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