welsh football back to the Racecourse. 480 00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:13,277 It's the biggest 481 00:19:13,277 --> 00:19:15,571 and most expensive piece of the endeavor. 482 00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:17,781 When you sit down, do not flop. 483 00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:21,326 And when you place your hands, you are going to literally 484 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:23,328 just place them right here on your knees. 485 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:24,705 Okay? And that's it. 486 00:19:24,705 --> 00:19:26,039 But I just want to see it. 487 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:27,916 And by the way, was I leaning back in the chair? 488 00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:30,252 No, I was sitting up with good posture. 489 00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:31,503 Are you ready? I think so. 490 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:33,088 Okay. Just casually walking. Chin up. 491 00:19:33,088 --> 00:19:34,423 - Good. Yeah, there we go. - Mm. 492 00:19:34,423 --> 00:19:35,924 Okay. Turn around. - Oh, that's a nice chair. 493 00:19:35,924 --> 00:19:37,259 You know where the chair is. 494 00:19:37,259 --> 00:19:38,468 Good. 495 00:19:38,468 --> 00:19:40,554 Nice. The control. 496 00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:42,347 I feel like the thigh muscles were working, right? 497 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:44,057 I feel like a serial killer. 498 00:19:44,057 --> 00:19:46,185 ROB McELHENNEY: Yeah, you look like you're ready to pounce. 499 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,227 Yeah. 500 00:19:47,227 --> 00:19:48,729 UK government and the monarchy 501 00:19:48,729 --> 00:19:51,398 are closely aligned in many respects, 502 00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:55,527 and so getting support from the King is critical 503 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:58,030 for the Kop stand as well as our future goals and plans. 504 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,118 ROB McELHENNEY: Yeah. that's so good. That's great. 505 00:20:03,118 --> 00:20:04,578 Mm-hmm. Okay. 506 00:20:04,578 --> 00:20:06,121 Nice spine distance. 507 00:20:07,247 --> 00:20:09,333 Okay, beautiful. Okay. Lovely. 508 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:10,959 And now, you may-- 509 00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:12,461 ROB McELHENNEY: I don't stand, I rise. 510 00:20:12,461 --> 00:20:13,712 Exactly. 511 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,088 Now, I don't need to teach you gentlemen 512 00:20:15,088 --> 00:20:16,965 how to curtsy because you're men. 513 00:20:16,965 --> 00:20:19,259 However, about the bow. Mm-hmm. 514 00:20:19,259 --> 00:20:22,387 So it is a certain inclination of the head. 515 00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:23,847 It's literally from the neck down. 516 00:20:23,847 --> 00:20:24,973 ROB McELHENNEY: Mm-hmm. 517 00:20:24,973 --> 00:20:27,184 Let's just see what that looks like. 518 00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:28,936 Okay. Okay, good. 519 00:20:28,936 --> 00:20:31,063 - I'm having--I--I-- - How you feel? 520 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,190 Yeah, I think I am gonna have a hard time with this. 521 00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:34,566 Okay. - Yeah, yeah. 522 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:37,361 I can see the structure is hurt--is bothering you. 523 00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:39,196 It's not the structure. 524 00:20:39,196 --> 00:20:41,573 It's the idea of bowing to somebody. 525 00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:42,741 It triggers something. 526 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:43,825 - I want you to-- - Hi! 527 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:45,285 I want you to feel that rage... 528 00:20:45,285 --> 00:20:46,912 - Oh, hello. Welcome, welcome. - Coming in the wrong way. 529 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:48,163 - No, that's okay. - When we're working. 530 00:20:48,163 --> 00:20:49,331 - Hello. How are you? - Welcome, welcome. 531 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:52,167 Let me see, though, the two pumps and release. 532 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:53,794 Oh, by the way, also, gentlemen... 533 00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:54,920 Two pumps and release. 534 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,631 Should we also at the same time get-- 535 00:20:57,631 --> 00:20:59,758 It doesn't have to be in unison. 536 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:01,843 - Yeah. Say it. Yeah. - Two... 537 00:21:01,843 --> 00:21:03,720 Two pumps. - ROB McELHENNEY: Release. 538 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:04,972 That was an exchange. 539 00:21:04,972 --> 00:21:07,099 Oh, wait, let me see the-- with the inclination. 