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-[crew member] Okay. Yes. -[producer] You good, mate?

Right. Bryn, give us a clap.

How's that?

[producer] Welcome To Wrexham series 5, Wrexham are in the Championship…

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Stop you there,

because we've just gotta say right at the outset with this thing here,

okay, that it's completely nuts.

I've had 35 years in sports broadcasting, and this is all unprecedented.

Back-to-back-to-back promotions,

out of the National League and now into the Championship,

and it's happened just like that.

There's an incredible thing already happened here.

Arguably, one of the greatest stories in the history of football,

but if it happens again,

if there's another promotion up to the Premier League,

and arguably, you've got the greatest story

in the history of sport, right?

Sport. The whole lot.

♪ 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 ♪

-[crew member 2] Yeah… -[crew member 3] Take two, marker.

[producer] All right, let's talk about looking ahead to the Championship.

What do you think the expectations will be?

What do you do after you make history?

It's like, how do you top that?

[chuckles] Why are you doing this to me, Josh?

Why can't you just let me? I just wanna bask.

Would you let me just bask?

We'll talk about the Championship next year.

Um, I think I took, like, a solid three, four days, um, of basking

before, um, the terror set in of where we were headed.

There wasn't much time to really bask.

[producer] How long did you bask?

Fuck off.

[birds chirping]

[Harvey] I don't think people genuinely realize how difficult it is

to get a team from National League to League Two to League One,

and then to the Championship in consecutive seasons.

It's a daunting prospect when every other club

in the Championship this year has played in the top tier

and there's only us that are yet to do it.

That bears repeating.

There is only one team in the Championship that hasn't played in the top tier,

and that is Wrexham AFC.

[Moyes] For you to challenge in the Championship

with the money of the teams coming down from the Premier League,

you'll find it really difficult,

and that's where your supporters will get the shock.

The games come thick and fast.

And the physical demands of-of the league

are obviously a lot higher from the division we'd-we'd come from.

[commentator] That is one of the greatest goals you will ever see.

This is such a tough division.

I genuinely think it's the toughest league in the world bar none.

[Ker] The reality is, in the Championship, you have any number of what I would call

sort of temporarily embarrassed Premier League teams

like Ipswich Town and Leicester and Southampton,

all of whom have dropped down from Premier League this season.

The teams that come down, they always come down with a lot of power in their squads.

[person] The journey this season is to try and compete with clubs

who are running proper big training centers, academies.

[commentator 2] Big stadiums, big atmospheres and massive fan bases.

[person 2] Championship, it's a battle of the bastards.

It's well-documented. It's the hardest league in the world to win.

[Ker] The standings in the Championship are often on such a razor's edge.

Every team has the ability to beat everybody else.

And a run of a few good results can rocket you to the top of the table.

A few bad results can see you tumbling down

into the basement.

Of course, our worst-case scenario is what happened to Luton Town,

who recently suffered back-to-back relegations,

dropping from the Premier League back to League One.

We are now at a table where we have to put an excessive amount of money on red,

the red being Wrexham.

If we don't spin that wheel

and put that money on the table, we have no chance of winning the prize.

Yet, what does that do to the town of Wrexham

and its small football club in the event it comes up black?

It's like you've chased this prize, you've chased this dream,

you've achieved all this success, and now the most daunting part starts.

[phone ringing]

I've watched more football videos in this transfer market

than I think I have in any other, to be honest.

Right now, we're in the race to the finish line

to get ourselves ready for the first home match of the season

against West Brom, and we're not ready… [sighs] …at all.

We're still putting the finishing touches on the pitch,

and the kop is just dirt and boulders.

We've already had to sign new players like striker Ryan Hardie,

goalkeeper Danny Ward.

And there will be more that we have to sign

that are coming in with huge contracts.

And while everyone at the Racecourse is working their butts off,

everyone else has to go Down Under for the preseason tour.

[♪ motivational music playing]

-[person 3] Hey! -Hello.

A bit nippy here, down under. [chuckles]

[news anchor] Tonight, we welcome one of the oldest professional football clubs

in the world, bought by a couple of international actors in 2021,

which spiked a record-breaking trifecta of promotions

all the way up to the Championship.

-It is history and Hollywood colliding. -[beeps]

-Yeah. Go, Wrexham. [laughs] -Yeah.

When we looked at the numbers,

we knew Australia and New Zealand had large support and following.

We were playing local clubs, Melbourne Victory,

Sydney FC and Phoenix Wellington.

And so, when we showed up in Melbourne and we showed up in Sydney,

and you have 37,000, you have 42,000 people

coming to the match, it was mind-blowing.

