1 00:00:11,185 --> 00:00:13,317 - Excuse us. - Thank you, guys. 2 00:00:16,886 --> 00:00:18,322 Thank you, gents. 3 00:00:18,322 --> 00:00:20,890 Keep moving! Guys, move on! 4 00:00:24,328 --> 00:00:27,288 - Keep it moving! - Sorry, guys. 5 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:28,724 Keep going! 6 00:00:52,356 --> 00:00:55,577 - Wow. - Yes, yes, yes. 7 00:00:55,577 --> 00:00:57,187 Not bad, right? 8 00:00:57,231 --> 00:00:58,449 I don't think the goosebumps are 'cause it's cold. 9 00:01:04,586 --> 00:01:07,719 I'm just thinking about how many thousands of people 10 00:01:07,763 --> 00:01:12,463 have come to watch these games over the last 150 years. 11 00:01:12,507 --> 00:01:15,075 - Pretty incredible. Yeah. 12 00:01:15,118 --> 00:01:16,902 Oh, wow! 13 00:01:16,946 --> 00:01:19,122 - There you go. - Come on, now. 14 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:21,298 Now, that's a stadium. 15 00:01:21,342 --> 00:01:22,691 - Wow. Is that better? 16 00:01:28,914 --> 00:01:33,136 So there is a real risk for us. 17 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:34,311 Yeah, I mean, that's part of the anxiety. 18 00:01:34,355 --> 00:01:36,705 Like, watching the team lose last night, 19 00:01:36,792 --> 00:01:40,491 you're thinking the investment in this club just took a hit. 20 00:01:40,535 --> 00:01:42,406 Yes. 21 00:01:42,493 --> 00:01:45,931 And there is a version of the story... 22 00:01:45,975 --> 00:01:47,368 where we are villains... 23 00:01:48,978 --> 00:01:50,414 - Where it doesn't-- - Oh, that's my usual story. 24 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:52,286 That's usually the story in my head. 25 00:01:52,373 --> 00:01:54,853 Yeah. It doesn't work, and then we go, 26 00:01:54,940 --> 00:01:57,726 "What are we gonna do? We have to sell it." 27 00:01:57,769 --> 00:01:59,945 - And then we're the bad guys. - Yeah. 28 00:02:02,209 --> 00:02:03,645 - Fuck that. - Fuck that. 29 00:02:03,645 --> 00:02:04,646 Yeah. 30 00:02:06,648 --> 00:02:07,953 It's gonna work. 31 00:02:10,608 --> 00:02:13,133 Come gather round, people 32 00:02:13,176 --> 00:02:16,745 Wherever you roam 33 00:02:16,832 --> 00:02:22,316 And admit that the waters around you have grown 34 00:02:22,359 --> 00:02:24,796 And accept it that soon 35 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,973 You'll be drenched to the bone 36 00:02:28,017 --> 00:02:32,761 If your time to you is worth savin' 37 00:02:32,804 --> 00:02:36,330 Then you better start swimming 38 00:02:36,373 --> 00:02:39,507 Or you'll sink like a stone 39 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:45,730 For the times, they are a-changin' 40 00:02:53,564 --> 00:02:56,872 Welcome to Wrexham 41 00:02:56,915 --> 00:03:01,224 A diamond in the heart of Wales 42 00:03:01,268 --> 00:03:04,488 This land of dragons 43 00:03:04,488 --> 00:03:08,318 Coal, fire, and steel 44 00:03:08,362 --> 00:03:10,277 Hollywood A-lister Ryan Reynolds could be 45 00:03:10,364 --> 00:03:12,714 about to take on his next big role. 46 00:03:12,801 --> 00:03:14,237 Fellow A-lister Rob McElhenney 47 00:03:14,281 --> 00:03:16,283 is bidding with Reynolds. 48 00:03:16,326 --> 00:03:18,850 They could be about to launch a takeover 49 00:03:18,937 --> 00:03:20,896 at Wrexham Football Club. 50 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:22,637 I'm hoping this is not some big publicity stunt. 51 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,116 Ah, it's probably just a joke on Twitter. 52 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,032 We've heard it all before, so it'll go tits up, 100%. 53 00:03:27,076 --> 00:03:29,121 Don't get me wrong. 54 00:03:29,165 --> 00:03:31,863 If the intentions are good and to move the club forward, 55 00:03:31,907 --> 00:03:34,388 then fantastic, but we need to know why Wrexham. 56 00:03:34,388 --> 00:03:38,392 Welcome to Wrexham 57 00:03:41,090 --> 00:03:44,049 E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles! 58 00:03:52,493 --> 00:03:54,277 I'm from Philadelphia, 59 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:58,107 and I've always been a sports fanatic. 60 00:03:58,150 --> 00:04:01,328 I couldn't play anything, but I always love watching it. 61 00:04:01,371 --> 00:04:03,852 My whole family loved the Eagles. 62 00:04:03,852 --> 00:04:06,246 It was just something that was a part of my life 63 00:04:06,289 --> 00:04:08,639 from the time I can remember. 64 00:04:08,683 --> 00:04:12,426 The team becomes an extension of the city. 65 00:04:12,469 --> 00:04:16,560 - Whoo! Whoo! - Yeah! 66 00:04:16,647 --> 00:04:18,345 Even as a kid, 67 00:04:18,388 --> 00:04:22,131 I just remember that gave me something to identify with. 68 00:04:22,174 --> 00:04:25,700 E-A-G-L-E-S! Eagles! 69 00:04:30,139 --> 00:04:32,576 I grew up in South Philadelphia... 70 00:04:34,796 --> 00:04:36,885 On the corner of Moyamensing and Dickinson. 71 00:04:38,495 --> 00:04:40,410 The Philadelphia that I know 72 00:04:40,454 --> 00:04:42,804 and the Philadelphia as it identifies itself, 73 00:04:42,847 --> 00:04:45,372 are people who work really hard for everything that they have. 74 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:51,029 Oh, my God. 75 00:04:51,073 --> 00:04:53,031 This is incredible. 