1 00:00:05,089 --> 00:00:10,009 -[crew member] Okay. Yes. -[producer] You good, mate? 2 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,929 Right. Bryn, give us a clap. 3 00:00:13,722 --> 00:00:14,772 How's that? 4 00:00:14,773 --> 00:00:17,433 [producer] Welcome To Wrexham series 5, Wrexham are in the Championship� 5 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:19,060 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Stop you there, 6 00:00:19,061 --> 00:00:22,563 because we've just gotta say right at the outset with this thing here, 7 00:00:22,564 --> 00:00:24,775 okay, that it's completely nuts. 8 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:30,155 I've had 35 years in sports broadcasting, and this is all unprecedented. 9 00:00:30,239 --> 00:00:32,991 Back-to-back-to-back promotions, 10 00:00:33,075 --> 00:00:37,037 out of the National League and now into the Championship, 11 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,414 and it's happened just like that. 12 00:00:39,498 --> 00:00:42,292 There's an incredible thing already happened here. 13 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:45,461 Arguably, one of the greatest stories in the history of football, 14 00:00:45,462 --> 00:00:46,629 but if it happens again, 15 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:49,800 if there's another promotion up to the Premier League, 16 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:52,219 and arguably, you've got the greatest story 17 00:00:52,302 --> 00:00:54,054 in the history of sport, right? 18 00:00:54,137 --> 00:00:55,639 Sport. The whole lot. 19 00:00:57,766 --> 00:01:00,894 ? Don't forget where you came from ? 20 00:01:00,978 --> 00:01:03,647 ? Don't forget what you're made of ? 21 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:06,525 ? The ones who were there ? 22 00:01:06,608 --> 00:01:09,695 ? When no one else would care ? 23 00:01:09,778 --> 00:01:12,864 ? Don't be afraid to cry now ? 24 00:01:12,948 --> 00:01:17,035 ? Even when the world comes crashing in ? 25 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:23,375 ? Don't forget to sing when you win ? 26 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:32,509 ? Don't forget to sing when you win ? 27 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:39,016 -[crew member 2] Yeah� -[crew member 3] Take two, marker. 28 00:01:39,017 --> 00:01:43,811 [producer] All right, let's talk about looking ahead to the Championship. 29 00:01:43,812 --> 00:01:46,064 What do you think the expectations will be? 30 00:01:46,148 --> 00:01:49,026 What do you do after you make history? 31 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:51,653 It's like, how do you top that? 32 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:54,698 [chuckles] Why are you doing this to me, Josh? 33 00:01:54,699 --> 00:01:57,491 Why can't you just let me? I just wanna bask. 34 00:01:57,492 --> 00:01:58,827 Would you let me just bask? 35 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:01,955 We'll talk about the Championship next year. 36 00:02:06,918 --> 00:02:12,257 Um, I think I took, like, a solid three, four days, um, of basking 37 00:02:12,341 --> 00:02:16,136 before, um, the terror set in of where we were headed. 38 00:02:16,137 --> 00:02:18,012 There wasn't much time to really bask. 39 00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:19,388 [producer] How long did you bask? 40 00:02:19,389 --> 00:02:20,439 Fuck off. 41 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,977 [birds chirping] 42 00:02:23,978 --> 00:02:30,483 [Harvey] I don't think people genuinely realize how difficult it is 43 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:33,614 to get a team from National League to League Two to League One, 44 00:02:33,615 --> 00:02:35,821 and then to the Championship in consecutive seasons. 45 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:40,410 It's a daunting prospect when every other club 46 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:44,206 in the Championship this year has played in the top tier 47 00:02:44,289 --> 00:02:46,875 and there's only us that are yet to do it. 48 00:02:46,958 --> 00:02:48,877 That bears repeating. 49 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,090 There is only one team in the Championship that hasn't played in the top tier, 50 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,300 and that is Wrexham AFC. 51 00:02:55,801 --> 00:02:58,428 [Moyes] For you to challenge in the Championship 52 00:02:58,429 --> 00:03:01,389 with the money of the teams coming down from the Premier League, 53 00:03:01,390 --> 00:03:03,070 you'll find it really difficult, 54 00:03:03,071 --> 00:03:05,226 and that's where your supporters will get the shock. 55 00:03:05,227 --> 00:03:06,770 The games come thick and fast. 56 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:09,690 And the physical demands of-of the league 57 00:03:09,691 --> 00:03:12,817 are obviously a lot higher from the division we'd-we'd come from. 58 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:16,738 [commentator] That is one of the greatest goals you will ever see. 59 00:03:16,822 --> 00:03:19,074 This is such a tough division. 60 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:23,036 I genuinely think it's the toughest league in the world bar none. 61 00:03:23,037 --> 00:03:26,455 [Ker] The reality is, in the Championship, you have any number of what I would call 62 00:03:26,456 --> 00:03:29,041 sort of temporarily embarrassed Premier League teams 63 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:31,460 like Ipswich Town and Leicester and Southampton, 64 00:03:31,461 --> 00:03:34,463 all of whom have dropped down from Premier League this season. 65 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:38,384 The teams that come down, they always come down with a lot of power in their squads. 66 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:42,806 [person] The journey this season is to try and compete with clubs 67 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:46,184 who are running proper big training centers, academies. 68 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:50,814 [commentator 2] Big stadiums, big atmospheres and massive fan bases. 69 00:03:50,815 --> 00:03:53,190 [person 2] Championship, it's a battle of the bastards. 70 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:56,945 It's well-documented. It's the hardest league in the world to win. 71 00:03:57,028 --> 00:04:00,699 [Ker] The standings in the Championship are often on such a razor's edge. 72 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:03,743 Every team has the ability to beat everybody else. 73 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:07,914 And a run of a few good results can rocket you to the top of the table. 74 00:04:07,998 --> 00:04:10,542 A few bad results can see you tumbling down 75 00:04:10,625 --> 00:04:12,085 into the basement. 76 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:15,588 Of course, our worst-case scenario is what happened to Luton Town, 77 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:18,090 who recently suffered back-to-back relegations, 78 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:20,718 dropping from the Premier League back to League One. 79 00:04:20,719 --> 00:04:26,433 We are now at a table where we have to put an excessive amount of money on red, 80 00:04:26,516 --> 00:04:27,601 the red being Wrexham. 81 00:04:27,684 --> 00:04:29,227 If we don't spin that wheel 82 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:33,982 and put that money on the table, we have no chance of winning the prize. 83 00:04:34,065 --> 00:04:37,402 Yet, what does that do to the town of Wrexham 84 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:41,364 and its small football club in the event it comes up black? 85 00:04:41,448 --> 00:04:44,868 It's like you've chased this prize, you've chased this dream, 86 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:49,247 you've achieved all this success, and now the most daunting part starts. 87 00:04:52,209 --> 00:04:54,211 [phone ringing] 88 00:04:55,170 --> 00:04:58,465 I've watched more football videos in this transfer market 89 00:04:58,548 --> 00:05:01,551 than I think I have in any other, to be honest. 90 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:03,803 Right now, we're in the race to the finish line 91 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:07,390 to get ourselves ready for the first home match of the season 92 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:11,061 against West Brom, and we're not ready� [sighs] �at all. 93 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:14,272 We're still putting the finishing touches on the pitch, 94 00:05:14,356 --> 00:05:17,108 and the kop is just dirt and boulders. 95 00:05:17,192 --> 00:05:21,655 We've already had to sign new players like striker Ryan Hardie, 96 00:05:21,738 --> 00:05:23,031 goalkeeper Danny Ward. 97 00:05:23,114 --> 00:05:25,450 And there will be more that we have to sign 98 00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:28,537 that are coming in with huge contracts. 99 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:32,249 And while everyone at the Racecourse is working their butts off, 100 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:36,336 everyone else has to go Down Under for the preseason tour. 101 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:38,129 [? motivational music playing] 102 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:43,552 -[person 3] Hey! -Hello. 103 00:05:43,635 --> 00:05:46,221 A bit nippy here, down under. [chuckles] 104 00:05:46,222 --> 00:05:49,390 [news anchor] Tonight, we welcome one of the oldest professional football clubs 105 00:05:49,391 --> 00:05:53,478 in the world, bought by a couple of international actors in 2021, 106 00:05:53,479 --> 00:05:56,188 which spiked a record-breaking trifecta of promotions 107 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:58,108 all the way up to the Championship. 