02x15 - Up the Town?

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[Daniel Farrant's
"Chasing Down Gold"]

♪ ♪

♪ Someday,
you're going to come out ♪

♪ And it's so beautiful ♪

♪ Someday,
you're going to wake up ♪

♪ And feel no pain ♪

♪ Like a butterfly ♪

♪ Rising on the wind ♪

♪ When you find your wings ♪

♪ That's when life begins ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hold up your freak flag,
fly it up high ♪

♪ Blood on the walls,
ain't gotta live a lie ♪

♪ Shoulders back, walking with
my head held high tonight ♪

♪ ♪

♪ And put on my best shoes,
knock 'em out cold ♪

♪ Swim against the tide,
won't do what I'm told ♪

♪ Back in the ring 'cause
I'm chasing down gold tonight ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Back in the ring,
I'm chasing down gold tonight ♪

♪ ♪

This game is so much...

You don't believe.

We've got worldwide now.

But I'm telling you now,
this game is, like, so big.

You wouldn't believe.

You would not believe.

Come on, Wrexham.

Come on. We can do this.

Come on!

Come on, Wrexham.

♪ ♪

Okey doke.

- I'll see you in a bit.
- OK.

You know,
you have to give credit

sometimes to the opposition,
Wrexham and Notts County.

They're too good
for this league,

but they're
two big teams as well.

And I think that's what makes
this title race for me...

I've been almost doing this
ten years now.

This is, by far,
the best title race in a...

In a long, long time.

As a Notts fan,
it's frustrating

when we've got a team.

It's typical Notts, you know.

We finally get a team
that are picking up points

everywhere you go,
it's amazing.

It's absolutely brilliant
to be part of.

If both sides, you know,

are going on
to get the league record

for the most amount of points,
it's an absolute travesty

that only one
goes up automatically.

And one of these
sensational teams

might not even make it out
of the league this season.

Notts County have been
phenomenal this season.

Now, I look at their team
and I look at their squad,

and I can see why
they're doing so well.

I look at ours, and I think
we are doing what we should do

with the quality of players
we've got.

I feel they're slightly
stretching themselves

and overperforming,
but they keep doing it.

They're a superb sight.
Let's be honest.

They knock the ball around
so well,

and they've got that lad,
Langstaff, up front.

Palmer out to Rodrigues,

edge of the penalty area.

He brilliantly
finds Langstaff.

And Langstaff finds
his record-breaking moment.

Macaulay Langstaff moves on

to 42 goals in the league,

a tally that no man
has ever reached

at the fifth tier
of the English game.

You don't score


and, you know,
and not be a top class striker.

Uh, I think he's got
a big future in the game.

And I think, uh,
there's simply no...

Luke Williams has done
so well there.

But ultimately, though,
we're the two best teams,

and we should be able
to b*at anybody.

But football doesn't work
like that, does it?

Doesn't work like that at all.

We have two games left,

which means
six available points.

We only need three of those
to win the title

and get automatically promoted.

But if we don't win
those games

and, uh, someone else
wins two of theirs,

then that could mean
we wind up in the playoffs

and we all know how badly
that can f*cking go.

This was not
in the Hollywood script...

A season that's promised
so much for Wrexham.

In previous seasons, um,

when we've been in
the playoffs, you know,

a few times now
and we've come up short...

And obviously,
history does tell you

the team that finishes second
invariably don't go on to...

To win the playoffs.

And I mean,
Notts County with 109 points

and still not go up.

It is ridiculous.

Mind blowing.

You know,
there's so much pressure

on those players all season.

Are you rolling?

First, tell me your name,

who you play for,
and your position.

Macaulay Langstaff,
Notts County.

I'm a striker.

I think both teams have
pushed each other on.

I don't think we would have
got the points without Wrexham.

And I don't think they
would have got the points

without us, I think,

because we've pushed
each other so far.

It's been an incredible race.

I'm John Bostock,

I'm a midfielder,
and I play for Notts County.

I've been in this game
a long time,

and I've never seen
anything like this before...

To have two teams so dominant

to be going neck and neck
right up until the end.

Cedwyn Scott,
Notts County, striker.

It's been strange.

