1 00:00:11,968 --> 00:00:14,275 Good morning, Wrexham, and happy Sunday. 2 00:00:14,318 --> 00:00:16,146 Rob and Ryan have left town. 3 00:00:16,190 --> 00:00:17,756 It feels much quieter now, doesn't it? 4 00:00:17,843 --> 00:00:19,062 BROADCASTER 2: Very much so. 5 00:00:19,106 --> 00:00:20,933 It's been a rather remarkable week 6 00:00:20,977 --> 00:00:23,284 with Rob and Ryan in town, but there was a sour note. 7 00:00:23,327 --> 00:00:24,937 Not only did the team struggle on the pitch, 8 00:00:24,981 --> 00:00:26,200 but the Torquay match ended 9 00:00:26,243 --> 00:00:27,679 on a desperately despondent note 10 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:28,985 due to several acts of 11 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,639 violence from our supporters. 12 00:00:30,682 --> 00:00:32,206 BROADCASTER 1: We just don't want to see this. 13 00:00:32,293 --> 00:00:34,077 This club is getting more and more high profile. 14 00:00:34,121 --> 00:00:36,079 We've got strong family values. 15 00:00:36,123 --> 00:00:38,864 We can't have this being ruined by mindless idiots. 16 00:00:38,908 --> 00:00:40,301 Well, there was a couple of incidents 17 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:41,563 that have happened at the railway station. 18 00:00:41,606 --> 00:00:43,521 One gentleman, 19 00:00:43,565 --> 00:00:46,176 who is actually a Wrexham fan, stood on the platform. 20 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:50,441 Witnesses observed a group of other Wrexham fans 21 00:00:50,485 --> 00:00:52,530 approaching the railway station. 22 00:00:52,574 --> 00:00:55,577 They engaged in some verbals with him. 23 00:00:55,664 --> 00:00:58,232 They were shouting things over to him. 24 00:00:58,275 --> 00:01:00,103 They then come over this bridge. 25 00:01:00,147 --> 00:01:01,670 On this side of the platform 26 00:01:01,713 --> 00:01:04,760 is where this all was taking place. 27 00:02:17,659 --> 00:02:20,401 And then out of the 20, 28 00:02:20,444 --> 00:02:24,709 five, six, maybe seven, were throwing punches towards me. 29 00:02:43,554 --> 00:02:45,252 [singing] Every day, it's a-getting closer 30 00:02:45,339 --> 00:02:48,864 Going faster than a roller coaster 31 00:02:48,907 --> 00:02:53,129 Love like yours will surely come my way 32 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:56,132 A-hey, a-hey-hey 33 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:59,875 Every day, it's a-getting faster 34 00:02:59,918 --> 00:03:03,444 Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her" 35 00:03:03,487 --> 00:03:07,665 Love like yours will surely come my way 36 00:03:07,709 --> 00:03:10,364 A-hey, a-hey-hey 37 00:03:10,407 --> 00:03:16,631 Love like yours will surely come my way 38 00:03:22,854 --> 00:03:25,596 This is what you become a football fan for-- 39 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,119 these sort of occasions. 40 00:03:27,163 --> 00:03:30,253 Your club getting the opportunity to perform 41 00:03:30,297 --> 00:03:31,907 when the stakes are high. 42 00:03:31,950 --> 00:03:33,909 It's nerve-racking, but it's exciting. 43 00:03:37,608 --> 00:03:38,957 The teams have come out. 44 00:03:39,044 --> 00:03:41,264 You can hear the noise. It's a fantastic crowd. 45 00:03:50,665 --> 00:03:53,755 You'll have what people call "the happy clappers." 46 00:03:53,798 --> 00:03:55,713 - Oh! - God! 47 00:03:55,757 --> 00:03:58,194 When things are going really, really wrong, 48 00:03:58,238 --> 00:03:59,456 we'll still clap. 49 00:04:06,985 --> 00:04:08,335 And it's like, just fuck off. 50 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:12,339 You have moaning supporters like me. 51 00:04:16,865 --> 00:04:18,736 The amount of times I've turned around 52 00:04:18,780 --> 00:04:20,303 to say "will you shut your mouth" 53 00:04:20,347 --> 00:04:21,739 'cause I just can't bear it. 54 00:04:21,783 --> 00:04:23,741 Let's go, Wrexham! 55 00:04:23,785 --> 00:04:25,917 You get incredibly passionate lads. 56 00:04:33,098 --> 00:04:34,230 You're probably right. 