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{\an8}[thunder rumbling]
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[♪ somber music playing]
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[Reynolds] After 40 years old,
I made a promise to myself
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{\an8}that when I see someone do
something amazing, I was gonna tell them.
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{\an8}I don't want anything in return.
I don't even want a response.
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I reached out to Rob
because I saw an episode
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of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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In it, he did the most beautiful…
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unreal dance number
in pissing rain on a soundstage
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that was just one
of the most heartbreaking
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and stunning things I have ever seen.
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I reached out to Rob, and I just said that
"What I saw was so incredible
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and so beautiful, and I can't imagine
the hours, days, weeks and months
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it took to create three minutes of pure,
unadulterated bliss for an audience."
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And I said, "I don't even need a response.
Don't even…
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Don't even write back. It's fine.
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I just wanted you to know that
I'm a lifelong fan now and that's it."
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And then the next thing you know,
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we own a northern Welsh
historic football club together.
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{\an8}The exponential return
on a tiny comment of kindness
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{\an8}brought us into this wild world
where I've experienced growth and optimism
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in ways I could never have dreamt of.
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I think we live in a…
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in a world where there are two
very different and distinct realities.
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There's a digital reality
and then there's a real reality.
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That's the one that we live
and breathe every single day.
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- [chattering]
- Anything that is digital or online,
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I feel like it has an asterisk,
it's not real.
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I am exponentially happier, and I'm
exponentially better at my life and my job
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when I unhook and I kind of
take part in the world.
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Wrexham AFC is now and has always
been a form of touching grass for me.
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Even thinking about Wrexham,
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watching Wrexham from New York,
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you know, play at matches,
touching grass, you know.
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I look forward to it all week.
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If you feel that energy in the stadium,
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if you go and you put your feet
and your hands in that grass,
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I mean, it's real.
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Everything about that is real.
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I still have the grass from my first visit
at Wrexham AFC at the Racecourse Ground.
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That entire bowl in there of folks,
all four sides,
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three right now, but four again soon,
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you know, that is a place where
everybody goes where they all feel
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true togetherness
and really kind of be present.
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There's very few places
like that on Earth.
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It ain't in your phone,
it ain't in a comment section.
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No. It's living your real life, really.
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Oh, my God.
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I get it.
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[birds chirping]
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{\an8}[♪ uplifting music playing]
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[Parkinson] For me, it's a great start
to the morning getting in the gym.
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{\an8}Decisions come to you when you're
in the gym and you're switching off.
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It gives you a bit of clarity really.
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As the next few games come,
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I'm preparing myself,
get myself in the right place.
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[Fay] Another victory for Phil Parkinson's
Red and White Army over Swansea City.
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[Griffiths] It's in!
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{\an8}[cheering]
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{\an8}Come on!
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[Fay] But then, defeated on the road,
stung by The Hornets at Watford.
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{\an8}[Griffiths] We will be going home
pointless, I'm afraid.
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[Fay] We'll look at what it means for
the Championship playoff picture,
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look ahead to Sheffield United
and countdown the final eight games left.
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And if you didn't believe
that Wrexham could get
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{\an8}to the Premier League this season,
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{\an8}well, maybe you do right now.
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[Parkinson] You know,
we've come a long way this season,
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and, um, this weekend is
about one mighty effort
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from… from all the squad,
all the staff, all the supporters.
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I mean, ever since I've been here,
certainly when we got into League Two,
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people have asked us about
the Premier League, and…
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and we've said, "Yeah, of course."
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You know, the aim is to get Wrexham
into the Premier League.
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But you've gotta be careful
to get carried away,
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'cause it is so tight
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and the minute people
start mentioning the word Premiership,
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and the slightest thing can
take a group's eye off the ball,
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can be the difference
between winning and losing.
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So, we've gotta really be careful
to make sure we're avoiding that.
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Do you want to go through
the running order Steve, then?
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[Parkin] Uh, so, warmup,
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possessions,
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five v five with floater.
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Longy, Max, A.J., Brunty, T.K.
as a left wing back.
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Sheafo, how's he feeling this morning?
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Uh, Sheafo, we've just been down
with him this morning.
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- He's really good.
- [Parkinson] Good. How's Libby?
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Libby's progressing okay in the gym.
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{\an8}[Griffiths]
Cacace seems to be flexing his left knee?
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{\an8}Don't want to see this.
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Since January,
we've picked up some injuries in key…
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from key players.
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{\an8}Libby, Matty James, Sheafy,
and then Kieffer getting injured.
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{\an8}Yeah. Well, I would rather play.
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[Parkinson] But we're just focused
on what we've gotta do,
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remaining grounded as a group.
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[coach] Pass. Fantastic play.
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[Parkinson] Get up there, get up, Tommo!
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Get out of that back line!
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I feel, you know,
it took us a while this season
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to get the team looking
how we wanted it to look.
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Good, good, good. Brilliant, yes.
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But that's understandable because
we've made so many changes
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and players are adapting
to a new environment.
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Good, Doyley.
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Good, how's that?
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And, yeah, getting to know us, and
we were getting to… getting to know them.
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You must be relating
that you're training well
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and you're taking it into the games.
Do you know what I mean?
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I have open chats with nearly, well,
all the players.
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We gotta manage it better.
And normally we're good at that.
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- Would you agree with that?
- Yeah, yeah.
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I think we've normally
fucking been great at that.
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Like, I had three or four chats with
individuals today about their own game,
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where I think they are.
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Take your time, get together.
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Kick a couple, regroup.
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Shorter passes.
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A couple of them, I think,
have just dipped, not a lot,
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but just enough to make the one-nil into
a nil-nil, or the other way 'round and…
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And, um, yeah, we just got to be…
look to rectify that.
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It's not a lot, but
the margins are very… It's very tight.
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The character we've got in the team
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I know how we can believe, we get back and
want to keep going.
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- Yeah.
- We gotta maintain that.
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Good. Here we go, we're playing.
We're playing good.
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To see the team evolve as…
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as we've gone along has
been very rewarding for us all,
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and, you know, we've really enjoyed it.
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Obviously the aim is,
"Can we finish it in good style now?"
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[producer] Do you let yourself
think about the Premier League?
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Yeah, I think you've
gotta dare to dream and it's…
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You know, as we've always said,
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the ambition of Wrexham is
to be a Premier League club.
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And I think you've gotta have
that ambition and belief that…
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that, one day, we can achieve
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playing in what is the most-watched
league in world football.
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- [crowd cheering]
- [announcer speaking indistinctly]
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…Sheffield United!
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- [screaming, cheering]
- [♪ upbeat music plays]
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[Griffiths] Well, hello there, everyone.
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Welcome to Sheffield United versus Wrexham.
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[crowd chanting]
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[Griffiths] Playing massive teams
like this on a giant stage
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makes you pinch yourself,
to make sure you're in reality.
