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The red dragon's been the symbol of Wales

for over a thousand years.

As the myth goes,

the Welsh red dragon defeated the white dragon representing the Saxons.

The red dragon represented hope, resistance, resilience

and the identity of a people who never gave in and survived through adversity.

But adaptation became a matter of survival.

When the world itself stands against you, something deeper ignites.

Five stories, five fires.

A team searching for resistance, chasing a historical dream.

Heroes facing changes

as they are sidelined from the kingdom they helped build.

A mission connecting enduring spirits that spans continents.

A boy proving that resilience is ageless.

And a man battling his own body through the streets of New York.

This is Wrexham.

In an ever-changing world, they will adapt.

But like the icon of Wales, they always fight the good fight.

Wrexham! Wrexham!

♪ ♪ Don't forget where you came from ♪

♪ ♪ Don't forget what you're made of ♪

♪ ♪ The ones who were there ♪

♪ ♪ When no one else would care ♪

♪ ♪ Don't be afraid to cry now ♪

♪ ♪ Even when the world comes crashing in ♪

♪ ♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪

♪ ♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Wrexham AFC.

It's Wrexham against Leyton Orient this time.

This is gonna be a proper test

against a side who are in a playoff spot.

McClean sweeps it under the bar. Nicely won! It's there! Rathbone!

Again. He just can't stop scoring. That's five for the season.

Brunt misses his interception and it's in.

Oh, and Wrexham will be frustrated at that.

...by Rodriguez. Volley back in, and it's a goal. What a goal that is.

We lose at the Racecourse

for only the second time this season.

Frustration for Wrexham.

Every dropped point is the end of the world at the moment, it feels like,

in terms of the wider hysteria and fan response

where, if we draw a game, that's it. "It's the end of the world. Parky out."

If we lose a game, that's it. "Parky out, replace the players.

We need a whole new starting 11."

I just think there's a little bit more added pressure these days.

Serious amounts of pressure.

Mansfield Town against Wrexham.

The subs' bench for Wrexham, as you might imagine.

We've got Paul Mullin.

The ball's helped on in midfield by Baccus but cleared,

and Cannon's charging away. Oh!

And I think he's hurt. He doesn't look good at all.

What a... What a blow that is.

Oh! Just lost behind Dobson. Cleworth drills it. Yes!

Cleworth again!

And there is the final whistle.

That is a huge, huge result for Wrexham.

Andy, great win against Mansfield Town on the weekend.

He didn't get to play, but it was nice seeing Mulls back in the squad.

It's just really upsetting about Andy Cannon's injury.

Yeah, ruptured ACL. Not good. Really, really tough injury for him.

But he'll get the best care possible for a quick return.

It's Wrexham against Rotherham United.

Rodriguez gets in front of his man and flicks on beautifully.

Smith, one on one with the keeper.

Round the keeper and scores!

Sam Smith opens up the scoring.

Wrexham!

What a noise here at the Racecourse. Wrexham get the win, a huge win.

It's the strikers, Smith, Rodriguez, Fletcher. All did tremendously.

Still love Mullin though. I'd like to see Mullin back, to be honest.

It was nervy, uh, but we got there.

And, Liam, is it a two-horse race now?

It definitely feels like it really is in our hands.

Definitely got second in the league now. I've no doubt about it, to be honest.

I can't believe by the time we come round to next week's pod,

we're gonna be in single digits for games left.

That is absolutely crazy.

We're gonna go up, we're gonna go up no matter what.

We will be in the Premiership no matter what.

Outgoings. Potential outgoings. There's a lot of discussion about Palmer.

I mean, how much are we reading into that?

Rodriguez and Sam Smith coming in.

They are the type of player that would really force Palmer out of the squad.

Can we just talk about Mullin? Where do we think we are with Mullin now?

Paul Mullin is just the eternal question for Wrexham fans at the moment

because, you know, we love the guy.

It's a shame that Mullin's disappeared off the...

