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- Excuse us.
- Thank you, guys.
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Thank you, gents.
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Keep moving! Guys, move on!
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- Keep it moving!
- Sorry, guys.
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Keep going!
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- Wow.
- Yes, yes, yes.
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Not bad, right?
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I don't think the goosebumps
are 'cause it's cold.
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I'm just thinking about
how many thousands of people
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have come to watch these games
over the last 150 years.
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- Pretty incredible.
- Yeah.
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Oh, wow!
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- There you go.
- Come on, now.
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Now, that's a stadium.
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- Wow.
- Is that better?
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So there is a real risk for us.
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Yeah, I mean,
that's part of the anxiety.
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Like, watching the team
lose last night,
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you're thinking the investment
in this club just took a hit.
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Yes.
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And there is a version
of the story...
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where we are villains...
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- Where it doesn't--
- Oh, that's my usual story.
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That's usually the story
in my head.
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Yeah. It doesn't work,
and then we go,
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"What are we gonna do?
We have to sell it."
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- And then we're the bad guys.
- Yeah.
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- Fuck that.
- Fuck that.
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Yeah.
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It's gonna work.
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Come gather round, people
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Wherever you roam
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And admit that the waters
around you have grown
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And accept it that soon
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You'll be drenched to the bone
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If your time to you
is worth savin'
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Then you better start swimming
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Or you'll sink like a stone
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For the times,
they are a-changin'
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Welcome to Wrexham
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A diamond in the heart of Wales
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This land of dragons
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Coal, fire, and steel
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Hollywood A-lister
Ryan Reynolds could be
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about to take on
his next big role.
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Fellow A-lister Rob McElhenney
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is bidding with Reynolds.
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They could be
about to launch a takeover
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at Wrexham Football Club.
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I'm hoping this is not
some big publicity stunt.
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Ah, it's probably
just a joke on Twitter.
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We've heard it all before,
so it'll go tits up, 100%.
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Don't get me wrong.
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If the intentions are good
and to move the club forward,
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then fantastic, but we need
to know why Wrexham.
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Welcome to Wrexham
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E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles!
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I'm from Philadelphia,
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and I've always been
a sports fanatic.
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I couldn't play anything,
but I always love watching it.
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My whole family loved
the Eagles.
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It was just something
that was a part of my life
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from the time I can remember.
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The team becomes
an extension of the city.
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- Whoo! Whoo!
- Yeah!
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Even as a kid,
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I just remember that gave me
something to identify with.
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E-A-G-L-E-S! Eagles!
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I grew up
in South Philadelphia...
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On the corner of Moyamensing
and Dickinson.
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The Philadelphia that I know
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and the Philadelphia
as it identifies itself,
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are people who work really hard
for everything that they have.
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Oh, my God.
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This is incredible.
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Oh, my God.
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This is crazy!
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- This is all exactly the same.
- Exactly the same. Yeah.
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Like, nothing has been changed.
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And the best part about
this house was the outhouse--
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An actual outhouse,
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'cause they didn't have
downstairs plumbing.
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So if you were down here
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and you didn't want
to go upstairs,
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you just went outside
to the outhouse.
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- So, Leo...
- Ooh.
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What would it be like
to share this room...
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with your brother?
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- Uh, is it this small?
- Yeah.
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Like, it would be, like,
this exact room.
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Honestly,
if I could take this, I would.
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You would?
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You want an iPod?
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Who doesn't?
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One of the things
that was really attractive
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about Wrexham is, even though
I've never been there,
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the town reminds me
of Philadelphia.
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It's a working-class town.
It's a blue-collar town.
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It's a town that has had
its ups and downs,
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and they haven't had
all the opportunities
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that a lot
of other people have had.
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I feel like I know those people.
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I grew up with those people.
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I am one of those people.
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Humphrey, what are the rules?
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Well, the rules are
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our team's trying
to put the ball in your goal.
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You're trying to put it
in our goal.
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That's really all you need
to know right now.
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- Where am I going?
- The goal.
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Yeah, Mom.
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Hey!
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Rob is a new convert
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to the charms and joys
of football.
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Rob and I have worked together
and we're friends.
