Welcome to Wrexham 1x18

1. That looks lovely, doesn't it?

2. Looks really lovely.

3. We had the chance to win the title at Dagenham,

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

5. It would have been nice to have won it,

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

7. and get ready for the playoff.

8. Six teams play in the playoffs.

9. The major benefit of finishing second or third

10. is that you only have to play one game

11. before getting to the final, and you are at home

12. in that game, which is why we will host Grimsby

13. here at the Racecourse.

14. The winner will go through to the final.

15. There's a lot on the line.

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

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

18. Yeah, obviously, we lost Dagenham.

19. We lost cup final, but, you know,

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

21. and get ready to move on.

22. The motivation and the desire has got to be there.

23. We've got to be ready to outrun and outfight

24. for a minute in every battle.

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

26. It's all or nothing today.

27. Come gather round, people,

28. Wherever you roam

29. And admit that the waters around you have grown

30. And accept it that soon

31. you'll be drenched to the bone.

32. If your time to you is worth saving,

33. then you better start swimming,

34. or you'll sink like a stone

35. for the times, they are a-changing.

36. OK, so you're a new—

37. you're a new chairman.

38. What are your goals for Grimsby Town?

39. I'm from Grimsby.

40. I'm really proud to be from Grimsby.

41. Working class town that, you know,

42. has been down on its luck for a few years,

43. quite frankly.

44. We used to be

45. the world's largest fishing port,

46. and that's no longer the truth.

47. The industries of the past have gone away,

48. and it's trying to reinvent itself.

49. This club has been around 144 years.

50. It's the one constant in people's lives

51. in a world that's becoming more complex

52. and ever-changing.

53. And I heard someone say a few weeks ago

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

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

56. Your committed to your football club for life.

57. And that's really— that's my life's work now,

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

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

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

61. to be honest with you.

62. I thought that, "What's the connection

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

64. a town in North Wales?"

65. You know, what we know about football,

66. it's about relationships.

67. It's about connections to the community.

68. So the question about whether money and fame and success

69. is going to be an advantage for them—

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

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

72. in the idea of coming to a game

73. when she knew we'd be playing Wrexham,

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

75. of a comment about my relationship

76. than about football,

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

78. So, you know, what we know about football,

79. it's about relationships,

80. it's about connections to the community,

81. and the reality of it is that them wealth and fame

82. and that sort of success can be a barrier to building

83. genuine relationships,

84. so there's a question of authenticity.

85. There's a question of, you know,

86. when it gets really tough

87. and people turn against them, you know,

88. are they gonna be getting on those private jets

89. to come to Wrexham when times are hard as well?

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

91. And you'll have both, as well.

92. Grimsby Town and Wrexham

93. split their season series

94. with Grimsby absolutely dominating

95. the first meeting.

96. First ones of next year's away shirts

97. have arrived. Yes, not green anymore.

98. No more green? I like it.

99. Wow.

100. But the great thing about going up a league

101. is that we can— it avails us to players

102. that aren't English. Yep.

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

104. The players will be cheaper for us

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

106. because the National League premium,

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

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

109. You pay premium. It's a simple—

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

111. Shaun Harvey is as essential and element

112. to Wrexham AFC's success

113. as Rob and I are, as Phil Parkinson is,

114. as Paul Mullin is, as Ollie Palmer is,

115. as Aaron Hayden.

116. Shaun is very serious, as well a person

117. should be in that position.

118. And Shaun is the adult in the room.

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

120. and when?

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

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

123. I think words are too clumsy to express

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

125. I also just love him, you know?

126. Rob and I both just love the guy.

127. Three clubs should get to go up.

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

129. It'd be over now. The top two—

130. the top two should have been up.

131. We should be on holiday. - Yeah.

132. Got to get out of this fucking week.

133. We got to get out.

134. Let's go! Wrexham!

135. Wrexham finished the regular season

136. 11 points ahead of Grimsby, 2nd and 6th, respectively.

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

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

139. Stakes could not be higher.

140. Feeling very nervous. Excited, as well.

141. Who handles the pressure

142. of playoff football.

143. We must have a winner.

144. I mean, they weren't very good

145. in that trophy final.

146. They just looked a little bit lethargic,

147. a little bit flat on their feet.

148. The problem we've had

149. is linked to being on the road.