Like, you would think sort of
achieving that points total

and you're winning every week,
and then you look

and your competitors
have won as well.

You just can't
get rid of them.

I think that's
the toughest thing.

I'm Luke Williams.

I'm the head coach
of Notts County.

I think there was
one or two times

when players were looking and
checking phones at halftime,

and we had a...

A short conversation
about not doing that.

After that game,
after the defeats,

we all looked to the playoffs.

We still had that hope.

We still knew that
we could possibly do it.

It was a devastating one, obviously,

the way it happens,

having the penalty
in the last minute

and not converting that.

That was a hard one to take

because a draw gives you
that bit of hope.

It's the hope that kills you

in the end, isn't it, really?

Like, you've got that hope.

You can't give up.

Genuinely,
the first thing I felt

when the penalty was saved

was I thought of Cedwyn immediately

because he's brave enough
to step up

and take the kick
in that moment of the game,

in that moment
of the league campaign.

And, uh, I shared
a moment with Cedwyn

outside the grounds,
with his father as well.

He was feeling Cedwyn's pain,
and Cedwyn was distraught.

And, uh, I wanted to tell him
in that really bad moment

that I believed in him
and that I felt like

he would have big moments
again for us

and he'd be stronger for living
through this experience.

Playoffs... like,
people say anything can happen.

Of course, we'd like
to avoid the playoffs.

But mentally,
you can't write them off

because we could be there.

Playoffs is really difficult

because you have that high
of potentially achieving

a*t*matic promotion
and winning the league.

And then you have to get
yourself mentally ready

for a playoff campaign.

It felt like a big
boiling pot, to be honest.

Notts cannot afford
to make a mistake.

We shouldn't make a mistake.

We can't afford it
anyway either.

Boreham Wood will not
be an easy game.

They're the best defensive
team in the league

and have a better record
playing away from home.

And their goalkeeper,
Nathan Ashmore,

is arguably the best
goalkeeper in the league

and already has


Uh, tough game.

Boreham Wood had
a good season themselves.

They're in the playoffs, so...

I've had some competitive
games against them,

uh, in the last
couple of years,

and expect Saturday
to be no different.

We know how Boreham will play.

We know what we've got to do
to get the better of them

and exploit their weaknesses,

and also nullify
their strengths.

And now it's up to us
as a team and as a group

to implement that game plan
really well,

and if we do, we'll have
a great chance of winning.

My nerves and my nails
are in shreds.

Oh, mine have gone.
Mine have gone.

I gave up on them
a couple of weeks ago.

They're gone now.

We started
at the Halifax game.

- Yeah.
- You know how that started.

And my ulcer
is coming on nicely.

I'm sure I've got an ulcer
because I have such...

Such anxiety
when we're so close.

And we're three points
from the promise land now.

That's all.

And, you know,
it sounds easy, doesn't it?

Three points from two games.

You know, you think, yes.
- Yeah, yeah.

But it's football, you know.

We've done it before.

We've thrown it away
at the last minute.

And I'm thinking,
please, please, Wrexham,

don't do it this time.

You know,
can't look forward to it.

I'm gonna start getting...
- I know.

You know, a bit emotional
thinking about it.

But, you know,
gosh, if we do it...

My dad said last night...
He said, just wish we'd do it?

But...

He said it's probably

the biggest game that...

Yeah, we will. We will.

I hope so.

Now, don't...
- I know.

Don't.
You'll start me off, and then...

Let's hope we're celebrating.

Yes, we'll celebrate.
We will.

We will celebrate. Yeah.
- Yeah.

The Scotsman
for the match ball

to make it 5-2.

And that should finally
seal those three points.

It is for sure two full years
coming, bubbling to the top.

I would say that that's been
happening constantly though.

Just when I think
I can't bubble anymore,

like at the Notts game,
here I am having a...

Genuinely a full
four sleepless nights

leading up to Boreham Wood.

Uh, it's all I think about.

It has to end today.

It has to end.

This has just been
going on for so long.

I know. Our nervous system...

We've got 107 points.

It should have been over
months ago.

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Whew!
Ay-yi-yi-yi, yi-yi-ya.

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This looks nice.