76 00:04:55,730 --> 00:04:57,384 Oh, my God. 77 00:04:57,384 --> 00:05:00,648 - This is crazy! 78 00:05:00,691 --> 00:05:02,606 - This is all exactly the same. - Exactly the same. Yeah. 79 00:05:02,693 --> 00:05:05,043 Like, nothing has been changed. 80 00:05:05,043 --> 00:05:07,481 And the best part about this house was the outhouse-- 81 00:05:07,524 --> 00:05:09,178 an actual outhouse, 82 00:05:09,221 --> 00:05:10,701 'cause they didn't have downstairs plumbing. 83 00:05:10,745 --> 00:05:12,268 So if you were down here 84 00:05:12,268 --> 00:05:13,487 and you didn't want to go upstairs, 85 00:05:13,574 --> 00:05:15,619 you just went outside to the outhouse. 86 00:05:15,619 --> 00:05:17,708 - So, Leo... - Ooh. 87 00:05:17,752 --> 00:05:21,625 What would it be like to share this room... 88 00:05:21,712 --> 00:05:23,410 with your brother? 89 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:26,848 - Uh, is it this small? - Yeah. 90 00:05:26,935 --> 00:05:28,632 Like, it would be, like, this exact room. 91 00:05:28,632 --> 00:05:31,069 Honestly, if I could take this, I would. 92 00:05:31,156 --> 00:05:32,854 - You would? 93 00:05:32,941 --> 00:05:36,031 You want an iPod? 94 00:05:36,074 --> 00:05:38,033 Who doesn't? 95 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:39,817 One of the things that was really attractive 96 00:05:39,861 --> 00:05:41,732 about Wrexham is, even though I've never been there, 97 00:05:41,776 --> 00:05:44,169 the town reminds me of Philadelphia. 98 00:05:44,213 --> 00:05:46,824 It's a working-class town. It's a blue-collar town. 99 00:05:46,868 --> 00:05:49,871 It's a town that has had its ups and downs, 100 00:05:49,871 --> 00:05:51,829 and they haven't had all the opportunities 101 00:05:51,873 --> 00:05:53,744 that a lot of other people have had. 102 00:05:53,788 --> 00:05:55,224 I feel like I know those people. 103 00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:56,617 I grew up with those people. 104 00:05:56,660 --> 00:05:58,401 I am one of those people. 105 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,887 Humphrey, what are the rules? 106 00:06:05,974 --> 00:06:07,497 Well, the rules are 107 00:06:07,541 --> 00:06:09,456 our team's trying to put the ball in your goal. 108 00:06:09,456 --> 00:06:10,848 You're trying to put it in our goal. 109 00:06:10,892 --> 00:06:13,329 That's really all you need to know right now. 110 00:06:13,416 --> 00:06:15,462 - Where am I going? - The goal. 111 00:06:15,549 --> 00:06:16,680 Yeah, Mom. 112 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,681 - Hey! 113 00:06:17,768 --> 00:06:19,466 Rob is a new convert 114 00:06:19,553 --> 00:06:21,816 to the charms and joys of football. 115 00:06:23,948 --> 00:06:26,560 Rob and I have worked together and we're friends. 116 00:06:26,647 --> 00:06:28,779 I watch quite a lot of football 117 00:06:28,779 --> 00:06:30,694 in the writers' room during our lunch breaks. 118 00:06:30,694 --> 00:06:32,870 Rob started to be like, "What is this? 119 00:06:32,914 --> 00:06:35,264 Why are you so obsessed with this stupid game?" 120 00:06:37,701 --> 00:06:39,268 My mind was racing 121 00:06:39,311 --> 00:06:42,663 when I learned about the English system. 122 00:06:42,706 --> 00:06:45,535 The idea that you can get promoted 123 00:06:45,579 --> 00:06:47,711 into a league above you and demoted 124 00:06:47,755 --> 00:06:50,714 and kicked out of the league is incredible. 125 00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:52,237 The English professional football system, 126 00:06:52,281 --> 00:06:55,719 or pyramid, consists of four tiers. 127 00:06:55,719 --> 00:06:57,242 The Premier League at the top of the pyramid, 128 00:06:57,286 --> 00:06:59,375 that's the créme de la créme of football 129 00:06:59,375 --> 00:07:00,245 where you've got your Chelseas, 130 00:07:00,289 --> 00:07:02,509 Manchester Uniteds. 131 00:07:02,552 --> 00:07:05,468 And one tier down from that, you've got the Championship, 132 00:07:05,512 --> 00:07:08,819 then League One and League Two. 133 00:07:08,906 --> 00:07:10,908 So the farther up the pyramid you are, 134 00:07:10,952 --> 00:07:12,823 the better the talent, the bigger the prizes, 135 00:07:12,910 --> 00:07:16,348 and thus the more profitable your club becomes. 136 00:07:16,392 --> 00:07:20,918 Teams can move between tiers via promotion and relegation. 137 00:07:20,962 --> 00:07:23,094 At the end of the season, the best teams go up, 138 00:07:23,138 --> 00:07:25,706 and the worst teams go down. 139 00:07:25,749 --> 00:07:27,751 For the past 14 seasons, 140 00:07:27,795 --> 00:07:30,624 Wrexham have been playing here, 141 00:07:30,711 --> 00:07:32,669 below the pyramid, in the National League, 142 00:07:32,713 --> 00:07:33,975 the lowest level 143 00:07:34,062 --> 00:07:35,759 of professional football in England-- 144 00:07:35,846 --> 00:07:38,066 the tiers below being semi-professional. 145 00:07:39,981 --> 00:07:41,765 Being relegated to the National League is... 146 00:07:41,809 --> 00:07:43,637 A bit like football purgatory. 147 00:07:43,637 --> 00:07:45,769 The wages are low. The prize money is low. 148 00:07:45,856 --> 00:07:47,336 It makes it very difficult 149 00:07:47,379 --> 00:07:49,207 for clubs like Wrexham that drop into it 150 00:07:49,251 --> 00:07:51,558 to get back into the English football league system. 