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{\an8}[chanting] AFC Wrexham!
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Wrexham, Wrexham!
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- [whistle blows]
- [Griffiths] Away we go.
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Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
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[Griffiths] Oh, there's a mistake. Wrexham
lose the ball sloppily in midfield,
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and Bamford tries to play the killer ball.
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Come on!
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[Griffiths] The error then by Dobson
could have been ever so costly.
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Dobbo! Simple!
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[Griffiths] He tracked Hamer there.
It's dangerous. It's fed in.
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Bamford, must score. Missed it.
Unbelievable, an absolute sitter.
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Against Sheff United,
we're having a few nervy moments.
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Fed inside deftly. O'Hare turns.
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Tight… Tight angle,
feeds it back and another big miss.
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Very early in the game, I thought
we looked off it all over the pitch.
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Yes. Cover him.
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[Griffiths] Here comes Kaboré now.
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And it's headed just wide.
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[crowd groans]
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[Parkinson] Oh, my God, Lewis.
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What a sitter.
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But we still had moments.
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Go on, go on, go on.
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We had a great chance to score.
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Go on!
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[♪ suspenseful music plays]
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Fucking hell, Josh!
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What a fucking chance that is.
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[whistle blowing]
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[Griffiths] That takes us through
to halftime with the score nil-nil.
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[blows raspberry]
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[Griffiths] Wrexham can't afford to keep
allowing Sheffield United chances.
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We can't sustain this level of pressure.
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[Parkinson]
Right, listen in, listen in, listen in.
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Our game management has been so bad.
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It's fucking… I'm embarrassed.
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I bet you every person
behind the goal was watching that,
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standing there, going,
"What the fuck were Wrexham doing there?"
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We're at Bramall fucking Lane
away from fucking home.
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Like, honestly, I was like,
"What are we fucking doing?"
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Everybody on the football pitch
is gonna make mistakes,
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but I think individually
if you make an error,
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it's recovering
from that quickly on the football pitch.
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Lewis, I think you can do better
helping Tom on that side.
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If your teammates have made a mistake,
well, the next time it comes to you,
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come on, just get us ticking over again
and get us back into a rhythm.
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Come on, boys.
Come on, it's there for us, isn't it?
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Just a little bit more,
a little bit better. It's there for us.
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We go and win the fucking game.
Come on, come on, come on.
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So it's just making sure
that everybody's switched on.
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There's an edge,
5% edge we've got to get back
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and we've got to turn
that on our side again.
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Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!
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[Griffiths]
There's danger. Brooks is played in,
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shooting opportunity, left channel.
And it's a big tackle by Dobson.
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Fuck yeah! Get involved in the game!
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[Griffiths]
Here they open Wrexham up again. Bamford.
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Brilliant save, but the rebound must be…
It is an opener!
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{\an8}Okonkwo nearly made
an amazing double save,
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{\an8}but he couldn't keep it out.
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Fucking hell.
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[Griffiths] Quite frankly,
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we've done surprisingly well
to keep them out until then.
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- [crowd chanting]
- [applause]
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Go on!
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Keep on going.
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[Griffiths] So, can Wrexham respond?
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Oi. All right.
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[Griffiths] That's a good ball
by Thomason, left side of the box.
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Smith pulls it back.
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Windass!
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And scores!
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[cheering]
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{\an8}[Griffiths] Windass drills it home!
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And a perfect ball in,
and in the midst of it all,
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Windass looked like he was
just putting his washing out,
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just calmly slotting it home,
and Wrexham are level.
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Wrexham!
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[Parkinson] Come on! Dobbo!
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Get round everybody, come on!
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[Griffiths]
Wrexham looking to get momentum going.
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[Parkinson] Yes, Issa! Yes, Issa!
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[Griffiths] Kaboré cuts into the box.
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It's a right-footed cross.
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And it's there!
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It's Sam Smith! Diving header!
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{\an8}What a great move by Wrexham.
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What a goal.
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Wrexham!
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[whistle blows]
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[Griffiths]
And there it is, the final whistle.
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{\an8}Wrexham have been coming to
Bramall Lane since our non-league days,
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but we've never won here.
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That is not the case today.
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Listen to that away end.
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Get in there! Fuck yeah! Come on!
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Come on! Come on!
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Get in!
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Parky, Parky, Parky…
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Parky! Parky! Parky!
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[cheering fades]
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{\an8}- [Mullin] Okay. For sure?
- [Archie] All right.
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- Yeah.
- [Mullin] You all right?
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{\an8}- [Reynolds] There he is!
- No!
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- I can't believe you answered.
- [laughter]
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Of course, I--
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You?
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[Reynolds] Last season, we got to know
this incredible kid named Archie.
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He's 12 years old,
he's a Wrexham fan since birth,
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and he's fighting cancer with more grit
and grace than I'd ever possibly imagined.
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He was in the box with us
on the day that we clinched the promotion.
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[crowd cheering]
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{\an8}[Reynolds] It was such a great day,
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{\an8}but cancer treatment's
not a straight line,
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and Archie still, he has a long way to go.
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[Sarah]
A lot has happened in the 12 months.
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Two days after being promoted,
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{\an8}we started two rounds
of chemotherapy as a prep
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for the bone marrow transplant, which was
the toughest chemo that he's dealt with.
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Complications with that
were extremely tough.
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He reacted to it really bad.
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He was five minutes from ICU,
heart rate through the roof,
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constant sickness that has been
incredibly challenging for him.
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Um, he's really struggled
to deal with the transplant itself,
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but the good thing is, even though he's…
his body has not accepted it,
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it's actually working
and keeping that cancer away.
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{\an8}Yeah, do you wanna pick your pumpkin?
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{\an8}Pick the ugliest pumpkin, Archie.
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- What about that one? Yeah.
- Yeah?
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That one.
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[Sarah] We have been home now from
the hospital for 17 weeks,
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and I've noticed,
the last couple of weeks,
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he's just getting stronger and stronger.
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We seem to be turning a bit of a corner,
so we're going out.
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We're going all out.
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Look at this. "Sofakin."
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[Sarah] Three pumpkins together.
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- [shutter clicks]
- Smooth. [laughs]
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{\an8}Obviously, I'm a bit stronger now,
so I can go out.
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'Cause I've-I've been in hospital for,
like, months,
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because obviously, I'm still recovering,
so I can't do as much.
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But, yeah, it's just nice.
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I'm not in the hospital.
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This is the first time
he's seen his friends as well.
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So, this is like winning the lottery
for me now, seeing him like this.
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It's-It's the best feeling,
because he hasn't lost his spark.
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It says no exit.
It's just one way in, one way out.
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- [Archie] But that makes no sense!
- [Sarah laughs]
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You're so feisty today.
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[Archie] No, I'm just saying.
