1 00:00:08,704 --> 00:00:12,316 Building 69 is where we used to edit "Sunny," 2 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:13,970 and then you took that over. - We made it nice. 3 00:00:14,057 --> 00:00:15,319 You made it nice in there, yeah. 4 00:00:15,406 --> 00:00:16,625 They gave us a budget. 5 00:00:16,668 --> 00:00:18,409 They gave us some of that sweet Deadpool money. 6 00:00:18,453 --> 00:00:19,715 Yeah, we didn't get any of that. 7 00:00:19,758 --> 00:00:22,544 This is my favorite building on the whole lot. 8 00:00:22,631 --> 00:00:25,286 Oh. Oh, Nakatomi Plaza. Nakatomi Plaza. 9 00:00:25,329 --> 00:00:26,504 Any Die Hard fan out there will know 10 00:00:26,548 --> 00:00:27,723 exactly what happened. 11 00:00:27,723 --> 00:00:29,507 Yippee-ki-yay, mother... 12 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:37,124 Yeah, this is the first soundstage 13 00:00:37,211 --> 00:00:38,734 I ever got to work on. 14 00:00:38,777 --> 00:00:40,388 This is where you did-- 15 00:00:40,388 --> 00:00:41,737 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. 16 00:00:41,737 --> 00:00:43,478 There's a plaque over here. - Yeah, let's find the plaque. 17 00:00:43,565 --> 00:00:45,088 There we go. 18 00:00:45,088 --> 00:00:47,090 Oh, they got it here. 19 00:00:47,090 --> 00:00:48,309 Here's the beauty of this. 20 00:00:48,309 --> 00:00:50,267 So you look at this, and you think, 21 00:00:50,311 --> 00:00:51,964 "Wow, that's, like, a beautiful piece 22 00:00:51,964 --> 00:00:53,444 "of, like, steel or bronze. 23 00:00:53,488 --> 00:00:54,750 It's patina-ing." 24 00:00:54,793 --> 00:00:56,143 It's plastic. 25 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:57,753 Oh, no! It's fucking plastic. 26 00:00:57,753 --> 00:00:59,363 Yeah. Look, it bends. 27 00:00:59,450 --> 00:01:00,973 Let's steal it. 28 00:01:01,017 --> 00:01:02,975 I mean, you could rip this thing right out of the wall. 29 00:01:02,975 --> 00:01:05,717 Look at this fake-- Yeah. 30 00:01:05,761 --> 00:01:06,979 You fucking broke it. 31 00:01:07,023 --> 00:01:10,157 - Fucking... - Ah... 32 00:01:10,244 --> 00:01:12,420 At least you have a plaque. 33 00:01:12,463 --> 00:01:15,988 - This is Hollywood to a tee-- 34 00:01:15,988 --> 00:01:18,687 beautiful on the outside... Jesus! 35 00:01:18,730 --> 00:01:20,993 And just shit. Oh, my God! 36 00:01:20,993 --> 00:01:22,473 You just scratch at the surface-- 37 00:01:22,517 --> 00:01:24,954 I mean, how much does it cost to put a real-- 38 00:01:24,997 --> 00:01:26,782 I never felt it before. 39 00:01:26,782 --> 00:01:28,479 You're right. It's not even plastic--it's rubber. 40 00:01:28,523 --> 00:01:30,046 Yeah, it's rubber. 41 00:01:32,570 --> 00:01:34,703 No, we need a legacy to put that back on. 42 00:01:34,746 --> 00:01:37,009 You just scratch at the surface, and underneath it is-- 43 00:01:37,009 --> 00:01:38,620 I feel so much less special. 44 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:40,665 Thank you for that ice-cold bucket of humility. 45 00:01:40,709 --> 00:01:43,015 Yeah. 46 00:01:43,015 --> 00:01:46,149 Every day it's a-getting closer 47 00:01:46,193 --> 00:01:49,805 Going faster than a roller coaster 48 00:01:49,805 --> 00:01:54,766 Love like yours will surely come my way 49 00:01:54,810 --> 00:01:56,986 A-hey, a-hey, hey 50 00:01:57,029 --> 00:02:00,511 Every day it's a-getting faster 51 00:02:00,555 --> 00:02:04,211 Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her" 52 00:02:04,298 --> 00:02:08,824 Love like yours will surely come my way 53 00:02:08,824 --> 00:02:11,218 A-hey, a-hey, hey 54 00:02:11,305 --> 00:02:17,267 Love like yours will surely come my way 55 00:02:55,349 --> 00:02:57,264 It's magnolia. 56 00:03:27,642 --> 00:03:29,121 Well, Rob and Ryan 57 00:03:29,165 --> 00:03:30,862 have an awful lot on their plate. 58 00:03:30,906 --> 00:03:32,603 It's been a summer of upheaval, 59 00:03:32,647 --> 00:03:34,605 with half the playing staff released. 60 00:03:34,649 --> 00:03:37,304 The big question on Wrexham fans' minds, though, 61 00:03:37,391 --> 00:03:39,610 is whether the owners' star quality 62 00:03:39,654 --> 00:03:43,701 can attract a big name to replace Dean Keates. 63 00:03:43,745 --> 00:03:45,964 It's a shock Dean leaving, wasn't it? Or was it? 64 00:03:46,051 --> 00:03:47,836 Well, no, I don't think it was a shock. 