Welcome to Wrexham

Is Ryan here?

Not yet.

Typical.

The power dynamic begins.

Ryan and I have never met in person,

but we did buy a football team together.

Maybe not the smartest thing to do.

Yeah.

Looks fine. RYAN: Oh, guys,

you're gonna need a bigger crew for this.

Oh, hi. RYAN: Oh, God.

- There he is. - Oh, my.

It's so weird to see you

without the Disney princess filter.

Yes, on your Zoom. - I know.

What do you think?

Oh, my God.

How's it going? - Good. How about you?

This--I think we're wearing-- This is similar colors.

Right, see, this is why it was just meant to be.

I'm going with the Clubber Lang body.

He's not that tall.

- No. - Wow.

No, not with your 6-inch lifts.

What? Well, yeah. RYAN: No.

Hello, my name is Rob McElhenney.

And my name is Ryan Reynolds.

And earlier this year we became owners

of a football club in Wrexham,

and we thought it was only appropriate

for our Welsh fans to have a translator.

Wow.

Getting Wrexham out of the National League

and into the EFL is-- Is the goal.

Then it really is about putting Wrexham

on a world stage and build this team,

and it's an underdog story, and that's something I love.

- What the fuck was that? - I don't know, man.

Did you hire-- who hired her?

- She's looking at you like... - Looking at me?

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Why are Rob and I pitching

a North Walian trailer manufacturer?

Well, because we just became owners

of Wrexham Association Football Club,

and they're our team sponsor.

You may have never heard of Wrexham,

the Racecourse Ground or...

So to the Wrexham Supporters Trust,

thank you for your faith and trust in us.

We are humbled

and we're already getting to work.

Holy.

This is really happening.

Thanks for gathering.

Um...

your employment by the football club

is not affected by this sale.

You will remain employed by Wrexham AFC.

Okay? So there's no change to your terms of conditions

of employment, but I fully understand

that in any change people do feel,

um, a little bit, uh, nervous about change,

and that is fully understandable.

It was quite emotional actually, talking to the staff

'cause most of these people have been with us

for a long time.

Yeah.

I trust Humphrey with lots of things.

- Hey. - How are you?

Yeah, I'm Humphrey.

Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Dan.

- Hi, Dan. - Hi, are you all right?

- Nice to meet you. - Yeah, it's nice to meet you.

Because I didn't know anybody at first,

I wanted to make sure I had somebody

that I could trust on the inside.

Hello.

I'm Humphrey. I'm--I'm, uh, I'm from--

I'm like Rob and Ryan's guy.

That's how I'm describing myself for now.

It's nice to work out what we can do to help.

Yeah, basically. Yeah, yeah.

That said, he admittedly doesn't know fuck all

about operating a football club either.

Old Christmas decorations.

So we needed somebody with a vision

of what it is to run a football club.

And Shaun Harvey was way overqualified

for this particular position, but...

I said, "Let's just give it a shot."

I worked in the football industry

for 26 years,

and every day, there was a different problem.

By the time I was 29,

I was the managing director

of Bradford City Football Club,

making decisions at the Premier League table

along with Chelsea, Manchester United,

Liverpool, and all the household names of today.

From there, I moved to Leeds United till 2013

and then became the CEO

of the English Football League.

I remember my first conversation with Rob.

It was more about how can we benefit the community

and make a positive difference

than it was "Do you think we could be playing

in the championship in three years?"

I said, "Have you got that in writing?"

For when all this potentially pans out

and they genuinely don't make any money.

In a moment of weakness,

I've committed to look after the club until such time

as they are able to find a CEO

and effectively to look after their investment

going forward.

Oh. Shit.

It feels like you' re standing in front

of all the coolest bad boys at school.

And, if like me, you spent much of your schooltime

pretending to be a dinosaur,

it feels like a real reversion to "Hi, I'm the dork."

- You got it. - Morning, gents.

You all right? PLAYER: Yeah.

Quick introduction. This is Humphrey.

He's coming in as chief executive director, is it?

- Just executive director. - Executive director.

I don't wanna build myself up too much.

- Okay. - Just want--yeah, hi.

Hi, everybody.

Um, my name's Humphrey Ker.

I am gonna be working with you guys.

Basically, my role is I'm gonna be Rob and Ryan's

kind of representative.

I've worked for Rob for a couple of years now

as a writer on one of his TV shows.

So that-- I'm not gonna lie to you,

that is my principal qualification

for becoming involved with the club.

But my role is not gonna have really anything to do

with what goes on on the field, right?

I'm not the CEO.

Uh, I'm not the Director of Football.

I'm nothing like that.

Uh, and the club's interests going the other way.

So I'm gonna be a conduit between what you guys need

and what Dean needs, uh,

and what the incoming CEO needs from them,

uh, and you know, what it is that they want to achieve here,

which is the same thing that you guys wanna achieve,

which is to win games, win promotion,

uh, and to, you know, get the best out of this club

for the club and for the town as well, so yeah, that's me.

I'll leave you in Dean's very capable hands

and get out of your hair.

All right, cheers, everybody. Thanks.

Bye-bye.

I see.

You nearly fell over, did ya?

Oh! Get that off me head, you.

No, no, no. None of that, lad.

Go on.

You're a little madman, aren't you?

Right, come on now.

Let's get you ready, kid.

This is all of the, um, clips

from when Jordan's been growing up,

different photos of-- Well, not just his football.

There is--he did other things like go to school

and Christmas concerts and--

And this isn't even all of it

because there's another cupboard full.

I grew up in Wrexham.

It's a great experience to play for your hometown

'cause I know what it means to the fans.

It's my club. It's my town.

It's what my life has been, so when they get frustrated,

I'm just as equally as frustrated, so yeah.

Chanting along with all my mates.

We used to get the bus down

and we used to go to the games.

It was great.

For me for playing for Wrexham,

it's--it's more than going out there

and for myself, for the team.

It's doing it for all my friends, my family,

and the people of the town. It's--

To me it's more than the football club