♪ Someday you're gonna come out ♪
♪ And it's so beautiful ♪
♪ Someday you're gonna wake up ♪
♪ And feel no pain ♪
♪ Like a butterfly ♪
♪ Rising on the wind ♪
♪ When you find your wings ♪
♪ That's when life begins ♪
♪ Hold up your freak flag, fly it up high ♪
♪ Blood on the walls, ain't gotta live a lie ♪
♪ Shoulders back, walking with my head held high tonight ♪
♪ Put on my best shoes, knock 'em out cold ♪
♪ Swim against the tide, won't do what I'm told ♪
♪ Back in the ring 'cause I'm chasing down gold tonight ♪
♪ Back in the ring, I'm chasing down gold tonight ♪
This game...
is so much--
you don't believe.
We've got worldwide now,
but I'm telling you now,
this game is, like, so big, you wouldn't believe.
You would not believe.
Come on, Wrexham.
Come on. We can do this.
Come on!
Come on, Wrexham.
Okey doke.
I'll see you in a bit. Okay.
You know, you have to give credit
sometimes to the opposition-- Wrexham and Notts County.
They're too good for this league,
but they're two big teams as well.
And I think that's what makes this title race for me--
I've been almost doing this ten years now.
This is by far the best title race in a--
in a long, long time.
As a Notts fan, it's frustrating when we've got a team.
It's typical Notts, you know.
We finally get a team that are picking up points
everywhere you go, and it's amazing.
It's absolutely brilliant to be part of.
If both sides, you know,
are going on to get the league record
for the most amount of points, it's an absolute travesty
that only one goes up automatically.
And one of these sensational teams
might not even make it out of the league this season.
Notts County have been phenomenal this season.
Now, I look at their team, and I look at their squad,
and I can see why they're doing so well.
I look at ours, and I think we are doing what we should do
with the quality of players we've got.
I feel they're slightly stretching themselves
and overperforming, but they keep doing it.
They're a superb side. Let's be honest.
They knock the ball around so well,
and they've got that lad, Langstaff, up front.
Palmer out to Rodrigues,
edge of the penalty area.
He brilliantly finds Langstaff!
And Langstaff finds his record-breaking moment!
Macaulay Langstaff moves on
to 42 goals in the league,
a tally that no man has ever reached
at the fifth tier of the English game.
You don't score 40 league goals at any level
and, you know, and not be a top-class striker.
Uh, I think he's got a big future in the game.
And I think, uh, there's simply no--
Luke Williams has done so well there.
But, ultimately, though, we're the two best teams,
and we should be able to beat anybody.
But football doesn't work like that, does it?
Doesn't work like that at all.
We have two games left,
which means six available points.
We only need three of those to win the title
and get automatically promoted.
But if we don't win those games
and, uh, someone else wins two of theirs,
then that could mean we wind up in the playoffs
and we all know how badly that can fucking go.
This was not in the Hollywood script--
a season that's promised so much for Wrexham.
In previous seasons, um,
when we've been in the playoffs, you know,
a few times now and we've come up short--
and, obviously, history does tell you
the team that finishes second invariably don't go on to--
to win the playoffs.
And, I mean, Notts County with 109 points
and still not go up.
It is ridiculous.
Mind-blowing.
You know, there's been so much pressure
on those players all season.
Are you rolling?
First, tell me your name,
who you play for, and your position.
Macaulay Langstaff, Notts County--I'm a striker.
I think both teams have pushed each other on.
I don't think we would've got the points without Wrexham.
And I don't think they would've got the points without us,
I think, because we've pushed each other so far.
It's been an incredible race.
I'm John Bostock,
I'm a midfielder, and I play for Notts County.
I've been in this game a long time,
and I've never seen anything like this before--
to have two teams so dominant
to be going neck and neck right up until the end.
Cedwyn Scott, Notts County, striker.
It's been strange.
