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It's almost as good as that Peter Crouch and Dulwich Hamlet show.
I've not seen the Crouch one but from what I've heard it's going to be a million times worse.

Besides, the American superstars have ploughed a shitload of their own money into it, whereas for gambling pushing Crouch it was all about raising his profile for minimum involvement (like not bothering to answer fans' valid questions) and apparently paying little heed to the people that matter at the club.
 
Interestingly I read somewhere that the owners haven't put money in. But rather they (particularly Reynolds) have leveraged their fame and brand to generate income and made the doc for FX (who produce Sunny). That's why Wrexham are sponsored by Tik Tok. A thoroughly unethical company of course.
 
Interestingly I read somewhere that the owners haven't put money in. But rather they (particularly Reynolds) have leveraged their fame and brand to generate income and made the doc for FX (who produce Sunny). That's why Wrexham are sponsored by Tik Tok. A thoroughly unethical company of course.
Well they've certainly put some time in to the venture and, unlike Mr I Love Gambling, have lasted more than a season.
 
Quest (Freeview Channel 12) have started pushing the series again after going quiet for a while. It’s going to be on air from Tuesday September 27. Though they haven’t mentioned the time it’s actually going to be broadcast, this should finally give those who’ve given the excuse of paying for the Discovery+ streaming service the opportunity to watch the series & pass judgement on it after actually viewing it.
 
So this celebrity led football documentary is ok and the Crouch one isn't ?
Oh, you fancy having a pop? OK, I'm game. My main objection to Crouch coming to Hamlet was that he was the celebrity poster boy for Paddy Power and was making money from actively promoting the 'fun' of gambling.

Except a few years ago, Hamlet had made an emphatic stand against the promotion of gambling. And right there was where my objection lay.

Looking forward to your scintillating comeback.
 
Oh, you fancy having a pop? OK, I'm game. My main objection to Crouch coming to Hamlet was that he was the celebrity poster boy for Paddy Power and was making money from actively promoting the 'fun' of gambling.

Except a few years ago, Hamlet had made an emphatic stand against the promotion of gambling. And right there was where my objection lay.

Looking forward to your scintillating comeback.
Not “ having a pop “ , in the crouch thread you said you hated celebrity lead TV reality shows
 
Anyone watching the Welcome to Wrexham TV series? I'm halfway through and it's a really enjoyable series with loads of focus on the fans and players and gives a real insight into lower league football.

Just starting to watch this and there’s so much here that was missing from the Crouch doc. There’s the genuine involvement from the fans and the Supporters’ Trust that was missing from ours, the history of the club and the area was never sidelined. Whereas ours often comes across like a boardroom presentation with very little real emotion (except many episode 6! ☺️) you start getting a real emotional contact to Wrexham because of the variety of people involved.
 
Just starting to watch this and there’s so much here that was missing from the Crouch doc. There’s the genuine involvement from the fans and the Supporters’ Trust that was missing from ours, the history of the club and the area was never sidelined. Whereas ours often comes across like a boardroom presentation with very little real emotion (except many episode 6! ☺️) you start getting a real emotional contact to Wrexham because of the variety of people involved.
Given that Wrexham were rivals to my home team Cardiff, I was pretty much blown away by their incredible support.
 
Feel for AJ and the boys at Fisher who now have their 8th tie in the FA Cup already despite not even being the end of September yet. Then again a good draw away to Welling United for them to bring the game back to St Pauls for a replay to potentially make the 3rd qualifying round.
 
Fisher were the lowest ranking team left in the draw so an impressive result yesterday. Even more so if you check out their injured list. I believe they had already played more FA Cup games than last season's winners did.
 
I bet that’s not that infrequent. Winners from Prem/Chanpionship would (in a no replay world) only ever play six times. With replays lower down I wouldn’t mind betting that gets exceeded most years.

Edit. Marine played 8 in 20/21.
Fishers replay will be their eighth from memory. It's certainly not unique but I doubt it's that common unless someone has a long run. Fisher have gone to a replay every round so have rattled up the games in an unusually small number of rounds
 
Fishers replay will be their eighth from memory. It's certainly not unique but I doubt it's that common unless someone has a long run. Fisher have gone to a replay every round so have rattled up the games in an unusually small number of rounds
It’s one of those things you think the internet would be great at answering but isn’t. What’s the longest run each year or what’s the distribution of 1,2,3…X game runs etc.
I’m not about to go and count it up for myself though!
 
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