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.

He is also something of an enviable brand, having his own beer named after him – Wrexham Lager’s Bootlegger 1974 Pilsner, which has made its way onto the shelves of major supermarkets.But as Bootlegger, he’s scored hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube with his hilarious matchday 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. You can even request a video message from The Captain, as he’s known to his army of fans, via the Cameo platform. But as Bootlegger, he keeps huge numbers of followers on social media hooked with his humorous musings. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Life-affirming autobiography of Karl Phillips, The Bootlegger, a social-media sensation with 320K followers for his humorous matchday vlogs about Wrexham AFC.

Karl Phillips, better known as Bootlegger has certainly played his part in elevating the fortunes of the club currently undergoing the Hollywood treatment. 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! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

But as Bootlegger, he's scored hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube with his hilarious matchday 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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. The lower-league club has Hollywood superstar owners – Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney – and a Netflix documentary series in the pipeline.

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. Roofer by day, pilsner drinker by night, he’s scored hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube with his hilarious matchday vlogs and keeps a huge number of followers on social media hooked with his humorous musings on life, work, his partner – affectionately named the Flamethrower and his beloved Wrexham AFC.When Wrexham and Wales legend says: “I thought that I’d lived a colourful life until I read about Karl’s adventures” then you can expect hijinks aplenty. 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.