Like, you would think sort of achieving that points total
and you're winning every week, and then you look
and your competitors have won as well.
You just can't get rid of them.
I think that's the toughest thing.
I'm Luke Williams.
I'm the head coach of Notts County.
I think there was one or two times
when players were looking and checking phones at halftime,
and we had a--
a short conversation about not doing that.
After that game, after the defeats,
we looked to the playoffs.
We still had that hope.
We still knew that we could possibly do it.
It was a devastating one, obviously, the way it happens.
Having the penalty in the last minute
and not converting that,
that was a hard one to take
because a draw gives you that bit of hope.
It's the hope that kills you in the end,
isn't it, really?
Like, you've got that hope.
You can't give up.
Genuinely, the first thing I felt
when the penalty was saved was, I thought of Cedwyn immediately,
because he's brave enough to step up
and take the kick in that moment of the game,
in that moment of the league campaign.
And, uh, I shared a moment with Cedwyn
outside the grounds, with his father as well.
He was feeling Cedwyn's pain, and Cedwyn was distraught.
And, uh, I wanted to tell him
in--in that really bad moment that I believed in him
and that I felt like he would have big moments again for us,
and he'd be stronger for living through this experience.
Playoffs--like people say, anything can happen.
Of course, we'd like to avoid the playoffs.
But, mentally, you can't write them off
because we could be there.
Playoffs is really difficult
because you have that high of potentially achieving
automatic promotion and winning the league.
And then you have to get yourself mentally ready
for a playoff campaign.
It felt like a big boiling pot, to be honest.
Notts cannot afford to make a mistake.
We shouldn't make a mistake.
We can't afford it anyway either.
Boreham Wood will not be an easy game.
They're the best defensive team in the league
and have a better record playing away from home.
And their goalkeeper, Nathan Ashmore,
is arguably the best goalkeeper in the league
and already has 15 clean sheets this season.
Uh, tough game.
Boreham Wood had a good season themselves.
They're in the playoffs, so...
We've had some competitive games against them,
uh, in the last couple of years,
and expect Saturday to be no different.
We know how Boreham will play.
We know what we've got to do to get the better of them
and exploit their weaknesses,
and also nullify their strengths.
And now it's up to us as a team and as a group
to implement that game plan really well,
and if we do, we'll have a great chance of winning.
My nerves and my nails are in shreds.
Oh, mine have gone. Mine have gone.
I gave up on them a couple of weeks ago.
They're gone now.
We started at the Halifax game.
- Yeah. - You know how that started.
And my ulcer's coming on nicely.
I'm sure I've got an ulcer because I have such--
such anxiety when we're so close.
And we're three points from the promised land now.
That's all.
And, you know, it sounds easy, doesn't it?
Three points from two games.
- You know, you think, yes. - Yeah, yeah.
But it's football, you know.
We've done it before.
We've thrown it away at the last minute.
And I'm thinking, please, please, Wrexham,
don't do it this time.
You know, can't look forward to it.
- I start getting... - I know.
You know, a bit emotional thinking about it.
But, you know, gosh, if we do it--
My dad said last night--
He said, just wish we'd do it.
But...
He said it's probably the biggest game that--
Yeah, we will. We will.
I hope so.
- Now, don't. - I know.
Don't. You'll start me off, and then--
Let's hope we're celebrating.
Yes, we'll celebrate. We will.
- We will celebrate. Yeah. - Yeah.
The Scotsman for the match ball
to make it 5-2.
And that should finally seal those three points.
It is for sure two full years coming,
bubbling to--to the top.
I would say that that's been happening constantly, though.
Just when I think I can't bubble anymore,
like at the Notts game, here I am having a--
genuinely a full four sleepless nights
leading up to Boreham Wood.
Uh, it's all I think about.
It has to end today.
It has to end.
This has just been going on for so long.
I know, and our nervous system--
We've got 107 points--it should have been over months ago.
Yeah.
