Pennod 3 Wrecsam 'di Wrexham

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-Wrexham is changing.

-After several turbulent years...

-..the football club's future

-is in the supporters' hands.

-It's democracy.

-I'm one of the owners.

-There are almost 3,000 of us.

-The club belongs to everyone.

-A local family has successfully

-revived Wrexham Lager.

-We'll only expand as much

-as we can afford to.

-We shall definitely

-have to put more tanks...

-..before spring of next year.

-And a Welsh Centre has opened

-in the heart of Wrexham...

-..the Saith Seren pub.

-When we see how far we've come...

-..and hear people start

-speaking Welsh again...

-..it's fantastic.

-After visiting her father

-in the Philippines...

-..Hannah Mahoney is back in Wrexham.

-It was amazing.

-It was different from

-what I thought it would be.

-But I enjoyed myself.

-After four weeks,

-I wanted to come home.

-I missed my friends and family...

-..and my boyfriend too.

-But I couldn't live out there.

-It rained most of the time

-because it was the rainy season.

-But it was nice to see the place.

-It's quite sad there.

-In Wales, if you have a baby...

-..you can have a house.

-But many people live

-on the street there.

-You see a lot of homeless children.

-It's not nice to see at all.

-They don't have a place to live.

-That was really sad.

-But there are many places like that.

-We're lucky, living where we do.

-It was an eye-opener.

-I'm happy to be back.

-Hannah is keen to open

-her own hairdressing business.

-She has heard about

-an empty salon in the town centre.

-It's in town.

-There are lots of places to park.

-It's quite close to Saith Seren.

-I phoned my dad yesterday.

-He phoned back today and told me

-he'd help with everything...

-..like buying new equipment

-and organizing advertisements.

-Fingers crossed

-I'll be able to get it.

-I've had my eye

-on that shop for ages.

-When I came home, it was empty.

-It's like perfect timing.

-The summer of 2013 is a scorcher.

-People are drinking Wrexham Lager...

-..almost faster than

-the Roberts family can brew it.

-It's July and it's been very hectic.

-The weather's the best

-we've had for many a year.

-We've only been going for two years.

-We've had terrible summers.

-This is something new

-to us and the business.

-It's daunting, to be honest.

-We're just about

-keeping up with demand.

-Shows are going

-to take a lot of beer this week...

-..due to the weather factor.

-If you've got any empties, bring

-them back. We're getting pushed.

-I will do, next time I'm passing.

-I will do, next time I'm passing.

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-If you get any, bring them in.

-When is the wedding?

-Next Saturday.

-So, as you can imagine...

-..we're working hard

-and looking forward to it.

-The weather is marvellous.

-It's perfect for a wedding.

-Yes.

-So I've ordered...

-..a dozen crates of Wrexham Lager.

-When I was young...

-..every other Saturday...

-..I came to Wrexham

-to see Wrexham play football...

-..and then have maybe

-too much Wrexham Lager.

-So I was delighted to see that

-you've brought back Wrexham Lager.

-My son lives in Africa.

-Really? Where in Africa?

-Tanzania.

-He's been there for three years.

-So it's a special treat for him...

-..Wrexham Lager for his wedding.

-Bottled lager was launched

-in early summer.

-The demand is higher

-than Mark and Vaughan expected.

-The demand is unbelievable.

-We've had enquiries

-from all over the world.

-It's all good.

-Hopefully, we'll have our first

-exports in the near future.

-We're hopefully going

-to expand the brewery...

-..put in more tanks and storage.

-We've got to keep up with demand.

-If not, we'd turn people away or let

-people down. We don't want that.

-We want to keep

-the quality we've got now.

-So more tank space,

-more storage space...

-..will give us a lot more time

-to make sure everything's right.

-It's the first week of August.

-The National Eisteddfod

-is down the road in Denbigh.

-Jenny Harris is working

-in the Coleg Cambria Wrexham stand.

-She's a Welsh tutor.

-Hold it against your back first.

-Have you done hula-hooping before?

-Against your back.

-Don't turn your body in a circle.

-Just rock back and forth.

-It's harder because these are light.

-The heavier ones

-are easier to use than these.

-You've got the movement.

-You've got to keep moving.

-She's married to Spencer Harris,

-a board member at the football club.

-The Denbigh Eisteddfod

-is very important for our family.

-The last time it was here, Spencer

-won the Learner Of The Year Award.

-That was in 2001.

-I was expecting the twins.

-It was busier than this year.

-We decided to visit the Eisteddfod

-and meet old friends.

-That's the best thing about it.

-I've seen old school friends and

-some of my learners, which is great.

-They're enjoying themselves, working

-as stewards. It's great here.

-It'll be another busy day tomorrow.

-It's Wrexham Football Club's

-first match against Welling.

-We'll all be at the Racecourse.

-Spencer and Emyr have had new suits

-to go to the boardroom.