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I watch quite a lot of football
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in the writers' room
during our lunch breaks.
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Rob started to be like,
"What is this?
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Why are you so obsessed
with this stupid game?"
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My mind was racing
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when I learned
about the English system.
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The idea that
you can get promoted
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into a league above you
and demoted
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and kicked out of the league
is incredible.
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The English
professional football system,
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or pyramid,
consists of four tiers.
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The Premier League
at the top of the pyramid,
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that's the créme de la créme
of football
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where you've got your Chelseas,
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Manchester Uniteds.
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And one tier down from that,
you've got the Championship,
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then League One and League Two.
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So the farther up
the pyramid you are,
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the better the talent,
the bigger the prizes,
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and thus the more profitable
your club becomes.
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Teams can move between tiers
via promotion and relegation.
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At the end of the season,
the best teams go up,
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and the worst teams go down.
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For the past 14 seasons,
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Wrexham have been playing here,
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below the pyramid,
in the National League,
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the lowest level
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of professional football
in England--
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The tiers below
being semi-professional.
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Being relegated
to the National League is...
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A bit like football purgatory.
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The wages are low.
The prize money is low.
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It makes it very difficult
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for clubs like Wrexham
that drop into it
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to get back into the English
football league system.
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Imagine, if you will,
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the New York Yankees
lose 150 games in a season.
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They finish dead last,
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and they have
to drop down a league
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and the following year
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play against the likes
of the Toledo Mud Hens
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and the Sacramento River Cats.
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And if they keep losing enough
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and they keep dropping leagues,
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then eventually they end up
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playing beer league softball
in Ithaca
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or against fucking
12-year-olds in Williamsport.
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And then I called
Humphrey, and I was like,
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"If you had a club
that had an infrastructure
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"that could at least support
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"an even-ing
of the balance sheet,
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"can't you theoretically
take a team that's
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in the lowest league
and bring them to the top?"
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Goal!
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He said, "Yes."
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But as I started to gather
more and more information,
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I realized how expensive
it was going to be.
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I have TV money,
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but as I started to look
at how expensive
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it actually was to run a club,
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I realized that I needed
something more than TV money.
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I needed...
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movie-star money.
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Sometimes you got to let
your heart lead you,
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even if you know it's someplace
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you know
you're not supposed to be.
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More than that, I needed
superhero movie-star money.
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Time to make
the chimi-fucking-changas.
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More than that probably,
as we ascended up the leagues,
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I would need
alcohol-baron money.
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Aviation American Gin.
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And mobile-phone-services money,
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and...
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what other companies
does this bitch have?
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- Cybersecurity.
- Cybersecurity money.
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And--anybody?
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What else has he got?
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Ah!
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What the fuck? That--I mean--
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That was great.
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In a PG-13 movie like this,
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you get one "fuck," two "shits,"
and a glass of white wine,
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and then you say,
"Hang on to your PG-13 rating."
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I grew up
in a working-class family,
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and I have three older brothers.
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My father struggled
in a number of different ways.
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My dad started as a cop,
then became a food broker,
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which sounds like a cover
for a CIA agent or something,
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but that was his actual job.
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Oh, my God, oh, my God,
oh, my God, oh, my God,
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oh, my God, oh, my God!
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The main place I got
validation from my father--
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Like, if I was good at sports,
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in my father's eyes,
I was doing all right.
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So I played sports
long past the point
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where I was, like,
really driven to play sports.
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Go back to, like--
Yeah, right here.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah. Here we go.
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It carried on, it carried on
all through show business,
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all that, so, you know,
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it's like an unquenchable
thirst for validation.
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Aah!
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My father's been dead for years,
but, like,
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it's, you know, you kind of--
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Stuff doesn't really go away.
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It's easier to sort of think
of him, you know,
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the way I'm describing him,
as, like, a really hard-ass.
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He would have thought
all of this was wild.
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Like, you know, he didn't
really see any of the stuff
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Deadpool forward,
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so I think he would have thought
this was all pretty crazy.
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Ryan's FaceTiming me.
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Hey, you look great.
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All you two do is
tell each other you look great.
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Yeah. I know.