540 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,141 How do you do? 541 00:21:08,141 --> 00:21:11,061 Jolly good. 542 00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:13,438 You know, I'm very impressed by their diligence 543 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:16,900 in going to see an etiquette coach before meeting the King. 544 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:20,862 Um, no one asked me if I needed to see an etiquette coach. 545 00:21:20,862 --> 00:21:23,198 So I hope I don't blow it. 546 00:21:23,198 --> 00:21:24,908 Do you remember the phrase, gentlemen? 547 00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:26,451 Your majesty, may I present? 548 00:21:26,451 --> 00:21:28,537 No. When you actually meet, 549 00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:29,955 there's that other formal phrase 550 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:32,249 that I taught you that we're forgetting. 551 00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:36,670 You get a little petit four-- extra one if you get it right. 552 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:38,672 ROB McELHENNEY: A petite what? 553 00:21:44,052 --> 00:21:45,429 Come over here so we can see it. 554 00:21:45,429 --> 00:21:46,722 We can see it there. Have a seat. 555 00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:49,016 So what is this? 556 00:21:49,016 --> 00:21:52,519 {\an8}So this is one of the shirts from our time. 557 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:55,605 {\an8}Seven season, we were sponsors, uh, 558 00:21:55,605 --> 00:21:57,691 {\an8}for back of shirt, as they called it. 559 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:04,156 We carried that on for seven seasons. 560 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:07,117 And then, obviously, the last season that we were sponsors 561 00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:10,245 was the first season of the takeover. 562 00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:11,705 Felt as if we were doing something right, 563 00:22:11,705 --> 00:22:13,623 that we were helping the club, and I always said 564 00:22:13,623 --> 00:22:15,542 that when we had this on the back of the shirt, 565 00:22:15,542 --> 00:22:18,086 that was--you know, I never got to play for them, 566 00:22:18,086 --> 00:22:21,548 but to, uh--to have that on there, you know, 567 00:22:21,548 --> 00:22:24,634 as our company was brilliant. 568 00:22:24,634 --> 00:22:26,053 Getting emotional now. 569 00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:34,061 My name's Phil Salmon. I'm 64 years of age now. 570 00:22:34,061 --> 00:22:36,355 Been supporting Wrexham AFC 571 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,440 since probably about the age of seven. 572 00:22:39,775 --> 00:22:42,903 This is one of the original Kop barriers 573 00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:45,197 from, obviously, the Racecourse Ground, 574 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,866 the oldest international stadium in the world. 575 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:51,495 They were taken down when the Kop was no longer in use. 576 00:22:52,954 --> 00:22:54,998 So the Kop used to be standing only. 577 00:22:54,998 --> 00:22:56,875 That was the reason for these barriers, 578 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,668 to stop any sort of crush 579 00:22:58,668 --> 00:23:01,421 if fans move forward too quickly or whatever. 580 00:23:01,421 --> 00:23:04,257 And so fans that used to stand on the Kop 581 00:23:04,257 --> 00:23:06,676 were given the opportunity to purchase them. 582 00:23:06,676 --> 00:23:08,553 And the money was used for charities. 583 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:10,972 And--'cause we were doing 'em on a voluntary basis, 584 00:23:10,972 --> 00:23:12,182 we'd normally do them at night, 585 00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:13,767 you know, after we'd finished work. 586 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:18,188 So I'd, say, spend an hour on each barrier. 587 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,611 I very luckily met Phil through Dixie. 588 00:23:24,611 --> 00:23:27,406 And Phil mentioned that he might have a barrier 589 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,575 {\an8}from the old Kop at Wrexham Football Club 590 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:33,537 that he may be able to donate to Nightingale House Hospice 591 00:23:33,537 --> 00:23:36,373 to see whether we could raise vital money for the hospice. 592 00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:38,750 {\an8}This is where people stood behind 593 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,545 {\an8}watching the football matches in the '70s and '80s 594 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:44,089 and gave you lots of abuse if you missed a goal. 595 00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:47,300 Don't put that in. Don't put that in. No. 596 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:48,760 So please keep your eyes peeled, 597 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,887 because this is coming on the market, 598 00:23:50,887 --> 00:23:53,432 and it will be sold to the highest bidder. 