Well, I'd love to... again, see Mullin given a chance, you know.

I'm not sure if he's still injured or not.

And it's a shame about Paul Mullin not even making the bench these days.

Palmer as well. You know, the two players that have got us to where we are,

but, obviously, I gotta trust in the manager.

Hi.

-You all right? -Yeah, you?

Um, Gaffer pulled me today.

Yeah.

I was completely left out of the squad as of today in training.

And I know the industry that I'm in, you know, it's ruthless,

And I know the industry that I'm in, you know, it's ruthless, and I know the club that I'm at, it moves so fast, but I love it here.

And I know the club that I'm at, it moves so fast, but I love it here.

The hard bit is where you go from playing every week

to, all of a sudden, you're seventh.

Well, you've played six months out of nine.

Well, I know.

Stevenage at home was the last game I played this season.

If I'm being totally honest, you know, it's slightly more mentally challenging.

I've never been left out of a squad before.

Obviously, you're training with the boys throughout the week

knowing that you're not gonna be involved unless something unforeseen happens

such as an injury or a suspension.

It's undeniable with Ollie Palmer. When he plays, we win games.

You know, I remember the day that we signed him.

He played that night and scored on his debut, didn't he?

-Yeah. -He's been great, you know,

but it's a different level now.

He's not scoring goals, but he puts in the other type of work,

the dirty work like defending, claiming corners.

He's always trying. He's always after it.

Yeah, it's like Mullin. They just can't score at the moment.

-So, last night, you weren't in the squad. -Nope.

Tell me about that.

It's been hard to just find myself in this position now from where I've been.

It's been tough to take and just felt like it's through no fault of my own.

I've had mental struggles this season, mainly from coming back from injury.

I got the surgery, and they told me it'd be six weeks,

and then I could start running, and then once, obviously,

I got a little bit fitter, I could get back involved in things.

But for some reason, after probably eight to ten weeks,

I was still having severe pains while I was training.

The surgeon decided to tell me

that it can take up to six months, um, for you to feel full relief.

So that was challenging because I wanna give even more

to make sure that when I go on the pitch, I'm myself.

It's been tough coming back mentally

'cause I've never been injured for that long before,

and then you start overthinking things,

and I haven't felt the same mentally as I did before.

And then this year sort of came back, and I was just...

Obviously, I understood I was gonna have to wait for an opportunity

because the lads who'd been playing in my absence had been doing really well.

But when the opportunity came, I thought that'd be it,

and it'd be a chance to carry on from where I left off

and it sort of didn't transpire that way.

And I let that get to me, to be honest.

From everywhere I've been to then only being allowed to play four games,

just finding myself being left out the team. I resented it.

Carried that for weeks because I didn't... I feel it was unjust.

So, what's the difference between annoyance and resentment?

I don't know. To be fair, it's probably the same.

It's probably just a different way of...

No, I think I'm more annoyed now.

And I'm assuming the annoyance...

Well, the annoyance is towards who or what?

It's more annoyance of, like, training every single day,

doing everything I can.

Obviously, looking back on everything I've done.

And Mullin scores his 100th! His 100th goal for the club.

Like feeling like I was a main part of why we got to this situation.

And then feeling like I'm not being allowed the platform to get back there

or the opportunity to go and do it again.

I think Paul Mullin needed a full preseason.

He's been playing catch-up all year long.

Ultimately, he was never gonna catch up. We don't have a reserve,

we don't play enough friendly fixtures.

But you can't expect a player to just, you know, come out cold,

straight into the team, do what he's done for the last two years.

Impossible, even for him.

With Mullin and Palmer, we've had the sentimentality for so long

because they've literally dragged us kicking and screaming

-from nonleague to where we are. -Yeah, yeah.

So when all of a sudden they're kind of frozen out,

it does rankle with a large proportion of the fan base.

-Yeah. -So we have to get used to that aspect

of seeing this final run-in without those guys.