It's just constantly--
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Why it's such
a successful friendship.
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He seems insecure.
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I don't really know Ryan
that well.
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I've never met him in person
before this.
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We met through social media
and then just became friends.
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Great. So that one should work,
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but as long as it's not--
Yes, that should work.
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Today is the call to the
Wrexham Supporters Trust.
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Because it is a club
that is owned by the fans,
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we have to persuade them
to vote us through
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by a 75-25 margin.
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It's quite a high bar,
but that was put in place
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'cause it had terrible owners
in the past,
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and so people wanted to make
sure that if they were gonna
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vote for anyone,
it was the right person.
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So, you know,
we created a proposal
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and really made sure
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that we conveyed to
the community our intentions.
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In terms of trust,
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they have been burned before
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- by shady people.
- Mm-hmm.
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But we're not
some shady businessmen
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that can just, like,
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if this goes south, like,
lurk into the shadows
255
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and pretend like
it never happened
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and just go back to our lives.
257
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No.
People know where to find us.
258
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Yes, yes.
259
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At stake today is whether
or not we get to become
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the next stewards
of Wrexham Football Club.
261
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So if it goes south,
then we won't.
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This is a very high-profile
thing with a lot at stake,
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and we really don't want
to let them down,
264
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and I think
we can speak to that.
265
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I don't know
that we necessarily can speak
266
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so much to,
"You have to trust us,"
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'cause then it feels
a little Harold Hill to me.
268
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- Yeah, great.
- And I feel like--yeah.
269
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- Great. All right. Awesome.
- Great.
270
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- All right.
- I will, uh--
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I will see you soon. Bye.
272
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Ah, he got the last word in.
273
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Fuck. I got to--
274
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Hello, everybody.
I hope you can hear me okay.
275
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My name's Brian Phillips.
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I'm the chair
of Wrexham Supporters Trust,
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and I want to welcome members
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and our special guests
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to this very special
presentation evening.
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- Please note...
- Sweating.
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I would like
to invite Rob McElhenney
282
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and Ryan Reynolds on screen.
283
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Hey, hey.
284
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They will talk you
through some key questions
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about their proposed takeover
of Wrexham AFC.
286
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We'll start with--
If you could talk us through
287
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what yours and Rob's vision
for the club is
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if members decide
to entrust it to you.
289
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I think I just want to start
by ripping the Band-Aid off
290
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and addressing the fact
that this is all pretty...
291
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Pretty wild.
292
00:13:19,341 --> 00:13:21,345
I'm sure it's got to be
a little disconcerting
293
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that a Canadian and an American
are so interested in your club,
294
00:13:24,585 --> 00:13:27,057
but we want to assure
everyone on this call
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that we are taking this venture
very seriously.
296
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I don't care
if you're a movie star.
297
00:13:32,467 --> 00:13:35,106
I don't care
if you're driving a forklift.
298
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When you're in a situation
299
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where you're seeking
the approval of other people,
300
00:13:38,947 --> 00:13:40,918
your brain is always going,
"They're gonna say no.
301
00:13:41,018 --> 00:13:42,196
They don't--they're on to me."
302
00:13:42,220 --> 00:13:43,957
Imposter syndrome
is in full effect.
303
00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:45,494
Rob, could you answer first?
304
00:13:45,594 --> 00:13:47,364
And I guess
it's the big question--
305
00:13:47,464 --> 00:13:48,967
Why Wrexham AFC?
306
00:13:50,103 --> 00:13:51,338
When I tell people
307
00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,846
that the Eagles
winning the Super Bowl
308
00:13:54,946 --> 00:13:57,317
was one of the greatest days
of my life--
309
00:13:57,417 --> 00:13:59,454
It was top five greatest days
of my life...
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That's it! They got it!
311
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People who are supporters
of clubs
312
00:14:04,031 --> 00:14:05,634
and sporting fans
across the world
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00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:07,647
know exactly what I'm talking
about, and I mean it.
