WEBVTT 00:00:15.687 --> 00:00:17.063 - That looks lovely, doesn't it? 00:00:17.105 --> 00:00:18.648 Looks really lovely. 00:00:27.032 --> 00:00:29.534 We had the chance to win the title at Dagenham, 00:00:29.576 --> 00:00:33.580 but Stockport won anyway, so it didn't really matter. 00:00:33.621 --> 00:00:35.582 It would have been nice to have won it, 00:00:36.207 --> 00:00:37.500 but that's where you've got to dust yourself down 00:00:37.500 --> 00:00:40.003 and get ready for the playoff. 00:00:40.003 --> 00:00:41.087 Six teams 00:00:41.171 --> 00:00:42.380 play in the playoffs. 00:00:42.422 --> 00:00:46.009 The major benefit of finishing second or third 00:00:46.051 --> 00:00:48.011 is that you only have to play one game 00:00:48.053 --> 00:00:50.722 before getting to the final, and you are at home 00:00:50.722 --> 00:00:53.558 in that game, which is why we will host Grimsby 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.143 here at the Racecourse. 00:00:55.185 --> 00:00:57.312 The winner will go through to the final. 00:00:57.353 --> 00:00:58.730 There's a lot on the line. 00:01:00.774 --> 00:01:03.401 It's knockout football, so it's a one-off game. 00:01:03.443 --> 00:01:06.196 And you win, you're through. You lose, you're out. 00:01:06.237 --> 00:01:07.864 Yeah, obviously, we lost Dagenham. 00:01:07.906 --> 00:01:09.074 We lost cup final, 00:01:09.115 --> 00:01:10.325 but, you know, 00:01:10.366 --> 00:01:12.660 the idea is to snap out of it as quickly as possible 00:01:12.702 --> 00:01:15.038 and get ready to move on. 00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:17.332 The motivation and the desire has got to be there. 00:01:17.373 --> 00:01:19.667 We've got to be ready to outrun and outfight 00:01:19.709 --> 00:01:21.503 for a minute in every battle. 00:01:21.544 --> 00:01:24.172 We can't leave anything on the pitch at all. 00:01:24.214 --> 00:01:26.633 It's all or nothing today. 00:02:12.554 --> 00:02:14.264 OK, so you're a new-- 00:02:14.305 --> 00:02:15.723 you're a new chairman. 00:02:15.723 --> 00:02:17.308 What are your goals for Grimsby Town? 00:02:20.228 --> 00:02:21.354 I'm from Grimsby. 00:02:21.396 --> 00:02:23.565 I'm really proud to be from Grimsby. 00:02:23.606 --> 00:02:25.775 Working class town that, you know, 00:02:25.817 --> 00:02:27.152 has been down on its luck for a few years, 00:02:27.152 --> 00:02:28.653 quite frankly. 00:02:28.695 --> 00:02:29.696 We used to be 00:02:29.737 --> 00:02:31.114 the world's largest fishing port, 00:02:31.156 --> 00:02:32.699 and that's no longer the truth. 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:34.659 The industries of the past have gone away, 00:02:34.701 --> 00:02:36.578 and it's trying to reinvent itself. 00:02:37.203 --> 00:02:39.372 This club has been around 144 years. 00:02:39.414 --> 00:02:42.083 It's the one constant in people's lives 00:02:42.125 --> 00:02:43.543 in a world that's becoming more complex 00:02:43.585 --> 00:02:45.253 and ever-changing. 00:02:45.253 --> 00:02:47.380 And I heard someone say a few weeks ago 00:02:47.422 --> 00:02:48.756 that it's a, you know, unlikely partner, 00:02:48.756 --> 00:02:50.466 it's a marriage that you can't get out of. 00:02:50.466 --> 00:02:53.720 Your committed to your football club for life. 00:02:53.803 --> 00:02:55.471 And that's really-- that's my life's work now, 00:02:55.513 --> 00:02:57.682 is making sure, you know, this town is successful. 00:02:59.684 --> 00:03:02.187 When I first heard of Rob and Ryan taking over Wrexham, 00:03:02.187 --> 00:03:03.855 I was--like many people, I didn't really believe it, 00:03:03.897 --> 00:03:05.356 to be honest with you. 00:03:05.398 --> 00:03:06.733 I thought that, "What's the connection 00:03:06.774 --> 00:03:08.693 "for two Hollywood A-listers to, you know, 00:03:08.735 --> 00:03:11.237 a town in North Wales?" 00:03:11.237 --> 00:03:12.655 You know, what we know about football, 00:03:12.697 --> 00:03:14.240 it's about relationships. 00:03:14.282 --> 00:03:15.658 It's about connections to the community. 00:03:15.700 --> 00:03:18.912 So the question about whether money and fame and success 00:03:18.953 --> 00:03:20.830 is going to be an advantage for them-- 00:03:20.872 --> 00:03:22.582 I mean, in life, it clearly is, right? 00:03:22.624 --> 00:03:23.583 So, 00:03:23.583 --> 00:03:25.251 you know, I've never seen my wife more interested 00:03:25.293 --> 00:03:26.836 in the idea of coming to a game 00:03:26.836 --> 00:03:27.837 when she knew we'd be playing Wrexham, 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:29.797 and they might be there, so that's probably more 00:03:29.839 --> 00:03:31.174 of a comment about my relationship 00:03:31.216 --> 00:03:32.759 than about football, 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.386 but I think it does create barriers, as well, right? 00:03:35.428 --> 00:03:37.764 So, you know, what we know about football, 00:03:37.805 --> 00:03:39.432 it's about relationships, 00:03:39.474 --> 00:03:40.725 it's about connections to the community, 00:03:40.767 --> 00:03:43.728 and the reality of it is that them wealth and fame 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:46.314 and that sort of success can be a barrier to building 00:03:46.356 --> 00:03:47.815 genuine relationships, 00:03:47.815 --> 00:03:49.776 so there's a question of authenticity. 00:03:49.817 --> 00:03:51.152 There's a question of, you know, 00:03:51.194 --> 00:03:52.445 when it gets really tough 00:03:52.487 --> 00:03:54.614 and people turn against them, you know, 00:03:54.656 --> 00:03:55.949 are they gonna be getting on those private jets 00:03:55.990 --> 00:03:58.493 to come to Wrexham when times are hard as well? 00:03:58.534 --> 00:04:00.870 You know, you have to show up in the good times and bad. 00:04:00.912 --> 00:04:02.872 And you'll have both, as well. 00:04:02.872 --> 00:04:04.332 Grimsby Town and Wrexham 00:04:04.374 --> 00:04:05.875 split their season series 00:04:05.917 --> 00:04:07.794 with Grimsby absolutely dominating 00:04:07.835 --> 00:04:09.170 the first meeting. 00:04:17.053 --> 00:04:19.430 - First ones of next year's away shirts 00:04:19.472 --> 00:04:21.182 have arrived. 00:04:21.224 --> 00:04:22.517 Yes, not green anymore. 00:04:22.517 --> 00:04:24.560 - No more green? - I like it. 00:04:24.602 --> 00:04:25.520 - Wow. 00:04:28.022 --> 00:04:29.315 - But the great thing 00:04:29.315 --> 00:04:30.608 about going up a league 00:04:30.650 --> 00:04:32.819 is that we can-- it avails us to players 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:35.238 - that aren't English. - Yep. 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:37.323 - We can go to Uruguay and get, you know-- 00:04:37.365 --> 00:04:38.658 The players 00:04:38.658 --> 00:04:39.450 will be cheaper for us 00:04:39.492 --> 00:04:42.453 to be able to buy in League Two than the National League 00:04:42.453 --> 00:04:44.289 because the National League premium, 00:04:44.289 --> 00:04:45.957 game play has to drop down the head and the toes. 00:04:45.999 --> 00:04:47.750 - Yeah, it's brutal, yeah. - You don't have to do that. 00:04:47.792 --> 00:04:49.294 You pay premium. It's a simple-- 00:04:49.335 --> 00:04:52.255 you know, it's just a harsh fact of real life. 00:04:52.297 --> 00:04:54.882 - Shaun Harvey is as essential an element 00:04:54.924 --> 00:04:57.552 to Wrexham AFC's success 00:04:57.593 --> 00:05:00.888 as Rob and I are, as Phil Parkinson is, 00:05:00.888 --> 00:05:02.765 as Paul Mullin is, as Ollie Palmer is, 00:05:02.765 --> 00:05:04.392 as Aaron Hayden. 