01x15 - Daggers

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Sausage, no butter, red sauce.

- Hi, Rob.
- How are you doing, mate?

- You okay?
- Very good. Yourself?

Not bad, not bad.

The games
that happened with... with...

You know, later on
and that run we've been on...

Oh, the run. Yeah. Absolutely.

Is absolutely phenomenal.

Everywhere I go now,
people just talk about,

"Oh, where you from?"
"Wrexham." "Oh."

- Yeah.
- "Rob and Ryan got

the football club...
Bought the football club up."

October, November,
December time,

we probably weren't
particularly happy

with how we were doing,

but this run
that we've gone on now,

everything's...
Everything's looking...

- great.
- Yeah.

Suck balls. We're gonna lose.

I'm telling you, on Sunday,

they're gonna lose that game
in hand.

And Wrexham's gonna go boom.

'Cause there's been so many

twists and turns this season.

I just think there's got
to be another one.

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

2 1/2 minutes, one touch.

See if we can get it going.

Got to play with some
f*cking energy tomorrow.

Wrexham are in
the playoffs, come what may.

Stockport currently sit

at the top of the table
by 3 points.

They've got two games left
after they play us.

We've only got one game left
after we play them,

so we can add
a maximum of 6 points.

They can add
a maximum of 9 points.

If we b*at them
and they drop points

in their last two games,

we've got an opportunity

to push them right to the wire.

No one's expecting us to do it,

so that, in some ways,
makes it a bit easier, I think.

- The underdog.
- Back to being the underdogs.

- How about that?
- Yeah.

I'm excited.
I'm looking forward to it.

This is what... you couldn't ask
for a better last home game

of the season, in a way.

If we don't win the league,
I'll miss my stag do.

And if we get
into the playoff final,

I could miss my wedding.

That's if we don't
get first spot,

which I'm very confident
we will.

If you can't get excited
about a game like this,

I don't know... what are you
doing in football?

Hi. This is not good content.

Today, obviously,
we play Stockport at home,

which a much-anticipated game,
a huge game for us.

Very hands-on,
especially at the moment,

'cause obviously,
we're selling merchandise

for Wembley as well.

I do all tickets and scanners,

setting them all up,
making sure they work.

Big game, complete sellout.

Stockport could potentially
win the league here,

which we're not
going to allow to happen.

Excited, anxious, nervous.

I couldn't sleep last night,
bouncing around all morning.

We have to win.

It almost feels like
a bit of a Hollywood

potential ending to it all.

We need to get this place today
filled with Wrexham fans

as quick as we can
so no away fans try and get in.

Halftime,
get yourself some dinner.

I don't want to see anybody
sitting round.

After ten minutes,
I want to see...

No drinking, please.

You shouldn't be drinking
at halftime.

Probably gonna have
20, 30, 40 people staying in.

So you're gonna remain steady.

So one or two of you
focus on the glasses.

One or two focus on serving.

And the rest of you
get the fridges filled,

toilets bleached and cleaned,

- and then stock back up, yeah?
- Right.

Hi, lads.

Come on, Wrexham.

Don't f*ck it up.

Here we go, we're off
to the Stockport game.

No mercy.

Today's match,
it is a significant one.

We expect Wrexham Town Centre
to be really busy as well.

Today we've had
a really significant

policing operation around it.

It's what we consider
a high-risk football match.

So we have put a lot of
resource in... in Wrexham today.

There's gonna be
more supporters, more fans.

Gonna need probably
a bigger police presence,

bigger crowds arriving in a town

like Wrexham as well.

I don't predict it's gonna be

a quiet Sunday afternoon, no.

We're flying,
providing an aerial view

of everything that's happening
on the ground,

looking at the movement
of crowds

and the movement
of police resources.

They're expecting
the away fans to arrive

at Wrexham General Station.

Mind the gap, please.

The Wrexham fans have pushed on.

- Who wants a beer?
- Yay!

Rob and Ryan,
this is a message for you

from the best beard in Wales

to the best football club
in Wales:

come on the town!

Let's go!

This is Wrexham, this.

Physicality, intensity,
sprint into the ball,

and make them play backwards.

Getting on top of them
all over the f*cking pitch.

Don't give them a f*cking inch.

Desire to stop crosses.

Defend crosses if they come in.

A real tenacity to stop crosses.

Can we exploit
the space down the sides

of the centre backs
with quality?

Can we get control of the game
with the ball and be patient?

We know how we've got to play.

Let's go and implement it.

The noise,
and here come the teams,

Wrexham and Stockport County.

Wrexham in the red shirts,
white shorts;

Stockport,
white shirts, black shorts.

It's certainly two teams

that wish to be in league one

than rather be
in the conference.

Well, I got to say,

I think both these teams

are on a very definite
upward trajectory.

And I'm fully feeling
this rivalry

will go on for a while.

Listen to that noise, guys.

- Wow.
- Wow.

Just wow.

Fasten your seat belts,
everyone.

So here we go.

You know, we actually started...

In the first 15, 20 minutes,
made mistakes.

