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[♪ festive music plays]
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[narrator] It's Wrexham at Christmas,
everyone's favorite season,
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But the fans are worried,
and this is the reason.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Whiteman hooks it
across to the far post.
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{\an8}Ricochets around. Drilled in!
Preston equalize and it's Armstrong,
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{\an8}and Wrexham will be frustrated
to concede like that.
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{\an8}[fan 1] Points just get lost
every single week.
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[person 1] Wrexham managed to hang on
for their ninth draw in the Championship.
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The highest number of draws
by any team in all of the top four tiers.
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{\an8}[narrator] Too many losses
and frustrating draws,
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While many speculate,
not one knows the cause.
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{\an8}[Randall] It was a terrible,
piss-poor performance.
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[person 2] A blow for Wrexham tonight.
How do you bounce back?
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What a game to knock you out
of the Christmas spirit that was.
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[Gilpin] What we're seeing is a team
that isn't quick,
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isn't super powerful,
doesn't create chances.
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[Griffiths] There's O'Brien.
Wrexham lose the ball.
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Oh, fucking hell.
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[narrator] So, the lights are low
and the table looks grim,
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The glow from the Cae Ras
is flickering dim.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Nice touch…
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{\an8}[narrator] One mistake from Arthur Okonkwo
was louder than all,
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And down to 15th our Wrexham fall.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] And that is the final whistle,
and Wrexham throw away a point at Swansea.
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[Gilpin] It's just we saw everything bad
about that Wrexham team
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in one entire performance.
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That's a game we should have
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at the very least
be coming away with a point.
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[narrator] But the beauty of football
when spirits are low,
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Is a second chance waiting
beneath fresh fallen snow.
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The dragon's not done,
nor the story all told,
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As from the winter's dark gray
may come bright New Year's gold.
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♪ 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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♪ Don't be afraid to cry now ♪
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♪ Even when the world comes crashing in ♪
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♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪
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♪ Don't forget to sing when you win ♪
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[♪ "Carol of the Bells" playing]
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[producer] Wrex. All right, mate?
Merry Christmas.
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{\an8}It's a Great British
footballing tradition is
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{\an8}an absolute shed load of fixtures
around Christmas,
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but I bloody love it.
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I mean, I just… I love that basically
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from sort of around December the 23rd
until January the 2nd,
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it's just nonstop football.
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Seasons greetings!
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[singsongy] Come on, you Reds!
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[Jones] Christmas is huge, isn't it?
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{\an8}It's like probably my favorite time
of the year for football.
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{\an8}[Powles] 'Cause you can get to Christmas
and be 20th,
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{\an8}and then get to the end of the year
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{\an8}and you can be… [stammers]
…a few points off making the playoffs.
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Three wins in a row and…
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{\an8}- Everything changes.
- …they could be right back in the mix.
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{\an8}The holiday period,
four games in ten days,
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{\an8}and we've got to come out of that
with a good haul of points
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to keep our promotion push in place.
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[♪ "Carol of the Bells" continues]
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[Okonkwo] This is me in my den.
I don't play as much anymore.
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My friends are gonna say, "Yes, you do."
But I don't think I do.
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{\an8}At the moment, I'm playing 2K26.
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I used to be a huge gamer.
Call of Duty was my game.
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It's so hard to be a gamer
and play football.
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Like… [chuckles] …they don't correlate.
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[producer] What do you do
with your time off, normally?
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[Okonkwo] Watch TV.
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[producer] What, watching
endless football matches? No?
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At the moment,
you wanna know what I'm watching?
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I'm watching Twilight.
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{\an8}[wolf howls]
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Which is actually really good.
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When we normally play rival teams,
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I think there's certain teams
that I don't like.
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Can I… Can I even… Oh, no, I shouldn't.
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Should I just say the teams I don't like?
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[Griffiths] Welcome to Swansea.
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{\an8}Tipped over well by Okonkwo.
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I was having a really good game.
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[Griffiths] An inswinger, left-footed
again, swept to the far post.
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Okonkwo comes, takes that comfortably.
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But it will fall for a shot,
which Okonkwo gets right behind.
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Free kick on the halfway line.
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Okonkwo's coming,
and punches, rather up in the air.
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It's headed into the goalmouth,
Okonkwo goes back.
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Mishandles it! It's a horrible mistake!
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Oh, what happened there?
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{\an8}[Okonkwo] In the moment, I wanted
the world to just swallow me whole.
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{\an8}[Williams] He shouldn't
have come out for it.
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{\an8}Mistakes-wise, it was as… pretty
much as bad as they come for a goalkeeper.
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[Griffiths] Horrible way to lose a derby.
But what a mistake by Okonkwo.
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Obviously, I was fuming,
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but you know, I can't…
I can't really show that.
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I don't think I'm that type of person
to bring the team down,
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like, because I'm feeling
a certain type of way.
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{\an8}It's really hard to take.
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{\an8}[Parkinson] Young players or any player's
gonna make mistakes, it's how you respond,
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{\an8}and Arthur's always got our full support
because he cares a lot
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{\an8}and he's been instrumental into getting
Wrexham, you know, into this division.
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[Davidson] Get your feet right.
Focus on your contact.
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Strike it at them.
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- Here we go, Cal. Keep the focus.
- [Okonkwo grunts]
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{\an8}Hit him in his nose.
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[Williams] It's all about
how he bounces back now.
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[Randall] Arthur's save percentage has
been ludicrous.
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I think it was up near the 75, 78 mark
last time I looked.
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So, he's done…
he's got more credit in the bank.
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[Davidson] Get those fucking feet going.
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[Randall] I'm glad that
Parky came out afterward
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and said,
"Look, he's been a colossus for us.
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Let's move past it,"
because that's what you've gotta do.
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[Williams] Let's just see how he recovers.
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[customer, in Welsh]
Can I please have a flat white please?
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- And then, do you want a hot chocolate?
- Yeah.
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Can you make it so it's not too hot?
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And then Manu's going
to have a cinnamon roll.
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[in English] I'm Maxine. I'm a journalist,
originally from North Wales.
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I am based in the United States,
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and I'm also the Welsh translator
for Rob and Ryan.
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[director] Thank you. Here we go.