-Up the town. -Up the town.

Surprised the hell out of me. I mean…

Well, Hugh Jackman's got a lot of relatives.

-Yeah, it's mostly Hugh. [chuckles] -[exhales sharply]

[Mac] So the preseason tour is a really good opportunity for Phil

and for us to see our new signings.

We have really high hopes for Ryan Hardie, our new striker.

[Griffiths] Angles it wide. Barnett drives it in. There's the second.

And it's the new recruit, the Scotsman, Ryan Hardie.

[Mac] And for Danny Ward, who Phil brought in to challenge Arthur in goal.

[producer] So, what do you think about Ben Tozer and Ben Foster

going to New Zealand for holiday with the team?

In New Zealand? We sent them to New Zealand?

We paid for that?

[♪ upbeat music playing]

-[Tozer] Honestly amazing. -[all laughing, cheering]

That's probably one of the best things I've ever done. Oh, wow.

Unreal.

-Oh, my God. -Oh, my goodness.

-Shitting hell. -[laughs]

Oh. [screams] Oh, my God!

And Ollie and Dobo somehow had a mini break to do shit?

It's about to get seriously hot.

[♪ upbeat music continues]

-Get in. -No, that was a warm-up.

-It's not a warm-up. -Yes!

-[laughs] -[gasps]

Wow. I fucking love New Zealand!

Oh, yeah. And Wayne went on holiday as well.

[all chanting] Let's go!

[speaking Welsh]

[Jones] We were lucky enough to be invited to New Zealand for the summer tour,

which was just absolutely unbelievable.

This is my second time. It won't be my last.

I'm gonna need a drink after this.

-Hello, guys. How you doing? You okay? -Hiya. I'm Hannah.

There's actually a bar in Wellington called The Welsh Dragon.

We walked in there, and it almost felt like you were at home.

This is sort of me in my comfort zone.

I'm around Welsh people in a pub.

Even though I'm 12,000, 13,000 miles from home,

you're just made to feel like part of the family.

It's a tremendous place.

But we got some very bad news out of Sydney.

[supporters cheering]

[Griffiths] Ollie Rathbone.

With five minutes to go in this first half.

Putting Rhyan Grant under pressure.

[whistle blows]

[Griffiths] He stayed down after that challenge.

The ball came to me on the edge of the box.

I think I chested it down and kind of was in two minds whether to shoot or not.

Defender's kind of read me, so we were kind of scrapping for the ball.

And then in the middle of it all, I just felt a big crack.

And at that point, I knew it was gonna be a serious one.

Yeah, finding out that I'd ruptured the ligament.

[Harvey] Ollie Rathbone's injury, in particular, was one I think that hurt us.

Because going into the season,

I think most people would've had Ollie Rathbone in that starting 11.

And not to have him available due to the injury was a big blow.

[Mac] So in order for us to compete in Championship,

we're going to have to make changes

-all over the place… -[whistle blows]

…but the biggest change is going to happen on the pitch,

which, of course, is the most devastating.

[♪ pensive music playing]

[Mac] Whenever you're talking about losing a large amount of people,

beloved players,

you run the risk of the supporters no longer supporting them.

Because they're not following a kit.

They're following a human being.

And so making that transition is really difficult.

[person 4] Mark Howard's left with everyone's best regards.

He was a great character for us.

He's starting for Salford. Good luck to him.

-[person 5] Yeah. -Steven Fletcher was released by Wrexham.

The clutch man just coming off the bench,

getting you a goal whenever you needed it.

You just felt that excitement.

The whole stadium believed that something was gonna happen

whenever Fletch came onto the pitch.

I'm just blessed we got to see him in a Wrexham shirt.

What an absolute honor it was.

Paul Mullin, legendary striker for Wrexham,

has joined Wigan on a season-long loan.

[person 6] I'm gutted. I thought Mullin was gonna be with us a bit longer.

People will say, "You know, we shouldn't be looking back,

and we should look forward," and it's like, well,

I can't remember the last time we had a striker like Paul Mullin, have we?

[commentator 3] And he scores!

-And Mullin scores his hundredth! -[supporters cheering]

[birds squawking]

[Mullin] During the summer…

Ryan Lowe, Wigan's manager, got in touch and…

We met up and had a chat and…

He told me his idea was for me to play me every week again and…

Then, obviously Wigan was close to home, so that was another tick.

[person 7] Paul Mullin is the face of what we've just achieved.

[person 8] It's a shame one, right? [stammers] He scored a hundred goals.

He's a living legend in our lifetime.