108 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:00,861 -It is history and Hollywood colliding. -[beeps] 109 00:06:00,862 --> 00:06:02,444 -Yeah. Go, Wrexham. [laughs] -Yeah. 110 00:06:02,445 --> 00:06:03,571 When we looked at the numbers, 111 00:06:03,572 --> 00:06:07,325 we knew Australia and New Zealand had large support and following. 112 00:06:07,409 --> 00:06:10,287 We were playing local clubs, Melbourne Victory, 113 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:12,080 Sydney FC and Phoenix Wellington. 114 00:06:12,081 --> 00:06:15,165 And so, when we showed up in Melbourne and we showed up in Sydney, 115 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:18,420 and you have 37,000, you have 42,000 people 116 00:06:18,421 --> 00:06:20,129 coming to the match, it was mind-blowing. 117 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:21,882 -Up the town. -Up the town. 118 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:24,301 Surprised the hell out of me. I mean� 119 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:27,220 Well, Hugh Jackman's got a lot of relatives. 120 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:30,194 -Yeah, it's mostly Hugh. [chuckles] -[exhales sharply] 121 00:06:30,195 --> 00:06:34,101 [Mac] So the preseason tour is a really good opportunity for Phil 122 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:36,730 and for us to see our new signings. 123 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:40,317 We have really high hopes for Ryan Hardie, our new striker. 124 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,154 [Griffiths] Angles it wide. Barnett drives it in. There's the second. 125 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:48,658 And it's the new recruit, the Scotsman, Ryan Hardie. 126 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:52,912 [Mac] And for Danny Ward, who Phil brought in to challenge Arthur in goal. 127 00:06:52,913 --> 00:06:57,166 [producer] So, what do you think about Ben Tozer and Ben Foster 128 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:59,460 going to New Zealand for holiday with the team? 129 00:06:59,461 --> 00:07:02,631 In New Zealand? We sent them to New Zealand? 130 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:03,798 We paid for that? 131 00:07:03,882 --> 00:07:05,142 [? upbeat music playing] 132 00:07:05,143 --> 00:07:07,843 -[Tozer] Honestly amazing. -[all laughing, cheering] 133 00:07:07,844 --> 00:07:10,914 That's probably one of the best things I've ever done. Oh, wow. 134 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:12,349 Unreal. 135 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,851 -Oh, my God. -Oh, my goodness. 136 00:07:14,852 --> 00:07:16,185 -Shitting hell. -[laughs] 137 00:07:16,186 --> 00:07:19,314 Oh. [screams] Oh, my God! 138 00:07:19,397 --> 00:07:24,527 And Ollie and Dobo somehow had a mini break to do shit? 139 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:26,446 It's about to get seriously hot. 140 00:07:26,529 --> 00:07:29,324 [? upbeat music continues] 141 00:07:30,659 --> 00:07:32,243 -Get in. -No, that was a warm-up. 142 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:34,329 -It's not a warm-up. -Yes! 143 00:07:34,412 --> 00:07:35,538 -[laughs] -[gasps] 144 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,874 Wow. I fucking love New Zealand! 145 00:07:37,957 --> 00:07:41,127 Oh, yeah. And Wayne went on holiday as well. 146 00:07:41,211 --> 00:07:43,338 [all chanting] Let's go! 147 00:07:43,421 --> 00:07:45,757 [speaking Welsh] 148 00:07:45,758 --> 00:07:48,926 [Jones] We were lucky enough to be invited to New Zealand for the summer tour, 149 00:07:48,927 --> 00:07:50,886 which was just absolutely unbelievable. 150 00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:52,846 This is my second time. It won't be my last. 151 00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:54,516 I'm gonna need a drink after this. 152 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:58,311 -Hello, guys. How you doing? You okay? -Hiya. I'm Hannah. 153 00:07:58,312 --> 00:08:00,979 There's actually a bar in Wellington called The Welsh Dragon. 154 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:03,930 We walked in there, and it almost felt like you were at home. 155 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:06,152 This is sort of me in my comfort zone. 156 00:08:06,236 --> 00:08:08,071 I'm around Welsh people in a pub. 157 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:11,282 Even though I'm 12,000, 13,000 miles from home, 158 00:08:11,283 --> 00:08:13,117 you're just made to feel like part of the family. 159 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:14,494 It's a tremendous place. 160 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:19,082 But we got some very bad news out of Sydney. 161 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:20,365 [supporters cheering] 162 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:22,043 [Griffiths] Ollie Rathbone. 163 00:08:22,127 --> 00:08:24,254 With five minutes to go in this first half. 164 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,631 Putting Rhyan Grant under pressure. 165 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:29,968 [whistle blows] 166 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:32,929 [Griffiths] He stayed down after that challenge. 167 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:35,014 The ball came to me on the edge of the box. 168 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:38,726 I think I chested it down and kind of was in two minds whether to shoot or not. 169 00:08:38,727 --> 00:08:42,355 Defender's kind of read me, so we were kind of scrapping for the ball. 170 00:08:42,439 --> 00:08:46,067 And then in the middle of it all, I just felt a big crack. 171 00:08:46,151 --> 00:08:49,070 And at that point, I knew it was gonna be a serious one. 172 00:08:49,154 --> 00:08:52,198 Yeah, finding out that I'd ruptured the ligament. 173 00:08:52,907 --> 00:08:57,454 [Harvey] Ollie Rathbone's injury, in particular, was one I think that hurt us. 174 00:08:57,537 --> 00:09:00,415 Because going into the season, 175 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:05,003 I think most people would've had Ollie Rathbone in that starting 11. 176 00:09:05,086 --> 00:09:09,049 And not to have him available due to the injury was a big blow. 177 00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:17,140 [Mac] So in order for us to compete in Championship, 178 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:19,684 we're going to have to make changes 179 00:09:19,685 --> 00:09:21,477 -all over the place� -[whistle blows] 180 00:09:21,478 --> 00:09:25,231 �but the biggest change is going to happen on the pitch, 181 00:09:25,315 --> 00:09:27,567 which, of course, is the most devastating. 182 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:28,970 [? pensive music playing] 183 00:09:28,971 --> 00:09:32,321 [Mac] Whenever you're talking about losing a large amount of people, 184 00:09:32,322 --> 00:09:33,656 beloved players, 185 00:09:33,657 --> 00:09:36,533 you run the risk of the supporters no longer supporting them. 186 00:09:36,534 --> 00:09:38,369 Because they're not following a kit. 187 00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:40,073 They're following a human being. 188 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,124 And so making that transition is really difficult. 189 00:09:43,125 --> 00:09:46,293 [person 4] Mark Howard's left with everyone's best regards. 190 00:09:46,294 --> 00:09:48,463 He was a great character for us. 191 00:09:48,464 --> 00:09:50,923 He's starting for Salford. Good luck to him. 192 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:53,467 -[person 5] Yeah. -Steven Fletcher was released by Wrexham. 193 00:09:53,468 --> 00:09:55,469 The clutch man just coming off the bench, 194 00:09:55,470 --> 00:09:57,429 getting you a goal whenever you needed it. 195 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:58,930 You just felt that excitement. 196 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:01,975 The whole stadium believed that something was gonna happen 197 00:10:01,976 --> 00:10:03,644 whenever Fletch came onto the pitch. 198 00:10:03,645 --> 00:10:06,648 I'm just blessed we got to see him in a Wrexham shirt. 199 00:10:06,731 --> 00:10:08,566 What an absolute honor it was. 200 00:10:10,401 --> 00:10:13,363 Paul Mullin, legendary striker for Wrexham, 201 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:16,241 has joined Wigan on a season-long loan. 202 00:10:18,409 --> 00:10:22,288 [person 6] I'm gutted. I thought Mullin was gonna be with us a bit longer. 203 00:10:22,289 --> 00:10:24,790 People will say, "You know, we shouldn't be looking back, 204 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:27,084 and we should look forward," and it's like, well, 205 00:10:27,085 --> 00:10:30,045 I can't remember the last time we had a striker like Paul Mullin, have we? 206 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:31,588 [commentator 3] And he scores! 207 00:10:31,589 --> 00:10:34,299 -And Mullin scores his hundredth! -[supporters cheering] 208 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,802 [birds squawking] 209 00:10:35,885 --> 00:10:37,679 [Mullin] During the summer� 210 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:39,930 Ryan Lowe, Wigan's manager, got in touch and� 211 00:10:39,931 --> 00:10:41,474 We met up and had a chat and� 212 00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:45,277 He told me his idea was for me to play me every week again and� 213 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:49,274 Then, obviously Wigan was close to home, so that was another tick. 214 00:10:49,275 --> 00:10:52,693 [person 7] Paul Mullin is the face of what we've just achieved. 215 00:10:52,694 --> 00:10:55,863 [person 8] It's a shame one, right? [stammers] He scored a hundred goals. 216 00:10:55,864 --> 00:10:57,699 He's a living legend in our lifetime. 