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Rubbing shoulders with Hollywood and the King: Aussie's wild welcome to Wrexham

January 29, 2023·30 min·2 clips

There were three England international goalkeepers and an ex-Man United goalkeeper all at the one club.

Australian goalkeeper Kai Calderbank Park shares his journey from Wollongong Wolves to Burnley's Premier League academy and then to Wrexham, the Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney-owned club featured in the documentary Welcome to Wrexham. He describes training alongside England internationals like Joe Hart, Tom Heaton, and Nick Pope, meeting King Charles when Wrexham became a city, and the electric FA Cup giant-killing of Coventry City.

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A clear, grounded football chat that makes Wrexham feel busy, real, and slightly surreal.

Fox Football Podcast finds a tidy angle on a Wrexham story by following Australian goalkeeper Kai Calderbank Park from Wollongong Wolves to Burnley and then to Wrexham.

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See Wrexham through the eyes of an Australian keeper who says the cameras are there all the time.

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