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Well, Ryan Reynolds, McElhenney,
really helped me.
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Ollie Palmer coming in.
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[Mac] Hey, Archie.
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- That's so nice, huh?
- [Sarah] Oh, wow.
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How's it going, man?
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Then Mullin, and then, you know,
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all-- just everything is
just really special to me.
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I don't know how I can explain it,
it's just nice.
305
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Football's important to me,
so it's, you know, really nice.
306
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It's been a weird up and down season,
from watching Southampton away.
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{\an8}[crowd cheers]
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[Sarah]
We were obviously at home for that.
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Get in there!
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He was so excited for the season,
and I think 'cause
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he's not been able to
physically go as much.
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Now it's been a back and forth:
playoffs, no playoffs.
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It's brought back a spark in him as well.
314
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It's nice to see him
excited about the football again.
315
00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:11,136
Thank you.
316
00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:13,096
Yeah, I do want to go back to school.
317
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'Cause of all my friends and, you know,
318
00:16:15,516 --> 00:16:18,226
I get to see my friends
and be with 'em a lot more.
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Depends how I'm feeling.
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Like, the doctors have to say,
and they have to give me the word to say,
321
00:16:22,732 --> 00:16:25,317
"Right, you can go back to school,
and you can do this and that."
322
00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:27,736
You've got, like, charcoal mouth.
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It's crazy.
324
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But I just know I'm gonna get better,
you know.
325
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Things do get better.
326
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{\an8}[hair stylist] Wow!
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I can't believe how much it's grown.
328
00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:39,497
- It's grown again, hasn't it?
- I don't think it has.
329
00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:41,958
- [hair stylist] Oh, it has.
- It has. He doesn't see it.
330
00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:44,961
- Should've took a photo of the first one.
- [Sarah] I know. [laughs]
331
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His improvement over the last few months.
332
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I see that kid again.
333
00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:52,886
We've got our old Archie back now,
but better. Even better.
334
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Healthier. [chuckles]
335
00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:56,723
Cancer has changed us all.
336
00:16:56,724 --> 00:17:00,101
It's made us appreciate
the small things in life
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and living our life to the fullest.
338
00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:04,731
Look at that.
339
00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:06,024
Ready for the pub now, mate?
340
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,317
Oh, you look good.
341
00:17:07,318 --> 00:17:08,819
- [laughs]
- Thanks.
342
00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:11,321
- Yeah, I like it.
- Happy?
343
00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:12,323
- Yeah, thank you.
- Yeah?
344
00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,078
[Mac] One of the things I love
about being cochairman
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00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:21,248
of this football club is meeting
the people who stick around the longest.
346
00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:24,876
They're not in the headlines, they've
seen it all, and they understand it.
347
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:27,964
And when the noise gets loud,
they keep us all grounded.
348
00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:35,971
How many potatoes can I eat in 20 seconds?
349
00:17:35,972 --> 00:17:37,722
[laughs]
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Are we ready? Who's gonna count?
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{\an8}- [staff member 1] It looks hot.
- [staff member 2] One, two.
352
00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:45,898
{\an8}- It's hot.
- [laughter]
353
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,277
{\an8}[staff member 3] Twenty seconds.
354
00:17:50,278 --> 00:17:51,904
{\an8}They're dead hot on the bottom.
355
00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:54,531
{\an8}Oh, my word.
356
00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:56,491
{\an8}I'd say, your 20 seconds is up, Whitey.
357
00:17:56,492 --> 00:17:57,702
{\an8}- You reckon?
- I reckon.
358
00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:04,375
I'm just a normal person
in a very, very abnormal job.
359
00:18:05,209 --> 00:18:08,753
I have been under every single stand,
in every drain.
360
00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,923
I've been on top of every roof.
361
00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:14,509
I know everything
about this place. Everything.
362
00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:17,345
{\an8}Whitey is one of them guys
that doesn't stop.
363
00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:20,348
{\an8}He's always on the go.
He's always happy, he's always upbeat.
364
00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:21,933
Everybody knows Mike White.
365
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:23,059
Everybody.
366
00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:24,645
I hope you're zooming in
on my calves again.
367
00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:30,275
{\an8}Yeah, he's a bit of a character.
Um, obviously I had a few sort of
368
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,152
{\an8}funny conversations with him
over the years, but--
369
00:18:32,153 --> 00:18:33,236
[producer] Like what?
370
00:18:33,237 --> 00:18:35,740
Probably stuff that
shouldn't be repeated on camera.
371
00:18:36,324 --> 00:18:38,743
I'm here every day, and I love it.
372
00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:42,621
Before the match,
I'll set out all the car park barriers,
373
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,206
build the smoking shelter,
374
00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:48,668
check all the toilets,
all the sinks, taps.
375
00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:50,462
Just make sure everything's ready.
376
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:53,715
Then I'm here during the game,
put all the lights on after the game.
377
00:18:53,716 --> 00:18:57,344
And then, the day after the game,
it's checking all the seats.
378
00:18:57,345 --> 00:19:01,264
And my bugbear is stickers from away fans.
379
00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:03,892
Honestly, you'll be surprised.
Hundreds of them.
380
00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:05,602
They just stick them over the seats.
381
00:19:05,603 --> 00:19:07,313
It's just so sad.
382
00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:09,564
I'm from Wrexham.
383
00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:11,441
Lived here all my life.
384
00:19:11,442 --> 00:19:13,234
First game, I came with my granddad.
385
00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:16,154
And then, I've got photos of myself
with my face painted
386
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:18,823
{\an8}when we beat Northampton to get promoted.
387
00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:22,577
{\an8}And it's a bit cringey,
now I look back on it, but it's dead good.
388
00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:25,246
I've been home and away
everywhere watching Wrexham.
389
00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:27,540
My mum and my sister come to every game.
390
00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:29,709
Eldest lad John, he does the--
all the boots for the players.
391
00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:32,630
He done the Fuck the Tories
ones that caused a lot of bother.
392
00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,509
This is a bit-- but I was crying
last time we got promoted, honestly.
393
00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:40,637
The club's grown huge.
394
00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:43,264
It is… It's insane, man.
395
00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:45,809
I was here when Dean Keates
was manager and we were skint.
396
00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:48,813
[♪ "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
in F major" plays]
397
00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:53,776
And now it's just so different.
398
00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:57,571
And there's-- the bigger picture
is making the playoffs,
399
00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,658
with a chance of going
to the Premier League.
400
00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:02,702
Which is crazy.
401
00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:05,538
To see my club get
into the Premier League.
402
00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:08,207
{\an8}It's just nice to be a part of it.
403
00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:14,754
[Griffiths]
My goodness, this is high stakes football.
404
00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:16,673
Wrexham against Southampton.
