01x08 - Away We Go

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- Hi, Ryan.
- How we doing?

- Hey, you're co...
- You're a little chilly.

- Chilly?
- Yeah, a little nervous.

- Nervous?
- Yeah.

- First game.
- Mm-hmm.

And it's an away game.

- Yes.
- Not, like, a friendly crowd.

We'll see, but...

I don't know that I'm expecting

any kind of animosity,

specifically towards us.

Maybe towards the...

Shanked with a broken bottle
or something.

- Well, I guess...
- it's all fair game.

Yeah.

- Exciting.
- It is exciting.

All right. Hi.

Come on through.

Here we go.
Welcome to Maidenhead United.

Thank you.

Yeah.

On a scale of one
to ten, how excited are you?

It's brilliant, innit?

- We're good.
- I don't know where we're going.

- So we'll just follow you.
- Lead the way.

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

Listen, it's been, by no means,

an easy run so far, has it?

- Not at all.
- Do you know what I mean?

I... I think he...

For crying out loud.

Yeah, but the way he plays...

I mean, do you wanna go back
to having sh*t players

and no money in the bank?

You'll be in screen three.

Mm-hmm.

All right, thank you.

We're here, guys,
here at the premiere

of, uh... what's it called again?

"What's it called again?"

Uh, Free Guy, uh,
drinking some free beer,

so thanks to my mate Ryan.
Cheers.

Never has there been
a film premiere

in Wrexham before.

He came back to me
when he saw the picture.

He said, uh, "Who's the guy
in the big necklace?"

Wrexham!

I wish I could be there
with you all tonight.

Um, I cannot wait
to finally make it there,

but, uh, in the meantime,

I hope you enjoy this film

as much as we enjoyed making it.

Uh, as Guy would say,

"Don't be a good guy.

Be a great guy."

Okay, boys.

Today is a few reminders
of what we need to do

going into next week
and the coming games.

Did they work hard to stop us,

or did we just not quite make
our system work?

I think it was more us
than them.

One thing that we have
definitely noticed

is that Phil's vernacular
changes, uh,

from when he is in real life...

Any support you need, you know
we're right behind you, my son.

- Thanks for that, Phil.
- Appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

He's really quite reserved

and measured, kind of quiet.

Genteel, almost.

But during the games,
in the locker room,

he can be...

First of all,
win the f*cking battle.

Enthusiastic?

We are f*cking miles better
than that!

We look like a team of f*cking
fanny f*cking footballers!

And definitely
with the referees,

he's exceptionally...
enthusiastic.

That's a f*cking joke!

f*cking hell!

f*ck off! f*ck off!

It's our free kick!

Hey! It's our f*cking free kick!

Uh, but again,
you know, in real life,

he's just...
He's not really like that.

Get the balls, David.

I'm loving that, son.

Your attitude's brilliant.

It's been a strange
season in many ways,

where the performance levels
have been good,

but we've struggled
to really k*ll teams off.

Yalla, yalla.

Yes.

I speak to a lot of supporters

in and around the ground,

and sometimes
it's easier to say,

"Oh, we need another player.
We need this, this."

But, you know, can we get more
out of the players we've got?

- Yeah, push past it! Good.
- Yes.

Tremendous, sunshine. Good lad.

Run up!

Cross these streets

Gon' cross the sea

I'ma make my way back home

Make my way back home

Kickin' that can

The sound from
the Racecourse Ground is mad.

Just makes me wanna go out there

and do so well for the fans.

At some point,
something's gonna give.

I'm gonna make my way back home

I'm gonna make my way back home

I'm gonna make my way back home

All right, so this is my mirror.

I made it myself.

That's why it looks a bit like...

It looks a bit bootleg.

I like to trim before games

just so I'm fresh
and ready to go.

But yeah, I find it therapeutic.

But the whole thing is,

you've got to try
and get it even on both sides.

And then I don't know if you've
ever trimmed your hair,

everything's back to front,

so left is right,
and right is left, so...

your brain takes a while
to get adjusted to that.

