Bootlegger and a fellow Wrexham fan goes viral again as the ‘greatest ever video’ surfaces online amid speculation Twitter is closing.
The hilarious throwback to Bootlegger’s mate “Spencer” going on a passionate rant about how he’s gonna smash the house up if his Wrexham side don’t beat Boreham Wood is doing the rounds, with the video views standing at nearly 3million.
In the end, Gary Mills’ Wrexham went on to win the match 1-0 with Connor Jennings scoring the only goal as his side beat Boreham Wood to climb to third in the National League.
As can be heard in the clip, “Spencer” said: “”It’s gotta go if doesn’t get it right today, right? I’m gonna go home, right? I’m gonna fucking smash the fucking house up. I’m gonna fucking, i haven’t got a microwave anymore because I smashed it up the last fucking game. But I kid you fucking not I’m gunna go home, going to go and take the fucking panel on the fence and kick the fuck out of it if we don’t win.”
Before Twitter shuts down, we must share the greatest video to ever be uploaded on this platform.
— Barstool Football (@StoolFootball) November 18, 2022
Classic away day Good times surrounded by good people
— Bootlegger (@bootlegger1974) November 18, 2022
Throwback to Bootlegger’s mate “Spencer” going on a passionate rant about how he’s gonna smash the house up if Wrexham don’t beat Boreham Wood. Classic. pic.twitter.com/3VPMGYP5re
— 🏴 (@waibooo) August 15, 2019
Bootlegger, a social media sensation and Wrexham fan, made a shock admission earlier this year – that he wasn’t keen on football as a young lad.
The revelation cane in his outspoken autobiography, Bootlegger: The Good, The Bad and The Tasty, in which he, whose real name is Karl Phillips, talks about his amazing journey from teenage tearaway to global social media legend.
Bootlegger, who comes from Gwersyllt near Wrexham, has been a well-known figure to supporters of Wrexham for some time but his appeal has now spread to a much wider audience.
He tells the remarkable story of how his life has transformed massively since he was initially classified as a slow learner at school, and his unmanageable behaviour caused his mum to kick him out.
He has 339,000 Twitter followers one of his most watched YouTube posts topped 700,000 views.
Described by Robbie Savage as “one of Wrexham Football Club’s most famous fans”, the Daily Star newspaper called him a “social media giant” and it’s easy to see why.
He has also had the a beer named after him – Wrexham Lager’s Bootlegger 1974 – which has made its way onto high street supermarket shelves.
His long-time football idol – former Wales international Mickey Thomas, who played for such sides including Wrexham, Manchester United and Everton – penned the foreword for the book.
Mickey says: “I’ve been following this man’s rise in popularity over the last few years and couldn’t have been happier when I heard he’d blagged a book deal! ‘Top man’ are the words that came to mind when the publishers approached me and asked me to write a Foreword.
“Every time I look at his Twitter account, he has a few extra thousand followers. How does he do it? I’ve figured it out – it’s no act, he’s just himself. He’s a natural.”
Mickey adds: “I’m lucky enough to be one of the first people to have a read-through of this book and I can tell you now – you’re gonna be spoilt. I thought that I’d lived a colourful life until I read about Karl’s different adventures around Wales and beyond.”
His autobiography published back in March, and it highlights his much-loved and often wild sense of humour, which has earned him such a huge public following, particularly with Wrexham’s fanbase.
According to Bootlegger, he was never much of a football fan as a boy, saying: “Football wasn’t really on my radar as a young lad. I was too busy ducking and diving.
“In all honesty, I was more interested in going out gallivanting with my mates in the Nineties and doing what young lads do.”
He said: “After a few videos of just larking about, I went on to vlog my match-day experiences. My first was for a home match – Wrexham v. Cambridge. I uploaded the video and titled it ‘Bootlegger MOTD’. It gained a bit of a cult status amongst the Wrexham diehards. Before long, I found myself interviewing various locals.
“I got the knack of editing and embedding graphics. I really did think I was going to be Wrexham’s answer to Steven Spielberg.
“I created different characters, like Bubba Ball Bag and Taffy. These were the main protagonists. But there was one character that didn’t require so much acting. He was ‘The Bootlegger’, AKA The Captain. The Captain would attend games proudly wearing the red Wrexham shirt and a brown leather jacket, which I christened ‘The Italian Pigskin’. The Italian pigskin wasn’t from Italy and I doubt it was even made of leather, but the rain wouldn’t half bounce off it.”
He now uploads content on his socials from home and away games. Here’s just some of his viral videos below…
Fans reacted as Bootlegger and fellow Wrexham fan goes viral again while the ‘greatest ever video’ surfaces online…
@AndthatsMatt: Love the way the captain slowly takes a slow, thoughtful chew on his buttie, like he is digesting the wise and profound views of his learned scolar compatriot
@danford007_: Why didn’t these two make the documentary?
@ms_m3__: What football does to a man 🤣
@wozosufc: fucking brilliant 😭🤣
@SeanMoon95: Wrexham in a video
@Williams_Wales: Spence, what a guy
@nickjwelsh: Welcome to wrexham missing a trick with Spence 😂
@Blaver__: I haven’t got a fooking microwave😂😂😂😂
@Shaunwrexham: Without question one of my favourite videos of all time, I do miss @bootlegger1974 match of the day aswell.
@LRC_1978: Smashed and it’s only 10am 😃
@Kizzchase: This is art.
@Garethmelling: Classic Wrexham! #SmashTheDuckingHouseUp
@_DiegoGO_: The passion for the beautiful game
@ParkeeDj: “I kid you fucking not, right, eh”… Poetry
@jgramuk: This is why football needs alcohol
@callum_beddow: Comedy gold
@milburn138: 🤣🤣 A Classic
@alexmitchell789: Absolute head loss…
@SpofforthJoe: What a bloke 😂
@skybluewheelie: Never seen this before now and don’t know when I last laughed as hard 😂😂😂😂😂
@1khaius: 😂😂😂😂 steaming at 8am got to love the football
@ZakHibbert: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 forgot how funny this was
@andythegent: Classic 🤣🤣🤣
Scenes pic.twitter.com/x90TEZCCwl
— Matthew Affolter (@m4tthewaff0lter) November 18, 2022
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