405
00:20:16,674 --> 00:20:18,383
After our draw at West Brom,
406
00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,136
{\an8}we only have six matches left this season.
407
00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:23,388
Coming into this match,
Wrexham are in sixth,
408
00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,848
the final playoff spot,
409
00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:27,434
though Southampton are right behind us
in seventh,
410
00:20:27,435 --> 00:20:33,106
with a game in hand,
and they are unbeaten in 15 matches.
411
00:20:33,107 --> 00:20:35,400
A huge challenge for Wrexham.
412
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:38,778
[Fay] Wrexham versus Southampton,
the team who's just been relegated
413
00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:40,447
from the Premier League last season.
414
00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:42,657
They were 21st in the table.
415
00:20:42,658 --> 00:20:46,244
Now they are seventh.
They are top of the form table.
416
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:48,164
They are the team to beat.
417
00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:51,833
People say to me,
"Can Wrexham get to the Premier League?"
418
00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:53,251
Fucking of course we can.
419
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,086
I mean, Southampton were playing
Premier League football last year.
420
00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:58,423
{\an8}But the thing about Parky is
he always sort of…
421
00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:00,759
{\an8}he always gets us set up in
the right way for these big games.
422
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,093
{\an8}He always seems to find an answer.
423
00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,679
[Griffiths]
Wrexham to face up to Southampton,
424
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,142
fresh from a victory
over Premier League leaders Arsenal
425
00:21:09,143 --> 00:21:13,314
in the FA Cup quarterfinal on Saturday.
426
00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:15,356
[Windass] I'm gonna do everything I can,
427
00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:17,108
and the boys are gonna do
everything they can as well
428
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,986
to help us get in that top six,
'cause that's where we want to be.
429
00:21:19,987 --> 00:21:22,071
{\an8}But we know we should…
we should definitely be in that top six
430
00:21:22,072 --> 00:21:23,948
{\an8}with the players we've got.
431
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:26,868
- [crowd cheering]
- [applause]
432
00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:27,870
[Griffiths] And away we go.
433
00:21:31,165 --> 00:21:32,832
Come on, Wrexham!
434
00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:34,959
[Griffiths] Across to the left,
a little bit of space for Manning.
435
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,045
And Larin makes an early run.
It swoops towards him.
436
00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:38,838
That's a great header. Hit the bar!
437
00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:40,715
The rebound hits the bar again!
438
00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:43,176
Unlucky, come on. React, come on!
439
00:21:43,177 --> 00:21:45,261
[Griffiths] Now, it's dangerous.
440
00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:48,056
Larin bursts forward. Azaz is in support.
441
00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,725
He feeds it in. Lucky rebound for Larin.
442
00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:52,268
Azaz might try another shot.
443
00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:54,395
He gets up his right foot.
Wrexham crowd round him.
444
00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:56,189
Plays a through ball. Shot's in.
445
00:21:56,190 --> 00:22:01,110
{\an8}And Southampton take the lead.
And, quite frankly, that was coming.
446
00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:04,656
For ten minutes,
and all we deserve for being terrible.
447
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:08,076
So far, we got a long way to go yet,
but we've gotta…
448
00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:09,702
we've gotta try harder here.
449
00:22:09,703 --> 00:22:11,913
Get up the fucking pitch!
450
00:22:11,914 --> 00:22:14,040
[Griffiths] Oh, that's a bit nice.
Well, there's options here.
451
00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:16,835
Broadhead into the box,
takes on the last defender.
452
00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:19,587
Never quite looked like
he was able to get past Stephens.
453
00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:21,297
Fucking hell.
454
00:22:21,298 --> 00:22:22,841
Pressure continues from Southampton.
455
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,843
Free kick about 15 yards out.
456
00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:26,678
[Parkinson] Come on! Fight for the ball!
457
00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:27,846
Ripped in to the near post.
458
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:30,182
It's half cleared.
Downes drills it. Two-nil.
459
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:34,602
Great control on
the half volley 15 yards out.
460
00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:38,982
Although, it's got to be said,
we really didn't manage to pick him up,
461
00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:43,279
{\an8}and he just slams it in,
and Wrexham are two down.
462
00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:46,990
And we can't really argue against that.
Southampton look superb.
463
00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:49,701
It's just not got going at all.
464
00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:50,911
Very disappointing.
465
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:53,372
Get us up the fucking pitch!
466
00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:58,001
[Griffiths] We are now two goals down
halfway through the first half
467
00:22:58,002 --> 00:23:04,632
and need to really look at a way to
fix this and, firstly, stem the damage.
468
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,384
Come on!
469
00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:09,763
- [♪ upbeat music playing]
- [crowd cheering, chanting]
470
00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,850
[Griffiths]
Cleworth's cross is deflected awkwardly.
471
00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:15,018
And it's hit the post.
472
00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:16,477
Brilliant effort by Broadhead.
473
00:23:16,478 --> 00:23:18,897
Do it! Come on! Do it! Come on!
474
00:23:18,898 --> 00:23:20,023
[Griffiths] Goes back to Okonkwo.
475
00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,858
The Wrexham fans are impatient,
I've gotta say as well.
476
00:23:21,859 --> 00:23:24,444
They're really grumbling
when we make mistakes.
477
00:23:24,445 --> 00:23:26,446
As Moore gets it brilliantly
down to Windass.
478
00:23:26,447 --> 00:23:28,907
One-on-one with the keeper.
On his right foot.
479
00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:31,993
{\an8}Pulls it.
Oh, that's a great goal by Windass.
480
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:33,244
{\an8}Wrexham are back in it.
481
00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:36,915
[laughs] Josh Windass gives us a chance.
482
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:40,084
[Griffiths]
Windass's touch, and then he fakes to go
483
00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:43,004
across the keeper,
and puts it in the other corner.
484
00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:44,214
Lovely goal. Wow.
485
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,717
{\an8}Wrexham!
486
00:23:47,718 --> 00:23:50,553
We've gotta forget
the first 20 minutes in there.
487
00:23:50,554 --> 00:23:53,056
We were just second best, weren't we?
Second best.
488
00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:54,140
And then all of a sudden,
489
00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:56,684
we fucking start
believing in ourselves a little bit,
490
00:23:56,685 --> 00:23:58,144
and we can fucking play as well.
491
00:23:58,145 --> 00:24:00,396
Fucking, they've got some good players,
but fucking so have we.
492
00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:02,774
Fucking come on.
Let's fucking have a bit with them.
493
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:03,858
Come on. Let's go. Come on!
494
00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:05,276
- All right.
- Come on, come on.
495
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:06,903
[♪ music continues]
496
00:24:06,904 --> 00:24:08,781
[Griffiths] Here we go. Second half.
497
00:24:09,698 --> 00:24:11,366
Broadhead 25 yards out.
498
00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:13,034
Shifts quickly onto his right foot.