217 00:10:58,867 --> 00:11:01,619 You sort of realize that these players have authored 218 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:03,245 some of the greatest moments of your life. 219 00:11:03,246 --> 00:11:04,913 It's tough when they leave, you know, 220 00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:08,501 because we're not here if not for Paul Mullin. 221 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:10,670 Why is Paul Mullin gone? 222 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:13,423 Why did Parky not give Paul Mullin a chance? 223 00:11:13,424 --> 00:11:17,134 There's a kind of an understanding that, like, they made this contribution. 224 00:11:17,135 --> 00:11:20,429 There's a baton that's handed off, and the next group goes, you know? 225 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:23,933 [supporters chanting] 226 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,685 [squawking] 227 00:11:25,768 --> 00:11:28,563 [Ker] He's been an incredible servant to the club. 228 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:32,025 I think he's, you know, he has earned the-the title of legend. 229 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:34,110 If I were you, I'd buy him. 230 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:36,112 You would put your job on the line. 231 00:11:36,113 --> 00:11:38,864 -I get fired. Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yeah, you'd get fired, and Paul doesn't. 232 00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:40,575 He might not be worth it. 233 00:11:40,658 --> 00:11:43,286 -He can be worth it. -Okay. 234 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:49,417 But I hope that it remains for him a source of tremendous pride 235 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:53,590 f-for what he's achieved for us and what he's delivered for the people of Wrexham. 236 00:11:55,006 --> 00:11:57,884 I'm quite proud. I have had many moments of scoring goals 237 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:01,721 and us as a team have had many moments of giving the town its pride back. 238 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:05,558 And givin' a real� real representation of what the town means to people. 239 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:09,437 I still look back now, the day of Boreham Wood 240 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,272 when we get promoted as a team, 241 00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:14,006 and I seen grown men on the pitch crying, thanking me. 242 00:12:14,007 --> 00:12:18,153 [Ker] I think it was the anniversary of the Boreham Wood game the other day, 243 00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:22,951 and we put up a clip of his first goal, and I texted him, being like� 244 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:26,884 [stammers] �earnestly saying that's one of the greatest moments of my life. 245 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:32,961 [smacks lips] And it really genuinely is. [chuckles] 246 00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:39,683 Sorry. 247 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:46,933 [? piano playing] 248 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:59,696 Bailey was a passionate and dedicated Wrexham FC fan. 249 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,639 Oh. [stammering] There's no question. 250 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:06,035 -Wrexham FC was his number one priority. -He would say, "It is my life." 251 00:13:07,245 --> 00:13:10,581 [Jamie] Our bar, which was just-just a little shed, 252 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,625 just now called Bailey's Bar. 253 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:15,295 He'd come home at night, and he'd go into his bar, 254 00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:18,298 and all you can hear is Wrexham songs being sung all night. 255 00:13:18,381 --> 00:13:21,426 [chanting] La, la, la, la, la, la, Wrexham. 256 00:13:21,509 --> 00:13:22,844 What's his name? 257 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:25,179 [Jamie] Have a look at it, have a look at it. 258 00:13:25,263 --> 00:13:29,350 Last year, before we clinched the Championship at the Charlton match, 259 00:13:29,434 --> 00:13:31,144 I met a man named Jamie. 260 00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:36,232 Jamie made me aware of a tragedy that happened to he-he and his family. 261 00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:38,606 They lost their son Bailey. [inhales deeply] 262 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:40,320 When did he pass? 263 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:43,865 September 2023. Age twenty. 264 00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:45,158 I'm really sorry. 265 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:46,408 That's not supposed to happen. 266 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:49,162 -All I wanted for him� -I'm really sorry about that. 267 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:51,748 -That's not supposed to happen. -Thank you. 268 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:54,959 We went through the footage, and we were looking back 269 00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:58,463 to the first time that I'd ever been to the Racecourse Ground. 270 00:13:58,546 --> 00:13:59,672 Wow. 271 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:02,842 It shows that I met Bailey on the first day I was ever here. 272 00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:05,970 ? No one's invested so much as a penny ? 273 00:14:05,971 --> 00:14:10,015 [Reynolds] He was one of a group of people who were singing outside the Racecourse, 274 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:13,728 and we chatted, and it was my first introduction to the spirit of Wrexham. 275 00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:15,063 That was amazing! 276 00:14:15,064 --> 00:14:16,646 -[Mac chuckles] -[cheering] 277 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:19,941 And I'm so grateful for it because it was actually that indoctrination. 278 00:14:19,942 --> 00:14:23,821 It was that moment where I was, like� [gasps] �"Oh, I understand 279 00:14:23,905 --> 00:14:25,656 the language of this place." 280 00:14:29,494 --> 00:14:31,844 And it was actually Bailey who delivered that. 281 00:14:34,999 --> 00:14:39,587 Saturday, the 23rd of September 2023. 282 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:41,923 -It was Stockport away. -[whistle blows] 283 00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:44,383 [Griffiths] And there is the final whistle. 284 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:47,637 Wrexham losing 5-0 at Stockport. 285 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:51,182 They went to see a band in the pub, 286 00:14:51,265 --> 00:14:53,684 and off I went to pick him up 287 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:56,479 and he just got out of the car too quick. 288 00:14:56,562 --> 00:15:01,484 Um, lost his footing, and he banged his head and he was unconscious. 289 00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:05,279 Um� [chuckles] 290 00:15:08,699 --> 00:15:11,589 -You-You phoned the ambulance. -[exhales sharply] Yeah. 291 00:15:13,496 --> 00:15:18,876 Bailey regained his consciousness, and then he was up on his feet. 292 00:15:18,877 --> 00:15:21,586 And I kept saying, "You-You all right? You all right?" 293 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:23,507 So, I said, "You need to go to hospital." 294 00:15:23,508 --> 00:15:26,216 He said, "No, no, Dad, I'm fine. I'm fine. I just want to go home." 295 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:28,301 -And- Yeah. -And we just monitored him that night, 296 00:15:28,302 --> 00:15:29,637 didn't we, because- 297 00:15:29,638 --> 00:15:32,097 Literally every hour or two, I was just going in, 298 00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:34,975 checking him, checking him, checking in on him, and he was� 299 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:39,397 He was okay, and then� then the next day� [sighs] �he went out. 300 00:15:39,398 --> 00:15:41,773 Um, went to meet his friends down in the Queens, didn't he? 301 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,902 And then he returned home, and he was okay. 302 00:15:44,986 --> 00:15:49,073 And then the last words he said to me was, "I'm going to bed now, Dad. 303 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:53,870 Um, don't forget the Bradford tickets go on sale at 10 o'clock in the morning." 304 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,831 [breathing shakily] 305 00:15:56,914 --> 00:16:00,334 They'd identified that he'd actually fractured his skull. 306 00:16:01,169 --> 00:16:04,839 [Anne Marie] He hasn't just got a crack on the brain, he's got a-a bleed. 307 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:11,179 -[Anne Marie sighs] -[exhales sharply, kisses] 308 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:21,814 -Bailey loved helping others, so it was� -He loved people. 309 00:16:21,898 --> 00:16:24,400 He would want to help as many people as he could. 310 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,782 Um, because we'd agreed for him to be an organ donor, 311 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:34,911 the next morning we were told, 312 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:41,459 his heart and lungs were already on the way to saving two people's lives. 313 00:16:45,129 --> 00:16:47,215 [Jamie] Everyone was just crushed. 314 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:53,387 [Anne Marie] It was a week after the one-year anniversary. 315 00:16:54,347 --> 00:17:00,102 I came down one morning, and there was the card and letter. 316 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,521 [Matthew] "To my donor's family. 