So talk about, uh, your relationship with the manager.

Like, he picked you, and you thrived and scored and helped the team succeed.

And now, obviously, he's not picking you.

How do you feel about that relationship and that change?

Um...

It's been... I don't know. It's difficult.

I don't know what's caused him to trust me less, but he clearly does.

Well, obviously he wants the best for the team.

When we bought two strikers in January, we always knew we'd have a surplus.

So people would find themselves out of the 18-man squad

because you can only have seven substitutes.

That's... That's the way it is.

Mulls didn't just quite get the goals, you know, which he normally does.

And I thought he had a good start to the season, Ollie.

And his general performances were decent, but the goals didn't come.

And, you know,

we just needed more from the player in that number nine role really.

So Paul and Ollie found themselves out the 18-man squad.

It's a harder level than we've been operating at.

So both good lads, you know, really good lads

have carried on training well for us, but it's tough.

It's-It's a competitive division. To make the step up, it's not easy.

He thinks it's best for me to go out on loan.

I said I wanna be a part of the promotion.

I said I wanna be a part of the promotion. I've given everything to this club

I've given everything to this club

-and the community and loved it. -Yeah.

-Why would I then wanna... Yeah. -...till the last minute.

It's just I've built a bond with the boys

-and the staff and the fans... -Yeah.

...and everything to do with Wrexham.

I just don't know what to do.

You don't wanna be somewhere where you're not wanted,

but my heart is to be at this football club

and continue what I've been doing and help the team in any way.

So I just don't know. I don't fucking know.

So, what's your plan now? How are you gonna get back in the team?

Yeah, as I say, I've let go of all resentment and anger.

Like... And also going forward,

I'm just, like, well, the only thing I can do is control myself.

And lately as well, I've just been making sure that when I go home,

-I'm satisfied with my day's work. -Yeah.

Not trying to satisfy someone else,

whereas I think that's where it led me the last few months,

so I was going in trying to satisfy someone else every day

and that I don't satisfy me, 'cause I wouldn't be me.

Just to play one game in the Championship with Wrexham

would be worth absolutely everything.

Be the icing on the cake for this story, and, uh,

who knows where it could end,

but I've enjoyed absolutely every minute here.

And if we could get to the Championship, then that'd be phenomenal.

But from a personal point of view,

I don't think I'll have any part to play in it from here on in.

Is there any chance Mullin or Palmer comes back into the fold?

Can you see that happening before the end of the season,

or do you think that we are just reaching the end of that era?

I think that there's definitely a future for Paul at the football club.

I think it's a case of working hard, training hard

and working on the training pitch to dislodge one of the other strikers.

I think for Ollie, age is a factor.

That's a taller task for him.

Another thing I've learned in football is that things can change

in the drop of a hat.

And if someone gets injured,

somebody who is currently further down the pecking order

can step into the breach and completely change their fortunes.

It's obviously frustrating,

but the club's bigger than any player.

And that's just the way it is.

Is it tough? Yeah, it's fucking hard.

But I'm not gonna be a bitch about it.

I'm just gonna get my head down, gonna work hard.

And when an opportunity opens, I'm gonna take it.

Nothing can change what I've done in the past, do you know what I mean?

I've achieved that even if I didn't ever play again. That can't be rewritten.

These last six months since the summer have been really challenging.

But one thing I can guarantee is the next time I do step foot on the pitch,

I'll be playing as myself.

I haven't been able to give the best version of myself this season

through many factors, but I've no doubt that eventually

I'll find myself again whether it's here, um,

or when it's somewhere else.

It's out of my control. I hope it's here, but you never know.

Thousands of runners are making their way

from Prospect Park to Central Park for the 2025 New York City Half Marathon.

It starts in Prospect Park, runs over the Brooklyn Bridge

through Times Square and ends there in Central Park.

Today's the day of the half marathon. It's a big old stepping stone

to the full blinking marathon.