499
00:24:13,035 --> 00:24:14,994
Helps it across to Cleworth. Hit this!
500
00:24:14,995 --> 00:24:16,621
Drills it… Deflection.
501
00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:17,790
{\an8}- Just wide.
- [groans]
502
00:24:19,041 --> 00:24:20,751
Get up there! Come on!
503
00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:24,212
[Griffiths] And O'Brien does well
to recover as Azaz…
504
00:24:24,213 --> 00:24:25,713
Hyam tries to get a footing,
but it's a bad ball.
505
00:24:25,714 --> 00:24:27,423
And Larin is through on goal now.
506
00:24:27,424 --> 00:24:29,968
Cleworth trying to keep up. With him Azaz.
And mark Larin. Shoots.
507
00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:31,302
- 3-1.
- [crowd groans]
508
00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,013
Oh, that's a horrible mistake.
509
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:38,893
{\an8}After doing so well and taking
the game to Southampton, a sucker punch.
510
00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:41,187
{\an8}And sadly for Wrexham,
it's self-inflected.
511
00:24:41,188 --> 00:24:44,524
But Larin, what confidence that finish is.
512
00:24:44,525 --> 00:24:47,026
Brilliant. He drilled it across Okonkwo.
513
00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:51,406
But the assist doesn't come
from a Southampton player.
514
00:24:51,407 --> 00:24:53,074
And that hurts Wrexham.
515
00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:54,785
Come on. Keep going! Come on.
516
00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:59,038
Dob, Dob! Come on. Keep going!
517
00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,958
[Griffiths] Dobson works it across
to Cleworth. Kaboré's available.
518
00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:03,710
Receives it. Manning steps up.
519
00:25:03,711 --> 00:25:05,795
Kaboré wants the one, two. Gets it back.
520
00:25:05,796 --> 00:25:08,006
Kaboré, first chance to win at Welington.
521
00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:09,757
Kaboré crossed it.
522
00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:11,009
Oh, hits the post!
523
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,262
Oh, that's an unbelievable moment.
524
00:25:14,263 --> 00:25:17,223
[Roberts] But how have they not put
that in the back of the net?
525
00:25:17,224 --> 00:25:20,059
But it is an open ball, I guess, isn't it?
Let's be honest.
526
00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:21,686
And a great ball around the corner.
527
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:23,938
Welington is away here, bursting forward.
528
00:25:23,939 --> 00:25:25,314
Finds Scienza, who is…
529
00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:26,733
Well, the ref gives the foul.
530
00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:28,860
He's got to book Longman there.
531
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,237
What?
532
00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:32,321
He flicked it!
533
00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:33,489
[Griffiths] So here's Welington again.
534
00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:35,199
He's been on the set pieces
since he came on.
535
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,784
Good ball in. Stewart with the header.
536
00:25:36,785 --> 00:25:39,580
Four. That was so simple.
537
00:25:40,456 --> 00:25:43,667
{\an8}Lovely.
It's simple because it's quality though.
538
00:25:44,293 --> 00:25:46,085
- That's embarrassing now.
- [crowd jeering]
539
00:25:46,086 --> 00:25:47,670
[Griffiths] But wow.
540
00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:50,840
I mean, Southampton
have put on a show to be fair.
541
00:25:50,841 --> 00:25:53,634
The Southampton fans
making all the noise here.
542
00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:56,847
The Racecourse, apart from them,
shell shocked.
543
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,391
Here comes Southampton again.
544
00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,853
Get the ball! Get the fucking ball!
545
00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:07,190
Good work here. Stewart now.
But they want more.
546
00:26:07,191 --> 00:26:09,067
Matsuki is on the right-hand side.
547
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,611
Cutting into the box,
but leaves it out wide.
548
00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:14,655
It's through to the far post by Scienza.
549
00:26:14,656 --> 00:26:16,824
Okonkwo gets a hand to it.
Headed in for five.
550
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,701
- Oh, for fuck's sake.
- [crowd groans]
551
00:26:18,702 --> 00:26:21,412
[Griffiths] Okonkwo, to be fair,
was stretching for it.
552
00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:24,499
{\an8}Couldn't get a proper contact,
and it was an easy finish.
553
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:29,670
{\an8}And my word,
Southampton have been spectacular,
554
00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:32,090
and you can't deny it.
555
00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:35,218
They have looked full of goals,
and they have delivered.
556
00:26:35,219 --> 00:26:37,428
That fit is so un-Wrexham like.
557
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,723
You know, we go to four,
and we've normally had a response,
558
00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:42,642
but we just look like we are stunned.
559
00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:45,478
{\an8}- [whistle blowing]
- [Griffiths] There is the final whistle.
560
00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:48,815
{\an8}And, wow,
that was magnificent by Southampton.
561
00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:52,985
They started fast,
and they kept going quickly,
562
00:26:52,986 --> 00:26:57,115
and they just kept landing
punch after punch after punch.
563
00:26:57,116 --> 00:27:01,119
The final score:
Wrexham one, Southampton five.
564
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:04,080
That's a real reality check for Wrexham.
565
00:27:04,081 --> 00:27:05,082
Go on.
566
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,379
They're a good team. They're a good team.
567
00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:13,257
We know that they've got good players but…
568
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,842
We can't, we gotta be harder
to score against than that.
569
00:27:15,843 --> 00:27:18,220
It's too fucking easy for them. Too easy.
570
00:27:19,346 --> 00:27:21,347
This game's not going
to fucking define us…
571
00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:24,141
We're gonna come out fucking ready
to Birmingham on Sunday,
572
00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,768
and go again.
573
00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:27,478
The whole team, the whole team…
574
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,606
we gotta be harder
to play against than that.
575
00:27:30,941 --> 00:27:33,150
Can I just say I know everyone in
here knows and believes
576
00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:34,277
we can get into playoffs,
577
00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:36,821
so we don't let fucking
a game like that stop that belief.
578
00:27:36,822 --> 00:27:38,364
- No, exactly.
- We still keep going
579
00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:39,740
- and get into the playoffs.
- We won't.
580
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:41,242
Fucking hell, that's it. That's football.
581
00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:44,871
We got fucking, our arses kicked tonight.
582
00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,581
[exhales sharply]
583
00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:48,125
There's more about us than that.
584
00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:53,838
With five games left,
Wrexham there in 7th place.
585
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,923
Southampton leapfrogged them into 6th.
586
00:27:55,924 --> 00:27:57,300
They've also got a game in hand.
587
00:27:57,301 --> 00:28:00,052
They are really a team
on the run at the moment.
588
00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:03,347
You know, I think you've just
gotta let Southampton go now.
589
00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:04,974
I think they've gone, to be honest.
590
00:28:04,975 --> 00:28:06,934
- And you know, I think…
- Yeah. Playoff flankers.