00:05:04.434 --> 00:05:05.810 Shaun is very serious, 00:05:05.935 --> 00:05:07.770 as well a person 00:05:07.812 --> 00:05:09.814 should be in that position. 00:05:09.856 --> 00:05:11.983 And Shaun is the adult in the room. 00:05:12.025 --> 00:05:14.819 What's the next big check that needs to be written 00:05:14.861 --> 00:05:15.778 and when? 00:05:15.820 --> 00:05:17.613 - As soon as we know which league we're in, 00:05:17.655 --> 00:05:20.867 there's a 12-month cash flow P&L forecast. 00:05:20.908 --> 00:05:22.785 I think words are too clumsy to express 00:05:22.827 --> 00:05:25.997 how much he means to me and how much he means to Rob. 00:05:26.039 --> 00:05:27.790 I also just love him, you know? 00:05:27.832 --> 00:05:29.917 Rob and I both just love the guy. 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:31.919 - Three clubs should get to go up. 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:34.922 Listen, I--you know, absolutely, they should. 00:05:34.964 --> 00:05:36.466 - It'd be over now. - The top two-- 00:05:36.466 --> 00:05:37.633 the top two should have been up. 00:05:37.633 --> 00:05:39.010 We should be on holiday. - Yeah. 00:05:39.052 --> 00:05:41.929 Got to get out of this * week. We got to get out. 00:05:52.357 --> 00:05:54.734 Let's go! Wrexham! 00:05:56.694 --> 00:05:58.571 Wrexham finished the regular season 00:05:58.613 --> 00:06:02.825 11 points ahead of Grimsby, 2nd and 6th, respectively. 00:06:02.867 --> 00:06:05.787 - It's a big game today for us. Biggest for a long, long time. 00:06:05.828 --> 00:06:07.955 Now, it's all about who delivers on the day... 00:06:07.997 --> 00:06:09.707 Stakes could not be higher. 00:06:09.749 --> 00:06:10.833 Feeling very nervous. 00:06:10.833 --> 00:06:12.293 Excited, as well. 00:06:12.293 --> 00:06:13.753 Who handles the pressure 00:06:13.795 --> 00:06:15.671 of playoff football. 00:06:15.671 --> 00:06:17.340 We must have a winner. 00:06:17.382 --> 00:06:18.383 I mean, they weren't very good 00:06:18.383 --> 00:06:19.425 in that trophy final. 00:06:19.467 --> 00:06:21.052 They just looked a little bit lethargic, 00:06:21.094 --> 00:06:22.428 a little bit flat on their feet. 00:06:24.347 --> 00:06:25.598 The problem we've had 00:06:25.640 --> 00:06:26.849 is linked to being on the road. 00:06:26.891 --> 00:06:28.351 This is familiar. 00:06:28.393 --> 00:06:29.936 This is the Racecourse, where we have 00:06:29.936 --> 00:06:31.771 a massive crowd roaring us on. 00:06:31.771 --> 00:06:33.648 So I feel confident we'll be able 00:06:33.689 --> 00:06:34.982 to do ourselves justice. 00:06:41.697 --> 00:06:42.573 Nice and calm. 00:06:42.573 --> 00:06:43.449 We reset. 00:06:43.491 --> 00:06:45.743 Today, right? I tell you what today's about. 00:06:45.785 --> 00:06:48.496 Taking the * handbrake off, right? 00:06:48.538 --> 00:06:50.540 And going full throttle for the bastard throat 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:51.833 of this * team. 00:06:51.833 --> 00:06:53.793 Nothing gets left on the pitch. 00:06:53.835 --> 00:06:56.003 We * give everything to put these to the bastard sword. 00:06:56.045 --> 00:06:57.713 - Let's * go. - All right! 00:07:00.299 --> 00:07:02.802 The Wrexham fans, wow. 00:07:03.177 --> 00:07:06.139 Well, Stockport was loud. This is louder, I think. 00:07:06.556 --> 00:07:08.599 The Wrex fans on its feet. 00:07:18.818 --> 00:07:20.445 Here we go, and a pick up is taken. 00:07:20.486 --> 00:07:22.071 And the ball is popped backwards 00:07:22.113 --> 00:07:23.739 and immediately launched. 00:07:28.202 --> 00:07:29.245 Our ball! 00:07:29.328 --> 00:07:30.621 That's our ball! 00:07:36.210 --> 00:07:37.462 Backer to you feeds it forwards. 00:07:37.503 --> 00:07:39.922 Well read by Young, and he comes out with the ball. 00:07:39.964 --> 00:07:41.048 You want to ask questions early on. 00:07:41.090 --> 00:07:42.341 You want to see what Wrexham are made of. 00:07:42.383 --> 00:07:43.509 You want to see if Wrexham 00:07:43.718 --> 00:07:44.719 can handle the pressure 00:07:44.719 --> 00:07:46.721 in these big games. 00:07:46.762 --> 00:07:48.681 What we've seen from the last game 00:07:48.723 --> 00:07:49.932 and how important set plays have been 00:07:49.974 --> 00:07:51.100 in the playoffs so far. 00:07:51.142 --> 00:07:53.478 - Maxie, cut him in front! 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:57.732 All hands, the player towards 00:07:57.773 --> 00:07:58.858 the edge of the box. 00:07:58.900 --> 00:08:00.860 Oh! 00:08:00.902 --> 00:08:05.740 Certainly hectical concern, the header by Taylor. 00:08:05.781 --> 00:08:07.533 Long way down the line for him. 00:08:07.575 --> 00:08:09.577 Slings it towards the corner box again. 00:08:09.619 --> 00:08:12.079 Cleworth is there. Smashed into the back of him. 00:08:12.121 --> 00:08:14.040 No, hey, hey! 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:15.500 By the way, is he allowed go right 00:08:15.541 --> 00:08:16.709 in the back of his * head? 00:08:16.751 --> 00:08:18.169 - Is that Mullin? 00:08:18.211 --> 00:08:19.086 Yeah. 00:08:22.131 --> 00:08:23.049 We'll see some heat, 00:08:23.090 --> 00:08:25.051 sent out the Golden Boot winner 00:08:25.092 --> 00:08:26.385 in the National League, 00:08:26.511 --> 00:08:28.179 Mullin OK. 00:08:29.055 --> 00:08:30.973 Back again on Clifton, 00:08:31.015 --> 00:08:32.099 McAtee, 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:33.518 Taylor. 00:08:33.518 --> 00:08:36.145 Taylor served nicely. McAtee gets it back. 00:08:36.187 --> 00:08:38.064 Great goal! 00:08:38.105 --> 00:08:39.732 With the flags up at one count. 00:08:39.732 --> 00:08:41.192 Offside? 00:08:42.610 --> 00:08:43.903 Offside. 00:08:53.955 --> 00:08:55.414 So Dibble 00:08:55.831 --> 00:08:56.874 takes the goal kick. 00:08:56.916 --> 00:08:58.834 Reflects it, oh, wow, Mullin's on the chase now. 00:08:58.876 --> 00:09:00.545 Going to get there. In the box he goes. 00:09:00.586 --> 00:09:01.754 He's wide. Hey! 00:09:01.796 --> 00:09:04.507 That looks like a penalty. 00:09:17.186 --> 00:09:18.688 - I wanted to be with my child, 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:20.565 and being able to come back 00:09:20.606 --> 00:09:21.816 and spend every day and every night 00:09:21.816 --> 00:09:23.150 seeing his face 00:09:23.359 --> 00:09:25.111 and watching him progressing 00:09:25.653 --> 00:09:27.697 and just seeing him smile every day... 00:09:29.282 --> 00:09:31.617 that's been something I've really enjoyed this year, 00:09:32.451 --> 00:09:33.869 and I've managed to give me mum, dad, 00:09:33.869 --> 00:09:35.705 and all me family, me partner, 00:09:35.705 --> 00:09:37.915 me little boy memories that we won't forget often 00:09:37.957 --> 00:09:39.333 this season, 00:09:39.375 --> 00:09:40.751 and that's something that I'm proud of 00:09:40.793 --> 00:09:43.921 and something I want to try and keep more of. 00:09:44.463 --> 00:09:46.799 With all the hopes and expectations and the time 00:09:46.841 --> 00:09:48.009 spent out of the league 00:09:48.050 --> 00:09:49.969 and all the stuff we've had to deal with 00:09:49.969 --> 00:09:50.886 this year... 00:09:56.225 --> 00:09:58.185 singing my name after we've been promoted 00:09:58.394 --> 00:10:00.521 in front of all the fans who've given us 00:10:00.563 --> 00:10:02.565 the support all season, and we've waited 00:10:02.607 --> 00:10:04.150 so long for this time, like, 00:10:04.191 --> 00:10:06.235 so to have the opportunity to hopefully 00:10:06.235 --> 00:10:08.696 be able to give them what they've wanted 00:10:08.738 --> 00:10:10.239 for years and success and bring back 00:10:10.239 --> 00:10:11.907 the good times at the club. 00:10:11.949 --> 00:10:13.618 That gives me some other motivation 00:10:13.618 --> 00:10:16.621 to go and try and succeed, and if we could do that, 00:10:16.662 --> 00:10:19.290 then what a story it would be. 00:10:21.626 --> 00:10:22.668 Hey! 00:10:22.668 --> 00:10:24.670 That looks like a penalty. 