65 00:03:47,836 --> 00:03:49,446 I think it was... 66 00:03:56,410 --> 00:03:59,848 But who are they gonna get in instead? 67 00:03:59,891 --> 00:04:01,502 Well... 68 00:04:03,417 --> 00:04:04,418 Yeah. 69 00:04:20,347 --> 00:04:23,915 So it's time to rebuild. 70 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:26,788 - Hey. - Yay. 71 00:04:26,875 --> 00:04:29,965 We desperately need that CEO in place to be able to deal 72 00:04:30,008 --> 00:04:31,314 with the day-to-day, you know, businesses 73 00:04:31,358 --> 00:04:33,316 of running the football club. 74 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,883 You know, they're gonna have to come 75 00:04:34,926 --> 00:04:36,667 with a special set of skills, 76 00:04:36,754 --> 00:04:38,887 and they need to rebuild a club in the National League, 77 00:04:38,974 --> 00:04:41,324 which isn't a skill set that a lot of people have got. 78 00:04:41,324 --> 00:04:43,544 Can we find a very capable CEO 79 00:04:43,587 --> 00:04:47,199 who can also maybe be a striker? 80 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:49,550 That would be a good cost-saving exercise 81 00:04:49,593 --> 00:04:50,986 if we could, you know-- 82 00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:53,336 Ryan, if you can find a 20-goal-a-season CEO, 83 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:54,772 that's the ideal. 84 00:04:54,772 --> 00:04:56,992 I feel like we fixed Wrexham, guys. 85 00:04:57,035 --> 00:04:59,647 So I'm gonna just jump off, and I'll see you guys later. 86 00:04:59,690 --> 00:05:01,953 - Okay. Good. - Mic drop. It was great. 87 00:05:01,997 --> 00:05:03,912 That was easy. 88 00:05:03,955 --> 00:05:05,827 So we thought it was gonna be a difficult search, 89 00:05:05,914 --> 00:05:08,786 but it actually turned out quite easy. 90 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:11,180 Fleur Robinson was a no-brainer. 91 00:05:11,223 --> 00:05:12,921 I'm Fleur Robinson, 92 00:05:13,008 --> 00:05:14,923 Commercial Director of Burton Albion Football Club. 93 00:05:14,966 --> 00:05:17,404 I've worked in football for over 26 years 94 00:05:17,491 --> 00:05:19,884 and, during that time, had many roles, 95 00:05:19,884 --> 00:05:22,670 but I haven't played in goal or mown the pitch. 96 00:05:22,713 --> 00:05:25,412 Fleur Robinson, CEO, she comes from Burton. 97 00:05:25,499 --> 00:05:28,110 She comes from a big football family. 98 00:05:28,153 --> 00:05:31,679 She's probably the smartest football CEO in the business. 99 00:05:31,722 --> 00:05:33,942 She's so smart that she asked not to be featured too much 100 00:05:33,985 --> 00:05:35,639 in the documentary. 101 00:05:35,683 --> 00:05:38,512 So I didn't know that that was an option. 102 00:05:42,254 --> 00:05:43,734 Well... Hello. 103 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:45,649 Hi. 104 00:05:45,736 --> 00:05:48,304 Here we are again-- really loving these Zooms. 105 00:05:48,391 --> 00:05:50,524 What we needed was a manager to come in 106 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:53,265 who had a track record of being successful 107 00:05:53,265 --> 00:05:55,659 because that in its own right 108 00:05:55,703 --> 00:05:58,749 must give you a better chance of success. 109 00:05:58,836 --> 00:06:01,099 In the process of trying to find us a new manager 110 00:06:01,186 --> 00:06:03,101 at the moment, we received... 111 00:06:03,188 --> 00:06:05,060 Did we say it was 100 applications? 112 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,714 Yeah, I think, last time I counted-- 113 00:06:06,757 --> 00:06:08,063 and to be really honest, I've stopped counting-- 114 00:06:08,106 --> 00:06:10,195 It was at 100. - Yeah. 115 00:06:10,239 --> 00:06:11,980 I support the boldest choice. 116 00:06:12,067 --> 00:06:15,070 I just support whatever is going to march this team 117 00:06:15,113 --> 00:06:17,115 proverbially down the field. 118 00:06:17,202 --> 00:06:20,075 Alongside all the applications we have-- 119 00:06:20,075 --> 00:06:23,078 and there were some good applicants in there-- 120 00:06:23,078 --> 00:06:26,777 but we recognized that if we could persuade Phil Parkinson 121 00:06:26,821 --> 00:06:29,737 to come to Wrexham Football Club, 122 00:06:29,780 --> 00:06:33,349 that would give us the best chance of success. 123 00:06:33,436 --> 00:06:35,786 Phil Parkinson can celebrate. 