So, um, with the kind of advent of more and more people coming into the club

in different roles,

my initial sort of handling whatever gets thrown my way has changed a little bit.

I was formerly executive director, and now I am community director.

In the main now,

In the main now, my focus is much more specifically on the foundation, our charitable arm.

My focus is much more specifically on the foundation, our charitable arm.

In my capacity as community director, I am patron of Wrexham Miners Project,

so it just seemed to make sense that if I was gonna do some horrible thing

like run a marathon, it was gonna be, you know,

on behalf of the foundation to raise money for a charity that I am patron of.

We wish you all the best of luck here on this Sunday morning.

And wave number 3, we have just got word.

We have got clearance on the roadway, so we are set to begin.

-Mamma mia! -Mamma mia!

You're gonna have a great race.

United team is coming through.

Target time today is to finish.

I think if I get two and a half hours, I'd be happy with that.

♪ ♪ I got way too much ambition ♪

♪ ♪ I keep on beating statistics ♪

♪ ♪ I keep on beating statistics ♪ ♪♪ I will not be denied ♪

♪ ♪ I will not be denied ♪

♪ ♪ My only option is winning ♪

♪ ♪ I'm crossing the finish line ♪

As a non-runner myself, and obviously being strong enough

not to be bullied into doing it,

I was able to find a spot just outside Times Square.

All of a sudden, there's this vision coming up with Times Square behind him.

A 6'7" colossus as he's running down the middle of the road.

And I have to say, I was concerned when I saw him.

He certainly didn't look like he was enjoying it.

He looked like somebody had thrown a bucket of water over him.

But what you could tell was his determination to get to the end,

and it makes me proud to say he's my mate.

Just ran the New York Half Marathon in two hours, 24 and 59 seconds.

It was really, really, really, really hard.

No inspirational chat here.

It nearly killed me.

Well done, mate. Well done.

-No. Not even nearly. -Right. Right, right.

-You're okay. -That scared the shit out of me,

to be honest.

Crossing the finishing line,

I didn't really feel a sense of achievement,

more just a sense of real dread.

And I've gotta do that twice. In a row.

Pray?

Did you get what you want, you vultures, for your television program?

Never again.

So as we continue up the football pyramid, the change is constant.

Everybody's roles are changing.

Somebody like Paul, who is a Wrexham legend,

is adjusting to the changes of the squad.

As is the nature of the sport.

But the great news is that Paul is a force of nature in so many different ways,

and he has an incredible platform

and a desire to reach out and uplift the community,

and that's what Wrexham's all about.

Cheers, guys. Thank you.

Hello.

-Are you okay, kid? -Yeah.

-How are we? -Good.

Still got your Wrexham gear on then?

-Yeah. -Always.

There's not enough room for it, is there?

During my time off,

I met up with a good little friend of mine and we had some fun.

That was your last photo with Archie.

-Give us a look. -Before you shaved your hair off.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Archie, the little star, he's got a rare form of blood cancer,

which is obviously not very nice to hear.

But him and his fam have been spending a lot of time

at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.

Dad, I think we're gonna be framing a lot of stuff.

Yeah.

My name is Sarah, and I am Archie's mum.

Last year, his eyes and nose kept running, um,

very tired, he wasn't himself.

And then in the summer, when we went away on holiday

was when he first had a joint pain attack and his face was totally deformed.

That is when I thought he needs to go to the hospital,

I need to rush him in.

And then they decided to get the oncology team involved.

We got taken out of the room and he just said,

"I'm so sorry, he's got a rare cancer called myeloid sarcoma."

It's a leukemia.

I just felt so numb.

It just changed me as a parent.

Completely.

To tell your child that they have cancer...

you-you can't find the words to say it.

I just blurted out this speech, and he just went, "Oh. Okay."

And I remember the first day of chemotherapy.

He was just very quiet. Very brave, but very quiet.

