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MARK: Oh! Oh!
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[cheers and applause]
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ROB: After beating York City,
the men are staying
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neck-and-neck
with Notts County.
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Get it in. Yeah!
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But the league is still
a long way from being won.
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However, there is another
Wrexham team, you'll remember,
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that is very much
getting the job done.
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GEMMA: Right. OK, girls.
One shot on the pitch, please.
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Off you go!
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COACH: Put up.
Play forward.
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[laughter]
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Different side to receive.
On the ball.
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HUMPHREY: Mathematically,
the women have
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already won their league.
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But they still have
their final game
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to play,
and to win it would mean
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the first ever
undefeated season
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for Wrexham, women or men.
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But our ambitions for them
are higher than that.
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One of the key things that
we've always wanted to do
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is to get
the women's first team
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to be able to play
a league game
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at the Racecourse Ground.
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Because it sets the foundation
for what comes next,
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which is hopefully the assault
in the Premier division,
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to try and achieve
that objective of becoming
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the best women's team in Wales
at the earliest opportunity.
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ROB: The record for a domestic
women's football match
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in Wales is, like,
5,800 people.
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Our goal is
to shatter that record.
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ROSIE: We do.
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PERSON: Keep going. Turn out!
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ROSIE: I don't think
it feels real until, like,
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we actually see
the full stadium.
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Come on, on. Come on, on.
COACH: Great tip.
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HUMPHREY: We'll be on the big
stage for the first time,
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in front of as many fans
as we can pack in,
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tasked with delivering
a historic win
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for club and town.
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[shouts]
COACH: Ah! Good.
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HUMPHREY:
The pressure is high.
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ROSIE: Oh!
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SINGER: ♪ Don't forget
where you came from ♪
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♪ Don't forget
what you're made of ♪
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♪ The ones who were there ♪
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♪ When no one else
would care ♪
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♪ And don't be
afraid to cry now ♪
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♪ Even when the world
comes crashing in ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Don't forget to sing
when you win ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Don't forget to sing
when you win ♪
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SHAUN: Are you in here
checking on how many tickets
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we've sold for your game?
GEMMA: I am.
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How many have we sold, actually?
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PERSON: Uh, I'll just look. 4,126.
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GEMMA: That's amazing.
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SHAUN: Rob and Ryan have
both committed to push this.
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If we've done 4,100
organically, you know, just--
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- Without even trying.
- Yeah.
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SHAUN:
Just with genuine interest,
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then it's brilliant.
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We always wanted
to get you to play here.
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GEMMA: Yeah.
SHAUN: And it was about
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trying to find the right--
you know,
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the right timing
and meaningful game.
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And 4,100 tickets
in a week tells you, it's--
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you've earned it,
and it's probably the right--
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it's probably been
the right game
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to pick as well.
GEMMA: I think so.
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Excited. Yeah. Can't wait.
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ROSIE: Nervous and excited.
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7,000, 8,000 people
who've come to watch us.
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Like, we can do it for them.
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NEIL: How are you feeling?
MIA: Nervous.
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Well, most of the local ones
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in this team are nervous,
I know that.
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Nervous in a good way.
Like, not, you know--
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NEIL:
I can't see Lili being nervous.
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I don't know.
I think she will.
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NEIL: Do you think she will be?
- I think she will, yeah.
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LILI: I know.
People--people keep asking me.
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I don't know if I'm
nervous or excited,
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because I've got nothing
to compare it against,
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have I, really?
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LILI'S MOM:
No? Well, I suppose not.
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I've never been put
on, like, a big stage like that
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in front of a ridiculous
amount of people.
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I think I'm more kind of
anxious than you, aren't I?
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Mm.
NEIL: I feel it this morning.
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Yeah, I'm probably gonna be
quite emotional.
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It's gonna be one of those,
"Oh, no,
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pull the cap down
over me eyes."
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Super proud of you, babe.
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And like I said before,
just enjoy.
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Enjoy it.
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It's exciting.
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I just want
to get in there now.
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You've seen Rosie
in front of fans.
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She absolutely loves it.
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So if anything,
it gives you more confidence,
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because it's more people to...
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- Impress.
- Impress.
