A Wrexham fan from Argentina's Welsh-speaking area of Patagonia is desperate to get to the Racecourse next season. David Mardones has been in love with Wales' oldest football team since 2019 - before the club's Hollywood takeover by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. David's only problem? He'll have to travel more than 7,000 miles (11,265 km) to get to a game.

The process that led to David becoming a Wrexham fan began in 1865, a year after the club was formed, when 153 Welsh pioneers set off for South America on a clipper ship called Mimosa. The Welsh-speaking community established afterwards - Y Wladfa - has endured, with between 2,000 and 5,000 Argentines speaking Welsh to this day. David takes great pride in being one of them. "My connection to Wales comes from my mother's roots, she instilled in me the Welsh traditions," he said.