317 00:17:11,239 --> 00:17:13,783 I hope this card and letter find you well. 318 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:18,496 On the 28th of September 2023, I underwent heart transplant surgery 319 00:17:18,579 --> 00:17:21,582 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. 320 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:26,295 I wanted to write and say how sorry I was for your loss, but to also thank you. 321 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:29,966 Without your loss, I would not have received the second chance of life 322 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,801 that I have been given." 323 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:38,140 "I will be eternally grateful for this, and I cannot express in words 324 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:41,018 what this has done for myself and my family." 325 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:42,853 "My name is Matthew. 326 00:17:42,937 --> 00:17:46,732 I live in Shropshire with my wife, Alexandra, and daughter, Grace. 327 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:50,027 Grace has just turned 16 and started college." 328 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:57,827 "Being able to watch her attend her prom and start her new independence at college 329 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:00,371 is something I will never take for granted." 330 00:18:00,372 --> 00:18:04,708 "The doctors are pleased with my progress and my heart is working well and healthy." 331 00:18:04,709 --> 00:18:06,794 "Forever grateful, Matthew." 332 00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:10,680 [sniffles] 333 00:18:10,681 --> 00:18:14,593 [Anne Marie] Just receiving that letter, it just� it was just amazing. 334 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:17,597 -It� It just� -It changed everything, didn't it? 335 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,600 -Yeah, it changed everything. -[stammers] 336 00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:29,275 [Gilpin] Welcome back to the latest Fearless in Devotion podcast. 337 00:18:29,358 --> 00:18:31,777 The season's come around. Can't believe it. 338 00:18:31,861 --> 00:18:33,112 Add another player. 339 00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:35,906 Parky's been shopping in the big ponds again 340 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:39,660 and come up with a giant of a man, Kieffer Moore. 341 00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:41,286 -[Kieffer] Hello there. -How are you? 342 00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:42,337 Good, thank you. 343 00:18:42,338 --> 00:18:43,955 [person 9] Kieffer Moore, two million. 344 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:46,625 [person 10] Ryan Hardie, Wrexham's new summer signing. 345 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,293 [person 9] For what was it, 600,000? 346 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:49,502 [person 10] 700,000 pounds. 347 00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:53,174 The lad, Cacace, I think� I'm not sure how you say his name. 348 00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:56,594 [person 9] Liberato Cacace, 2.16 million pounds. 349 00:18:56,677 --> 00:18:58,417 We don't really know a lot about him. 350 00:18:58,763 --> 00:19:01,682 [person 9] Danny Ward, former Wrexham trainee. 351 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:04,810 -[person 11] How does that feel, Danny? -Oh, top. So good. 352 00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:06,937 [person 9] Danny Ward, free transfer. 353 00:19:06,938 --> 00:19:09,397 [person 10] Lewis O'Brien, signed for Wrexham. 354 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:12,192 I haven't started a season properly in ahhh� in a few years. 355 00:19:12,193 --> 00:19:14,361 [person 9] O'Brien, an additional three million. 356 00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:15,982 Wrexham signed George Thomason. 357 00:19:15,983 --> 00:19:19,491 -Thomason, we've not seen him yet. -I don't think we� Anybody's seen him yet. 358 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:23,454 [person 9] Thomason, 1.2 million pounds, and we've signed Conor Coady. 359 00:19:23,455 --> 00:19:25,246 [person 10] Conor Coady, two million. 360 00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:26,415 Josh Windass, as well. 361 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:28,166 I made it clear when I came, I've come into 362 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:31,127 a serial winning environment, and that's what we want to keep doing. 363 00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:32,879 [person 10] Josh Windass, free transfer, 364 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,174 given that Sheffield Wednesday has not been paying their players. 365 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,511 [person 9] So, you want those to report on the Nathan Broadhead deal. 366 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:43,224 [person 10] Broadhead, 7.5-million-pound club record fee. 367 00:19:43,225 --> 00:19:45,183 [cash register dings] 368 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,813 First impression was, like, what on earth have we just pulled off here? 369 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:52,692 My dad said, "I-I'm not really sure who to root for anymore." 370 00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:56,862 You can root for a club, but the club is made up of human beings, 371 00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,822 and if those human beings are moving on, 372 00:19:58,823 --> 00:20:01,951 then who is it that you're really rooting for? 373 00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:05,955 Down. That's a boy. 374 00:20:05,956 --> 00:20:07,372 [chuckling] Yes, you got it. 375 00:20:07,373 --> 00:20:10,203 Only 12 weeks old, and she's better behaved than my kids. 376 00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:12,586 First of all, I'm Bob McElhenney, 377 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:16,716 Rob's dad, and we are from Philadelphia, originally. 378 00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:21,762 We grew up with sports, particularly with the, uh, Philadelphia Eagles. 379 00:20:21,846 --> 00:20:25,599 You get involved with Wrexham, and it is all-consuming. 380 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,017 You know, we became emotionally involved with this. 381 00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:32,314 It made our family tighter, right as we are being, 382 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:35,776 um, pushed together by the greater force of the� of the community, 383 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:36,940 if you know what I mean. 384 00:20:36,944 --> 00:20:42,032 And the players, uh, the early players, we just loved them. 385 00:20:42,116 --> 00:20:45,619 Going into the season and watching the new players coming in, 386 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:48,663 I never even heard of half of them, right? And-And yet here we are. 387 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:50,458 I didn't know who to trust, 388 00:20:50,459 --> 00:20:53,251 and I didn't know what the team composition was gonna look like. 389 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,211 It's just something gets lost with that. 390 00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:57,047 [chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham! 391 00:20:57,631 --> 00:20:59,550 Big time, now. 392 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:01,844 Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! 393 00:21:01,845 --> 00:21:05,054 [Southampton supporter] Wrexham, I've seen them there. They've gone massive. 394 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:09,769 But it's, like� [scoffs] �are you really gonna do well in this league? No. 395 00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:15,065 We've never spent money like this before. Clearly all investments carry risk, 396 00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:19,487 and there's huge pressure on Parkinson to make sure 397 00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:24,283 that we have done this wisely, that we've invested well, and we've got it correct. 398 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:25,416 Come on, let's go! 399 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:26,826 [Wrexham supporter 1] This is a Premier League stadium. 400 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:29,037 You know, lil ol' Wrexham. What are we doing here? 401 00:21:29,038 --> 00:21:30,790 The starting lineup's out. 402 00:21:30,873 --> 00:21:33,292 I completely got it wrong, to be fair. 403 00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:36,044 We had a view that Okonkwo would probably start in goal. 404 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:39,590 But, yeah, Danny Ward obviously straight into the team lineup. 405 00:21:39,673 --> 00:21:42,676 So O'Brien, Cacace, Windass, Moore. 406 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:45,221 After Wrexham spending big. 407 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,894 [Griffiths] The game away at Southampton first up. 408 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:50,351 They were a Premier League club last season. 409 00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:56,273 It's gonna give us a really early gauge as to where our squad building has taken us. 410 00:21:56,357 --> 00:22:00,567 [Parkinson] We've got to show quickly that we belong on that stage, show ourselves 411 00:22:00,611 --> 00:22:04,865 and the-the rest of the division that we're going to be taken seriously. 412 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:08,034 [supporters chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! 