151 00:07:51,645 --> 00:07:53,342 Imagine, if you will, 152 00:07:53,385 --> 00:07:57,215 the New York Yankees lose 150 games in a season. 153 00:07:57,215 --> 00:07:58,652 They finish dead last, 154 00:07:58,652 --> 00:07:59,566 and they have to drop down a league 155 00:07:59,653 --> 00:08:01,219 and the following year 156 00:08:01,306 --> 00:08:03,352 play against the likes of the Toledo Mud Hens 157 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:05,354 and the Sacramento River Cats. 158 00:08:05,354 --> 00:08:06,790 And if they keep losing enough 159 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:08,313 and they keep dropping leagues, 160 00:08:08,357 --> 00:08:09,880 then eventually they end up 161 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,013 playing beer league softball in Ithaca 162 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:14,929 or against fucking 12-year-olds in Williamsport. 163 00:08:17,018 --> 00:08:18,889 And then I called Humphrey, and I was like, 164 00:08:18,976 --> 00:08:20,543 "If you had a club that had an infrastructure 165 00:08:20,587 --> 00:08:21,892 "that could at least support 166 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:23,807 "an even-ing of the balance sheet, 167 00:08:23,894 --> 00:08:25,983 "can't you theoretically take a team that's 168 00:08:26,027 --> 00:08:27,985 in the lowest league and bring them to the top?" 169 00:08:28,029 --> 00:08:29,117 Goal! 170 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,249 He said, "Yes." 171 00:08:31,249 --> 00:08:33,904 But as I started to gather more and more information, 172 00:08:33,904 --> 00:08:37,560 I realized how expensive it was going to be. 173 00:08:37,604 --> 00:08:40,563 I have TV money, 174 00:08:40,607 --> 00:08:42,478 but as I started to look at how expensive 175 00:08:42,565 --> 00:08:44,132 it actually was to run a club, 176 00:08:44,219 --> 00:08:47,222 I realized that I needed something more than TV money. 177 00:08:47,265 --> 00:08:49,354 I needed... 178 00:08:49,398 --> 00:08:50,834 movie-star money. 179 00:08:50,921 --> 00:08:54,664 Sometimes you got to let your heart lead you, 180 00:08:54,708 --> 00:08:55,970 even if you know it's someplace 181 00:08:56,013 --> 00:08:58,146 you know you're not supposed to be. 182 00:08:58,233 --> 00:09:00,714 More than that, I needed superhero movie-star money. 183 00:09:04,021 --> 00:09:06,067 Time to make the chimi-fucking-changas. 184 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:09,636 More than that probably, as we ascended up the leagues, 185 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,595 I would need alcohol-baron money. 186 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:15,685 Aviation American Gin. 187 00:09:15,729 --> 00:09:17,861 And mobile-phone-services money, 188 00:09:17,861 --> 00:09:20,864 and... 189 00:09:20,908 --> 00:09:22,170 what other companies does this bitch have? 190 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:24,215 - Cybersecurity. - Cybersecurity money. 191 00:09:25,608 --> 00:09:27,958 And--anybody? 192 00:09:28,002 --> 00:09:28,655 What else has he got? 193 00:09:29,438 --> 00:09:32,833 Ah! 194 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:40,318 What the fuck? That--I mean-- 195 00:09:40,318 --> 00:09:41,711 That was great. 196 00:09:41,755 --> 00:09:44,627 In a PG-13 movie like this, 197 00:09:44,671 --> 00:09:47,630 you get one "fuck," two "shits," and a glass of white wine, 198 00:09:47,674 --> 00:09:50,285 and then you say, "Hang on to your PG-13 rating." 199 00:09:52,766 --> 00:09:54,768 I grew up in a working-class family, 200 00:09:54,811 --> 00:09:57,292 and I have three older brothers. 201 00:09:57,335 --> 00:10:01,078 My father struggled in a number of different ways. 202 00:10:01,122 --> 00:10:05,169 My dad started as a cop, then became a food broker, 203 00:10:05,213 --> 00:10:06,997 which sounds like a cover for a CIA agent or something, 204 00:10:07,041 --> 00:10:08,999 but that was his actual job. 205 00:10:09,043 --> 00:10:10,348 Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, 206 00:10:10,392 --> 00:10:13,221 oh, my God, oh, my God! 207 00:10:13,264 --> 00:10:15,266 The main place I got validation from my father-- 208 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,051 like, if I was good at sports, 209 00:10:17,094 --> 00:10:19,009 in my father's eyes, I was doing all right. 210 00:10:19,053 --> 00:10:22,491 So I played sports long past the point 211 00:10:22,534 --> 00:10:25,494 where I was, like, really driven to play sports. 212 00:10:25,537 --> 00:10:26,800 Go back to, like-- yeah, right here. 213 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,931 - Yeah. - Yeah. Here we go. 214 00:10:29,933 --> 00:10:31,848 It carried on, it carried on all through show business, 215 00:10:31,892 --> 00:10:33,371 all that, so, you know, 216 00:10:33,458 --> 00:10:34,938 it's like an unquenchable thirst for validation. 