150. This is familiar.

151. This is the Racecourse, where we have

152. a massive crowd roaring us on.

153. So I feel confident we'll be able

154. to do ourselves justice.

155. Nice and calm. We reset.

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

157. Taking the fucking handbrake off, right?

158. And going full throttle for the bastard throat

159. of this fucking team.

160. Nothing gets left on the pitch.

161. We fucking give everything to put these to the bastard sword.

162. Let's fucking go. All right!

163. The Wrexham fans, wow.

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

165. The Wrex fans on its feet.

166. Here we go, and a pick up is taken.

167. And the ball is popped backwards

168. and immediately launched.

169. Our ball! That's our ball!

170. When I'm high,

171. When I'm loving,

172. When I'm starting to say—

173. Backer to you feeds it forwards.

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

175. You want to ask questions early on.

176. You want to see what Wrexham are made of.

177. You want to see if Wrexham can handle the pressure

178. in these big games.

179. What we've seen from the last game

180. and how important set plays have been

181. in the playoffs so far.

182. Maxie, cut him in front!

183. All hands, the player towards

184. the edge of the box.

185. Oh!

186. Certainly hectical concern, the header by Taylor.

187. Long way down the line for him.

188. Slings it towards the corner box again.

189. Cleworth is there. Smashed into the back of him.

190. No, hey, hey!

191. By the way, is he allowed go right

192. in the back of his fucking head?

193. Is that Mullin?

194. Yeah.

195. We'll see some heat,

196. sent out the Golden Boot winner

197. in the National League, Mullin OK.

198. Back again on Clifton, McAtee, Taylor.

199. Taylor served nicely. McAtee gets it back.

200. Great goal!

201. With the flags up at one count.

202. Offside?

203. Offside.

204. From a devil

205. At a scene in the concert

206. Well, it feels like something's—

207. So Dibble takes the goal kick.

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

209. Going to get there. In the box he goes.

210. He's wide. Hey!

211. That looks like a penalty.

212. I wanted to be with my child,

213. and being able to come back

214. and spend every day and every night

215. seeing his face and watching him progressing

216. and just seeing him smile every day...

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

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

219. and all me family, me partner,

220. me little boy memories that we won't forget often

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

222. and something I want to try and keep more of.

223. With all the hopes and expectations and the time

224. spent out of the league

225. and all the stuff we've had to deal with

226. this year...

227. singing my name after we've been promoted

228. in front of all the fans who've given us

229. the support all season, and we've waited

230. so long for this time, like,

231. so to have the opportunity to hopefully

232. be able to give them what they've wanted

233. for years and success and bring back

234. the good times at the club.

235. That gives me some other motivation

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

237. then what a story it would be.

238. Hey!

239. That looks like a penalty.

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

241. But you can see the reaction here

242. at the Grimsby place.

243. That is a huge call

244. from the referee, Adam Herczeg.

245. Well, they're clearly delighted with it.

246. We want Mullin! Send out Mullin!

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

248. So the man who has won the penalty

249. will now take it.

250. We've got super Mullin!

251. As a kid, when you're looking

252. to become a footballer, you see full stadiums

253. and people singing people's names.

254. You wish one day it could be you.

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

256. and the noise and the excitement,

257. it does reflect into you and in your life.

258. Will he go for power here?

259. Mullin, that's what he tends to do.

260. Pressure penalty in the playoffs.

261. It's Mullin! For Wrexham!

262. It's a goal against the other play.

263. The Wrexham work here.

264. There in front of the Racecourse.

265. A real good feeling.

266. Yeah, I've got a real good feeling.

267. It's raucous at the Racecourse.

268. It's first blood to Wrexham.

269. A real good feeling.

270. Wrexham, Wrexham!

271. Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham!

272. It's first blood to Wrexham.

273. It's raucous at the Racecourse.

274. Yeah!

275. Can Brimsby hit back quickly here?

276. Fine man, I fucking caught my finger

277. on a ball on the crossbar. Yeah.

278. How's your recovery going there, mate?

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

280. No, it's weird.

281. Even the minor one was bad.

282. No.

283. Yeah.

284. Dib's just watched more of me

285. than I've watched of him.

286. But now it's his time to go and shine

287. and make his way himself, so Dibs has come in

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

289. Just want the team to keep winning.

290. The end of the day, the main aim

291. is getting promoted, this football club.