413 00:22:08,035 --> 00:22:09,745 ? The champion ? 414 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:11,455 [? upbeat music plays] 415 00:22:11,539 --> 00:22:12,665 ? Yeah ? 416 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:14,583 ? That's my desire ? 417 00:22:15,793 --> 00:22:17,002 ? Are you ready? ? 418 00:22:17,086 --> 00:22:19,736 [Griffiths] Wow. This is going to be quite something. 419 00:22:19,797 --> 00:22:21,966 -Away we go! -[supporters cheering] 420 00:22:22,049 --> 00:22:24,260 [Griffiths] Wrexham in the second tier 421 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:29,723 for the first time since 1982, and I've got to say� 422 00:22:29,807 --> 00:22:33,102 It's gonna be an absolute cracker! 423 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,436 ? Let's go ? 424 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,064 ? Came into the game with crown on ? 425 00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:38,314 ? Accolades They can stretch miles long ? 426 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:39,607 [Griffiths] Josh Windass now. 427 00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:40,775 ? Stayed in the fight No time off ? 428 00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:41,944 Hit the bar! 429 00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:43,444 ? You gon' have to get familiar With my name� ? 430 00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:46,698 -[Parkinson] Come on! Keep it going! -[supporters chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham! 431 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,157 [Griffiths] He's winning the ball back nicely. 432 00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:50,870 Windass with a great through ball. Moore is onside. 433 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:53,706 Down the left, into the box. Can he get the shot off? 434 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:57,001 He goes down in the area. And the ref has given it! 435 00:22:57,084 --> 00:22:59,794 -[supporters cheering] -Wow. Wrexham have a penalty. 436 00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:02,256 [supporter] Who's 10? 437 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:04,509 -It's Josh Windass. -[supporter] Windass. 438 00:23:04,592 --> 00:23:06,332 [Griffiths] There's the go-ahead. 439 00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,387 Windass sets himself� 440 00:23:11,515 --> 00:23:14,310 -Josh! Wrexham score! -[supporters cheering] 441 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:18,898 [Griffiths] We are leading in the Championship at Southampton. 442 00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:22,860 The first goal we scored in a second tier� 443 00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,533 -[supporters cheering, whistling] -�since 1982. 444 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:26,906 Wow. 445 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,325 [supporters] Wrexham! 446 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:31,785 Come on! Come on! Stay ready! 447 00:23:31,786 --> 00:23:35,330 [Griffiths] Starting the second half, here comes Southampton once more. 448 00:23:35,331 --> 00:23:39,627 Many people thinking Parky would have stayed loyal with Okonkwo in goal, 449 00:23:39,710 --> 00:23:43,714 but Danny Ward's really, really done himself proud. 450 00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:47,301 [Griffiths] And Fraser hooks it just wide. Did Ward touch it? 451 00:23:47,302 --> 00:23:49,886 It looked like he had no chance even of reaching that. 452 00:23:49,887 --> 00:23:53,140 -Constant pressure builds and builds. -Come on, Wrexham! 453 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:54,974 -But can we see this out? -[supporters whistling] 454 00:23:54,975 --> 00:23:56,518 [Parkinson] Jimmy, get over! 455 00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:58,478 [Griffiths] Southampton come forward once more. 456 00:23:58,479 --> 00:24:01,106 Stephens up at the edge of the area, an open play, 457 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:04,067 trying to join in here 'cause Wrexham, everyone back defending. 458 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:06,987 Dobson gets a foot in. Free kick in a shooting position. 459 00:24:07,071 --> 00:24:08,530 Fucking hell, Dobo! 460 00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:11,992 At 25 yards out. Wrexham are not happy with the free kick decision. 461 00:24:12,076 --> 00:24:14,366 [supporter 2] It's the final minute of the 90. 462 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:16,580 Free kick just outside the box. 463 00:24:16,664 --> 00:24:17,714 Southampton. 464 00:24:17,715 --> 00:24:20,291 -[supporters whistling] -Let's see how this one goes. 465 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:23,362 [Griffiths] He waits for the go-ahead. Ref blows his whistle. 466 00:24:23,837 --> 00:24:25,923 Manning� Good strike! 467 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:27,257 Oh, what a goal! 468 00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:29,593 Oh, shit! Fuck! 469 00:24:29,677 --> 00:24:32,429 [Griffiths] Well, that is quality. 470 00:24:32,430 --> 00:24:34,973 -You can't argue about that. -[supporters whistling] 471 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:37,444 [Griffiths] Manning with a brilliant free kick. 472 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:43,565 Ward had no chance, and that-that's a brilliant Premier League finish. 473 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:47,111 Six minutes of added time. It's one all here at St. Mary's. 474 00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:50,114 Wrexham's return to the second tier. 475 00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:53,200 Can Wrexham get an excellent result? 476 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:54,868 Come on, Wrexham! 477 00:24:54,952 --> 00:24:57,246 Thirty-five seconds of the added six left. 478 00:24:57,247 --> 00:24:59,414 -Southampton coming forward. -[supporters cheering, whistling] 479 00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:02,417 [Griffiths] Long diagonal by Charles is a brilliant ball in! 480 00:25:02,418 --> 00:25:05,045 Chance here, driven across the face. And it's in! 481 00:25:05,129 --> 00:25:06,505 [supporters cheering] 482 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:10,718 Southampton, with 14 seconds left, win the game. 483 00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:13,887 And that's cruel on Wrexham. 484 00:25:13,971 --> 00:25:16,598 We've gone from top of the league to bottom. 485 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:19,400 Oh, dear. 486 00:25:21,545 --> 00:25:26,024 [person 12] Well, I think we've been unlucky, you know. 487 00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:27,075 [Hett] Yeah. 488 00:25:27,076 --> 00:25:28,693 We could have got something from Southampton. 489 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:30,153 -Yeah, I agree with you. -Yeah. 490 00:25:30,154 --> 00:25:32,447 That should have been, at the minimum, a point at Southampton. 491 00:25:32,448 --> 00:25:33,531 I mean, yeah, we should� 492 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,701 -[stammers] You're quite right. Yeah. -And-And these lads have just arrived. 493 00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:37,785 I can't keep up all the time 494 00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:39,912 -to learn the new names. -I know. [stammers] I've� 495 00:25:39,913 --> 00:25:41,497 The difficulty in the games at the moment 496 00:25:41,498 --> 00:25:43,458 is knowing who's on the ball, really, isn't it? 497 00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:45,668 -So recognizing� [chuckling] -Well, it is, yeah, yeah. 498 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:46,961 [person] It's harder to get closer 499 00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:48,296 -to the players now, isn't it? -[Hett] Yeah. 500 00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:50,841 They would come for a chat at the end of the� 501 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:51,974 Yeah. [exhales] 502 00:25:51,975 --> 00:25:55,053 [Bob] You kind of have to get this team together, and when you bring in players, 503 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:57,639 that's a lot of education that has to happen. 504 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,475 There's a lot of gelling that has to take place, right? 505 00:26:00,476 --> 00:26:03,395 This whole concept of relegation, you know, that's� 506 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:06,022 Nobody likes relegation when you're a team that's about to get relegated. 507 00:26:06,023 --> 00:26:07,274 Tremendous pressure. 508 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,159 [Anne Marie] He was so brave, reaching out to us because he's� 509 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,328 [stammers] I know, obviously, we've gone through one of the worst things that� 510 00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:22,129 [stammers] �a parent can go through. 511 00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:26,752 But Matthew was so close to death. 512 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:28,420 [? gentle music plays] 513 00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:34,676 Autumn, 2022, it hit me one morning where it felt 514 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,554 like I had woken up with a bag over my head. 515 00:26:37,638 --> 00:26:39,098 I was struggling to breathe. 516 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,725 I was struggling to catch my breath. 517 00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:43,644 I was struggling to move my body. 518 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:48,315 I was diagnosed with left ventricle heart failure. 