57 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,145 You want it all? 58 00:04:37,451 --> 00:04:39,453 Then fight for it 59 00:04:53,815 --> 00:04:56,731 And every club has hooligans. 60 00:05:11,398 --> 00:05:13,530 - Fuck off! 61 00:05:26,761 --> 00:05:29,154 So obviously, we had heard of hooliganism, 62 00:05:29,198 --> 00:05:31,722 or hooligans, over the years, 63 00:05:31,809 --> 00:05:34,421 but we didn't really quite understand what they were 64 00:05:34,508 --> 00:05:37,946 or really what that meant until now. 65 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:46,868 The word "hooligan" popped up in the 1890s 66 00:05:46,868 --> 00:05:49,740 in London, two references to the name. 67 00:05:49,827 --> 00:05:53,962 One was in a serial comics publication called "Nuggets" 68 00:05:54,005 --> 00:05:56,312 that depicted an Irish family living in London 69 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,836 by the name Hooligans. 70 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,883 The other was in the London newspapers in 1894, 71 00:06:01,970 --> 00:06:06,061 referring to a street gang, the Hooligan Boys, 72 00:06:06,104 --> 00:06:08,890 that was committing violent crimes in South London, 73 00:06:08,977 --> 00:06:12,720 including one member committing murder in 1898. 74 00:06:12,763 --> 00:06:14,112 It's believed they named themselves 75 00:06:14,112 --> 00:06:15,984 after Patrick Hoolihan, 76 00:06:15,984 --> 00:06:19,248 an Irish criminal who murdered a police officer. 77 00:06:23,687 --> 00:06:25,863 While hooliganism is global, 78 00:06:25,907 --> 00:06:29,084 it has often been called the English disease. 79 00:06:29,127 --> 00:06:30,694 Every club has unsanctioned groups 80 00:06:30,781 --> 00:06:33,393 of hooligan supporters referred to as firms. 81 00:06:35,786 --> 00:06:38,876 Firms act as unofficial club enforcers. 82 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,704 They shout at, pick fights, 83 00:06:40,704 --> 00:06:44,229 and chase down opposing club supporters. 84 00:06:44,273 --> 00:06:45,927 They've been known to use things like rocks, 85 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:48,146 bricks, concrete slabs, 86 00:06:48,146 --> 00:06:49,887 iron bars, and bottles, 87 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:52,934 as well as knives, flare guns, 88 00:06:52,934 --> 00:06:55,545 and petrol bottles. 89 00:06:55,589 --> 00:06:57,895 Because of heavy gun regulation in the UK, 90 00:06:57,939 --> 00:07:01,725 luckily, there are very few firearms. 91 00:07:01,725 --> 00:07:04,162 But that doesn't mean it's not brutal 92 00:07:04,162 --> 00:07:05,599 and sometimes deadly. 93 00:07:09,951 --> 00:07:12,344 While hooliganism has been ever-present, 94 00:07:12,388 --> 00:07:15,565 it rose to popularity in the '70s and '80s. 95 00:07:15,609 --> 00:07:18,263 The British economy was reeling as it divested itself 96 00:07:18,307 --> 00:07:22,180 of its empire and felt a crunch of global recession. 97 00:07:22,180 --> 00:07:24,182 Heavy industry and blue-collar jobs 98 00:07:24,182 --> 00:07:25,314 were going overseas. 99 00:07:25,314 --> 00:07:26,620 In Wrexham, 100 00:07:26,663 --> 00:07:30,058 coal, steel, and breweries went away. 101 00:07:30,101 --> 00:07:33,888 Young, bored, disaffected men turned to violence. 102 00:07:38,283 --> 00:07:40,851 ...was what one might describe as a lower working class 103 00:07:40,895 --> 00:07:43,201 council estate. 104 00:07:43,288 --> 00:07:46,335 These seem to be communities categorized by... 105 00:08:53,054 --> 00:08:54,490 Jesus Christ. 106 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,408 Not the sturdiest that I've been on for this. 107 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:14,075 He's all right, yeah. 108 00:09:14,075 --> 00:09:16,294 Yeah, he's a good lad. 109 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:17,208 You can be honest. 110 00:09:18,645 --> 00:09:19,646 Are you sure? 111 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:16,572 I grew up in Brymbo in Wrexham. 112 00:10:16,659 --> 00:10:20,532 It's a little village, about ten minutes from town, 113 00:10:20,576 --> 00:10:22,230 up in the hills really. 