00:10:24.670 --> 00:10:25.713 Oh, he's giving it. 00:10:25.838 --> 00:10:27.757 He's giving the penalty. 00:10:27.798 --> 00:10:29.258 But you can see the reaction here 00:10:29.300 --> 00:10:30.718 at the Grimsby place. 00:10:30.718 --> 00:10:31.969 That is a huge call 00:10:32.553 --> 00:10:35.222 from the referee, Adam Herczeg. 00:10:35.681 --> 00:10:37.516 Well, they're clearly delighted with it. 00:10:38.517 --> 00:10:40.436 We want Mullin! 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.813 Send out Mullin! 00:10:42.855 --> 00:10:45.024 Just don't think you ought to send-- 00:10:45.066 --> 00:10:47.318 So the man who has won the penalty 00:10:47.652 --> 00:10:48.986 will now take it. 00:10:49.028 --> 00:10:51.989 We've got super Mullin! 00:10:52.031 --> 00:10:53.199 - As a kid, when you're looking 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:55.868 to become a footballer, you see full stadiums 00:10:55.868 --> 00:10:58.162 and people singing people's names. 00:10:58.204 --> 00:10:59.872 You wish one day it could be you. 00:10:59.872 --> 00:11:00.998 So this year for me, 00:11:00.998 --> 00:11:02.083 to walk out, to come there, 00:11:02.124 --> 00:11:03.751 and the noise and the excitement, 00:11:03.751 --> 00:11:06.629 it does reflect into you and in your life. 00:11:06.671 --> 00:11:08.214 Will he go for power here? 00:11:08.255 --> 00:11:10.299 Mullin, that's what he tends to do. 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:13.135 Pressure penalty in the playoffs. 00:11:17.390 --> 00:11:19.350 It's Mullin! 00:11:19.392 --> 00:11:21.352 For Wrexham! 00:11:21.394 --> 00:11:24.063 It's a goal against the other play. 00:11:24.105 --> 00:11:25.314 The Wrexham work here. 00:11:25.356 --> 00:11:27.066 There in front of the Racecourse. 00:11:33.906 --> 00:11:37.034 It's raucous at the Racecourse. 00:11:37.076 --> 00:11:38.661 It's first blood to Wrexham. 00:11:40.246 --> 00:11:41.706 Wrexham, Wrexham! 00:11:46.252 --> 00:11:50.005 Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham! 00:11:50.005 --> 00:11:51.757 It's first blood to Wrexham. 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.260 It's raucous at the Racecourse. 00:11:54.301 --> 00:11:56.137 - Yeah! 00:11:56.178 --> 00:11:58.097 Can Grimsby hit back quickly here? 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:04.687 Fine man, 00:12:05.479 --> 00:12:06.313 I * caught my finger 00:12:06.355 --> 00:12:08.441 - on a ball on the crossbar. - Yeah. 00:12:09.358 --> 00:12:10.568 - How's your recovery going there, mate? 00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:32.173 You've been in the walls, haven't you? 00:12:32.214 --> 00:12:33.382 - No, it's weird. 00:12:33.424 --> 00:12:34.675 - Even the minor one was bad. 00:12:37.094 --> 00:12:38.137 No. 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:44.518 - Yeah. 00:12:51.859 --> 00:12:53.319 Dib's just watched more of me 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.404 than I've watched of him. 00:12:55.404 --> 00:12:57.406 But now it's his time to go and shine 00:12:57.448 --> 00:12:58.657 and make his way himself, 00:12:58.949 --> 00:12:59.909 so Dibs has come in 00:12:59.950 --> 00:13:01.619 and done fantastic. 00:13:01.702 --> 00:13:03.829 Couldn't be happier for him. 00:13:04.246 --> 00:13:06.832 Just want the team to keep winning. 00:13:06.874 --> 00:13:08.292 The end of the day, the main aim 00:13:08.334 --> 00:13:09.752 is getting promoted, this football club. 00:13:13.464 --> 00:13:15.341 At the start of the season, obviously, 00:13:15.382 --> 00:13:16.717 it's hard knowing 00:13:16.717 --> 00:13:19.094 that you're gonna be 00:13:19.804 --> 00:13:22.306 a number two, you know, goalkeeping-wise. 00:13:22.348 --> 00:13:24.058 You're gonna be second choice. 00:13:24.099 --> 00:13:25.392 It's never easy, but, 00:13:25.392 --> 00:13:27.144 you know, with Rob going down, 00:13:27.186 --> 00:13:29.772 I had a couple of bad games. 00:13:29.814 --> 00:13:31.106 But you know, at the moment, 00:13:31.148 --> 00:13:32.441 I feel really, really good on myself. 00:13:34.401 --> 00:13:36.904 I've just got to take it game by game 00:13:36.946 --> 00:13:38.906 and hopefully keep doing what I'm doing 00:13:38.948 --> 00:13:41.075 and help the team go up the league. 00:13:44.119 --> 00:13:47.790 Wrexham, 18 matches unbeaten at the Racecourse, 00:13:47.832 --> 00:13:52.044 their longest run since 1978, when they went 19 undefeated. 00:13:54.088 --> 00:13:57.049 McAtee whose had that only goal disallowed 00:13:57.091 --> 00:13:59.301 foxing, made the run, the--McAtee! 00:13:59.301 --> 00:14:00.594 Great goal! 00:14:00.636 --> 00:14:01.929 Oh, that's special. 00:14:04.515 --> 00:14:06.892 What a way to respond. 00:14:06.934 --> 00:14:10.104 Delirium among the Grimsby fans. 00:14:10.688 --> 00:14:12.690 Oh, my God. 00:14:17.111 --> 00:14:19.405 What a response from Grimsby. 00:14:19.405 --> 00:14:22.825 1 minute and 23 seconds between the goals. 00:14:28.497 --> 00:14:29.957 Hosannah now. 00:14:29.999 --> 00:14:31.834 Wrexham went in again almost. 00:14:31.876 --> 00:14:33.878 Great save by Crocombe. 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.337 And what a game we've got on here. 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.714 Wrexham. 00:14:36.755 --> 00:14:38.048 Jones. 00:14:38.549 --> 00:14:40.050 Really busy in that box. 00:14:40.092 --> 00:14:41.552 If he can get a good cross, and he did, 00:14:41.552 --> 00:14:43.220 and French was there. 00:14:47.975 --> 00:14:50.561 It's all square at the racecourse at halftime. 00:14:51.270 --> 00:14:52.438 Love the playoffs. 00:14:52.479 --> 00:14:56.442 Absolutely love the playoffs. 00:14:58.068 --> 00:14:59.069 Listen in, boys. 00:14:59.111 --> 00:15:00.112 Yeah. 00:15:00.154 --> 00:15:01.822 - Start again for me exactly the * same. 00:15:01.864 --> 00:15:04.074 Kick it on to Smith. * try and overpower them. 00:15:04.116 --> 00:15:05.576 * down the side. Quick free kicks. 00:15:05.618 --> 00:15:06.994 Quick throws, even though the * ref 00:15:07.036 --> 00:15:08.329 blocked one of them. 00:15:08.370 --> 00:15:10.456 Keep winning the battle of both boxes, yeah? 00:15:10.497 --> 00:15:11.582 And keep resetting, keeping calm. 00:15:11.582 --> 00:15:13.167 Let's go. 00:15:13.208 --> 00:15:15.419 Listen, let's go give * everything. 00:15:15.461 --> 00:15:18.088 Like I said, we've had this team by the * throat, 00:15:18.130 --> 00:15:19.632 haven't we, Jordy? 00:15:19.673 --> 00:15:21.008 We're fit enough to go again, right to the * wire. 00:15:21.050 --> 00:15:22.259 Take 'em by the throat. 00:15:22.301 --> 00:15:24.011 Go and score the next goal, and go 00:15:24.053 --> 00:15:25.262 and score the one after that. Come on, let's go. 00:15:25.304 --> 00:15:27.932 Come on, lads. Come on. 00:15:27.973 --> 00:15:30.100 - This is a big 'un. - Yeah. 00:15:30.142 --> 00:15:32.645 Wrexham about to kick off the second half. 00:15:33.020 --> 00:15:36.899 Can we force this over the line? 00:15:38.233 --> 00:15:39.902 One of these sides will play 00:15:39.944 --> 00:15:41.946 in next Sunday's promotion final 00:15:41.987 --> 00:15:43.489 at London Stadium. 