01x18 - Do or Die

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That looks lovely, doesn't it?

Looks really lovely.

We had the chance
to win the title at Dagenham,

but Stockport won anyway,
so it didn't really matter.

It would have been nice
to have won it,

but that's where you've got
to dust yourself down

and get ready for the playoff.

Six teams play in the playoffs.

The major benefit
of finishing second or third

is that you only have to play
one game

before getting to the final,
and you are at home

in that game, which is why
we will host Grimsby

here at the Racecourse.

The winner will go through
to the final.

There's a lot on the line.

It's knockout football,
so it's a one-off game.

And you win, you're through.
You lose, you're out.

Yeah, obviously,
we lost Dagenham.

We lost cup final,
but, you know,

the idea is to snap out of it
as quickly as possible

and get ready to move on.

The motivation and the desire
has got to be there.

We've got to be ready
to outrun and outfight

for a minute in every battle.

We can't leave anything
on the pitch at all.

It's all or nothing today.

Come gather round, people,

Wherever you roam

And admit that the waters
around you have grown

And accept it that soon

you'll be drenched to the bone.

If your time to you
is worth saving,

then you better start swimming,

or you'll sink like a stone

for the times,
they are a-changing.

OK, so you're a new...

You're a new chairman.

What are your goals
for Grimsby Town?

I'm from Grimsby.

I'm really proud
to be from Grimsby.

Working class town
that, you know,

has been down on its luck
for a few years,

quite frankly.

We used to be

the world's largest
fishing port,

and that's no longer the truth.

The industries
of the past have gone away,

and it's trying
to reinvent itself.

This club has been
around 144 years.

It's the one constant
in people's lives

in a world
that's becoming more complex

and ever-changing.

And I heard someone say
a few weeks ago

that it's a, you know,
unlikely partner,

it's a marriage
that you can't get out of.

Your committed to
your football club for life.

And that's really...
That's my life's work now,

is making sure, you know,
this town is successful.

When I first heard of Rob
and Ryan taking over Wrexham,

I was... like many people,
I didn't really believe it,

to be honest with you.

I thought that,
"What's the connection

"for two Hollywood A-listers
to, you know,

a town in North Wales?"

You know,
what we know about football,

it's about relationships.

It's about connections
to the community.

So the question about whether
money and fame and success

is going to be an advantage
for them...

I mean, in life,
it clearly is, right?

So, you know, I've never seen
my wife more interested

in the idea of coming to a game

when she knew
we'd be playing Wrexham,

and they might be there,
so that's probably more

of a comment
about my relationship

than about football,

but I think it does create
barriers, as well, right?

So, you know,
what we know about football,

it's about relationships,

it's about connections
to the community,

and the reality of it is
that them wealth and fame

and that sort of success
can be a barrier to building

genuine relationships,

so there's a question
of authenticity.

There's a question of, you know,

when it gets really tough

and people turn against them,
you know,

are they gonna be getting on
those private jets

to come to Wrexham
when times are hard as well?

You know, you have to show up
in the good times and bad.

And you'll have both, as well.

Grimsby Town and Wrexham

split their season series

with Grimsby
absolutely dominating

the first meeting.

First ones of
next year's away shirts

- have arrived.
- Yes, not green anymore.

- No more green?
- I like it.

Wow.

But the great thing
about going up a league

is that we can...
It avails us to players

- that aren't English.
- Yep.

We can go to Uruguay
and get, you know...

The players
will be cheaper for us

to be able to buy in League Two
than the National League

because
the National League premium,

game play has to drop down
the head and the toes.

- Yeah, it's brutal, yeah.
- You don't have to do that.

You pay premium. It's a simple...

You know, it's just
a harsh fact of real life.

Shaun Harvey
is as essential an element

to Wrexham AFC's success

as Rob and I are,
as Phil Parkinson is,

as Paul Mullin is,
as Ollie Palmer is,

as Aaron Hayden.

Shaun is very serious,
as well a person

should be in that position.

And Shaun is
the adult in the room.

What's the next big check
that needs to be written

and when?

As soon as we know
which league we're in,

there's a 12-month cash flow
P&L forecast.