599 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:54,891 Brilliant. - Amazing. 600 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:56,476 If it wasn't for the likes of Phil, 601 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:58,728 we wouldn't be able to have the opportunity 602 00:23:58,728 --> 00:24:00,439 to raise the valuable money that we need. 603 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:03,900 I've always thought that, you know, 604 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,694 if you can do something nice, 605 00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:07,779 it gives a lot of people a lot of pleasure, you know? 606 00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,489 And I would like to think that 607 00:24:09,489 --> 00:24:11,867 if I was in somebody else's shoes, 608 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:14,244 that I would look forward to somebody doing that for me. 609 00:24:14,244 --> 00:24:17,664 So yeah, just loads of history. 610 00:24:17,664 --> 00:24:19,541 So to be involved with the club 611 00:24:19,541 --> 00:24:23,170 and see where it is now is just phenomenal. 612 00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:35,223 ROB McELHENNEY: Lovely. 613 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:44,983 So as I was saying, the line-- 614 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:46,443 the line's here-- the line's here. 615 00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:48,612 So once you're at the line, 616 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:49,738 you and Rob are gonna go 617 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:50,947 that way with the Queen Consort. 618 00:24:50,947 --> 00:24:51,990 Yeah. 619 00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,232 Yes. 620 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:29,653 Your Majesty. 621 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:31,238 I am-- no, I'm from Philadelphia, 622 00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:32,614 but I live in Los Angeles. 623 00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:34,616 {\an8}So it's actually quite warm. 624 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:40,539 This is Rob, our goalkeeper. 625 00:25:53,093 --> 00:25:55,220 What about you? This is Rosie. 626 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:56,596 I live quite close. 627 00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:59,140 I didn't, but I moved closer just to be with Wrexham. 628 00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:23,039 So Kyle travels. 629 00:26:47,814 --> 00:26:49,691 Moments of great import are happening. 630 00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:51,359 At the same time, you know, this week, 631 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,987 we've obviously got a massive game against a big rival, um, 632 00:26:53,987 --> 00:26:56,990 and, you know, the other thing for us this week is obviously, 633 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:58,992 you know, we're looking forward to getting, uh, 634 00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:00,535 some kind of decision about 635 00:27:00,535 --> 00:27:02,704 the Levelling Up Fund, hopefully, which is, you know, 636 00:27:02,704 --> 00:27:04,164 the money from the UK government 637 00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:06,541 that we're hoping to help use to pay for the Kop. 638 00:27:06,541 --> 00:27:08,793 The Kop is still there. Mm-hmm. 639 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:13,214 We were supposed to have knocked it down months ago. 640 00:27:13,214 --> 00:27:15,091 And we keep getting emails and updates saying, 641 00:27:15,091 --> 00:27:16,551 "Well, it'll be next week. 642 00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:18,386 Maybe the week after, the week after." 643 00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:20,180 Where are we with the Levelling Up Fund? 644 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:21,431 Let's talk about that. Mm-hmm. 645 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:23,141 The Levelling Up Fund, we are told 646 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,434 that the decision is next week. 647 00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:25,769 Now-- 648 00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:27,479 We have been told the decision is next week... 649 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:28,938 Twice. - Twice. 650 00:27:28,938 --> 00:27:30,190 Yeah. 651 00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:31,358 Over many, many, many months, let alone weeks. 