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[crew member] And mark.
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- Hello, my name is Rob McElhenney.
- My name is Ryan Reynolds.
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[in Welsh]
Hello, my name is Rob McElhenney.
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And I'm Ryan Reynolds.
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[in English]
Never, ever say that Wales is in England.
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- [Mac] Oh, God.
- Oh, we're aware of that.
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- We're very, very, very aware of that.
- We're aware of that.
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[Hughes in Welsh]
Oh, you're enjoying that, aren't you?
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[in English] I would say being Welsh
plays a role in everything I do.
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Yeah.
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Whether it's bringing up my children
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and teaching them about Wales
and speaking Welsh to them.
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[in Welsh] How's this compared
to the ones in America? Better?
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[in English]
Or my work broadcasting through Welsh.
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[in Welsh] Congress hasn't declared war.
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[in English] It's very important to me.
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[in Welsh] So, how do you feel
about being back this time?
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Well, I feel better… obviously.
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You look much better.
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I look like a hedgehog.
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[friend] I think your hair looks great.
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[producer in English]
Your background as a journalist…
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Did that have any impact
in what you've been through?
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Yes.
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This is the turning point
in the interview. Duh-duh-duh.
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[♪ ominous music plays]
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[in Welsh] I've just had a shower
this morning and, um…
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This is what's in the sink.
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Disgusting, isn't it?
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[in English] My initial instinct
when I was diagnosed with cancer
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was to pick up a camera and document it.
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[breathes deeply]
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[sniffles]
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When you go through so much trauma
in such a short period of time,
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I think it's really hard
to come out of that.
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And the people that are there with you
along the way, who support you,
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you feel even more grateful for.
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- Welsh cakes. So, flour--
- [Bill] What is a Welsh cake?
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The Welsh name for Welsh cake is
Pice ar y maen.
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And it's kind of like a flat scone.
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A scone?
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No, it's… it's a scone.
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{\an8}- Scone. [chuckles] Flat scone.
- [Hughes] It's a flat scone.
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{\an8}Over the years, working closely with Rob,
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we've gotten to know each other
and each other's family.
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You have to, like, make it
until it's kind of like crumbs.
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{\an8}- So, you gave me the dirty job, basically.
- Yes, I did.
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{\an8}- You did that very intentionally.
- I know. [laughs]
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{\an8}Since meeting Jill, Rob's stepmother,
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there's something quite similar
about us, maybe.
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Um, I don't know if Jill would like to…
[chuckles] …hear that or not.
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How many hands… How many hands can we put
in this Welsh cake?
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[Hughes] As soon as I was
diagnosed with cancer,
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she was the most obvious person
for me to call
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because I knew
that she went through cancer herself.
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I think we talked plainly to one another.
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- Yes, like directly.
- Right.
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When somebody has a diagnosis
that is catastrophic,
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and potentially, you know,
life-threatening,
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it creates opportunities to really deepen
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and create a very intimate relationship
with your support system.
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[Hughes] When I was going through chemo,
and when I was doing all my treatment,
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I looked on my phone
and I had an email from the Eisteddfod…
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[trumpets playing]
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[Hughes] …saying that I was
gonna be inducted into the Gorsedd,
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to be made a bard.
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[singing in Welsh]
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[Hughes] To be invited is…
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I guess it would be compared to something
like being knighted in England.
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So, I-I was due to have a double
mastectomy, the week of the Eisteddfod,
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and I asked the surgeon to delay it
and to move everything.
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[Druid speaking Welsh]
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…Maxine John Conwy.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Hughes] It was just so meaningful
for me, you know,
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to have this happen to me
during this period of my life,
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in this place that has provided
so much positivity
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for me and for my children.
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{\an8}[Hughes] Hello. [sniffling]
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- How are you?
- I'm feeling good.
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{\an8}- Excellent.
- Yeah.
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{\an8}So, we have some paperwork to do, I guess.
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{\an8}- Yeah, I think so.
- Yeah.
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[machine beeping]
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[Hughes] When I went
into my oncologist's office,
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and she said,
"You don't have cancer anymore.
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You had a complete pathological response
to the chemo
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and you've had a mastectomy."
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And I said, "Wow, what am I supposed now?
'Cause I'm terrified."
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And she said,
"You have to go live your life."
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And because of relationships
that I've made through Wrexham,
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and the support I'd received
from the community of Wrexham,
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I feel so excited about new things.
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Now, I feel like
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
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I guess I just feel like
I've had a second chance.
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- [child babbling]
- [Hughes] Unbelievable.
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[all chattering]
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[narrator] With desks adorned
with cheap tinsel and cheer,
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The lights that half work,
but come out every year.
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So, we have a little competition going on
for best festive workspace area.
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- Oh, wow, that's serious.
- [employee] It's cozy, isn't it?
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He's also killed Santa Claus
for a Christmas competition.
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- [employee 2 laughing]
- Got work to do now. [chuckles]
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[Williamson] Oh, 'tis the season,
obviously. 'Tis the season. [chuckles]
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[narrator] All of Wrexham was buzzing
with Christmas spirit,
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And then came great news
with everyone happy to hear it.
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[Gilpin] Ollie Rathbone has taken
the 25th spot in the squad.
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Liam, did we know that?
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I-I mean, Parky had mentioned
it was likely to be,
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but I don't know that it was confirmed.
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So, no, that is exclusive.
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{\an8}I think we're on a bit of a rocky run,
we're getting a few draws, and doing okay.
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And then we had that kick in the teeth
at Swansea.
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It could go either way here.
If you get on a good run, great.
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But if it goes the other way, then you're
looking over your shoulder a little bit.
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But it's such a tight league, isn't it?
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If you get one win,
you're right up that table straight away.
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Yeah. I don't think you can kind of get
too high with the good ones
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and too low with the bad ones
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because the quality
of the division is so high.
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I had a really difficult start
to the year.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Ollie Rathbone with
five minutes to go in this first half.
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Putting Ryan Grant under pressure.
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[Rathbone] The ball came to me
on the edge of the box.
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I think I chested it down,
we were kind of scrapping for the ball.
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And then in the middle of it all,
I just felt a big crack.