217 00:10:35,025 --> 00:10:38,028 Aah! 218 00:10:38,072 --> 00:10:39,726 My father's been dead for years, but, like, 219 00:10:39,726 --> 00:10:41,510 it's, you know, you kind of-- 220 00:10:41,510 --> 00:10:44,078 stuff doesn't really go away. 221 00:10:44,121 --> 00:10:46,254 It's easier to sort of think of him, you know, 222 00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:48,604 the way I'm describing him, as, like, a really hard-ass. 223 00:10:48,604 --> 00:10:51,085 He would have thought all of this was wild. 224 00:10:51,128 --> 00:10:54,175 Like, you know, he didn't really see any of the stuff 225 00:10:54,262 --> 00:10:56,264 Deadpool forward, 226 00:10:56,264 --> 00:10:58,483 so I think he would have thought this was all pretty crazy. 227 00:11:06,535 --> 00:11:08,319 Ryan's FaceTiming me. 228 00:11:08,406 --> 00:11:10,365 Hey, you look great. 229 00:11:10,408 --> 00:11:12,062 All you two do is tell each other you look great. 230 00:11:12,106 --> 00:11:13,847 Yeah. I know. It's just constantly-- 231 00:11:13,934 --> 00:11:15,631 Why it's such a successful friendship. 232 00:11:15,631 --> 00:11:18,155 - He seems insecure. 233 00:11:18,199 --> 00:11:19,809 I don't really know Ryan that well. 234 00:11:19,853 --> 00:11:22,420 I've never met him in person before this. 235 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:24,553 We met through social media and then just became friends. 236 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,076 Great. So that one should work, 237 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,557 but as long as it's not-- yes, that should work. 238 00:11:30,298 --> 00:11:33,997 Today is the call to the Wrexham Supporters Trust. 239 00:11:34,084 --> 00:11:36,608 Because it is a club that is owned by the fans, 240 00:11:36,652 --> 00:11:39,350 we have to persuade them to vote us through 241 00:11:39,394 --> 00:11:42,136 by a 75-25 margin. 242 00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:43,877 It's quite a high bar, but that was put in place 243 00:11:43,964 --> 00:11:45,400 'cause it had terrible owners in the past, 244 00:11:45,443 --> 00:11:46,923 and so people wanted to make sure that if they were gonna 245 00:11:46,967 --> 00:11:49,012 vote for anyone, it was the right person. 246 00:11:49,056 --> 00:11:50,710 So, you know, we created a proposal 247 00:11:50,753 --> 00:11:52,363 and really made sure 248 00:11:52,407 --> 00:11:55,236 that we conveyed to the community our intentions. 249 00:11:55,236 --> 00:11:56,628 In terms of trust, 250 00:11:56,672 --> 00:11:58,239 they have been burned before 251 00:11:58,326 --> 00:12:00,023 - by shady people. - Mm-hmm. 252 00:12:00,110 --> 00:12:01,938 But we're not some shady businessmen 253 00:12:01,982 --> 00:12:03,418 that can just, like, 254 00:12:03,461 --> 00:12:06,073 if this goes south, like, lurk into the shadows 255 00:12:06,116 --> 00:12:07,422 and pretend like it never happened 256 00:12:07,465 --> 00:12:08,597 and just go back to our lives. 257 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:09,859 No. People know where to find us. 258 00:12:09,903 --> 00:12:11,469 Yes, yes. 259 00:12:11,469 --> 00:12:14,603 At stake today is whether or not we get to become 260 00:12:14,646 --> 00:12:17,824 the next stewards of Wrexham Football Club. 261 00:12:17,824 --> 00:12:22,350 So if it goes south, then we won't. 262 00:12:22,350 --> 00:12:24,874 This is a very high-profile thing with a lot at stake, 263 00:12:24,918 --> 00:12:26,833 and we really don't want to let them down, 264 00:12:26,876 --> 00:12:28,051 and I think we can speak to that. 265 00:12:28,095 --> 00:12:29,444 I don't know that we necessarily can speak 266 00:12:29,487 --> 00:12:31,054 so much to, "You have to trust us," 267 00:12:31,054 --> 00:12:32,708 'cause then it feels a little Harold Hill to me. 268 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:34,666 - Yeah, great. - And I feel like--yeah. 269 00:12:34,710 --> 00:12:36,581 - Great. All right. Awesome. - Great. 270 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:37,800 - All right. - I will, uh-- 271 00:12:37,844 --> 00:12:39,846 I will see you soon. Bye. 272 00:12:39,933 --> 00:12:41,630 Ah, he got the last word in. 273 00:12:41,717 --> 00:12:43,850 Fuck. I got to-- 274 00:12:46,461 --> 00:12:49,594 Hello, everybody. I hope you can hear me okay. 275 00:12:49,638 --> 00:12:51,161 My name's Brian Phillips. 276 00:12:51,248 --> 00:12:53,511 I'm the chair of Wrexham Supporters Trust, 277 00:12:53,598 --> 00:12:55,426 and I want to welcome members 278 00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:57,428 and our special guests 279 00:12:57,472 --> 00:13:00,301 to this very special presentation evening. 280 00:13:00,301 --> 00:13:02,869 - Please note... - Sweating. 281 00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:04,261 I would like to invite Rob McElhenney 282 00:13:04,305 --> 00:13:05,567 and Ryan Reynolds on screen. 283 00:13:05,610 --> 00:13:07,482 Hey, hey. 284 00:13:07,525 --> 00:13:09,136 They will talk you through some key questions 285 00:13:09,179 --> 00:13:11,660 about their proposed takeover of Wrexham AFC. 286 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,270 We'll start with-- if you could talk us through 287 00:13:13,314 --> 00:13:14,750 what yours and Rob's vision for the club is 288 00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:16,534 if members decide to entrust it to you. 289 00:13:16,534 --> 00:13:19,233 I think I just want to start by ripping the Band-Aid off 290 00:13:19,276 --> 00:13:22,453 and addressing the fact that this is all pretty... 