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And also more people
to cheer for you
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when you score a goal, which is
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always a good feeling, right, so...
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You have an opportunity
to go and watch women play.
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I never had that.
LILI'S MOM: No.
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Did I ever?
LILI'S MOM: No.
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I was always watching
the men, and always--
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my idols were always
male footballers.
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TILLY: Is Lili playing?
ROSIE: Yeah.
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TILLY: I rate her.
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I think for a 17-year-old--
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Yeah, isn't she amazing?
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TILLY: It's crazy
how talented she is.
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Like, she's gonna go so far.
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I think it's because of,
obviously, with her dad
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and how invested
he was in Wrexham,
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it means a lot more to her.
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It'll just touch her heart.
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I just know that it'll touch
her, like, deeply inside
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that she'll be playing there.
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I can't wait to see
the girls, actually, now.
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The more that we're
talking about them now,
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I just want to give them all
a hug.
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Oh, smash it, Lils.
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And you know what,
enjoy every moment.
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[chuckles]
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We'll be there
cheering you on, won't we?
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- Smash it, Lil.
- That's right.
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All right. Let's do this.
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- See you laters.
- Ciao.
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Bye.
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LILI: It's weird.
Like, this is the walk
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I used to do, you know,
when I was a young girl
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with me dad.
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We use to walk this way and--
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to the games, to go
and watch, you know,
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my idols play at the time.
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And now I'm getting--
getting the chance to do that.
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It's just crazy.
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It's hard to put into words.
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This is just, like--
so that's a picture of my dad.
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Oh, he's not here
with us anymore.
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But Dad used to be
a massive Wrexham supporter.
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That's kind of
one of the reasons
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why I stay at Wrexham,
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because I know it was, like--
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I don't know.
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Something that he enjoyed,
something that involved him.
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So if he would have been here,
it would be special.
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[soft music]
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The man, the man.
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All the fans,
when the club was going bust,
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all paid to have
their names put on a brick,
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you know, to keep it going,
keep the place alive.
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And my dad was one of them.
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So yeah, it's nice that--
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that he's got that here,
you know.
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He's with us all the time,
then, and...
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This is mental, innit?
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Hitting me now that, you know,
I'm genuinely going out there.
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And I just want
to get going, now.
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Get--get me boots on
and start the show, innit?
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Yeah.
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[anticipatory music]
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[indistinct chatter]
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♪ ♪
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Come to watch today,
have you?
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- Yeah.
- You excited?
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- Yeah.
- I'm excited.
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Hi, Carly. Hiya.
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You all right?
- Yeah.
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Ready for it?
Excited? Yeah?
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I think we're gonna put
a show on today, aren't we?
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Thank you.
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PERSON: Quickly. Quickly.
For the girls.
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[indistinct chatter]
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LILI'S MOM: [sniffles]
PERSON: It's all right.
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No, don't let her--
don't let her see me do this.
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No. No.
He's here with us.
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He's here with us.
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MARK: What an occasion
we've got here.
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Wrexham women playing
at the Racecourse,
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the competitive match
for the first time,
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in front of the biggest crowd
that has ever attended
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a women's match in Wales.
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By winning today,
complete the first 100%
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league season ever
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by any Wrexham side,
male or female.
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STEVE: 12 wins from 12.
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That's what we're
aiming for, OK?
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Come on. Come on, girls.
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Come on!
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[cheering]
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RYAN: Don't underestimate
the power of stepping
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into the Racecourse Ground
with, you know, 10,000-plus
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folks screaming your name.
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[crowd chanting]
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MIA: When I was younger,
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you'd drive
past the Racecourse,
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you know, when you're going
into town or whatever.
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It sort of makes the hair
stand up on the back
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of your neck when--
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when you go out on that pitch.
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RYAN: It's not just great,
but it's just so overdue.
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MARK: We get underway,
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and immediately
the ball's moving forwards.
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Del Morgan comes out.
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Free kick to Wrexham,
in a promising position.
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25 yards out.
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It's gonna be taken
by TJ Dickens.
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CROWD: Wrexham! Wrexham!
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MARK: It's a shot, in fact.
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And it's in!
[cheering]
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What a strike!
