Pennod 5 Wrecsam 'di Wrexham

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-There have been changes in Wrexham.

-The Saith Seren cooperative pub

-is a centre for the language.

-One of the world's oldest football

-clubs is safe, thanks to the fans.

-Britain's oldest lager

-is flowing again.

-This time on Wrecsam 'di Wrexham...

-..Saith Seren feels the pinch.

-If we survive this,

-we can survive anything.

-It's the Wrexham Supporters Trust

-Annual General Meeting.

-There's a huge responsibility

-on our shoulders...

-..and we have to perform.

-It's all about taste

-at the Wrexham Lager brewery.

-Quite easy drinking.

-I've got a bit of sulphur

-on the flavour...

-..but it lacked aroma.

-It's a busy day for Spencer Harris's

-family in Coedpoeth.

-Between his job as Kellogg's

-Head of Human Resources...

-..and his duties

-on the Wrexham FC board...

-..leisure time is precious.

-Have you sorted your PE kit out?

-Jamie still has my socks.

-Have you sorted what you need

-for the cookery lesson, Megan?

-His wife Jenny

-provides the support he needs.

-I get up early and go to bed late.

-I try to cram everything

-into each day.

-I don't want to waste five minutes.

-I keep fit, get on with club tasks,

-my job and family duties.

-In my opinion,

-if you do something, do it well.

-Eat up, Megan.

-I hope the day

-goes quickly in school.

-Why?

-I can come home

-and go to the football.

-It's hard to organize the family

-and do everything.

-That's why

-I only work a three-day week.

-Spencer is very busy,

-between his job and Wrexham FC.

-Sometimes

-I feel like a single parent.

-But that's life.

-Things fall into place.

-Spencer helps out as much as he can.

-We like going

-to the football together.

-It's a big day for Amanda,

-the Saith Seren manager.

-Her daughter Hannah...

-..has arranged for her to be

-pampered in Glam Hair & Beauty.

-Happy Birthday!

-Happy Birthday!

-Talk about champagne showers!

-Cheers.

-Twenty-one again.

-But Amanda's mind

-is on Hannah's future.

-She's keen for her

-to start a business.

-I'm trying to push her to do this.

-She's 23.

-It's time to grow up.

-She just wants a small business,

-in town or just outside town.

-She's very popular.

-Hannah is young

-and she's a social butterfly.

-She'll have to work hard

-to make the business a success.

-It's the Wrexham Supporters Trust

-Annual General Meeting.

-The 150-year-old club

-is the third oldest in the world.

-The supporters own the club...

-..like only a handful of clubs

-in Britain.

-Chief Executive Don Bircham

-is a champion of this model.

-We have a really good

-democratic structure.

-The shareholders can express

-their views and vote on issues.

-We don't run back

-when we want to sign a player...

-..or make a decision

-about this and that to 2000 fans.

-They empower us, the football board,

-to make those football decisions.

-All of you, and all

-the people who aren't here...

-..when you come to the match,

-you make a significant difference...

-..to how we can run

-the football club...

-..and how we can give money and

-make funds available to managers.

-I'd just make that point.

-We have to move forward...

-..always ensuring

-it's within our budget.

-A promotion

-would change the club overnight.

-We'd have more adverts...

-..and greater support.

-Away teams would

-bring more supporters.

-The Academy

-would get paid by the League...

-..rather than us trying

-to find the money for ourselves.

-We'd have more television money.

-The club would have more exposure.

-This is the next step.

-But it's the biggest step

-in football.

-That keeps me awake at night.

-The club narrowly missed

-promotion last season.

-Assistant Manager Billy Barr thinks

-it impacted players' performances.

-It's been hard coming back

-after that.

-It probably left a bit

-of a hangover on the players.

-From the season starting, it

-just seemed that in every game...

-..we were picking up fresh injuries

-and suspensions.

-Maybe we felt sorry for ourselves

-a little bit.

-We've been

-a lot better in the last ten games.

-It's no coincidence all our players

-are more or less back...

-..challenging each other

-on a daily basis...

-..to be part of the chosen eleven

-on a match day.

-Are you alright?

-Joe, a member of the Academy, has

-suffered from an injury for weeks.

-He can't wait to play again.

-Yeah, that's it.

-Injuries have been

-a big problem this term...

-..as first team player

-Mark Creighton knows only too well.

-Joe gets a lift home to Bala

-with Mark every day.

-How's the old glass back?

-It's getting there.

-I started running last week.

-It takes a lot of patience.

-No reactions?

-No reactions?

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-Nothing major, anyway.

-There's light at the end

-of the tunnel. Boring, innit?