314
00:14:07,671 --> 00:14:09,876
I put it up there
with the birth of my children
315
00:14:09,976 --> 00:14:11,145
and my wedding day
316
00:14:11,245 --> 00:14:13,282
not because of what happened
on the field,
317
00:14:13,382 --> 00:14:17,558
but because of what it meant to
an entire community of people
318
00:14:17,591 --> 00:14:20,396
and to my relationships
with my friends
319
00:14:20,497 --> 00:14:22,000
and my family members
320
00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,204
and the entire city
of Philadelphia.
321
00:14:24,304 --> 00:14:26,418
I really believe that we can
build something like that,
322
00:14:26,442 --> 00:14:27,878
and I want to be there for that.
323
00:14:27,912 --> 00:14:29,515
I want to be a part of that,
324
00:14:29,549 --> 00:14:30,984
and I hope
that you will allow us
325
00:14:31,018 --> 00:14:33,890
to help you
achieve something like that.
326
00:14:33,924 --> 00:14:35,627
Should the majority
of the supporters
327
00:14:35,728 --> 00:14:37,430
decide that we're the guys
for the job,
328
00:14:37,531 --> 00:14:39,134
we would be honored
and thrilled,
329
00:14:39,167 --> 00:14:41,238
and we would never,
ever once take that lightly.
330
00:14:41,338 --> 00:14:42,440
We will laugh at ourselves,
331
00:14:42,541 --> 00:14:44,679
but we will never laugh
at the situation.
332
00:14:44,712 --> 00:14:47,117
Well, thank you, gentlemen,
for your time this evening.
333
00:14:47,217 --> 00:14:48,328
- Thank you.
- Thank you, guys.
334
00:14:48,352 --> 00:14:49,589
Appreciate it.
335
00:14:53,028 --> 00:14:54,231
There you go.
336
00:14:54,331 --> 00:14:56,034
And now
it's in the people's hands.
337
00:14:56,135 --> 00:14:57,170
It is.
338
00:14:59,074 --> 00:15:01,445
I thought
that went very, very well.
339
00:15:01,546 --> 00:15:03,048
- Yeah.
- Agreed.
340
00:15:03,149 --> 00:15:05,253
You know what was one
of my favorite parts was
341
00:15:05,353 --> 00:15:07,056
when they asked
about the documentary
342
00:15:07,157 --> 00:15:11,064
and you could see
the giant camera behind you...
343
00:15:11,165 --> 00:15:14,471
- Oh, for real?
- Filming. Yes.
344
00:15:14,505 --> 00:15:16,408
Yes, so I was so glad
you were like--
345
00:15:16,509 --> 00:15:18,012
Right away, you were like,
346
00:15:18,112 --> 00:15:19,491
"Oh, yeah, hell, yeah,
we're doing a documentary."
347
00:15:19,515 --> 00:15:21,315
I was like, "Yeah,
we're making a documentary,
348
00:15:21,385 --> 00:15:23,222
like,
right this fucking second."
349
00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:25,561
Well, what the fuck?
That's your responsibility.
350
00:15:25,594 --> 00:15:27,197
I can see a gigantic--
351
00:15:27,297 --> 00:15:30,136
Is that an IMAX camera?
Like, what the fuck?
352
00:15:39,221 --> 00:15:40,741
A lot of people outside the UK
353
00:15:40,791 --> 00:15:43,563
aren't even aware
that Wales is not in England.
354
00:15:43,663 --> 00:15:44,966
It's a separate country.
355
00:15:45,066 --> 00:15:46,435
It's on the west coast
of the UK,
356
00:15:46,536 --> 00:15:49,575
and Wrexham's a town
of about 65,000 people
357
00:15:49,675 --> 00:15:52,982
in the northeast of Wales.
358
00:15:53,082 --> 00:15:56,121
Wrexham was a nice place
to grow up.
359
00:15:56,221 --> 00:15:58,225
It was a really safe place
360
00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:01,231
where communities pull together.
361
00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:03,970
And of course,
when I was growing up,
362
00:16:04,070 --> 00:16:07,177
we had
a really good football team.
363
00:16:07,912 --> 00:16:11,251
As a child,
my father took me to games,
364
00:16:11,351 --> 00:16:12,621
and I can remember back then,
365
00:16:12,655 --> 00:16:15,459
we were what is now known
as the Championship
366
00:16:15,561 --> 00:16:18,132
or the level
below the Premier League.
