Episode 1 Class of '92: Out of Their League


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This programme contains strong language.

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Go on, Salford, go on, Salford!

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Two years ago, five of Manchester United's most successful

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-players bought Salford City...

-The hot chocolate's nice.

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..one of Britain's smallest football clubs.

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Some fans didn't want to change.

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It's not going to be the same ever again.

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Their team of part-timers were out-played on the pitch.

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Oh!

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-Hey!

-And their leading goal-scorer was too busy off it.

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Why the BLEEP did we buy a football club?

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-Why?

-So, it was out with the old guard...

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..and in with two of the league's toughest men.

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That, mate, is an embarrassment of a performance.

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-By the end of the first season...

-Please can I have a new oven?

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-..they'd made over the ground.

-Hey!

-Come on, Seddon!

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Their star striker found the net.

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CHEERING

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Easy, weren't it?

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There is a God.

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And an amazing winning streak won them promotion against all odds.

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Now the class of '92 face their second year in charge.

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Dry yourself off, else them girls there won't kiss you.

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Salford's amazing FA Cup run grips the nation.

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-COMMENTATOR:

-Oh, what a goal!

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We're going to Wembley. Wembley!

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But off the pitch, there's trouble...

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Salford City Football were given a yellow card over the potential deadly E. coli.

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-I love it.

-..and a big day to prepare for.

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-I'm working so hard because I've got to pay for a wedding.

-Don't talk crap.

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Fans and owners dream of winning the league again.

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What do I want from this season?

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-Promotion.

-Hey!

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But their star striker has lost his form.

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That's seven games I've not scored.

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If players aren't performing, they're not scoring, you've got to fear for your place.

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And the managers are losing it...

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-Do things right!

-That sums this changing room up.

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..as the team crumble under pressure.

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Yeah, we're not bothered, yeah, you don't care.

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This is where you need to be strong managers. Because it's the first real bad spell you've had.

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In their second year in charge...

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He's been paid a lot of money to do BLEEP all all season.

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..are the class of '92 still out of their league?

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-Oh, it's a penalty.

-Knowing that nine months comes down to one moment,

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one decision, one shot.

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WOMAN SCREAMS

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It's Saturday, match day.

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We've got no spoons.

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Salford's joint manager, 31-year-old Bernard Morley,

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is at home with fiancee Jemma.

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-INTERVIEWER:

-Do you ever go and watch?

-So, I really only go when I've...

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got someone to watch her.

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She's a part-time supporter at best.

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Who's the one you come home to and moan about,

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and who's the one who experiences everything that you experience with?

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-You.

-Right, then.

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-I don't know where the spoons are.

-Look.

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What are you doing today while he's at football?

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I'm going to try my wedding dress on.

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We get married on the 14th of May.

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Er, at the Last Drop Village at Bolton.

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So she's a very, very lucky lady.

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Looking forward to the day. Think it will be a good day, you know,

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it's just a good day to celebrate with your friends and family, innit?

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And all the hard work we've done this season, if we was to win it,

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it would make the wedding better. Be good.

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Don't tell me what Mummy looks like because I'm not allowed to see.

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-All right?

-OK.

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Give me a kiss.

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See you later.

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Good kicking.

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That's like daddy, that.

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Last year, 35-year-old Gareth Seddon was Salford's star striker.

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-Yes.

-But this season, a torn ligament has stopped him from playing.

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That's a foul, referee, red card.

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This is where I've spent all my life, on here,

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just kicking a football around.

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The BLEEP neighbours used to go mental.

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I used to hit it in the garden all the time.

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Mum had to pay for about five smashed windows.

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I got my results here off the physio. Grade two MCL tear.

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-Menisci lateral, collateral ligament damage.

-Are you hoping you'll be

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able to get back, Gareth, playing this season?

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I've been out, what, eight weeks now?

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And I've probably got another six, seven weeks that I'm going to be out.

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And no matter how well I played last season, it don't count for anything,

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really. You know, football's cruel, innit?

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Let's just be positive, and let's hope your knee gets sorted quicker than

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-anticipated, eh?

-Hmm.

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Bernard and co-manager, 33-year-old Anthony "Jonno" Johnson

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always drive to matches together.

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I need to know who's in the shortlist.

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-What, for my best man?

-Yeah.

-Sean's favourite.

-James.

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-No.

-You're not doing your brother, no? Sean, Sharpie.

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-No.

-Sean, me.

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-You and Sean.

-There'll be another one.

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There's not another one. There's only you and Sean that actually really,

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really know me.

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Why've you been mates for so long?

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-Why have I been mates with him for so long?

-Because of tunes like this.

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He ticks all of the boxes.

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-He's a friend.

-Have a listen to this, you bad boy.

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Woohoo! Because of shit like this.

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MUSIC STARTS: Dignity by Deacon Blue

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Are you ready?!

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# There's a man I meet, walks up our street

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# He's a worker for the council, has been 20 years... #

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Tell me this isn't a BLEEP tune. Here we go, now it kicks in.

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Let's go, are we ready? Hold on tight.

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# And I'm telling this story

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# In a faraway scene

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# Sipping down raki and reading Maynard Keynes

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# And I'm thinking about home and all that means... #

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# Oh, Salford, we love you! #

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October 10th, Salford's ground, Moor Lane, is buzzing.

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The team have won both their games so far in their FA Cup campaign.

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Now they face Bradford Park Avenue.

