01x04 - Home Opener

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Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham!

The noise is terrific

here at the Racecourse
as Wrexham look to start off

a new era at the club.

The referee gives the go ahead.

And away Wrexham go.

Listen to that.

Jones with a great ball.

Mullin round the back
of the defense.

Hyde's in the middle.

Feeds him in

and puts it behind him.

What a chance that was.

And I gotta say, I'd normally
bet my house on Mullin

making the most of that.

That's two sh*ts
in the first 80 seconds.

Cross comes in from Davies now.

Looking again for Mullin,
who brings it down easily.

Left-footed sh*t is blocked.

It'll spin to Young!

- And Young puts it over!
- Oh!

Oh!

We almost made the goal.

Notts County's
defense is hanging on

for dear life.

sh**t! Get it in, Hydey!

And it's a great ball
dinked in the box.

Mullin across the face!

Oh, what a brilliant piece
of defending.

Mullin drove it in.

Hyde looked to have
an open-goal tap-in.

Wrexham battering away
at Notts County.

The breakthrough
surely will come.

Quality first half.

I've never seen
so much adrenaline

pumping through them nil-nil
in the National League.

Get in the space, eh!

Get in the space, would ya?

Controlled on the edge
of the area

by French! He gives that away.

Now Wrexham are left
vulnerable here.

That was a poor pass.

Swinging in the cross
of the far post.

It's a good cross.

Wooton heads it.

And it's in!

Notts County score.

Massively against
the run-up play,

but what a cross.

You can hear the reaction

from the Wrexham fans.
It was a great noise there.

Wow.

Right. Well done.

You've done great, boys.
You've done great.

Don't let the goal lift them
and knock us.

Just keep playing the way
you've been f*cking playing.

Keep putting the ball
in the box.

If it's not on,
we come out and we move it

really quickly,
keep switching the play.

- Performance.
- Come on then, let's go!

Come on!
- Worry about performance.

What separates teams
from winning and losing,

drawing and winning
is moments of quality.

And in any team, you're only
as good as your front players.

Mullin cuts inside,
edging him off,

sweeps a great ball.

Oh, what an amazing piece
of defending by Taylor.

When you sign a player
like Paul...

You know,
he's one of those players...

He can produce moments of...

Of real quality
in games of football.

He's got a bit of magic

and goals win games.

Hyde does well
on the sly to work it wide.

French feeds it inside.

A wicked cross, and it's in!

Yes! Mullin gets a goal in!

And Mullin has headed it home!

Mullin gets his first goal
of the season

at the Racecourse.

Gracefully done!

Sensational cross.

Keeper Kean to bounce it.

Mullin just got there ahead
of him.

Wrexham, Wrexham,
Wrexham, Wrexham!

Listen to this. Wow.

Wrexham, Wrexham!

Well,
we've had our homecoming,

and it was spectacular.

If we're gonna do that to
the strong teams this season,

the rest of the division's
got a problem on its hands.

Wrexham, Wrexham,
Wrexham, Wrexham!

♪ Every day,
it's a-getting closer ♪

♪ Going faster
than a roller coaster ♪

♪ Love like yours
will surely come my way ♪

♪ A-hey, a-hey-hey ♪

♪ Every day,
it's a-getting faster ♪

♪ Everyone said,
"Go ahead and ask her" ♪

♪ Love like yours
will surely come my way ♪

♪ A-hey, a-hey-hey ♪

♪ Love like yours
will surely come my way ♪

f*ckin' wind.

We redid the pitch
in the summer.

And basically,
the short and long is,

the pitch has failed.

It's just too... it's too dry,
innit?

The rest of the season's gonna
be a big challenge

for me personally
and I'm going to cry.

So I've got some bad news.

We re-laid our pitch
this summer,

um, at no small expense.

And it looks great,

but there's something wrong
with it.

And, um, we...
- It's made of burlap.

We had... basically yes.

The roots of the grass
are very short,

so when... when someone steps
into it and the... the top of it

sticks to the bottom
of the boot,

when they pull up,

the whole top layer of grass
comes off with it.

So we got an independent expert
on this stuff to come out.

He said...
- Is this the kind of thing

you th... you thought
you'd be talking about

or thinking about?
- I'm actually f*cking riveted

because...
- I am, too, but...

I can't wait
to find out what happens.

What we've been told by this...

This independent expert
is he said,

"You need to drown this pitch.

"You need to overwater it
the whole time.

That will help the pitch
hold together."

As we speak,
Ewen is out there with a hose.

Is there a more likelihood
that someone could be injured?

Yes.

- Jesus f*ck.
- Now the overwatering

is what reduces
that possibility.

I'm gonna hit my head
as hard as I can

against this right now.

And it's gonna cost
us a lot of money.

- How much...
How much money have we spent

on the first round of it?

- I can look it up.
- Approximately?

Don't look it up.

- It's not gonna help us.
- Probably about

£100,000.
- f*ck.