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Yeah, finding out
that I'd ruptured the ligament.
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It was really, really difficult,
I can't lie,
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because I also felt
a little bit embarrassed.
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Kind of last year being,
like, the Player of the Season.
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And then, like, a few months later,
kind of not playing
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and not getting on the bench
and being injured.
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[Mick] He didn't really say
that much about it,
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but I could tell
he was a little bit worried.
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{\an8}My name's Mick Rathbone.
I'm Oliver Rathbone's father.
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Proud father.
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Fifty years in professional football is
my claim to fame.
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Predominantly, I played for Blackburn
for seven years,
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the bulk of my playing career.
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I was physio seven years at Preston,
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and then eight years,
I was head of medical at Everton.
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But with Oliver, we kind of tried
to get him to do other things,
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but he always came back to football.
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He slept with a football.
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I'll pull onto the drive,
and every single day,
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there he was stood there
with the ball under his arm,
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and I couldn't go in until we played shots
in the front garden.
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And he had to score ten goals
with his left, ten goals with his right.
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Then I found out when I was a lot older,
he used to, like, sometimes park
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at the bottom of the road
and wait for it to go dark.
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"No, I can't play now, Son. It's dark."
[chuckles]
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How frustrating is it,
when you've done all pre-season…
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- Mmm.
- …fit as a fiddle, good to go, raring.
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And then you get that injury,
and you're out of the team
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for the next three, four months.
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I came up from Australia
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but by the time I'd got fit,
we'd signed Josh Windass, Lewis O'Brien,
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Nathan Broadhead, Ben Sheaf.
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We basically signed five players
that could play in my position.
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You do kind of worry like,
"Oh, if I don't get back playing,
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then maybe I'll have to go on loan
in January
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or get some game time elsewhere."
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Like, the whole group was
kind of, like, getting together,
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and they were all getting
to know each other and training together,
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and I was kind of just, like,
a spare part. [chuckles]
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Just, like, waiting to get back involved.
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For your whole life, you say,
"Oh, I'm a footballer."
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When you're injured,
you don't feel like that.
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[Ker] I think it's quite hard
for people outside of football
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to understand
how psychologically damaging an injury is
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because it is a player's
entire sense of self and being.
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And while you're recovering
from an injury,
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you're watching the guy
who's playing in your position,
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he's doing very well,
and you're wondering,
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"Am I ever gonna get
to dislodge that player?
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Am I gonna get to be part of this?"
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It's hard to kind of keep positive and…
all the time.
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You just gotta kind of keep the faith
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that you're gonna get your opportunity
at some point,
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and when you do,
you just gotta make sure you're ready.
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{\an8}[crowd cheering]
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Yeah, Ollie. Ollie.
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[Rathbone] Everyone's saying,
"Oh, you'll get your chance."
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But then, it's very much… [chuckles]
…down to you to take your chance.
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You know, if he gives you a chance,
and you don't take it,
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then you are really on the back foot.
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[Griffiths] Big round of applause
for Rathbone,
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{\an8}whose injuries, of course, have limited
his chances, comes onto the pitch.
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[crowd chanting] Ollie! Ollie!
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Windass with the away swinger.
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Steps up, stands it beyond the far post,
a great header by Pollock.
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Rathbone, edge of the area.
In for the shot! Rathbone scores!
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The hummingbird strikes! Oh, what a hit!
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What a story!
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♪ Guess who's back ♪
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{\an8}♪ Guess who's back ♪
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{\an8}♪ The king is back, whoa ♪
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I was just so happy.
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Just pure, pure joy.
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And yeah,
just not looked back since, really.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Wrexham
against Preston North End.
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{\an8}Broadhead. He's got Thomason outside him.
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{\an8}Inside to Dobson now, 25 yards out.
Plays the killer ball! Rathbone!
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♪ This is a moment of greatness ♪
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♪ Championship, how I played it ♪
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{\an8}[Griffiths] The super sub strikes again.
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{\an8}Ollie's return to the side has
been enormously exciting.
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He's brought energy.
He's brought dynamism.
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He's brought his patented 4'4" rascalness.
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I don't know how tall… Everyone's about
the same height to me when I look down.
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{\an8}Wrexham, at Blackburn Rovers,
looking to build
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on those two excellent home performances.
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And then Ollie Rathbone's dad is
a legend here.
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Mick Rathbone is
having a presentation today.
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One of three players who have been brought
into their equivalent of the Hall of Fame.
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[Roberts] And I think Ollie Rathbone…
Well, what's he played so far this season?
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About ten minutes in the Championship
and already got two goals to his name.
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Ollie's class.
I missed him all season to be fair.
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Love him.
Didn't get to see Mickey Thomas play, but…
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Maybe it's just the hair,
but shades of Mickey Thomas, I think,
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got a goal in him.
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[Griffiths] Rathbone intercepts
and now goes scurrying forward.
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Only Longman ahead of him.
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He's taken late,
and that's gonna be a card.
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Free kick. Matty James is on it.
Little run behind the line by Hyam.
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It's swept in across the bodies,
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and will drop for Rathbone
who hooks it in.
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Oh! What a goal!
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{\an8}At the ground that his dad
served Blackburn with such quality.
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{\an8}His son nails it!
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[crowd cheering]
Ollie! Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!
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The crowd is singing my name, and
I'm looking up at my mom and dad, like,
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trying hard for like, my lip not to quiver
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and kind of not to well up, because
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it was just such a great moment.
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[Roberts] Well, this boy is
on absolute fire at the moment.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] That is
an impressive performance.
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[Rathbone] I'm fortunate to have
an amazing family.
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My parents were
always confident in, you know,
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this is just a setback, this happens.
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Just kind of making sure
that I didn't drop my standards…
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and kind of gave everything every day.
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Because it's easy
sometimes when you think,
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"Oh, God, I'm not getting a game
at the moment
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so I'm gonna, sack it off today,"
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and they kinda just made me promise like,
don't let that happen.
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Which they were absolutely spot-on to do.
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[producer] How proud are you of him?
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For sticking around,
and coming through that injury?
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Beyond words.
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[smacks lips, stutters] Oh.
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[crowd cheers] Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!
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Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!
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[producer] He's a good lad, isn't he?