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An unbelievable goal
from 25 yards.
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Whoo!
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GEMMA: The noise,
it was something else.
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It was absolutely
something else,
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and I think
I've watched that clip back
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quite a few times since.
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So obviously
it's kind of nerve-racking
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to be in lead so early on,
because you have to keep it.
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MARK: And headed towards goal.
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But Morgan is in control,
is she?
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Well, no. It's dropped in.
Shot comes in.
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And it's there!
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Connah's Quay equalize.
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GEMMA: The equalizer went in
quite quickly after.
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So OK, you know, we got
a game on our hands here.
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MARK: Driving down
the right channel,
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gets to the edge of the area.
Lovely ball.
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Wild-McGregor,
from a tight angle,
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is dispossessed again.
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Excellent defending.
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This time, it's Lili Jones
stepping across.
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LILI: I was trying to stay
focused on the game
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as much as I could.
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Kept glancing over to where
my dad used to sit as well,
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just, like, to see
who was sat there.
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Which was nice,
in a way, you know.
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Get to see, like,
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what he would have seen
if he was here.
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And an interesting one
for Wrexham.
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Substitute Mia Roberts
is the daughter
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of ex-Wrexham and Welsh
International Neil Roberts.
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MIA: I started on the bench,
which is obviously
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somewhere I don't want to be.
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But if I'm put there,
then, you know,
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my job is then
to come off the bench
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and help the team
in whatever way I can.
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Let's go, Robbo!
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[cheering]
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[laughs]
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MIA: I thought we needed
to get the crowd going.
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When you've got
9,500 people there,
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you've got to use them to your
advantage, haven't you?
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[applause]
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NEIL:
It was amazing, you know.
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What she did, I think,
just sort of captured
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the moment perfectly.
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[cheering]
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Half an hour left.
Still 1 all.
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ROB: So they were
playing really well.
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But this being football,
it was going to come down
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to the end, of course.
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And we were tied
in the 80th minute.
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MARK: Game's really
getting stretched.
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Gonna be tired legs out there.
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Come on, Lil!
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ROB: So the question was,
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when the stage is set
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and the moment is this big,
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who's going to rise
to the occasion?
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Well, we got that answer.
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MARK: That's Rosie Hughes. Hughes.
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You know the girl's got speed.
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Rosie Hughes enters
the goal line!
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And Wrexham pull out of line.
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[all cheering]
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Wrexham take the lead!
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It had to be Rosie Hughes!
It had to be!
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All of her qualities
shown there--
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pace, strength, composure.
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It's Wrexham 2,
Connah's Quay 1.
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ANNOUNCER: And we were
literally just talking about
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the girl who scores the goals.
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[whistle blows]
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MARK: And that is
the final whistle.
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Wrexham win every single game
of the season,
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the first time any men's
or women's Wrexham team
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has done that.
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Wow!
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ROSIE: Not only, like,
this season's been
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the best season of my career,
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but definitely that was
the best game of my career.
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I can't stop
replaying it in my head.
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And the amount of times
I've watched it over as well,
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it's like, the best thing I've
ever done in my football life.
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MARK: Rosie Hughes is
milking it as much as she can.
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MIA: I remember getting
quite emotional, you know,
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walking round afterwards,
clapping the fans,
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and I think that's when
you really take it in.
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You know, you're looking
in people's eyes,
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and you can see
how happy they are for you,
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and obviously
how grateful we are
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that they turned out for us.
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It was unbelievably special.
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And, you know,
to have my dad there and,
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you know, share it with him,
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that's--
yeah, it's very special.
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We did that!
[laughs]
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- Congrats!
- Congrats!
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Yeah, that was probably one
of the best days of my life.
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It sounds stupid, but honestly,
the night before, I was KP-ing.
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Like, I was washing dishes
the night before,
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and next thing you know,
I'm playing
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in front of 9,500 people
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and Ryan Reynolds has
picked me up
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and twirled me around.
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GEMMA: You know, I think
that just shows how close
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and how linked they both are
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to--to what was going on there,
and it's not standoffish.
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It's not, "We'll--we'll stay
up in the stand,
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and we won't come down
and see you."