124 00:06:35,830 --> 00:06:38,876 The lowest-ranked former Premier League club 125 00:06:38,876 --> 00:06:40,748 begin to make their way 126 00:06:40,791 --> 00:06:42,880 back up the football league pyramid. 127 00:06:42,924 --> 00:06:45,361 Phil Parkinson, with championship experience-- 128 00:06:45,448 --> 00:06:48,320 he's improved teams year on year 129 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,019 and knows how to win games. 130 00:06:51,062 --> 00:06:54,239 Colchester United have been promoted 131 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:55,893 to the Championship 132 00:06:55,893 --> 00:06:59,810 for the first time in the club's history. 133 00:06:59,854 --> 00:07:02,683 He has a track record that is better 134 00:07:02,726 --> 00:07:05,729 than that of a National League manager. 135 00:07:08,863 --> 00:07:10,821 Most managers work their entire life 136 00:07:10,908 --> 00:07:12,736 hoping to achieve just one promotion, 137 00:07:12,823 --> 00:07:16,218 and Parkinson has done it three times. 138 00:07:16,218 --> 00:07:18,829 So, obviously, all of us were very keen on Phil Parkinson. 139 00:07:18,873 --> 00:07:20,744 We made what we felt was a very appropriate approach, 140 00:07:20,831 --> 00:07:23,660 and he said no. 141 00:07:25,967 --> 00:07:28,056 We're looking for someone that has gravitas 142 00:07:28,099 --> 00:07:31,929 and someone who's gonna be able to, like, inspire, lead, 143 00:07:31,973 --> 00:07:36,543 direct in all the ways that you want from a manager/head coach. 144 00:07:36,630 --> 00:07:38,980 You know, I talked about Phil Parkinson. 145 00:07:39,067 --> 00:07:40,721 you know, he's won back-to-back promotions. 146 00:07:40,764 --> 00:07:42,331 He's done it in multiple clubs. 147 00:07:42,374 --> 00:07:44,638 Like, he is a top, top coach. 148 00:07:44,681 --> 00:07:47,162 And we basically said, "What do you want? 149 00:07:47,162 --> 00:07:48,729 We'll give it to you." 150 00:07:48,772 --> 00:07:50,861 And he's just like, "Well, is it a real thing? 151 00:07:50,905 --> 00:07:52,646 "Is this gonna be 18 months, they're gonna get bored? 152 00:07:52,689 --> 00:07:53,777 "Like, what if they don't get promoted 153 00:07:53,864 --> 00:07:55,170 "at the end of the season, 154 00:07:55,213 --> 00:07:56,388 are they gonna just, like, disappear?" 155 00:07:56,432 --> 00:07:58,521 You know, he's-- - Taken a job yet? 156 00:07:58,521 --> 00:08:00,001 No, not yet. 157 00:08:00,088 --> 00:08:03,874 Can you put me in touch with... 158 00:08:03,918 --> 00:08:05,354 Phil Parkinson? 159 00:08:05,397 --> 00:08:07,095 - I can try. - Okay. 160 00:08:07,095 --> 00:08:09,358 I can try. 161 00:08:09,401 --> 00:08:10,794 I think it's worth a conversation. 162 00:08:10,881 --> 00:08:12,013 Mm-hmm. 163 00:08:17,148 --> 00:08:20,021 Phil. Hey. 164 00:08:20,108 --> 00:08:22,893 It's Rob McElhenney. 165 00:08:22,937 --> 00:08:24,460 How are you? 166 00:08:26,418 --> 00:08:28,986 Thank you for taking the time to talk to me. 167 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:32,903 Currently, I am in prep for another season of "Sunny." 168 00:08:32,990 --> 00:08:37,038 So we're in the writing process right now. 169 00:08:37,081 --> 00:08:39,040 It was a tough sell insofar as we were asking him 170 00:08:39,127 --> 00:08:41,303 to drop down two or three leagues, 171 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:43,610 and some people could look at that as steps backwards. 172 00:08:43,697 --> 00:08:46,438 But I just kind of laid out for him 173 00:08:46,482 --> 00:08:50,094 what our vision for the club is 174 00:08:50,094 --> 00:08:53,184 and why we thought that the town deserved it. 175 00:08:53,228 --> 00:08:56,405 And we hoped that he was gonna see the potential in that. 176 00:08:56,448 --> 00:08:58,712 Boy, Rob just kind of went after him 177 00:08:58,755 --> 00:09:00,409 like a dog with a bone. 178 00:09:00,452 --> 00:09:02,585 I think something about Rob that a lot of people don't know 179 00:09:02,629 --> 00:09:05,240 is that Rob will not get off the phone 180 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,807 until he gets what he wants. 