Watch the full episode of GQ Sports’ 10 Essentials, as Wrexham AFC reveal 10 things they can’t live without.
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00:00I don't get enough credit for this game. I'm actually quite good at the game.
00:03No, because you get loud and you get aggressive when you're on the wall.
00:05True.
00:06Everyone knows that.
00:07Everyone knows when it's you.
00:09Take one.
00:14This is GQ Tennis Essentials with Wrexham.
00:17Very essential to us.
00:19The soccer ball.
00:21Who said soccer?
00:23Who said soccer?
00:24We said soccer ball.
00:27Very essential to us.
00:28The football.
00:29When I was a kid, I had a football with me the whole time.
00:32At school, I was the boy that took the ball into the school.
00:35Spent my whole youth days playing football.
00:37Still trying to do that now with my son.
00:39Carrying a ball everywhere I go.
00:41I think that'd be a bit weird.
00:42I think it's just when you go home and you're not kicking a ball around.
00:45You're resting and then straight away the next day you're back.
00:48Smashing the balls again.
00:49It's nice and training.
00:50Who has the best cat?
00:51Oh, El.
00:52I like yourself.
00:53I like yourself.
00:54Yeah, that's good.
00:55Oh, yeah.
00:56Nice singing.
00:57How's it go? I'm terrible.
00:58Step me up.
00:59Here you go.
01:00I saw me mate.
01:01The other day.
01:02Sent to me the white Pele.
01:04Is that right?
01:05So I asked.
01:06Who is he?
01:07He goes by the label.
01:09Ali Ali.
01:10Ali Ali.
01:11Ali Ali.
01:19My absolute essential.
01:21My baldy gloves.
01:22You made that time.
01:23I was thinking that.
01:24That was a time.
01:25That was a time.
01:27When it comes to gloves, most importantly is aesthetic.
01:30How it looks.
01:31I want to feel good whilst I'm playing.
01:33Adidas, we've been together for years now.
01:36And then comfortability, which is also important.
01:38And that's two things Adidas have been able to do.
01:41I just have a superstition now where I need to use a new pair of gloves every game.
01:45When I normally tell people that, they say it's a bit crazy.
01:48But I like to give them away.
01:49Fans who absolutely love it.
01:51But it leaves me a bit dry of gloves.
01:54And you know you have my gloves if there's a name in the label.
01:57You know that you have mine.
02:00The next essential is the wolf card.
02:02This is a team game.
02:04Similar to a series called Traitors.
02:07We play every Friday.
02:09You don't want to be thinking about the game.
02:10So when we get there and we've got a bit of spare time, we do play this game.
02:14The game consists of finding the wolves.
02:16This is a civilian card.
02:18Most people have this card.
02:20And then these are the wolf cards.
02:22During the night, they've got the power to kill people.
02:25The night is over.
02:26Everyone needs to discuss and find out who they think the wolf is.
02:30Because the wolf needs to lie to end up winning the game basically.
02:34I don't get enough credit for this game.
02:36I'm actually quite good at the game.
02:37No, because you get loud and you get aggressive when you're the wolf.
02:39True.
02:40Everyone knows when it's you.
02:43His whole mannerisms go up and it's just like, well obviously you're the wolf.
02:46No, sometimes I'm not.
02:48I actually get angry when people...
02:50So this dickhead, quite often, comes in and he'll just vote me out straight away just to piss me off.
02:56When he knows I'm a civilian, he knows.
02:59Straight on.
03:00When it's your game, you're shit at the game.
03:03What, I'm not shit?
03:04You are.
03:05And you get the hump.
03:06You actually, he gets the hump quite a lot when you play.
03:09Because when I'm the wolf, I'm bad.
03:11I get nervous.
03:12That was so funny.
03:13I get nervous, I can't lie, and I get caught.
03:16He's a good wolf to be fair.
03:19He doesn't get the wolf quite a lot, but when he gets it, he's a bit...
03:22You wouldn't know.