And it'll probably cost us
that again

if not more to relay the pitch.

Yeah, it's...

it's... it sucks.

Mm.

That's pretty bad.

So running a football
club is expensive.

Issues like we're having
with the pitch

and the expenditure we had
to do over the summer

to improve
some of the concourse area

and things like that,
those have to be paid for

and, you know,
a lot of National League clubs

are essentially relying
on the tickets they sell

and very small amounts
of sponsorship

from local businesses.

Well, we're looking for new ways

to bring fresh eyeballs
onto what we're doing

and increasing
our revenue streams.

And we'll take
whatever we can get.

♪ And I swear ♪

♪ By the moon and the stars
in the sky ♪

♪ I'll be there ♪

So much of the endeavor

is based on growing
the exposure of the club.

And I knew
that having somebody like Ryan

was gonna be really important
because of social media.

Because between the two of us,

we have something like
45 million Instagram followers

and 20 million, uh,
Twitter followers,

so we could directly engage
with them.

So I thought we were good...
Good partners in that way.

Uh, it's close. Yeah, I've...

This is where you're gonna
put up a graphic

that shows the actual numbers.

- Aren't you? Yeah.
- No.

I would never do that to you.

This is our new away shirt
for next season.

It's Philadelphia Eagles green.

♪ Meantime, need that money ♪

You ready?

Hey, guys.

♪ Get that money ♪

We've gone
from AEC Engineering

- to Expedia.
- I've got

with me Ryan Reynolds
and Rob McElhenney.

You feel like you know
what you're doing?

Absolutely not.

From Ifor Williams
Trailers to TikTok.

So there it is, eh?

TikTok
because of... of... of obviously

Wrexham football club.

I'll give it a go.

Well, I can't work it.

- ♪ Tick tock, ya don't stop ♪
- Stop.

♪ To the heart, tick tock,
ya don't stop ♪

- Stop.
- Like, casually just...

Just push me and I'm gonna dive
like... like, yeah.

Should I flop around
or is better to just go...

- Oh, yeah, no, like...
- Just to go limp?

No, 'cause they... they all...

- Yeah, they, like, go...
- They're like, "Oh, God."

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.

We have to remember

that we're Wrexham
in the National League,

but we've also got to utilize
that celebrity asset

to maximize the potential
for the club.

We opened the online
shop and it's gone up

to about 50 grand compared
to this time last year,

where we was about 3 grand.

♪ To the heart, tick tock ♪

♪ Ya don't stop ♪
- Stop.

So what do you do now?

Oh, Wrexham AFC.

The more we maximize
their celebrity status,

the more income
can be generated.

That puts more money
into the club,

which means we can do more

to deliver
that community benefit,

which was all part
of the mission statement.

♪ So much time gone by ♪

♪ So much time,
so you need a little ♪

Aah!

Aah! You f*ck!

♪ Yeah, I need a little money ♪

♪ So you better get my money ♪

♪ Whoo-hoo ♪

This grass is like cashmere.

Is this real?

♪ To the heart, tick tock ♪

♪ Ya don't ♪
- Stop.

You are a middle-aged...

♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪

And then some people...

How much is it?

Can you f*ck off?

There is a b*llet
in there somewhere.

Just guessing
where it's gonna be.

Yeah.

Oh, you got it there?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, facts.

Money, money, money!

Yeah.

I don't even know.

We... no one knows, but...

Here we go.

♪ Here comes the money ♪

♪ Here we go, money talks ♪

♪ Here comes the money ♪

♪ Money, money, money ♪

♪ Money, money, money,
money comin' ♪

♪ Dolla dolla, dolla dolla ♪

♪ Ching ching, bling bling,
cut the chatter ♪

♪ You ain't talking money then
your talking don't matter ♪

♪ Ching ching, bling bling,
pattin' pockets ♪

Albs, do you want some juice?

Come on.

Do you want some?

Where's Daddy gone?
- Blah, blah.

I'm gonna get ya.

Can you reach?

There it is!

- Yay!
- Good boy.

You want to go and dig?

Dig in the mud
so Daddy clean it.

You diggin'? Other way.

Turn it over. That's it.

Daddy help.

♪ Here comes the money ♪

♪ Here we go ♪

♪ Money, money, money, money ♪

♪ Money, money, money,
money comin' ♪

♪ Dolla dolla, dolla dolla ♪

♪ Ching ching, bling bling,
cut the chatter ♪

♪ You ain't talking money then
your talking don't matter ♪

♪ Ching ching, bling bling,
pattin' pockets ♪

♪ You take the dolla dolla,
can't a damn soul stop it ♪

Oh, easy.

- Yeah.
- And then you go...

- Do you know what I mean?
That's...

Our football season
comprises 44 games.

You get three points for a win,

one point for a draw,

and obviously,
zero points for a loss.

The team that has most points

at the end of the season
is the champion club

and are promoted to the EFL.

We're going into this season
to get promoted.