I know I'm doing
an all right job now,

because no one says to me,

"Oh, have you trimmed
your hair yourself?"

Gives me confidence, that,

especially when you see people
go, "Oh, you got a fresh trim?"

If you're not confident,
you might as well not even

touch your head.

I've been struggling a lot
this season

to find my flow in the team.

I feel like I've kind of
let the people down.

Hello, baby.

Is your daddy trimming?

Can you tidy up a little bit,
the... your mustache, then?

Ugh.

You always ask me, "What do
you want?"

- and then you...
- No, I'm joking.

I'll... I'll clean up my mustache.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- I'm happy with that.
- All right, see you in a bit.

See you in a bit.

Should we go and see Mommy?

Hello?

- Yeah, it does look nice.
- It looks really nice.

No, you did look rough,
but you look good now.

You look really nice.

All right, then,
have a great game.

- Bye. Love you.
- Bye. Love you too.

- Bye.
- Bye, baby.

Say bye to Daddy.

- Be good.
- Say bye-bye.

Bye.

Say bye-bye.

Welcome to the fun bus,
everybody.

Aye, our fun bus.

In the early days with my job,

I realized that we didn't
provide any away travel

for... for wheelchair users.

With the accessible away travel,

we take four wheelchair users
and their carers to...

At the moment, we're doing
about 12 games a season,

so we cover half
of the away season,

making it easier for people
to attend Wrexham Football Club

and enjoy... enjoy football.

It's a very, very special
service.

The drive has been seeing
the difference that you make.

Even the smallest of changes

makes such a huge impact

on people that you're trying
to help.

Oh, Wrexham, we love you

Yay!

My name is Mark Vaughn.

I'm the coach driver
for Wrexham AFC Football Club.

I have been driving the team
now for...

This'll be my fourth season
coming up.

Everybody wants to play for
Wrexham when they're young,

so it's always been
a lifelong ambition of mine

to sort of...

When I started driving,
to drive a team coach,

and it's just, pff,
a dream come true

for me like this, obviously.

I'm not a driver.
I'm... I'm part of the team.

I'm a team member.

Two of my lads there.

How are you doing? All right?

Phil Parkinson
is taking his side

on the road today
for a Tuesday night fixture

against Maidenhead United.

Wrexham, currently sitting
in 11th in the league,

should do well
against the Maidenhead team

that has struggled and finds
itself down in 19th place.

- Come on, Wrexham!
- Yeah, baby.

Away game culture
in English football

is unlike anything
that we have in America.

Every single Tuesday
night or Saturday morning,

you get hundreds of people
that are gonna pile

onto a bus,
and they will drive for hours.

Maidenhead is 3 1/2
to 4 hours away from Wrexham,

and along the way,
they'll talk; they'll sing.

Wrexham, Wrexham!

They may or may not drink,

although
they're probably drinking.

Uh, and they'll watch the game
for two hours,

and then they'll drive
3 1/2 to 4 hours back

on a Tuesday night.

So we've been dying
to get over for a game,

and it just so happens
that the first one

that we're able to attend
is in fact Maidenhead.

So that's an away game, but
it's super close to London,

and it just made total sense.

So Rob's flight

is about 12 hours, uh,
from Los Angeles.

My flight's about six
from New York.

He's only traveling
one hour longer

than those fans from Wrexham.

Pretty amazing.

We are here. It's pretty wild.

What is your prediction?

3-nil.

Wow.

I'm going... my prediction,

uh, Wrexham versus Maidenhead,
I would...

I'm gonna say 2-1.

- 2-1.
- 2-1 Wrexham.

You heard it here first.

Okay.

You know, the aim is,

can we get into January,

you know, right in the mix
at the top end of the table?

Understanding,
I think there's probably

about 450, 500 Wrexham fans

down on a Tuesday night
to leafy Berkshire.

It's just one hell of a turnout.

Sorry to, uh, be distracted,

'cause guess who's turned up.

Ryan Reynolds
and Rob McElhenney.