181 00:09:06,850 --> 00:09:08,896 I remember he called me when I was 16, 182 00:09:08,939 --> 00:09:10,811 and when I got off the phone, I was in my mid-40s 183 00:09:10,854 --> 00:09:13,465 and owned a Welsh football club. 184 00:09:13,509 --> 00:09:16,643 So, you know, do not underestimate Rob-- 185 00:09:16,730 --> 00:09:19,515 I want to say McElhenney is the name. 186 00:09:21,038 --> 00:09:23,824 Yes. Well, it was great talking to you, too. 187 00:09:23,867 --> 00:09:25,477 Okay. 188 00:09:25,477 --> 00:09:27,610 Okay, great. Thank you. 189 00:09:27,654 --> 00:09:28,524 Bye. 190 00:09:30,874 --> 00:09:33,485 Well, we talked for about an hour and a half. 191 00:09:37,011 --> 00:09:39,230 I think I sounded like an asshole. 192 00:09:42,494 --> 00:09:44,627 I don't know. I really have no idea. 193 00:09:44,627 --> 00:09:46,063 Love like yours 194 00:09:46,107 --> 00:09:48,979 will surely come my way 195 00:09:49,023 --> 00:09:50,590 I definitely sounded like an asshole. 196 00:09:57,422 --> 00:09:59,033 Football is for a lot not just about the football. 197 00:09:59,076 --> 00:10:01,296 It's about meeting in the pub at 11:00, 12:00 198 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:02,863 on the day of the game. 199 00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:04,995 It's not just pouring a pint and having a chat. 200 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:07,084 It's everything, you know-- a counselor. 201 00:10:07,128 --> 00:10:09,086 You know, people need an arm round their shoulder. 202 00:10:09,130 --> 00:10:10,566 People want to confide in you. 203 00:10:14,048 --> 00:10:14,701 Yeah. 204 00:10:16,354 --> 00:10:19,053 Ah! 205 00:10:19,096 --> 00:10:20,228 Oh, yeah. 206 00:10:25,102 --> 00:10:26,016 No. 207 00:10:29,324 --> 00:10:32,327 Fucking hell. 208 00:10:32,327 --> 00:10:34,546 - Look at that. 209 00:10:34,546 --> 00:10:35,896 No, leave it there. 210 00:11:03,358 --> 00:11:05,577 It's the kits that's different. 211 00:11:05,621 --> 00:11:07,623 But the goalkeeper's kit looks like-- 212 00:11:25,206 --> 00:11:26,294 Yeah, man, 1-0. 213 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:27,643 Go on. 214 00:11:39,350 --> 00:11:41,091 Go on. What is it? - Six. 215 00:11:41,135 --> 00:11:43,398 Oh, the island again. Go on, kid. 216 00:11:43,398 --> 00:11:45,879 Lenny's storming this. 217 00:11:53,321 --> 00:11:55,410 Come on. Bedtime. 218 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:57,629 Come on, kiddo. Come on, Charl. 219 00:11:57,673 --> 00:11:59,893 Hup, two, hup, two, hup, two. 220 00:12:11,078 --> 00:12:12,427 It's a beautiful day 221 00:12:12,427 --> 00:12:14,037 here in Wrexham, 222 00:12:14,081 --> 00:12:15,473 but that's not what's on our minds. 223 00:12:15,517 --> 00:12:18,650 Preseason training begins in just a few days' time. 224 00:12:18,650 --> 00:12:21,436 Are we gonna see a new manager unveiled by then? 225 00:12:21,436 --> 00:12:24,744 Will the restructuring of the squad have begun? 226 00:12:33,361 --> 00:12:36,668 Emmett. 227 00:12:36,668 --> 00:12:38,496 Phil Parkinson--confirmed. 228 00:12:38,583 --> 00:12:40,716 Yay. Phil Parkinson. 229 00:12:40,803 --> 00:12:42,587 We've hit the jackpot, haven't we? Let's be fair. 230 00:12:42,631 --> 00:12:44,111 Just brilliant, innit? 231 00:12:44,111 --> 00:12:45,025 I mean, it's absolutely brilliant, innit? 232 00:12:45,025 --> 00:12:47,027 Phil Parkinson. 233 00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:49,159 New manager. What do you think? 234 00:12:49,203 --> 00:12:52,815 Yeah, very exciting. Very exciting. 235 00:13:07,612 --> 00:13:09,440 He knows, yeah. PERSON 2: Yeah. 236 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:19,363 Wrexham here having 237 00:13:19,407 --> 00:13:22,540 to throw everything at this, as Jarvis takes it on. 238 00:13:22,627 --> 00:13:24,499 That's a great pass as well. 239 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:26,893 And they kick the ball over towards Ponticelli. 240 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:29,069 And they've got the equalizer. 241 00:13:29,069 --> 00:13:30,722 Growing up, I can remember 242 00:13:30,722 --> 00:13:32,724 going to watch games with my dad 243 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:34,552 and my brother and friends. 244 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:38,513 My mum and dad actually were Preston North End fans, 245 00:13:38,556 --> 00:13:39,906 which that's over in Lancashire, 246 00:13:39,993 --> 00:13:41,733 and they were season-ticket holders 247 00:13:41,777 --> 00:13:43,561 at Preston when they grew up, 248 00:13:43,648 --> 00:13:46,129 and, you know, so it's always been in my family. 