-The girls and Emyr have had

-the team shirts this year.

-Mali and Emyr chose green,

-the away shirt.

-Megan and Spencer

-chose the red shirt.

-We're ready for it.

-The National Eisteddfod,

-held in Wrexham in 2011...

-..brought about a new enthusiasm

-for the Welsh language in the town.

-Marc Jones saw the opportunity...

-..to open the co-operative

-Welsh pub, Saith Seren.

-It's important

-that the Eisteddfod moves.

-People visit places

-they'd never go to otherwise.

-The people of Wrexham saw the Welsh

-language in a different light too.

-Pubs in Wrexham did very well

-because of the Eisteddfod.

-OK. Sorry about the wait.

-OK. Sorry about the wait.

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-It's alright.

-Two cokes?

-It's important that people see

-the language in a positive light...

-..bringing business to the town.

-It's not just people dancing around

-stones. It brings in business.

-It's a flourishing, natural

-and a community language.

-We were able to take

-advantage of that goodwill.

-We wanted to create

-something permanent in town...

-..as a symbol that we're here

-and part of the community.

-We're not something set apart

-or hidden away.

-We're here,

-out and proud, it you like.

-We have a full-time

-manageress and staff.

-We try to employ bilingual staff,

-although the chef isn't.

-It's important to state that Welsh

-has a role in the workplace.

-People can use Welsh

-after leaving school.

-Many people leave Welsh-medium

-schools and never speak Welsh again.

-There was nowhere to speak Welsh

-before this place opened.

-I only spoke Welsh

-on the phone to Nain.

-Nowhere else.

-If you don't use Welsh,

-I think you lose it.

-It's 26 years since I left school.

-If I hadn't come to Saith Seren,

-my Welsh would be worse than it is.

-After training for a year,

-I think my Welsh has improved.

-It's been good to see

-someone like Hannah...

-..who came here a year ago...

-..saying, "Don't speak to me

-in Welsh. I cannot speak Welsh."

-Now, she's a star.

-She's picked up her Welsh again...

-..and has contributed a great deal,

-as they all have.

-Hannah is having a look

-at the empty salon again.

-She hopes to open

-her own business there.

-Many people know

-I've had an eye on this place...

-..for quite some time.

-I've wanted to open my own business

-for about twelve months.

-The unit is empty at the moment.

-I want to open a barber's shop.

-I've looked at it for a long time

-because of its location.

-It's in the centre of Wrexham,

-near the swimming pool.

-There's a cafe and a gym nearby.

-I'm waiting for the council

-to send me the forms.

-Then I'll just try for it.

-I don't want to get too excited.

-I don't know what will happen.

-But if I get it,

-I'll be over the moon.

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-It's the start of the season

-for Wrexham Football Club.

-The new kit is ready.

-In the shopping centre, supporters

-queue eagerly to buy the new shirt.

-Peter Jones directs everything.

-It's there to make us more money,

-to be perfectly honest.

-Also, it's a great opportunity

-for fans to have the shirt.

-The Racecourse Ground shop

-is having a makeover.

-Selling the new kit is vital

-to raise money for the club.

-It's the first day it's on sale.

-Hopefully it'll bring a bit more

-in and get interest back up.

-We've advertised in the local press.

-They're coming in steadily.

-Glyndwr University is the main

-shirt sponsor this year again.

-There's a new sponsor,

-to increase income.

-It's good for the town

-and for North Wales...

-..that the Wrexham shirts are out,

-not Manchester United or Liverpool.

-Hannah is ready to start

-her shift at Saith Seren.

-But she's thinking

-about her plans for the salon.

-Will you come to me, if I get it?

-Yes.

-I must learn how to do wet shaves.

-You'd be there all the time.

-You must learn

-how to do Turkish wet shaves.

-What are you doing this weekend?

-What are you doing this weekend?

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-I might come here.

-It depends what's on.

-It depends what's on.

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-I don't know what's on.

-Er...

-..to be confirmed!

-At the Racecourse, the new season

-begins with a home game.

-That means a busy day for Spencer

-as a member of the board.

-Do you think he'll sign anyone else?

-What?

-Would Morrell sign anyone else?

-We're still having discussions

-with Junior N'tame.

-We're quite hopeful that he'll come.

-We'll see.

-There are one

-or two others on trial.

-We'll have to see

-what's in the pot and what happens.

-Does your wife still

-come to watch Wrexham?

-Yes, she'll be here soon

-with the children.

-All three have season tickets.

-I spent over 700

-on season tickets this year.

-It's an exciting day,

-with the first match of the season.

-There's a lot to do, like sorting

-out a stadium announcer...

-..making sure the hospitality

-is going well...

-..and welcoming the directors

-of the Welling Utd team.

-It'll be a busy day.

-CROWD NOISES

-Alan the kit man

-is one of the club's mainstays.

-Before anybody other than Andy

-writes the team out...