03:25And a small essential for us are Rob and Ryan.
03:28I think we've got a great relationship with them.
03:30I think all the lads have said in interviews and whoever asked how just genuine they are.
03:35If you don't know about the English football game, not many owners like them, if any.
03:39It's just a straight business, you don't really have any contact.
03:44But with Rob and Ryan, they've been, I think I speak for everyone, they've been incredible for all of us.
03:48They take an interest in your personal life and how you're actually getting on.
03:52For me personally, Ryan called me, yeah, probably a day or two after I signed.
03:56Little things like that that make them very special owners, yeah.
03:59I didn't get a fucking call though.
04:01You genuinely didn't.
04:02I got the call.
04:03From?
04:04Ryan, as I signed.
04:05They're two good normal people that actually want the best for all of us.
04:09Whether it's on the field or off it.
04:11What you see is what you get.
04:12I think a lot of people think it's a facade or whatnot, but they are two genuine people.
04:20An essential for me and one thing I can't help keep with me is my tattoos.
04:24This is basically all for my family.
04:26There's my nan, my mum, my grandad's, my brother and sister, mum and dad.
04:31I'm a family man, I love my family and I like to take them wherever I go, so it's just my little tribute.
04:37They all got done in the same session to be fair, but the first one was probably the angel
04:41and then there's my mum and dad and my grandad's.
04:44Yeah, those are on me for life now, so.
04:48Another essential is headphones.
04:54The headphones get me ready for the game because I love listening to music so far.
04:58Looks more like a handbag, mate, to be honest.
05:02Yeah, I'm quite the same.
05:03I like using headphones before the game.
05:05Gets me ready, kind of gives me my own space.
05:08A bit of Afrobeat, a bit of hip-hop.
05:10I mean, for me, that's quite a lot to carry around.
05:13I've got my AirPods too.
05:15Nice and easy, shit in the pocket.
05:17True.
05:18It's quite a handful.
05:19When you're listening to music, it's actually a lot better.
05:21Batteries last longer.
05:23Can you run with them?
05:24Yeah.
05:25If I go for a run, I can't wear my AirPods, they always fall out my ear.
05:27I actually tried it and they don't move when you're moving them.
05:30That is true, though.
05:31The only thing with AirPods, what we use, they fall out my ears.
05:35These don't drop.
05:36You wouldn't put them on for a phone call, though, would you?
05:38I would, why not?
05:39Would you? I've never seen you do that.
05:41Well, I just don't get phone calls.
05:44I'll start calling you, mate.
05:46You call me, please.
05:47I don't know who's going to be on the music this year, but...
05:49I think that you should be.
05:50I think Elliot.
05:51You play good music.
05:52A little bit of everything.
05:53I think Elliot.
05:54Is that my music?
05:55I play a bit of everything. Afrobeats.
05:57Yeah, you played Afrobeats this morning.
05:59I think Elliot should be the one.
06:01It could be Celine Dion or Eminem.
06:03Both of them get me in a different way.
06:04I drove all night, it's powerful.
06:07Powerful song.
06:08I like songs that lift me.
06:09I like emotional songs.
06:10I don't know, I just like...
06:11It's like getting your feels.
06:12Yeah.
06:13Before a game.
06:14Yeah, sometimes.
06:15Before a game.
06:16Sometimes it gets me thinking about my family, I get all emotional.
06:21I'm doing it for my family.
06:24One of my biggest essentials are my kids.
06:26Becoming a father is obviously one of the best moments of anyone's lives.
06:30They're a big part of why I do what I do.
06:32My family is my inspiration and it might sound a little bit cheesy,
06:35but they really are.
06:36I take them with me everywhere.
06:37You know, they love to be involved and I try to bring them into training
06:40and bring them to games.
06:41I just love you so much.
06:51Stuff we wear every day.
06:52Mine's a necklace.
06:53Stuff we wear every day.
06:54Mine's a necklace.
06:55It means a lot to me about my friend who passed away.