591
00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:08,144
Yeah, and I think it is…
592
00:28:08,145 --> 00:28:11,272
it is Hull who you've just
gotta hope that you can catch.
593
00:28:11,273 --> 00:28:12,440
These are the games, you know.
594
00:28:12,441 --> 00:28:15,026
You want it to be exciting at this point
of the season, and it certainly is.
595
00:28:15,027 --> 00:28:16,694
Load of rubbish.
596
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,239
[fans muttering]
597
00:28:19,823 --> 00:28:22,199
We're fucking shit.
598
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,827
That's what you get
when you don't play with two strikers
599
00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:26,704
and you play with five at the back.
600
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:27,788
Shite.
601
00:28:27,789 --> 00:28:30,374
We've got five games to go.
We've got 15 points to play for.
602
00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,877
Um… As unrealistic
as it might feel right now,
603
00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,462
because that was
a really poor performance,
604
00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:38,425
if we go and pick up nine or 10 points out
of them 15, then we'll have a good chance.
605
00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:47,809
{\an8}Southampton demolish Wrexham
on their home turf, take them apart,
606
00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:52,147
{\an8}outplay them, make them look
very, very ordinary.
607
00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:57,568
Wrexham were dreadful, one of the worst
teams, I think, we've seen this season.
608
00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,654
{\an8}And the way Phil Parkinson,
although he's direct
609
00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,530
{\an8}and likes a back three
and all of this and all of that…
610
00:29:01,531 --> 00:29:06,243
But of late, they've been pretty poor and
they've played some pretty average teams,
611
00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,996
and if they don't respond,
they're going to fall away
612
00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:10,123
from the playoff contention.
613
00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:14,919
You know, I look
at the three promotions we've had
614
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,880
and people sometimes forget,
615
00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:20,676
but in each of those seasons
there was tough periods, you know.
616
00:29:21,343 --> 00:29:25,554
The external noise was, uh, quite loud.
617
00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:28,224
You have times where people question you,
618
00:29:28,225 --> 00:29:31,644
question the players, um,
but that's when everyone sticks together
619
00:29:31,645 --> 00:29:33,814
and comes through the other side
of it stronger than ever.
620
00:29:34,731 --> 00:29:38,234
If you search the phrase "Parky out"…
621
00:29:38,235 --> 00:29:40,696
- [tweet chime]
- [♪ "Symphony No. 5" playing]
622
00:29:43,156 --> 00:29:45,908
…you're gonna see that for five years,
there are people
623
00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:52,457
who just devote all their time to finding
ways to get him off the pitch forever.
624
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,669
[podcast host] There's the usual stuff
that pours out of people,
625
00:29:56,670 --> 00:29:59,673
and I think largely
it's borne out of frustration.
626
00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:05,928
There is online criticism, a lot of,
sort of, Monday morning quarterbacks.
627
00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:08,389
I don't know what the UK equivalent
of that is, but, you know,
628
00:30:08,390 --> 00:30:11,308
people who have just firsthand expertise,
629
00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:15,522
despite never actually getting in the
arena the way maybe Phil Parkinson has.
630
00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:21,819
{\an8}I just feel like it's social media
as well, isn't it, I often just think.
631
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:24,613
{\an8}I always take an hour or two
away from it because--
632
00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:26,574
[podcast host 2]
I've had three hours away from it today.
633
00:30:26,575 --> 00:30:27,908
- It's great.
- [laughs]
634
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:30,995
I don't know what Phil's,
sort of, feeling about it is.
635
00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:32,956
I do know that you don't walk up
to somebody like Phil and go,
636
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:36,042
"I'm really sorry
about all this that's happening online."
637
00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:37,460
[laughs]
638
00:30:37,461 --> 00:30:40,880
'Cause Phil's just gonna go,
"What the fuck is happening online?"
639
00:30:40,881 --> 00:30:43,966
{\an8}[Parkinson] You do need to be able
to deal with criticism
640
00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:46,260
{\an8}because it inevitably comes your way.
641
00:30:46,261 --> 00:30:50,973
Um, how I deal with it,
honestly, I don't read anything at all.
642
00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:53,059
I block every bit of social media out.
643
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:54,977
I say to my family, "I don't
want to know anything,
644
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:59,607
positive or negative." I'm concentrating
on my job to do the best of my ability.
645
00:30:59,608 --> 00:31:00,900
[crowd cheers]
646
00:31:00,901 --> 00:31:05,030
[Reynolds] With three successive
promotions in a row, which is history.
647
00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:11,036
Yet there are people who are just kind
of programmed to bet against this guy.
648
00:31:11,995 --> 00:31:13,872
I… I mean, what a…
649
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,541
what a fucking waste of time. [chuckles]
650
00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:23,464
[Pete] So how many years
have you been managing?
651
00:31:23,465 --> 00:31:26,133
{\an8}'Cause you've been in the game,
haven't you, since 16, 17?
652
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:28,219
{\an8}[Parkinson]
Yeah. Well, since I was 16 as a player.
653
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:31,056
At 58 now, so 40… 42 years.
654
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:37,269
Really from a very young age,
I was just playing football
655
00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:38,938
ever since I can remember.
656
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:41,857
Got the opportunity to go
and trial at numerous clubs
657
00:31:41,858 --> 00:31:44,569
and ended up signing
for Southampton when I was 16.
658
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:50,032
Played in the reserves, but
then got transferred to a team called Bury
659
00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:52,201
and went straight to the first team.
660
00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:56,288
You know, I remember picking my boots up,
driving away from Southampton's ground
661
00:31:56,289 --> 00:31:57,957
for the last time and being emotional,
662
00:31:57,958 --> 00:32:02,169
but also like, "Come on, this is…
Now you gotta… This is your chance."
663
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:06,091
{\an8}[commentator] Could be a chance for
Parkinson. Shot, and it's tipped clear.
664
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:09,635
[Parkinson] Probably not the most
gifted player, but I felt I made up for it
665
00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:12,388
with effort and drive and determination.
666
00:32:12,389 --> 00:32:14,266
{\an8}[crowd groans, cheers]
667
00:32:15,058 --> 00:32:18,602
I signed for Reading when I was 24 and
then played the rest of my career there.
668
00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:19,854
I had 11 years at Reading.
669
00:32:19,855 --> 00:32:22,314
{\an8}[commentator 2] Delivers it up towards
Parkinson who got the flick on.
670
00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:24,818
{\an8}Cureton! Yes!
671
00:32:26,153 --> 00:32:27,903
{\an8}And they are up.
672
00:32:27,904 --> 00:32:30,490
{\an8}Reading have been promoted this time.
673
00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:33,492
People have been doubting us,
but the character, again,
674
00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:37,038
to go one-nil down and then to
come back was absolutely magnificent.
675
00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:40,374
Towards the end of my time there,
I was starting
676
00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,794
to take on some coaching responsibilities
within the club.