I think words
are too clumsy to express

how much he means to me
and how much he means to Rob.

I also just love him, you know?

Rob and I both
just love the guy.

Three clubs should get to go up.

Listen, I... you know,
absolutely, they should.

- It'd be over now.
- The top two...

The top two should have been up.

- We should be on holiday.
- Yeah.

Got to get out
of this f*cking week.

We got to get out.

Let's go! Wrexham!

Wrexham finished
the regular season

11 points ahead of Grimsby,
2nd and 6th, respectively.

- It's a big game today for us.
- Biggest for a long, long time.

Now, it's all about
who delivers on the day...

Stakes could not be higher.

Feeling very nervous.
Excited, as well.

Who handles the pressure

of playoff football.

We must have a winner.

I mean, they weren't very good

in that trophy final.

They just looked
a little bit lethargic,

a little bit flat on their feet.

The problem we've had

is linked to being on the road.

This is familiar.

This is the Racecourse,
where we have

a massive crowd roaring us on.

So I feel confident
we'll be able

to do ourselves justice.

Nice and calm. We reset.

Today, right?
I tell you what today's about.

Taking the f*cking
handbrake off, right?

And going full throttle
for the bastard throat

of this f*cking team.

Nothing gets left on the pitch.

We f*cking give everything to
put these to the bastard sword.

- Let's f*cking go.
- All right!

The Wrexham fans, wow.

Well, Stockport was loud.
This is louder, I think.

The Wrex fans on its feet.

Here we go,
and a pick up is taken.

And the ball is popped backwards

and immediately launched.

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Our ball! That's our ball!

When I'm high,

When I'm loving,

When I'm starting to say...

Backer to you feeds it forwards.

Well read by Young, and he
comes out with the ball.

You want
to ask questions early on.

You want to see
what Wrexham are made of.

You want to see if Wrexham
can handle the pressure

in these big games.

What we've seen
from the last game

and how important
set plays have been

in the playoffs so far.

Maxie, cut him in front!

All hands, the player towards

the edge of the box.

Oh!

Certainly hectical concern,
the header by Taylor.

Long way down the line for him.

Slings it towards
the corner box again.

Cleworth is there.
Smashed into the back of him.

No, hey, hey!

By the way,
is he allowed go right

in the back of his f*cking head?

Is that Mullin?

Yeah.

We'll see some heat,

sent out the Golden Boot winner

in the National League,
Mullin OK.

Back again on Clifton,
McAtee, Taylor.

Taylor served nicely.
McAtee gets it back.

Great goal!

With the flags up at one count.

Offside?

Offside.

From a devil

At a scene in the concert

Well, it feels
like something's...

So Dibble takes the goal kick.

Reflects it, oh, wow,
Mullin's on the chase now.

Going to get there.
In the box he goes.

He's wide. Hey!

That looks like a penalty.

I wanted to be with my child,

and being able to come back

and spend every day
and every night

seeing his face
and watching him progressing

and just seeing him
smile every day...

that's been something
I've really enjoyed this year,

and I've managed
to give me mum, dad,

and all me family, me partner,

me little boy memories
that we won't forget often

this season, and that's
something that I'm proud of

and something I want
to try and keep more of.

With all the hopes
and expectations and the time

spent out of the league

and all the stuff
we've had to deal with

this year...

singing my name
after we've been promoted

in front of all
the fans who've given us

the support all season,
and we've waited

so long for this time, like,

so to have the opportunity
to hopefully

be able to give them
what they've wanted

for years and success
and bring back

the good times at the club.

That gives me
some other motivation

to go and try and succeed,
and if we could do that,

then what a story it would be.

Hey!

That looks like a penalty.

Oh, he's giving it.
He's giving the penalty.

But you can see
the reaction here

at the Grimsby place.

That is a huge call

from the referee, Adam Herczeg.

Well, they're clearly
delighted with it.

We want Mullin! Send out Mullin!

Just don't think
you ought to send...

So the man
who has won the penalty

will now take it.

We've got super Mullin!

As a kid, when you're looking

to become a footballer,
you see full stadiums

and people singing
people's names.

You wish one day
it could be you.

So this year for me,
to walk out, to come there,

and the noise
and the excitement,

it does reflect into you
and in your life.