Whew! Ay-yi-yi-yi, yi-yi-ya.
This looks nice.
I literally called Rob this morning just, like, to whine.
Yes, that's right.
Like, my tummy's in knots.
Go, Wrexham!
There's a real spark in the air tonight,
though, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.
Oh, it's exciting.
You know, it's been 15 years of torment
for--for the club.
The players and the squad who get this team over the line,
promotion, are going to be heroes
for many, many years to come.
I was already a Wrexham fan anyway.
I always was.
But this has been bigger and better and more exciting
than ever, ever would have imagined.
Hopefully I'll be welcomed back
to the stadium for the rest of my life as well.
Definitely, definitely.
What up, boys? Superb, lads. Fucking brilliant.
Yeah, just a couple of reminders, then, boys.
Okay, so the teams are the same, as we expected.
Just remember-- and a few of you mentioned it--
they will definitely slow the game down,
throw themselves to the floor, take their time on throws.
Let me and Steve get on to the official on the touchline.
Every one of you
just concentrate on what you've got to do.
Leave the space, Mulls and Dalbs,
and just leave it down there for Bush to fucking chase.
And we'll see fucking how many times
he can fucking deal with that.
And the last point is that reset.
You can never, ever, ever think
the job's done in football.
We know what we got to do. We know who we're gonna play.
Let's go and put in a really top performance tonight.
Let's go, boys.
Let's go. Come on, everyone.
Focus, lads. Come on, 90 minutes. Come on.
It's about promotion.
I think--you know, obviously, I've been part
of an exciting couple of years, first of all.
But I'll only reflect on it in a really positive way
if we get the job done.
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
Here come the teams.
Goodness me, this is a--
Chilling, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's really chilling.
It's quite something.
Wow. Yep, this is quite something.
I wonder if Ryan Reynolds
really knew what he was doing when he bought this club.
I think we've seen Ryan Reynolds
fall more and more in love with this club and this game
as time has gone on, haven't we?
And it's a lovely thing to see.
And worked at the basics
that have brought you so much success this season.
It's another game for them.
They have been formidable at home this year.
And they have to go again for one more game.
But you're coming up against a side
that can certainly spoil the party,
assigning Luke Garrard's team
that his team thought it'd be fairly easy.
You know what you have to do. Concentrate. Play the game.
Frustrate Wrexham as much as possible.
Play on the counter as best as possible.
Mendy's header.
Now Dalby,
looking all ready to release Mullin.
Ashmore with the clearance.
15 clean sheets for him this season.
A charge on Welsh. Yes, yes.
And he lobs in, and he scores!
What an incredible start!
Inside a minute,
Boreham Wood have come to the Racecourse,
and they break the deadlock.
Is there to be yet another twist
in this title race?
Really? That just happened for real?
Yeah.
Talk about silencing the crowds.
Well, well, well,
is the National League going to do it again?
You just never, ever can take anything for granted.
Well, Luke Williams says
he wasn't going to listen or watch,
but I'm pretty sure he's been told early on.
Still a long, long way to go in this game.
As a Wrexham player,
you still keep to the original game plan.
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
Dalby brings it down beautifully
and beats Payne and chips a good ball
to Mullin on the right.
Mullin, ooh, he's taken out very late there, is he?
It's been given.
Mendy's going wide.
Lee feeds it towards him.
Mendy accelerates and gets there first.
And now he's taking on Sousa, who drops him down.
That's got to be a yellow card.
That should be a yellow card.
But it won't be, I bet you.
Here comes Lee, then,
right-footed, swept with height.
Ashmore's underneath it. Oh, it's headed over.
That was a chance for Tozer.
To Mullin, who flicks it inside brilliantly.
Dalby, snap shot is blocked.
Throw-in taken quickly, and Mullin turns his man.
Edge of the area. Has to go backwards.
Jones now has got Barnett in space.