You sort of realize that these players have authored

some of the greatest moments of your life.

It's tough when they leave, you know,

because we're not here if not for Paul Mullin.

Why is Paul Mullin gone?

Why did Parky not give Paul Mullin a chance?

There's a kind of an understanding that, like, they made this contribution.

There's a baton that's handed off, and the next group goes, you know?

[supporters chanting]

[squawking]

[Ker] He's been an incredible servant to the club.

I think he's, you know, he has earned the-the title of legend.

If I were you, I'd buy him.

You would put your job on the line.

-I get fired. Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yeah, you'd get fired, and Paul doesn't.

He might not be worth it.

-He can be worth it. -Okay.

But I hope that it remains for him a source of tremendous pride

f-for what he's achieved for us and what he's delivered for the people of Wrexham.

I'm quite proud. I have had many moments of scoring goals

and us as a team have had many moments of giving the town its pride back.

And givin' a real… real representation of what the town means to people.

I still look back now, the day of Boreham Wood

when we get promoted as a team,

and I seen grown men on the pitch crying, thanking me.

[Ker] I think it was the anniversary of the Boreham Wood game the other day,

and we put up a clip of his first goal, and I texted him, being like…

[stammers] …earnestly saying that's one of the greatest moments of my life.

[smacks lips] And it really genuinely is. [chuckles]

Sorry.

[♪ piano playing]

Bailey was a passionate and dedicated Wrexham FC fan.

Oh. [stammering] There's no question.

-Wrexham FC was his number one priority. -He would say, "It is my life."

[Jamie] Our bar, which was just-just a little shed,

just now called Bailey's Bar.

He'd come home at night, and he'd go into his bar,

and all you can hear is Wrexham songs being sung all night.

[chanting] La, la, la, la, la, la, Wrexham.

What's his name?

[Jamie] Have a look at it, have a look at it.

Last year, before we clinched the Championship at the Charlton match,

I met a man named Jamie.

Jamie made me aware of a tragedy that happened to he-he and his family.

They lost their son Bailey. [inhales deeply]

When did he pass?

September 2023. Age twenty.

I'm really sorry.

That's not supposed to happen.

-All I wanted for him… -I'm really sorry about that.

-That's not supposed to happen. -Thank you.

We went through the footage, and we were looking back

to the first time that I'd ever been to the Racecourse Ground.

Wow.

It shows that I met Bailey on the first day I was ever here.

♪ No one's invested so much as a penny ♪

[Reynolds] He was one of a group of people who were singing outside the Racecourse,

and we chatted, and it was my first introduction to the spirit of Wrexham.

That was amazing!

-[Mac chuckles] -[cheering]

And I'm so grateful for it because it was actually that indoctrination.

It was that moment where I was, like… [gasps] …"Oh, I understand

the language of this place."

And it was actually Bailey who delivered that.

Saturday, the 23rd of September 2023.

-It was Stockport away. -[whistle blows]

[Griffiths] And there is the final whistle.

Wrexham losing 5-0 at Stockport.

They went to see a band in the pub,

and off I went to pick him up

and he just got out of the car too quick.

Um, lost his footing, and he banged his head and he was unconscious.

Um… [chuckles]

-You-You phoned the ambulance. -[exhales sharply] Yeah.

Bailey regained his consciousness, and then he was up on his feet.

And I kept saying, "You-You all right? You all right?"

So, I said, "You need to go to hospital."

He said, "No, no, Dad, I'm fine. I'm fine. I just want to go home."

-And-- Yeah. -And we just monitored him that night,

didn't we, because--

Literally every hour or two, I was just going in,

checking him, checking him, checking in on him, and he was…

He was okay, and then… then the next day… [sighs] …he went out.

Um, went to meet his friends down in the Queens, didn't he?

And then he returned home, and he was okay.

And then the last words he said to me was, "I'm going to bed now, Dad.

Um, don't forget the Bradford tickets go on sale at 10 o'clock in the morning."

[breathing shakily]

They'd identified that he'd actually fractured his skull.

[Anne Marie] He hasn't just got a crack on the brain, he's got a-a bleed.

-[Anne Marie sighs] -[exhales sharply, kisses]

-Bailey loved helping others, so it was… -He loved people.

He would want to help as many people as he could.

Um, because we'd agreed for him to be an organ donor,

the next morning we were told,

his heart and lungs were already on the way to saving two people's lives.

[Jamie] Everyone was just crushed.

[Anne Marie] It was a week after the one-year anniversary.

I came down one morning, and there was the card and letter.

[Matthew] "To my donor's family.