652 00:27:31,358 --> 00:27:32,400 Absolutely. - Okay. 653 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,319 {\an8}The club has an application 654 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,363 {\an8}into the Levelling Up Fund, 655 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:39,282 which is operated by UK government. 656 00:27:39,282 --> 00:27:42,827 We're asking them to contribute, via the council, 657 00:27:42,827 --> 00:27:46,039 £20 million to actually build a new stand. 658 00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:48,833 Mr. Speaker, if you live in North Wales 659 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:50,460 {\an8}and want to watch international sport, 660 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:53,213 {\an8}you'll have to travel four hours to Cardiff or Swansea. 661 00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:54,547 {\an8}Shocking. 662 00:27:54,547 --> 00:27:57,092 {\an8}The Wrexham Racecourse with its historic Kop stand 663 00:27:57,092 --> 00:28:01,846 offers an excellent opportunity to level up access to sport. 664 00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:03,973 Hear, hear! 665 00:28:03,973 --> 00:28:06,267 Well, there could be no better campaigner 666 00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:08,728 for the interests of Wrexham sport. 667 00:28:08,728 --> 00:28:10,814 I will do what I can, Mrs. Speaker, 668 00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:12,941 but I'm sure that Wrexham has every chance 669 00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:14,317 of success in the future. 670 00:28:14,317 --> 00:28:15,735 ROB McELHENNEY: The truth of the matter is, 671 00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:19,406 if we don't get that funding, we can't build the Kop. 672 00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:21,032 If we don't get the Levelling Up Fund, 673 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:23,410 we have to go and find a public sector contribution 674 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:24,494 from somewhere else. 675 00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:27,414 Nowhere near as attractive or quick. 676 00:28:27,414 --> 00:28:29,499 Okay. Oh, this is quick? 677 00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:31,251 Thus far, we've been moving-- this is quick? 678 00:28:31,251 --> 00:28:33,670 Trust me. This is efficient. Not wrong. 679 00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:34,963 Ugh. 680 00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:37,006 I feel like after the show's aired-- 681 00:28:37,006 --> 00:28:40,176 in the UK, I notice that people were laughing 682 00:28:40,176 --> 00:28:41,428 about how much I was whinging. 683 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:43,596 Whinging is my favorite British term now. 684 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:52,564 That I was whinging about how slow everything is, 685 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:55,775 because I guess they're just so used to it 686 00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:58,528 from a bureaucratic standpoint. 687 00:28:58,528 --> 00:29:00,238 But good Lord. 688 00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:03,658 When the stand is built, the level of craftsmanship, 689 00:29:03,658 --> 00:29:05,243 the quality, the work that's gone into it 690 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:07,370 means that it should work and operate 691 00:29:07,370 --> 00:29:09,497 and it'll go the way it should do 692 00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:11,541 and none of the door handles should fall off 693 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:13,918 like everything does in my house in LA, because-- 694 00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:15,712 ROB McELHENNEY: So what you're suggesting to me 695 00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:19,966 is that because of this level of bureaucracy, 696 00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:23,803 that there's a certain level of care and craftsmanship 697 00:29:23,803 --> 00:29:25,180 that goes into it that just doesn't exist 698 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:26,222 in the United States of America. 699 00:29:26,222 --> 00:29:27,807 - Yes. - I reject that wholesale 700 00:29:27,807 --> 00:29:30,935 on behalf of the American people. 701 00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:32,479 Well, congratulations. 702 00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:33,730 However, this is happening in Wales, 703 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:34,939 so you've got no choice. 704 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,024 - Yeah. - Okay. 705 00:29:36,024 --> 00:29:38,067 All right, so we'll know next week. 706 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:40,153 {\an8}We'll know next week. 707 00:29:40,153 --> 00:29:41,863 {\an8}The delays in funding put us at risk 708 00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:43,114 {\an8}of falling behind schedule, 709 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:45,366 {\an8}so we need to have the new Kop built 710 00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:47,744 for the 2024-2025 season. 