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Victory would take them a step closer to winning one of English football's

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biggest prizes, the FA Cup.

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If we win today, that'll be the furthest we've ever gone,

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so it will be history for the club.

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There's only one game then until the first round proper,

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so it's a massive game.

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So hopefully there will be a few here today.

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Karen Baird runs one of the biggest independent accountants

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in the North West.

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She's also Salford's chairman.

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Six of the committee have gone on holiday today to Benidorm,

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so I've dragged my friend in to do the turnstiles.

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I like football, especially the Salford City players

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because they're all cute.

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Two years ago, Salford were lucky to get 70 people to watch them play.

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Thank you.

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Cheers, love.

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But this year's FA Cup fever means Babs Gaskill has never been busier.

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She's been serving fans their burgers and pies for the last 26 years.

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I like coming in here because of the banter and the cheek,

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yeah, that they give me.

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Can I borrow your hat? Hey, hey!

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It suits me better than you, don't it?

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It's big for the club

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and it's exciting for me, because I've not been this far

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in a cup before as a manager, or as a player.

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And, I suppose, if you get to do that once in your career

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you'll, sort of, retire a happy man.

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Listen in, it all comes down to today.

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It's a one-off game, boys.

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We win today, we take it to Tuesday's game, don't we?

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Go and do what you get paid for and we'll give them a game, all right?

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These are exciting times for Salford's part-time players,

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like factory worker Steve Howson.

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-We've just got to go out there and take the game to them.

-Come on!

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-Come on.

-Enjoy yourselves. All right, son?

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It's rubbish when you're not playing.

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Massive game like today, and then you're not involved.

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It's crap.

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CHANTING

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-CROWD:

-Salford!

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For us to get a good cup run, it'll be like a nod at that,

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and I'd be quite proud, actually.

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I'd be proud of the club, I'd be proud of everyone here.

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To get a televised game in the third round would be all right, wouldn't it?!

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Today, Salford are playing in their home colours, red.

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GASPING

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We weren't that bothered last year, really, about the FA Cup,

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because we wanted to gain promotion.

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But then I think when we realised this was important to the players...

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We take it for granted, you know, we've played in the FA Cup,

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we've been to FA Cup finals,

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but these lads actually want to get to...

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Their FA Cup final is the first round proper.

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Gaz...!

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We're going to go four in the middle, yeah?

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Tell Scott to sit on his toes.

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Bradford Park are a strong team from the league above.

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-CHEERING

-Get in!

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Salford take an early lead...

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..but it's a struggle.

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And they give away a penalty.

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We're actually getting battered at the moment.

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CHEERING

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The game ends in a draw.

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The two sides now face a replay.

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Can anyone tell me what formation we were playing second half?

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Come on, don't just sit there, sulking, tell me.

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-4-3-1-2, weren't it?

-It should have been, yeah.

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We did not play our formation today and we'll ask the questions.

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Listen, I know you'll look away. Do you know why you look away?

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Because you're a coward. You let me and him down today with your performance.

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Do you know what it were, mate? You didn't try.

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-And when you need a bollocking, you'll

-BLEEP

-get one.

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-You've not

-BLEEP

-bothered, you've not turned up,

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so as much as Jordan will take the shit, there's a few more, I'll tell you now.

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-So

-BLEEP

-go home and take a look at yourselves, and be

-BLEEP

-honest with it, yeah?

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-Get you showered.

-SOLITARY CLAP

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-Don't

-BLEEP

-clap because it were shit.

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Jemma's brought her mum to see the wedding dress for the first time.

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It's going to be my dream day as well as Jemma's, so, yeah,

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I'm really looking forward to it.

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I'm so chuffed because he is a good man, Bern.

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-Are you ready?

-Not quite.

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For Bernard, football is definitely number one.

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Jonno's probably the number two,

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his mum's probably number three,

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and then me and the kids all come after.

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# Do-do-do-do

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# Do-do-do-do. #

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It's a lovely fit, isn't it?

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-Stop it.

-I'm not allowed to tell my daddy.

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-Pardon?

-I'm not allowed to tell my daddy.

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You tell your dad that she looks like a princess.

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I'm not allowed because Daddy said.

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God help me on the day.

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-Sorry?

-Beautiful.

-It's beautiful.

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You're beautiful, but you're beautiful without this dress on.

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Thanks.

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HE SPEAKS SPANISH

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-Los fines de semana y del quince al 19th esta lleno.

-Si.

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Phil Neville moved his family to Spain

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back in July when he became assistant manager at Valencia,

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one of the country's biggest clubs.

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I was on a driving range and Julie was working in a shop in Manchester

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and there was a call from Nuno, the manager of Valencia at the time,

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and he said, "Do you want to come and be my assistant?"

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And I said, "Yes."

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And I forgot to ask Julie, you know, that...

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"By the way, we're moving out to Spain, and we're moving to Valencia."

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There wasn't much discussion, really.

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Philip took the job, he packed his one suitcase and off he went,

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then I had literally two and a half weeks

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to come out here, find a house, find schools.

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-Schools, yeah.

-I did curse him a few times, but, you know,

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I knew he always had a dream to play abroad,

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and for one reason or another that didn't turn out.

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So when this opportunity came along, I knew he wanted it,

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the minute he made the call to me because there's so many times that

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Philip's had offers that he's never even mentioned.

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So the fact he called me, and obviously he'd already accepted, I now know,

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I knew that he really wanted it and I would never stand in his way.