I hope this card and letter find you well.

On the 28th of September 2023, I underwent heart transplant surgery

at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

I wanted to write and say how sorry I was for your loss, but to also thank you.

Without your loss, I would not have received the second chance of life

that I have been given."

"I will be eternally grateful for this, and I cannot express in words

what this has done for myself and my family."

"My name is Matthew.

I live in Shropshire with my wife, Alexandra, and daughter, Grace.

Grace has just turned 16 and started college."

"Being able to watch her attend her prom and start her new independence at college

is something I will never take for granted."

"The doctors are pleased with my progress and my heart is working well and healthy."

"Forever grateful, Matthew."

[sniffles]

[Anne Marie] Just receiving that letter, it just… it was just amazing.

-It… It just… -It changed everything, didn't it?

-Yeah, it changed everything. -[stammers]

[Gilpin] Welcome back to the latest Fearless in Devotion podcast.

The season's come around. Can't believe it.

Add another player.

Parky's been shopping in the big ponds again

and come up with a giant of a man, Kieffer Moore.

-[Kieffer] Hello there. -How are you?

Good, thank you.

[person 9] Kieffer Moore, two million.

[person 10] Ryan Hardie, Wrexham's new summer signing.

[person 9] For what was it, 600,000?

[person 10] 700,000 pounds.

The lad, Cacace, I think… I'm not sure how you say his name.

[person 9] Liberato Cacace, 2.16 million pounds.

We don't really know a lot about him.

[person 9] Danny Ward, former Wrexham trainee.

-[person 11] How does that feel, Danny? -Oh, top. So good.

[person 9] Danny Ward, free transfer.

[person 10] Lewis O'Brien, signed for Wrexham.

I haven't started a season properly in ahhh… in a few years.

[person 9] O'Brien, an additional three million.

Wrexham signed George Thomason.

-Thomason, we've not seen him yet. -I don't think we… Anybody's seen him yet.

[person 9] Thomason, 1.2 million pounds, and we've signed Conor Coady.

[person 10] Conor Coady, two million.

Josh Windass, as well.

I made it clear when I came, I've come into

a serial winning environment, and that's what we want to keep doing.

[person 10] Josh Windass, free transfer,

given that Sheffield Wednesday has not been paying their players.

[person 9] So, you want those to report on the Nathan Broadhead deal.

[person 10] Broadhead, 7.5-million-pound club record fee.

[cash register dings]

First impression was, like, what on earth have we just pulled off here?

My dad said, "I-I'm not really sure who to root for anymore."

You can root for a club, but the club is made up of human beings,

and if those human beings are moving on,

then who is it that you're really rooting for?

Down. That's a boy.

[chuckling] Yes, you got it.

Only 12 weeks old, and she's better behaved than my kids.

First of all, I'm Bob McElhenney,

Rob's dad, and we are from Philadelphia, originally.

We grew up with sports, particularly with the, uh, Philadelphia Eagles.

You get involved with Wrexham, and it is all-consuming.

You know, we became emotionally involved with this.

It made our family tighter, right as we are being,

um, pushed together by the greater force of the… of the community,

if you know what I mean.

And the players, uh, the early players, we just loved them.

Going into the season and watching the new players coming in,

I never even heard of half of them, right? And-And yet here we are.

I didn't know who to trust,

and I didn't know what the team composition was gonna look like.

It's just something gets lost with that.

[chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham!

Big time, now.

Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

[Southampton supporter] Wrexham, I've seen them there. They've gone massive.

But it's, like… [scoffs] …are you really gonna do well in this league? No.

We've never spent money like this before. Clearly all investments carry risk,

and there's huge pressure on Parkinson to make sure

that we have done this wisely, that we've invested well, and we've got it correct.

Come on, let's go!

[Wrexham supporter 1] This is a Premier League stadium.

You know, lil ol' Wrexham. What are we doing here?

The starting lineup's out.

I completely got it wrong, to be fair.

We had a view that Okonkwo would probably start in goal.

But, yeah, Danny Ward obviously straight into the team lineup.

So O'Brien, Cacace, Windass, Moore.

After Wrexham spending big.

[Griffiths] The game away at Southampton first up.

They were a Premier League club last season.

It's gonna give us a really early gauge as to where our squad building has taken us.

[Parkinson] We've got to show quickly that we belong on that stage, show ourselves

and the-the rest of the division that we're going to be taken seriously.

[supporters chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

♪ The champion ♪

[♪ upbeat music plays]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ That's my desire ♪

♪ Are you ready? ♪

[Griffiths] Wow. This is going to be quite something.