291 00:13:22,497 --> 00:13:24,891 Pretty wild. 292 00:13:24,934 --> 00:13:27,328 I'm sure it's got to be a little disconcerting 293 00:13:27,371 --> 00:13:30,331 that a Canadian and an American are so interested in your club, 294 00:13:30,374 --> 00:13:32,681 but we want to assure everyone on this call 295 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:36,032 that we are taking this venture very seriously. 296 00:13:36,076 --> 00:13:38,078 I don't care if you're a movie star. 297 00:13:38,121 --> 00:13:40,471 I don't care if you're driving a forklift. 298 00:13:40,515 --> 00:13:42,082 When you're in a situation 299 00:13:42,125 --> 00:13:44,345 where you're seeking the approval of other people, 300 00:13:44,345 --> 00:13:46,347 your brain is always going, "They're gonna say no. 301 00:13:46,347 --> 00:13:47,783 They don't--they're on to me." 302 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:49,350 Imposter syndrome is in full effect. 303 00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:51,004 Rob, could you answer first? 304 00:13:51,047 --> 00:13:52,701 And I guess it's the big question-- 305 00:13:52,788 --> 00:13:54,050 why Wrexham AFC? 306 00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:56,879 When I tell people 307 00:13:56,923 --> 00:14:00,230 that the Eagles winning the Super Bowl 308 00:14:00,274 --> 00:14:03,233 was one of the greatest days of my life-- 309 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,931 it was top five greatest days of my life... 310 00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:07,194 - That's it! They got it! 311 00:14:07,237 --> 00:14:09,587 People who are supporters of clubs 312 00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:11,546 and sporting fans across the world 313 00:14:11,589 --> 00:14:13,243 know exactly what I'm talking about, and I mean it. 314 00:14:13,287 --> 00:14:15,115 I put it up there with the birth of my children 315 00:14:15,158 --> 00:14:16,899 and my wedding day 316 00:14:16,943 --> 00:14:19,249 not because of what happened on the field, 317 00:14:19,249 --> 00:14:22,949 but because of what it meant to an entire community of people 318 00:14:23,036 --> 00:14:25,734 and to my relationships with my friends 319 00:14:25,821 --> 00:14:27,605 and my family members 320 00:14:27,605 --> 00:14:29,999 and the entire city of Philadelphia. 321 00:14:30,043 --> 00:14:32,045 I really believe that we can build something like that, 322 00:14:32,045 --> 00:14:33,307 and I want to be there for that. 323 00:14:33,350 --> 00:14:34,961 I want to be a part of that, 324 00:14:34,961 --> 00:14:36,527 and I hope that you will allow us 325 00:14:36,571 --> 00:14:39,313 to help you achieve something like that. 326 00:14:39,356 --> 00:14:41,184 Should the majority of the supporters 327 00:14:41,184 --> 00:14:42,882 decide that we're the guys for the job, 328 00:14:42,925 --> 00:14:44,796 we would be honored and thrilled, 329 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,624 and we would never, ever once take that lightly. 330 00:14:46,711 --> 00:14:48,191 We will laugh at ourselves, 331 00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:50,498 but we will never laugh at the situation. 332 00:14:50,585 --> 00:14:52,413 Well, thank you, gentlemen, for your time this evening. 333 00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:53,457 - Thank you. - Thank you, guys. 334 00:14:53,501 --> 00:14:55,111 Appreciate it. 335 00:14:58,201 --> 00:14:59,637 There you go. 336 00:14:59,637 --> 00:15:01,422 And now it's in the people's hands. 337 00:15:01,422 --> 00:15:02,292 It is. 338 00:15:04,642 --> 00:15:06,949 I thought that went very, very well. 339 00:15:06,993 --> 00:15:08,733 - Yeah. - Agreed. 340 00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:11,084 You know what was one of my favorite parts was 341 00:15:11,084 --> 00:15:12,781 when they asked about the documentary 342 00:15:12,824 --> 00:15:16,741 and you could see the giant camera behind you... 343 00:15:16,785 --> 00:15:20,180 - Oh, for real? - Filming. Yes. 344 00:15:20,223 --> 00:15:21,746 Yes, so I was so glad you were like-- 345 00:15:21,790 --> 00:15:23,574 right away, you were like, 346 00:15:23,618 --> 00:15:25,054 "Oh, yeah, hell, yeah, we're doing a documentary." 347 00:15:25,098 --> 00:15:26,795 I was like, "Yeah, we're making a documentary, 348 00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:29,015 like, right this fucking second." 349 00:15:29,058 --> 00:15:31,017 Well, what the fuck? That's your responsibility. 350 00:15:31,104 --> 00:15:32,975 I can see a gigantic-- 351 00:15:33,019 --> 00:15:35,108 Is that an IMAX camera? Like, what the fuck? 352 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:46,554 A lot of people outside the UK 353 00:15:46,641 --> 00:15:48,991 aren't even aware that Wales is not in England. 354 00:15:49,035 --> 00:15:50,427 It's a separate country. 355 00:15:50,471 --> 00:15:52,038 It's on the west coast of the UK, 356 00:15:52,081 --> 00:15:54,997 and Wrexham's a town of about 65,000 people 357 00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:58,435 in the northeast of Wales. 358 00:15:58,479 --> 00:16:01,482 Wrexham was a nice place to grow up. 359 00:16:01,482 --> 00:16:03,701 It was a really safe place 360 00:16:03,788 --> 00:16:05,965 where communities pull together. 