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Yeah. The best.
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[Gilpin] The revelation for me
over the last couple of weeks,
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and I'm really pleased for this.
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I just feel we've hit a groove
at the moment.
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[Edwards] Probably the most enjoyable
chunk of football.
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What a great, great time.
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[Harvey] We start on Boxing Day against
our old foes from Sheffield United.
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{\an8}Come on, Josh.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Right-footed! It's 5!
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[crowd cheering]
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[laughs] Get in!
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Wrexham 5, Sheffield United 3.
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Happy Christmas.
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[Harvey] And then with Preston
and Blackburn on New Year's Day,
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which set us up for the last game
at Derby.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Thomason takes a touch,
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{\an8}hooks it in the goalmouth,
good defend by Sanderson.
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He alters his balance well to clear.
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Poor clearance, though.
Matty James hits it!
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Oh, yes!
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[fan] Get in! Fucking get in, lads!
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[Griffiths] Is that enough
celebration for you?
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- Yes!
- [fan 2] Come on!
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Come on!
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{\an8}[Griffiths] And that is the final whistle.
Wrexham win at Derby.
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For the first time ever,
we've won four second tier games in a row.
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[Gilpin] We are a very happy podcast
because, all of a sudden,
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we are 9th in the Championship.
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Just one point off the playoffs.
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I don't think
that going into the holiday period,
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anybody expected the team
to get 12 points.
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But equally, the players were tired.
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They haven't had a chance to recover,
yet the same players had to go again.
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[Parkinson] Come on,
let's get it going then now.
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Get it going, this group going.
Let's go, son. Good.
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Last one if you put in anymore
then your work's done.
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In the Championship, there's 46 games,
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where the Premiership have 38 games.
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So there's a lot more midweek games,
and it's very intense.
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A lot of high-speed running.
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The sprint distance is a lot higher
than we're used to.
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It's not just gonna be,
you know, flick a switch
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and you suddenly
become a Championship player.
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You've got to work
on aspects of your game.
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The way you live,
the way you prepare for games,
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the work you do in the gym,
the work with sports science,
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some of the tactical kind of differences
in the division,
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and you've got to adapt to all those.
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[Mulholland] We don't like
to leave any stone unturned
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{\an8}in the player's performance
and hydration, nutrition
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is really, really key to that.
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It's one of the pillars
that we really focus on.
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It really helps the players
both physically and mentally
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to go the whole way to the end of games,
which is important for us.
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[Harvey] To get us to the Premier League,
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we're arguably going to have
to be more successful
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in the second half of the season,
which is difficult,
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particularly with the third round
of the FA Cup coming up
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in such a short period of time.
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{\an8}[Darren Fletcher] So welcome along
to the draw for the FA Cup third round.
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{\an8}We are live from St James's Park,
home of Brackley Town,
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alongside their wonderful fans
in here tonight.
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[fans cheering, applause]
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Right, the Premier League
and Championship clubs,
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of course, enter the competition.
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We're now down to 65 teams
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from 747 who started on the journey.
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Joe, you're gonna start us off
with the home teams.
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Crouchy's gonna do the away teams.
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- So, let's get going.
- [Joe Cole] All right.
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{\an8}[Ally McCoist] It wasn't
in that particular fixture, no. Harsh.
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{\an8}[Fletcher laughs]
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{\an8}- Forty-four.
- [Fletcher] Forty-four is Wrexham.
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[shouting, chanting]
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Number 28.
452
00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:56,856
[McCoist] Number 28 is Nottingham Forest.
453
00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:57,941
[clamoring]
454
00:21:57,942 --> 00:21:59,943
{\an8}[McCoist] Wrexham versus Forest.
455
00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:03,279
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
456
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,949
Um, the FA Cup is a competition
457
00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:08,952
that's open to all football teams
in the UK, pretty much.
458
00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:10,370
I mean, there's a small entrance fee,
459
00:22:10,371 --> 00:22:12,622
but you can enter
into a sort of qualifying round
460
00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:14,958
as an organized football team,
way, way down.
461
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,877
For us now, we now enter the FA Cup
at the third round,
462
00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,504
along with the rest
of the Championship teams
463
00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:20,964
and the Premier League teams.
464
00:22:20,965 --> 00:22:22,841
Wrexham has a great history in the FA Cup,
465
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:25,761
and we would love to win it.
466
00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:31,099
{\an8}[narrator]
Into Cae Ras, the worthy giants came,
467
00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:34,644
{\an8}With a storied history
that brings with them fame.
468
00:22:34,645 --> 00:22:37,814
{\an8}A Premier League side,
this formidable foe,
469
00:22:37,815 --> 00:22:41,568
And not one soul knew
how this night would go.
470
00:22:41,569 --> 00:22:44,779
But we have our own giant,
says mighty Wrexham.
471
00:22:44,780 --> 00:22:48,283
He goes by Arthur and can surely vex them,
472
00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:51,286
As boots meet the grass,
into the fray they proceed
473
00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:54,415
With goals back and forth, to and fro
474
00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:58,251
Who would take the lead?
475
00:22:58,252 --> 00:23:01,921
From a surging class
from the Prem's pedigree,
476
00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:05,383
{\an8}At the last moment,
the score was knotted at three.
477
00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:08,595
{\an8}A draw in this cup
leads to stress penalties,
478
00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:12,766
Leaving every soul in the crowd
feeling quite ill at ease.
479
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:18,897
In an FA Cup penalty shoot-out,
each team gets five attempts on goal.
480
00:23:18,898 --> 00:23:21,065
And if it's still tied, after that,
481
00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:24,737
the penalties will keep going
until eventually, there's just one winner.
482
00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:28,364
{\an8}[Mac] So I was back in Philly
483
00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:31,535
{\an8}for the FA Cup match
against Nottingham Forest.
484
00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:38,667
And it turned out to be a hell of a game,
and it all came down to penalties.
485
00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:41,586
[Griffiths] Windass. Yes!
486
00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:42,713
Drills it in.
487
00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:46,382
I love penalties. I feel like anyone
that knows me quite well
488
00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:49,385
knows that I do like…
I-I love a penalty shoot-out.