-Yeah. -That's good, isn't it?

-Yeah. -So that's good news then?

-Yeah. -So you're getting stronger every day.

Yeah. I'm like the Hulk.

"I'm like the Hulk."

-Better than the Hulk. -He has been like the Hulk.

Or like Deadpool.

Archie is my little best friend.

And I am, you know, very proud to be his mum,

but to see him being sick daily, unable to walk

was very difficult to watch, and you have to be strong.

He made me strong, and it should have been the other way around.

He's very resilient.

Yeah.

I think I might give you a good run for your money, mate.

He spent a lot of time with Paul Mullin.

In fact, he's been incredible.

We basically class him as part of our family now after everything he's done.

Good shot.

I can't lose this.

-I can't lose this. -I need to win this.

It's quite a difficult thing to explain.

From one moment you get sort of, not a happiness, but a joy

of being able to provide a bit of comfort and put a smile on the face of someone

who's gone through such a challenging time.

Yes.

As long as I can help with that, it's a good sign for me

As long as I can help with that, it's a good sign for me because I get to speak to him a lot, but it also helps me to feel better.

Because I get to speak to him a lot, but it also helps me to feel better.

No pressure, but everyone in America's gonna watch this shot.

When I was visiting Archie...

Shot.

...I quickly learned that he was a real big Marvel fan and superhero fan,

so I thought there'd be no better way to cheer him up

than to giving a friend of mine a call.

-There he is! -No!

You. You!

How you doing?

-Good. -Yeah?

Yeah. I can't believe you answered.

Well, of course.

-I can't believe he answered. -He answered for you.

He's the superstar. I'm just... I just work for Paul.

-No way. -Can I tell you one thing, Archie?

-Yeah, go on. -This is something

that's really important.

When someone who's, like, going through a lot of,

I think we can all say shit, like you are...

-Yeah. -...and you're talking to me,

it's only because the people that are around you love you so much.

Like, I mean it.

They love you so much 'cause they're going through this with you.

Every single second of this, they go through it with you.

We'd like to thank you all for everything you've done for the town,

the football club.

We've been going since... We're five generations of red.

And it really, really means the world to us all.

Honestly, the club's done more for me than I could ever do for it.

And this town has done more for me than I could ever do for it.

The football club, it means absolutely everything to him.

It's something that has been engraved in him from the minute he was born.

My window could see the floodlights.

He was wrapped in a Wrexham scarf straightaway.

It's massively helped Archie throughout all of this.

Really, really spurred him on.

The fact that the whole of the football team have been so supportive

and making sure that, you know, Archie is okay,

it's just made it so special.

I will see you soon. And remember you can get a hold of me, okay?

-All right. Yeah. -Cheers. All right, Archie.

-Thank you very much. -Bye-bye.

-See you later. -Talk to you soon, Paul.

Bye.

-Wow. -What?

It's a real privilege to be in a position where you can help other people,

and to be able to provide that opportunity to Archie and his family

was something that I don't take for granted,

but it's something that I love to do anyway.

That cool?

Yeah.

-I wasn't expecting that. -You all right?

Who's Paul Mullin?

Yeah.

-Good to see you. -Good to see you.

-How are you? -Hello.

-Hello. -Thank you.

When I first came to Wrexham in 2021

after leaving my role as the CEO of the EFL in 2019,

I was an adviser to the board, mostly part-time.

But as the club experienced rapid growth and expansion,

But as the club experienced rapid growth and expansion, my role evolved into a more permanent position with broader responsibilities.

My role evolved into a more permanent position with broader responsibilities.

Come on then, I'll get you a pint.

My role changed when the decision to bring a new CEO in was made.

The biggest change is that I no longer have day-to-day responsibility.

I still sit on the board of directors,

and, you know, provide to Michael and his team, you know, history

and lessons from... that we've learned so far on this journey.

If we don't go up, we get to turn to you guys and go,

"Why did you let us do this?"