249 00:13:46,216 --> 00:13:49,567 And I always had a desire to be a footballer. 250 00:13:49,654 --> 00:13:51,308 Primed and ready... 251 00:13:51,352 --> 00:13:53,310 When Rob and Ryan took over the club, 252 00:13:53,310 --> 00:13:56,400 it was big news in the football world. 253 00:13:56,444 --> 00:13:58,533 Position could not have been better. 254 00:13:58,576 --> 00:14:01,536 When I came in and obviously looked at the squad 255 00:14:01,536 --> 00:14:03,799 and the infrastructure, 256 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:05,714 there's a lot of work to be done 257 00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:08,499 to make us serious contenders. 258 00:14:08,543 --> 00:14:11,676 The people of Wrexham I just think have been amazing 259 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,071 in terms of the welcoming they've given me and Steve. 260 00:14:20,685 --> 00:14:22,774 Good, lads, good! Better! 261 00:14:22,774 --> 00:14:25,212 Each day in training, 262 00:14:25,212 --> 00:14:27,257 I just want us to keep concentrating on the process. 263 00:14:27,301 --> 00:14:28,606 Expectations have risen. 264 00:14:28,693 --> 00:14:29,825 Go on, then. 265 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:32,045 And the ultimate goal is promotion. 266 00:14:32,088 --> 00:14:34,177 Go on! Go on! 267 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:35,483 We're gonna work tirelessly 268 00:14:35,526 --> 00:14:37,267 to try and achieve that. 269 00:14:37,311 --> 00:14:40,270 But we're trying hard to keep the focus. 270 00:14:40,314 --> 00:14:42,794 Really important that we get the detail right. 271 00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:44,187 Guys, two lines! 272 00:14:44,274 --> 00:14:46,146 Managers and players at this football club 273 00:14:46,189 --> 00:14:47,582 are under more pressure. 274 00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:48,975 And they're under more pressure 275 00:14:49,062 --> 00:14:51,542 because the expectation level is higher. 276 00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:56,504 We all understand the expectation of the club. 277 00:14:56,547 --> 00:14:59,899 Greens go to this end, two ten-minute games. 278 00:14:59,942 --> 00:15:01,552 This needs to be a proper game. 279 00:15:01,596 --> 00:15:02,771 Play. Away we go. 280 00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:04,294 We've got to try and get something 281 00:15:04,338 --> 00:15:06,209 out of a couple of these players 282 00:15:06,296 --> 00:15:08,516 who haven't figured a great deal in the past, 283 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:11,432 the last season. 284 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:14,261 And we've got to find the key to unlocking their talent. 285 00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:16,219 Last minute, Greens! You got to get a goal! 286 00:15:16,263 --> 00:15:18,178 The atmosphere has been electric 287 00:15:18,221 --> 00:15:19,744 inside the ground, 288 00:15:19,788 --> 00:15:24,314 and I think just the positivity and the vibrancy-- 289 00:15:24,401 --> 00:15:26,577 what Rob and Ryan have brought to the area, you can feel it. 290 00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:32,627 The start of the season's nearly here. 291 00:15:32,627 --> 00:15:35,325 The ground staff are working extra hard 292 00:15:35,412 --> 00:15:37,327 to make sure the Racecourse looks its best 293 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,895 for the first home game against Notts County. 294 00:15:42,550 --> 00:15:45,031 I don't use social media as well as my partner does. 295 00:15:45,118 --> 00:15:47,424 But I will say that... 296 00:15:47,468 --> 00:15:49,644 As I'm navigating through Twitter, 297 00:15:49,687 --> 00:15:53,343 a lot of the people are asking us to sign 298 00:15:53,387 --> 00:15:55,563 a man named Paul Mullin. 299 00:15:58,653 --> 00:15:59,871 Here's Paul Mullin. 300 00:15:59,871 --> 00:16:02,004 Oh. Brilliant! 301 00:16:02,048 --> 00:16:04,311 He can't stop scoring! 302 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:06,791 Mullin again! 303 00:16:06,835 --> 00:16:08,358 He can score left foot, right foot. 304 00:16:08,402 --> 00:16:10,056 He can score at strange angles. 