00:15:43.530 --> 00:15:44.365 The start here, 00:15:44.406 --> 00:15:45.616 think we're going to be in for another classic. 00:15:45.741 --> 00:15:47.242 That's a good ball to McAtee, 00:15:47.242 --> 00:15:50.496 who's in behind already. Good save by Dibble. 00:15:50.537 --> 00:15:52.122 You wonder how important 00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:54.667 that save's going to be with that situation. 00:15:54.708 --> 00:15:55.876 McAtee again. 00:15:55.918 --> 00:15:57.086 You can't give it to him 00:15:57.127 --> 00:15:58.504 in these sort of areas. 00:15:58.504 --> 00:16:01.215 He's worked in the pass as well to Clifton. 00:16:01.256 --> 00:16:03.550 Just caught enough on that, Dibble, 00:16:03.550 --> 00:16:07.262 but it's an unsure start to the second half. 00:16:07.304 --> 00:16:09.223 All right, he's-- 00:16:09.264 --> 00:16:11.100 So, all right, already he's dislocated 00:16:11.141 --> 00:16:12.518 his * finger or something like that, you know? 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.228 I don't like the way that Dibbs 00:16:14.269 --> 00:16:15.646 has just gone down there. 00:16:15.688 --> 00:16:18.148 Dibble back to his feet and ready 00:16:18.148 --> 00:16:22.069 to help defend this corner that Amos will take. 00:16:25.531 --> 00:16:29.034 Amos to swing it in and Dibble on his line, punched it. 00:16:31.537 --> 00:16:33.998 Now to Clifton and now Amos will send it into a busy box. 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:35.165 Good delivery. 00:16:35.207 --> 00:16:37.418 And they're in front! 00:16:37.459 --> 00:16:39.920 It's the captain, Waterfall, 00:16:40.254 --> 00:16:42.423 against his former club. 00:16:42.464 --> 00:16:44.967 They turned it all around! 00:16:45.009 --> 00:16:47.594 Grimsby leads at the Racecourse! 00:17:01.483 --> 00:17:02.317 With our 00:17:03.068 --> 00:17:04.111 first speaker tonight, 00:17:04.153 --> 00:17:05.487 freak here, 00:17:05.529 --> 00:17:09.491 He's starred on the NBC comedy Sean Saves the World, 00:17:09.533 --> 00:17:11.410 and he appeared in an episode of-- 00:17:11.452 --> 00:17:12.536 never heard of this-- 00:17:12.578 --> 00:17:14.329 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. 00:17:15.456 --> 00:17:16.206 - It's true. 00:17:16.248 --> 00:17:16.999 And 00:17:16.999 --> 00:17:18.083 - from 00:17:18.083 --> 00:17:19.168 February of last year, 00:17:19.168 --> 00:17:21.170 he's been our chief executive. 00:17:24.089 --> 00:17:25.299 Thank you. 00:17:25.549 --> 00:17:26.550 Thank you. 00:17:27.176 --> 00:17:31.555 - Were you genuinely surprised by the fan base, 00:17:31.555 --> 00:17:33.265 the support we did get this season? 00:17:33.307 --> 00:17:34.099 Well, my first experience 00:17:34.141 --> 00:17:35.601 of being at the Racecourse with fans 00:17:35.601 --> 00:17:37.436 was for the Chesterfield game, 00:17:37.853 --> 00:17:39.438 which was an amazing experience 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.564 because 00:17:40.564 --> 00:17:42.274 we were a bit crap. 00:17:42.316 --> 00:17:44.526 And you know, it was tough. 00:17:44.568 --> 00:17:46.653 But every time we won a throw in, 00:17:46.695 --> 00:17:48.322 every time we won a corner, every time 00:17:48.363 --> 00:17:49.698 someone put in a big challenge, 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:51.033 the whole stadium went up. 00:17:51.075 --> 00:17:53.702 And ultimately, we got our reward. 00:17:53.744 --> 00:17:56.163 But that sense of, like, oh, this is the thing 00:17:56.205 --> 00:17:59.083 that we came here for, was for the fans. 00:17:59.083 --> 00:18:00.459 And that was the thing that was so exciting. 00:18:00.501 --> 00:18:01.335 And 00:18:01.376 --> 00:18:03.045 to see that in action 00:18:03.045 --> 00:18:04.046 was very special. 00:18:04.088 --> 00:18:06.381 That was a really exciting thing. 00:18:06.632 --> 00:18:08.133 - Smart, 00:18:08.133 --> 00:18:09.635 capable, 00:18:09.676 --> 00:18:11.345 driven people 00:18:12.012 --> 00:18:13.597 can figure out anything. 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:16.391 And I think Humphrey is a great example of that, 00:18:16.725 --> 00:18:18.477 where he came into this experience 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:20.104 in the very beginning 00:18:20.145 --> 00:18:21.647 with a lot of passion, 00:18:21.688 --> 00:18:23.232 natural intelligence. 00:18:23.232 --> 00:18:24.525 - Humphrey is also, like, one of those guys 00:18:24.566 --> 00:18:27.361 who I relate to him in a lot of ways 00:18:27.402 --> 00:18:29.446 because his superpower 00:18:29.696 --> 00:18:31.490 is immediately admitting 00:18:31.532 --> 00:18:33.784 when he's, you know, in over his head. 00:18:33.784 --> 00:18:35.619 He's also very charming. 00:18:35.661 --> 00:18:36.912 You know, his first day meeting the club 00:18:36.954 --> 00:18:39.164 was just amazing, when he came and spoke to them, 00:18:40.415 --> 00:18:43.418 and, like, you could just see the nerves and the flop sweat 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:45.087 and all that kind of stuff, but he 00:18:45.129 --> 00:18:48.215 just made it so kind of weirdly accessible and charming. 00:18:49.174 --> 00:18:50.384 To move to Wrexham 00:18:50.634 --> 00:18:53.554 and devote six months of his life, 00:18:53.554 --> 00:18:55.013 I think he's learned 00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.723 how to become 00:18:56.765 --> 00:18:58.225 a legit 00:18:58.225 --> 00:18:59.518 football 00:18:59.768 --> 00:19:00.769 executive. 00:19:00.811 --> 00:19:02.104 - Thank you all 00:19:02.104 --> 00:19:03.397 for pitching up tonight. 00:19:03.772 --> 00:19:05.023 Thank Humphrey. 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:20.122 Here we go. 00:19:20.164 --> 00:19:21.874 There's nothing better than when you're doing a gig, 00:19:21.915 --> 00:19:23.417 and you've got 200 people 00:19:23.458 --> 00:19:25.460 singing your lyrics back at you. 00:19:25.544 --> 00:19:26.920 We didn't think we'd get this exposure. 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:28.338 We never did. 00:19:28.338 --> 00:19:30.591 We didn't do it for that, but it's been brilliant. 00:19:37.764 --> 00:19:39.725 - I've got a letter from hospital. 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.436 - And? - OK. 00:19:42.477 --> 00:19:43.604 "Dear Mr. Hett, 00:19:43.645 --> 00:19:44.771 I am pleased to report 00:19:44.813 --> 00:19:48.025 "that your one-year CT scan has showed no evidence 00:19:48.066 --> 00:19:50.068 "of recurrence of the disease. 00:19:50.068 --> 00:19:53.155 I look forward to seeing you in the clinic as planned." 00:19:54.072 --> 00:19:56.241 because not everyone's 00:19:56.283 --> 00:19:58.368 as fortunate as me in my position. 00:19:58.410 --> 00:20:00.329 - Look at how far you've come. 00:20:00.370 --> 00:20:03.624 You must have known that it was gonna be a good result. 00:20:03.665 --> 00:20:05.959 And we've got some really, really good friends who really 00:20:06.001 --> 00:20:07.669 supported us throughout it. 00:20:07.711 --> 00:20:09.546 The lads in the band that supported me 00:20:09.546 --> 00:20:11.381 as well as Michael. 00:20:11.423 --> 00:20:13.926 We've got friends who were here at the drop of a hat, 00:20:13.967 --> 00:20:15.844 and 00:20:15.844 --> 00:20:18.388 just have really helped us along the way, really. 