-Yeah. -"How could you let this happen?"

A lot of the jobs that Shaun was doing,

Michael is reorganizing within the organization.

For us, we wanna make sure that he is still a major part of this moving forward.

The club had to change to move forward,

and that meant me taking on a new role.

The club's success is more important than the degree to which I'm involved.

So I'm cautiously optimistic moving forward in this new role.

Oh, yeah. No, no, listen,

they've got a set of fixtures that you wouldn't want at this time of year.

However, if you're winning, you do want, you just keep going, don't you?

Coming to Wrexham,

I hope I've been able to change my image amongst fans in the EFL.

Yeah. So, Shaun was, or has been historically quite a divisive figure.

I mean, I think lots of people have, um, taken agin him...

...in his various roles, but particularly as-as CEO of the EFL,

because in that capacity, he's often had to kind of intervene and adjudicate

in situations surrounding various different football clubs.

Well, I joined the EFL in 2013,

left in 2019.

It was a job that I absolutely loved,

but it came with a significant amount of pressure.

All 72 clubs of the EFL fell under your charge,

and keeping those clubs in business for the benefit of the communities

from which they took their name was one of the key aspects of the job.

We want Oyston out! We want Oyston out!

Every change of control or change of ownership

that was happening at an EFL club

came ultimately via my desk.

Don't forget this, EFL. This is our show today.

No one's bought your ticket.

Stage right, get out. You're not fit for purpose.

A lot of people have laid the sins of football at his door.

You know, I know that he's not a very popular figure in Blackpool

or in Reading, or in a number of other places.

Speak of the devil, he's calling me now.

He can tell I'm talking about him. Uh-oh.

You know, there were issues with many clubs,

Blackpool at different times, Charlton, Coventry,

all fan groups who had disputes with their owners,

who wanted to see a change of control at their club

and felt that the responsibility did fall to the EFL to achieve this.

You're not fit. You're not proper.

Get some people in with proper football governance.

As the CEO of the EFL, you know,

you are the face of the organization.

Obviously then you become, you know, the lightning rod, ultimately,

for any criticism, blame, or even just general angst.

What are you doing, Shaun Harvey, leeching off the fans like a tick?

Ultimately, at one stage, you know, there were threats against my kids.

There was a threat of kidnap at one stage.

So, you know, there is a dark side to this.

It's sad, in reality.

Nobody should ever have to go through that.

Big game tonight. We're on us way to Reading.

Unfortunately for Reading, and their fans in particular,

they've been through a number of different ownership sagas.

When the current owner of Reading was allowed to buy the club,

I was the CEO of the EFL at the time.

Whilst it was never my single decision to allow him to buy the club,

you know, ultimately I was in charge at that particular time.

And whilst the EFL had absolutely no reason not to allow him to buy the club

at that time,

when things go sour and bad like this,

then ultimately there's always got to be somebody to blame.

And some fans blamed me.

All I have ever seen Shaun do in the last four years

is try and do right by football, by football clubs,

particularly Wrexham, because that's been his specific purview.

But I think that, you know, his trials and tribulations in the past

are often put in a situation where he has got to pick the lesser of two evils.

And the people that have suffered as a result of the lesser of those two evils

And the people that have suffered as a result of the lesser of those two evils often think, "Well, you suck, and you should have picked the other evil."

often think, "Well, you suck, and you should have picked the other evil."

We want Dai Yongge out! Said we want Dai Yongge out!

There's going to be a protest this evening against the current owner.

Fuck off home, sell the club!

There's a number of Reading fans who wanted to take the opportunity

of actually linking it to Wrexham and, obviously, my involvement at Wrexham.

Come on, the town! Come on!

Well, today's match is really important.

We can't afford to lose too much footing in this race

because there's so many teams that are ready to capitalize.

So we need to win, really.

Even a draw tonight puts us in second place,

ahead of a massive game against Wycombe on Saturday.