-Away we go! -[supporters cheering]

[Griffiths] Wrexham in the second tier

for the first time since 1982, and I've got to say…

It's gonna be an absolute cracker!

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ Came into the game with crown on ♪

♪ Accolades They can stretch miles long ♪

[Griffiths] Josh Windass now.

♪ Stayed in the fight No time off ♪

Hit the bar!

♪ You gon' have to get familiar With my name… ♪

-[Parkinson] Come on! Keep it going! -[supporters chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham!

[Griffiths] He's winning the ball back nicely.

Windass with a great through ball. Moore is onside.

Down the left, into the box. Can he get the shot off?

He goes down in the area. And the ref has given it!

-[supporters cheering] -Wow. Wrexham have a penalty.

[supporter] Who's 10?

-It's Josh Windass. -[supporter] Windass.

[Griffiths] There's the go-ahead.

Windass sets himself…

-Josh! Wrexham score! -[supporters cheering]

[Griffiths] We are leading in the Championship at Southampton.

The first goal we scored in a second tier…

-[supporters cheering, whistling] -…since 1982.

Wow.

[supporters] Wrexham!

Come on! Come on! Stay ready!

[Griffiths] Starting the second half, here comes Southampton once more.

Many people thinking Parky would have stayed loyal with Okonkwo in goal,

but Danny Ward's really, really done himself proud.

[Griffiths] And Fraser hooks it just wide. Did Ward touch it?

It looked like he had no chance even of reaching that.

-Constant pressure builds and builds. -Come on, Wrexham!

-But can we see this out? -[supporters whistling]

[Parkinson] Jimmy, get over!

[Griffiths] Southampton come forward once more.

Stephens up at the edge of the area, an open play,

trying to join in here 'cause Wrexham, everyone back defending.

Dobson gets a foot in. Free kick in a shooting position.

Fucking hell, Dobo!

At 25 yards out. Wrexham are not happy with the free kick decision.

[supporter 2] It's the final minute of the 90.

Free kick just outside the box.

Southampton.

-[supporters whistling] -Let's see how this one goes.

[Griffiths] He waits for the go-ahead. Ref blows his whistle.

Manning… Good strike!

Oh, what a goal!

Oh, shit! Fuck!

[Griffiths] Well, that is quality.

-You can't argue about that. -[supporters whistling]

[Griffiths] Manning with a brilliant free kick.

Ward had no chance, and that-that's a brilliant Premier League finish.

Six minutes of added time. It's one all here at St. Mary's.

Wrexham's return to the second tier.

Can Wrexham get an excellent result?

Come on, Wrexham!

Thirty-five seconds of the added six left.

-Southampton coming forward. -[supporters cheering, whistling]

[Griffiths] Long diagonal by Charles is a brilliant ball in!

Chance here, driven across the face. And it's in!

[supporters cheering]

Southampton, with 14 seconds left, win the game.

And that's cruel on Wrexham.

We've gone from top of the league to bottom.

Oh, dear.

[person 12] Well, I think we've been unlucky, you know.

[Hett] Yeah.

We could have got something from Southampton.

-Yeah, I agree with you. -Yeah.

That should have been, at the minimum, a point at Southampton.

I mean, yeah, we should…

-[stammers] You're quite right. Yeah. -And-And these lads have just arrived.

I can't keep up all the time

-to learn the new names. -I know. [stammers] I've…

The difficulty in the games at the moment

is knowing who's on the ball, really, isn't it?

-So recognizing… [chuckling] -Well, it is, yeah, yeah.

[person] It's harder to get closer

-to the players now, isn't it? -[Hett] Yeah.

They would come for a chat at the end of the…

Yeah. [exhales]

[Bob] You kind of have to get this team together, and when you bring in players,

that's a lot of education that has to happen.

There's a lot of gelling that has to take place, right?

This whole concept of relegation, you know, that's…

Nobody likes relegation when you're a team that's about to get relegated.

Tremendous pressure.

[Anne Marie] He was so brave, reaching out to us because he's…

[stammers] I know, obviously, we've gone through one of the worst things that…

[stammers] …a parent can go through.

But Matthew was so close to death.

[♪ gentle music plays]

Autumn, 2022, it hit me one morning where it felt

like I had woken up with a bag over my head.

I was struggling to breathe.

I was struggling to catch my breath.

I was struggling to move my body.

I was diagnosed with left ventricle heart failure.

At an estimate, they've given him six weeks.

[Matthew] I got a phone call.

A transplant team said to me,

"We think we've found something that's suitable for your body."