00:20:18.430 --> 00:20:20.265 - It kept me going with what was going on 00:20:20.307 --> 00:20:22.267 at Wrexham because Wrexham is a big part of my life, 00:20:22.309 --> 00:20:23.560 the football club. 00:20:23.685 --> 00:20:26.271 You know, I've always supported Wrexham since I was a kid. 00:20:26.313 --> 00:20:28.565 Before I leave this planet, I'd like to see Wrexham 00:20:28.607 --> 00:20:30.150 get back into the Football League. 00:20:32.027 --> 00:20:34.655 Grimsby leads. 00:20:34.696 --> 00:20:36.573 We are 10 minutes into the second half here, 00:20:36.573 --> 00:20:39.409 and the momentum is totally on Grimsby's side. 00:20:39.409 --> 00:20:42.246 Wrexham trail by a goal. 00:20:42.287 --> 00:20:43.664 Waterfall is there. 00:20:43.705 --> 00:20:45.040 Now maybe they can counter. 00:20:45.082 --> 00:20:47.292 McAtee or Sousa wanted the pass. 00:20:47.292 --> 00:20:48.502 Intercepted there by McAtee. 00:20:48.543 --> 00:20:50.128 - Come on! 00:20:50.128 --> 00:20:52.673 Young. 00:20:53.465 --> 00:20:55.008 Davis. 00:20:55.050 --> 00:20:58.553 He's come all the way through towards Palmer. 00:20:58.595 --> 00:21:02.683 It's been a good reaction from Wrexham. 00:21:02.724 --> 00:21:04.559 I've barely missed a game in 30 years. 00:21:07.104 --> 00:21:09.064 You go because you love the team so much, 00:21:09.064 --> 00:21:11.316 you love the town so much, you love the club so much. 00:21:11.358 --> 00:21:13.318 So you go because it's in your heart. 00:21:13.777 --> 00:21:16.029 I just couldn't imagine a life without watching Wrexham. 00:21:16.071 --> 00:21:17.406 It's in me. 00:21:17.447 --> 00:21:19.324 I hopefully instill it into my sons. 00:21:19.324 --> 00:21:21.326 When I'm gone, I want them to be, you know, 00:21:21.326 --> 00:21:23.537 have that passion I've got. 00:21:23.870 --> 00:21:25.289 It's passed down to you. 00:21:25.330 --> 00:21:28.208 It's passed--that passion's passed down, I think. 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:30.210 That's the mother of my kids. 00:21:30.210 --> 00:21:31.586 I'd love to get her back, 00:21:31.628 --> 00:21:33.088 although it's not happening. 00:21:33.130 --> 00:21:34.256 Broke my heart, 00:21:34.256 --> 00:21:35.382 and it's still broken now. 00:21:35.424 --> 00:21:38.093 You know, it's awful. 00:21:38.427 --> 00:21:39.511 But then it's life. 00:21:39.553 --> 00:21:40.512 You've just got to get on with it, haven't you? 00:21:40.721 --> 00:21:42.097 It's all you can do. 00:21:45.934 --> 00:21:47.477 Johnson McCall, the left-hand side. 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:49.730 Young, right-footed. 00:21:49.771 --> 00:21:51.398 Sweeps it under the bar. 00:21:53.525 --> 00:21:55.319 Threat in that side, and they're showing here! 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:57.362 And they've equalized! 00:21:57.404 --> 00:21:58.488 Tozer! 00:21:58.905 --> 00:22:01.366 You see the audience coming in, 00:22:01.408 --> 00:22:02.617 and then he's got the advantage 00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:04.202 to get his arm on his shoulder 00:22:04.244 --> 00:22:05.787 and head over it. 00:22:13.545 --> 00:22:15.255 It's been a long road. 00:22:15.297 --> 00:22:17.215 It's been a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, 00:22:17.257 --> 00:22:18.675 and we fought our battles as a town, 00:22:18.675 --> 00:22:20.344 and we fought our battles as a football club. 00:22:20.385 --> 00:22:23.680 And what's happening now, for me, is reward. 00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:26.683 All I've seen is people smiling, people happy. 00:22:26.725 --> 00:22:28.352 Just happy, not just for the genuine fans, 00:22:28.393 --> 00:22:30.103 happy for the town as a whole. 00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:31.563 It's absolutely bouncing. 00:22:31.605 --> 00:22:32.939 The jukebox is blaring, and people are singing, 00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:33.857 and people are happy. 00:22:36.485 --> 00:22:38.320 Wrexham is the football club, 00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.696 and the football club is Wrexham. 00:22:39.738 --> 00:22:42.324 That's how sort of interconnected they are. 00:22:42.324 --> 00:22:44.451 Here's Tozer with another long throw there. 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.584 So the Wrexham fans on their feet behind the goal. 00:22:52.626 --> 00:22:55.545 Tozer slings it. 00:22:55.587 --> 00:22:57.255 Got it up by Palmer! 00:23:02.636 --> 00:23:04.888 In the blink of an eye, 00:23:04.930 --> 00:23:06.640 from 2-1 down 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.308 to 3-2 up. 00:23:08.350 --> 00:23:09.518 It's there! 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.685 I think there's Mullin! 00:23:10.727 --> 00:23:12.354 Mullin flicked it off! 00:23:12.354 --> 00:23:14.731 And it's blasted in by a goalie! 00:23:14.773 --> 00:23:16.566 Mullin puts Wrexham ahead! 00:23:16.858 --> 00:23:17.734 Come on! 00:23:17.776 --> 00:23:18.652 Come on! 00:23:20.404 --> 00:23:22.948 We got celebrations in the commentary box. 00:23:23.073 --> 00:23:24.366 What a play because 00:23:24.366 --> 00:23:25.617 Grimsby has shown quality 00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:27.285 in the second half. 00:23:27.327 --> 00:23:29.371 They showed spirit to fight back 00:23:29.413 --> 00:23:30.872 from that first half, you know, winning, 00:23:31.123 --> 00:23:33.333 but we are in a fight here. 00:23:33.375 --> 00:23:34.918 Wow. 00:23:38.505 --> 00:23:39.840 I believe we're gonna do it. 00:23:40.090 --> 00:23:41.091 We are gonna do it. 00:23:50.392 --> 00:23:52.936 Well, Grimsby were on top. 00:23:52.978 --> 00:23:55.355 They were the side who looked like getting the next goal. 00:23:55.397 --> 00:23:56.773 There you go! There you go! 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.066 Come on! 00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.484 Let's go! 00:24:03.655 --> 00:24:05.031 The momentum has swung. 00:24:05.073 --> 00:24:07.367 The advantage has gone Wrexham's way. 00:24:07.409 --> 00:24:09.077 But the way this has gone now, and I tell you what, 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:11.538 I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Grimsby 00:24:11.538 --> 00:24:13.039 come back into it again. 00:24:13.081 --> 00:24:14.207 And we've got what, with added time, 00:24:14.249 --> 00:24:16.418 probably about half an hour to go of this. 00:24:16.418 --> 00:24:17.752 - * me. I can't handle this. 00:24:25.677 --> 00:24:26.678 Yeah! 00:24:26.678 --> 00:24:27.679 Let's go! 00:24:28.138 --> 00:24:29.681 Get another one! 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.392 Get another one! Ah! 00:24:32.434 --> 00:24:33.852 And Palmer will chase this, 00:24:33.852 --> 00:24:36.396 and Crocombe got there before him. 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:48.950 McAtee. 00:24:48.992 --> 00:24:50.785 Taylor's on the edge of the box. 00:24:50.827 --> 00:24:53.079 McAtee looks-- behind him! 00:24:54.915 --> 00:24:57.584 They've done it again! 00:24:57.626 --> 00:25:00.128 They just never know when they're beaten! 00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:02.506 McAtee provided this time. 00:25:04.549 --> 00:25:06.718 It's Taylor with a massive goal. 00:25:07.052 --> 00:25:08.845 Paul Hurst. 00:25:13.850 --> 00:25:16.603 A National League playoff classic unfolding 00:25:16.603 --> 00:25:18.605 here at the Racecourse. 00:25:18.605 --> 00:25:19.814 And the good news is, 00:25:19.856 --> 00:25:20.607 we've still got about 00:25:20.607 --> 00:25:22.567 20 minutes of this to go. 00:25:24.486 --> 00:25:26.530 - We really miss Aaron Hayden. 