And with ten games to go, every point counts.

♪ ♪ You know I had to give it to 'em ♪

♪ ♪ Give 'em everything I got... ♪

Wrexham, well done!

This will be a genuine test.

For Reading, they have major issues off the pitch.

On the pitch, they have continued to be competitive.

They lose Sam Smith, their star striker.

They lose their manager, Rubén Sellés,

and yet they're unbeaten in eight games, longest unbeaten run in the division.

Ref! Ref! It's fucking out!

McClean, chance to take on Abrefa.

Hits the goal line, delivers to the far post.

Great ball. Barnett drives it.

Oh! And it's over the bar. Corner.

Wow, there it is, there it is. What a chance that was.

Halftime whistle blows, goalless at halftime.

I don't think Phil Parkinson will be necessarily satisfied

with the performance level.

This is not the performance of a team who are competing to go up.

As Reading kick off the second half,

Wrexham need to dig in and find the back of the net

to secure three points and keep their edge on Wycombe.

Revan's beaten in the air by Campbell.

Ooh. And O'Connell's beaten to it. He's given a penalty.

Now, did O'Connell make a challenge there or was he just coming across?

Fucking hell. Are you winding me fucking up?

And it's just such a poor start to the second half for Wrexham.

He fucking dived.

Changes the angle, right-footed, hits it and scores,

and Okonkwo deceived by Knibbs's move and guessed the wrong way.

Wrexham, after three consecutive clean sheets, concede a penalty.

So Wrexham restart and need to step up here.

There's loads of time left.

O'Connor drilling it long, headed away firmly in the middle of the pitch.

O'Connell, who conceded the penalty, gives the ball away.

Garcia cutting inside, tidy on the ball,

finds the other inverted fullback, Abrefa.

And it's turned nicely round the corner. This is a good move.

Wing lays it on, and now he can hit this and he scores.

And that is a lovely move

and a very, very well taken goal by Wing.

But Wrexham have had a nightmarish start to this half.

Great goal by Reading.

Real tough ask now for Wrexham to try and get back in this game.

This is a real test of your promotion credentials.

♪ ♪ Apply pressure ♪

♪ ♪ No one can do it better ♪

♪ ♪ Pressure ♪

♪ ♪ Break you down 'cause you can't hold the pressure ♪

Still more than half an hour left. There's plenty of time in the game.

It's just that Wrexham need to step this up massively.

Let's go! Come on!

And now the ball's fed out by Lee to McClean. Chance to cross.

Stands it up to the far post. Smith heads it...

Great save by the keeper.

Longman again, right-footed inswinger's a good ball in and it's towards goal...

Another big save by Pereira.

Got four minutes plus added time left. Something's got to go in soon.

Again, a right-footed ball in.

Barnett gets up. Fletcher gets up. It ricochets loose.

Pereira doesn't get there, and somehow it doesn't go in.

Smith hits it!

Oh, my God. How'd he save that?

Parried on the line. That's outrageous!

How that didn't go in, I don't know.

That was astonishing.

But the save by Pereira was madness.

Wrexham, was that the chance?

Long diagonal by Cleworth. Fletcher and Faal go for the same ball.

Faal flicks it on, and listen to that cheer as the final whistle blows.

Reading, full value for that.

Listen, we've been on a good run.

Now we dust ourselves down and we go again at Wycombe.

So, we've got to be mentally fucking strong.

This is the time of season now. We gotta be fucking ready to go again.

Ready to go again, and we fucking will be.

We will be, you know, mentally and physically ready to go again.

Come on, boys, get your heads up. We go again.

So, opportunity missed.

We dropped three points at Reading today

and head to Wycombe, away, even on points.

But they also have a game in hand,

which makes Saturday an absolute must-win.

I think that's the frustration,

to be so close and have the chance to obviously put pressure on Wycombe

and then do that.

It's just frustrating.

The Reds may be down now, but Wrexham have been here before.