114 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:25,146 I grew up there with my mum, dad, and my sister. 115 00:10:25,233 --> 00:10:27,322 It was nice, 'cause it was quite quiet up there. 116 00:10:27,365 --> 00:10:30,325 There was never any trouble or anything like that. 117 00:10:30,368 --> 00:10:31,718 I used to have friends across the road 118 00:10:31,718 --> 00:10:33,807 that we used to play outside. 119 00:10:33,807 --> 00:10:36,331 There was a field down the road where we used to play football. 120 00:10:36,374 --> 00:10:38,812 I was a bit of a tomboy back in my day. 121 00:10:38,899 --> 00:10:41,031 But then I turned into a teenager, 122 00:10:41,075 --> 00:10:44,339 and I went the girly way, I suppose. 123 00:10:44,382 --> 00:10:47,168 My dad's in a band called James, and he's the drummer. 124 00:10:47,168 --> 00:10:50,562 They were pretty popular in America in the '90s, 125 00:10:50,606 --> 00:10:53,827 so when I was younger, he used to take me on tour, 126 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:56,743 and festivals, to recording studios, and stuff. 127 00:10:56,830 --> 00:10:58,788 I wanted to be a tour manager, 128 00:10:58,832 --> 00:11:01,356 I think, 'cause I loved being on tour. 129 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:03,619 I just wanted to do it forever, and I knew obviously, 130 00:11:03,706 --> 00:11:06,491 eventually, Dad won't be touring anymore, 131 00:11:06,535 --> 00:11:07,884 so I just didn't want it to end. 132 00:11:15,762 --> 00:11:18,982 detective constable fast-track. 133 00:11:18,982 --> 00:11:20,854 So you just got fast-tracked to detective. 134 00:11:20,854 --> 00:11:24,596 You didn't have to be-- not a police officer first. 135 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,250 So I thought I would give it a go. 136 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:28,296 Didn't think I'd ever have a chance at getting it. 137 00:11:28,339 --> 00:11:29,732 I just thought I'd put my name down. 138 00:11:29,776 --> 00:11:31,386 And I got the job. 139 00:11:31,429 --> 00:11:32,909 I couldn't wait. I was so excited. 140 00:11:44,921 --> 00:11:46,444 Like, I'd watch England on the sofa 141 00:11:46,488 --> 00:11:48,098 or Wales on the sofa 142 00:11:48,142 --> 00:11:50,535 and put it on every three or four years, 143 00:11:50,579 --> 00:11:52,842 but I wouldn't travel on a Tuesday night 144 00:11:52,886 --> 00:11:54,104 to do it in the freezing cold. 145 00:11:56,106 --> 00:11:58,195 I'm just not that excited about the club. 146 00:12:01,808 --> 00:12:04,636 I'm dating a Wrexham supporter. 147 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:08,031 He's crazy about Wrexham, but I just don't understand 148 00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:11,208 how he's so crazy about a football club. 149 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:11,660 The police were there, and they were blocking the fans 150 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:14,184 from getting to the away fans. 151 00:13:14,184 --> 00:13:15,969 I was sitting my car waiting for the police to pass 152 00:13:16,056 --> 00:13:18,841 'cause we couldn't leave the car park until they'd gone. 153 00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:22,105 And next thing, I just see Jonny running down the road, 154 00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:25,892 and I just thought, what an idiot. 155 00:13:32,550 --> 00:13:33,551 But you're banned. 156 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:50,786 Why? 157 00:14:04,582 --> 00:14:05,932 So you're gonna keep buying the season ticket 158 00:14:05,932 --> 00:14:07,716 on the off-chance they're gonna go up? 159 00:14:07,716 --> 00:14:08,804 Yeah. 160 00:14:20,381 --> 00:14:22,470 FAN 1: Come on! FAN 2: Idiot. 161 00:14:42,490 --> 00:14:44,622 Swung in right for the great wall. 162 00:14:44,709 --> 00:14:45,536 And it's 1-all. 163 00:14:45,623 --> 00:14:48,148 Fucking hell! 164 00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:52,413 Hooliganism has been responsible 165 00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:54,719 for some very dark moments in football. 