489
00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:51,512
For me, there's no pressure
on a penalty shoot-out,
490
00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:54,724
because you as the player,
have more pressure than me.
491
00:23:54,725 --> 00:23:56,893
[Griffiths] Jesus steps up right-footed.
492
00:23:56,894 --> 00:23:58,061
- Saved!
- [cheering]
493
00:23:58,062 --> 00:24:00,064
[Griffiths] Great save by Okonkwo!
494
00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:03,191
Callum Doyle next, left-footed.
495
00:24:03,192 --> 00:24:06,235
Drills it!
He's really got the atmosphere going.
496
00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:10,198
Hudson-Odoi. 2-2. The tension continues.
497
00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:12,158
Thomason, left-footed, drills it.
498
00:24:12,159 --> 00:24:15,161
Williams steps up. It's in.
499
00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:17,330
Jay Rodriguez steps up.
500
00:24:17,331 --> 00:24:18,791
Oh, it's a good pen.
501
00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,085
Just felt like everyone was switched on.
502
00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:24,337
We wanted
to put a bit of fire in their bellies,
503
00:24:24,338 --> 00:24:27,716
wanted to… to send a message.
504
00:24:28,384 --> 00:24:30,760
[Griffiths] So, this is it.
4-3 to Wrexham.
505
00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:32,346
The last penalty of the ten.
506
00:24:34,765 --> 00:24:37,977
- [cheering]
- [Griffiths] Saved! Wrexham are through!
507
00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:42,230
{\an8}Arthur Okonkwo, the hero,
diving to his left!
508
00:24:42,231 --> 00:24:46,192
I've trained and played my whole life
to create moments like that,
509
00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:48,319
to-to be a hero in a penalty shoot-out.
510
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,363
So yeah, it's a moment I'll never forget.
511
00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:52,573
- [people shouting]
- [patron] Big Arthur!
512
00:24:52,574 --> 00:24:55,034
[Mac] Anyway, it went really well.
513
00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:58,454
And that night,
I was with all of my Philly friends,
514
00:24:58,455 --> 00:25:01,041
which meant I got really drunk.
515
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:05,003
[narrator]
We earnt our swagger and proved our worth,
516
00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,256
Leaving the fans a reason for mirth.
517
00:25:07,923 --> 00:25:10,591
Though the forest loomed
imposing and tall,
518
00:25:10,592 --> 00:25:14,929
Wrexham rose up
and caused their opponents to fall.
519
00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:17,682
[crowd vocalizing]
520
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:18,976
Wrexham!
521
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:28,234
{\an8}- [person 1] Hi, guys.
- [person 2] Hello.
522
00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:30,361
[person 1] The Wrexham shop
luckily gave us
523
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:34,490
nine T-shirts to do a snood workshop.
524
00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:37,493
These tops, don't even worry
about cutting them up
525
00:25:37,494 --> 00:25:39,829
because it's tops
that would've gone into landfill.
526
00:25:39,830 --> 00:25:44,125
So see, on the back of that one,
the vinyl has all come off.
527
00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:45,418
So they can't sell that.
528
00:25:45,419 --> 00:25:48,047
They've given 'em us for this.
529
00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:55,804
I'm Gemma Oakley,
and I run Wrexham Sewing Studio.
530
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,602
So, we're just gonna go
a little bit further over. That's it.
531
00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:03,687
Oh, she's on it.
532
00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:06,982
♪ Over the hill, just down the road ♪
533
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:11,194
♪ There's a place, I loved it though ♪
534
00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:14,238
This is a safe space
for people to come in,
535
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:16,240
learn something that they didn't know.
536
00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,284
It's just somewhere you can go
537
00:26:18,285 --> 00:26:21,245
where you don't have to worry
about your day-to-day life,
538
00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,790
apart from me being in it,
539
00:26:23,665 --> 00:26:26,668
causing absolute carnage wherever I go.
540
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:33,466
I've been doing voluntary groups
for about four years
541
00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:35,928
because I've got a colorful past.
542
00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:47,231
My whole life has
been drink, drugs, fighting.
543
00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:53,278
I got done for going equipped
with a bladed article.
544
00:26:54,071 --> 00:26:56,573
They said they were going
to take all the kids off us.
545
00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:59,617
And that was make or break really.
546
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,077
And I didn't go to prison.
547
00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:05,082
So, so close, though,
and that was a turning point, really.
548
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:07,625
- [Gemma's child] Mum.
- What, mate?
549
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:10,169
- I can get you some cobblestone.
- What you gonna build? What about a house?
550
00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:11,838
Shall I build the house with the bricks?
551
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:17,385
Now, I look back and I think
I'm glad that I've done all of that stuff,
552
00:27:17,386 --> 00:27:22,390
because I'm in a good place now
where I can say to people, "Don't do it.
553
00:27:22,391 --> 00:27:27,103
Do something else, craft,
or… just do something different."
554
00:27:27,104 --> 00:27:30,815
[person 1] I remember when Gem was
participating in the classes,
555
00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:35,486
{\an8}and then, obviously, she learned
her skills, she did her courses.
556
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,239
{\an8}Like, you see how much she's smashed life
557
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,116
and it's to be able
to show other people now,
558
00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:42,661
- "If Gemma can do it, you can do it."
- [Gemma] Yeah. yeah.
559
00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:47,623
I'd just say sewing's changed
my life, like, it's given me structure.
560
00:27:47,624 --> 00:27:49,334
It's given me confidence.
561
00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:52,421
And I want to give it back
562
00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:56,757
to help others
that are in the same position as me.
563
00:27:56,758 --> 00:28:01,346
So this is a Wrexham bear
out of upcycled materials.
564
00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:05,349
I got the idea for the bears
from a lady downstairs.
565
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:08,352
She told me, "You need to get
one of them bears to Ryan Reynolds."
566
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:12,565
[chuckling] And I was like,
"You, my friend, are a little superstar."
567
00:28:12,566 --> 00:28:17,862
{\an8}So we are going to take them over
to Mike in the Wrexham shop,
568
00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:22,034
{\an8}and he is going to tell us
whether he wants us to make these for him.
569
00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:25,745
- [Gemma] Are you Mike? Are you Mike?
- [Mike] Hey, hiya.