-..I go in and write it down.

-Only I know.

-He doesn't like the lads knowing

-until he's had his team talk.

-It's one of the perks of the job,

-knowing the team first.

-The team for today.

-Joslain in goal.

-An hour before kick-off, manager

-Andy Morrell names the team.

-Ready?

-We'll go this side.

-Megan, come on.

-This side.

-I was a supporter

-even before I met Spen.

-Don't run!

-When we had the children, I had

-to stop going to football matches.

-No-one was keen to babysit them all

-so I could go to football matches!

-Once they were old enough

-to sit in a seat...

-..we started taking them.

-Sometimes, we took one,

-or we'd go as a family.

-Now, we have season tickets.

-We go as a family

-to every home game on Saturday.

-The children come to the boardroom.

-Children, you can sit here.

-They're confident children.

-They like meeting people.

-They like knowing the players

-and saying hello to them.

-They also like knowing

-our people in the club.

-Mr President.

-We have a new club president,

-Dixie McNeil...

-..the former Wrexham manager

-and player in the 1970s and 1980s.

-He was a great player.

-Mickey Thomas,

-the former Wales, Wrexham...

-..Manchester United,

-Everton and Brighton player.

-Barry Horne is a Wrexham director.

-He was a former Wales

-and Everton captain.

-Andy Scott from the band Sweet,

-who had a hit with Blockbuster...

-..is a huge Wrexham FC supporter.

-He'll be here today too.

-There will be a lot

-of characters here.

-In Saith Seren,

-Hannah meets her grandmother, Jen.

-I was going to see Natalie,

-but Corby isn't well.

-What's the matter?

-She said it's a cold.

-But I think it's hay fever.

-I get hay fever.

-I'm popping to the tattoo place

-to show them what I want.

-I'm going next Thursday.

-Right.

-It'll take four hours.

-It'll take four hours.

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-Four hours?

-What are you having?

-Flowers, down my side.

-Flowers, down my side.

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-That'll be nice.

-My tattoo will cost...

-..560, altogether.

-Not in one sitting.

-I'm only having four hours in the

-first one and four hours next month.

-You have to leave the skin

-to heal before doing more.

-Everyone says it should be

-black and white.

-But I really want it in colour.

-It will look like an oil painting.

-That'll be nice.

-It'll be really good and blend in.

-But it will hurt there.

-When I phoned the shop...

-..he said, "Make sure

-you get numbing cream.

-"It's the most painful bit."

-No!

-CROWD NOISES

-The first match of the campaign

-to return to the Football League...

-..has begun.

-Promotion would bring in

-over a million pounds.

-There's a lot of pressure

-on the team and the board.

-Running a football club business...

-..is a little different from

-running another kind of business.

-We're not only businessmen,

-we're supporters too.

-We have to make decisions...

-..keeping the supporter's heart

-and business head apart.

-That's difficult.

-WHISTLE

-Come on, referee!

-We're lucky to have a lot

-of professional people...

-..with important jobs...

-..who bring their skills

-to the club for free...

-..just because they love

-the club and area.

-They make it happen.

-Another fan on the board

-is the club chairman, Don Bircham.

-Some people still like the idea...

-..of the old businessman,

-the local lad who has done well...

-..running a football club,

-the sheepskin coat and cigar type.

-They have this perception

-that the fans own the club...

-..butchers and bakers, no disrespect

-to butchers and bakers.

-But they don't have the ability

-or the business sense...

-..to run a football club.

-CROWD CHEERS

-People need the club to do well.

-The people sitting

-in the stands own the club.

-It isn't one person,

-like Manchester United or Cardiff.

-We have 3,000 members now,

-who own Wrexham Football Club.

-The match is over.

-Wrexham have won today, 2-1.

-It's a good start...

-..lifting the spirits

-of the supporters and the board.

-It was great for us.

-We've started the season

-with three points.

-But it's going to be a long season.

-Hopefully, we'll be at the top

-of the league next May.

-We're cautiously optimistic.

-We need to get promoted.

-We've tried for six years. We've

-come close over the past two years.

-We're a big club.

-We should not be in this league.

-There's no divine right to get out.

-You have to win the league.

-Here we go again.

-We're a sleeping giant here.

-Hopefully, in the future,

-we'll match what Swansea did.

-Why not?

-Why not?

-The world-famous kit man.

-Cheers.

-Next time on Wrecsam 'Di Wrexham...

-..another community pub

-opens in the area.

-An enterprise like this

-is typical of the area.

-The community comes together

-to do something for themselves.

-MACHINE BUZZES

-Hannah isn't in pain at all.

-I could feel it

-five minutes or so ago.

-But I can't feel that at all.

-At Wrexham FC's Academy, scouts

-look for the stars of the future.

-We have a man

-from Manchester United here...

-..one from Tottenham

-and I've seen one from Wolves.

-And there's one from Liverpool.

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