00:25:29.908 --> 00:25:31.368 Watching that Grimsby game 00:25:31.368 --> 00:25:33.787 was the hardest football game I've ever watched in my life. 00:26:16.913 --> 00:26:18.290 Ooh! 00:26:18.582 --> 00:26:19.416 Wow. 00:26:19.416 --> 00:26:20.834 - Ooh, who's that? 00:26:20.834 --> 00:26:22.502 - Look at him. What's he eating, mates? 00:26:22.502 --> 00:26:23.503 - Whoa. 00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:34.431 When we first come to Wrexham, 00:26:34.472 --> 00:26:35.932 she could just barely walk. 00:26:35.974 --> 00:26:37.100 Like, the day I signed for Wrexham, 00:26:37.142 --> 00:26:38.810 she took her first steps. 00:26:38.852 --> 00:26:40.437 So these little 00:26:40.854 --> 00:26:42.230 priceless moments. 00:26:44.691 --> 00:26:46.067 That along with football, for me, 00:26:46.109 --> 00:26:47.277 is so important because as 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.987 much as my career is going on, 00:26:48.987 --> 00:26:50.697 I've got a life that's going on, 00:26:50.739 --> 00:26:52.240 and it can pass you by if you don't, like, 00:26:52.282 --> 00:26:53.825 be present in the moment. 00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:58.204 The quality that's been shown by both teams, 00:26:58.204 --> 00:27:00.081 Adam, is absolutely exemplary. 00:27:00.624 --> 00:27:02.250 It really is at National League level. 00:27:04.252 --> 00:27:05.503 But I've enjoyed Wrexham. 00:27:05.545 --> 00:27:07.547 It's a great place. 00:27:07.547 --> 00:27:09.549 It's a really special place. 00:27:11.635 --> 00:27:15.221 I'm excited to play next year, for the fans. 00:27:15.263 --> 00:27:16.598 I can't call this though. 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:19.851 I have no idea what way this is ultimately going to go. 00:27:19.851 --> 00:27:21.561 It's just brilliantly breathless stuff. 00:27:21.603 --> 00:27:23.563 I know I'm going to need to lie down in a dark room 00:27:23.605 --> 00:27:25.065 after it, though. 00:27:26.608 --> 00:27:29.736 Oh, they've caught them by surprise, Clifton! 00:27:29.736 --> 00:27:31.571 And it might jump in for Waterfall! 00:27:31.613 --> 00:27:33.073 Good block. 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.992 Can Waterfall find a yard in the box 00:27:36.034 --> 00:27:37.911 to get away from Tozer? 00:27:37.952 --> 00:27:39.788 In it goes to McAtee! 00:27:39.788 --> 00:27:41.915 He's done it again! 00:27:42.207 --> 00:27:44.000 I can't believe this! 00:27:44.376 --> 00:27:46.461 Dieseruvwe! 00:27:48.296 --> 00:27:50.674 This is almost beyond remarkable! 00:27:53.218 --> 00:27:56.262 Can Wrexham rescue it again? 00:27:56.304 --> 00:27:58.723 Just find yourself looking around the pitch, 00:27:58.765 --> 00:28:00.767 thinking who will be the hero? 00:28:00.767 --> 00:28:02.769 Football's a strange game 00:28:02.769 --> 00:28:04.312 because you can be in teams 00:28:04.354 --> 00:28:05.897 where you go 1-0 down, 00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:07.065 and you just don't have that belief 00:28:07.107 --> 00:28:08.608 where you're gonna get back into the game. 00:28:11.653 --> 00:28:13.321 This team isn't like that. 00:28:14.406 --> 00:28:16.616 We've produced moments throughout the season 00:28:16.658 --> 00:28:18.034 where we've gone 1-0 down 00:28:18.076 --> 00:28:20.161 and you just see us come alive, really. 00:28:22.914 --> 00:28:25.917 We just kick into that extra gear. 00:28:25.917 --> 00:28:28.878 We have so much determination and belief, 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.296 and we all know that. 00:28:30.338 --> 00:28:31.673 we just bounce back, straight on track, 00:28:31.715 --> 00:28:34.926 and when we are on track, we're a tough team to stop. 00:28:49.023 --> 00:28:51.401 Jord has gone through 00:28:51.401 --> 00:28:53.778 a really awful year. 00:28:55.822 --> 00:28:58.324 He lost Arthur, his baby 00:28:58.366 --> 00:28:59.159 boy, 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.660 our baby boy. 00:29:02.954 --> 00:29:04.831 And he lost his 00:29:04.831 --> 00:29:05.915 nanny 00:29:05.999 --> 00:29:07.167 from cancer. 00:29:10.503 --> 00:29:13.590 And only a few weeks later, he also lost his granddad. 00:29:20.388 --> 00:29:23.057 The last two months, I've just been in autopilot. 00:29:25.143 --> 00:29:27.771 Almost become immune to life, in a way. 00:29:29.981 --> 00:29:31.941 Just been waking up, going to football, 00:29:31.983 --> 00:29:34.068 coming back, not really processing anything. 00:29:36.988 --> 00:29:39.324 I probably didn't allow myself to grieve 00:29:39.365 --> 00:29:43.411 for Arthur, for Nanny, for Granddad at all, really. 00:29:44.245 --> 00:29:46.206 These things that hit you in life, 00:29:46.247 --> 00:29:48.625 they force you 00:29:48.625 --> 00:29:50.460 to really grow up. 00:29:52.170 --> 00:29:55.757 I'll be 24 when next season starts, 00:29:55.757 --> 00:29:59.135 and I've grown a lot, on and off the pitch. 00:29:59.135 --> 00:30:01.012 I've probably found what I want, 00:30:01.054 --> 00:30:03.264 and I know what I want. 00:30:03.306 --> 00:30:07.143 I've got a house and a dog and a family now, 00:30:07.185 --> 00:30:10.104 so we're ready for a child whenever that may come. 00:30:10.146 --> 00:30:11.856 You can't control what happened in the past, 00:30:11.898 --> 00:30:13.691 but you can control the future. 00:30:15.902 --> 00:30:18.154 Eight times this season, they've rescued 00:30:18.196 --> 00:30:21.032 games from losing positions. 00:30:21.074 --> 00:30:23.451 Can they do it again, Wrexham, in their biggest game 00:30:23.451 --> 00:30:26.454 of the season? 4-3 down at the Racecourse. 00:30:26.496 --> 00:30:30.208 The aspirations I have with Wrexham are sky high. 00:30:30.250 --> 00:30:32.085 I want to stay with Wrexham, 00:30:32.126 --> 00:30:33.837 and I want to get Wrexham promoted because 00:30:33.837 --> 00:30:36.339 it's my hometown club, and I love Wrexham. 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:38.132 Can they do it again, Wrexham, 00:30:38.174 --> 00:30:39.801 in their biggest game of the season? 00:30:39.843 --> 00:30:41.970 4-3 down at the Racecourse. 00:30:46.224 --> 00:30:48.184 And we're closed again! 00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:50.979 It's one of the local lads, 00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:52.313 Davies! 00:30:52.355 --> 00:30:53.773 4-4! 00:30:57.819 --> 00:31:00.071 Does anybody want to win this game? 00:31:02.115 --> 00:31:04.367 Unbelievable. Honestly, unbelievable. 00:31:08.538 --> 00:31:10.832 Three minutes of normal time remaining. 00:31:10.874 --> 00:31:14.335 We are headed towards extra time in North Wales. 00:31:15.086 --> 00:31:16.421 It's been a National League 00:31:16.462 --> 00:31:18.798 playoff semi-final for the ages. 00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:20.967 Which way will it ultimately swing? 00:31:20.967 --> 00:31:22.802 Extra time looming. 00:31:22.844 --> 00:31:24.554 May even require penalties. 00:31:28.433 --> 00:31:30.268 The fact that this is happening 00:31:30.310 --> 00:31:32.270 in the biggest game of the season. 00:31:32.312 --> 00:31:34.522 Full time that Wrexham fought Grimsby for. 00:31:34.522 --> 00:31:36.149 Extra time to come. 00:31:36.190 --> 00:31:39.193 This has been brilliant chaos in the playoffs. 00:31:40.987 --> 00:31:42.071 Shaun. 00:31:50.288 --> 00:31:52.415 So there's a 15-minute side for each? 00:31:52.457 --> 00:31:53.833 Yeah, so... 00:31:55.627 --> 00:31:57.462 They're trying to--this sport is trying to kill people. 00:32:00.006 --> 00:32:01.257 - *. 