570
00:28:25,746 --> 00:28:27,872
{\an8}- Yes. Yes.
- Gemma, nice to meet you.
571
00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:30,750
{\an8}- Nice to meet you. How are you?
- Look, I come bearing gifts.
572
00:28:30,751 --> 00:28:32,126
{\an8}- Yeah.
- What do you think?
573
00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:34,170
That's cute. Those are from the shirts
that we gave you?
574
00:28:34,171 --> 00:28:35,421
- Yes.
- Yeah.
575
00:28:35,422 --> 00:28:40,301
The mission for me now is
if you do accept us to do them…
576
00:28:40,302 --> 00:28:42,929
- [Mike] Uh-huh.
- …I'm not gonna be just me doing them.
577
00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:47,726
It's gonna be my charity,
as in Ali, my other girls.
578
00:28:48,602 --> 00:28:51,605
I just want people to know
that there's a space for them.
579
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:55,066
It's just an opportunity
that doesn't happen all the time
580
00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:58,694
for people like me to get another chance.
581
00:28:58,695 --> 00:29:02,365
These would fit in perfectly for us here.
582
00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:06,411
I mean, we-we even have our own little
"Made in Wrexham, Made in Wales" section.
583
00:29:07,496 --> 00:29:11,375
{\an8}Just to help highlight all of the great
things that are made here locally.
584
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:15,211
We'll find a spot
that we'll put it right in,
585
00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:18,130
and we'll just have…
we'll have all the bears, you know?
586
00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:20,633
- Can I take a picture? [chuckles]
- Yeah, sure.
587
00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:24,637
[Gemma] I'm so proud, like, because
this is one hell of an opportunity.
588
00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:27,306
I was so scared. I was so scared,
589
00:29:27,307 --> 00:29:31,185
'cause I just… I just didn't think
my work was good enough.
590
00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:32,269
[Mike] Oh, no. It's great.
591
00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:34,898
- They're super adorable.
- I don't… What's wrong with me?
592
00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:39,276
I never, ever thought this would happen.
593
00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:41,654
So I think that I am proof
594
00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:44,615
when the community have seen me go
595
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:48,328
from being so bad to so good.
596
00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:52,331
It does happen to people. It can happen.
597
00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:55,043
And I… And I want that to happen
for more people.
598
00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:58,630
I want my teddy bears
to go to Ryan Reynolds.
599
00:30:00,257 --> 00:30:02,092
I'll get there one day.
600
00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:07,139
Ali, I can't believe it. [laughs]
601
00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:12,351
[narrator]
Once again, the faithful gathered near,
602
00:30:12,352 --> 00:30:15,104
Their voices loud and singing with cheer.
603
00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:20,484
Hey! QPR away? Town away? We're havin' it.
604
00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,904
Great to come to an iconic ground,
I must say.
605
00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:25,531
[Griffiths]
Wrexham have got a great following.
606
00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:28,200
It's a capacity crowd here at Loftus Road,
607
00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:31,120
one of the traditional
Great British grounds,
608
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:33,081
you know, QPR, a proper League club.
609
00:30:33,623 --> 00:30:36,709
[narrator]
From gloomy depths to a winning streak,
610
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:39,920
Wrexham's rise was beginning to peak.
611
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:43,007
[Griffiths]
Wrexham looking for a third away win.
612
00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,884
[Wrexham fan 1]
Well, another big Championship game.
613
00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:46,052
Can't see us scoring many goals.
614
00:30:46,053 --> 00:30:48,637
I hope I'm wrong, but, uh, it could
be a tough watch at times.
615
00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:51,223
I'm just pleased
they're doing so well, actually.
616
00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:54,268
{\an8}[narrator]
The table now shows a delightful sight.
617
00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:58,856
{\an8}A place in the playoff spots could
be theirs with just one more fight.
618
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,484
As we're close to the playoffs now,
we've gotta go for it.
619
00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:03,069
[Wrexham fan 2] I don't think we're ready.
620
00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:05,613
You're playing
against sides that are established.
621
00:31:05,614 --> 00:31:07,573
We are still learning
about the Championship.
622
00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:08,783
It's the toughest league in England.
623
00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:11,118
[Roberts] It's just a crazy
sort of league, so competitive,
624
00:31:11,119 --> 00:31:14,414
and if you're not at it, boy,
are you gonna get punished.
625
00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:17,416
[Griffiths] So, here we go.
626
00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:20,087
Will Wrexham get a win
and get into the playoff spots?
627
00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:23,714
On the angle, Kief! Kief, from the angle!
628
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:25,674
[Griffiths]
O'Brien dropping off diligently.
629
00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:27,802
Now he's got driving forwards
from his own half,
630
00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:29,512
poor pass by him, though,
631
00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:31,388
and Madsen drives to the edge of the D.
632
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:32,473
Crowd tell him to shoot.
633
00:31:32,474 --> 00:31:34,058
That's a good ball to Dembele,
who hits it.
634
00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:36,519
Hit the bar! Bounces back out.
635
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,854
- Handball!
- Big shout for handball.
636
00:31:38,855 --> 00:31:41,315
[Griffiths] Tremendous, powerful strike.
637
00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:44,735
And it's drilled in!
Sensational finish by Vale.
638
00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:47,154
{\an8}Handball shout looked like
it had something to it.
639
00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:49,115
[Roberts]
I think it might've hit an arm in there.
640
00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:51,576
Not sure if it was too close to the body,
but QPR won't care.
641
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,955
[Griffiths] Okonkwo had no chance
and Wrexham go behind early on.
642
00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,582
This is, uh, not the best of starts
for Wrexham.
643
00:31:58,166 --> 00:31:59,500
Switch on!
644
00:31:59,501 --> 00:32:01,335
[Griffiths]
Norrington-Davies swings in the cross.
645
00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:03,629
Kone chests it down. Big chance, this.
646
00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,882
- And it's in the side netting.
- [Parkinson] Fuckin' hell!
647
00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:10,052
[Griffiths]
Very lucky to only be one down after that.
648
00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:13,347
Wrexham continue to struggle
to really find a foothold.
649
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:15,224
[Parkinson]
Fucking hell. Don't laugh at me.