- Go...
- Wrexham, Wrexham!

Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham!

We are Wrexham, super Wrexham!

We're gonna win the league!

We'll have
to focus on the football

at some point, but, uh, well,

who knew they'd turn up
to this match?

As you can hear
in the background...

Hopefully you can hear us,

because that's the Wrexham
fans in full voice.

They've got a real buzz here.

The owners are in town.

Which team is Wrexham?

- Go, boys!
- Wrexham will be

in their green kit.

Maidenhead are playing
in black and white stripes.

They've got their owners
right here,

and for the first time,
they'll be able to perform

in front of the... Ryan and Rob.

Here you go.

Wrexham feeding it back
to Aaron Hayden.

And he stands up
the big guy, McAlinden.

Dribbles through two players.

Gets two off the byline.

Attacking throw-in.

How do they determine, then,

where's the ball's thrown,
and is it just point of exit?

- Yeah, wherever it goes out.
- And who makes that call, him?

Yeah,
he decides which way it is,

which... which team.

Uh, Mullin has such a,
like, distinctive gait.

- Yes, he does.
- The way he runs

with his head
sort of hunched over.

Oh!

- Nice, Dibs.
- Whoa.

Nice, Dibs.

Forward touch,
and Brisley tries to clear

and takes a body ricochet
for Wrexham

and opens it well to find Mendy,

who works it over to the left.

Kelly now attacking in
from the box.

Takes on French again.
French makes it...

And Maidenhead take the lead!

A diving header
from six yards out.

Rob and Ryan will find out

what this team is made of now.

Mullin will keep scrapping.

He wins a good header.

It's cleared by Upward,
who's a bright star.

And now Smith using his weight.

As Reckord and Brisley
get in each other's way,

Smith gets past 'em.

He's got players in support
on the edge of the area.

He helps it out wide.
It's all back...

Driven in! And it's in!

2-nil.

Unbelievable, this!

- I said 2-1 Wrexham, right?
- Or did I say Maidenhead?

- Yeah, you did.
- Yeah, you... you were wrong.

We were...
We were both wrong already.

- Yeah.
- And we're only 22 minutes

into the game.

- Whoa!
- Ooh, Jesus Christ.

That could so
easily have been an own goal.

Hey! There's nothing in it!

f*ck off. There's nothing in it!

- No.
- A red card.

Hosannah has been sent off.

Ref, Ref, did you see that?

Are you kidding?

So now we're down 2-0 with...

- Ten men.
- One fewer player.

This is a real underdog story.

- What am I getting sh*t...
- sh*t-talked there for?

Ryan Reynolds, what?

You... you bought the wrong club.

Oh.

Mullin on his
own, being manhandled.

f*cking hell!

Sheckleford,
who plays the ball through.

And in the end,
Dibble has to come

to the edge of his box
just to get there.

f*cking okay, come on, Paul.

Mullin running at the defense.

He's got options either way,
and he's body checked,

but the ref doesn't give it.

Did he not just get f*cking
elbowed in the face?

As a hush comes over the crowd

as the ball is swept in.

Under the bar,
Dibble takes that round.

Hayden has a heavy touch.
And he's dispossessed now.

It's Kelly bursting in
behind the defense.

It's like
amateur hour at the moment.

I mean,
Hayden had such a heavy touch.

Davies driving forwards.

Ah, he stumbles, though.

Gets a free kick.

So Davies over this.

Davies gets the go-ahead,
steps up,

dinks it into the far post.

It drops loose!

And it's in!

Brisley headed it
against the bar.

Mullin's claiming it.

He plays in red and white

He's f*cking dynamite

We've got Super Paul Mullin

We've got Super Paul Mullin

And the referee
decides that's halftime.

Well,
listen to the Wrexham fans.

Who'd have thought it?

Crazy stuff, but somehow
Wrexham are still in it.

So 2-1 is better than 2-0.

Wrexham, Wrexham!

Think we can get
back in it, lads?