292. At the start of the season, obviously,

293. it's hard knowing that you're gonna be

294. a number two, you know, goalkeeping-wise.

295. You're gonna be second choice.

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

297. I had a couple of bad games.

298. But you know, at the moment,

299. I feel really, really good on myself.

300. I've just got to take it game by game

301. and hopefully keep doing what I'm doing

302. and help the team go up the league.

303. Wrexham, 18 matches unbeaten at the Racecourse,

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

305. McAtee whose had that only goal disallowed

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

307. Great goal! Oh, that's special.

308. What a way to respond.

309. Delirium among the Grimsby fans.

310. Oh, my God.

311. What a response from Grimsby.

312. 1 minute and 23 seconds between the goals.

313. Hosannah now. Wrexham went in again almost.

314. Great save by Crocombe.

315. And what a game we've got on here.

316. Wrexham. Jones.

317. Really busy in that box.

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

319. and French was there.

320. It's all square at the racecourse at halftime.

321. Love the playoffs.

322. Absolutely love the playoffs.

323. Listen in, boys. - Yeah.

324. Start again for me exactly the fucking same.

325. Kick it on to Smith. Fucking try and overpower them.

326. Balls down the side. Quick free kicks.

327. Quick throws, even though the fucking ref

328. blocked one of them.

329. Keep winning the battle of both boxes, yeah?

330. And keep resetting, keeping calm.

331. Let's go.

332. Listen, let's go give fucking everything.

333. Like I said, we've had this team by the fucking throat,

334. haven't we, Jordy?

335. We're fit enough to go again, right to the fucking wire.

336. Take 'em by the throat.

337. Go and score the next goal, and go

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

339. Come on, lads. Come on.

340. This is a big 'un. Yeah.

341. Wrexham about to kick off the second half.

342. Can we force this over the line?

343. One of these sides will play

344. in next Sunday's promotion final

345. at London Stadium.

346. The start here,

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

348. That's a good ball to McAtee,

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

350. You wonder how important

351. that save's going to be with that situation.

352. McAtee again.

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

354. It's the worked, the pass as well to Clifton.

355. Just caught enough on that, Dibble,

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

357. All right, he's—

358. So, all right, already he's dislocated

359. his fucking finger or something like that, you know?

360. I don't like the way that Dibbs

361. has just gone down there.

362. Dibble back to his feet and ready

363. to help defend this corner that Amos will take.

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

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

366. Good delivery.

367. And they're in front!

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

369. They turned it all around!

370. Grimsby leads at the Racecourse!

371. With our first speaker tonight, freak here,

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

373. and he appeared in an episode of—

374. never heard of this—

375. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

376. It's true.

377. And from February of last year,

378. he's been our chief executive.

379. Thank you. Thank you.

380. Were you genuinely surprised by the fan base,

381. the support we did get this season?

382. Well, my first experience

383. of being at the Racecourse with fans

384. was for the Chesterfield game,

385. which was an amazing experience

386. because we were a bit crap.

387. And you know, it was tough.

388. But every time we won a throw in,

389. every time we won a corner, every time

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

391. And ultimately, we got our reward.

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

393. that we came here for, was for the fans.

394. And that was the thing that was so exciting.

395. And to see that in action was very special.

396. That was a really exciting thing.

397. Smart, capable, driven people

398. can figure out anything.

399. And I think Humphrey is a great example of that,

400. where he came into this experience

401. in the very beginning

402. with a lot of passion, natural intelligence.

403. Humphrey is also, like, one of those guys

404. who I relate to him in a lot of ways

405. because his superpower is immediately admitting

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

407. He's also very charming.

408. You know, his first day meeting the club

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

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

411. and all that kind of stuff, but he

412. just made it so kind of weirdly accessible and charming.

413. To move to Wrexham

414. and devote six months of his life,

415. I think he's learned how to become

416. a legit football executive.

417. Thank you all for pitching up tonight.

418. Thank Humphrey.

419. Here we go.

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

421. and you've got 200 people

422. singing your lyrics back at you.

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

424. We never did.

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

426. I've got a letter from hospital.

427. - And? - OK.

428. "Dear Mr. Hett, I am pleased to report

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

430. "of recurrence of the disease.