519 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:52,402 At an estimate, they've given him six weeks. 520 00:26:54,571 --> 00:26:55,989 [Matthew] I got a phone call. 521 00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:58,659 A transplant team said to me, 522 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:02,788 "We think we've found something that's suitable for your body." 523 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:08,460 So, the surgeon came to Matt's bedside and said, "It's a go. 524 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:10,379 You've got 20 minutes." 525 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,630 [? gentle music plays] 526 00:27:17,094 --> 00:27:20,430 I was told during my stay in hospital, if I wanted to reach out, 527 00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:24,852 there was a process that I could follow to be able to say thank you to my donor. 528 00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:27,271 They told me about Bailey, 529 00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:34,319 and he was the most loving, caring, kindhearted young man and son. 530 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,906 It, uh� 531 00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:43,412 It is truly the greatest gift that I could ever be given. 532 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,497 And I'm forever grateful. 533 00:27:47,686 --> 00:27:54,839 [Griffiths] Good morning. First home game in the Championship. Let's go. 534 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,340 That's the right way to kick this off. 535 00:27:56,341 --> 00:28:01,013 -Come on, you Baggies. Come on! Come on! -Come on. Come on! [chuckles] 536 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:02,973 Hi. [chuckles] 537 00:28:02,974 --> 00:28:05,516 -You're taller than I thought. -[chuckles] 538 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:08,644 [Reynolds] Every year, there's a bunch of new faces that you don't recognize, 539 00:28:08,645 --> 00:28:10,396 and you feel, like, "Oh, God, what is this? 540 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:12,148 What is the chemistry here? What is the feeling?" 541 00:28:12,149 --> 00:28:16,069 You're just going, "What the fuck? Everyone's gone." 542 00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:18,697 That is a lot of faces I do not recognize. 543 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:20,198 [supporters cheering] 544 00:28:20,199 --> 00:28:23,659 [Parkinson] Yeah, okay, boys, just have a look in quickly. 545 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:26,246 -I always say this to the new boys. -[bell rings] 546 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,165 If the result don't go our way, 547 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:31,042 I want to see that team fucking drag themselves off the pitch, 548 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,461 we've absolutely put them through it, and they gotta fucking earn it. 549 00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:34,921 We've put 'em under the fucking cosh. 550 00:28:34,922 --> 00:28:36,547 Let's see if they can fucking cope with it, all right? 551 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,674 -Come on. Let's go! -[all cheering, applauding] 552 00:28:38,675 --> 00:28:40,468 [player] Come on, men, come on. Let's go. 553 00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:41,928 -[supporters] Red Army! -[Law] West Brom. 554 00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:44,431 What a huge club to welcome here at Wrexham, 555 00:28:44,432 --> 00:28:46,515 with these remarkable players we're bringing in. 556 00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:48,477 We're up for this challenge. 557 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:51,063 Let's go, boys. Come on! 558 00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:55,859 [Law] Referee gives the go-ahead. The ball straight back to Josh Griffiths. 559 00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:58,235 -Come on, Wrexham! Come on! -[supporters whistling] 560 00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:00,466 [Law] West Brom pass smoothly through that. 561 00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:01,580 Go on. Tight, tight! 562 00:29:01,657 --> 00:29:03,367 [Law] Now it finds Fellows� 563 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:06,328 McClean isolated. James won't get back in time to help. 564 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:09,247 Fellows has a go and drills in a good cross. It's in! 565 00:29:09,331 --> 00:29:11,208 [Reynolds shrieks, growls] 566 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,919 -Fuck! -That was a matter of time. 567 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:17,255 [Law] That was just championship class, wasn't it? 568 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:20,591 McClean isolated, Wrexham just allowed a little bit of space and� 569 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:24,513 In the penalty area, and it was cleanly finished inside the far corner. 570 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:27,599 -We're such a second-half team anyway. -Yeah. 571 00:29:27,683 --> 00:29:29,017 -Come on! -Come on! 572 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,560 [supporters cheering] 573 00:29:30,561 --> 00:29:32,853 [Law] We're doing well here. That's a nice ball down the line. 574 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:34,563 -Dobson finds Moore on the flank. -[supporters chanting] 575 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,691 McClean's available, far post, he pulls it in. 576 00:29:36,692 --> 00:29:39,111 [gasps] McClean plays it down, O'Brien� 577 00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:42,489 [all cheering] 578 00:29:42,490 --> 00:29:44,615 [Law] Lewis O'Brien scores a goal for Wrexham! 579 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:45,909 Come on! 580 00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:47,133 [? upbeat music plays] 581 00:29:48,829 --> 00:29:51,331 One each, O'Brien. Get in! 582 00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:54,667 [Law] It lands so awkwardly for him, 583 00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:58,422 but he managed to get on top of it, drilled it into the ground, 584 00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:00,757 and it bounced up into the roof of the net. 585 00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:02,884 [supporters cheering] Wrexham! 586 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:04,720 [Law] Here we go then, second half. 587 00:30:04,721 --> 00:30:06,303 [Parkinson] Come on, first contact! 588 00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:09,558 [Law] Styles does well to cut inside but gets his shot all wrong. 589 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,226 It was dangerous that. 590 00:30:11,227 --> 00:30:12,893 God, it feels like we're down a man right now. 591 00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:13,944 Yeah. I know. 592 00:30:14,688 --> 00:30:18,150 [Law] Heggeb� backs in really well and lays it off with danger here. 593 00:30:18,151 --> 00:30:22,028 The ball's played to Johnson, a shooting chance, and he scores at the near post! 594 00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:23,238 Fuckin' hell! 595 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:28,410 Well, threw in the sub, and immediately Wallace drills it in. 596 00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:30,954 And they have the lead. 597 00:30:32,289 --> 00:30:34,791 [Mac] I mean, that's just too� It's so easy. 598 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,168 It just looked easy. 599 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:42,299 [Law] Wrexham have to come back again from behind, 16 minutes left. 600 00:30:42,382 --> 00:30:43,508 All right. 601 00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:45,801 [Law] Nice ball. Ooh, it was a rash challenge. 602 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:48,262 Allows West Brom to get around the back. There's real danger here. 603 00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:51,308 And Heggeb� mishits a big chance six yards out. 604 00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:54,019 It's won back again by West Brom in the box. 605 00:30:54,102 --> 00:30:56,313 Wrexham needs to get through this. 606 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:59,024 Dinged in by Wallace! Easy finish, 3-1. 607 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,608 I mean, we're getting fucking worked. 608 00:31:00,609 --> 00:31:03,236 [Law] And Wrexham opened up Grant again, 609 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:08,283 but it was absolute chaos that in the Wrexham penalty area. 610 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:10,202 And Wrexham go 3-1 down. 611 00:31:10,203 --> 00:31:13,579 [Mac] It feels like we're playing with ten guys. 612 00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:14,998 Fuck's sake. 613 00:31:14,999 --> 00:31:16,207 [Law] Four minutes to add on. 614 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:17,375 That's a lovely volley. 615 00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:19,586 -Ball out wide. Longman. -Get it. Get one! 616 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:21,463 [Law] Delivers a good cross! 617 00:31:21,464 --> 00:31:23,547 -And it's there. -[supporters cheering] 618 00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:26,134 A diving header by Smith at the far post. 619 00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:29,054 -[Mac] Good! -[Law] And Wrexham pull one back. 620 00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:31,597 -It shows Wrexham's heart. -[supporters cheering, applauding] 621 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,391 Never give up. 622 00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:36,409 [Law] But ultimately this will be a defeat 623 00:31:36,410 --> 00:31:37,978 with a final score of Wrexham, 2, 624 00:31:37,979 --> 00:31:40,148 West Bromwich Albion, 3. 