But we very quickly got
into our stride in that game

and after that, and I thought
we just overpowered them

in... in all areas
of... of the pitch.

He changes angle,
finds Hosannah.

Hosannah burns past his man

from base,
tearing down the flag.

Hippolyte goes to ground
to put it out for a throw in.

Here comes Tozer,
hurling it in under the bar.

Yes!

Ollie Palmer glancing it home.

And Wrexham take the lead

in this massive, massive match.

All the bits of detail
we set out sort of

came to fruition in that game.

Holds off one man.

Croasdale dispossesses,
finds Davies.

Go on!

One above with the keeper.

Wrexham, a super goal.

Love it!

Drills it!

Oh, baby, you got me

Mull scored a really good goal.

And Ollie Palmer was immense.

Davies and Young
go for the free kick.

Davies floats a beauty in.

It's three!

Oh, my goodness me.

So we could be near
the final whistle here

as he knocks it long.

Just listen to that.

Come on!

Just listen to that.

Yes.

Oh, no, she gave it all away

All the best today

After today,
we're top of the league.

Who'd have thought
we'd be saying that?

We're just...
We're top of the league.

Although I was nervous,

every single one of them
stepped up today.

You could see how much
they wanted it.

It was just fantastic
to hear the Racecourse

back to how it used to be,

you know, bouncing,
absolutely bouncing.

Told you all
Wrexham were gonna win

this f*cking league, didn't I?

And we're winning
the f*cking cup.

It's a shame Rob and
Ryan couldn't be here today,

because these
are the sort of days

that they invested in the club
to be able to see.

- Well, well, well.
- Well, well, well.

We are top of the league.

There's a lot of very happy
people here in North Wales.

It's a great day here.

We've got, like,
lots of the players' kids

around the pitch
having a kick-around.

It's just the perfect end
to the season here.

See you guys.

The mood in the locker room

has got to be
incredibly positive.

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Correct? Yes.

We won it. The boys were good.

- Hi, Rob.
- Yeah.

Enjoy that.

You've done everything
you said you were gonna do

and delivered on every promise.

So let's go just win
this f*cking league.

Simple as that. Thanks, Rob.

- Yeah.
- Appreciate that.

These lads have been
phenomenal all season,

so I don't know.

I've just got
a feeling in my bones

that it's just all
gearing up our way.

- We could still do this.
- We could still win the league.

Oh, parky,
do you know what he's worth

Ollie Palmer
is the best on Earth

A lucky striker
is just what we need

Ollie Palmer's
the best on Earth.

After being defeated at Wrexham,

Stockport County have won
their second-to-last game

and moved back into first place.

In order to earn
a*t*matic promotion,

Wrexham must win
their final game of the season

and Stockport must lose theirs.

Any other result
consigns Wrexham

to the dreaded playoffs.

Our biggest game
for a while, isn't it?

Goodness me.

Well, obviously, we've got
to go to Dagenham and win

and hope that Stockport
lose at home to Halifax.

So I think it's a big ask,

but I think, uh...
I think we can do it.

I think we've got
to be positive.

And, uh, I think
we'll be celebrating

with, um, possibly a barbecue.

Wrexham supporters

have always been
behind the team.

Uh, but we never quite made it

and never really felt
like we were gonna get motion.

But this time is different.

How far we've come
this season, the progress...

Everything's been
sort of like a fairy tale.

We've been down here
for 14 years,

so it's time we went up.

Yeah, up the town, up the town.

He plays in red and white

He's f*cking dynamite

We've got Super Paul Mullin

I've not known the town
buzz like this for years.

And it's all down
to the football club, for sure.

There's just
that sense of something's

happening that things
are coming together,

and that really is fantastic.

It's something to really, really

look forward to,
uh, 5:00 tomorrow,

Sunday, and see that...

Let's get in there
and show them how it's done.

For the last two weeks,
I've been doing nothing,

just, like, coming in, icing,
doing this every day.

So I got to do this every day
just to try and keep my bulk.

The Weymouth away is where,
uh, I did my hammy,

my tendon, my hamstring.

Toz played me a pass,
and I opened out to run.

And I just felt a sharp, like,
pain in my hamstring.

It wasn't a pop or anything,

which is great,
'cause nothing went.

But it's just, like,
a micro tear,

but it was actually
in the tendon that got tore.

So... the tendon tore,
and I just knew

I couldn't go on after that
'cause the pain was sharp.

And then at first
when the injury happens,

you're just thinking...

You hope it's not bad.

Then obviously,
he told me what it was.

And then... at that point,
I was just thinking...

my season's over
and I can't help the boys.

Took a while to sink in.

So today we're off to
the last game of the season.

We're going
to Dagenham & Redbridge.

I am nervous, to be honest.

We've got four hours
until we get there,

four and a bit,

but I am excited,

and I do think we're
definitely gonna go up.

- Wrexham!
- Wrexham!

Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham!

I've said since Christmas,

we're gonna win the league.

It's just a really good time
to be a Wrexham fan.

Is it too early to drink?

What the hell are you doing?