I know they'll never give in and will fight to the bitter end.

These players keep reminding us they're just like our famous flag:

hopeful, resilient and tough Red Dragons.

We're still gonna beat Wycombe and we're still gonna be promoted.

It might take the playoffs, but we're going up.

No stopping us, we're going up.

One of the pleasing things about my new non-exec role at the club

is that I do have time to be able to go and see some of the projects

that we've worked on in full working order,

rather than just seeing them from a distance, so...

We're in Lesotho to celebrate the partnership that's in place

between Wrexham AFC and Kick4Life FC.

Kick4Life is a football club in Lesotho in southern Africa.

They describe themselves as a football club

exclusively dedicated to social change.

They work with disadvantaged youth throughout Lesotho,

with an emphasis on health, education, life skills,

addressing gender-based violence, and a variety of social development issues.

On behalf of everybody from Wrexham, thank you. This is a privilege for us.

So we're here to work with you, we're here to learn from you.

Part of the plan with Kick4Life

was that we actually wanted to get some of their coaches over to Wrexham.

To actually see what North Wales is like,

to understand how we actually integrate with the local community

and how we use football as that vehicle for positive change.

And now myself, you know, other coaches from the club

are able to go out to Lesotho, to exchange these coaching methods

and genuinely use football as a positive vehicle for change.

-Are you ready to play? -Yebo!

-Are you ready to play? -Yebo!

Okay.

What is happening behind me

is life skills training of the Wrexham coaches.

They're going to be trained today on our curriculum,

about three sessions that focus on health.

Kick4Life goes into local communities and schools to teach children

about various serious issues like drug and substance abuse,

HIV transmission and gender-based violence.

One statistic I was shocked to learn

is that approximately 90% of girls and women in Lesotho

had experienced gender-based violence.

I grew up with my mum. My mum was a single parent by then.

Yes.

Puky, through the gate, not over it. Don't hit my cones.

There's about to be an international friendly game

between the local high school here and a Wrexham select 11.

Now some of them are very select, it's fair to say.

Pressure's on some of them to complete two and a half minutes.

-Are you ready to play? -Yebo!

So, how much does this mean to the schoolchildren here in Lesotho?

I mean, it means a lot.

For me, it's really more than a job, it's my moral responsibility.

If we don't continue to do what we do at Kick4Life,

then we can't break the cycle.

There's a cycle and it's quite vicious in Lesotho,

and I think at Kick4Life, we are making a change.

So, it's more than a job.

It's really a moral imperative.

We've got a penalty. If we score, we're all on.

Yes!

If anybody ever wants to see what the actual power of football is,

actually, it's that universal language.

Then, you know, this session here in Lesotho answers it in visual form

that words could never actually do justice to.

And now we're gonna drag her off.

You know, being able to go out to Lesotho

and actually see some of the initiatives

that we actually talked about in the first place coming to fruition

was arguably one of the most rewarding parts of my time at Wrexham.

Hands up!

Hands up!

This experience feels like a good example

of what my new position at Wrexham has to offer,

and I'm really excited to see what other positive changes

we can implement in the future.

Wrexham is in a unique position

where the club's visibility is at an all-time high.

If we can use this visibility to spotlight, uplift

and advocate for communities that could benefit from greater attention,

then, you know, part of Rob and Ryan's legacy

will have been completely fulfilled,

because we've connected Wrexham to the world

and we've got a small community in Lesotho that's benefiting from it.

Wrexham!

The red dragon endures because it represents something timeless:

The ability to rise when knocked down.

At Wrexham, this spirit lives in every player, every fan,

and throughout the community.

It's about more than winning matches.

It's about facing each challenge with courage,

adapting and fighting the good fight

for something bigger than any individual, together.

Yma o hyd.

♪ ♪ Stars can be revealed when the skies clear ♪

♪ ♪ Voices raising up generations ♪

♪ ♪ Voices raising up generations ♪