Karl Phillips is just one of the lads - roofer by day, pilsner drinker
by night. But as Bootlegger, he's scored hundreds of thousands of hits
on YouTube with his hilarious matchday soccer vlogs and keeps a huge
number of followers on social media hooked with his humorous musings on
life, work, the Flamethrower and his beloved Wrexham AFC. He even has a
beer named after him - Wrexham Lager's iconic Bootlegger 1974 Pilsner,
which has made its way onto the shelves of major supermarkets.
From tough beginnings with teenage parents to a string of jobs in local
factories, whether smearing butter on his headmaster's office window or
getting a round of golf in during his shift as a street-cleaner, duckin'
around shooting videos in football grounds and pubs across the UK or
slightly overdoing it in holiday spots around the world, or in the
throes of any of the other hilariously random antics described here, the
Captain doesn't take himself too seriously and is mellowing with age,
like a fine pilsner!
With Wrexham AFC recently taken over by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds
and Rob McElhenney and a documentary spin-off now filming for Disney
Plus, the eyes of the world will be on the club - and on the Bootlegger,
their most famous fan.
"Top man... I thought that I'd lived a colourful life until I read about
Karl's adventures" - MICKEY THOMAS, WREXHAM AFC & WALES
"Certified Twitter legend" - LADBIBLE