305 00:16:10,143 --> 00:16:12,319 He can head the ball in. 306 00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:13,929 Last year he scored 32 goals for Cambridge. 307 00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:15,887 He was the top scorer in Division Two, 308 00:16:15,931 --> 00:16:17,715 which is a division above this. 309 00:16:17,802 --> 00:16:19,804 Yeah, I, too, get tagged 310 00:16:19,848 --> 00:16:22,024 in a lot of Paul Mullin-related tweets. 311 00:16:22,024 --> 00:16:23,808 You know, he's Cambridge United's 312 00:16:23,852 --> 00:16:24,896 top scorer last season. 313 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:27,464 He's a top scorer in League Two. 314 00:16:27,508 --> 00:16:29,901 Whether or not he'd be interested in coming to us, 315 00:16:29,901 --> 00:16:31,903 that's something that remains to be seen. 316 00:16:31,903 --> 00:16:33,905 There needs to be a little bit 317 00:16:33,905 --> 00:16:36,082 of expectation management. 318 00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:38,954 The top goal scorer in League Two 319 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:41,043 should be going to the Championship 320 00:16:41,087 --> 00:16:43,350 or the top end of League One. 321 00:16:43,393 --> 00:16:46,266 Yeah, he finished last season with 34 goals 322 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:48,094 in all competition at Cambridge United, 323 00:16:48,181 --> 00:16:49,530 won promotional league. 324 00:16:49,617 --> 00:16:51,967 Wait, he finished with 34 goals? 325 00:16:52,054 --> 00:16:53,447 Yeah, in all competitions. 326 00:16:53,490 --> 00:16:54,709 Yeah. 34. 327 00:16:54,752 --> 00:16:57,712 What the fuck? Wow. 328 00:16:57,712 --> 00:17:01,281 Just be careful in how you set this up 329 00:17:01,324 --> 00:17:04,501 because Paul Mullin should be unachievable 330 00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:05,763 for Wrexham Football Club. 331 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,417 That might be a little bit impossible. 332 00:17:07,461 --> 00:17:09,289 It's certainly going to be... 333 00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:10,768 - Expensive. - Very, very, very difficult. 334 00:17:10,855 --> 00:17:12,292 It'll take some persuading, 335 00:17:12,292 --> 00:17:13,989 even if you throw everything at him. 336 00:17:14,076 --> 00:17:15,730 And if we do throw everything at him, 337 00:17:15,730 --> 00:17:17,079 the budgets that we've set 338 00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:19,081 will completely out of the window. 339 00:17:19,081 --> 00:17:20,300 Yeah. 340 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:22,432 That's what I was hoping to hear. 341 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:33,748 Here you go. There's your scarf. Ready? 342 00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:35,837 My name's Kerry Evans, 343 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,666 and I'm a full-time volunteer at Wrexham Football Club. 344 00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:45,760 I got contacted by Spencer Harris from the WST 345 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,764 to say, "Is it okay to give Rob or Ryan your phone number 346 00:17:49,764 --> 00:17:50,939 to give you a ring?" 347 00:17:50,982 --> 00:17:52,462 I was like, "Sorry?" 348 00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:57,989 Oh, I hope this rain stops. 349 00:17:57,989 --> 00:18:00,992 We thought it was important to hire somebody 350 00:18:00,992 --> 00:18:03,343 who is gonna create accountability 351 00:18:03,386 --> 00:18:06,998 in terms of the stadium being accessible. 352 00:18:07,042 --> 00:18:10,176 She exemplifies the spirit of that town. 353 00:18:10,263 --> 00:18:12,395 So many people that worked at the club 354 00:18:12,482 --> 00:18:14,005 were actually volunteers, 355 00:18:14,005 --> 00:18:15,572 and Kerry was one of those people. 356 00:18:15,572 --> 00:18:17,400 So she was doing the exact job 357 00:18:17,487 --> 00:18:19,794 that we hired her to do already 358 00:18:19,837 --> 00:18:23,363 and had been for many years and was doing it for free. 359 00:18:23,406 --> 00:18:25,626 I say to everybody, I'm a full-time volunteer 360 00:18:25,713 --> 00:18:28,019 because I do a full-time job. 361 00:18:28,063 --> 00:18:30,587 I work every day of the week, and I'm always at the matches. 