Will he go for power here?

Mullin,
that's what he tends to do.

Pressure penalty
in the playoffs.

It's Mullin! For Wrexham!

It's a goal
against the other play.

The Wrexham work here.

There in front
of the Racecourse.

A real good feeling.

Yeah, I've got
a real good feeling.

It's raucous at the Racecourse.

It's first blood to Wrexham.

A real good feeling.

Wrexham, Wrexham!

Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham!

It's first blood to Wrexham.

It's raucous at the Racecourse.

Yeah!

Can Grimsby
hit back quickly here?

Fine man,
I f*cking caught my finger

- on a ball on the crossbar.
- Yeah.

How's your recovery
going there, mate?

You've been
in the walls, haven't you?

No, it's weird.

Even the minor one was bad.

No.

Yeah.

Dib's just watched more of me

than I've watched of him.

But now it's his time
to go and shine

and make his way himself,
so Dibs has come in

and done fantastic.
Couldn't be happier for him.

Just want the team
to keep winning.

The end of the day, the main aim

is getting promoted,
this football club.

At the start
of the season, obviously,

it's hard knowing
that you're gonna be

a number two, you know,
goalkeeping-wise.

You're gonna be second choice.

It's never easy, but,
you know, with Rob going down,

I had a couple of bad games.

But you know, at the moment,

I feel really, really good
on myself.

I've just got
to take it game by game

and hopefully keep doing
what I'm doing

and help the team
go up the league.

Wrexham, 18 matches
unbeaten at the Racecourse,

their longest run since 1978,
when they went 19 undefeated.

McAtee whose had
that only goal disallowed

foxing, made the run,
the... McAtee!

Great goal! Oh, that's special.

What a way to respond.

Delirium among the Grimsby fans.

Oh, my God.

What a response from Grimsby.

1 minute and 23 seconds
between the goals.

Hosannah now.
Wrexham went in again almost.

Great save by Crocombe.

And what a game
we've got on here.

Wrexham. Jones.

Really busy in that box.

If he can get a good cross,
and he did,

and French was there.

It's all square
at the racecourse at halftime.

Love the playoffs.

Absolutely love the playoffs.

- Listen in, boys.
- Yeah.

Start again for me
exactly the f*cking same.

Kick it on to Smith.
f*cking try and overpower them.

Balls down the side.
Quick free kicks.

Quick throws,
even though the f*cking ref

blocked one of them.

Keep winning the battle
of both boxes, yeah?

And keep resetting,
keeping calm.

Let's go.

Listen, let's go give
f*cking everything.

Like I said, we've had this
team by the f*cking throat,

haven't we, Jordy?

We're fit enough to go again,
right to the f*cking wire.

Take 'em by the throat.

Go and score
the next goal, and go

and score the one after that.
Come on, let's go.

Come on, lads. Come on.

- This is a big 'un.
- Yeah.

Wrexham about
to kick off the second half.

Can we force this over the line?

One of these sides will play

in next Sunday's promotion final

at London Stadium.

The start here,

think we're going to be in
for another classic.

That's a good ball to McAtee,

who's in behind already.
Good save by Dibble.

You wonder how important

that save's going to be
with that situation.

McAtee again.

You can't give it to him
in these sort of areas.

He's worked in the pass
as well to Clifton.

Just caught enough
on that, Dibble,

but it's an unsure start
to the second half.

All right, he's...

So, all right,
already he's dislocated

his f*cking finger or something
like that, you know?

I don't like the way that Dibbs

has just gone down there.

Dibble back
to his feet and ready

to help defend this corner
that Amos will take.

Amos to swing it in and Dibble
on his line, punched it.

Now to Clifton and now Amos
will send it into a busy box.

Good delivery.

And they're in front!

It's the captain, Waterfall,
against his former club.

They turned it all around!

Grimsby leads at the Racecourse!

With our first speaker
tonight, freak here,

He's starred on the NBC comedy
Sean Saves the World,

and he appeared
in an episode of...

Never heard of this...

It's Always Sunny
in Philadelphia.

It's true.

And from February of last year,

he's been our chief executive.

Thank you. Thank you.