So, the surgeon came to Matt's bedside and said, "It's a go.

You've got 20 minutes."

[♪ gentle music plays]

I was told during my stay in hospital, if I wanted to reach out,

there was a process that I could follow to be able to say thank you to my donor.

They told me about Bailey,

and he was the most loving, caring, kindhearted young man and son.

It, uh…

It is truly the greatest gift that I could ever be given.

And I'm forever grateful.

[Griffiths] Good morning. First home game in the Championship. Let's go.

That's the right way to kick this off.

-Come on, you Baggies. Come on! Come on! -Come on. Come on! [chuckles]

Hi. [chuckles]

-You're taller than I thought. -[chuckles]

[Reynolds] Every year, there's a bunch of new faces that you don't recognize,

and you feel, like, "Oh, God, what is this?

What is the chemistry here? What is the feeling?"

You're just going, "What the fuck? Everyone's gone."

That is a lot of faces I do not recognize.

[supporters cheering]

[Parkinson] Yeah, okay, boys, just have a look in quickly.

-I always say this to the new boys. -[bell rings]

If the result don't go our way,

I want to see that team fucking drag themselves off the pitch,

we've absolutely put them through it, and they gotta fucking earn it.

We've put 'em under the fucking cosh.

Let's see if they can fucking cope with it, all right?

-Come on. Let's go! -[all cheering, applauding]

[player] Come on, men, come on. Let's go.

-[supporters] Red Army! -[Law] West Brom.

What a huge club to welcome here at Wrexham,

with these remarkable players we're bringing in.

We're up for this challenge.

Let's go, boys. Come on!

[Law] Referee gives the go-ahead. The ball straight back to Josh Griffiths.

-Come on, Wrexham! Come on! -[supporters whistling]

[Law] West Brom pass smoothly through that.

Go on. Tight, tight!

[Law] Now it finds Fellows…

McClean isolated. James won't get back in time to help.

Fellows has a go and drills in a good cross. It's in!

[Reynolds shrieks, growls]

-Fuck! -That was a matter of time.

[Law] That was just championship class, wasn't it?

McClean isolated, Wrexham just allowed a little bit of space and…

In the penalty area, and it was cleanly finished inside the far corner.

-We're such a second-half team anyway. -Yeah.

-Come on! -Come on!

[supporters cheering]

[Law] We're doing well here. That's a nice ball down the line.

-Dobson finds Moore on the flank. -[supporters chanting]

McClean's available, far post, he pulls it in.

[gasps] McClean plays it down, O'Brien…

[all cheering]

[Law] Lewis O'Brien scores a goal for Wrexham!

Come on!

[♪ upbeat music plays]

One each, O'Brien. Get in!

[Law] It lands so awkwardly for him,

but he managed to get on top of it, drilled it into the ground,

and it bounced up into the roof of the net.

[supporters cheering] Wrexham!

[Law] Here we go then, second half.

[Parkinson] Come on, first contact!

[Law] Styles does well to cut inside but gets his shot all wrong.

It was dangerous that.

God, it feels like we're down a man right now.

Yeah. I know.

[Law] Heggebø backs in really well and lays it off with danger here.

The ball's played to Johnson, a shooting chance, and he scores at the near post!

Fuckin' hell!

Well, threw in the sub, and immediately Wallace drills it in.

And they have the lead.

[Mac] I mean, that's just too… It's so easy.

It just looked easy.

[Law] Wrexham have to come back again from behind, 16 minutes left.

All right.

[Law] Nice ball. Ooh, it was a rash challenge.

Allows West Brom to get around the back. There's real danger here.

And Heggebø mishits a big chance six yards out.

It's won back again by West Brom in the box.

Wrexham needs to get through this.

Dinged in by Wallace! Easy finish, 3-1.

I mean, we're getting fucking worked.

[Law] And Wrexham opened up Grant again,

but it was absolute chaos that in the Wrexham penalty area.

And Wrexham go 3-1 down.

[Mac] It feels like we're playing with ten guys.

Fuck's sake.

[Law] Four minutes to add on.

That's a lovely volley.

-Ball out wide. Longman. -Get it. Get one!

[Law] Delivers a good cross!

-And it's there. -[supporters cheering]

A diving header by Smith at the far post.

-[Mac] Good! -[Law] And Wrexham pull one back.

-It shows Wrexham's heart. -[supporters cheering, applauding]

Never give up.

[Law] But ultimately this will be a defeat

with a final score of Wrexham, 2,

West Bromwich Albion, 3.

[groans]

So, we are going to, I think, spend some money.

Have to do something.