650
00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:17,309
This is a fucking joke performance,
by the way.
651
00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:19,436
[Roberts] I feel like these players
haven't really gotten
652
00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:20,813
into this game at all yet.
653
00:32:20,814 --> 00:32:24,024
This feels very much
like a case of survival.
654
00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:25,818
Short corner, Dembele's got blocked.
655
00:32:25,819 --> 00:32:28,655
Bobbling around in the box.
Sheaf gets a head to it.
656
00:32:29,406 --> 00:32:31,490
Wrexham will get…
Dembele tries an overhead kick.
657
00:32:31,491 --> 00:32:33,117
Just over the bar.
658
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,743
Clewie, you gotta be closer!
659
00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:36,287
[Morrell]
Wrexham have just got to hang in there,
660
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:38,873
somehow get a hold of this football,
because at the moment,
661
00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:41,292
QPR just look
like they're going to score a second.
662
00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,877
[Griffiths] And that is halftime
663
00:32:42,878 --> 00:32:45,796
{\an8}and the QPR fans delighted
with what they've seen.
664
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,965
{\an8}[Roberts]
Wrexham just weathered the storm.
665
00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:50,718
[Griffiths] Zero shots at half time. Ouch.
666
00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:55,139
Can Wrexham turn in
an improved second half performance?
667
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:56,933
I mean, we need to.
668
00:32:57,767 --> 00:33:00,769
{\an8}[Roberts] Wrexham going
into the second half a lot more fresher.
669
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:04,357
You know, they know now
what QPR's game plan is.
670
00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:08,194
[Griffiths] Right-footed,
delivers an inswinger into a good area.
671
00:33:08,195 --> 00:33:11,614
Hits the bar, and Okonkwo does well
to catch the rebound.
672
00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:14,450
[Roberts] Arthur Okonkwo, really not
been tested in this second half.
673
00:33:14,451 --> 00:33:16,660
[Morrell] But at some point,
Wrexham are gonna have to go in
674
00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:17,995
a little bit stronger.
675
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:21,290
[Griffiths] Here's Okonkwo now.
Drilling it through the middle.
676
00:33:21,291 --> 00:33:24,668
That's a hell of a ball for Broadhead,
left side of the area.
677
00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,462
He breaks onto it. Moore's inside.
678
00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:29,256
Broadhead takes on his man.
Good tackle by Dunne.
679
00:33:29,257 --> 00:33:30,466
And the shot comes in!
680
00:33:30,467 --> 00:33:31,927
- Hell of a save by the keeper.
- [groans]
681
00:33:32,969 --> 00:33:35,721
Here's Broadhead now, feeding a good ball
to Doyle on the overlap.
682
00:33:35,722 --> 00:33:37,056
Hits the shot!
683
00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:40,476
And scores his first goal for Wrexham!
A screamer!
684
00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:44,021
{\an8}Tight angle, but it was on his left foot
and he's going nuts!
685
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,690
{\an8}Punching the air
in front of the Wrexham fans!
686
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:50,277
[Roberts] Wrexham, just felt like suddenly
turned up the intensity times ten.
687
00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:51,279
Game on.
688
00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:55,741
[Griffiths] Broadhead is coming off now
for Rathbone to come on.
689
00:33:55,742 --> 00:33:58,160
We need to turn on the attack mode.
690
00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:01,580
Enter Rathbone,
so I think his energy can be very helpful.
691
00:34:01,581 --> 00:34:03,499
[chanting] Ollie! Ollie! Ollie!
692
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:08,462
[Roberts] Rathbone coming off the bench
and going, "No, we want the win here."
693
00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:10,798
[Griffiths] To float it
towards the near post! What a header!
694
00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:14,510
What a goal! And QPR catch Wrexham out.
695
00:34:14,511 --> 00:34:18,974
{\an8}It's across Okonkwo,
and Wrexham go behind again.
696
00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:25,938
Frustration for Wrexham after turning
this game round so effectively.
697
00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:29,858
[Roberts] QPR just turned the screw again,
getting on those second balls.
698
00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:34,114
- [Griffiths] Windass is ready to come on.
- [chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham!
699
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:37,825
[Griffiths] Feeds it to the edge
of the area. Hayden tries to curl it.
700
00:34:37,826 --> 00:34:40,619
Puts it over.
It's QPR now with the wind in their sails.
701
00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,204
[Morrell] Putting more pressure
on the Wrexham players.
702
00:34:42,205 --> 00:34:43,956
[Griffiths] Plays the big diagonal.
703
00:34:43,957 --> 00:34:45,582
Looking for Moore,
who heads it down beautifully.
704
00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:48,085
O'Brien is there.
Poor touch. Lays it back.
705
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,879
Shot comes and it's blocked.
O'Brien. Windass again.
706
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,258
- It ricochets into the keeper's hands.
- Fucking hell!
707
00:34:55,468 --> 00:34:57,052
[Griffiths] With time running down,
708
00:34:57,053 --> 00:34:59,597
their hope of getting a place
in a playoff spot
709
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:01,473
might have to wait a little longer.
710
00:35:01,474 --> 00:35:02,808
[chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham!
711
00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:05,561
[Griffiths] I can't believe
there's only four minutes of added time,
712
00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:08,565
I've got to say, especially in a game
which has twisted and turned.
713
00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:12,401
Yeah, Wrexham really need
to dig in and get through this.
714
00:35:12,402 --> 00:35:14,153
Just relax, everybody, a bit!
715
00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:16,572
[Griffiths]
Rathbone lays it off, desperate stuff.
716
00:35:16,573 --> 00:35:20,160
Windass, long range shot, good power.
Good save by the keeper.
717
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,287
Inswinging corner
from the right-hand side.
718
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:24,956
O'Brien is on it. He signals.
719
00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:28,876
Sweeps it under the bar.
Keeper comes, punches one-handed.
720
00:35:28,877 --> 00:35:35,299
{\an8}It's driven in! What a finish by Windass!
It bounced so high, but he didn't care!
721
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:40,512
{\an8}He volleys it in! Oh, that's…
That's a hit and a half, isn't it?
722
00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:44,224
[Morrell] Technique.
What a… [chuckles] What a hit.