367
00:16:22,207 --> 00:16:24,211
It's the third-oldest
professional club
368
00:16:24,311 --> 00:16:25,681
in the world.
369
00:16:25,781 --> 00:16:28,118
It's the oldest club in Wales,
370
00:16:28,152 --> 00:16:31,291
and it plays at the Cae Ras,
or the Racecourse in English,
371
00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:34,264
which is the oldest
international stadium
372
00:16:34,364 --> 00:16:38,138
still in use
anywhere in the world.
373
00:16:38,172 --> 00:16:42,280
And for many, many years,
Wrexham were Wales' best club.
374
00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:44,217
And it's Thomas who takes it.
375
00:16:44,317 --> 00:16:46,288
Oh, what a goal! Mickey Thomas!
376
00:16:46,388 --> 00:16:48,292
When I started watching Wrexham,
377
00:16:48,392 --> 00:16:50,396
we had a team of heroes
in those days.
378
00:16:53,202 --> 00:16:56,275
Wrexham's crowds would compare
favorably with many clubs,
379
00:16:56,308 --> 00:16:57,678
even sometimes in top divisions
380
00:16:57,711 --> 00:16:59,447
in other countries in Europe.
381
00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:06,228
Three, two, one, fire.
382
00:17:08,199 --> 00:17:10,436
But by the very early '80s,
383
00:17:10,537 --> 00:17:12,440
Wrexham became
a very depressed town
384
00:17:12,473 --> 00:17:15,046
with incredibly high levels
of unemployment.
385
00:17:16,616 --> 00:17:19,054
People have asked me,
"What's Wrexham like?"
386
00:17:19,154 --> 00:17:20,724
I've just said, "Don't go."
387
00:17:20,824 --> 00:17:22,393
"It's a load of rubbish."
388
00:17:22,494 --> 00:17:24,464
"You're wasting your time."
389
00:17:25,667 --> 00:17:26,836
The football club
390
00:17:26,869 --> 00:17:28,607
was impacted
by hard times as well.
391
00:17:28,707 --> 00:17:30,677
In a small place,
the fortunes of the town
392
00:17:30,777 --> 00:17:33,482
and its team
are inextricably intertwined.
393
00:17:33,583 --> 00:17:37,357
The two absolutely
depend upon one another.
394
00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:40,196
Wrexham is a town that battles
395
00:17:40,296 --> 00:17:43,335
against odds constantly.
396
00:17:43,369 --> 00:17:45,473
It really is a place
where people deserve
397
00:17:45,574 --> 00:17:49,281
a little bit more than maybe
they've got out of life.
398
00:17:50,751 --> 00:17:55,092
But the thing that we love
more than anything...
399
00:17:55,192 --> 00:17:56,763
is the football club.
400
00:18:05,547 --> 00:18:08,853
Holy shit, holy shit,
ujobok, gotta run
401
00:18:08,954 --> 00:18:11,626
Make a hit, make a hit,
we ain't here for fun
402
00:18:11,659 --> 00:18:14,364
Holy shit, holy shit,
jeto hit and run
403
00:18:14,464 --> 00:18:16,703
Make a hit, make a hit,
like a machine gun
404
00:18:16,803 --> 00:18:18,243
Wrexham-- We're the fifth tier
405
00:18:18,339 --> 00:18:19,339
of professional football.
406
00:18:19,407 --> 00:18:22,180
We are the bottom level
of the professional game.
407
00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,250
Professional football
is everybody,
408
00:18:24,351 --> 00:18:26,121
whether you're
in the National League
409
00:18:26,221 --> 00:18:28,125
or Premier League,
but there is a big difference
410
00:18:28,225 --> 00:18:31,398
in terms of lifestyle, money.
411
00:18:31,499 --> 00:18:32,611
The average salary
412
00:18:32,635 --> 00:18:33,779
for a Premier League footballer
413
00:18:33,803 --> 00:18:37,645
is about £3 1/2 million a year.
414
00:18:37,678 --> 00:18:41,819
A player in the National League
will be making... a bit less.