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

432. That's good news.

433. I'm absolutely delighted. I am.

434. But maybe a bit of guilt because not everyone's

435. as fortunate as me in my position.

436. Look at how far you've come.

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

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

439. supported us throughout it.

440. The lads in the band that supported me

441. as well as Michael.

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

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

444. It kept me going with what was going on

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

446. the football club.

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

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

449. get back into the Football League.

450. Grimsby leads.

451. We are 10 minutes into the second half here,

452. and the momentum is totally on Grimsby's side.

453. Wrexham trail by a goal.

454. Waterfall is there.

455. Now maybe they can counter.

456. McAtee or Sousa wanted the pass.

457. Intercepted there by McAtee.

458. Come on!

459. Young.

460. Davis.

461. He's come all the way through towards Palmer.

462. It's been a good reaction from Wrexham.

463. I've barely missed a game in 30 years.

464. You go because you love the team so much,

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

466. So you go because it's in your heart.

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

468. It's in me.

469. I hopefully instill it into my sons.

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

471. have that passion I've got.

472. It's passed down to you.

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

474. That's the mother of my kids.

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

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

477. You know, it's awful.

478. But then it's life.

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

480. It's all you can do.

481. He blasted a defense maneuver!

482. Johnson McCall, the left-hand side.

483. Young, right-footed.

484. Sweeps it under the bar.

485. Threat in that side, and they're showing here!

486. And they've equalized! Tozer!

487. You see the audience coming in,

488. and then he's got the advantage

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

490. It's been a long road.

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

492. and we fought our battles as a town,

493. and we fought our battles as a football club.

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

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

496. Just happy, not just for the genuine fans,

497. happy for the town as a whole.

498. And this is what inextricably links to the football club

499. and the community.

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

501. It's absolutely bouncing.

502. The jukebox is blaring, and people are singing,

503. and people are happy.

504. Wrexham is the football club,

505. and the football club is Wrexham.

506. That's how sort of interconnected they are.

507. Here's Tozer with another long throw there.

508. So the Wrexham fans on their feet behind the goal.

509. Tozer slings it.

510. Got it up by Palmer!

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

512. It's there!

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

514. And it's blasted in by a goalie!

515. Mullin puts Wrexham ahead! Come on! Come on!

516. We got celebrations in the commentary box.

517. What a play because Grimsby has shown quality

518. in the second half.

519. They showed spirit to fight back

520. from that first half, you know, winning,

521. but we are in a fight here.

522. Wow.

523. I believe we're gonna do it.

524. We are gonna do it.

525. Well, Grimsby were on top.

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

527. There you go! There you go!

528. Come on! Let's go!

529. The momentum has swung.

530. The advantage has gone Wrexham's way.

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

532. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Grimsby

533. come back into it again.

534. And we've got what, with added time,

535. probably about half an hour to go of this.

536. Fuck me. I can't handle this.

537. Yeah! Let's go!

538. Get another one!

539. Get another one! Ah!

540. And Palmer will chase this,

541. and Crocombe got there before him.

542. McAtee.

543. Taylor's on the edge of the box.

544. McAtee looks— behind him!

545. They've done it again!

546. They just never know when they're beaten!

547. McAtee provided this time.

548. It's Taylor with a massive goal.

549. Football hurts.

550. A National League playoff classic unfolding

551. here at the Racecourse.

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

553. 20 minutes of this to go.

554. We really miss Aaron Hayden.

555. Watching that Grimsby game

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

557. - Ooh! - Wow.

558. Ooh, who's that?

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

560. Whoa.

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

562. Like, the day I signed for Wrexham,

563. she took her first steps.

564. So these little priceless moments.

565. That along with football, for me,

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

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

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

569. be present in the moment.

570. The quality that's been shown by both teams,

571. Adam, is absolutely exemplary.

572. It really is at National League level.

573. But I've enjoyed Wrexham.

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

575. I'm excited for next year, for the fans.

576. I can't call this though.

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

578. It's just brilliantly breathless stuff.

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

580. after it, though.

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

582. And it might jump for Waterfall!

583. Good block.

584. Can Waterfall find a yard in the box

585. to get away from Tozer?