[clicks tongue] I mean--

"What do we need?" is what I'm curious about.

-[Reynolds] What-What do we actually need? -[supporters chanting]

We had a lot of good chances, and we just didn't…

-just didn't close but… -[supporters chanting]

So many new players, it's hard…

it's hard to gel like that, so…

[Ker] So in the Championship, the top two teams are promoted to the Premier League,

then three, four, five and six are in the playoffs.

They will play each other to see which one of them

is the third team to go up to the Premier League.

Uh, down the bottom, you have three teams that are relegated to League One.

And after the first two games of the season,

we find ourselves in 22nd position, slap bang in those relegation spots.

[producer] Do you need another minute or--

Nah. Nah, nah. We're just, uh…

Come on in.

[Reynolds] I don't pretend to know football in the same way,

but I've watched enough of us and our…

our spirit and how we do it that I just… [stammers]

Rob and I both want to just come in and go, "What do you need?"

[Parkinson] If you ask me, we've got some good players.

We've got some decent players.

It's just we're up against teams with whole squads

full of… [chuckling] …championship players in it,

that sort who've been in the division for years and they've got a lot of…

a lot of championship.

We just haven't got enough championship standards of players at the moment.

What's the issue? [stammers] Tell me what the issue is.

It's just time. Yeah.

-Time and acquiring them? -Yeah.

-The issue shouldn't be resources. -No, no, it's not resources.

-It's acquiring them… -No, it's just getting them over the line.

Yeah, and then getting them all to gel together.

You know, you look at players on West Brom,

they've been playing together for a couple seasons,

a lot of those guys, right? So, it's… They know each other.

And that's what we had the advantage of in League Two and League One.

Yeah, we were very gelled.

-Yeah, yeah. -[Reynolds groans]

[Reynolds] This stuff happens.

Yeah, no, exactly, exactly, but you know, it is the division, obviously.

You get punished more, but I'm not using that as

a, like, get out of jail card, you know?

That's… By the way, we can deal with those situations a fucking lot better

than we did today, and I don't really want this on camera.

[Reynolds] You got what you needed?

-Yeah. Yeah. -Are-Are-Are you sure?

Do you mind if we take a bit? Thank you.

[Parkinson] So, there's a lot of… a lot of…

The Championship League is just a different beast

and you sort of look at yourself and go, "Is this…

is this what it's going to be like, week in and week out in this league?"

If it is…

[groans]

[Jamie] Come on. What's your score predictions then?

-Five-nil. [chuckles] -Five-nil. [laughs]

[Anne Marie] It just felt unbelievable,

you know, the person that's got Bailey's heart has wrote this letter.

-Then we moved on to emailing and… -Yeah.

He messaged back straight away, didn't he? It was…

[Anne Marie] I just got the vibe off him that I…

I could feel that he was gonna want to meet.

-[sighs] -[breathes heavily]

-Excited. -Yeah.

[Matthew] Bailey was a massive Wrexham fan.

He'd followed them for all of his life,

and he went to all the games with his dad, whether they were home or away.

That's when he said, wait, I'm gonna get goose bumps now, guaranteed.

Um, he said it would be the ultimate respect to Bailey

to bring Bailey's heart back to Wrexham FC,

-um… [chuckles] …and he's just… -Yeah.

-He's just amazing, he's just so sweet. -Yeah.

-[Matthew] Here you are. How are you? -[Alex] Hi.

-Good to be seeing you. You okay? -Good to see you.

-How are you? Okay, yeah. -I'm all right, thanks, yeah.

[Alex] Oh, you look beautiful.

-How are you? -I just want to hug you.

-[Alex] I'll go here. -[Matthew] And I'll go over here.

[Jamie] We're very lucky.

We didn't know how rare it was, but when you look

at what he's gone through, it's a very, very brave move.

The doctors have said that from the ECG, everything looks good.

[Jamie] But it's something he wanted to do, and we wanted to receive it.

-To Bailey. -To Bailey.

-To Bailey and Wrexham winning today. -Yeah.

Wrexham are winning today.

-[supporters chanting, clamoring] -[♪ tense music plays]

[Griffiths] Wrexham against Derby County, it'll be very interesting to see

-just how this game pans out. -[supporters chanting] Wrexham!

-[whistle blows] -[supporters chanting] Wrexham!

Come on!

[Griffiths] Longman in space on the left. Cuts in on his right, finds Sheaf.

He could hit this. He does hit it!

Keeper parries and just grabs the loose ball.

-[Anne Marie] Oh. -[supporters cheering]

-Well played! -[supporters applauding]

[Anne Marie] How's your heart? How's your heart? Is your heart all right?