361 00:16:07,836 --> 00:16:09,577 And of course, when I was growing up, 362 00:16:09,620 --> 00:16:12,188 we had a really good football team. 363 00:16:13,668 --> 00:16:16,714 As a child, my father took me to games, 364 00:16:16,801 --> 00:16:18,455 and I can remember back then, 365 00:16:18,499 --> 00:16:21,154 we were what is now known as the Championship 366 00:16:21,154 --> 00:16:23,504 or the level below the Premier League. 367 00:16:27,899 --> 00:16:29,597 It's the third-oldest professional club 368 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,294 in the world. 369 00:16:31,381 --> 00:16:33,731 It's the oldest club in Wales, 370 00:16:33,731 --> 00:16:37,126 and it plays at the Cae Ras, or the Racecourse in English, 371 00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:39,737 which is the oldest international stadium 372 00:16:39,737 --> 00:16:43,741 still in use anywhere in the world. 373 00:16:43,741 --> 00:16:48,050 And for many, many years, Wrexham were Wales' best club. 374 00:16:48,094 --> 00:16:49,530 And it's Thomas who takes it. 375 00:16:49,617 --> 00:16:52,141 Oh, what a goal! Mickey Thomas! 376 00:16:52,185 --> 00:16:53,751 When I started watching Wrexham, 377 00:16:53,751 --> 00:16:55,231 we had a team of heroes in those days. 378 00:16:58,756 --> 00:17:01,759 Wrexham's crowds would compare favorably with many clubs, 379 00:17:01,759 --> 00:17:03,283 even sometimes in top divisions 380 00:17:03,326 --> 00:17:04,371 in other countries in Europe. 381 00:17:08,853 --> 00:17:11,682 Three, two, one, fire. 382 00:17:13,771 --> 00:17:16,122 But by the very early '80s, 383 00:17:16,165 --> 00:17:17,993 Wrexham became a very depressed town 384 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,343 with incredibly high levels of unemployment. 385 00:17:22,215 --> 00:17:24,304 People have asked me, "What's Wrexham like?" 386 00:17:24,347 --> 00:17:26,349 I've just said, "Don't go." 387 00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:27,959 - "It's a load of rubbish." 388 00:17:28,003 --> 00:17:29,439 "You're wasting your time." 389 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:32,529 The football club 390 00:17:32,573 --> 00:17:34,444 was impacted by hard times as well. 391 00:17:34,444 --> 00:17:36,446 In a small place, the fortunes of the town 392 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:39,188 and its team are inextricably intertwined. 393 00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:42,800 The two absolutely depend upon one another. 394 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,542 Wrexham is a town that battles 395 00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:49,111 against odds constantly. 396 00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:51,461 It really is a place where people deserve 397 00:17:51,461 --> 00:17:54,290 a little bit more than maybe they've got out of life. 398 00:17:56,466 --> 00:18:00,166 But the thing that we love more than anything... 399 00:18:00,253 --> 00:18:02,516 is the football club. 400 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:14,571 Holy shit, holy shit, ujobok, gotta run 401 00:18:14,615 --> 00:18:17,357 Make a hit, make a hit, we ain't here for fun 402 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,968 Holy shit, holy shit, jeto hit and run 403 00:18:20,011 --> 00:18:22,275 Make a hit, make a hit, like a machine gun 404 00:18:22,318 --> 00:18:23,624 Wrexham-- we're the fifth tier 405 00:18:23,711 --> 00:18:25,016 of professional football. 406 00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:27,802 We are the bottom level of the professional game. 407 00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:29,978 Professional football is everybody, 408 00:18:30,021 --> 00:18:31,762 whether you're in the National League 409 00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:33,373 or Premier League, but there is a big difference 410 00:18:33,416 --> 00:18:36,941 in terms of lifestyle, money. 411 00:18:36,985 --> 00:18:38,247 The average salary 412 00:18:38,291 --> 00:18:39,335 for a Premier League footballer 413 00:18:39,379 --> 00:18:43,383 is about £3 1/2 million a year. 414 00:18:43,426 --> 00:18:46,995 A player in the National League will be making...a bit less. 415 00:18:51,086 --> 00:18:52,566 Gotta run, make a hit 416 00:18:52,609 --> 00:18:53,958 You tell people 417 00:18:54,002 --> 00:18:55,221 you're a professional footballer, 418 00:18:55,264 --> 00:18:57,440 and instantly they think flash car, nice house, 419 00:18:57,527 --> 00:18:58,659 and it's not. It's not like that. 420 00:19:00,443 --> 00:19:02,663 Absolute fucking disaster! 421 00:19:02,663 --> 00:19:04,012 A lot of times, you can actually hear 422 00:19:04,055 --> 00:19:05,231 someone calling you shit or... 423 00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:09,800 Yeah. 424 00:19:13,108 --> 00:19:17,112 Ujobok, ujobok, ujobok 425 00:19:17,112 --> 00:19:20,115 Even playing at this level and getting paid for it, 426 00:19:20,115 --> 00:19:21,769 it still is living the dream. 427 00:19:21,856 --> 00:19:25,903 I know the dream is the top, but this is still a dream. 