586. In it goes for McAtee!

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

588. Dieseruvwe!

589. This is almost beyond remarkable!

590. Can Wrexham rescue it again?

591. Just find yourself looking around the pitch,

592. thinking who will be the hero?

593. Football's a strange game

594. because you can be in teams

595. where you go 1-0 down,

596. and you just don't have that belief

597. where you're gonna get back into the game.

598. This team isn't like that.

599. We've produced moments throughout the season

600. where we've got more nailed down,

601. and you just see us come alive, really.

602. We just kick into that extra gear.

603. We have so much determination and belief,

604. and we all know that.

605. we just bounce back, straight on track,

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

607. Jord has gone through

608. a really awful year.

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

610. And he lost his nanny from cancer.

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

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

613. Almost become immune to life, in a way.

614. Just been waking up, going to football,

615. coming back, not really processing anything.

616. I probably didn't allow myself to grieve

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

618. These things that hit you in life,

619. they force you to really grow up.

620. I'll be 24 when next season starts,

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

622. I've probably found what I want,

623. and I know what I want.

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

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

626. You can't control what happened in the past,

627. but you can control the future.

628. Eight times this season, they've rescued

629. games from losing positions.

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

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

632. The aspirations I have with Wrexham are sky high.

633. I want to stay with Wrexham,

634. and I want to get Wrexham promoted because

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

636. Can they do it again, Wrexham,

637. in their biggest game of the season?

638. 4-3 down at the Racecourse.

639. And we're close again!

640. It's one of the local lads, Davies!

641. 4-4!

642. Does anybody want to win this game?

643. Unbelievable. Honestly, unbelievable.

644. Three minutes of normal time remaining.

645. We are headed towards extra time in North Wales.

646. It's been a National League

647. playoff semi-final for the ages.

648. Which way will it ultimately swing?

649. Extra time looming. May even require penalties.

650. This is the end.

651. The fact that this is happening

652. in the biggest game of the season.

653. Full time that Wrexham fought Grimsby for.

654. Extra time to come.

655. This has been brilliant chaos in the playoffs.

656. Shaun.

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

658. Yeah, so...

659. They're tryna—this sport is trying to kill people.

660. Fuck.

661. Holy shit.

662. You can't write it. You can't write it.

663. And welcome back to the Racecourse Ground

664. where, if you can believe it, Wrexham and Grimsby

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

666. I've walked off the ground.

667. Thing is when Wrexham means so much to you,

668. I can't hack it, and the people sitting

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

670. Like, I just cannot—

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

672. Ask him for a drink.

673. Be strong on set plays.

674. Don't give cheap, free kicks away.

675. OK? Everybody, stay on it.

676. Come on.

677. We can fucking do this, boys. Hey, hey! Listen!

678. We can fucking do this.

679. Listen, only one point for me here,

680. keep putting it in the danger area,

681. keep going in with fucking everything.

682. Just go for the set play.

683. A little bit less anxiety because, you know,

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

685. Penalty kicks, I don't want to do.

686. They got some nice gas in the tank still, though.

687. Yeah.

688. I see the boys are springy, you know?

689. Just feels like

690. the calm before the storm, doesn't it?

691. The Racecourse is about as quiet

692. as it's been all afternoon.

693. I think everyone's shattered.

694. The fact that this is happening in the biggest game

695. of the season for these two clubs,

696. it is a game that really dictates

697. the futures of so many individual players,

698. the clubs.

699. To happen in those circumstances

700. makes it all the more remarkable.

701. Credit to both sets of players

702. for that 90 minutes of football because it was

703. absolutely breathtaking. Glorious chaos.

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

705. Let's go!

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

707. They've just got three in the back,

708. so it's a match up. Touch.

709. Young. Good eye, spread legs!

710. Davies. Lovely player, Davies.

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

712. Hey! That's a fucking penalty! Hey!

713. Fucking hell!

714. I'm glad you're coming over.

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

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

717. How is that not a penalty?

718. I can understand

719. Phil Parkinson's frustration completely.

720. Can get it for dissent, yeah,

721. but it usually has to be pretty,

722. pretty hardcore dissent.

723. Clifton.

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

725. Come on, Wrexham!

726. Which one of these sides

727. will get to that final?

728. To be played a week tomorrow.

729. Grimsby looking to threaten.

730. Just over a minute normal time remaining

731. at the end of this first period of extra time.