362 00:18:30,587 --> 00:18:32,720 Hi, Chal. 363 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,635 Yeah, you? 364 00:18:34,722 --> 00:18:37,203 I had a meeting with Humphrey and Fleur. 365 00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:39,814 They did offer me paid employment. 366 00:18:39,814 --> 00:18:41,729 Okay. You all right? Lovely to see you. 367 00:18:41,729 --> 00:18:43,513 See you later. 368 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,428 We've obviously been on the benefit system 369 00:18:45,515 --> 00:18:48,039 because of our situation for many, many years, 370 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:50,825 and it was very scary to think, 371 00:18:50,868 --> 00:18:53,219 "Am I capable of doing 372 00:18:53,306 --> 00:18:56,047 the transition of doing paid work?" 373 00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:58,441 I found that quite... 374 00:18:58,528 --> 00:19:01,531 sort of a heavy decision on my shoulders. 375 00:19:01,575 --> 00:19:04,665 It scares me. It scares me, the commitment of it. 376 00:19:07,624 --> 00:19:12,455 I really struggled with, could I cope with my health? 377 00:19:12,499 --> 00:19:15,328 And my family all said to me, "You're doing it. 378 00:19:15,371 --> 00:19:17,547 "You know, it's not a case of can you do it. 379 00:19:17,591 --> 00:19:19,549 You're doing it already." 380 00:19:19,636 --> 00:19:21,638 I can do one for a couple of games at a time. 381 00:19:21,682 --> 00:19:23,162 And then just when you want to go back, let me know. 382 00:19:23,205 --> 00:19:25,816 It will be a very proud moment 383 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:28,515 to go back into full-time employment, 384 00:19:28,515 --> 00:19:31,387 something that I never, ever dreamed would be possible. 385 00:19:34,956 --> 00:19:36,131 Would you like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? 386 00:19:36,218 --> 00:19:38,089 Yes. Hell, yeah. 387 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:41,571 Where are we with Paul Mullin? 388 00:19:41,615 --> 00:19:44,618 Well, I mean, Phil's made contact with him. 389 00:19:44,661 --> 00:19:46,837 And Shaun has, rather more importantly, 390 00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:48,361 made contact with his agent. 391 00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:49,666 Somewhat unsurprisingly, 392 00:19:49,710 --> 00:19:53,714 the agent has been agenting pretty hard. 393 00:19:53,757 --> 00:19:57,065 It just comes down to the age-old question of, 394 00:19:57,108 --> 00:20:00,590 do we want to pay as much as they want us to pay them? 395 00:20:00,677 --> 00:20:02,940 But he wants to move closer to his family, right? 396 00:20:03,027 --> 00:20:04,377 Right. And truth be told, 397 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:06,770 that's the only reason we've got a shot. 398 00:20:06,770 --> 00:20:09,251 We'll have to pay a premium to get him to drop divisions. 399 00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:11,732 Okay. Do you think he's worth it? 400 00:20:11,775 --> 00:20:15,823 If I were you and I owned the football team... 401 00:20:15,823 --> 00:20:18,608 yes, I'd buy him. 402 00:20:18,652 --> 00:20:21,132 - Wow. - Yeah. Because-- 403 00:20:21,176 --> 00:20:22,830 You said that with conviction. 404 00:20:22,873 --> 00:20:24,440 Yeah. 405 00:20:24,484 --> 00:20:26,964 I believe I heard you say, 406 00:20:27,051 --> 00:20:29,532 you would put your job on the line, right? 407 00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:31,882 Didn't he say that? - At no point did I say that. 408 00:20:31,926 --> 00:20:33,754 I said I'd spend-- Here's what I'm saying-- 409 00:20:33,841 --> 00:20:35,843 I'd happily spend your money on Paul Mullin. 410 00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:37,845 I mean, I got to talk to Ryan again, 411 00:20:37,888 --> 00:20:40,543 but I think he'll go for it 412 00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:42,328 knowing that you were willing to sign the contract 413 00:20:42,415 --> 00:20:44,547 that stated... - That I'd get fired-- 414 00:20:44,591 --> 00:20:45,722 That you get fired if Paul doesn't-- 415 00:20:45,766 --> 00:20:47,463 Yeah. - He might not be worth it. 416 00:20:47,507 --> 00:20:48,725 He can be worth it. 417 00:20:48,725 --> 00:20:49,857 Okay. 418 00:20:54,644 --> 00:20:57,212 Ready? Go. Go on. 419 00:21:09,877 --> 00:21:11,487 Cool, innit? 