-Unbelievable.

-Horrible times.

-Try and get yourself back

-on that pitch.

-You'll be fine.

-As a language centre, Saith Seren

-is going from strength to strength.

-Upstairs,

-the Ti A Fi group is meeting.

-# This is Thomas the Tank,

-this is Thomas the Tank!

-# The little train speeds along

-# Choo-choo! #

-There are learner classes, too.

-Menter Iaith Maelor

-have been tenants for months.

-It's another story downstairs.

-It's Halloween and the bar is dead.

-October didn't go

-as well as we'd hoped.

-We've reached the point

-that Christmas has to work.

-The Six Nations has to go well,

-too.

-If they don't work...

-..that puts a lot of pressure on us

-as an enterprise.

-We're taking in more money

-than we did last year.

-But we have more outgoings.

-Our rent doubled

-after we opened upstairs.

-The taxes are 1,000 a month.

-We knew it was going to be

-a challenge before we started.

-I remember someone from Clwb Ifor

-Bach saying, "It'll be a slog."

-He was absolutely right.

-It is difficult.

-If we survive this,

-we can survive anything.

-I'm certain we can succeed...

-..so long as things go our way.

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-In the salon, Kelly and Hannah

-put the world to rights.

-How's the salon hunting going?

-I looked at one

-near the swimming pool.

-I've changed my mind about it.

-I've talked to a few people

-about it.

-It's very small

-and there are no parking spaces.

-I've gone off the idea.

-There is a room

-upstairs in Saith Seren.

-You could have a beer

-while you're working.

-It has a licence to sell beer.

-I could sell beer in the salon...

-..if I open upstairs.

-I don't know what to do.

-Customers could have

-a beer and a haircut.

-It would be good

-for the two businesses.

-I'll know when

-I find the right place.

-Mark Creighton lives in Bala

-with his wife Millie and son Cai.

-Go and see who's there!

-Go to Dad!

-Hiya, mate.

-Hi, Joe.

-Hi, Joe.

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-Hiya, are you OK?

-Is work OK?

-Is work OK?

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-Fine, thanks. And you?

-Yes, fine. I'm off today.

-Good day?

-Good day?

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-Yeah.

-Daddy.

-Daddy.

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-I'll find it.

-What are we looking for?

-How's the injury?

-It's getting better.

-I've started to run.

-I'll be playing in a week or two.

-Hopefully. Mark trained yesterday.

-Get the ball rolling!

-When you're injured as a player

-it's easy to get down about it.

-I've done it for over a year

-and I know how horrible it can be.

-To involve him in something

-you're doing...

-..takes his mind off being injured,

-because being injured is horrible.

-I dread him getting injured again.

-I don't know what I'd do.

-It's horrible to listen to the

-radio, or see him getting injured.

-He's getting old now.

-I do work hard at my job.

-It's not my be-all and end-all,

-hence why I set up a tattoo studio.

-I'm doing pundit work for BT Sport.

-Looking to the future.

-Football isn't forever.

-"Man of many talents".

-He likes me to say that.

-Fair play to him, he thinks of

-his family before anything else.

-One of the things I try

-to stress to Joe all the time...

-..using my experience, and

-knowing that nothing is forever...

-..unless you get to the Premiership

-and earn big bucks...

-..you're going

-to have to work at some point.

-I'm gearing him up in the same way

-that I've programmed my brain.

-There has to be life after football.

-The challenge facing Mark Roberts...

-..is to expand while maintaining

-the quality of the beer.

-Every three months, former brewers

-meet in the brewery.

-There's no point expanding

-without their blessing.

-Thanks for coming again,

-my official tasting panel...

-..with hundreds of years worth of

-experience sitting in front of me.

-Don't rub it in!

-Don't rub it in!

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-Just to bring you up to date...

-..next month I'm off

-to China for four days...

-..to see about buying

-another 36 tanks.

-Are you still in Dubai?

-Yes, we've sent more out to Dubai...

-..but it's difficult

-with all the import laws.

-Any more in London?

-We've had another

-couple of installs in London.

-Where are you going to put 36 tanks?

-We put planning permission in to go

-out at the back and across the side.

-We have a mezzanine floor going in.

-We'll put chillers right underneath

-the tanks.

-We can keep up with current demand.

-The local water

-is ideal for brewing lager.

-Mark brews in the traditional way.

-Unlike most lagers, there are

-no chemicals in Wrexham Lager.

-I thought it lacked aroma.

-I got a bit of sulphur

-on the flavour.

-I didn't get a lot of off-flavours,

-but I thought it lacked aroma.