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The Nevilles might be 1,000 miles away from Salford,

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but events at Moor Lane still dominate the weekend.

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Every Saturday when we come and watch the game now,

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we always watch a Spanish game, and Harvey has, like,

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a notification on the phone every time something happens at Salford.

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Every time it beeps I'm always nervous.

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It's going to be difficult for us to maintain the level of commitment

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that we had last season, it's going to be difficult.

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You know, I am going to be in Spain a lot of the time.

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And, you know, we're not going to be at games.

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Some life, innit?

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Just lying down all day on your phone, you know what I mean?

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I was cleaning my dad's car when I was your age every Saturday.

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It's something that Jonno and Bernard have to probably

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learn as managers, that they have to retain the motivation

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without us always looking over them, and that's going to be the biggest test this year.

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-2-0?

-2-0, last minute.

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-Oh, so you've won.

-We've won.

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Happy house for me.

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A footballer's career is usually over by the time they're 35,

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and Gareth's already planning for the future.

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He's bought a cheese shop with his girlfriend Melissa.

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I do think he's in for a massive shock, yeah,

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because he's never...

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He's never really worked, he's always made his living from

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football or modelling

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and it's just going to be a big difference for him.

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There's going to be issues that he's going to have to sort out.

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Just, you know, stuff like that doesn't happen.

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He'd always had his life sorted out for him

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when he was playing football and modelling.

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So, yeah, I do think it is going to be a massive shock to his system.

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People will come in and say,

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"Oh, can you recommend a really good, strong cheese?"

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I frigging hate strong cheese.

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It's like sick on a cracker.

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Seddon's got a cheese shop?

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Why the hell has he got a cheese shop?

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At one stage I was going to give up football and settle down

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with a bit of crumbly Lancashire.

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A cheese shop? Has Seddon opened a cheese shop?

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So we've got this one, Cornish Yarg, it's wrapped in nettle leaves.

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Well, he's getting ready for life after football, isn't he?

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So why not?

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I am thinking about stuff to do after football

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because I am getting to that age now when, you know,

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it takes me about a week to recover from a game.

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Obviously, everyone involved with Salford -

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they've all got jobs already.

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You know, and their football money is kind of like their bonus

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at the end of the week, whereas I've always relied on my football money as my wage.

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And because I left school and went straight into football as an apprentice,

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and I haven't got a trade, I haven't been in a work environment

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all my life...

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You know, it's basically just been football, you know,

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and a bit of modelling.

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But it's another challenge.

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Nice presentation.

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I need to get the lads in. Do you know what?

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I was going to invite Jonno and Bernard in,

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but it's a little bit too sophisticated for them.

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Put them on the fucking back foot and back yourselves, yeah?

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The game is there for the taking.

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Have a bit of fucking pride in what you do, take care.

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A week after they drew with Bradford Park Avenue,

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the clubs meet for an FA Cup rematch.

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Come on, Salford!

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Get on this side of him now.

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Salford are playing in blue.

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-They're there for the taking.

-It's such a tight game.

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It's either going to be one mistake or one bit of brilliance.

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Cross it. Brilliant! Go on, son!

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All bets are off when it's the FA Cup because

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so many things can be a leveller.

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It's that little bit of luck,

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it's that little bit of taking your chances.

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What a ball!

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This time Salford step up a level...

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-..and score the game's only goal.

-Brilliant!

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Salford are through to the next round,

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-the furthest the team has ever gone.

-Get in!

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Cheers. Can you give us a programme as well, please?

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Gary Neville will be here, so will...

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Scholesy will turn up, I think.

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A week later, the FA Cup pitches Salford against Southport FC.

0:17:290:17:34

-How did he miss that?

-Fucking hell!

0:17:350:17:39

GASPING

0:17:390:17:41

I think we can win it but they're two leagues above us, they should win.

0:17:410:17:45

We can win it because if you've watched the first 15 minutes,

0:17:450:17:48

it don't look to be that much of a difference.

0:17:480:17:50

It's a nerve-racking game...

0:17:500:17:52

-Oh, my!

-Fucking hell!

0:17:520:17:53

..right up until the 69th minute...

0:17:530:17:55

Go on.

0:17:570:17:59

Good ball! Ooh!

0:18:010:18:03

..when Salford striker James Poole takes a chance from halfway.

0:18:030:18:07

Get in!

0:18:090:18:11

Great, innit, eh? Brilliant. Well deserved it.

0:18:130:18:16

That is the greatest goal you'll ever see in your life.

0:18:160:18:19

I just hit it, luckily it went in.

0:18:190:18:21

Try that again another 100 times, 99 times it goes over the bar, but,

0:18:210:18:24

thankfully, it went in today.

0:18:240:18:27

Fucking unbelievable, that, innit?

0:18:270:18:29

-Are they just going to get bladdered now?

-No, well...

0:18:290:18:33

# Ain't no mountain high enough

0:18:330:18:35

# Ain't no river wide enough... #

0:18:350:18:39

Salford have made it through to the FA Cup's first round proper.

0:18:400:18:43

Now they face English football's biggest clubs and the games will be

0:18:430:18:48

broadcast live to the nation.

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As a personal note, it's a dream come true.

0:18:500:18:53

I've wanted to play first round all my life, really.

0:18:530:18:56

And now hopefully I'll get picked, or avoid injury,

0:18:560:18:59

and get a game with whoever we draw in the first round,

0:18:590:19:02

so we get on Match Of The Day.