Were you genuinely surprised
by the fan base,

the support
we did get this season?

Well, my first experience

of being at the Racecourse
with fans

was for the Chesterfield game,

which was an amazing experience

because we were a bit crap.

And you know, it was tough.

But every time
we won a throw in,

every time we won
a corner, every time

someone put in a big challenge,
the whole stadium went up.

And ultimately,
we got our reward.

But that sense of, like, oh,
this is the thing

that we came here for,
was for the fans.

And that was the thing
that was so exciting.

And to see that in action
was very special.

That was
a really exciting thing.

Smart, capable, driven people

can figure out anything.

And I think Humphrey
is a great example of that,

where he came
into this experience

in the very beginning

with a lot of passion,
natural intelligence.

Humphrey is also, like,
one of those guys

who I relate to him
in a lot of ways

because his superpower
is immediately admitting

when he's, you know,
in over his head.

He's also very charming.

You know, his first day
meeting the club

was just amazing, when he
came and spoke to them,

and, like, you could just see
the nerves and the flop sweat

and all that kind of stuff,
but he

just made it so kind of weirdly
accessible and charming.

To move to Wrexham

and devote six months
of his life,

I think he's learned
how to become

a legit football executive.

Thank you all
for pitching up tonight.

Thank Humphrey.

Here we go.

There's nothing better
than when you're doing a gig,

and you've got 200 people

singing your lyrics back at you.

We didn't think
we'd get this exposure.

We never did.

We didn't do it for that,
but it's been brilliant.

I've got a letter from hospital.

- And?
- OK.

"Dear Mr. Hett,
I am pleased to report

"that your one-year CT scan
has showed no evidence

"of recurrence of the disease.

I look forward to seeing you
in the clinic as planned."

That's good news.

I'm absolutely delighted. I am.

But maybe a bit of guilt
because not everyone's

as fortunate as me
in my position.

Look at how far you've come.

You must have known that it
was gonna be a good result.

And we've got some really,
really good friends who really

supported us throughout it.

The lads
in the band that supported me

as well as Michael.

We've got friends who were
here at the drop of a hat,

and just have really helped us
along the way, really.

It kept me going
with what was going on

at Wrexham because Wrexham
is a big part of my life,

the football club.

You know, I've always supported
Wrexham since I was a kid.

Before I leave this planet,
I'd like to see Wrexham

get back into
the Football League.

Grimsby leads.

We are 10 minutes
into the second half here,

and the momentum
is totally on Grimsby's side.

Wrexham trail by a goal.

Waterfall is there.

Now maybe they can counter.

McAtee or Sousa wanted the pass.

Intercepted there by McAtee.

Come on!

Young.

Davis.

He's come all the way
through towards Palmer.

It's been a good reaction
from Wrexham.

I've barely
missed a game in 30 years.

You go because you love
the team so much,

you love the town so much,
you love the club so much.

So you go because
it's in your heart.

I just couldn't imagine a
life without watching Wrexham.

It's in me.

I hopefully instill it
into my sons.

When I'm gone, I want them
to be, you know,

have that passion I've got.

It's passed down to you.

It's passed... that passion's
passed down, I think.

That's the mother of my kids.

I'd love to get her back,
although it's not happening.

Broke my heart,
and it's still broken now.

You know, it's awful.

But then it's life.

You've just got to get
on with it, haven't you?

It's all you can do.

He blasted a defense maneuver!

Johnson McCall,
the left-hand side.

Young, right-footed.

Sweeps it under the bar.

thr*at in that side,
and they're showing here!

And they've equalized! Tozer!

You see the audience coming in,

and then he's got the advantage

to get his arm on his shoulder
and head over it.

It's been a long road.

It's been a lot of
blood, sweat, and tears,

and we fought
our battles as a town,

and we fought our battles
as a football club.

And what's happening now,
for me, is reward.

All I've seen is people
smiling, people happy.

Just happy,
not just for the genuine fans,

happy for the town as a whole.

And this is what inextricably
links the football club

and the community.

There's no better place
in the world to be.

It's absolutely bouncing.

The jukebox is blaring,
and people are singing,

and people are happy.

Wrexham is the football club,

and the football club
is Wrexham.