625 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:41,282 [groans] 626 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:46,071 So, we are going to, I think, spend some money. 627 00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:47,405 Have to do something. 628 00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:49,991 [clicks tongue] I mean- 629 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:52,536 "What do we need?" is what I'm curious about. 630 00:31:52,537 --> 00:31:55,037 -[Reynolds] What-What do we actually need? -[supporters chanting] 631 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:57,448 We had a lot of good chances, and we just didn't� 632 00:31:57,449 --> 00:32:00,459 -just didn't close but� -[supporters chanting] 633 00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:02,546 So many new players, it's hard� 634 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,632 it's hard to gel like that, so� 635 00:32:05,633 --> 00:32:10,386 [Ker] So in the Championship, the top two teams are promoted to the Premier League, 636 00:32:10,387 --> 00:32:14,099 then three, four, five and six are in the playoffs. 637 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,891 They will play each other to see which one of them 638 00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:18,436 is the third team to go up to the Premier League. 639 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:24,025 Uh, down the bottom, you have three teams that are relegated to League One. 640 00:32:24,026 --> 00:32:25,693 And after the first two games of the season, 641 00:32:25,694 --> 00:32:30,991 we find ourselves in 22nd position, slap bang in those relegation spots. 642 00:32:33,271 --> 00:32:36,954 [producer] Do you need another minute or- 643 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,415 Nah. Nah, nah. We're just, uh� 644 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:39,548 Come on in. 645 00:32:39,549 --> 00:32:41,417 [Reynolds] I don't pretend to know football in the same way, 646 00:32:41,418 --> 00:32:43,670 but I've watched enough of us and our� 647 00:32:43,671 --> 00:32:45,546 our spirit and how we do it that I just� [stammers] 648 00:32:45,547 --> 00:32:48,967 Rob and I both want to just come in and go, "What do you need?" 649 00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:51,010 [Parkinson] If you ask me, we've got some good players. 650 00:32:51,011 --> 00:32:52,261 We've got some decent players. 651 00:32:52,262 --> 00:32:54,805 It's just we're up against teams with whole squads 652 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,432 full of� [chuckling] �championship players in it, 653 00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:59,310 that sort who've been in the division for years and they've got a lot of� 654 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,520 a lot of championship. 655 00:33:00,521 --> 00:33:03,606 We just haven't got enough championship standards of players at the moment. 656 00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:06,377 What's the issue? [stammers] Tell me what the issue is. 657 00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:08,528 It's just time. Yeah. 658 00:33:08,612 --> 00:33:11,156 -Time and acquiring them? -Yeah. 659 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:14,074 -The issue shouldn't be resources. -No, no, it's not resources. 660 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:16,160 -It's acquiring them� -No, it's just getting them over the line. 661 00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:19,080 Yeah, and then getting them all to gel together. 662 00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:21,248 You know, you look at players on West Brom, 663 00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:23,667 they've been playing together for a couple seasons, 664 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:26,545 a lot of those guys, right? So, it's� They know each other. 665 00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:29,340 And that's what we had the advantage of in League Two and League One. 666 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:30,884 Yeah, we were very gelled. 667 00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:32,844 -Yeah, yeah. -[Reynolds groans] 668 00:33:33,470 --> 00:33:35,055 [Reynolds] This stuff happens. 669 00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:37,848 Yeah, no, exactly, exactly, but you know, it is the division, obviously. 670 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,727 You get punished more, but I'm not using that as 671 00:33:40,728 --> 00:33:42,311 a, like, get out of jail card, you know? 672 00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:45,564 That's� By the way, we can deal with those situations a fucking lot better 673 00:33:45,565 --> 00:33:48,192 than we did today, and I don't really want this on camera. 674 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:49,276 [Reynolds] You got what you needed? 675 00:33:49,277 --> 00:33:50,986 -Yeah. Yeah. -Are-Are-Are you sure? 676 00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:53,156 Do you mind if we take a bit? Thank you. 677 00:33:53,157 --> 00:33:55,407 [Parkinson] So, there's a lot of� a lot of� 678 00:33:55,408 --> 00:33:59,204 The Championship League is just a different beast 679 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,082 and you sort of look at yourself and go, "Is this� 680 00:34:02,165 --> 00:34:07,462 is this what it's going to be like, week in and week out in this league?" 681 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:08,595 If it is� 682 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,007 [groans] 683 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,266 [Jamie] Come on. What's your score predictions then? 684 00:34:22,102 --> 00:34:24,332 -Five-nil. [chuckles] -Five-nil. [laughs] 685 00:34:25,272 --> 00:34:27,312 [Anne Marie] It just felt unbelievable, 686 00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:30,805 you know, the person that's got Bailey's heart has wrote this letter. 687 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:34,447 -Then we moved on to emailing and� -Yeah. 688 00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:37,121 He messaged back straight away, didn't he? It was� 689 00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:40,453 [Anne Marie] I just got the vibe off him that I� 690 00:34:40,537 --> 00:34:42,831 I could feel that he was gonna want to meet. 691 00:34:42,832 --> 00:34:45,541 -[sighs] -[breathes heavily] 692 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:46,751 -Excited. -Yeah. 693 00:34:47,502 --> 00:34:50,213 [Matthew] Bailey was a massive Wrexham fan. 694 00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:53,633 He'd followed them for all of his life, 695 00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:58,430 and he went to all the games with his dad, whether they were home or away. 696 00:34:58,513 --> 00:35:02,392 That's when he said, wait, I'm gonna get goose bumps now, guaranteed. 697 00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:07,522 Um, he said it would be the ultimate respect to Bailey 698 00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:11,776 to bring Bailey's heart back to Wrexham FC, 699 00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:14,070 -um� [chuckles] �and he's just� -Yeah. 700 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:17,157 -He's just amazing, he's just so sweet. -Yeah. 701 00:35:17,158 --> 00:35:19,992 -[Matthew] Here you are. How are you? -[Alex] Hi. 702 00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:22,787 -Good to be seeing you. You okay? -Good to see you. 703 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:25,497 -How are you? Okay, yeah. -I'm all right, thanks, yeah. 704 00:35:25,498 --> 00:35:27,250 [Alex] Oh, you look beautiful. 705 00:35:27,334 --> 00:35:29,586 -How are you? -I just want to hug you. 706 00:35:30,420 --> 00:35:33,130 -[Alex] I'll go here. -[Matthew] And I'll go over here. 707 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:35,008 [Jamie] We're very lucky. 708 00:35:35,091 --> 00:35:37,552 We didn't know how rare it was, but when you look 709 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:42,390 at what he's gone through, it's a very, very brave move. 710 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:46,811 The doctors have said that from the ECG, everything looks good. 711 00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:50,940 [Jamie] But it's something he wanted to do, and we wanted to receive it. 712 00:35:56,965 --> 00:35:59,198 -To Bailey. -To Bailey. 713 00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:00,866 -To Bailey and Wrexham winning today. -Yeah. 714 00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:02,327 Wrexham are winning today. 715 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:05,037 -[supporters chanting, clamoring] -[? tense music plays] 716 00:36:05,038 --> 00:36:09,334 [Griffiths] Wrexham against Derby County, it'll be very interesting to see 717 00:36:09,335 --> 00:36:11,377 -just how this game pans out. -[supporters chanting] Wrexham! 718 00:36:11,378 --> 00:36:13,087 -[whistle blows] -[supporters chanting] Wrexham! 719 00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:14,138 Come on! 720 00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:17,758 [Griffiths] Longman in space on the left. Cuts in on his right, finds Sheaf. 721 00:36:17,759 --> 00:36:19,344 He could hit this. He does hit it! 722 00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:21,805 Keeper parries and just grabs the loose ball. 723 00:36:21,806 --> 00:36:23,889 -[Anne Marie] Oh. -[supporters cheering] 724 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:25,349 -Well played! -[supporters applauding] 725 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:27,851 [Anne Marie] How's your heart? How's your heart? Is your heart all right? 