428 00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:28,297 Ujobok, holy shit 429 00:19:28,341 --> 00:19:29,907 When you're in the non-league, 430 00:19:29,907 --> 00:19:31,344 you've got to grind for everything, 431 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:32,562 you got to work hard for everything, 432 00:19:32,606 --> 00:19:34,129 you got to pay for everything, 433 00:19:34,129 --> 00:19:36,697 but I think as a football-- it's the same game. 434 00:19:36,697 --> 00:19:39,134 You're still playing football. You're still enjoying it. 435 00:19:39,221 --> 00:19:41,571 Promotion's the goal. We want to win the league. 436 00:19:41,615 --> 00:19:43,704 We want to be the best team in the league by a mile. 437 00:19:43,791 --> 00:19:45,880 Getting back into that fourth tier, 438 00:19:45,923 --> 00:19:48,665 the League Two, would be amazing for the club, 439 00:19:48,709 --> 00:19:49,927 'cause if you get back into the fourth tier, 440 00:19:49,927 --> 00:19:52,103 you get a lot of funding from the football league. 441 00:19:52,147 --> 00:19:54,367 I'm really excited the takeover's happening 442 00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,586 because they can improve the whole town as a collective 443 00:19:56,673 --> 00:19:58,327 in terms of the infrastructure of the town. 444 00:19:58,371 --> 00:20:00,547 You know, the stadium will likely improve. 445 00:20:00,590 --> 00:20:01,852 This club's obviously been down in this league 446 00:20:01,896 --> 00:20:04,377 for a long time now, and as captain, 447 00:20:04,464 --> 00:20:06,074 I'd love to get to the end of my career and look back 448 00:20:06,117 --> 00:20:08,381 on being the one that led it back into the football league. 449 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:17,216 Doo-do-doo. 450 00:20:20,175 --> 00:20:21,916 All right, then, with all that said, what we going for? 451 00:20:21,959 --> 00:20:24,092 If we get an early goal, 2-nil, Wrexham. 452 00:20:24,135 --> 00:20:25,093 - 2-nil? - If we get an early goal. 453 00:20:30,751 --> 00:20:31,839 Dave-o, what do you think? 454 00:20:31,882 --> 00:20:33,057 I'll go 1-nil. 455 00:20:33,101 --> 00:20:34,972 I just can't see us keeping 'em out. 456 00:20:35,016 --> 00:20:36,974 We just--we're not confident. I think I'm gonna go 1-1. 457 00:20:37,018 --> 00:20:39,716 I hope I'm wrong, 458 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:40,804 but we just don't score enough goals, do we? 459 00:21:13,533 --> 00:21:15,361 I'm a volunteer at the club. 460 00:21:21,454 --> 00:21:24,108 I joined the trust board nine years ago 461 00:21:24,152 --> 00:21:28,374 as Director, Wrexham AFC, 462 00:21:28,461 --> 00:21:30,680 and what I do is I manage the budget. 463 00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:34,031 I organize all board meetings, all agendas. 464 00:21:34,118 --> 00:21:37,557 I tend to be the person who deals with media 465 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,167 and more or less the face of the club 466 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:40,647 from a business side. 467 00:21:42,562 --> 00:21:46,174 I've got a really big day job for a multinational company, 468 00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:49,046 which means I work long hours anyway during the week. 469 00:21:49,090 --> 00:21:51,179 And at weekends, 470 00:21:51,222 --> 00:21:53,399 I've given everything to the football club that I can. 471 00:21:53,442 --> 00:21:56,967 I've prioritized it over career advancement, 472 00:21:57,011 --> 00:21:59,056 over family. 473 00:22:03,583 --> 00:22:05,541 This season, it's been very, very challenging, 474 00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:08,370 given global pandemic. 475 00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:11,025 We weren't allowed to have supporters in the stadium, 476 00:22:11,068 --> 00:22:14,376 which was the main source of income for the football club. 477 00:22:18,162 --> 00:22:20,426 Because of the pandemic, no fans coming into the ground 478 00:22:20,513 --> 00:22:22,950 to pay the one major income stream-- 479 00:22:22,993 --> 00:22:25,735 there's no broadcast money at this level. 480 00:22:25,822 --> 00:22:27,737 It's what comes in through the turnstiles 481 00:22:27,824 --> 00:22:30,392 is the major revenue raiser, and from March onwards, 482 00:22:30,436 --> 00:22:32,089 nobody's been coming in to football stadia 483 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:33,874 to support the teams. 484 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,623 So how are the clubs like Wrexham gonna survive? 485 00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:45,451 It's an extremely uncertain future 486 00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:46,887 that Wrexham was looking at. 487 00:22:46,974 --> 00:22:48,671 Face the ball, face the ball! 488 00:22:48,758 --> 00:22:51,761 So the takeover, from Wrexham's perspective, 489 00:22:51,761 --> 00:22:54,242 the timing was-- could not have been better. 490 00:22:57,071 --> 00:22:59,116 In my view, getting out of the National League 491 00:22:59,203 --> 00:23:02,816 is the hardest job in world football. 492 00:23:02,859 --> 00:23:04,339 Come on, then! 493 00:23:04,339 --> 00:23:07,124 - Yeah! 494 00:23:07,124 --> 00:23:08,822 And I think if the club wants to get out 495 00:23:08,865 --> 00:23:12,129 of the National League, it needs to change. 