415
00:18:45,426 --> 00:18:47,263
Gotta run, make a hit
416
00:18:47,297 --> 00:18:48,399
You tell people
417
00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:49,334
you're a professional
footballer,
418
00:18:49,502 --> 00:18:52,206
and instantly they think
flash car, nice house,
419
00:18:52,307 --> 00:18:53,587
and it's not.
It's not like that.
420
00:18:55,313 --> 00:18:56,883
Absolute fucking disaster!
421
00:18:56,983 --> 00:18:58,496
A lot of times,
you can actually hear
422
00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,256
someone calling you shit or...
423
00:19:03,530 --> 00:19:04,699
Yeah.
424
00:19:07,538 --> 00:19:11,311
Ujobok, ujobok, ujobok
425
00:19:11,411 --> 00:19:14,451
Even playing at this
level and getting paid for it,
426
00:19:14,552 --> 00:19:15,697
it still is living the dream.
427
00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:20,429
I know the dream is the top,
but this is still a dream.
428
00:19:20,463 --> 00:19:22,568
Ujobok, holy shit
429
00:19:22,668 --> 00:19:24,404
When you're in the non-league,
430
00:19:24,437 --> 00:19:25,650
you've got to grind
for everything,
431
00:19:25,674 --> 00:19:26,919
you got to work hard
for everything,
432
00:19:26,943 --> 00:19:28,021
you got to pay for everything,
433
00:19:28,045 --> 00:19:30,951
but I think as a football--
It's the same game.
434
00:19:30,984 --> 00:19:33,389
You're still playing football.
You're still enjoying it.
435
00:19:33,489 --> 00:19:35,861
Promotion's the goal.
We want to win the league.
436
00:19:35,961 --> 00:19:38,198
We want to be the best team
in the league by a mile.
437
00:19:38,232 --> 00:19:40,202
Getting back
into that fourth tier,
438
00:19:40,302 --> 00:19:42,808
the League Two,
would be amazing for the club,
439
00:19:42,908 --> 00:19:43,953
'cause if you get back
into the fourth tier,
440
00:19:43,977 --> 00:19:46,348
you get a lot of funding
from the football league.
441
00:19:46,448 --> 00:19:48,485
I'm really excited
the takeover's happening
442
00:19:48,586 --> 00:19:50,757
because they can improve
the whole town as a collective
443
00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:52,594
in terms of the infrastructure
of the town.
444
00:19:52,695 --> 00:19:54,732
You know,
the stadium will likely improve.
445
00:19:54,832 --> 00:19:56,478
This club's obviously
been down in this league
446
00:19:56,502 --> 00:19:58,707
for a long time now,
and as captain,
447
00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,419
I'd love to get to the end
of my career and look back
448
00:20:00,443 --> 00:20:03,215
on being the one that led it
back into the football league.
449
00:20:10,697 --> 00:20:12,501
Doo-do-doo.
450
00:20:14,638 --> 00:20:16,485
All right, then, with all that
said, what we going for?
451
00:20:16,509 --> 00:20:18,513
If we get an early goal,
2-nil, Wrexham.
452
00:20:18,613 --> 00:20:19,973
- 2-nil?
- If we get an early goal.
453
00:20:25,426 --> 00:20:26,505
Dave-o, what do you think?
454
00:20:26,529 --> 00:20:27,330
I'll go 1-nil.
455
00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:28,609
I just can't see us
keeping 'em out.
456
00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:31,639
We just--we're not confident.
I think I'm gonna go 1-1.
457
00:20:31,739 --> 00:20:33,877
I hope I'm wrong,
458
00:20:33,910 --> 00:20:35,781
but we just don't
score enough goals, do we?
459
00:21:07,945 --> 00:21:10,550
I'm a volunteer at the club.
460
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,566
I joined the trust board
nine years ago
461
00:21:18,666 --> 00:21:22,841
as Director, Wrexham AFC,
462
00:21:22,941 --> 00:21:24,979
and what I do
is I manage the budget.
463
00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:28,586
I organize all board meetings,
all agendas.
464
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:31,826
I tend to be the person
who deals with media
465
00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:33,763
and more or less
the face of the club
466
00:21:33,863 --> 00:21:35,567
from a business side.