0:19:020:19:05

Salford bought 29-year-old defender Steve Howson

0:19:120:19:15

from rival club Ramsbottom.

0:19:150:19:17

His grandparents have supported him since he was signed by

0:19:170:19:21

Manchester United as a nine-year-old.

0:19:210:19:23

You've been following us in the FA Cup journey.

0:19:230:19:26

Yeah, and tomorrow night we've got to move the furniture round

0:19:260:19:29

because all the neighbours are coming in to watch.

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That's when I signed for United, that, weren't it?

0:19:320:19:35

Yeah, I was at United until about 13, something like that, wasn't it?

0:19:350:19:40

13-year-old, 14-year-old, so there about four, five years.

0:19:400:19:44

Harold's 84 and I'm 81.

0:19:440:19:45

We never thought we'd ever see him on telly

0:19:450:19:48

and now to see all this, and, like,

0:19:480:19:51

everybody hasn't got a grandson that's doing this.

0:19:510:19:55

It's wonderful. Yeah.

0:19:550:19:58

It's quite emotional, actually, to hear your nan say some nice words about you, because usually...

0:19:580:20:02

-You know...

-I don't give you bad words!

0:20:020:20:05

You've got to get out and show them what you can do.

0:20:050:20:08

Ryan Giggs, class of '92 legend and part-owner of Salford,

0:20:140:20:18

is also a local boy.

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Salford has been my home for over 32, 33 years.

0:20:200:20:24

Salford means a lot to me because it's where I grew up,

0:20:240:20:27

it's where I played football.

0:20:270:20:29

I've never really thought about leaving. Why would you move?

0:20:290:20:32

Ryan's family moved to Salford from Cardiff when he was six.

0:20:320:20:36

You walk down the wrong road, you get beat up

0:20:360:20:39

if they didn't recognise you.

0:20:390:20:41

-INTERVIEWER:

-Did that ever happen?

0:20:420:20:44

No, I was quick.

0:20:440:20:46

The goals would be there, the goals would be there.

0:20:480:20:51

If I had a couple of mates then we'd just play 1-v-1 or 2-v-2

0:20:510:20:55

and this would be the pitch.

0:20:550:20:57

-Yeah. Hi, you all right?

-All right?

-Yeah, good, yeah.

0:20:580:21:02

Ryan joined Manchester United on his 14th birthday.

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Under-14 Salford boys, this is where we'd play our home games.

0:21:060:21:09

So just loads of memories here.

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This is where Sir Alex first seen me play, along with Brian Kidd.

0:21:110:21:17

It would be nice, the links that we've got with Salford,

0:21:170:21:21

to give the people of Salford something to be proud of.

0:21:210:21:25

See that building there?

0:21:250:21:27

That used to be the only...

0:21:270:21:29

Well, that was state-of-the-art cinema, it's closed now.

0:21:290:21:32

Down here, just where...

0:21:320:21:34

Just behind this building here, that's where I used to get off the match bus,

0:21:340:21:38

run to the stadium, watch the game,

0:21:380:21:42

and just be home as quick as you can, really.

0:21:420:21:44

Get home for six o'clock and the A-Team, and burgers and chips.

0:21:460:21:49

Salford are just days away from their TV debut,

0:21:520:21:55

and the biggest match of their lives.

0:21:550:21:58

In the meantime, the team and managers concentrate

0:21:580:22:01

on their day jobs.

0:22:010:22:02

Steve Howson works shifts at a local plastics factory.

0:22:020:22:06

This goes on the back of carpets, the mats.

0:22:060:22:09

It's fire retardant, so it stops your carpets going up in flames.

0:22:090:22:14

Just come out of the way one sec, mate.

0:22:140:22:16

I'll come right up and you can see it, it's miles better.

0:22:160:22:19

Bernard has worked as a ceiling fitter for his dad

0:22:190:22:21

for the last 15 years.

0:22:210:22:23

I've left that a little bit short there, pal,

0:22:230:22:25

just in case we need to plumb that fucking corner.

0:22:250:22:28

When he left the army in 2002, Jonno took a job as a lorry driver.

0:22:290:22:33

Being in charge of a football club with my best mate

0:22:340:22:38

is chasing the dream.

0:22:380:22:41

When you work Monday to Friday doing what we do on average money,

0:22:430:22:48

bang average money, and the thought of being on...

0:22:480:22:51

Performing on TV for the boys, all the players, everyone at the club,

0:22:510:22:55

the management, you become heroes for a couple of week.

0:22:550:22:58

My workforce is between 60 and 100 workmen.

0:22:580:23:00

Come Monday if we've won, I'll be special.

0:23:000:23:04

It's the day before Salford face Notts County in the FA Cup.

0:23:060:23:11

Down at Moor Lane, the BBC's Match Of The Day team has arrived.

0:23:110:23:14

We've widened the gates for them and they still can't get them in.

0:23:140:23:17

The TV crew will be working with the 14 members of Salford's volunteer

0:23:170:23:21

committee who run the club.

0:23:210:23:23

They're all coming in now for the TV now, so you'll see how busy it gets now.

0:23:230:23:27

There's a lot of press here today.

0:23:270:23:29

It's getting very, very busy.

0:23:290:23:31

Bit of an eyesore at the moment with all of this,

0:23:310:23:33

but it'll look better tonight.

0:23:330:23:36

Too much to say. There you are, send her home like that.