That's how sort of
interconnected they are.

Here's Tozer
with another long throw there.

So the Wrexham fans
on their feet behind the goal.

Tozer slings it.

Got it up by Palmer!

In the blink of an eye,
from 2-1 down to 3-2 up.

It's there!

I think there's Mullin!
Mullin flicked it off!

And it's blasted in by a goalie!

Mullin puts Wrexham ahead!
Come on! Come on!

We got celebrations
in the commentary box.

What a play because
Grimsby has shown quality

in the second half.

They showed spirit to fight back

from that first half,
you know, winning,

but we are in a fight here.

Wow.

I believe we're gonna do it.

We are gonna do it.

Well, Grimsby were on top.

They were the side who looked
like getting the next goal.

There you go! There you go!

Come on! Let's go!

The momentum has swung.

The advantage
has gone Wrexham's way.

But the way this has gone
now, and I tell you what,

I wouldn't be surprised
at all to see Grimsby

come back into it again.

And we've got what,
with added time,

probably about half an hour
to go of this.

f*ck me. I can't handle this.

Yeah! Let's go!

Get another one!

Get another one! Ah!

And Palmer will chase this,

and Crocombe got there
before him.

McAtee.

Taylor's on the edge of the box.

McAtee looks... behind him!

They've done it again!

They just never know
when they're beaten!

McAtee provided this time.

It's Taylor with a massive goal.

Paul Hurst.

A National League
playoff classic unfolding

here at the Racecourse.

And the good news is,
we've still got about

20 minutes of this to go.

We really miss Aaron Hayden.

Watching that Grimsby game

was the hardest football game
I've ever watched in my life.

- Ooh!
- Wow.

Ooh, who's that?

- Look at him.
- What's he eating, mates?

Whoa.

When we first come to Wrexham,
she could just barely walk.

Like, the day I signed
for Wrexham,

she took her first steps.

So these little
priceless moments.

That along with football,
for me,

is so important because as
much as my career is going on,

I've got a life that's going on,

and it can pass you by
if you don't, like,

be present in the moment.

The quality that's
been shown by both teams,

Adam, is absolutely exemplary.

It really is
at National League level.

But I've enjoyed Wrexham.

It's a great place.
It's a really special place.

I'm excited to play
next year, for the fans.

I can't call this though.

I have no idea what way this
is ultimately going to go.

It's just brilliantly
breathless stuff.

I know I'm going to need
to lie down in a dark room

after it, though.

Oh, they've caught them
by surprise, Clifton!

And it might jump in
for Waterfall!

Good block.

Can Waterfall
find a yard in the box

to get away from Tozer?

In it goes to McAtee!

He's done it again!
I can't believe this!

Dieseruvwe!

This is almost
beyond remarkable!

Can Wrexham rescue it again?

Just find yourself looking
around the pitch,

thinking who will be the hero?

Football's a strange game

because you can be in teams

where you go 1-0 down,

and you just don't have
that belief

where you're gonna get back
into the game.

This team isn't like that.

We've produced moments
throughout the season

where we've gone 1-0 down

and you just see us
come alive, really.

We just kick into
that extra gear.

We have so much
determination and belief,

and we all know that.

We just bounce back,
straight on track,

and when we are on track,
we're a tough team to stop.

Jord has gone through

a really awful year.

He lost Arthur,
his baby boy, our baby boy.

And he lost his nanny
from cancer.

And only a few weeks later,
he also lost his granddad.

The last two months,
I've just been in autopilot.

Almost become immune
to life, in a way.

Just been waking up,
going to football,

coming back, not really
processing anything.

I probably didn't allow
myself to grieve

for Arthur, for Nanny,
for Granddad at all, really.

These things
that hit you in life,

they force you
to really grow up.

I'll be 24
when next season starts,

and I've grown a lot,
on and off the pitch.

I've probably found what I want,

and I know what I want.

I've got a house
and a dog and a family now,

so we're ready for a child
whenever that may come.

You can't control
what happened in the past,

but you can control the future.

Eight times
this season, they've rescued

games from losing positions.

Can they do it again, Wrexham,
in their biggest game

of the season?
4-3 down at the Racecourse.