711 00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:49,412 So we decided to pay for the demolition 712 00:29:49,412 --> 00:29:53,666 of the old Kop ourselves and began tearing it down. 713 00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:59,839 Oh, very fond memories, you know? 714 00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:02,050 My folks moved across the road when I was 11, 715 00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:04,719 {\an8}and I was told then strictly not to cross the road. 716 00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:07,514 {\an8}But as an eagle-eyed 11-year-old, 717 00:30:07,514 --> 00:30:08,807 the floodlights were on. 718 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,351 I remember the game well. I think it was Blackpool. 719 00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,228 And we scored a last-minute winner to win 4-3. 720 00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:16,397 And between the lights and the last-minute euphoria, 721 00:30:16,397 --> 00:30:17,941 I was absolutely hooked from that minute on. 722 00:30:17,941 --> 00:30:20,026 And that was in the Kop, so yeah, 723 00:30:20,026 --> 00:30:22,278 just very fond memories. 724 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:30,703 Um, mixed emotions, really. 725 00:30:30,703 --> 00:30:34,249 One of excitement for the future. 726 00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:36,000 But obviously, there's a little bit of, um-- 727 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,585 a little bit of sadness, 728 00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:40,171 you know, mixed in there because not only I, 729 00:30:40,171 --> 00:30:41,589 thousands of people, you know, 730 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:43,007 people that are no longer with us as well 731 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:45,176 have got memories, you know, in that stand. 732 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,515 {\an8}I think the Kop was obviously iconic. 733 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:52,517 {\an8}And it's, like, a little bit like the Turf. 734 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:55,311 {\an8}It's just sort of the fabric of the football club, 735 00:30:55,311 --> 00:30:57,647 {\an8}in many ways, that-- 736 00:30:57,647 --> 00:30:59,190 obviously, friends have come together 737 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:01,317 and I've stood on there as a youngster. 738 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,195 But then as a player, 739 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:07,490 to look out onto a full Kop was pretty special. 740 00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:09,033 Neil Roberts equalized 741 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:10,326 from the penalty spot. 742 00:31:10,326 --> 00:31:11,661 You know, that's something nice 743 00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:14,205 that I'll always have to keep hold of 744 00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:16,583 and, you know, that-- 745 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:19,627 that moment becomes even more special 746 00:31:19,627 --> 00:31:23,464 now it's no longer there. 747 00:31:23,464 --> 00:31:28,344 Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! 748 00:31:28,344 --> 00:31:31,681 Well, out of the ashes, you know, will, yeah, 749 00:31:31,681 --> 00:31:33,308 arise a new Kop. 750 00:31:37,854 --> 00:31:39,188 Goodbye, old friend, as Rob said. 751 00:31:39,188 --> 00:31:41,190 Yes, yeah. Goodbye, old friend. 752 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:03,880 Start of the season, there's a few teams 753 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,256 you expect to be up there. 754 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:08,426 And Chesterfield, Notts County, Boreham Wood, 755 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:09,761 you know, you look at those teams, 756 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,680 and they've been building squads for a while 757 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,390 to make challenges to get out this league 758 00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:17,435 and, like ourselves, haven't found it easy. 759 00:32:17,435 --> 00:32:19,395 You'd expect them to challenge again. 760 00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:20,647 You know, there's absolutely no doubt 761 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:22,106 Chesterfield were going to be 762 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:25,068 one of the contenders for promotion. 