I literally called Rob this
morning just, like, to whine.

Yes, that's right.

Like, my tummy's in knots.

♪ ♪

Go, Wrexham!

There's a
real spark in the air tonight

- though, isn't it?
- Yeah, yeah.

Oh, it's exciting.

You know,
it's been 15 years of torment

for the club.

The players and the squad
to get this team

over the line promotion
are going to be heroes

for many, many years to come.

I was already
a Wrexham fan anyway.

I always was.

But this has been bigger
and better and more exciting

than ever, ever
would have imagined.

Hopefully,
I'll be welcomed back

to the stadium for
the rest of my life as well.

Definitely, definitely.

What up, boys? Superb, lads.
f*cking brilliant.

Yeah, just a couple
of reminders, then, boys.

OK, so the teams are the same
as we expected.

Just remember... and a few of you
have mentioned it...

They will definitely
slow the game down,

throw themselves to the floor,

take the time, long throws.

Let me and Steve get on to
the official on the touchline.

Everyone,
if you just concentrate

on what you've got to do.

Leave the space,
Mulls and Dalbs,

and just leave it down there
for Bush to f*cking chase.

And we'll see f*cking
how many times

he can f*cking deal with that.

Now the last point
is that reset.

You can never, ever,

ever think the job's done
in football.

We know what we're gonna do.
We know we're gonna play.

Let's go and put in a really
top performance tonight.

Let's go, boys.

- Let's go.
- Come on, everyone.

Focus, lads.
Come on, 90 minutes.

Come on.

It's about promotion.

I think... you know, I see
I've been part of an exciting

couple of years, first of all.

But I'll only reflect on it
in a really positive way

if we get the job done.

Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham!

Here come the teams.

Goodness me, this is a...

Chilling, isn't it?

Yeah, it's really chilling.

It's quite something.

Wow.
Yep, this is quite something.

I wonder if Ryan Reynolds

really knew what he was doing
when he bought this club.

I think
we've seen Ryan Reynolds

fall more and more in love
with this club and this game

as time has gone on,
haven't we?

And it's a lovely thing
to see.

And worked at the basics

that have brought you so much
success this season.

It's another game for them.

They have been formidable
at home this year.

And they have to go again
for one more game.

But you're coming up against
a side that can certainly

spoil the party,
assigning Luke Garrard's team

that his team thought
would be fairly easy.

You know what you have to do.

Concentrate. Play the game.

Frustrate Wrexham
as much as possible.

Play on the counter
as best as possible.

Mendy's header.

Now Dalby,

looking all ready
to release Mullin.

Ashmore with the clearance.

15 clean sheets for him
this season.

A charge on Welsh.

And he lobs in,

and he scores!

What an incredible start..

Inside a minute,

Boreham Wood have come
to the Racecourse,

and they break the deadlock.

Is there to be
yet another twist

in this title race?

Really?
That just happened for real?

Yeah.

Talk about
silencing the crowds.

Well, well, well,

is the National League
going to do it again?

You just never ever can
take anything for granted.

Well, Luke Williams says

he wasn't going
to listen or watch,

but I'm pretty sure
he's been told early on.

Still a long, long way
to go in this game

as a Wrexham player.

You still keep
to the original game plan.

Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

Dalby
brings down beautifully

and beats Payne,
and chips a good ball

to Boreham on the right.

Mullin, oh, he's taken out
very late there, is he?

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Mendy is going wide.
Lee feeds it towards him.

Mendy accelerates
and gets there first.

And now he's taking on Sousa,
who drops him down.

That's gotta
be a yellow card.

That should be
a yellow card.

But it won't be, I bet you.

Here comes Lee then,
right-footed,

swept with height.
Ashmore's underneath it.

Oh, it's headed over.

That was a chance for Tozer.

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To Mullin, who flicks it
inside brilliantly.

Dalby, snap sh*t is blocked.

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Throw-in taken quickly,
and Mullin turns his man.

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Edge of it earlier.
Has to go backwards.

Jones now has got
Barnett in space.

Barnett now
fakes to go inside,

then goes on the outside,
chips to the far post.

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Goal!
Take that lead, Max. Yes!

Come on!

f*ck yeah! f*ck yeah!