726 00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:29,895 [Matthew] It's all right. It's doing all right. 727 00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:31,731 Matt's heart's okay. [chuckles] 728 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:34,585 [Alex chuckles] Oh, don't worry about him. [chuckles] 729 00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:36,310 [supporters chanting] 730 00:36:36,311 --> 00:36:39,029 [Griffiths] That forwards nicely to Kabor�, 731 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,533 -that's a good ball. -Go on! Go on! 732 00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:44,626 [Griffiths] Bursting down the right stands above a great� 733 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:54,462 [Griffiths] O'Brien! 734 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:57,316 -Oh, that's a fabulous goal! -[supporters cheering] 735 00:36:57,924 --> 00:36:59,551 [Griffiths] What a goal! 736 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:02,262 Kabor� with a perfect cross! 737 00:37:02,345 --> 00:37:06,224 O'Brien with a glancing header from the penalty spot inside the back� 738 00:37:06,808 --> 00:37:10,061 Ah, it's just absolutely textbook. 739 00:37:10,062 --> 00:37:11,645 [supporters chanting, cheering] 740 00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:13,106 [cheering] 741 00:37:17,152 --> 00:37:19,863 -Yes! -Fucking come on! 742 00:37:19,946 --> 00:37:21,626 [supporters chanting] Wrexham! 743 00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:26,934 [Griffiths] That's a good flick. Going man-to-man. And here's a chance� 744 00:37:28,621 --> 00:37:33,126 Oh, that's a super, super finish for Derby County. 745 00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:34,419 Come on, Wrexham! 746 00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:36,837 I'm trying to keep� You know, I'm trying to keep positive. 747 00:37:36,838 --> 00:37:38,380 [Griffiths] And here's Wrexham coming forward. 748 00:37:38,381 --> 00:37:40,800 Longman to O'Brien and now this is good. 749 00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:42,135 -Come on! -Go on! 750 00:37:42,218 --> 00:37:44,628 Dobson looking for the through-ball. Windass! 751 00:37:45,472 --> 00:37:46,522 [Anne Marie wails] 752 00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:49,942 So close! 753 00:37:50,643 --> 00:37:53,104 [Griffiths] Six minutes of added time. 754 00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:55,397 [Matthew] Do you want to feel my heart, Jamie? 755 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,900 Do you wanna have a feel? It's going. [chuckling] It's going. 756 00:37:57,901 --> 00:37:59,986 I can feel that. Yeah. 757 00:37:59,987 --> 00:38:02,571 -[Griffiths] Six minutes of added time. -It's going, mate. 758 00:38:02,572 --> 00:38:04,982 -[? tense music plays] -[heartbeat thumping] 759 00:38:05,658 --> 00:38:12,165 It's exactly two years to the day, um, we lost Bailey. 760 00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:16,252 Being able to bring that heart back to the Racecourse. 761 00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:18,171 It's� [exhales] 762 00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:21,758 I-I can't� [stammers] �put into words what it means to us. 763 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:24,810 [Jamie] Amazing. 764 00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:26,387 [? "Just Like That" playing] 765 00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:27,639 Thank you. 766 00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:30,308 [Matthew] No worries. 767 00:38:34,854 --> 00:38:40,276 ? My boy might still be with me now He'd be 25 today ? 768 00:38:40,277 --> 00:38:42,903 -[supporters cheering] -[Anne Marie] It's helped us so much. 769 00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:48,451 I can just feel his spirit there, and I hear all his friends doing 770 00:38:48,535 --> 00:38:53,665 all the songs and I just feel like he's just over there with them all. 771 00:38:54,415 --> 00:39:00,213 ? I've spent years just trying to find you So I could finally let you know ? 772 00:39:01,881 --> 00:39:05,218 ? It was your son's heart that saved me ? 773 00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:10,077 [Anne Marie] I really do feel, like, you know, Matthew says that Bailey saved him, 774 00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:14,060 but I think he really saved us too. 775 00:39:14,936 --> 00:39:19,357 ? And just like that Your life can change ? 776 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:26,197 ? Look what the angels send I lay my head upon his chest ? 777 00:39:26,990 --> 00:39:29,242 ? And I was with my boy again ? 778 00:39:31,995 --> 00:39:35,331 [Jamie] Bailey would never be upset by the results. 779 00:39:35,332 --> 00:39:37,374 -He'd always� -No, he wouldn't, would he? 780 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,209 -Yeah. He would� -He was still upbeat. 781 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,169 -He wouldn't be angry over that at all. -Yeah. 782 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:48,136 ? But somehow grace has found me And I had to let him in ? 783 00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:52,849 You know, it's an easy parallel to draw when you talk 784 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:56,019 about the heart of a club and you talk about what that is. 785 00:39:56,020 --> 00:39:57,895 I think it's the easy and lazy thing to do, 786 00:39:57,896 --> 00:39:59,563 is to look at it as wins and losses, 787 00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:02,034 the score on the scoreboard or that sort of thing. 788 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:07,530 But what's been abundantly clear and ceaseless since the day we got here, 789 00:40:07,614 --> 00:40:09,657 was that it's the people. 790 00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:11,117 [? music continues] 791 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,288 [Mac] It's not one single entity, it's not one person. 792 00:40:15,371 --> 00:40:19,208 It is a continuum of people in the town 793 00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:24,213 and now all over the world rooting for a team, playing for a team. 794 00:40:24,214 --> 00:40:25,756 [Reynolds] It's those people that are standing 795 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,051 shoulder to shoulder supporting this club 796 00:40:28,134 --> 00:40:32,639 through the hard times and through this enchanted journey. 797 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,892 It's not something that we found or it's not something that we grew. 798 00:40:36,893 --> 00:40:39,270 It's something that was always there. 799 00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:42,857 That's what the heart of Wrexham is. 800 00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:44,141 It isn't a football team. 801 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,446 [? music fades] 802 00:40:54,243 --> 00:40:58,706 [Law] It would be utterly surreal to see a Wrexham side lining up 803 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,668 against any team in the Premier League next season. 804 00:41:01,669 --> 00:41:04,378 Obviously Rob and Ryan have got the best of intentions 805 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:06,797 for the football club, that much is absolutely clear. 806 00:41:06,798 --> 00:41:08,966 But the reality is, and look at Sheffield Wednesday, 807 00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:11,426 when Chansiri came in to take over at Sheffield Wednesday, 808 00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:13,837 his vision was the same as Rob and Ryan's vision. 809 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:16,556 He saw an opportunity to get the club into the Premier League, 810 00:41:16,557 --> 00:41:18,601 but they've spent too much money 811 00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:21,646 and they can't find a way to pay the debts off. 812 00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:26,025 Sheffield Wednesday fans were mad because of the financial straits 813 00:41:26,026 --> 00:41:27,609 that they got themselves into, 814 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:32,031 and at that point, you've got to be wary of the fact that even those 815 00:41:32,115 --> 00:41:35,910 with the best of intentions, it can all go horribly wrong. 816 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:39,622 And, suddenly, a big club is almost no club. 817 00:41:39,706 --> 00:41:44,585 And there are Wrexham fans who will fear that a little bit. 818 00:41:44,586 --> 00:41:46,795 You know, that the club has gone up so quickly 819 00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:49,215 and the bigger the numbers get, 820 00:41:49,716 --> 00:41:52,552 the greater the risk potentially gets as well. 821 00:41:52,635 --> 00:41:55,430 And all of a sudden, everything's gone. 822 00:41:55,431 --> 00:41:58,515 Businesses that were going very, very well 823 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,809 alongside a football club are now suddenly struggling. 824 00:42:00,810 --> 00:42:04,521 You've got to be honest, it's not been the best of starts for Wrexham, right? 825 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:07,952 Because Wrexham are trying to cope with the jump up to a new division 826 00:42:07,984 --> 00:42:09,610 with a whole new set of players. 827 00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:12,905 Relegation is a potential outcome here. 828 00:42:12,989 --> 00:42:14,282 Wrexham could go down. 829 00:42:14,332 --> 00:42:18,882 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0