0:23:360:23:40

The committee are preparing for a sell-out crowd at the 60-year-old ground.

0:23:400:23:44

As you can see, it's not the biggest of bars in the world.

0:23:440:23:47

It holds around 150, 200 at a push,

0:23:470:23:49

but we've had to put a temporary bar in the other end for Friday night.

0:23:490:23:53

So hopefully we can cater for everyone.

0:23:530:23:55

Even the pitch has been given a state-of-the-art rain cover.

0:23:550:24:01

Lovely, nice and firm, so we can tell everyone

0:24:010:24:03

the game's definitely on.

0:24:030:24:05

I am quite a competitive person.

0:24:060:24:09

I think being a bad loser makes you win more, doesn't it?

0:24:090:24:13

Ask Bernard and Jonno.

0:24:130:24:15

-Do you think you'll cry if you win?

-Yeah, probably.

-Will you?

0:24:180:24:22

-Cry?!

-I think I might cry again, as well.

0:24:220:24:24

Bern'll cry, Bern's more of a crier than me.

0:24:260:24:28

-I'll have a breakdown.

-If we win, the first thing I'll be doing is discussing bonuses.

0:24:280:24:32

Yeah, and leave me some money.

0:24:320:24:34

-I've got a broken boiler at home, just had a cold shower.

-Jonno!

-I promise.

0:24:340:24:38

-I need some new carpet.

-We need, we need some...

0:24:380:24:42

-It's not about the money, it's about winning.

-Yes, Jemma!

0:24:420:24:47

What a night we have in store,

0:24:480:24:50

it's Salford City of the Northern Premier League, Premier Division,

0:24:500:24:54

the seventh tier of the English game, taking on Notts County of League Two.

0:24:540:24:58

1,400 people have piled into the ground

0:24:590:25:02

for Salford's moment of glory.

0:25:020:25:04

And three of the club's owners have turned up to see if their team can make history.

0:25:070:25:11

We've got the biggest game playing Notts County at home.

0:25:110:25:14

We're very, very busy, we've not stopped since we got here

0:25:140:25:20

and I'm just trying my best to keep stocked up, keep everybody happy.

0:25:200:25:24

Because it's such a big game, I've got my daughter here working,

0:25:240:25:27

my niece working, this is my son who's come to see the game,

0:25:270:25:31

new bain-marie.

0:25:310:25:35

See, I'm not doing bad, am I?

0:25:350:25:38

Karen, how hard has it been for you to deal with

0:25:380:25:41

the five superstars who've been involved with this club?

0:25:410:25:43

They've been quite good, actually, they're easy to deal with.

0:25:430:25:46

Gary's the most demanding person you've ever met

0:25:460:25:48

but, apart from that, it's been good.

0:25:480:25:50

Yeah, they're all nice, normal, down-to-earth lads.

0:25:500:25:52

I believe, this is true, you were a little underwhelmed

0:25:520:25:55

when you first met Gary and Ryan.

0:25:550:25:57

Just explain why for those who don't know.

0:25:570:25:59

I'm a Liverpool fan.

0:25:590:26:01

-Do you like them at all?

-Oh, no, they're great, yeah.

0:26:010:26:05

Three million people are watching on television tonight,

0:26:050:26:08

as the nation takes Salford City FC to its heart.

0:26:080:26:11

Salford, Salford, Salford!

0:26:110:26:14

Everyone wants to see if this part-time team

0:26:140:26:16

can become FA Cup heroes.

0:26:160:26:19

This is where it all starts.

0:26:190:26:21

Salford, bring it on.

0:26:220:26:24

It's a massive game for the club, you know, we're major, major underdogs.

0:26:240:26:29

I think they are, like, three or four leagues above us. They're expected to win.

0:26:290:26:33

I wish I were playing.

0:26:330:26:36

It's moments like this, you know, it's why I joined the club.

0:26:360:26:40

-COMMENTATOR:

-The first time they have competed in the FA Cup first round.

0:26:400:26:45

It is Salford in the red and white and immediately the ball

0:26:450:26:48

is aimed towards Danny Webber.

0:26:480:26:50

The home game against Notts County was just huge.

0:26:500:26:53

At the back of your mind you're thinking, "Right, OK,

0:26:530:26:56

"you're against a league team, and it's live on TV,

0:26:560:26:59

"you could get a doing 4 or 5-0."

0:26:590:27:01

You know, that's always at the back of your mind.

0:27:010:27:03

-COMMENTATOR:

-This is James Poole, the hero of the previous round.

0:27:030:27:06

You're also so excited and confident that, you know, you can do it.

0:27:060:27:10

I can't believe it. Three years ago, 47 we had on the ground,

0:27:100:27:15

I took £35, I think, through me turnstile.

0:27:150:27:19

Look at it now, 1,400.

0:27:200:27:23

We've never been down before, we live round the corner,

0:27:230:27:26

and we thought we'd come stick our heads over the fence.

0:27:260:27:29

Best seats in the house.

0:27:290:27:31

-COMMENTATOR:

-Notts County to get us under way in the second half.

0:27:310:27:35

No changes from either manager, incidentally.

0:27:350:27:37

It's a massive game for us.

0:27:370:27:39

It's a massive game for the local community, as well.

0:27:390:27:41

As you see, a massive turnout.

0:27:410:27:43

-COMMENTATOR:

-Here's straightaway James Poole,

0:27:430:27:46

curling towards the back post!