677
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:47,381
And then I just got, out of the blue, an
opportunity to speak to Colchester United.
678
00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:48,924
[reporter] Reading's favorite son,
679
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:52,094
Phil Parkinson,
finally decided to hang up his boots
680
00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:53,930
for his first managerial post.
681
00:32:54,764 --> 00:32:57,266
[Parkinson] I went straight from
being a player to a manager.
682
00:32:57,267 --> 00:33:01,271
I was very aware
of the way managers spoke to players.
683
00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,856
It's about staying calm,
684
00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:07,401
understanding the vision
of where you want to get to.
685
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:11,947
{\an8}[commentator 3] Colchester United
have been promoted to the Championship
686
00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,492
- for the first time in the club's history.
- [cheering]
687
00:33:15,410 --> 00:33:17,995
[Parkinson] Built the club,
helped create a culture there.
688
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:20,332
We love it! We love it, love it, love it!
689
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:26,754
{\an8}[Parkinson] I left there and kind of
regret probably leaving too soon.
690
00:33:26,755 --> 00:33:27,838
{\an8}I took the wrong job.
691
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:32,052
{\an8}I went to Hull City, and it was
a bad timing for me to go there.
692
00:33:32,761 --> 00:33:35,221
I didn't look at the squad close enough.
693
00:33:35,222 --> 00:33:36,890
We were in the bottom three.
694
00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:41,268
We went to my old club,
Colchester and got beat 5-1,
695
00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:43,688
and subsequently, I got the sack.
696
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:50,278
At the time, it hit me hard. It's
a results industry and it can be brutal.
697
00:33:51,071 --> 00:33:54,114
But one thing I've learned
is don't look back and say,
698
00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:57,493
"I could have done that,"
you know, and have regrets.
699
00:33:57,494 --> 00:34:00,330
You know, learn from it,
but don't let it fester in your mind.
700
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:02,748
Good, off we go.
701
00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:04,416
Come around, come around.
702
00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:05,502
Good. Brilliant.
703
00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:09,713
You know, I want the lads to,
kind of, really be in the moment
704
00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,174
and enjoy these times.
705
00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:15,427
You know, I've always prided myself
in my career,
706
00:34:15,428 --> 00:34:19,515
whether player or the manager,
on having a kind of grounded nature.
707
00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:21,142
[crowd cheering]
708
00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:27,022
I think as you get more experience,
you learn to deal with the pressure
709
00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:29,441
and doing things away from the club,
710
00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:33,445
I think, are absolutely key,
and you really need that time.
711
00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:36,448
If you're sat in the office
till six o'clock every night,
712
00:34:36,449 --> 00:34:37,866
you can't see the wood for the trees.
713
00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:40,287
You need to take yourself
away from the environment.
714
00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:45,374
You know, someone said to me
at the start of this season,
715
00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:48,294
you know, "What's your hopes
for the season?"
716
00:34:48,295 --> 00:34:52,631
And I said, "I hope at the end of the
season that the teams continue to reflect
717
00:34:52,632 --> 00:34:55,384
what the club's all about
throughout, you know, which we knew…
718
00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:56,928
know is going to be a challenging season."
719
00:34:57,804 --> 00:34:59,972
So yeah, I'm still enjoying it.
720
00:34:59,973 --> 00:35:01,933
But obviously it helps
when you're winning.
721
00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:09,565
The pressure is on them today,
722
00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:11,400
and we want to put 'em
fucking through it today
723
00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:13,235
and make this a painful fucking day
724
00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:15,613
for them with the manner
of our fucking performance.
725
00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:18,575
- That's what we're gonna do. Let's go.
- [all cheering]
726
00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:22,328
[Griffiths]
Birmingham City the opponents today.
727
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:24,788
Wrexham looking to bounce back
from Southampton
728
00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:28,000
against a Birmingham side
that is in poor form.
729
00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:29,919
Let's go! Second ball!
730
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,631
[Griffiths] Yesterday's results couldn't
have gone any better for us.
731
00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:35,090
Only two of the top 12 won,
732
00:35:35,091 --> 00:35:38,302
and they did so at the expense
of the teams that are chasing us.
733
00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:41,347
James comes out with it,
and nearly threads it through for Moore,
734
00:35:41,348 --> 00:35:42,974
who's a bit isolated up there.
735
00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:46,602
[producer] Chances for playoffs?
736
00:35:46,603 --> 00:35:49,064
{\an8}I think we'll claw our way into them
by accident.
737
00:35:49,731 --> 00:35:51,482
Someone above us will mess up.
738
00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:54,193
[Griffiths]
We need to really make the most of that
739
00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:57,196
and tee up a big finish to the season,
don't we?
740
00:35:57,197 --> 00:35:58,823
Wrexham are very disjointed.
741
00:35:59,616 --> 00:36:01,867
Left-hand side. Early cross from Wagner.
742
00:36:01,868 --> 00:36:03,494
Too high. And it's in!
743
00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:04,662
{\an8}That's a hell of a header.
744
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:06,372
{\an8}He wasn't aiming at Vicente,
745
00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:09,208
{\an8}but he managed to get his head
on it 15 yards out,
746
00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:12,586
and Okonkwo, diving to his left,
couldn't claw it out and, well,
747
00:36:12,587 --> 00:36:14,839
the truth is, he barely had the ball.
748
00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:17,384
Frustrating, that moment.
749
00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,511
[Griffiths] Through the middle.
Moore pops it back.
750
00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:21,679
Snappy passing, this.
751
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,430
Dobson to Rathbone, who gets a turn.
752
00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:24,682
Edge of the box. Hits a shot.
753
00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:25,849
Blocked well by Klarer.
754
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,060
Fucking hell!
755
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,020
We're huffing and puffing
and getting nowhere.
756
00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:33,650
[Morrell] Actual threat
to Birmingham's goal has been very low.
757
00:36:34,484 --> 00:36:37,027
[Griffiths] Need to do something
to shift the momentum. Corner.
758
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:39,697
Swept into the near post dangerously!
It's 2-nil.
759
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:41,615
- That's a poor goal to concede.
- [crowd cheers]
760
00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:45,577
{\an8}And these are two poor goals
that Wrexham have conceded here.
761
00:36:45,578 --> 00:36:47,956
{\an8}They've got to be
very frustrated with that.
762
00:36:48,748 --> 00:36:49,832
[Fay] That was really bad.
763
00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:53,877
Just awful performance
with very little positive to take from it,
764
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:55,045
if anything at all.
765
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:58,298
Let's get the next goal! Come on then!
766
00:36:58,299 --> 00:37:01,176
[Griffiths] Kaboré driving down the right
comes now, finds Broadhead.
767
00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:04,638
Good first touch,
but his second touch isn't as secure.