That is our goal.

That is our job.

♪ He ordered a medium donner ♪

The good news
is that we have the support

of the town.

- Wrexham!
- These fans feel like

after 15 dark years,
the sun's finally come out

to shine again.

♪ Totally gone ♪

I wanna get there soon
because...

Before anything's
really happened

because everyone likes us still.

I know.

Like, if somebody...
- I know.

If this sh*t goes south
all of a sudden...

Well, it's gonna go south
at some point.

- Of course.
- Like, already you see...

Hopefully, it's in 25 years

and they're
in the Premier League.

We are Wrexham, super Wrexham.

We're gonna win the league.

His foot...

He's got movement in the box.

Good ball, and oh,
it's too easy for Dalby.

Wrexham's gotta watch.
Poor defending, that.

Phil Parkinson will be fumin'.

Well, Wrexham got their line
wrong again here.

Murphy, he's goal side,
he's on side, and he scores!

Oh, Wrexham. Two down.

And Wrexham have clawed
their way back somehow,

but it's only one point
against the side

we should be b*ating.

We're seventh in the table now.

Hello, Mr. Co-chairman.

Hi, Ryan.

Some game, huh?

Gettin' real sick
of these draws.

Yeah, yeah,
it's hard to get, um...

It's hard to get excited
about a draw.

I'm finding football
to be very weird.

Some draws are considered wins,

some are considered losses.

This is a loss, I think.

Yeah, we, uh...

I can't wait to get over there.

It's so weird not...

It's so weird
not actually being there.

Yeah, it'd be nice
to see 'em win, though.

Yeah.

Yep.

This is kinda feeling like
the draw of phone calls.

- Hanging up now.
- See ya Tuesday.

Love you!

It's Wrexham against Grimsby,

a fissure that goes back to 1922

between two storied clubs

who really shouldn't be down
in the fifth division.

Good ball by Young!
Jake Hyde scores!

Hyde puts Wrexham ahead
early on!

The perfect start.

Young did ever so well.

The owners
and the money you're spending,

we're gonna have a target
on our back

and that's how it's gonna be.

Ball in.
Oh, it's a great finish.

Taylor puts Grimsby level.

Wrexham have only been
in the lead for four minutes.

And that can be relatively
daunting going to away games,

knowing that you're gonna
get battered for 90 minutes.

Here comes the corner.

Luke Waterfall, he's unmarked!
And he scored!

The ex-Wrexham defender...
- Oh, f*cking hell.

Has put Grimsby ahead.

Oh, it's too easy, too easy.

Wright taps it in.

Wrexham have collapsed here.

That's three points
that we won't know

until the end of the season
just what impact it will have.

Can't win the league
in the first eight games,

but you can lose your chance
to win it.

If the team is really
struggling to click...

Ha, welcome to Wrexham, boys.

You could have the best
11 players on the pitch...

I do feel a bit
of pressure from the fans

as if it's my fault
when we don't win.

The next nights are horrible.
You're sitting there thinking

what could you have done?

It's not working.
It's not balanced.

It's up to Parkinson
to find a way

to make these two work
or change it.

Fans pay their money
and they wanna see results.

Make no bones about it,
if Ryan and Rob are not doing

what Wrexham fans perceive
to be in the best interests

of Wrexham Football Club,

there will be a loud voice
that lets 'em know

it's... it won't be accepted
because we've been trodden on

too many times.

Paul Mullin's there
in the area, unmarked.

And Paul Mullin has set Wrexham

one-nil up here at Edgeley Park!

Fans are on the pitch

and that man has done it again!

Paul Mullin has set Wrexham
one-nil up here

in the opening stages!

If I had to sum football up,

it's... it's like
a roller coaster.

It's up and down.

Rooney swings it
into the area.

Madden gets there,
and it's in for Stockport!

Paddy Madden gets the goal
as Stockport level.

Great cross from Whitfield.

Alex Reid's header across goal.

Paddy Madden near the back post

and Croasdale's there, blocked.

And it's gone in for Stockport.

Stockport have scored.

And that is back-to-back
defeat on the road.

Fantastic traveling support
from Wrexham,

and they will be disappointed

to see their side go down here.

Wrexham fall
all the way into 12th place

and they're heading decidedly
in the wrong direction.

Watching the biggest load
of crap

I've seen in a long time.

No, it was a really
disappointing night from us.

Abject, disgraceful,
embarrassing.

9 points from a possible 18.

Questions will be asked about
everything and rightly so.

I've only been owner
of a football club

for a short time.

But so far,

I've found it
to be very time-consuming,

emotionally exhausting,

financially idiotic,

and utterly addictive.

I'm used to being able
to go into a writers' room

and come out at the end of it

knowing what's going to happen.

And I don't know
what's gonna happen here.

At least the pitch looks nice.

Indeed it does.

Goodnight, Ryan.

Goodnight, Rob.

Someone should probably...

Yep, there you go.