723
00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:48,771
'Cause that bounce is up near his waist,
but he gets his body outside of the ball
724
00:35:48,772 --> 00:35:51,523
and he hits down on it,
which keeps it down.
725
00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:55,278
Arrowed across
and flies into the roof of the net.
726
00:35:56,237 --> 00:35:57,821
No celebration.
727
00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:00,074
Annoyed that he's not starting
this football match.
728
00:36:00,075 --> 00:36:02,869
But still, what a hit.
729
00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:06,289
[chanting]
Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
730
00:36:10,251 --> 00:36:11,252
Wrexham!
731
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:16,256
[Roberts] Brilliant technique.
You felt like QPR were just cracking.
732
00:36:16,257 --> 00:36:18,467
They'll be so frustrated not to cling on.
733
00:36:18,468 --> 00:36:20,469
[Parkinson]
Come on, keep us going! Come on!
734
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,388
Just under a minute probably left
in this game.
735
00:36:22,389 --> 00:36:23,931
- Are we gonna see a winner?
- [Morrell] Go for the win.
736
00:36:23,932 --> 00:36:25,392
[Parkinson] Get up to the ball!
737
00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,936
[chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
738
00:36:28,937 --> 00:36:30,479
[Griffiths] Now a draw won't do.
739
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,108
Wrexham need a win
to get into that playoff spot.
740
00:36:34,776 --> 00:36:38,946
Now here, Wrexham are pushing on again.
O'Brien helps it wide.
741
00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:41,366
And it's Windass driving
down the left-hand side.
742
00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:44,827
Fed back to Doyle,
Doyle chips into the box.
743
00:36:44,828 --> 00:36:48,914
There's a scramble, and Kolli just
smashes it to the halfway line.
744
00:36:48,915 --> 00:36:50,916
Boy, oh, boy.
745
00:36:50,917 --> 00:36:55,087
Rathbone now, whips it into the box
and its attack… Drops loose!
746
00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:58,090
Moore is there, can't quite get there.
It's hacked away.
747
00:36:58,091 --> 00:37:00,175
Rathbone. Constant this.
748
00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,344
We've got nine seconds left
of the four added minutes.
749
00:37:02,345 --> 00:37:05,014
Ref should add another minute on.
Rathbone long-ranger.
750
00:37:06,099 --> 00:37:10,728
Oh, my! Oh, my word!
What a goal by Rathbone!
751
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,521
I love that man!
752
00:37:12,522 --> 00:37:15,983
{\an8}Ollie Rathbone, have my children!
Please, take them!
753
00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:18,193
{\an8}Oh… [stutters] Sorry, Ben.
754
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:21,406
[stammers] You can't go with Ollie.
Oh, my God, though.
755
00:37:24,534 --> 00:37:27,286
You know, as a young lad
that's loved football all his life,
756
00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:29,998
you kind of literally grow up
picturing that moment.
757
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:33,959
To be the one fortunate enough
to score the winner is
758
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,628
just everything I've ever dreamed of.
759
00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:39,798
Okonkwo is up there
at the away end celebrating!
760
00:37:39,799 --> 00:37:42,718
Ollie Rathbone! Ollie Rathbone.
761
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,804
{\an8}[Morrell] Well, I'm nearly
on Ollie Rathbone's back as well in here,
762
00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:48,223
{\an8}because that is sensational.
763
00:37:48,224 --> 00:37:51,977
[Roberts]
QPR, what a disaster, but who cares?
764
00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:55,648
Ollie Rathbone, yet again,
off the bench with a goal.
765
00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:57,442
Impact.
766
00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:02,446
[narrator] Wrexham in a playoff spot,
now who could believe?
767
00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:06,451
A holiday miracle
that only hope could conceive.
768
00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:08,660
That's a fucking huge win for us today.
769
00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:10,788
It gets us right in the fucking mix
and do you know what?
770
00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:12,539
It's because we've got
a fucking good team.
771
00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:17,586
We're in the playoff positions.
Who would ever believe it?
772
00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:20,172
Going through that is probably…
773
00:38:20,173 --> 00:38:22,549
My cardiologist will probably
have words to say to me,
774
00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:24,259
but now I am just delighted.
775
00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:27,095
♪ Oh, Ollie Rathbone
You are the love of my life ♪
776
00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:30,682
♪ Oh, Ollie Rathbone
I'd let you shag my wife ♪
777
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:32,477
♪ Oh, Ollie Rathbone ♪
778
00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:35,395
I couldn't put it better myself,
to be honest.
779
00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:36,939
That… That's about it, really.
780
00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:40,276
- [Christmas bells jingling]
- [♪ festive music plays]
781
00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:48,116
{\an8}Football and-and Christmas in the UK
just go hand in hand, don't they?
782
00:38:48,117 --> 00:38:51,745
{\an8}They just… Everybody's up for it,
everybody's in the pub celebrating.
783
00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:54,706
Just to see grown adults in tears
because they're happy.
784
00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:58,335
And kids, and-and I couldn't believe,
like, how lucky we are as a town,
785
00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,587
and how lucky I am
as a local little business owner.
786
00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:04,091
And I get teary, I get emotional,
just like a Christmas morning,
787
00:39:04,092 --> 00:39:05,217
because you think, you know,
788
00:39:05,218 --> 00:39:07,678
I'm just like tens of thousands
of other Wrexham fans.
789
00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:09,638
That's all we are, is we're fans,
we put our money in,
790
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:11,765
and we go in the hope
that we're gonna win football games.
791
00:39:11,766 --> 00:39:14,602
Life really couldn't get much better,
could it, as a Wrexham fan, you know?
792
00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:19,398
[narrator] Wrexham's rise,
a second chance that burns like a flame,
793
00:39:19,399 --> 00:39:23,402
Not just on the pitch,
but in the hearts that bear its name.
794
00:39:23,403 --> 00:39:25,070
[laughing]
795
00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:28,782
For the people of Wrexham
who struggle and persevere,
796
00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:33,871
Find hope in a comeback
that only comes this time of year.
797
00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:35,456
[♪ festive music continues]
798
00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:42,255
[♪ music fades]
799
00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:45,049
[♪ music resumes]