00:32:01.466 --> 00:32:03.843 Holy shit. 00:32:03.885 --> 00:32:05.511 You can't write it. 00:32:06.512 --> 00:32:07.680 You can't write it. 00:32:11.184 --> 00:32:13.144 And welcome back to the Racecourse Ground 00:32:13.186 --> 00:32:15.438 where, if you can believe it, Wrexham and Grimsby 00:32:15.438 --> 00:32:18.483 are tied 4-4 as we head into extra time. 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:23.863 I've walked off the ground. 00:32:23.905 --> 00:32:25.698 Thing is when Wrexham means so much to you, 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.533 I can't hack it, and the people sitting 00:32:27.575 --> 00:32:28.868 next to me, I don't think they get it. 00:32:28.868 --> 00:32:30.203 Like, I just cannot-- 00:32:30.203 --> 00:32:32.872 I can't stand it. It's just everything. 00:32:32.872 --> 00:32:34.874 Ask him for a drink. 00:32:38.586 --> 00:32:40.421 Be strong on set plays. 00:32:40.463 --> 00:32:41.923 Don't give cheap, free kicks away. 00:32:41.965 --> 00:32:43.424 OK? Everybody, stay on it. 00:32:43.466 --> 00:32:44.926 Come on. 00:32:44.968 --> 00:32:46.302 - We can * do this, boys. - Hey, hey! Listen! 00:32:46.344 --> 00:32:48.096 We can * do this. 00:32:48.137 --> 00:32:49.472 Listen, only one point for me here, 00:32:49.472 --> 00:32:51.015 keep putting it in the danger area, 00:32:51.057 --> 00:32:52.892 keep going in with * everything. 00:32:52.934 --> 00:32:54.477 Just go for the set play. 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:56.896 - A little bit less anxiety because, you know, 00:32:56.938 --> 00:33:00.608 you have 30 minutes, but still. - We're on a little ride now. 00:33:01.109 --> 00:33:02.902 - Penalty kicks, I don't want to do. 00:33:02.944 --> 00:33:04.696 - They got some nice gas in the tank still, though. 00:33:04.696 --> 00:33:05.571 Yeah. 00:33:05.571 --> 00:33:07.073 I see the boys are springy, you know? 00:33:07.115 --> 00:33:08.449 Just feels like 00:33:08.491 --> 00:33:10.451 the calm before the storm, doesn't it? 00:33:10.493 --> 00:33:11.953 The Racecourse is about as quiet 00:33:11.953 --> 00:33:13.913 as it's been all afternoon. 00:33:14.038 --> 00:33:16.374 I think everyone's shattered. 00:33:17.083 --> 00:33:19.168 The fact that this is happening in the biggest game 00:33:19.210 --> 00:33:20.962 of the season for these two clubs, 00:33:21.004 --> 00:33:23.089 it is a game that really dictates 00:33:23.131 --> 00:33:25.591 the futures of so many individual players, 00:33:25.633 --> 00:33:27.051 the clubs. 00:33:27.093 --> 00:33:28.219 To happen in those circumstances 00:33:28.261 --> 00:33:29.721 makes it all the more remarkable. 00:33:29.721 --> 00:33:31.222 Credit to both sets of players 00:33:31.222 --> 00:33:32.265 for that 90 minutes of football because it was 00:33:32.306 --> 00:33:33.975 absolutely breathtaking. 00:33:34.017 --> 00:33:36.102 Glorious chaos. 00:33:36.102 --> 00:33:38.187 And hopefully, we've got another 30 minutes more of it. 00:33:38.855 --> 00:33:40.648 - Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.486 Jordy, they've just got three in the back, Jordy. 00:33:45.528 --> 00:33:47.530 They've just got three in the back, 00:33:47.530 --> 00:33:49.157 so it's a match up. 00:33:49.282 --> 00:33:50.533 Touch. 00:33:50.533 --> 00:33:52.994 - Young. - Relax, relax ! 00:33:52.994 --> 00:33:54.454 Davies. 00:33:54.495 --> 00:33:57.040 Lovely player, Davies. 00:34:02.670 --> 00:34:05.256 Here's for a penalty. The challenge was sparked. 00:34:05.256 --> 00:34:08.384 - Hey! That's a * penalty! Hey! 00:34:08.676 --> 00:34:10.470 - * hell! 00:34:10.511 --> 00:34:12.638 I'm glad you're coming over. 00:34:12.638 --> 00:34:15.266 Now, can you just tell me how that's not a penalty? 00:34:15.683 --> 00:34:17.685 - No, it-- - How's that not a penalty? 00:34:17.727 --> 00:34:19.979 How is that not a penalty? 00:34:20.021 --> 00:34:21.022 I can understand 00:34:21.064 --> 00:34:23.274 Phil Parkinson's frustration completely. 00:34:23.316 --> 00:34:25.193 Can get it for dissent, yeah, 00:34:25.234 --> 00:34:26.527 but it usually has to be pretty, 00:34:26.569 --> 00:34:28.404 pretty hardcore dissent. 00:34:30.823 --> 00:34:33.034 Clifton. 00:34:33.076 --> 00:34:35.995 That wasn't great, was it? From Tozer. 00:34:36.037 --> 00:34:38.122 - Come on, Wrexham! 00:34:38.164 --> 00:34:39.290 Which one of these sides 00:34:39.332 --> 00:34:42.710 will get to that final? 00:34:42.752 --> 00:34:44.670 To be played a week tomorrow. 00:34:44.670 --> 00:34:47.548 Grimsby looking to threaten. 00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:51.219 Just over a minute normal time remaining 00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:53.179 at the end of this first period of extra time. 00:34:56.224 --> 00:34:57.433 Palmer. 00:34:59.477 --> 00:35:01.729 Palmer went down in the box, 00:35:01.771 --> 00:35:03.481 and the Grimsby players not happy about that. 00:35:05.483 --> 00:35:07.401 Yellow cards for Palmer. 00:35:09.112 --> 00:35:10.530 - This is nuts. 00:35:12.865 --> 00:35:15.284 - Every * one of you, fight a bit more. 00:35:15.326 --> 00:35:16.244 We can * do it. 00:35:16.244 --> 00:35:18.121 Come on. Come on. 00:35:20.623 --> 00:35:22.750 A little pressure from McFadzean. 00:35:24.627 --> 00:35:26.712 - Back here, swing back! Again, swing back! 00:35:28.923 --> 00:35:30.967 Come on, Wrexham! 00:35:31.217 --> 00:35:33.261 What an afternoon this has been. 00:35:33.302 --> 00:35:34.762 Last 10 minutes of extra time. 00:35:44.147 --> 00:35:46.357 - Shoot it, come on! 00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:48.317 Five minutes to go. 00:35:51.404 --> 00:35:53.072 What a game. 00:35:53.114 --> 00:35:54.615 What a spectacle they've given us. 00:35:54.657 --> 00:35:56.742 There has to be a winner, though. 00:35:56.784 --> 00:35:59.120 Sheer delight for one of these clubs. 00:35:59.162 --> 00:36:01.122 Utter dejection for the other. 00:36:03.040 --> 00:36:04.625 Cropper. 00:36:05.293 --> 00:36:07.378 Just getting great distance on it, as expected! 00:36:34.322 --> 00:36:35.323 - I normally get 00:36:35.323 --> 00:36:38.159 this season's shirt, 00:36:38.201 --> 00:36:39.785 give them a wash, 00:36:39.827 --> 00:36:41.287 put them away in the drawer with all 00:36:41.329 --> 00:36:43.456 my other seasons' shirts. 00:36:45.124 --> 00:36:46.125 It's quite sad, 00:36:46.125 --> 00:36:47.126 really. 00:36:47.418 --> 00:36:48.628 End of another one. 00:36:50.338 --> 00:36:52.840 It's been an amazing season. 00:36:53.174 --> 00:36:55.176 They played out of their skin. 00:36:55.551 --> 00:36:58.512 Done far better than I thought they were going to. 00:36:58.846 --> 00:37:00.681 It would have been fantastic if we'd have won. 00:37:00.932 --> 00:37:02.850 Unbelievable. 00:37:03.017 --> 00:37:04.435 The excitement for 00:37:04.644 --> 00:37:06.145 if we were going up 00:37:06.187 --> 00:37:08.564 would be absolutely fantastic. 00:37:12.652 --> 00:37:15.863 You don't set out ever thinking you're going to lose. 00:37:16.781 --> 00:37:18.324 In the final game, 00:37:18.491 --> 00:37:20.159 when they scored the winning one, 00:37:20.201 --> 00:37:24.121 my heart just sank to the floor. 00:37:24.455 --> 00:37:25.831 They've done it! 00:37:26.457 --> 00:37:29.627 Grimsby look to have won it. 00:38:28.144 --> 00:38:30.187 Resilience 00:38:30.187 --> 00:38:32.231 is so key. 00:38:35.735 --> 00:38:38.362 The failures in life make you stronger. 00:38:38.738 --> 00:38:40.948 They do. 00:38:41.991 --> 00:38:43.534 And you've got to keep picking yourself up. 00:38:47.288 --> 00:38:48.622 We didn't win, 00:38:48.664 --> 00:38:50.541 but I do genuinely think 00:38:50.583 --> 00:38:52.293 things are different. 