Uh, I'm working out
my anxiety through, uh,

body movements.

Oh.

We've got two hours
and seven minutes,

not that I'm counting.

If the Hollywood
ending happens today...

To Wrexham. Cheers.

We'll do it again.

The fact we're here,
the challenge today

is actually what we were
seeking to try and achieve

at the outset of the season.

To Halifax.

To Wrexham.

You know, and it's a credit
to everybody involved

that we got ourselves
into this position.

And, uh, we've got
90 minutes away

from, uh, our destiny
being known.

Wrexham! Wrexham!
Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham!

Good luck.

We're all behind you.

A horrible wet, windy away day

with a great set of lads
with a great...

bunch of fans travelling.

Wrexham!

I knew what I signed up to.

I knew why I came here.

That's to get this football club

and give this town
something to cheer about.

Good afternoon
from the final league game

of the National League season.

All comes down to this.

The equation is quite simple.

Wrexham have to win their game.

And it's all eyes on Stockport

in their game against Halifax.

Even if Halifax doesn't win,

we're still somewhere, right?

- Then we get the tournament.
- Yeah.

And we're underway

at the Chigwell Construction
Stadium.

Paul Mullin was not intercepted.

He's on his own, though.

Well, Mullin
hits it low, just wide.

He's still in the middle.

Ollie Palmer at the back post.

He was just forced
away from goal.

Uh-oh.

Oh, Stockport scored.

Oh.

Goal at Stockport,

not the news Wrexham wanted.

You could literally
hear it pass round the crowd.

Stockport scored early.

Obviously, the result,
the scoreline,

filtered around
the Dagenham stadium.

Not many people get
to deal with pressure in life.

And to have to do it every
week is, um, quite strange.

You sort of get used to it,

but obviously, it intensifies
as the season goes on.

If, in the game of football,

all the players looked as if
they had no energy at all,

there's some reason for that.

To punch it away,

and that's it.

Halftime, nil-nil.

sh*t.

70 f*cking percent.

It's 70% for me, right?

So two things...
As a team, right, listen,

we're coming off this f*cking
pitch in the second half.

And we're gonna
f*cking put a shift in.

We're gonna work
our f*cking bollocks off,

right, out of possession.

And then we're gonna play.

You're f*cking tired.

You're not pushing yourself
hard enough.

Football's f*cking hard.
That's what it is.

If we have to carry you
off the pitch after 98 minutes,

we will carry you off the pitch.

Get up against the man
you're playing against

and be better than him.

Be better than
the centre half, Ollie,

you and Mulls.

Get in the f*cking box
when the cross is out.

Be better than the man
you're playing against,

and you'll win this
f*cking game, all right?

- Come on, boys.
- f*cking come on, then.

Come on. Come on.

If Mulls and Ollie are
closing, then we back them up.

Wrexham, we do

We love you, Wrexham, we do

We love you, Wrexham, we do

Oh, Wrexham, we love you

- Come on, Wrexham!
- Go get him, JJ!

Come on, come on, come on.

- Jeez.
- Uh-oh.

They're just all over us.

Bryce is in on his right foot.

He hits it. He's in.

And that's been coming,

and with 55 minutes
on the clock.

Dagenham battered us,
basically, you know?

The back post, McCallum, goal.

It wasn't good enough.

We all knew
it wasn't good enough.

See McCallum
lays off to Robinson,

3-nil, and it just gets worse
and worse for Wrexham.

f*ck!

Yeah, it's tough
to watch from the sideline

this team not performing,
you know?

But I can't say nothing 'cause
I'm not playing, you know?

I think, leading up
to that game, there...

There was no talk that we could
possibly lose the game.

There was all talk
that we were gonna...

We were gonna win the game.

As a squad, we probably
got carried away with that.

Wrexham's regular season

ends in a 3-nil away defeat

to Dagenham & Redbridge.

Phil Parkinson's side

finish second in the
Vanarama National League.

All right, well,
let's go get it.

Let's go get it at Wembley.

And... and let's go get it
at Wrexham.

And let's go get it again
in, uh, West Ham.

Yeah, exactly.

- All right. Talk soon.
- All right.

I love that the fans
are still behind them.

It's hard, because I never want

to let the fans down.

I wanted to give
the people of the town

exactly what they deserve
for all their... their passion

and... and their following.

It is a great honour
to be on the touchline

with support like that.

You know, the... the fans
were outstanding for us,

but they have been all season.

Today they knew
that Stockport were winning.

They knew that the lads
looked as if

the stuffing had been knocked
out of them a little bit.

And they kind of understood that

and gave the lads
amazing support,

as they've done all season.

And, you know,
it's a... a great privilege

to be the manager
on the touchline

in front of those supporters.

And, you know, we've got
a great opportunity now

to finish this season in style.

When Rob dragged me
into this insanity,

I think that the most common
thing we heard was,

"Why Wrexham?"

Not one Wrexham
fan has left the stadium.

They're not gonna let
this team leave

without showing them
what this season has meant.

That question was answered,

I mean, so many times
throughout the season,

but I think that's why.