420 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,232 Don't think you get many better views than this, do you? 421 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,683 Can we help you over? 422 00:22:34,831 --> 00:22:35,832 The pandemic's 423 00:22:35,832 --> 00:22:37,747 kept the fans for 18 months. 424 00:22:37,791 --> 00:22:40,054 But now, still full of excitement 425 00:22:40,097 --> 00:22:41,708 after Paul Mullin arrived, 426 00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:45,581 it's time for a party as they return home to the Racecourse. 427 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:47,888 Football's more than a game. 428 00:22:47,975 --> 00:22:50,020 I think the famous Bill Shankly once said that, 429 00:22:50,064 --> 00:22:51,892 "It's not life and death--it's more important than that." 430 00:22:51,979 --> 00:22:53,284 I'm a huge football fan. 431 00:22:53,328 --> 00:22:55,896 So, to myself and to the people of this town, 432 00:22:55,983 --> 00:22:59,203 it's incredibly important, especially the club next door. 433 00:22:59,247 --> 00:23:01,771 Fourteenth season in this non-league. 434 00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:03,773 Isn't that the longest anybody's been down? 435 00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:05,427 - Probably. Probably. - I think so. 436 00:23:05,427 --> 00:23:07,908 We've got to get up this time. 437 00:23:07,995 --> 00:23:09,736 And we've got to get out. 438 00:23:09,779 --> 00:23:12,695 This town, like no other town around, deserves a break. 439 00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:14,654 Economically and from a football aspect, 440 00:23:14,654 --> 00:23:15,872 we need a break. 441 00:23:15,872 --> 00:23:17,613 Are we gonna win today, Arthur? 442 00:23:28,058 --> 00:23:29,495 There's no doubt 443 00:23:29,582 --> 00:23:31,322 who the headline signing is. 444 00:23:31,322 --> 00:23:33,673 Everyone's paying attention to Wrexham now, 445 00:23:33,673 --> 00:23:35,326 'cause Paul Mullin's here. 446 00:23:35,326 --> 00:23:37,764 But thanks to new manager Phil Parkinson, 447 00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:40,331 Wrexham fans will be seeing a lot of fresh faces 448 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:41,463 out on the pitch today. 449 00:23:41,463 --> 00:23:43,117 Everyone is keen to see 450 00:23:43,117 --> 00:23:45,815 what this freshly rebuilt squad is capable of. 451 00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:47,687 The buzz that's going round Wrexham at the minute 452 00:23:47,687 --> 00:23:49,123 is absolutely fantastic. 453 00:23:49,123 --> 00:23:50,603 So hopefully that can spur them on, 454 00:23:50,690 --> 00:23:53,910 especially with the crowd back in the Racecourse today-- 455 00:23:53,910 --> 00:23:56,957 might make for a good atmosphere. 456 00:23:57,044 --> 00:23:58,175 He's got to win it, doesn't he? 457 00:23:58,262 --> 00:24:00,134 So important. 458 00:24:00,134 --> 00:24:01,875 New manager, all the changes in the stadium... 459 00:24:01,918 --> 00:24:03,746 new players... 460 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:07,054 you know, he's got to win it. - Mm. 461 00:24:07,141 --> 00:24:10,057 Please, please, please win the first match, you know, 462 00:24:10,144 --> 00:24:12,538 and then we're off to a good start, then, aren't we? 463 00:24:12,625 --> 00:24:14,540 Oh, please. 464 00:24:20,067 --> 00:24:23,549 Fire in your fucking bellies and ice in your veins. 465 00:24:23,636 --> 00:24:25,551 So we're playing with passion, 466 00:24:25,638 --> 00:24:26,943 but we want to see that class as well. 467 00:24:26,987 --> 00:24:28,945 Let's get both of those two right tonight, 468 00:24:28,945 --> 00:24:30,381 and we'll have a great night. 469 00:24:30,381 --> 00:24:33,646 Come on, boys. Come on, boys. 470 00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:35,996 The noise is terrific here 471 00:24:36,083 --> 00:24:38,041 at the Racecourse. 472 00:24:38,085 --> 00:24:40,957 Two stands open, and they're packed full of people 473 00:24:40,957 --> 00:24:43,525 who want to hear and to be heard. 474 00:24:49,183 --> 00:24:51,707 As Mullin's about to get the game under way.