166 00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:58,158 One of them involved two of the oldest firms in the world, 167 00:14:58,201 --> 00:15:01,248 Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers. 168 00:15:01,291 --> 00:15:03,859 Their rivalry is based on religious sectarianism 169 00:15:03,946 --> 00:15:05,426 and interregional divide. 170 00:15:05,513 --> 00:15:09,038 Their stadiums are only seven miles from each other. 171 00:15:09,082 --> 00:15:11,649 The Celtic supports are primarily Scottish Catholics, 172 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:15,436 and the Ranger supporters are Scottish Protestant. 173 00:15:18,004 --> 00:15:20,310 This religious and interregional divide 174 00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:24,053 was the catalyst for the 1980 Scottish Cup Finals riot 175 00:15:24,097 --> 00:15:25,881 that was seen by millions on TV 176 00:15:25,881 --> 00:15:28,623 and triggered the ban of alcohol at Scottish games 177 00:15:28,666 --> 00:15:29,580 moving forward. 178 00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:33,845 Another historically tragic incident 179 00:15:33,889 --> 00:15:35,891 was on May 29, 1985, 180 00:15:35,978 --> 00:15:39,112 when Liverpool met the Italian football club, Juventus, 181 00:15:39,112 --> 00:15:42,854 in the European Final at Heysel Stadium in Belgium. 182 00:15:42,898 --> 00:15:44,508 At the moment, we don't know. 183 00:15:44,552 --> 00:15:46,467 We're just going on reports that are coming in. 184 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:49,557 At about 7:00 p.m., before the game even started, 185 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,647 the barrier between sections X and Z broke down. 186 00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:55,693 Stadium and police forces were overwhelmed. 187 00:15:55,693 --> 00:15:57,826 Crumbling insufficient infrastructure 188 00:15:57,826 --> 00:15:59,915 and under-resourced policing 189 00:15:59,915 --> 00:16:02,657 combined with the worst elements of hooliganism 190 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:05,790 and produced a tragedy that saw 39 fans killed 191 00:16:05,834 --> 00:16:08,445 and 600 injured. 192 00:16:08,489 --> 00:16:09,881 It's the most disgraceful scenes 193 00:16:09,925 --> 00:16:11,579 I've seen at a soccer game live. 194 00:16:11,622 --> 00:16:14,016 After the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster, 195 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:15,931 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 196 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:19,500 set up a war cabinet to combat hooliganism. 197 00:16:19,587 --> 00:16:21,154 Parliament subsequently passed 198 00:16:21,241 --> 00:16:23,504 the Football Spectators Act of 1989 199 00:16:23,591 --> 00:16:26,159 and the Football Disorder Act of 2000. 200 00:16:26,202 --> 00:16:28,161 Laws such as these have helped, 201 00:16:28,161 --> 00:16:31,381 but wherever you find young men with time, 202 00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:33,731 poor economic prospects, and a love of football, 203 00:16:33,775 --> 00:16:35,907 you'll find hooliganism, 204 00:16:35,951 --> 00:16:38,736 which is why you find a heavy police presence at every match 205 00:16:38,823 --> 00:16:40,608 and entire sections of empty seats 206 00:16:40,651 --> 00:16:42,914 that separate opposing fans. 207 00:16:42,958 --> 00:16:45,613 But even that can't stop everything. 208 00:16:45,656 --> 00:16:47,745 And after two years of a pandemic 209 00:16:47,745 --> 00:16:49,095 and economic uncertainty, 210 00:16:49,182 --> 00:16:51,706 the question is, will it make a comeback? 211 00:16:51,749 --> 00:16:53,751 Would I say it's on the rise again? Possibly. 212 00:16:53,838 --> 00:16:55,753 These days, most incidents tend to occur 213 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,320 at prearranged locations 214 00:16:57,407 --> 00:16:59,279 as opposed to the matches themselves. 215 00:16:59,322 --> 00:17:00,671 They are preplanned. 