[Matthew] It's all right. It's doing all right.

Matt's heart's okay. [chuckles]

[Alex chuckles] Oh, don't worry about him. [chuckles]

[supporters chanting]

[Griffiths] That forwards nicely to Kaboré,

-that's a good ball. -Go on! Go on!

[Griffiths] Bursting down the right stands above a great…

[Griffiths] O'Brien!

-Oh, that's a fabulous goal! -[supporters cheering]

[Griffiths] What a goal!

Kaboré with a perfect cross!

O'Brien with a glancing header from the penalty spot inside the back…

Ah, it's just absolutely textbook.

[supporters chanting, cheering]

[cheering]

-Yes! -Fucking come on!

[supporters chanting] Wrexham!

[Griffiths] That's a good flick. Going man-to-man. And here's a chance…

Oh, that's a super, super finish for Derby County.

Come on, Wrexham!

I'm trying to keep… You know, I'm trying to keep positive.

[Griffiths] And here's Wrexham coming forward.

Longman to O'Brien and now this is good.

-Come on! -Go on!

Dobson looking for the through-ball. Windass!

[Anne Marie wails]

So close!

[Griffiths] Six minutes of added time.

[Matthew] Do you want to feel my heart, Jamie?

Do you wanna have a feel? It's going. [chuckling] It's going.

I can feel that. Yeah.

-[Griffiths] Six minutes of added time. -It's going, mate.

-[♪ tense music plays] -[heartbeat thumping]

It's exactly two years to the day, um, we lost Bailey.

Being able to bring that heart back to the Racecourse.

It's… [exhales]

I-I can't… [stammers] …put into words what it means to us.

[Jamie] Amazing.

[♪ "Just Like That" playing]

Thank you.

[Matthew] No worries.

♪ My boy might still be with me now He'd be 25 today ♪

-[supporters cheering] -[Anne Marie] It's helped us so much.

I can just feel his spirit there, and I hear all his friends doing

all the songs and I just feel like he's just over there with them all.

♪ I've spent years just trying to find you So I could finally let you know ♪

♪ It was your son's heart that saved me ♪

[Anne Marie] I really do feel, like, you know, Matthew says that Bailey saved him,

but I think he really saved us too.

♪ And just like that Your life can change ♪

♪ Look what the angels send I lay my head upon his chest ♪

♪ And I was with my boy again ♪

[Jamie] Bailey would never be upset by the results.

-He'd always… -No, he wouldn't, would he?

-Yeah. He would… -He was still upbeat.

-He wouldn't be angry over that at all. -Yeah.

♪ But somehow grace has found me And I had to let him in ♪

You know, it's an easy parallel to draw when you talk

about the heart of a club and you talk about what that is.

I think it's the easy and lazy thing to do,

is to look at it as wins and losses,

the score on the scoreboard or that sort of thing.

But what's been abundantly clear and ceaseless since the day we got here,

was that it's the people.

[♪ music continues]

[Mac] It's not one single entity, it's not one person.

It is a continuum of people in the town

and now all over the world rooting for a team, playing for a team.

[Reynolds] It's those people that are standing

shoulder to shoulder supporting this club

through the hard times and through this enchanted journey.

It's not something that we found or it's not something that we grew.

It's something that was always there.

That's what the heart of Wrexham is.

It isn't a football team.

[♪ music fades]

[Law] It would be utterly surreal to see a Wrexham side lining up

against any team in the Premier League next season.

Obviously Rob and Ryan have got the best of intentions

for the football club, that much is absolutely clear.

But the reality is, and look at Sheffield Wednesday,

when Chansiri came in to take over at Sheffield Wednesday,

his vision was the same as Rob and Ryan's vision.

He saw an opportunity to get the club into the Premier League,

but they've spent too much money

and they can't find a way to pay the debts off.

Sheffield Wednesday fans were mad because of the financial straits

that they got themselves into,

and at that point, you've got to be wary of the fact that even those

with the best of intentions, it can all go horribly wrong.

And, suddenly, a big club is almost no club.

And there are Wrexham fans who will fear that a little bit.

You know, that the club has gone up so quickly

and the bigger the numbers get,

the greater the risk potentially gets as well.

And all of a sudden, everything's gone.

Businesses that were going very, very well

alongside a football club are now suddenly struggling.

You've got to be honest, it's not been the best of starts for Wrexham, right?

Because Wrexham are trying to cope with the jump up to a new division

with a whole new set of players.

Relegation is a potential outcome here.

Wrexham could go down.