763 00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,986 And obviously, going there so early 764 00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:29,656 was always going to be a challenge. 765 00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:31,032 It's an early season test, 766 00:32:31,032 --> 00:32:32,825 and we'll know more about the team 767 00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:34,243 when we come out of the game. 768 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,374 Let's get on to predictions. 769 00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:42,502 I'm gonna go for a nervy 1-niller 'cause I just love 770 00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:46,089 shoving it up those Derbyshire fellows. 771 00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:52,637 I'm gonna go for 2-nil. 772 00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:54,847 I'm gonna go same as last year. 773 00:32:54,847 --> 00:32:56,557 Brilliant. So we're gonna be 774 00:32:56,557 --> 00:32:58,101 top of the league by the end of this. 775 00:32:58,101 --> 00:32:59,811 You heard it here first. 776 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:02,605 Arrived in Chesterfield. Massive game. 777 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:08,736 Need to be taking points off people like this. 778 00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:10,738 Up the town. Come on, boys! 779 00:33:10,738 --> 00:33:12,865 Hold onto your hats for the start. 780 00:33:12,865 --> 00:33:14,659 Quite the power from the adrenaline-fueled 781 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,494 atmosphere we got anyway. 782 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:17,954 I mean, I hope you can hear us 783 00:33:17,954 --> 00:33:20,540 in this massive early season match. 784 00:33:25,795 --> 00:33:27,130 If you're gonna win the title, 785 00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:29,382 you've gotta take points off your rivals. 786 00:33:29,382 --> 00:33:32,093 Chesterfield are serious rivals. 787 00:33:32,093 --> 00:33:35,888 It's the first time I've gone into a season 788 00:33:35,888 --> 00:33:37,765 actually expecting success. 789 00:33:37,765 --> 00:33:40,059 ♪ Yeah, I'm like a stampede ♪ 790 00:33:40,059 --> 00:33:42,478 ♪ Man, I come through like a banshee ♪ 791 00:33:42,478 --> 00:33:44,480 ♪ And there's only one thing that I can't see ♪ 792 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,149 ♪ That's a plan B ♪ 793 00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:47,608 ♪ 'Cause I got tunnel vision ♪ 794 00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:49,736 ♪ I won't never give in, yeah ♪ 795 00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:51,320 ♪ And I ain't playin' with 'em, nah ♪ 796 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,489 ♪ I'm just tryna win it all, yeah ♪ 797 00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:55,366 ♪ They broke the mold when they made me ♪ 798 00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:57,285 ♪ So cold, man, I can't freeze it ♪ 799 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:59,162 ♪ I'm the Loch Ness, I'm a monster ♪ 800 00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:00,872 ♪ I'm the one that they ain't believe ♪ 801 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:02,623 ♪ I'm the one that you can't see ♪ 802 00:34:02,623 --> 00:34:04,125 ♪ Whoo, yeah ♪ 803 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:06,044 ♪ Try to hold me down but I break free ♪ 804 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,545 ♪ You can't stop me now ♪ 805 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:08,880 Lee on the left-hand side 806 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,214 scurries forward as well. 807 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:11,924 Nice ball to Mullin, heads behind and turns, 808 00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:13,426 heads it just wide. 809 00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:16,971 ♪ You can't take me down ♪ 810 00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:20,850 ♪ I'm on another level ♪ 811 00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:23,352 Banks switches beautifully to King 812 00:34:23,352 --> 00:34:24,937 on the right-hand side halfway line. 813 00:34:24,937 --> 00:34:27,690 Palmer gets across quickly. It's pinged inside. 814 00:34:27,690 --> 00:34:29,275 And the return pass is a good one. 815 00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:32,487 King hits the goal line, puts it inside Palmer. 816 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:35,323 Gets to the 6-yard box. 817 00:34:35,323 --> 00:34:38,868 It's goal! Chesterfield take the lead! 818 00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:40,161 Wow! 819 00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:44,457 Chesterfield score in the tenth minute. 820 00:34:44,457 --> 00:34:47,794 {\an8}King with a superb run. 821 00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:51,881 {\an8}And now it's the Chesterfield fans making all the noise. 