768
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:07,391
[Edwards] Today that was a team
who were more afraid
769
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:09,561
to lose than they were bold enough to win.
770
00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:13,648
{\an8}[Griffiths] 'Cause Wrexham
have not come to the party today.
771
00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:17,193
[fan] It wasn't the result that we wanted.
772
00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:20,112
- Not a good day.
- Bad day at the office.
773
00:37:20,113 --> 00:37:22,865
[Edwards] We've been pumped twice
this week and deservedly.
774
00:37:22,866 --> 00:37:24,116
Deservedly so.
775
00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:26,453
- We tried our hardest.
- Yeah.
776
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,957
One thing's for certain:
Wrexham and playoffs don't mix.
777
00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:39,214
[Reynolds] We've been counted out
every season since we bought the club.
778
00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:40,299
{\an8}[tweet chime]
779
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:43,969
{\an8}If you were to look, there's never
a lack of negative tweets or opinions.
780
00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:45,721
{\an8}Fucking poor today, that.
781
00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:49,808
[Mac] I just try to find the good
in everything and everybody,
782
00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:55,482
and work with that
and the nasty stuff, I just try to avoid.
783
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,861
It's tough to take, boys.
It's tough to take. [clicks tongue]
784
00:38:00,862 --> 00:38:03,823
But, listen, we still
got four games to go.
785
00:38:05,033 --> 00:38:07,743
Got to strike the balance right
and get ready for next week,
786
00:38:07,744 --> 00:38:10,663
'cause you never know what happens.
You just never know in football.
787
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:17,044
{\an8}If I've learned anything about this sport,
is that anything can happen at any time.
788
00:38:17,045 --> 00:38:19,798
- Wrexham!
- [Griffiths] In the 109th minute.
789
00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:22,966
I don't understand
people leaving games early.
790
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:27,805
[Griffiths] The first win
in the second tier since 1982.
791
00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:31,016
In every sport, in every human endeavor…
792
00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:32,936
[Griffiths] Kieffer Moore!
793
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,315
[Mac] The desire to dispense with
even reality sometimes,
794
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,275
and to say, "We're still here.
795
00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:43,028
- We're still fighting."
- Wrexham!
796
00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:46,991
It's proven to be a means of success.
797
00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:52,496
I mean, look at Buster Douglas coming
up against the indomitable force
798
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:53,540
of Mike Tyson.
799
00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:58,126
[commentator 4] And then the right hand
uppercut and down goes Douglas.
800
00:38:58,127 --> 00:39:02,047
- As suddenly as that.
- …two, three, four.
801
00:39:02,048 --> 00:39:04,508
And just never, ever giving up.
802
00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:07,010
[commentator 4] Douglas comes back
with a left and a right.
803
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:12,016
[Mac] It just takes one glancing blow
across the chin.
804
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,479
Yeah!
805
00:39:17,564 --> 00:39:19,523
[Mac] So much of it is just survival.
806
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:25,112
Not wanting to give up
on the possibility of success.
807
00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:26,613
[commentator 4] The biggest upset
808
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:29,492
in the history
of heavyweight championship fights.
809
00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:31,286
Never give up.
810
00:39:33,413 --> 00:39:34,955
Come on the town.
811
00:39:34,956 --> 00:39:37,499
[Salt] It's amazing how we've
fluffed all these opportunities
812
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:41,086
that keep coming our way, and yet
it's still possible, right? [chuckles]
813
00:39:41,087 --> 00:39:42,671
Up the town.
814
00:39:42,672 --> 00:39:45,966
[Salt] Someone's gotta finish 6th
and it could yet still be us.
815
00:39:45,967 --> 00:39:47,885
Come on, Wrexham!
816
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,887
- The town!
- Come on!
817
00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,931
{\an8}[Mac] If you can fight to get that
last spot into the playoffs,
818
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,808
then you've got a chance.
819
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:57,811
And if you've got a chance,
and you believe…
820
00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,354
Playoffs, here we come!
821
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:00,981
…then you can do a Wrexham.
822
00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:02,316
Get to the playoffs again.
823
00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:04,651
- Up the town.
- [fan 2] It's just a dream.
824
00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:07,112
It's a dream.
So we just carry on and see where we go.
825
00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:08,780
We could do it. We could do it.
826
00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:09,866
The dream continues.
827
00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:20,960
Let's go. Come on. Everyone, come on.
Let's have a good start.
828
00:40:21,711 --> 00:40:24,963
{\an8}We had a meeting today.
The players had a meeting today.
829
00:40:24,964 --> 00:40:26,465
[chattering]
830
00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:29,635
Just players. When you get beat 5-1…
831
00:40:29,636 --> 00:40:31,803
And then at Birmingham,
I don't think we had a shot on goal.
832
00:40:31,804 --> 00:40:35,474
So we talked about how we need to keep
spirits high when everything's low.
833
00:40:35,475 --> 00:40:37,852
[Windass] All right, lads.
We've got four games left.
834
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:44,066
Matty James said to me,
"We should have a meeting with the boys."
835
00:40:44,067 --> 00:40:45,651
{\an8}Now, we're obviously outside the playoffs,
836
00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:46,861
{\an8}and we're obviously
trying to get that 6th spot.
837
00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:50,448
To be honest,
we were all gutted after the losses.
838
00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:53,659
It's very uncommon to have
a meeting with only players,
839
00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:55,661
but Matty and I felt
we had to do anything possible
840
00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:56,871
to turn things around.
841
00:40:57,538 --> 00:40:59,289
Four games left.
842
00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:02,209
{\an8}Look, lads, there's four games to go.
Let's just make sure in two and a half,
843
00:41:02,210 --> 00:41:05,671
{\an8}three weeks' time, whatever happens,
we look back at this running,
844
00:41:05,672 --> 00:41:08,423
knowing that we gave it our all
and let's not kind of feel
845
00:41:08,424 --> 00:41:09,925
like we've let ourselves down
846
00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:11,969
and kind of let
what could be an incredible season,
847
00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:14,513
and still can be,
like, drift away from us.
848
00:41:14,514 --> 00:41:15,889
[Windass] Four…
849
00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:18,851
[Moore] It's an incredible feeling knowing
that you're still in the picture.
850
00:41:19,602 --> 00:41:24,022
{\an8}Huge congratulations to everyone really,
but, you know, job's not done. [chuckles]
851
00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:25,650
[♪ inspirational music playing]
852
00:41:27,026 --> 00:41:29,320
[Windass] Every single one of us believes
we can still make the playoffs.
853
00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:32,740
This is our chance,
and we have to fight for it.
854
00:41:34,033 --> 00:41:36,576
[echoing] Four games left.
855
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:38,037
- [door closes]
- [♪ music fades]
856
00:41:39,872 --> 00:41:41,290
[♪ upbeat music playing]