♪ ♪

I want to be playing
in the high-pressure game.

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Drop.

If you'd have asked me,
where will I be at my happiest

moving away from my family

and playing in
the National League,

uh, a year ago
or two years ago,

I would've said
absolutely not.

But, um,
life works in funny ways.

And I'm definitely
at my happiest

playing for this club.

I want to bring this town
success so bad.

There's nothing I want more
than to take Wrexham

into the league.

You actually... you can see
so much potential there.

You can see, right, if we can
get promoted from this league,

then we can go again,

and we can get promoted
in the next league.

Promotion is just the greatest
feeling in football, really.

To know that you've...

You've worked hard
for so long,

sacrifices you put in
for your family,

not seeing them,
not seeing your partner, and...

And then just
to have that feeling

at the end
of all that hard work

and the sacrifices paying off.

- Great ball.
- Yeah!

Especially with Wrexham,

they're surrounded
by great people.

Lee! Yes, come on!

Mad display by Barnett.

Yeah!

Throws his first long throw.

Three men in a 6-yard box
for Wrexham.

Three on the edge,
they'll lose their man.

Throw comes in
with height on it,

headed away easily by Evans.

Cannon knocks it back in,
partly cleared by Marsh.

And it's hooked back
into the box by Barnett,

Dalby... whoa!

He certainly made contact

in his back with his arm.

Yeah.

Now Wrexham's got a chance
to break here.

Cannon accelerates forwards.

Mullin's ahead of him,
so is Dalby.

He goes for Mullin,
sprinting in the box.

Gets goal-side.

It's a sh*t well held
by Ashmore.

Lovely run by Cannon.

Dalby had made an excellent
run and found space.

Mendy's header,
drops to O'Connor.

His clearance isn't the best.
It's high in the air.

Dalby jumps... oh,
and he's taken at the head.

Clash of heads.

Oh!

I've not missed a game
at the Racecourse in years.

However,
it's such a massive day

that I couldn't imagine
not spending it at the turf.

The turf is where
it began for me,

you know, all those years ago.

So it just felt right
to spend it here

with my wife,
my friends, my family,

you know, the people
that mean the most to me.

Um, I wouldn't have been able

to do that at a stadium,
you know?

It's such a massive day.

And to be able
to spend it with,

you know, people that mean
the most to me, um,

at the turf, it just felt...
Just felt right.

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I'd like another goal, please.

Me too.

Now Dalby,
breaking on the right,

only Mullin ahead of him.

Mendy's arriving too.

He finds Mullin in the D.
The turn pass is good.

Dalby's wide,
great tackle that.

Fans have run to the shelf
for the penalty.

That was a brilliant tackle.

Mendy wins it
and chips it down the line.

Headed partly away,
on the edge of the box.

It's nodded down,
driving forwards.

- Agbontohoma fouls him.
- Yeah.

Throws it in towards
the halfway line.

It's locked off acutely.

Marsh, in the box.

McAlinden did really well
to cover that.

And the ref blows his whistle.

Halftime...

one all.

A draw today
would leave the door open

for Notts County
to take the lead.

Well, boys, this is obviously

a disappointing start.

We're a little balling behind.

But just got to keep
being alive till that.

Apart from that,
you've done brilliant.

You've done
absolutely brilliant.

You f*cking remain calm
and f*cking kept playing.

So don't get frustrated.
Just when the football comes,

make sure it's of a high
quality, which it has been.

Keep playing the way
you've been playing,

and the moments will come.

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I've been a manager


It's the first job
for a while where

I've moved into the area.

And, um,

yeah, I obviously enjoyed that,
and, uh...

But it does really hit home
to you how much it means.

You know,
it is part of the culture.

♪ ♪

When you're young,
your dad takes you

to watch a football match.

The crowd, the atmosphere...

People remember it, you know?

They remember being
at the games with their kids

and watching, you know,
great moments.

And they live
in their memories

as much as the people who are
actually involved in them

out on the pitch
or on the touchline.

The memories and the
achievements are so important,

and, um,
you want to be remembered.

And, uh, you know,
I think that's...

It's a real driving force
for everybody.

Football has got
kind of a magic about it.