467
00:21:36,502 --> 00:21:40,442
I've got a really big day job
for a multinational company,
468
00:21:40,544 --> 00:21:43,850
which means I work long hours
anyway during the week.
469
00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:45,654
And at weekends,
470
00:21:45,754 --> 00:21:47,801
I've given everything to
the football club that I can.
471
00:21:47,825 --> 00:21:51,566
I've prioritized it
over career advancement,
472
00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:53,603
over family.
473
00:21:57,811 --> 00:22:00,115
This season, it's been
very, very challenging,
474
00:22:00,149 --> 00:22:02,554
given global pandemic.
475
00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:05,025
We weren't allowed to have
supporters in the stadium,
476
00:22:05,125 --> 00:22:09,400
which was the main source of
income for the football club.
477
00:22:12,139 --> 00:22:15,079
Because of the pandemic,
no fans coming into the ground
478
00:22:15,179 --> 00:22:17,483
to pay the one major
income stream--
479
00:22:17,584 --> 00:22:19,889
There's no broadcast money
at this level.
480
00:22:19,989 --> 00:22:21,893
It's what comes in
through the turnstiles
481
00:22:21,993 --> 00:22:24,765
is the major revenue raiser,
and from March onwards,
482
00:22:24,798 --> 00:22:26,903
nobody's been coming in
to football stadia
483
00:22:27,003 --> 00:22:28,506
to support the teams.
484
00:22:34,217 --> 00:22:37,891
So how are the clubs
like Wrexham gonna survive?
485
00:22:37,925 --> 00:22:40,095
It's an extremely
uncertain future
486
00:22:40,196 --> 00:22:41,499
that Wrexham was looking at.
487
00:22:41,599 --> 00:22:43,035
Face the ball, face the ball!
488
00:22:43,135 --> 00:22:45,907
So the takeover,
from Wrexham's perspective,
489
00:22:46,007 --> 00:22:49,013
the timing was--
Could not have been better.
490
00:22:51,151 --> 00:22:53,656
In my view, getting
out of the National League
491
00:22:53,756 --> 00:22:57,396
is the hardest job
in world football.
492
00:22:57,497 --> 00:22:58,866
Come on, then!
493
00:22:58,967 --> 00:23:01,404
Yeah!
494
00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,425
And I think
if the club wants to get out
495
00:23:03,509 --> 00:23:06,649
of the National League,
it needs to change.
496
00:23:06,682 --> 00:23:11,091
If Rob and Ryan can bring
that change, then fantastic.
497
00:23:12,561 --> 00:23:14,397
Thank you very much.
498
00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,503
The home
of Wrexham Football Club--
499
00:23:45,527 --> 00:23:46,829
The Turf Hotel.
500
00:23:51,237 --> 00:23:52,917
The club was founded
in this very building,
501
00:23:52,941 --> 00:23:54,043
which sits directly outside
502
00:23:54,143 --> 00:23:55,981
the main entrance
to the grounds.
503
00:24:04,030 --> 00:24:05,867
The bar is always
five or six deep.
504
00:24:07,671 --> 00:24:09,073
My parents were regulars here,
505
00:24:09,173 --> 00:24:10,218
and I remember
coming to this pub
506
00:24:10,242 --> 00:24:11,679
after the match and they've won.
507
00:24:11,779 --> 00:24:12,824
And the jukebox is blaring,
508
00:24:12,848 --> 00:24:13,859
and people are singing,
and people are happy.
509
00:24:13,883 --> 00:24:18,025
And from that minute on,
I was absolutely hooked.
510
00:24:18,125 --> 00:24:20,864
We had the badge
built into the wall.
511
00:24:20,964 --> 00:24:22,534
That was just my way
of, you know,
512
00:24:22,634 --> 00:24:24,838
keeping the pub
and the club connected.
513
00:24:24,872 --> 00:24:29,480
In my 13 years of being here,
we've only ever closed one day.
514
00:24:29,581 --> 00:24:31,886
We open 365 days a year.