The aspirations I have
with Wrexham are sky high.

I want to stay with Wrexham,

and I want to get Wrexham
promoted because

it's my hometown club,
and I love Wrexham.

Can they do it again, Wrexham,

in their biggest game
of the season?

4-3 down at the Racecourse.

And we're closed again!

It's one of the local lads,
Davies!

4-4!

Does anybody
want to win this game?

Unbelievable.
Honestly, unbelievable.

Three minutes
of normal time remaining.

We are headed towards
extra time in North Wales.

It's been a National League

playoff semi-final for the ages.

Which way
will it ultimately swing?

Extra time looming.
May even require penalties.

This is the end.

The fact that this is happening

in the biggest game
of the season.

Full time that Wrexham
fought Grimsby for.

Extra time to come.

This has been brilliant
chaos in the playoffs.

Shaun.

So there's
a 15-minute side for each?

Yeah, so...

They're trying to... this
sport is trying to k*ll people.

f*ck.

Holy sh*t.

- You can't write it.
- You can't write it.

And welcome back
to the Racecourse Ground

where, if you can believe it,
Wrexham and Grimsby

are tied 4-4 as we head
into extra time.

I've walked off the ground.

Thing is when Wrexham means
so much to you,

I can't hack it,
and the people sitting

next to me,
I don't think they get it.

Like, I just cannot...

I can't stand it.
It's just everything.

Ask him for a drink.

Be strong on set plays.

Don't give cheap,
free kicks away.

OK? Everybody, stay on it.

Come on.

- We can f*cking do this, boys.
- Hey, hey! Listen!

We can f*cking do this.

Listen, only one point
for me here,

keep putting it
in the danger area,

keep going in
with f*cking everything.

Just go for the set play.

A little bit less anxiety
because, you know,

- you have 30 minutes, but still.
- We're on a little ride now.

Penalty kicks,
I don't want to do.

They got some nice gas
in the t*nk still, though.

Yeah.

I see the boys
are springy, you know?

Just feels like

the calm before the storm,
doesn't it?

The Racecourse is about as quiet

as it's been all afternoon.

I think everyone's shattered.

The fact that this is
happening in the biggest game

of the season
for these two clubs,

it is a game
that really dictates

the futures of so many
individual players,

the clubs.

To happen in those circumstances

makes it
all the more remarkable.

Credit to both sets of players

for that 90 minutes
of football because it was

absolutely breathtaking.
Glorious chaos.

And hopefully, we've got
another 30 minutes more of it.

Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go!

Jordy, they've just got
three in the back, Jordy.

They've just got three
in the back,

so it's a match up. Touch.

- Young.
- Relax, relax!

Davies. Lovely player, Davies.

Here's for a penalty.
The challenge was sparked.

- Hey!
- That's a f*cking penalty! Hey!

f*cking hell!

I'm glad you're coming over.

Now, can you just tell me
how that's not a penalty?

- No, it...
- How's that not a penalty?

How is that not a penalty?

I can understand

Phil Parkinson's
frustration completely.

Can get it for dissent, yeah,

but it usually has to be pretty,

pretty hardcore dissent.

Clifton.

That wasn't great, was it?
From Tozer.

Come on, Wrexham!

Which one of these sides

will get to that final?

To be played a week tomorrow.

Grimsby looking to thr*aten.

Just over a minute
normal time remaining

at the end of this first
period of extra time.

Palmer.

Palmer went down in the box,

and the Grimsby players
not happy about that.

Yellow cards for Palmer.

This is nuts.

Every f*cking one
of you, fight a bit more.

We can f*cking do it.
Come on. Come on.

A little pressure
from McFadzean.

- Back here, swing back!
- Again, swing back!

Come on, Wrexham!

What an afternoon this has been.

Last 10 minutes of extra time.

sh**t it, come on!

Five minutes to go.

What a game.

What a spectacle
they've given us.

There has to be
a winner, though.

Sheer delight
for one of these clubs.

Utter dejection for the other.

Cropper.

Just getting great distance
on it, as expected!

I normally get
this season's shirt,

give them a wash,

put them away
in the drawer with all

my other seasons' shirts.