Barnett now fakes to go inside,
then goes on the outside, chips to the far post.
Goal! Take that lead, Max. Yes!
Yeah!
Fuck, yeah! Fuck, yeah!
I want to be playing in the high-pressure games.
Drop.
If you'd have asked me, will I be at my happiest
moving away from my family
and playing in the National League,
uh, a year ago or two years ago,
I would've said, absolutely not.
But, um, life works in funny ways.
And I'm definitely at my happiest
playing for this club.
I want to bring this town success so bad.
There's nothing I want more than to take Wrexham
into the league.
You actually--you can see so much potential there.
You can see, right, if we can get promoted from this league,
then we can go again,
and we can get promoted from the next league.
Promotion is just the greatest feeling in football, really.
To know that you've--you've worked hard for so long,
sacrifices you put in for your family,
not seeing them, not seeing your partner, and...
and then just to have that feeling at the end
of all that hard work and the sacrifices paying off.
Great ball. Yeah!
Especially here with Wrexham,
surrounded by great people.
Lee! Yes, come on!
Mad display by Barnett.
Yeah!
He throws his first long throw.
Three men in the six-yard box for Wrexham.
Three on the edge, trying to lose their men.
Throw comes in with height on it,
headed away easily by Evans.
Cannon knocks it back in, partly cleared by Marsh.
And it's hooked back into the box by Barnett,
Dalby-- Oh!
He's pushed in the back--ref doesn't give it.
He certainly made contact
in his back with his arm.
Yeah.
Now Wrexham got a chance to break here.
Cannon accelerates forwards.
Mullin's ahead of him, so is Dalby.
He goes for Mullin, sprinting in the box.
Gets goal-side.
It's a shot well held by Ashmore.
Lovely run by Cannon.
Dalby had made an excellent run and found space.
Mendy's header, drops to O'Connor.
His clearance isn't the best. It's high in the air.
Dalby jumps--oh, and he's taken it in the head.
Clash of heads.
Oh!
I've not missed a game at the Racecourse in years.
However, it's such a massive day
that I couldn't imagine not spending it at The Turf.
The Turf is where it began for me,
you know, all those years ago.
So it just felt right to spend it here
with my wife, my friends, my family,
you know, the people that mean the most to me.
Um, I wouldn't have been able to do that at the stadium.
You know, it's such a massive day.
And to be able to spend it with,
you know, people that mean the most to me, um,
at The Turf, it just felt-- just felt right.
I'd like another goal, please.
Me too.
Now Dalby breaking on the right,
only Mullin ahead of him.
Mendy's arriving, too.
He finds Mullin in the D. Return pass is good.
Dalby's wide-- great tackle that.
Fans have run to shout for a penalty.
That was a brilliant tackle.
Mendy wins it and chips it down the line.
Headed partly away, on the edge of the box.
It's nodded down, driving forwards.
Agbontohoma fouls him. Yeah.
Throws it in towards the halfway line.
It's locked off cutely. Marsh, in the box.
McAlinden did really well to cover that.
And the ref blows his whistle.
Halftime, one all.
A draw today would leave the door open
for Notts County to take a lead.
Well, boys,
this is obviously a disappointing start.
A little ball in behind,
but just got to keep being alive to that.
Apart from that, you've done brilliant.
You've done absolutely brilliant.
You fucking remain calm and fucking kept playing.
So don't get frustrated-- just when the football comes,
make sure it's of a high quality, which it has been.
Keep playing the way you've been playing,
and the moments will come.
I've been a manager 18, 19 years.
It's the first job for a while
where I've moved into the area.
And, um...
yeah, I've honestly enjoyed that, and, uh--
But it does really hit home to you how much it means.
You know, it is part of the culture.
When you're young,
your dad takes you to watch a football match.
The crowd, the atmosphere-- people remember it, you know?
They remember being at the games with their kids
and watching, you know, great moments.