-I thought it was a nice, clean beer.

-Disappointed in lacking ester.

-There was good ester there...

-..which I've been wanting

-in the lager...

-..to give it more character.

-There was little sulphur

-on the nose.

-But a lot of sulphur on the taste.

-Very drinkable. There might

-be the odd touch of salt.

-Wrexham has that touch of salt.

-But no more than it needs.

-That's as near to perfect

-as you get.

-That's brilliant. It was very

-interesting to hear your comments.

-If you get set up as normal,

-go to your bars...

-It's match day in the Racecourse.

-An army of workers congregate

-hours before the first whistle...

-..ready for a busy afternoon's work.

-The washing didn't turn out very

-well this week. Stained shorts.

-It's all go, innit?

-I'll take all these in and

-the lads will know they're playing.

-They pick whatever stuff they need.

-Alan is one of the first

-to arrive at the Racecourse.

-He's been with the club

-for ten years.

-He knows the routine

-on a hectic match day.

-I go all the way

-and leave them outside the door.

-It's so cold.

-Hello.

-One hot chocolate,

-one tea and two Yorkies.

-Do you speak Welsh?

-There you are.

-There you are.

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-Enjoy the match.

-We come from Trefor. I've supported

-Wrexham since I was a child.

-Mam and Dad have family here.

-We came as a family

-when I was a child.

-It's a Welsh club.

-The fans own the club now...

-..and they need our support

-more than ever.

-Hywel and Geraint Lovgreen

-have supported Wrexham...

-..since they lived in the town

-more than 40 years ago.

-They're members

-of the Supporters Trust.

-Hywel travels from Newtown

-and Geraint from Caernarfon.

-It saved the club.

-There had been dreadful owners.

-They saw this

-as a way to make money.

-They would have sold the stadium

-and moved Wrexham out of town.

-The supporters wouldn't accept it.

-Thank goodness Glyndwr University

-took over the ground.

-There's no danger

-of a shady developer...

-..getting their hands on the place.

-The fans own the club

-and not the ground.

-We have a club to support.

-The club almost went under.

-It's only here

-because of the supporters.

-We want to go from strength

-to strength like the Swans.

-We missed out last year.

-Newport of all places

-took our place.

-Good luck to Newport.

-I'm happy for them, too.

-They came back from nowhere.

-We hope for the best today.

-Are you coming in?

-Despite all the problems...

-..on and off the pitch,

-the supporters remain loyal.

-They've done well over the years,

-and gone far in Cup competitions.

-We've had better times.

-Once you've started to support them,

-there's no going back.

-You're with the club for life...

-..like my sons are.

-I've been coming here

-ever since I can remember.

-I've no interest in the big clubs.

-It's a local team for local people.

-My son lives in London

-and goes to the away games.

-There's a good crowd in London,

-the London Reds.

-They go to as many games as us.

-Hannah has come to see if

-the room in Saith Seren is suitable.

-I would put chairs here

-for people waiting.

-There would be two chairs here

-and a mirror.

-I would put a big television here.

-I'd only need one mirror.

-If I had two mirrors,

-I'd put the television here.

-I'd have a sink over here.

-I'd put pictures up on those walls.

-I'd paint the walls white

-and change the lights.

-I'd have spotlights.

-I could do a

-lot of things with the space.

-I need to have a good think.

-Another game has finished.

-Wrexham beat Forest Green 2 - 0.

-Andy Morrell, the manager, scores.

-Come and have a drink before you go.

-It was all down to Al.

-It was down to you

-we got beat last week as well.

-You didn't want to mention that,

-did you?

-You're making two superstars.

-They're getting massively bigheaded!

-Andy, you're happy today, are you?

-Happier than I was this morning.

-Three more points on the board.

-We played well. Not easy opponents,

-so I'm pleased.

-I'm so tired now.

-I think I'll sleep 'til Thursday.

-Put a few results together now,

-playing well.

-Could be a start with a bit of luck.

-That's what you want.

-Carry on from here now.

-The mood isn't as optimistic

-in Saith Seren.

-Marc Jones has studied

-the latest figures.

-I get the feeling

-we're running out of options.

-The model that we have...

-..isn't working.

-Something has to change.

-We have to find a way

-to earn more than we're spending.

-Unfortunately,

-it's not cost-effective.

-Something has to give.

-How worried are you?

-As things stand,

-we'll have to close.

-On the next Wrecsam 'di Wrexham...

-The finances are good.

-We can build from this.

-Are you alright there?

-Are you alright there?

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-I was looking for Spain brochures.

-I'll always come back to Wrexham

-because that's where my heart is.

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