822 00:34:51,881 --> 00:34:53,633 Goalkeepers make mistakes all the time. 823 00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:55,343 It's just that we get punished for it, 824 00:34:55,343 --> 00:34:56,969 and it normally leads to a goal. 825 00:34:59,305 --> 00:35:02,266 I think it's one of them things that, with the weather, 826 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,560 we just didn't start that game well enough. 827 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,562 Lays it out to McFadzean. 828 00:35:06,562 --> 00:35:09,273 Early cross, easy for the keeper. 829 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:11,275 Wrexham haven't quite got their rhythm back 830 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,945 since going behind. 831 00:35:16,572 --> 00:35:18,032 Asante's free on the left-hand side 832 00:35:18,032 --> 00:35:20,493 as Wrexham try and recover. Tozer. 833 00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:23,454 Wrexham are really, really pinned back here. 834 00:35:25,081 --> 00:35:26,499 Living up towards Bellinger's. 835 00:35:26,499 --> 00:35:28,084 King gets it back, turns it over the top 836 00:35:28,084 --> 00:35:29,877 and Tozer will have to chase this one. 837 00:35:29,877 --> 00:35:31,295 He'll-- 838 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:32,839 vey coolly plays to Howard, 839 00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:35,091 who's under pressure, and he's lost the ball! 840 00:35:35,091 --> 00:35:37,385 He's outside the box. The shot comes in! 841 00:35:41,722 --> 00:35:44,851 {\an8}2-nil! Oh, dear me. 842 00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:46,477 {\an8}That got us. 843 00:35:46,477 --> 00:35:49,605 {\an8}I don't think that was a wise place to play a back pass. 844 00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:52,650 How on Earth have Wrexham managed to go two down? 845 00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:55,695 I mean, that's a disaster. 846 00:35:56,988 --> 00:36:00,783 I think I wasn't--ah. 847 00:36:00,783 --> 00:36:02,785 It was tough because of-- 848 00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:05,246 it was the pressure from the year before. 849 00:36:05,246 --> 00:36:08,040 We needed to start off the season so well. 850 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,750 Obviously, I tried to take a back pass in 851 00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:12,295 and then just took a bad touch. 852 00:36:12,295 --> 00:36:13,754 That's the nature of being a goalkeeper. 853 00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,059 We came up against a team who started 854 00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:28,561 very quickly on the night, 855 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:31,439 and when you can see two poor goals-- 856 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:33,983 and it always gives any team a lift. 857 00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:36,944 And yeah, we gave ourselves a mountain to climb. 858 00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:41,199 Wrexham really needs 859 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,035 to push on in this second half now. 860 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,704 Chesterfield outperforming the Red Dragons 861 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,956 on their trip over here to Derbyshire. 862 00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:50,374 Phil Parkinson's side just couldn't get 863 00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:54,962 into their rhythm or their groove. 864 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:58,382 {\an8}That's the full time whistle that's blown. 865 00:36:58,382 --> 00:37:01,636 {\an8}This was a frustrating day for Wrexham 866 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:03,346 who, in front of a superb following, 867 00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:08,017 have not been able to come out with a result at all. 868 00:37:08,017 --> 00:37:09,685 It's a real disappointment 869 00:37:09,685 --> 00:37:12,396 early in the season when we were arriving, 870 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,565 full of optimism, thinking, 871 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:17,151 this is where we make a statement. 872 00:37:17,151 --> 00:37:19,403 You know, we knew we'd put a squad together 873 00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:21,364 that was good enough to get promotion. 874 00:37:21,364 --> 00:37:23,115 Us knowing it and them doing it 875 00:37:23,115 --> 00:37:24,742 are two vastly different things. 876 00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:29,622 Yeah, unfortunately, I can't work out 877 00:37:29,622 --> 00:37:32,625 how to do it on my phone, which is a bit of a blow. 878 00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:33,960 If you can pin yourself, Ryan, 879 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,795 and then record your screen. 