732. Palmer.

733. Palmer went down in the box,

734. and the Grimsby players not happy about that.

735. Yellow cards for Palmer.

736. This is nuts.

737. Every fucking one of you, fight a bit more.

738. We can fucking do it. Come on. Come on.

739. A little pressure from McFadzean.

740. Back here, swing back! Again, swing back!

741. Come on, Wrexham!

742. What an afternoon this has been.

743. Last 10 minutes of extra time.

744. Shoot it, come on!

745. Five minutes to go.

746. What a game.

747. What a spectacle they've given us.

748. There has to be a winner, though.

749. Sheer delight for one of these clubs.

750. Utter dejection for the other.

751. Cropper.

752. Just getting great distance on it, as expected!

753. I normally get this season's shirt,

754. give them a wash,

755. put them away in the drawer with all

756. my other seasons' shirts.

757. It's quite sad, really.

758. End of another one.

759. It's been an amazing season.

760. They played out of their skin.

761. Done far better than I thought they were going to.

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

763. Unbelievable.

764. The excitement for if we were going up

765. would be absolutely fantastic.

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

767. In the final game,

768. when they scored the winning one,

769. my heart just sank to the floor.

770. They've done it!

771. Grimsby look to have won it.

772. Crazy how it all feels tonight.

773. Crazy and out for love.

774. With all of my friends

775. and the booze making stuff—

776. Resilience is so key.

777. It's crazy how my life can go.

778. The failures in life make you stronger.

779. They do.

780. And you've got to keep picking yourself up.

781. We didn't win, but I do genuinely think

782. things are different.

783. Things are only going to get better.

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

785. who are willing to dip into their pockets

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

787. They've now got Wrexham under their skin

788. in the same way as a lot of us fans.

789. You guys are the heartbeat

790. of this entire community.

791. You guys have already done the thing.

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

793. that was not our number one goal.

794. Our number one goal of the season

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

796. and you can hear it.

797. 10,000 people out there every single game.

798. Standing ovation as you guys walked off.

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

800. If it doesn't happen next season,

801. that they stick at it.

802. Well, this is how we started,

803. walking on a field.

804. I thought you said this was gonna work.

805. Well, next year, I guess.

806. Welcome to Wrexham and Lager Podcast.

807. Wayne, the famous publican from the Turf

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

809. Thanks, guys.

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

811. how would you sum it up?

812. And obviously, your film career is taking off.

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

814. and you were getting makeup done.

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

816. I woke up on Sunday after the Grimsby game

817. with tears in my eyes. I was physically emotional.

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

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

820. and James, you know more than anyone.

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

822. But the football has picked me up at times.

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

824. I'm telling you, it's a good thing, isn't it?

825. Very much, you can say the passion—

826. you're up, you're down,

827. but this down hasn't knocked you down,

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

829. And next year, we go again.

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

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

832. This is a down that we're going to be

833. right back up there next year.

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

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

836. It's more of a delay.

837. This season continuing—

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

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

840. We're coming to kick the bloody door

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

842. Yeah.

843. The Red Army are coming for you.

844. You look what it will be like

845. when we do win the league.

846. Then you'll really see it take off.

847. Wrexham AFC

848. has been an important part of my life,

849. on the stage of life, still called to me

850. just like when I was a child.

851. I think it's hope.

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

853. and there's a lot of passion there now.

854. You can see it now in the team

855. and the fans and the town.

856. Wrexham's got ambitions.

857. Up the town. Still up the town.

858. The fans are so passionate,

859. and I've got that from day one.

860. We've come so far,

861. and we can only build on it next season.

862. I think you have to fail to be successful.

863. You have to see that side.

864. Next season, we will win the league.

865. I'm telling you.

866. The way that we've approached this whole thing

867. is not just simply as,

868. oh, this would be a fun toy to have.

869. It was always community first.

870. When I saw the people of Wrexham,

871. I realized, wow, these are—

872. I know— I just know these people.

873. And if we can do anything to help this club,

874. I'd love to do it.

875. Everything I saw, everything I felt there

876. was just nothing short of beautiful.

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

878. When somebody says, "Why Wrexham?"

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

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

881. and we're going to achieve promotion.

882. I promise. This town deserves it.

883. Next season, I might jolly well

884. just start watching football.