And what do I love most
about it?

It's the accomplishment
of winning

on a Saturday afternoon,

that when everything
comes together

and all the work you've seen
on the training ground

or a player you've done
a lot of homework

to bring the club has
a great game and gets a goal.

Then the feeling of that is
one which is hard to replace.

♪ ♪

Move down the side.

Let's get this back,
three of theirs,

f*cking running back
their own goal.

- Come on, boys, let's go.
- Come on!

- Come on.
- Here we go, boys.

Come on, boys! Yeah!

Have a nice run.
Empty the f*cking tanks.

♪ ♪

Win the second
half, win the league.

That's a simple equation.

Boreham Wood's
very good defensively.

In fact, they haven't conceded
in the second half

of a game in any of
their last six matches.

♪ ♪

This is a title race
that has compelled us,

has kept us guessing
for months.

Does that end this evening

at the end of this
next 45 minutes,

or will we get
final day drama?

♪ ♪

Jones, Mullin
is pulling ahead of him.

Great ball to Mullin.

On the right flank, can Mullin
cut inside and take on Evans?

Dalby's in the box.

Then Mullin tries
to pick him out.

Bush reads it...
A groan from the crowd.

♪ ♪

Cross comes in.
Foster takes it well.

♪ ♪

Cannon now running at his man,
pokes it to Dalby.

Back to Mullin.

Cross to Cannon! Goal!

- That's offsides.
- He's offsides.

- He's offsides.
- Offsides.

Wrexham putting in an S.

Offsides.

I think that was close.

10 yards into
Boreham Wood's territory.

Nice chipped ball for Mullin,

who's got Agbontohoma
leaning on him.

Great turn by Mullin.
Gets away from Agbontohoma.

Into the box.
Left-hand side. sh**t.

That was outrageous.

What a finish.

He has no right
to get this sh*t off.

It's an unbelievable
finish from him.

Take a bow, Paul Mullin.

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We're sitting here?
OK, then.

Right, high five.

And the other one.

Muah.

♪ ♪

- You guys having fun?
- Yeah.

Your Space is a charity
based around helping

children with autism.

Eventually. I'm Rachel.

Really pleased to meet you.
Hi, Nicola.

Nice to meet real people with
real legs and everything.

It's, um,
an unbelievable charity,

and obviously something
that's very close to me heart.

So we've got Morgan,
who's a massive Wrexham fan.

I know he's been waiting,
haven't you?

- How's it going?
- Been waiting to meet you.

Have you been waiting
patiently?

There's a lot of people
now in the world

who do view me as a different
figure, should I say.

I don't know what...
how to explain it.

But I don't see me self
as anybody.

Football's a game.

You want to test yourself
at the highest level.

But ultimately,
your family comes first.

- I like that.
- Isn't it? Yes.

That's cool, that.

I like that.

You know, you just
sit there at night,

and you think you've
got it all figured out,

and you think
you're on the right path.

And the next day,
you're ten steps back, um...

Very, very excited to meet you.

Are you OK?

I thought if I could
help one person

to be able to deal with
their child's diagnosis

and help them
to accept the child

'cause I know it's not easy...

The pressure
you put yourself under,

the guilt you feel

is ultimately just
normal and natural.

But if you've got
someone to talk to

and rely on, who knows?

They might have
a family member

who've been through
the same thing.

And you can share
the story of your child.

Every autism's different,
but it's the hope that gets us.

My little Albi's just the same.

Albi, you've got the best hugs.

I think AlbI'll be jealous.

He only watches on the telly.

He'll be saying,
that's my daddy.

Come on.

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Millie'd be doing this,

regardless of Rob or Ryan,

you know,
regardless of the fact

that they now own
Wrexham Football Club.

She'll be doing this anyway
'cause she's always done it.

It's a blessing.
It's really helped her.

It's a brilliant club,
brilliant players,

brilliant people,
brilliant all of it,

let alone Wrexham.

Come on, the sound.

I didn't think last year
was our year.

This year, right from the off,

I've kept saying,
this is our year.

This is our year.

Wrexham!

2-1 is still
a nervy scoreline for Wrexham.