216 00:17:20,778 --> 00:17:22,867 I think a lot of the issues that we tend to get, 217 00:17:22,911 --> 00:17:24,304 at Wrexham, at this level, 218 00:17:24,347 --> 00:17:26,567 is what we call spontaneous disorder. 219 00:17:26,654 --> 00:17:29,874 So initially, we had bottles and coins 220 00:17:29,918 --> 00:17:32,790 coming from this area, so here to here. 221 00:17:32,877 --> 00:17:36,751 And then, when Torquay scored their goal late in the game, 222 00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:40,102 we also had some bottles and drinks thrown 223 00:17:40,146 --> 00:17:43,540 from this section, so above them in this area here. 224 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:45,542 As soon as we have identified all the individuals, 225 00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:47,327 the club will be issuing interim bans 226 00:17:47,370 --> 00:17:48,893 and revoking any season tickets 227 00:17:48,937 --> 00:17:51,809 pending an investigation by the police. 228 00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:53,550 We were not made aware of that 229 00:17:53,594 --> 00:17:57,250 until after we had gotten back to the States. 230 00:17:57,293 --> 00:18:00,035 And obviously that's not something 231 00:18:00,035 --> 00:18:02,472 we would ever condone or tolerate, 232 00:18:02,516 --> 00:18:04,387 and we took the necessary actions. 233 00:18:04,387 --> 00:18:05,736 It was just a shame that it happened. 234 00:18:08,261 --> 00:18:11,786 I think it's highly regrettable 235 00:18:11,829 --> 00:18:17,487 that a very small minority of fans 236 00:18:17,487 --> 00:18:21,926 resort to the types of behavior that are driven by-- 237 00:18:21,970 --> 00:18:23,841 you know, are driven by emotion, 238 00:18:23,841 --> 00:18:26,844 and some acts of lawlessness, really. 239 00:18:26,931 --> 00:18:30,283 Of course, pre-COVID and pre-takeover, 240 00:18:30,326 --> 00:18:31,849 our crowds here at Wrexham 241 00:18:31,936 --> 00:18:33,808 were somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 242 00:18:33,851 --> 00:18:35,940 depending on how the team was performing on the pitch. 243 00:18:35,984 --> 00:18:39,248 Now that we do have these new high-profile owners, 244 00:18:39,292 --> 00:18:40,641 the crowd has pretty much doubled. 245 00:18:40,641 --> 00:18:44,035 You know, so we're just under 10,000 week in, week out, 246 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:46,429 which is fantastic to see, great for the club, 247 00:18:46,429 --> 00:18:48,605 but unfortunately, you know, 248 00:18:48,649 --> 00:18:51,652 that element of people who wanna cause problems 249 00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:54,263 seems to have also been attracted with it. 250 00:19:02,445 --> 00:19:04,752 Let's keep that going. 251 00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:07,320 Let's not spoil it. 252 00:19:07,407 --> 00:19:10,149 There's no place for violence anywhere. 253 00:19:47,055 --> 00:19:49,579 Bread, if you want it. 254 00:19:49,666 --> 00:19:52,147 How long will this take? 10 minutes. 255 00:19:52,147 --> 00:19:55,150 I don't see what the fascination is with it. 256 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:58,240 Why would you want to get hurt? 257 00:19:58,284 --> 00:20:01,461 And why would you want to hurt someone else over football? 258 00:20:01,504 --> 00:20:04,203 I don't understand. I don't get it at all. 259 00:20:09,512 --> 00:20:13,081 Yeah. - What were you thinking? 260 00:20:13,168 --> 00:20:15,083 Yeah. 261 00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:18,608 It affects the relationship because 262 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:22,351 we're arguing about it, he's lying to me. 263 00:20:22,395 --> 00:20:23,831 I'm always checking up on him when he's there 264 00:20:23,874 --> 00:20:26,616 'cause I'm thinking, what's he doing? 265 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:28,836 I don't--which ones-- 266 00:20:28,879 --> 00:20:31,621 I just hope he'll start behaving himself 267 00:20:31,665 --> 00:20:33,406 when his ban's lifted so we can be 268 00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:35,973 a bit more of a normal couple. 