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They wanted to be in amongst
it all and be part of it,
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which they are.
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PERSON: Champions!
Yes, champions!
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MARK: Here we are.
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The trophy is raised,
the streamers go up,
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and Wrexham win
the Adran North League.
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Brilliant stuff.
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A 100% record.
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I know I keep saying it,
but no Wrexham team has
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ever achieved a 100% record.
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ROSIE: Yeah!
[laughter]
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RYAN: Yeah!
- You did it.
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RYAN: You're a legend.
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Oh, my God.
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You guys.
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REPORTER: Rosie, I have
to be honest with you.
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It's very hard
not to get emotional.
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What's it like
this afternoon for you?
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I mean, I can't
express it for you.
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It's really crazy.
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It's a surreal experience,
because look around us.
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Like, we play on this--
we play on a pitch, day in--
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Legend right here.
REPORTER: The guys themselves.
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- Right here.
- Number one legend.
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REPORTER: What an incredible,
incredible experience.
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I was just saying to Rosie,
it's difficult for me
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not to feel emotional,
so I can't imagine
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how she is feeling.
ROSIE: Uh, yeah.
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I don't think that, uh,
it has really hit me
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that I've just scored
the winning goal
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at the Racecourse, with over
9,000 people watching.
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Got Rob and Ryan
stood next to me.
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It's incredible.
I can't actually express it.
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PERSON:
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
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[cheering]
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[soft music]
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♪ ♪
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PERSON: Get in there, girl!
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[cheering and applause]
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♪ ♪
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That free kick.
[exhales sharply]
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Yeah, she'd be--oof.
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MILLIE: Yeah.
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MILLIE: Why?
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I think I would
just settle winning the league,
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not playoffs.
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MILLIE: Yeah.
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The women's team play
in the Welsh pyramid.
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So effectively, there's two
regional divisions,
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and then
one national division.
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We obviously played in
the North regional division,
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which is where they went on,
you know, had a 100% record.
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But to get promoted,
they had to beat
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the Southern team,
who were equally
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as efficient and competent.
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Do you think you can win it?
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Of course I think
we can win it.
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I'd back us against anyone,
but it's just
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if we turn up on the day.
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They won't be able to deal with
Rosie, because no team can.
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The danger of failing
to be promoted is twofold.
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One, a loss of the momentum
and the interest
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that's built up
around the women's team.
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The other is the difficulty
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of hanging on
to your best players.
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I mean, we have players
who've attracted interest
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from Adran Premier clubs.
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We've had players who I think
are attracting interest
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from clubs
in the English system.
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And you know,
to hold on to your best,
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you've got to give them
the best possible opposition
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to play against as well.
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So those two things are big.
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[soft dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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ROSIE: I don't have
high hopes at all.
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And it's so bad to say,
because I should be confident.
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But they played against
teams that we'd played against
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in the cup and we'd
lost against, and they'd--
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you know, they've--
they've beaten them
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by quite good scores as well.
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COACH: Five, good.
Six, well done.
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1-0.
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Yeah, TJ!
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COACH: Nothing wrong with that.
Keep playing, teams.
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Keep playing.
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KIM: But we've never played
each other,
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so who knows
who are the underdogs?
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All we've heard
is great things,
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and both teams have won
their leagues for a reason.
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So it's not going to be a walk
in the park for either team.
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ROSIE: So yeah, we went down.
It was neutral ground.
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00:16:01,833 --> 00:16:03,537
[tense music]
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STEVE:
We know what we're here for.
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Everything that we've
worked towards this season
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comes down to today.
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There's no second chance.
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Today or nothing.
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We're more than good enough
to be up there,
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and we know what the qualities
we've got in this team.
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We know what we're up against.
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Let's make sure
that we're switched on.
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Let's make sure
that we're nice and relaxed.
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But we're up for it, OK?
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Because these will be
up for it, all right?
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We get the job done
in 90 minutes, simple as that.
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Come on, girls. Let's go.