0:27:460:27:48

-COMMENTATOR:

-Less than 20 seconds into the second half

0:27:520:27:57

and it could be a golden goal.

0:27:570:28:00

1-0 to Salford, should have been three. Easy.

0:28:000:28:04

They're all over them, aren't they? They've got all the possession.

0:28:040:28:07

-COMMENTATOR:

-He's looking more apprehensive.

0:28:070:28:09

This is Richie Allen. Looking for some support, the substitute.

0:28:090:28:15

Oh, and he's beaten all three of them.

0:28:150:28:19

Allen again! Oh, what a goal!

0:28:190:28:21

Richie Allen, the substitute has doubled Salford City's advantage.

0:28:230:28:30

What an impact from the 29-year-old.

0:28:300:28:34

Final few seconds now.

0:28:340:28:36

A magical moment of history.

0:28:360:28:38

Wherever this Salford City story takes them,

0:28:380:28:43

this is a chapter they will never ever forget.

0:28:430:28:46

You've got to remember this moment from the rest of our lives.

0:28:460:28:49

Every time we come down here and there's 250, 300 people,

0:28:490:28:52

we've got to remember this moment.

0:28:520:28:54

-It's amazing.

-Fucking hell, I'm ecstatic.

0:28:540:28:57

I'm not swearing, I'm not allowed to swear...

0:28:570:28:59

Absolutely fucking buzzing, mate. I'm delighted, honest.

0:28:590:29:03

I'll tell you what, I can't even believe it, quality,

0:29:030:29:06

great performance from all of the boys there.

0:29:060:29:08

That's next round, bring them on.

0:29:080:29:10

We're going to Wembley. Wembley!

0:29:100:29:13

# We're the famous Salford City and we're going to Wembley!

0:29:130:29:16

# Wembley!

0:29:160:29:18

# Wembley! #

0:29:180:29:19

I know it's an old cliche, but that's the magic of the FA Cup.

0:29:190:29:23

Really frustrating for me. I'm gutted, really.

0:29:230:29:26

I really... I really miss football.

0:29:390:29:42

I really miss the...

0:29:420:29:44

The, like, adrenaline. I thrive for that thrill.

0:29:440:29:48

You know, scoring a goal, that's all...

0:29:480:29:51

That's all I play football for at the minute.

0:29:510:29:54

My dream would just to be a footballer.

0:29:560:29:58

That's all I ever wanted to do, just make it as a professional, just...

0:29:580:30:02

I wanted to play on telly,

0:30:030:30:06

I wanted to have my name on my back when I was playing.

0:30:060:30:10

When I was, like, 25, I played in the First Division.

0:30:110:30:15

I was doing really well, then I ended up getting a blood disease.

0:30:150:30:18

I didn't play for two and a half years, I had to retire.

0:30:180:30:22

Physically got down to about 7st, couldn't eat.

0:30:220:30:29

At one point even the doctors didn't think I was going to live,

0:30:290:30:32

that's how serious it were,

0:30:320:30:34

that's how scary it was.

0:30:340:30:36

I never told my mum or my dad.

0:30:380:30:40

I told them that I'd had a knee operation,

0:30:410:30:44

so I had to stay down over Christmas.

0:30:440:30:47

And I remember just sat on Christmas Day, all the lights were off,

0:30:470:30:52

just sat on my own, just literally broke into tears,

0:30:520:30:55

just wondering what was going to happen to me.

0:30:550:30:58

It was just because I knew my dream were coming to an end.

0:30:580:31:02

Babs Gaskill lives with her husband five miles from the ground.

0:31:120:31:19

"Salford City Football was given a yellow card

0:31:190:31:21

"over the state of the club's kitchen

0:31:210:31:23

"after the warning from the inspector

0:31:230:31:25

"over the potential deadly E. coli."

0:31:250:31:28

A surprise visit to Moor Lane by Salford Council's food inspectors

0:31:280:31:32

has made headlines.

0:31:320:31:34

"The club was given a one-star...

0:31:340:31:36

"A possibility of... One out of five by the inspector,

0:31:360:31:41

"second lowest rating and told immediate work was needed

0:31:410:31:44

"in safeguarding customers from dangerous E. coli."

0:31:440:31:48

-INTERVIEWER:

-What do you think of that?

0:31:480:31:50

I think that's a load of crap.

0:31:500:31:51

This is where the hard work starts.

0:31:550:31:58

So, I've got to read through this.

0:32:040:32:06

Allergies, and things like that,

0:32:060:32:08

obviously things with nuts and everything like that in...

0:32:080:32:11

When this paperwork gets done,

0:32:110:32:14

and they're going to come back, we'll see what star we get.

0:32:140:32:17

And if it's not a five, I will not be happy.

0:32:170:32:21

It's nothing to do with the food and the hygiene and all that,

0:32:210:32:24

it's to do with paperwork.

0:32:240:32:26

There was no rats, there was no mice. I put them in the cupboard(!)

0:32:260:32:30

Committee member and builder Jim Birtwistle

0:32:350:32:38

has been a Salford fan for 20 years.

0:32:380:32:41

After rebuilding the clubhouse at Moor Lane last season,

0:32:410:32:44

he's now renovating his new home out in the countryside.

0:32:440:32:48

There's no bathroom, there weren't when we bought it.

0:32:480:32:50

So I'm going to put a bathroom up here, a little box room there,

0:32:500:32:54

and this will be a big kitchen down here.