269 00:20:36,017 --> 00:20:37,410 Well, there you go, guys. 270 00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:38,628 Oh, thank you very much. 271 00:20:38,672 --> 00:20:39,629 Well, it wasn't just me. 272 00:20:39,673 --> 00:20:41,196 It was Steph as well, really. 273 00:20:41,283 --> 00:20:43,546 - I helped her. - Oh, thank you. 274 00:20:43,633 --> 00:20:45,331 They don't want to change. 275 00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:47,202 If they're only changing for you, 276 00:20:47,202 --> 00:20:49,639 then they're never gonna properly change. 277 00:20:49,683 --> 00:20:51,772 They need to want to change themselves, I think, 278 00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:53,513 or do it for themselves. 279 00:20:53,556 --> 00:20:54,644 If he's like, "Oh, I'll change. 280 00:20:54,688 --> 00:20:56,516 If we had a kid, I'd be different." 281 00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:58,082 Well, I'm not taking the chance to have a child 282 00:20:58,126 --> 00:21:00,520 just on the off-chance you might change. 283 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:02,173 Yeah, I'm looking to do a career change myself 284 00:21:02,217 --> 00:21:03,740 to go into the police. 285 00:21:03,784 --> 00:21:05,916 I got offered the job as a detective. 286 00:21:06,003 --> 00:21:07,353 And it was hard work. 287 00:21:07,353 --> 00:21:09,442 There were so many tests and interviews. 288 00:21:09,442 --> 00:21:11,966 And I didn't think I'd ever get the job. 289 00:21:12,009 --> 00:21:13,489 And I got the job. 290 00:21:42,605 --> 00:21:45,434 I can't carry on like this. 291 00:21:45,478 --> 00:21:47,131 I just don't want a boyfriend 292 00:21:47,175 --> 00:21:49,264 that's getting in trouble with the police, 293 00:21:49,264 --> 00:21:51,222 and I just find it embarrassing. 294 00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:54,835 I genuinely don't think he ever thinks I'll leave. 295 00:21:54,835 --> 00:21:56,924 If he gets in trouble with the police again, 296 00:21:56,967 --> 00:21:59,927 then that will-- that'll be--that'll be it. 297 00:22:07,848 --> 00:22:10,633 We'll win games. We'll lose games. 298 00:22:10,633 --> 00:22:12,722 I understand those 299 00:22:12,722 --> 00:22:15,638 absolutely heartbreaking rules of football. 300 00:22:15,725 --> 00:22:17,945 But the real battle here is not on the pitch. 301 00:22:17,988 --> 00:22:20,164 It's in the town. 302 00:22:20,208 --> 00:22:22,602 We pride ourselves here on welcoming visitors, 303 00:22:22,645 --> 00:22:24,952 um, and people coming here having good-- 304 00:22:24,995 --> 00:22:26,214 great experience at the town center, 305 00:22:26,214 --> 00:22:27,868 good experience at the ground, 306 00:22:27,868 --> 00:22:29,304 you know, win or lose, 307 00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:32,176 shake hands at the end and you carry on, you know? 308 00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:33,961 And if we're unable to improve things 309 00:22:34,004 --> 00:22:35,528 for the people of Wrexham, 310 00:22:35,528 --> 00:22:39,401 if we're unable to inspire them to a better future, 311 00:22:39,445 --> 00:22:41,664 that's a real loss 312 00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:44,319 'cause that's a human loss. 313 00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:47,191 And it could be felt for generations. 314 00:22:47,235 --> 00:22:49,193 You don't get another chance at it 315 00:22:49,237 --> 00:22:51,892 next Saturday or next Tuesday. 316 00:23:09,823 --> 00:23:13,217 Here they come, the mighty champions 317 00:23:13,261 --> 00:23:16,438 Raise your voices to the anthem 318 00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:19,876 Marching like a mighty army 319 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,227 Wrexham is the name 320 00:23:23,271 --> 00:23:25,360 Fearless in devotion 321 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:26,579 Fight, fight! 322 00:23:26,622 --> 00:23:29,016 Rising to promotion 323 00:23:29,059 --> 00:23:30,060 Fight, fight!