515
00:24:31,986 --> 00:24:33,946
We even open on Christmas Day
and Christmas night,
516
00:24:33,990 --> 00:24:35,493
but like every other pub,
517
00:24:35,593 --> 00:24:37,731
we've been closed
because of COVID.
518
00:24:37,764 --> 00:24:40,002
You can't put into words
what it means to people.
519
00:24:40,035 --> 00:24:41,739
You know, it's almost
like losing a limb,
520
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:43,910
because people say
it's only a game, but it's not.
521
00:24:44,010 --> 00:24:45,245
It's more than that, you know?
522
00:24:45,346 --> 00:24:46,716
This football club
means everything
523
00:24:46,816 --> 00:24:49,253
to people in this town.
524
00:24:49,354 --> 00:24:51,525
Anybody that you speak to
will tell you
525
00:24:51,625 --> 00:24:54,498
it's been
a real difficult decade.
526
00:24:55,834 --> 00:24:57,637
The past owners that we've had--
527
00:24:57,738 --> 00:24:59,908
And are they here
for the wrong reasons?
528
00:24:59,942 --> 00:25:03,516
So you still don't allow
yourself to believe
529
00:25:03,549 --> 00:25:06,054
that this could happen.
530
00:25:06,154 --> 00:25:08,526
But this set of supporters,
this town,
531
00:25:08,626 --> 00:25:11,499
this community deserves a break.
532
00:25:16,909 --> 00:25:18,078
Hello.
533
00:25:18,111 --> 00:25:20,015
- Mustache is gone.
- Oh, yeah.
534
00:25:20,115 --> 00:25:23,288
Yep.
I'm no longer on camera, so...
535
00:25:23,388 --> 00:25:25,159
Well, here we are,
536
00:25:25,259 --> 00:25:28,065
after what feels like
an age, right?
537
00:25:28,165 --> 00:25:30,537
I have actual butterflies
right now.
538
00:25:30,637 --> 00:25:34,812
As you know, the threshold
on the vote was high.
539
00:25:34,912 --> 00:25:38,553
So you needed to get
a 75% or more
540
00:25:38,653 --> 00:25:41,926
of those voting for--
For this to pass.
541
00:25:41,959 --> 00:25:44,898
The turnout was massive, right?
542
00:25:44,998 --> 00:25:48,573
91.5% of people
who could vote voted.
543
00:25:48,606 --> 00:25:50,109
Wow.
544
00:25:50,142 --> 00:25:54,952
On resolution one,
it was a 98.6% for.
545
00:25:54,985 --> 00:25:56,354
- Wow.
- On resolution two,
546
00:25:56,387 --> 00:26:01,231
it was a 98.4% for,
and on resolution three,
547
00:26:01,331 --> 00:26:03,970
it was a 98.4% for, so...
548
00:26:05,205 --> 00:26:07,644
An overwhelming
and resounding yes.
549
00:26:07,744 --> 00:26:09,982
So congratulations
and really well done.
550
00:26:10,082 --> 00:26:11,952
"Llongyfarchiadau,"
we say in Wales.
551
00:26:11,986 --> 00:26:14,725
Thank you.
552
00:26:14,825 --> 00:26:16,404
Really looking
forward to the journey.
553
00:26:16,428 --> 00:26:17,998
When you wake up tomorrow,
554
00:26:18,031 --> 00:26:19,601
the announcement
will be out there,
555
00:26:19,635 --> 00:26:21,137
and let the fun commence.
556
00:26:43,381 --> 00:26:45,620
It's not 100% in their control
557
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,724
that they're gonna
get this club promoted,
558
00:26:47,757 --> 00:26:49,360
but if they do that,
559
00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:52,968
it will be
one of the biggest days
560
00:26:53,068 --> 00:26:55,372
in the history of the town.
561
00:26:55,472 --> 00:26:57,252
The Red Army
had something to sing about
562
00:26:57,276 --> 00:26:58,276
this afternoon.
563
00:27:08,098 --> 00:27:10,035
A good moment
to congratulate Ryan Reynolds
564
00:27:10,135 --> 00:27:12,641
and Rob McElhenney
for their recent purchase
565
00:27:12,741 --> 00:27:14,978
of Wrexham Football Club.
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