And they live in their memories
as much as the people who are actually involved in them
out on the pitch or on the touchline.
The memories and the achievements
are so important, and, um, you want to be remembered.
And, uh, you know, I think that's--
it's a real driving force for everybody.
Football has got kind of a magic about it.
And what do I love most about it?
It's the accomplishment of winning
on a Saturday afternoon,
that when everything comes together
and all the work you've seen on the training ground
or a player you've done a lot of homework
to bring to the club has a great game and gets a goal,
then that--the feeling of that
is one which is hard to replace.
Move down the side.
Let's get this back, three of theirs,
fucking running back their own goal.
Come on, boys, let's go. Come on!
Come on. Here we go, boys.
Come on, boys! Yeah!
Have a nice run. Empty the fucking tanks.
Win the second half, win the league.
That's a simple equation.
Boreham Wood's very good defensively.
In fact, they haven't conceded in the second half of a game
in any of their last six matches.
This, a title race that has compelled us,
has kept us guessing for months.
Does that end this evening
at the end of this next 45 minutes,
or will we get final-day drama?
Jones, oh, and he has Mullin ahead of him.
Great ball to Mullin.
On the right flank, can Mullin cut inside and take on Evans?
Dalby's in the box, and Mullin tries to pick him out.
Bush reads it-- a groan from the crowd.
Cross comes in. Foster takes it well.
Cannon now running at his man, pokes it to Dalby.
Back to Mullin. Oh, it's a cross to Cannon!
That's offsides. Offsides.
He's offsides. Offsides.
Wrexham put it in the net.
Offsides.
I think that was close.
Ten yards into Boreham Wood's territory.
Nice chipped ball for Mullin,
who's got Agbontohoma leaning on him.
Great turn by Mullin. Gets away from Agbontohoma.
Into the box. Left-hand side. Shoots.
That was outrageous.
What a finish!
He has no right to get this shot off.
It's an unbelievable finish from him.
Take a bow, Paul Mullin.
We're sitting here? Okay, then.
Right, high five.
And the other one.
You guys having fun? Yeah.
Your Space is a charity
based around helping children with autism.
Eventually. I'm Rachel.
Really pleased to meet you. Hi, Nicola.
Nice to meet real people with real legs and everything.
It's, um, an unbelievable charity,
and it's obviously something that's very close to me heart.
So we've got Morgan, who's a massive Wrexham fan.
I know he's been waiting, haven't you?
- How's it going? - Been waiting to meet you.
Have you been waiting patiently?
There's a lot of people now in the world
who do view me as a different figure, should I say.
I don't know what-- how to explain it.
But I don't see meself as anybody.
Football's a game.
You want to test yourself at the highest level,
but, ultimately, your family comes first.
I like that. Isn't it? Yes.
That's cool, that.
I like that.
You know, you just sit there at night,
and you think you've got it all figured out,
and you think you're on the right path.
And the next day, you're ten steps back, um...
Very, very excited to see you.
Are you okay?
I thought if I could help one person
to be able to deal with their child's diagnosis
and help them to accept the child,
'cause I know it's not easy--
the pressure you put yourself under,
the guilt you feel
is ultimately just normal and natural.
But if you've got someone to talk to
and rely on, who knows?
They might have a family member
who've been through the same thing.
And you can share the story of your child.
Every autism's different, but it's the hope that gets us.
My little Albi's just the same.
Oh, you've got the best hugs.
I think Albi'll be jealous.
He only watches on the telly.
He'll be saying, that's my daddy.
Come on.
Millie'd be doing this,
regardless of Rob or Ryan.
You know, regardless of the fact
that they now own Wrexham Football Club,
she'll be doing this anyway 'cause she's always done it.
It's a blessing. It's really helped her.
It's a brilliant club, brilliant players,
brilliant people, brilliant, all of it,
let alone Wrexham.
Come on, the sound.
I didn't think last year was our year.
This year, right from the off,
I've kept saying, this is our year.
