WREXHAM AFC'S executive director made an appearance on 'This Morning' to discuss the hugely successful documentary all about the club and its surrounding community.
Humphrey Ker sat down with presenters of the ITV show Holly Willoughby and Dermot O'Leary today (September 12) to talk about all things 'Welcome to Wrexham'.
The first series proved to be a hit worldwide when it aired via Disney Plus last year, drawing in new fans from as far away as Canada and the USA.
It focused on the takeover of the club by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, while also shining a spotlight on those in the community who are diehard Wrexham fans.
And while that season ended in tears (with the Reds missing out on promotion), season two promises to be a lot brighter as it focuses on the success of the 2023/24 campaign.
In that season, Wrexham ended 15 years of heartbreak to return to the English Football League by winning the National League title.
And all that gets underway tomorrow (September 13) in the UK, once again via Disney Plus.
Humphrey Ker appeared on This Morning ahead of the season two release.
Speaking to Holly and Dermot about the effects of the documentary, he said: "The thing about the football club is that it just creates stories non-stop. You have everything that happens on the pitch, but you also have the kind of real life that interjects throughout the course of the season.
"So, we're very excited to share everything that happened last year with everyone.
"What you get more of with us and what you get more of with Sunderland (Sunderland Till I Die) documentary maybe is the fans and the people of the town because they are the fabric of the football club. They'll be here long after we're gone."
During the conversation, Dermot told Humphrey: "I see kids now in London in Wrexham gear."
Discussing King Charles III's visit to the Racecourse - which will be shown on the documentary series - Humphrey added: "Before we took over, before what happened at the football club, we wouldn't have necessarily been a stop on a big, kind of, civic visit like that and that's something that is really great.
"It's a sign of kind of the direction and the travel of the club and the town, or the city as we are now. It was exciting to have them."
Talking about the club's star owners, Rob and Ryan, Humphrey added: "When Rob and Ryan started this process one of the things they were more interested in than the football even was like 'What happens if you take something, an institution like this that is at the centre of a community's identity and try and supercharge it? Does that help the community as a whole?
"And as it went on, you see a very specific moment for Ryan where it clicks for him. Paul Mullin scored a very late goal in the FA Trophy semi-final and you just see him go like 'Oh I get why they all love this thing so much now.
"To see that happen, to see that galvanisation and to be part of that has been so exciting."
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Quizzed on how the opportunity to be part of Wrexham came about in the first place, Humphrey said: "I worked for Rob as a writer on Apple TV and I was watching the Sunderland documentary and we went into lockdown and I sent it to him and said 'Hey, you should watch, this will explain to you why I'm so obsessed with this sport that you think is, frankly, dumb and doesn't have enough points and everyone dives and all the things Americans tend to say about football.
"And he watched it and fell in love with it and said we should buy a football team and I was like 'ha ha yeah sounds cool, if you increase my pay maybe I can afford to buy a football team one day'.
"And he was like 'no, no seriously like how would we do this?' and so, I sat down and dropped a list of clubs and Wrexham was top and three years later I'm on This Morning.
"Slowly but surely over the last three years, I've found myself being like 'I think we're going to try and get this club to the Premier League'."
When asked whether or not he is 'living the dream' during his Wrexham journey to date, Humphrey said: "Yes, a thousand percent. I have no skills that are applicable to this at all. I feel like I won the lottery."
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