0:32:540:32:57

And away we go.

0:32:570:32:58

Jim's seen the club he loves change beyond recognition

0:32:580:33:02

since the new owners took over.

0:33:020:33:04

The crowds are getting big now.

0:33:040:33:06

Well, I've been on those gates on a Tuesday night,

0:33:060:33:09

and we've had 47 people in.

0:33:090:33:12

And then all of a sudden you're getting 1,300 on a Tuesday night.

0:33:120:33:16

I knew all them 47 by their first name -

0:33:160:33:18

I can't remember 1,300, though, now. No chance!

0:33:180:33:22

Do you want some on a small plate?

0:33:220:33:24

How's it changed, Dad?

0:33:240:33:26

It's changed fan-wise.

0:33:260:33:30

Yeah, there's a lot more that go now.

0:33:300:33:32

It's changed because we've got in four times what we used to get.

0:33:320:33:35

How long is it now that you've been doing it for?

0:33:350:33:38

I built the turnstiles in my...

0:33:380:33:40

When I was 40, you know?

0:33:400:33:43

That's 15 years ago.

0:33:430:33:45

I built the turnstiles them right on my 40th.

0:33:450:33:49

-Ryan Giggs were on.

-Now you're best mates.

0:33:490:33:53

I never see him.

0:33:530:33:55

-RADIO:

-BBC 5 Live.

0:34:030:34:04

Gary Neville has been appointed head coach of Valencia until the end of

0:34:040:34:08

this season. The former Manchester United and England defender's first

0:34:080:34:11

game in charge will be their Champions League tie

0:34:110:34:14

against Lyon next Wednesday.

0:34:140:34:16

Uno, dos, tres...

0:34:160:34:20

-Do you want to go?

-Yeah.

-Why should I go?

0:34:200:34:23

Because you can go in the swimming pool every day.

0:34:240:34:30

I was minding my own business, doing what I've been doing for the last few years,

0:34:300:34:33

then I got a phone call saying can I go over

0:34:330:34:36

and do the job for them until the end of the season?

0:34:360:34:39

-Will you miss school?

-Yeah.

-Will you miss any people?

0:34:390:34:44

-Ellie, Scarlet, Olivia.

-Savanna.

0:34:440:34:46

I like to plan everything.

0:34:460:34:48

I think, from my point of view, this is the first time

0:34:490:34:52

where I've done something where it hasn't been planned,

0:34:520:34:54

but actually it feels right.

0:34:540:34:56

Can you come and translate for me?

0:34:560:34:58

Yeah, Mr Gary Neville has been appointed manager of Valencia...

0:35:000:35:03

..as from today, so I believe.

0:35:050:35:07

It won't make any difference.

0:35:070:35:09

I didn't know nothing about it, to be quite honest,

0:35:090:35:11

and it's come as a surprise to me, yeah.

0:35:110:35:13

We just don't see him here at the ground, that's all.

0:35:130:35:16

It'll still be all right.

0:35:160:35:18

We'll still run it.

0:35:180:35:19

I always said that at different points in the next

0:35:190:35:23

ten, 15 years, other people would have to step up to the plate

0:35:230:35:26

at different points.

0:35:260:35:28

'But that is why also we have the committee.'

0:35:280:35:30

It's why we have Karen, it's why we have Dave, the president,

0:35:300:35:33

it's why we have Bill and Jim, all the people that work there.

0:35:330:35:36

And Karen, at the head of it, is the big driving force.

0:35:360:35:39

The wettest December on record has given the committee

0:35:400:35:44

other things to worry about at Moor Lane.

0:35:440:35:46

Since the Notts County game here, it's never recovered.

0:35:460:35:51

Our own water feature. We need some ducks.

0:35:530:35:55

Three days after they appeared on Match Of The Day,

0:36:020:36:06

Salford's squad are back in training.

0:36:060:36:08

-15st.

-15st, that's not bad.

-15st.

0:36:080:36:11

Tell us about Saturday night, Jordy lad, anyway.

0:36:120:36:15

He's tried to buy the underwear Jordan was wearing

0:36:150:36:19

in the game on Friday on the telly.

0:36:190:36:22

Everyone else has been getting birds messaging them,

0:36:220:36:25

I've had a 30-year-old bloke message me asking if he can have my...

0:36:250:36:30

He called them briefs, that I was wearing for the game on Friday.

0:36:300:36:36

He said, "Preferably with a picture of you in them."

0:36:360:36:39

-Strange character.

-I know this woman who makes a living out of wearing

0:36:390:36:43

knickers and bras and selling them on eBay.

0:36:430:36:46

We know somebody...

0:36:460:36:48

I shouldn't really let my mum's secrets out,

0:36:480:36:51

but she's not bothered.

0:36:510:36:53

Yeah, she'll make more money now.

0:36:530:36:56

# Money talks but it don't sing and dance

0:37:040:37:09

# And it don't walk

0:37:090:37:13

# As long as I can have you here with me

0:37:130:37:17

# I'd much rather be forever in blue jeans

0:37:170:37:22

# Money talks

0:37:250:37:28

# But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk

0:37:280:37:33

# As long as I can have you here with me

0:37:330:37:38

# I'd much rather be...

0:37:380:37:40

# Forever in blue jeans. #

0:37:400:37:43

Against all the odds, Salford are through to the FA Cup's second round.

0:37:430:37:47

Now they face Hartlepool United, a team three leagues above them.