496 00:23:12,216 --> 00:23:16,482 If Rob and Ryan can bring that change, then fantastic. 497 00:23:18,005 --> 00:23:19,354 Thank you very much. 498 00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:50,820 The home of Wrexham Football Club-- 499 00:23:50,864 --> 00:23:52,169 the Turf Hotel. 500 00:23:56,913 --> 00:23:58,524 The club was founded in this very building, 501 00:23:58,567 --> 00:23:59,612 which sits directly outside 502 00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,091 the main entrance to the grounds. 503 00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:11,014 The bar is always five or six deep. 504 00:24:13,147 --> 00:24:14,714 My parents were regulars here, 505 00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:15,541 and I remember coming to this pub 506 00:24:15,628 --> 00:24:17,194 after the match and they've won. 507 00:24:17,281 --> 00:24:18,718 And the jukebox is blaring, 508 00:24:18,761 --> 00:24:19,719 and people are singing, and people are happy. 509 00:24:19,762 --> 00:24:23,636 And from that minute on, I was absolutely hooked. 510 00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:26,639 We had the badge built into the wall. 511 00:24:26,726 --> 00:24:27,901 That was just my way of, you know, 512 00:24:27,944 --> 00:24:30,512 keeping the pub and the club connected. 513 00:24:30,556 --> 00:24:34,864 In my 13 years of being here, we've only ever closed one day. 514 00:24:34,908 --> 00:24:37,650 We open 365 days a year. 515 00:24:37,650 --> 00:24:39,347 We even open on Christmas Day and Christmas night, 516 00:24:39,390 --> 00:24:40,870 but like every other pub, 517 00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:43,220 we've been closed because of COVID. 518 00:24:43,307 --> 00:24:45,788 You can't put into words what it means to people. 519 00:24:45,832 --> 00:24:47,224 You know, it's almost like losing a limb, 520 00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:49,357 because people say it's only a game, but it's not. 521 00:24:49,357 --> 00:24:50,663 It's more than that, you know? 522 00:24:50,706 --> 00:24:52,229 This football club means everything 523 00:24:52,229 --> 00:24:55,015 to people in this town. 524 00:24:55,015 --> 00:24:56,886 Anybody that you speak to will tell you 525 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:59,454 it's been a real difficult decade. 526 00:25:01,238 --> 00:25:03,197 The past owners that we've had-- 527 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,678 and are they here for the wrong reasons? 528 00:25:05,678 --> 00:25:08,811 So you still don't allow yourself to believe 529 00:25:08,898 --> 00:25:11,684 that this could happen. 530 00:25:11,727 --> 00:25:13,990 But this set of supporters, this town, 531 00:25:14,034 --> 00:25:16,384 this community deserves a break. 532 00:25:21,868 --> 00:25:23,609 Hello. 533 00:25:23,696 --> 00:25:25,567 - Mustache is gone. - Oh, yeah. 534 00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:28,788 Yep. I'm no longer on camera, so... 535 00:25:28,831 --> 00:25:30,790 Well, here we are, 536 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,706 after what feels like an age, right? 537 00:25:33,793 --> 00:25:35,838 I have actual butterflies right now. 538 00:25:35,925 --> 00:25:40,451 As you know, the threshold on the vote was high. 539 00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:43,977 So you needed to get a 75% or more 540 00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:47,633 of those voting for-- for this to pass. 541 00:25:47,676 --> 00:25:50,505 The turnout was massive, right? 542 00:25:50,592 --> 00:25:53,856 91.5% of people who could vote voted. 543 00:25:53,856 --> 00:25:55,641 Wow. 544 00:25:55,641 --> 00:26:00,515 On resolution one, it was a 98.6% for. 545 00:26:00,602 --> 00:26:01,821 - Wow. - On resolution two, 546 00:26:01,864 --> 00:26:06,826 it was a 98.4% for, and on resolution three, 547 00:26:06,869 --> 00:26:09,176 it was a 98.4% for, so... 548 00:26:10,873 --> 00:26:13,093 An overwhelming and resounding yes. 549 00:26:13,093 --> 00:26:15,835 So congratulations and really well done. 550 00:26:15,878 --> 00:26:17,401 "Llongyfarchiadau," we say in Wales. 551 00:26:17,445 --> 00:26:20,317 - Thank you. 552 00:26:20,317 --> 00:26:21,841 Really looking forward to the journey. 553 00:26:21,884 --> 00:26:23,756 When you wake up tomorrow, 554 00:26:23,756 --> 00:26:24,974 the announcement will be out there, 555 00:26:25,018 --> 00:26:26,541 and let the fun commence. 556 00:26:49,085 --> 00:26:51,000 It's not 100% in their control 557 00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:53,133 that they're gonna get this club promoted, 558 00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:54,830 but if they do that, 559 00:26:54,874 --> 00:26:58,312 it will be one of the biggest days 560 00:26:58,355 --> 00:27:01,097 in the history of the town. 561 00:27:01,141 --> 00:27:02,621 The Red Army had something to sing about 562 00:27:02,664 --> 00:27:03,665 this afternoon. 563 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:15,938 A good moment to congratulate Ryan Reynolds 564 00:27:15,982 --> 00:27:18,071 and Rob McElhenney for their recent purchase 565 00:27:18,114 --> 00:27:20,377 of Wrexham Football Club.