06:58It's his fingerprints.
06:59I wear it every day.
07:00I also wear his number 38 for him as well, so...
07:03Can't really top that, man.
07:06Sorry, it's taking it a bit deep.
07:07I just like hats.
07:09This is my brand as well.
07:10I'm called Clothing Brand.
07:11I just love hats.
07:12I've got all sorts of...
07:13All type of hats.
07:14I'm really into fashion.
07:15I like fashion.
07:16I've always wanted to own a brand just to wear it myself.
07:20Mine's a special one.
07:21This is a special one.
07:22My do-rag.
07:24Wear it every day.
07:25Keeps my hair fresh and nice.
07:27So, yeah.
07:28Need it with me wherever I go.
07:30You know, when I signed for Wrexham, I had a lot of spare time.
07:32I decided to go down the fashion industry
07:35and I wanted to create a clothing brand.
07:38Looks good but also affordable.
07:40The lads have been really supportive as well.
07:42I've got a really trendy guy in the middle
07:44who helps me out a lot with that.
07:46Elliot's a bit braver with it.
07:47There's nothing overly out there.
07:49He's a little...
07:50The caps with the collar tops.
07:52So, I'm not actually overly trendy, am I?
07:54I'm pretty basic, aren't I?
07:56Pretty basic with it.
08:00These are our grooming essentials.
08:02This is...
08:03I find it hard to say the name.
08:04It's Tiziana Terenzi.
08:05An old teammate of mine at a previous club wore it
08:08and it was just one of them that I walked past him
08:11and I smelled it and I was like,
08:12what's that?
08:13It's my favourite cologne.
08:14I like my smells but, to me, nothing beats that one.
08:17Whack it on.
08:18It's nice.
08:20It's quite soft.
08:21Go on, get it on your men's.
08:22Spray it in your mouth, men's.
08:25It's lovely.
08:26Yeah, it's good stuff.
08:27When I was a kid, I used to have really dry lips.
08:29I'm never used to wear Vaseline.
08:31As soon as I found this one, I really liked it.
08:33It's quite small.
08:34You can put it in your pocket.
08:35You can take it everywhere.
08:36It is from Spain so it's hard to find somewhere else.
08:38Cherry.
08:39Yeah, cherry.
08:40Is it?
08:41No.
08:44This is the most important thing for me in my life.
08:47Cocoa butter.
08:49This is my first love.
08:51So important to me.
08:54Whoever's got a dry skin will understand what he's saying.
08:56If you know, you know.
08:57It's very important to me.
08:58This is just American Cruise Matte Clay.
09:01It's just a wicked hair product.
09:02Something I started using in the summer
09:04and I just really grew to like it
09:06because I was doing my hair in the evening
09:08and I was waking up in the morning
09:10with the same hairstyle.
09:11I actually did it three days ago
09:13and I haven't showered either.
09:18This essential is tech.
09:20Wherever I go, if I have to travel,
09:22I get my iPad to watch anime.
09:24I love anime and I can only watch it in my iPad.
09:27I can't watch it on the TV.
09:28I can't watch it on my phone.
09:29Always on my iPad.
09:30To watch what?
09:31Anime.
09:32Anime?
09:33Anime.
09:34What's that?
09:35He's old now, isn't he?
09:36Is it that point where I know it's...
09:38You're looking at me like...
09:39You don't know!
09:40You don't know!
09:41Was that what you were watching on the phone the other day?
09:42Yeah.
09:43Yeah, I thought it was that.
09:44Japanese animation.
09:45Japanese cartoons.
09:46I'd rather call it animation.
09:47Bro, grow up, mate.
09:48I'm a bit similar to men.
09:50I like to put the anime on.
09:52I just take this around with me.
09:53I watch stuff on Netflix, Amazon Prime.
09:56I watch everything, to be honest.
09:57There's just too much.
09:58I didn't even name all of them.
10:00Shout out, HP.
10:03Thanks, everybody, for watching.