880 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:39,215 Uh, does anyone know--sorry-- how to record my screen? 881 00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:41,008 I'm not quite sure. 882 00:37:41,008 --> 00:37:42,927 Yeah, it should be down below in the center. 883 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,053 If you just click on-- 884 00:37:44,053 --> 00:37:45,429 there's a little record button. 885 00:37:45,429 --> 00:37:47,640 Oh, yeah, I think it's recording. 886 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,183 It says you're recording. You're good. 887 00:37:49,183 --> 00:37:50,643 Okay, great. 888 00:37:52,395 --> 00:37:53,354 Okay, cool. 889 00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:57,316 So I just got a message from-- 890 00:37:57,316 --> 00:38:00,486 well, regrettably, a media outlet 891 00:38:00,486 --> 00:38:02,655 that's heard the news 892 00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:05,408 that the Levelling Up Fund bid application 893 00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:07,326 from the council has been unsuccessful. 894 00:38:07,326 --> 00:38:10,705 So the Levelling Up Fund bid's not been accepted. 895 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:12,832 18 months worth of work 896 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:14,583 trying to get the funding for the Kop 897 00:38:14,583 --> 00:38:17,670 has just gone up in smoke. 898 00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:19,255 Great. 899 00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:21,215 We can't grow the club 900 00:38:21,215 --> 00:38:23,301 unless we can get more people into the stadium. 901 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,303 We've got a three-sided ground now 902 00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:28,347 with a Kop that's nearly on the floor. 903 00:38:28,347 --> 00:38:29,974 Yeah. 904 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:31,517 Is this, like, a political thing? 905 00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:34,520 Probably the Conservative government don't believe 906 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,940 they'll hold the Wrexham seat this time at the next election, 907 00:38:37,940 --> 00:38:39,400 regardless of how much money they put 908 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,068 into the local football club. 909 00:38:41,068 --> 00:38:42,653 Still, it's a huge problem. 910 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:46,157 I mean, this is a cornerstone of our long-term Wrexham plans. 911 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:47,742 I mean, this is huge. 912 00:38:47,742 --> 00:38:50,453 We've taken a blow, but we're gonna get back up again. 913 00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:52,413 And we're not out with this fight yet. 914 00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:54,749 I don't have £20 million lying around. 915 00:38:54,749 --> 00:38:56,334 I don't--I don't know if Ryan does, 916 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:57,918 but I don't think so. 917 00:38:57,918 --> 00:39:00,588 He might say he does, but I would talk to Blake, 918 00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:02,131 'cause I bet you he fucking doesn't. 919 00:39:02,131 --> 00:39:06,802 Uh, what is it that we can do to help see this through? 920 00:39:06,802 --> 00:39:08,554 Just the three of you promise me this, okay? 921 00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:11,849 I'm low at the moment. Let just me be the lowest. 922 00:39:11,849 --> 00:39:12,975 We'll find a-- 923 00:39:12,975 --> 00:39:14,977 We'll find a-- we'll find a solution 924 00:39:14,977 --> 00:39:17,688 because we are gonna need to think outside the box 925 00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:19,982 and do things differently, so... 926 00:39:19,982 --> 00:39:23,027 Uh, I'll sell one of my children. 927 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,320 Oh, well, you've got so many of them. 928 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,946 Yeah, you got a bunch of 'em now. 929 00:39:25,946 --> 00:39:27,073 I have four. 930 00:39:27,073 --> 00:39:28,949 I mean, I don't even know their names. 931 00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:31,327 You can't possibly--you can't possibly need all of them. 932 00:39:31,327 --> 00:39:32,870 Oh, you've brightened my day. 933 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:35,247 You've brightened my day up, you three. 934 00:39:35,247 --> 00:39:38,751 Good. Um, okay-- 935 00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:40,711 Is there anything else we need to discuss 936 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:42,755 besides the fact that the sky is falling? 937 00:39:42,755 --> 00:39:45,049 Is there anything-- is there anything else? 938 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:46,217 All right. Bye, guys. 939 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,511 Cheers. Talk to you later, mate.