00:38:53.044 --> 00:38:55.671 Things are only going to get better. 00:38:55.713 --> 00:38:57.965 It's like a fairy tale, 00:38:58.382 --> 00:39:00.259 having two Hollywood owners 00:39:00.301 --> 00:39:01.886 who are willing to dip into their pockets 00:39:01.927 --> 00:39:03.929 to secure the fact that we're going to go up. 00:39:04.555 --> 00:39:06.932 They've now got Wrexham under their skin 00:39:06.932 --> 00:39:08.184 in the same way 00:39:08.184 --> 00:39:10.811 as a lot of us fans. 00:39:10.853 --> 00:39:11.854 You guys are the heartbeat 00:39:11.896 --> 00:39:13.689 of this entire community. 00:39:13.731 --> 00:39:15.566 - You guys have already done the thing. 00:39:15.608 --> 00:39:17.485 I know the goal was promotion, 00:39:17.526 --> 00:39:18.402 but that's not-- 00:39:18.444 --> 00:39:20.404 that was not our number one goal. 00:39:20.446 --> 00:39:21.864 Our number one goal of the season 00:39:21.906 --> 00:39:23.240 was to bring 00:39:23.282 --> 00:39:24.950 belief back into this 00:39:25.576 --> 00:39:26.619 town and into this club, 00:39:27.161 --> 00:39:28.454 and you can hear it. 00:39:28.496 --> 00:39:31.582 10,000 people out there every single game. 00:39:31.624 --> 00:39:34.126 Standing ovation as you guys walked off. 00:39:46.472 --> 00:39:48.474 And I'm just hoping that they stay with us. 00:39:48.516 --> 00:39:50.017 If it doesn't happen next season, 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.477 that they stick at it. 00:39:59.652 --> 00:40:02.029 - Well, this is how we started, 00:40:02.363 --> 00:40:03.864 walking on the field. 00:40:08.702 --> 00:40:11.247 I thought you said this was gonna work. 00:40:11.372 --> 00:40:14.542 Well, next year, I guess. 00:40:28.222 --> 00:40:30.141 Welcome to Wrexham and Lager Podcast. 00:40:30.975 --> 00:40:32.852 Wayne, 00:40:32.852 --> 00:40:34.645 the famous publican 00:40:35.062 --> 00:40:35.813 from the Turf 00:40:35.855 --> 00:40:38.065 is with us today. Welcome to the podcast, Wayne. 00:40:38.107 --> 00:40:38.899 - Thanks, guys. 00:40:38.983 --> 00:40:41.068 - Wayne, your year in the pub, 00:40:41.235 --> 00:40:42.528 and watching Wrexham, 00:40:42.570 --> 00:40:44.363 how would you sum it up? 00:40:44.405 --> 00:40:46.532 And obviously, your film career is taking off. 00:40:46.532 --> 00:40:48.033 I mean, I think I walked in the Turf once, 00:40:48.033 --> 00:40:49.743 and you were getting makeup done. 00:40:49.785 --> 00:40:52.163 - It's been strange, 00:40:52.663 --> 00:40:53.539 I think, but exciting. 00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:55.040 I woke up on Sunday after the Grimsby game 00:40:55.082 --> 00:40:56.417 with tears in my eyes. 00:40:56.625 --> 00:40:57.793 I was physically emotional. 00:40:57.835 --> 00:41:00.045 And on the Monday, I was utterly, utterly depressed. 00:41:00.087 --> 00:41:02.548 - I, personally, for me, as we all know, Wayne, you'll know, 00:41:02.590 --> 00:41:03.799 and James, you know more than anyone. 00:41:03.841 --> 00:41:05.843 I mean, when I suffer lows, I suffer lows. 00:41:05.885 --> 00:41:07.636 But the football has picked me up at times. 00:41:07.678 --> 00:41:09.555 And I'm going to smile about it now because-- 00:41:09.597 --> 00:41:11.348 - Good on you. It's a good thing, isn't it? 00:41:11.390 --> 00:41:12.892 - Very much. Like you say, the passion. 00:41:12.933 --> 00:41:14.518 you're up, you're down, 00:41:14.560 --> 00:41:16.687 but this down hasn't knocked you down, 00:41:16.687 --> 00:41:18.647 if you get what I mean. You've still got optimism. 00:41:18.689 --> 00:41:20.065 And next year, we go again. 00:41:20.107 --> 00:41:21.984 - And do you know what? It's like you said before. 00:41:22.026 --> 00:41:23.819 This isn't like a down 00:41:23.903 --> 00:41:25.654 like any other season down. 00:41:25.696 --> 00:41:26.947 This is a down that we're going to be 00:41:26.989 --> 00:41:28.741 right back up there next year. 00:41:28.782 --> 00:41:30.117 This is a short-term down because we're coming back 00:41:30.117 --> 00:41:31.535 with a vengeance. - We're coming back, and-- 00:41:31.577 --> 00:41:32.536 It's more of a delay. 00:41:32.578 --> 00:41:33.662 This season continuing-- 00:41:33.704 --> 00:41:35.456 - That's a great word. This is a delay. 00:41:35.456 --> 00:41:36.999 - Coming to win the league. We're coming to win the league. 00:41:36.999 --> 00:41:38.751 We're coming to kick the bloody door 00:41:38.792 --> 00:41:40.002 down on the Football League because we're coming for you. 00:41:40.044 --> 00:41:40.961 Yeah. 00:41:41.045 --> 00:41:42.463 - The Red Army are coming for you. 00:41:42.505 --> 00:41:43.881 You look what it will be like 00:41:43.881 --> 00:41:45.049 when we do win the league. 00:41:45.257 --> 00:41:47.718 Then you'll really see it take off. 00:41:50.638 --> 00:41:52.598 Wrexham AFC 00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:55.893 has been an important part of my life, 00:41:56.060 --> 00:41:58.854 on the stage of life, still called to me 00:41:58.896 --> 00:42:01.106 just like when I was a child. 00:42:01.148 --> 00:42:02.483 - I think it's 00:42:03.067 --> 00:42:03.817 hope. 00:42:03.859 --> 00:42:05.986 - Yeah, there's some fire just ignited in my body, 00:42:06.028 --> 00:42:07.863 and there's a lot of passion there now. 00:42:07.905 --> 00:42:09.156 - You can see it now in the team 00:42:09.198 --> 00:42:10.699 and the fans and the town. 00:42:10.741 --> 00:42:13.202 Wrexham's got ambitions. 00:42:13.202 --> 00:42:15.746 Up the town. Still up the town. 00:42:16.163 --> 00:42:17.122 The fans are so passionate, 00:42:17.164 --> 00:42:19.500 and I've got that from day one. 00:42:19.542 --> 00:42:20.876 We've come so far, 00:42:20.918 --> 00:42:23.087 and we can only build on it next season. 00:42:23.671 --> 00:42:26.382 I think you have to fail to be successful. 00:42:26.465 --> 00:42:29.468 You have to see that side. 00:42:29.468 --> 00:42:30.469 Next season, 00:42:30.511 --> 00:42:32.137 we will win the league. 00:42:36.183 --> 00:42:37.393 I'm telling you. 00:42:39.353 --> 00:42:41.522 The way that we've approached this whole thing 00:42:41.564 --> 00:42:43.649 is not just simply as, 00:42:43.691 --> 00:42:46.068 oh, this would be a fun toy to have. 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:48.153 It was always community first. 00:42:48.195 --> 00:42:49.363 the people of Wrexham, 00:42:49.405 --> 00:42:50.948 I realized, 00:42:51.490 --> 00:42:52.533 wow, these are-- 00:42:53.075 --> 00:42:54.785 I know-- I just know these people. 00:42:54.827 --> 00:42:57.162 And if we can do anything to help this club, 00:42:57.329 --> 00:42:59.206 I'd love to do it. 00:43:05.879 --> 00:43:08.257 Everything I saw, everything I felt there 00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:10.926 was just nothing short of beautiful. 00:43:11.135 --> 00:43:14.430 So I'm really protective of Wrexham now, you know? 00:43:15.014 --> 00:43:16.557 When somebody says, "Why Wrexham?" 00:43:17.474 --> 00:43:20.394 I feel the veins in my neck pop out a little bit. 00:43:20.436 --> 00:43:23.397 We're going to get this team back here next year, 00:43:23.439 --> 00:43:25.816 and we're going to achieve promotion. 00:43:25.858 --> 00:43:27.359 I promise. 00:43:27.359 --> 00:43:28.777 This town 00:43:28.777 --> 00:43:30.237 deserves it. 00:43:30.321 --> 00:43:31.947 - Next season, I might jolly well 00:43:31.989 --> 00:43:34.617 just start watching football.