How they would love the
comfort of a two-goal cushion.

♪ ♪

Can they see this through

for the biggest win
of their season?

You could argue the biggest
win of their modern history.

Or will the battle
for promotion

have to come down
to the final day?

♪ ♪

So much intent about Wrexham,

determined to get
over the line today.

♪ ♪

Kelsey's expecting
a baby girl on May the 12th.

After what happened last time,
I'm obviously very happy.

But during the whole process,

I'll remain nervous until...
Until she's here.

Arthur was born sleeping.

It was 27 weeks.

So we went through
proper labor.

It was heartbreaking.

Definitely true
when people say,

you know, time's a healer,

'cause it does get easier.

But in that moment,

it's really difficult
to go through.

So Kelsey and Jordan
already know gender.

OK.
They're having a little girl.

It's been a bit
of a roller coaster.

It's been the best news ever.

But pregnancy after loss
has been the hardest thing.

In my head,
I couldn't help but think,

oh, is there
something wrong still?

That's the baby,
baby's heartbeat.

She's going to struggle.

She's very nervous, as...
as we'd all imagine.

Um, any little twinges or
anything that she doesn't feel

is quite right, probably
just has a bigger microscope

on it than normal pregnancies, but...

Got massive hair.

- See all these white spots?
- Oh. That's funny.

That's definitely from him.

Every milestone
in the pregnancy

that should be a happy
experience has been hard,

and then the 27-week mark
was a really difficult point

because Arthur was born
at 27 weeks.

So I think that was another
just emotional time.

- Oh, she's wiggling now.
- Aww.

- Can you make it out?
- Oh, yeah.

Oh.

Nose and lips
at the bottom.

She's giving us
a little smile then.

- Oh, that's a good one.
- Oh.

That's actually the best one
we've had, isn't it?

Close to it, yeah.

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Ultimately, I want Wrexham
to be winning the league

and the baby girl to come
around nice and healthy,

which... all season,
working towards promotion.

And then it's almost...
I know when the season ends,

what's coming around
the corner.

So it's almost all going
to come to a big crescendo.

Could be the best month
of my life.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Towards Mullin.

Marsh is precocious
and misses it.

Oh, he's running Evans
to the edge and outta here.

Oh, he's gonna attempt it.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Brilliant!
It's gonna be brilliant!

Absolutely super!

That's something, that!

I love that! I love that!

I'd have loads of that! Loads!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

And surely now,

15 years of hurt

are coming to an end.

♪ ♪

A minimum
of five minutes added time.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Final seconds
in the Racecourse.

All eyes on the referee.

♪ ♪

Champions!

Wrexham are promoted.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

♪ I'm going to have myself ♪

♪ A real good time ♪

♪ I feel alive ♪

♪ And the world ♪

♪ I'll turn it inside out,
yeah ♪

♪ I'm floating around
in ecstasy ♪

♪ So don't stop me now ♪

♪ Don't stop me ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm having
a good time ♪

♪ Having a good time ♪

♪ sh**ting star leaping through
the sky like a tiger ♪

♪ Defying the laws of gravity ♪

♪ I'm a racing car passing by
like Lady Godiva ♪

♪ I'm going to go, go, go ♪

♪ There's no stopping me ♪

♪ I'm burning through the sky,
yeah, 200 degrees ♪

♪ That's why they call me
Mr. Fahrenheit ♪

♪ I'm traveling
at the speed of light ♪

♪ I want to make
a supersonic man out of you ♪

All right, well done, sir.

♪ Don't stop me,
don't stop me ♪

Baby! Oh, Jordan's fighting
for the baby.

He had it this morning.

Jordan Davies's girlfriend
had a baby this morning.

- Really?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's there with the baby. Look.

♪ All right ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'm burning through the sky,
yeah ♪

♪ 200 degrees ♪

♪ That's why they call me
Mr. Fahrenheit, hey ♪

♪ Traveling at
the speed of light ♪

♪ I want to make a
supersonic man out of you ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

And it's Scott,

who had his penalty saved by
Ben Foster against Wrexham.

It is a sh*t at redemption.

Scott sends Notts County

back to the Football League!

Football writes
the most incredible scripts.

♪ ♪