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Welcome to Wrexham Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Welcome to the EFL
Thu, May 2, 202441 mins
After languishing for fifteen years in the fifth tier National League, Wrexham AFC has been promoted to the fourth tier League Two, what is considered the lowest of the English Football League (EFL). But during the off-season, they want to be able to revel in their success in celebrating the accomplishment. Part of that celebration is playing in some exhibition games in the US including against some upper tier EFL teams such as the famed Chelsea and Man United, which may give them some idea of how far the have to go. That celebration needs to be be short-lived in preparing for the upcoming season, and their want to move up immediately the following year to League One, the top three teams in the standings who are automatically promoted with the winner of the teams four through seven playoffs also promoted. They have to decide what if any changes they should make, some which may be made for them, such as the question mark on both sides of forty year old Ben Foster, who was brought in at the end of last season solely to help them win the National League title and who the collective "they" may feel he did his job and is now time to leave. But a lot can happen during that few months' break, including some unexpected.
Episode 2
Goals
Thu, May 2, 202444 mins
A profile of Oliver Stephen is presented, he, a self-described outsider, who is making of living from photographing things associated to football in Wrexham, but who, in being more interested in cultural issues than being a paparazzo, is not a football fan per se, and has never entered the Racecourse Ground to watch a Wrexham AFC game. Meanwhile, it's still early in the season and the growing pains of being in the EFL for the first time in fifteen years are showing in they having mixed results. They are trying to deepen their bench as the early season trading season is nearing its end, they still coping with their premier player Paul Mullin being out with injury. But another star player will leave the team's ranks unexpectedly creating some uncertainty. Of the early season games, the one that has some resonance for the team members is the first one against Grimsby Town since they beat Wrexham in the 2022 playoffs, Grimsby Town who subsequently went on to be promoted at Wrexham's expense.
Episode 3
Notts Again
Thu, May 9, 202444 mins
The importance of mental health and mental resilience in the game and in life are discussed, football which can play a key role in the latter. Both the men and women's team will face those challenges this season having both moved up a tier to play in a more difficult league where they won't win every game like they did last year. The women face the additional pressure in they now being in a semi-professional league, meaning team members getting paid leading to greater expectations on them while they still need their day jobs outside of football to survive. With the men, the early season game against their arch rivals Notts County, who are close to them in the standings, may show just how resilient they are.
Episode 4
Risky Business
Thu, May 16, 202440 mins
It's time for the semi-annual birthday war between Rob and Ryan, this time it's Rob's turn to "celebrate" Ryan's birthday. Although it will have enough prank value incorporating the support of Hollywood friends as have the previous entries in the war, Rob, as is his and Ryan's want with the team as a whole, decides to give back to the community in creating a "Ryan Rodney Reynolds Memorial Park" on what has long been a derelict brownfield site in the heart of Wrexham. Rob and Ryan's hope in giving back to the community as with this park is that it will also spur other opportunities, such as with businesses hopefully wanting to move back into the neighborhood. They have also wanted to lend their support in any way they can for the long term livelihood for the players, meaning past their lives as footballers as Rob and Ryan realize, as with show business, it can be a very fleeting business, especially as an injury, a real professional hazard, can change things on a dime.
Episode 5
Temporary
Thu, May 23, 202446 mins
The temporary nature of certain issues with Wrexham AFC and with life in general are discussed. Injuries and other issues have led to a revolving door at certain positions, most notably at goalkeeper, someone coming off the bench mid-game at that position more difficult than other positions. Rob and Ryan have been dealing with fixing up the Kop ever since they purchased the team, regulatory and financial hurdles which has led to delay after delay. While things on that issue seem to be at least known as eventually getting done, they try to push the issue of installing temporary seating in the Kop to meet increased demand which has regulatory and financial hurdles in and of itself. One of Wrexham AFC's primary rivals over the past few years has had different fortunes of late making them, at least this stage in the season, no longer a rival, seemingly due to some fundamental changes behind the bench. And a key player with Wrexham reflects on the temporary nature of life itself when he speaks of his wife's pregnancy where it was not certain if either mom or child would survive the early childbirth. But what seems to be forever is the support Wrexham AFC has received from Arthur Massey who, on the eve of his one hundredth birthday, is believed to be the team's oldest and longest supporter, he attending his first game at age seven.
Episode 6
Far Away, So Close
Thu, May 30, 202442 mins
The exportation of Wrexham AFC is presented. A century and a half ago, a group of Welsh emigrated to Patagonia. Many of their descendants still feel patriotically Welsh and are among Wrexham AFC's most fervent supporters despite not ever having stepped foot in Wales. Rob and Ryan decide to do something to show them how much their nationalism and support means to them and the team. On occasion, players are given the honor of being asked to play on their home country's national team in international competitions, Jacob Mendy the first Wrexham player to be asked to play for The Gambia. Sponsored in part by HP, Wrexham AFC is publishing a children's book to promote the team, Wrexham and Welsh culture to the rest of the world. On St. David's Day, the most celebratory day in Wales, arguably the most famous person with Wales in his title makes a stop in Wrexham to provide his regards to the team and its supporters. But probably the most important item in this category with regard to the team's fortunes, everyone associated with the team notices a marked difference between their fortunes in home versus away games of late, they needing the even those stats on the winning side for both types of games.
Episode 7
Proper Trouble
Thu, Jun 6, 202442 mins
Unsportsmanlike or bad behavior on and off the field is discussed. Such behavior can be ratcheted up a notch in what are deemed derby matches, namely games where there is a historic rivalry, usually due either to being evenly matched or being located close geographically. In such derby matches, local police generally are on heightened alert of potential issues between fans of the opposing teams. On the field, there is the system of, in increasingly severe order, penalties, yellow cards, and red cards, the latter which means an immediate eviction from the game, the team down that one player for the remainder of the game, and a one game suspension. Additionally, cumulative yellow cards over the season can also lead to what is ostensibly a red card violation. Certain players are known as enforcers and are more apt to be carded, such as James McClean who comes by his "anger" in his Northern Irish roots. While such players provide a useful service to the team, yellow cards and red card suspension can prove to be costly, especially as Wrexham, nearing the end of the season, is in a fight to make the top three to avoid the playoffs. For the women, moving up to a semi-professional league this season means a much more physical game which is just more prone to violations.
Episode 8
Down to the Wire
Thu, Jun 13, 202443 mins
Rocky (1976) analogies abound regarding underdogs and grit and determination as the football season nears its end. Updates are provided on many Wrexham supporters who have faced issues in their lives, with the role that the team has played in dealing with their issues. Two Wrexham players reach scoring milestones, one of those milestones getting more press based on "prestige" regardless of that the one receiving less press was reached first. With the women, they were not expecting to finish in the top half of standings in their first year in the Adnan national league, let alone in third. But they are definitely considered the underdogs as they play their first ever Welsh Cup final against top ranked Cardiff City. On the men's side, there are five games left in the season, and they need twelve of the maximum fifteen points to ensure finishing in the top three for automatic promotion, that number which will constantly change as results with the other teams in contention (four in total) come in. But in that underdog scenario, it is the teams at the bottom of the standings that could play spoiler as they are arguably playing for something more dire, namely not be relegated. Regardless of what happens, management staff have to plan for the off season and next season to ensure continued growth, which means that some players will play their final game with the team by the end of the season.