This is our year.
Wrexham!
2-1 is still a nervy scoreline for Wrexham.
How they would love the comfort of a two-goal cushion.
Can they see this through
for the biggest win of their season?
You could argue the biggest win of their modern history.
Or will the battle for promotion
have to come down to the final day?
So much intent about Wrexham...
determined to get over the line today.
Kelsey's expecting a baby girl on May the 12th.
After what happened last time, I'm obviously very happy.
But during the whole process,
I'll remain nervous until-- until she's here.
Arthur was born sleeping.
It was 27 weeks.
So we went through proper labor.
It was heartbreaking.
Definitely true when people say, you know, time's a healer,
'cause it does get easier.
But in that moment,
it's really difficult to go through.
So Kelsey and Jordan already know gender.
Okay. They're having a little girl.
It's been a bit of a roller coaster.
It's been the best news ever.
But pregnancy after loss has been the hardest thing.
In my head, I couldn't help but think,
oh, is there something wrong still?
That's the baby, baby's heartbeat.
She's going to struggle.
She's very nervous, as-- as we'd all imagine.
Um, any little twinges
or anything that she doesn't feel is quite right
probably just has a bigger microscope on it
than normal pregnancies, but...
Got massive hair.
See all these white spots? Oh. That's funny.
That's definitely from him.
Every milestone in the pregnancy
that should be a happy experience has been hard,
and then the 27-week mark was a really difficult point
because Arthur was born at 27 weeks.
So I think that was another just...
emotional time.
Oh, she's wiggling now. Aw.
Can you make it out?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh.
Nose and lips at the bottom.
She's giving us a little smile, then.
Oh, that's a good one. Oh.
That's actually the best one we've had, isn't it?
Close to it, yeah.
Ultimately, I want Wrexham to be winning the league
and the baby girl to come around nice and healthy,
which--all season, working towards promotion.
And then it's almost-- I know, when the season ends,
what's coming around the corner.
So it's almost all going to come to a big crescendo.
Could be the best month of my life.
Towards Mullin.
Bush is precocious and misses it.
Mullin's running at Evans, into the area.
Oh, he's gonna attempt it.
Paul Mullin!
Brilliant! It's gonna be brilliant!
Absolutely superb!
That's something, that!
I love that! I love that!
I'd have loads of that! Loads!
And surely now,
15 years of hurt
are coming to an end.
A minimum of five minutes added time.
Final seconds in the Racecourse.
All eyes on the referee.
Champions!
Wrexham are promoted!
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ I'm going to have myself ♪
♪ A real good time ♪
♪ I feel alive ♪
♪ And the world ♪
♪ I'll turn it inside out, yeah ♪
♪ I'm floating around in ecstasy ♪
♪ So don't stop me now ♪
♪ Don't stop me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm having a good time ♪
♪ Having a good time ♪
♪ Shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger ♪
♪ Defying the laws of gravity ♪
♪ I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva ♪
♪ I'm going to go, go, go ♪
♪ There's no stopping me ♪
♪ I'm burning through the sky, yeah, 200 degrees ♪
♪ That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit ♪
♪ I'm traveling at the speed of light ♪
♪ I want to make a supersonic man out of you ♪
All right, well done, sir.
♪ Don't stop me, don't stop me ♪
Baby! Oh, Jordan's fighting for the baby.
He had it this morning.
Jordan Davies's girlfriend had a baby this morning.
Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's there with the baby. Look.
♪ All right ♪
♪ Oh, I'm burning through the sky, yeah ♪
♪ 200 degrees ♪
♪ That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit, hey ♪
♪ Traveling at the speed of light ♪
♪ I want to make a supersonic man out of you ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
On to Scott, and it's Scott,
who had his penalty saved by Ben Foster against Wrexham.
It is a shot at redemption.
Scott sends Notts County
back to the Football League!
Football writes the most incredible scripts!