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00:16:33,663 --> 00:16:36,068
[applause]
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ALL: ♪ You can shove your
Ryan Reynolds up your arse ♪
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♪ You can shove your
Ryan Reynolds up your arse ♪
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00:16:42,748 --> 00:16:44,552
♪ You can shove
your Ryan Reynolds ♪
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00:16:44,552 --> 00:16:45,787
♪ Shove your Ryan Reynolds ♪
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00:16:45,787 --> 00:16:47,992
♪ Shove your Ryan Reynolds
up your arse ♪
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The playoff final was exactly
what we expected it to be.
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[cheering]
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MARK: Well, here we go.
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And the ball is played back
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to the Wrexham keeper,
Delyth Morgan.
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ALL: ♪ We support the Ferry,
the Ferry, the Ferry ♪
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♪ That's the way we like it,
we like it, we like it ♪
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00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,397
♪ Whoa ♪
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GEMMA: It was difficult.
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Briton Ferry are,
by all intents and purposes,
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a Premier League side anyway.
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Come on, Rosie.
Come on, Rosie.
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00:17:17,350 --> 00:17:19,889
Throughout the season,
we scored a lot of goals.
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MARK: Lili Jones.
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00:17:21,325 --> 00:17:23,630
Jones shot from distance,
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is collected comfortably
by Briton Ferry.
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00:17:26,368 --> 00:17:28,139
That flipped
on that playoff final.
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It was our defensive line
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that--that got the accolades
that day.
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MARK:
Briton Ferry on the attack.
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I think we defended
for 90 minutes of the game.
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ANNOUNCER: Briton Ferry a bit
more dominant in possession.
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MARK:
Kearle is clear. Kearle in.
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Oh, wonderful save by Morgan.
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Another opportunity
for Briton Ferry.
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Big counter!
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Is there gonna be
a dramatic finish?
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Here it comes!
GEMMA: Oh, my God!
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MARK: Strikes the bar!
Not even going in.
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Up to the line.
GEMMA: Oh, it's not gone in.
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00:17:55,927 --> 00:17:57,498
It's not gone in.
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MARK: Oh, dramatic scenes
here at Latham Park.
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Yes! Go, Del!
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It was always gonna be
a very, very difficult game,
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and it was gonna be close.
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They had chances.
We had chances.
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[crowd chanting]
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MARK: It's the Wrexham
supporters again,
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trying to lift their team.
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ROSIE: The Briton Ferry's
defender miskicked it,
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and then it went
to go bounce on the line.
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But then bounced inwards,
so obviously I'm on it
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faster than the other player.
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MARK: And here comes Hughes.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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Hughes crosses in
towards the near post.
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And it's in!
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Oh, it's a super goal!
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00:18:41,017 --> 00:18:43,322
[cheering]
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00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:46,328
[soft music]
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♪ ♪
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ANNOUNCER: Yeah, Rosie Hughes,
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she's in the thick of it again.
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She glides past two players,
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does a great ball
cutback across,
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00:18:59,387 --> 00:19:02,360
and a great near post run
by Pritchard.
500
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,663
ROSIE: But she just
knocked it, basically,
501
00:19:03,663 --> 00:19:05,032
into the goal
behind the keeper,
502
00:19:05,032 --> 00:19:06,635
and no one was expecting her.
503
00:19:06,635 --> 00:19:09,842
Keeper didn't get it.
And yeah, we're 1-0 up.
504
00:19:09,842 --> 00:19:12,548
[cheering]
505
00:19:12,548 --> 00:19:16,188
MARK: What a fantastic moment
for Rebecca Pritchard.
506
00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:18,526
Fourth goal of the season.
507
00:19:21,499 --> 00:19:23,135
ALL: Come on, Wrexham!
508
00:19:23,135 --> 00:19:25,405
MARK: Briton Ferry
looking more threatening.
509
00:19:25,405 --> 00:19:28,078
GEMMA: Yeah, she's got it.
FAN: Come on, Rosie!
510
00:19:28,078 --> 00:19:30,416
GEMMA: We were under pressure
for most of the game,
511
00:19:30,416 --> 00:19:31,919
in all honesty.
512
00:19:31,919 --> 00:19:34,023
And then the last 20 minutes
after we'd scored,
513
00:19:34,023 --> 00:19:35,426
that pressure just ramped up.
514
00:19:35,426 --> 00:19:36,662
It was so stressful.