- Yeah.
- f*cking right.

f*cking right,
they're f*cking on their last

bastard legs already.

f*cking stupid boot
in the f*cking ball.

f*cking stupid foul, McA.

Do you want us to go down
to f*cking nine men?

We're f*cking gonna get back
in the game.

I f*cking think
we can f*cking win it,

never mind f*cking draw it.

Keep your cool. Keep your cool.

But stay in f*cking challenges.

We've dangled our f*cking foot

too many f*cking times,
haven't we?

Toz, McA,
too many little f*cking things.

And then they're f*cking...
They're attacking us.

Come on. You gotta be strong,

physical, but in control.

- Let's go make it happen, then.
- Come on!

Come on, come on.

We're still under it a bit here,

obviously,
'cause of the ten men.

One goal. One goal.

Drives it
back over the top, Mullin!

And they're chased
into the area here.

Mullin beats his man.

See, we're on
the downhill side now.

Wrexham with the
ball back from the throw-in.

Angus in the corner of the box,

surrounded by defenders as well,

finds Davies, sh**ting position.

Jordan Davies! Scream it.

Wrexham, Wrexham,
Wrexham, Wrexham!

- Oh, my word.
- Wow.

What a strike.

High fives going on
in the American box there.

Well, that's not
how we celebrate here.

We just make the noise.

Jordan Davies,
he's one of our own

He's one of our own

This is a fun game.

- No, it's not.
- This is a very fun game.

- It is not fun!
- No, it's terrible.

There's nothing fun about this!

Wrexham, Wrexham!

Upwards.

He's found some...

- Ah!
- A wide cross,

comes in dangerously,
ricochets across Smith,

gonna hit this, puts it
well over the bar, though.

My heart can't take this.

He swings it in.

This time,
headed to the far post.

Hayden nearly got there.

Oh, that's agonizingly close
for Aaron Hayden.

He's desperate to make up
for those earlier mistakes.

Some are fighting
to win it back.

And is it a free... well, surely
that's a free kick to Wrexham.

Come on!

Was there a stamp in there?

Hey, Paul, stand up for me,
would you?

- There you go.
- The ref is not

- gonna do anything about it.
- Shake it off.

Now Mullin deep in his own half

and drive forwards,

and he's breaking down
the right-hand side.

Fabulous stuff for Mullin, that.

They win the throw-in.

Oh, dear, it's, uh, well over.

Very powerful,
but not troubling the keeper.

The Maidenhead keeper
sends it to midfield.

Oh, it's a good ball!
Over the top.

Going to Kelly.

Aaron Hayden's got back,
but he's overshot the ball!

Can he recover? It's too late!

He hits it.

Oh, what a goal!

f*cking hell!

Unbelievable strike.

Sweeping
into the bottom right corner.

And Wrexham are behind again.

f*cking headers.

That is the final whistle.

The Maidenhead fans
are delighted.

Wrexham's
in a horrible performance.

Of our players, Hayden had
a disappointing game.

Despite Jordan's performance,
it wasn't enough.

On paper,
Maidenhead United are a side

we should be b*ating.

But that's a story Wrexham
fans know all too well.

Welcome to Wrexham,
Ryan and Rob.

Thanks, buddy.

Yeah.

Good match. Good game.

Good game. Good game.

- Good game.
- Good match, guys.

Good game, fellas.

- Okay.
- We're all right.

It's all right.

- Yeah.
- You know.

All right. Thanks, bud.

- We'll talk, yeah?
- All right.

f*cking hell.

Yeah, I mean, um...

And with that result

now in the record books,

Wrexham remains stuck
frustratingly

in 11th place in the table.

Ah, it's, well...

I don't know how people do this.

- It's heartbreaking.
- It's heartbreaking.

- That was heartbreaking.
- Yeah.

My American optimism
and your Canadian pragmatism,

uh, both f*cked us.

- Yeah, they really did.
- Yeah.

Jesus.

Look.

You can't taste the sweet

until you taste the sour,
I guess.

You're not gonna talk
like this for four hours,

are you?