It's quite sad, really.

End of another one.

It's been an amazing season.

They played out of their skin.

Done far better than I thought
they were going to.

It would have been fantastic
if we'd have won.

Unbelievable.

The excitement for
if we were going up

would be absolutely fantastic.

You don't set out ever
thinking you're going to lose.

In the final game,

when they scored
the winning one,

my heart just sank to the floor.

They've done it!

Grimsby look to have won it.

Crazy how it all feels tonight.

Crazy and out for love.

With all of my friends

and the booze making stuff...

Resilience is so key.

It's crazy how my life can go.

The failures in life
make you stronger.

They do.

And you've got to keep
picking yourself up.

We didn't win,
but I do genuinely think

things are different.

Things are only
going to get better.

It's like a fairy tale,
having two Hollywood owners

who are willing
to dip into their pockets

to secure the fact
that we're going to go up.

They've now got Wrexham
under their skin

in the same way
as a lot of us fans.

You guys are the heartbeat

of this entire community.

You guys have
already done the thing.

I know the goal was promotion,
but that's not...

That was not
our number one goal.

Our number one goal
of the season

was to bring belief back into
this town and into this club,

and you can hear it.

10,000 people out there
every single game.

Standing ovation
as you guys walked off.

And I'm just hoping
that they stay with us.

If it doesn't happen
next season,

that they stick at it.

Well, this is how we started,

walking on the field.

I thought you said
this was gonna work.

Well, next year, I guess.

Welcome to
Wrexham and Lager Podcast.

Wayne, the famous publican
from the Turf

is with us today.
Welcome to the podcast, Wayne.

Thanks, guys.

Wayne, your year in the pub,
and watching Wrexham,

how would you sum it up?

And obviously, your film career
is taking off.

I mean, I think I walked
in the Turf once,

and you were
getting makeup done.

It's been strange,
I think, but exciting.

I woke up on Sunday
after the Grimsby game

with tears in my eyes.
I was physically emotional.

And on the Monday, I was
utterly, utterly depressed.

I, personally, for me, as we
all know, Wayne, you'll know,

and James,
you know more than anyone.

I mean, when I suffer lows,
I suffer lows.

But the football has
picked me up at times.

And I'm going to smile
about it now because...

- Good on you.
- It's a good thing, isn't it?

- Very much.
- Like you say, the passion.

You're up, you're down,

but this down
hasn't knocked you down,

if you get what I mean.
You've still got optimism.

And next year, we go again.

- And do you know what?
- It's like you said before.

This isn't like a down
like any other season down.

This is a down
that we're going to be

right back up there next year.

This is a short-term
down because we're coming back

- with a vengeance.
- We're coming back, and...

It's more of a delay.

This season continuing...

- That's a great word.
- This is a delay.

- Coming to win the league.
- We're coming to win the league.

We're coming
to kick the bloody door

down on the Football League
because we're coming for you.

Yeah.

The Red Army are coming for you.

You look what it will be like

when we do win the league.

Then you'll really see it
take off.

Wrexham AFC

has been an important part
of my life,

on the stage of life,
still called to me

just like when I was a child.

I think it's hope.

Yeah, there's some fire
just ignited in my body,

and there's a lot
of passion there now.

You can see it now in the team

and the fans and the town.

Wrexham's got ambitions.

Up the town. Still up the town.

The fans are so passionate,

and I've got that from day one.

We've come so far,

and we can only build
on it next season.

I think you have
to fail to be successful.

You have to see that side.

Next season,
we will win the league.

I'm telling you.

The way that we've
approached this whole thing

is not just simply as,

oh, this would be
a fun toy to have.

It was always community first.

When I saw
the people of Wrexham,

I realized, wow, these are...

I know...
I just know these people.

And if we can do anything
to help this club,

I'd love to do it.

Everything I saw,
everything I felt there

was just
nothing short of beautiful.

So I'm really protective
of Wrexham now, you know?

When somebody says,
"Why Wrexham?"

I feel the veins in my neck
pop out a little bit.

We're going to get
this team back here next year,

and we're going
to achieve promotion.

I promise.
This town deserves it.

Next season, I might jolly well

just start watching football.

"Stand By Me"