515
00:19:36,662 --> 00:19:38,165
MARK: And walks
this into the box.
516
00:19:38,165 --> 00:19:39,434
She cuts it back.
517
00:19:39,434 --> 00:19:41,171
Opportunity here
for the substitute.
518
00:19:41,171 --> 00:19:43,375
Oh, and it ricochets
519
00:19:43,375 --> 00:19:46,882
into the hands
of the Wrexham keeper.
520
00:19:46,882 --> 00:19:49,353
ROB:
So this being Wrexham,
521
00:19:49,353 --> 00:19:53,195
it was coming down
to the wire, again.
522
00:19:53,195 --> 00:19:55,967
The stage was set.
The stakes couldn't be higher.
523
00:19:58,105 --> 00:20:01,178
And the question was, who was
going to rise to the occasion?
524
00:20:01,178 --> 00:20:04,518
Would it be us,
525
00:20:04,518 --> 00:20:06,656
or would it be Briton Ferry?
526
00:20:06,656 --> 00:20:09,661
[crowd shouting]
527
00:20:13,001 --> 00:20:14,705
MARK: But as it is,
it's still 1-0,
528
00:20:14,705 --> 00:20:16,141
and Briton Ferry are
still in the game.
529
00:20:16,141 --> 00:20:17,143
And here comes Kearle.
530
00:20:17,143 --> 00:20:18,913
ROB: And of course...
531
00:20:18,913 --> 00:20:21,184
MARK: Kearle forward, looking
for the pace of Molly Jones.
532
00:20:21,184 --> 00:20:23,455
ROB: The answer was...
533
00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:25,627
MARK: Jones is through
against Morgan.
534
00:20:25,627 --> 00:20:27,898
Jones!
535
00:20:27,898 --> 00:20:29,936
[cheering]
536
00:20:29,936 --> 00:20:32,173
ROB: Del Morgan.
537
00:20:32,173 --> 00:20:35,446
[cheering]
538
00:20:35,446 --> 00:20:39,722
♪ ♪
539
00:20:39,722 --> 00:20:43,396
ALL: ♪ Super Del Morgan
in goal ♪
540
00:20:43,396 --> 00:20:44,498
FAN: Come on, Wrexham!
541
00:20:44,498 --> 00:20:45,901
MARK: Seconds left.
542
00:20:45,901 --> 00:20:49,341
Briton Ferry still
knocking on the door.
543
00:20:49,341 --> 00:20:52,346
[tense music]
544
00:20:52,346 --> 00:20:54,051
♪ ♪
545
00:20:54,051 --> 00:20:55,319
[whistle blows]
546
00:20:55,319 --> 00:20:57,456
There is the final whistle!
547
00:20:57,456 --> 00:21:00,930
Dramatic scenes
here at Latham Park.
548
00:21:00,930 --> 00:21:05,106
Wrexham win the Genero Adran
League's promotion playoff
549
00:21:05,106 --> 00:21:07,143
by a goal to nil.
550
00:21:07,143 --> 00:21:11,251
They will play next year
in the Genero Premier League.
551
00:21:11,251 --> 00:21:14,223
[triumphant music]
552
00:21:14,223 --> 00:21:21,437
♪ ♪
553
00:21:24,945 --> 00:21:27,049
GEMMA: I'm not one
who tends to cry,
554
00:21:27,049 --> 00:21:30,823
especially at football matches.
555
00:21:30,823 --> 00:21:34,865
But yeah, it just--
it just came out.
556
00:21:34,865 --> 00:21:41,879
♪ ♪
557
00:21:43,315 --> 00:21:45,787
Whole game, especially those
last few minutes, sum us up.
558
00:21:45,787 --> 00:21:47,557
Um, how we are
as a team, how hard
559
00:21:47,557 --> 00:21:49,027
we work together as a team.
560
00:21:49,027 --> 00:21:52,734
ALL: ♪ Super Del Morgan
in goal ♪
561
00:21:54,103 --> 00:21:57,009
[yelling and cheering]
562
00:21:57,009 --> 00:22:04,023
♪ ♪
563
00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:47,677
[child giggles, seagull cries]