0:37:470:37:52

This is your last chance, there's no replay after this.

0:37:520:37:54

You've got fucking 90 minutes, maybe 120, and penalties.

0:37:540:37:57

Don't fucking let yourselves down, don't leave fuck all in here.

0:37:570:38:00

This is your reward, boys. You 11 have been picked for tonight, yeah?

0:38:000:38:04

It's not a fucking final, it doesn't have to end now, that's down to yous.

0:38:040:38:07

Go out and enjoy it and embrace what it is.

0:38:070:38:09

For the first time in three months, Seddon is fit to play,

0:38:130:38:17

but he's still on the bench.

0:38:170:38:19

It's going to be a tight game, isn't it?

0:38:190:38:21

Just keep it at 0-0, ten minutes to go

0:38:210:38:24

bring the big man on,

0:38:240:38:26

flash one in with my teeth, or something.

0:38:260:38:29

Salford! Salford!

0:38:290:38:30

Tonight's game will be televised,

0:38:300:38:33

and it's one they have to win to keep their FA Cup hopes alive.

0:38:330:38:37

It is a balmy Tuesday evening,

0:38:370:38:39

and a small pocket of people from Salford

0:38:390:38:41

have made the arduous journey to Hartlepool.

0:38:410:38:45

And I think we've edged it so far, we just need to get a goal.

0:38:450:38:48

-COMMENTATOR:

-Salford City trying to ratchet things up

0:38:480:38:51

in the second half of this second round replay.

0:38:510:38:55

GASPING

0:38:550:38:56

-COMMENTATOR:

-Oh, tried to curl one, it's kept out by Carson.

0:38:560:39:01

Hartlepool trying to click into gear.

0:39:010:39:03

They've been outplayed, out-thought in this replay.

0:39:030:39:07

CHANTING

0:39:070:39:10

Salford dominate against Hartlepool's professional side,

0:39:110:39:15

but they just can't score.

0:39:150:39:17

Fucking me a man.

0:39:170:39:18

Be a fucking monster out there for us.

0:39:180:39:21

In the 82nd minute, Jonno and Bernard bring Seddon on.

0:39:210:39:25

-COMMENTATOR:

-Gareth Seddon, he tried one.

0:39:270:39:29

It was maybe a bit optimistic.

0:39:290:39:32

If we lost now, we'd absolutely murder them.

0:39:320:39:35

-COMMENTATOR:

-Seddon, carries it forwards.

0:39:350:39:37

If they were to nick one now it would be absolutely gutting.

0:39:370:39:40

It's a better ball, Scott Fenwick...

0:39:400:39:44

Looks in position, there's the header!

0:39:460:39:48

There's the goal from Scott Fenwick!

0:39:480:39:49

Breakthrough for Hartlepool!

0:39:490:39:52

In the final minutes of the game, Hartlepool score twice.

0:39:570:40:02

Salford's FA Cup dream is over.

0:40:020:40:05

-COMMENTATOR:

-But Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley,

0:40:050:40:08

the co-managers, have every reason

0:40:080:40:10

to be delighted with the attitude shown by all the players,

0:40:100:40:16

all the men wearing red and white,

0:40:160:40:18

they've given so much, but they will go no further.

0:40:180:40:22

Devastated. Devastated for the team, for the boys,

0:40:240:40:26

the boys were brave, trying to get the win,

0:40:260:40:29

and unfortunately we got done on the break.

0:40:290:40:31

Go away and take stock of what you've achieved.

0:40:310:40:34

You've been clapped off by fucking 4,000 fans, not just our own.

0:40:340:40:37

You're a fucking... Everyone here is a credit to each other.

0:40:370:40:41

Enjoy it. All right?

0:40:410:40:42

We get our heads up and we go again, don't we?

0:40:420:40:44

-Well done, boys.

-Well done, boys.

-APPLAUSE

0:40:440:40:46

Devastated, to be honest with you.

0:40:460:40:50

I think they're lucky, very lucky.

0:40:500:40:52

Just got to pick ourselves up for Saturday,

0:40:550:41:00

training Thursday, concentrate on the league.

0:41:000:41:05

Thank you.

0:41:150:41:16

After the highs of the FA Cup, it's back to the daily grind.

0:41:160:41:20

The position is group finance director.

0:41:200:41:23

I oversee all the different offices, really,

0:41:230:41:25

the finances for all the offices.

0:41:250:41:27

None of us work for the love of it.

0:41:330:41:34

Well, I certainly don't.

0:41:340:41:35

I work to pay the bills and put food on the table for my family.

0:41:350:41:41

The ideal scenario is that we do this full-time,

0:41:410:41:43

but unfortunately that's not come yet,

0:41:430:41:45

so we've got to keep...head down and punching until we get there.

0:41:450:41:50

Bernard's now juggling work, football and his wedding,

0:41:500:41:54

which is just four months away.

0:41:540:41:56

LAUGHTER

0:41:560:41:59

You're not meant to laugh, Jemma.

0:41:590:42:01

Aw, you're cute.

0:42:020:42:04

Jemma, she sees me getting up at ten to five every morning,

0:42:040:42:06

saying the same thing, "I'm sick of this" -

0:42:060:42:09

you know, going to football...

0:42:090:42:11

Going to work with football on your mind,

0:42:110:42:13

instead of going to work with work on your mind.

0:42:130:42:15

That's not who I am.

0:42:150:42:16

I've started making mistakes at work, which I never used to do.

0:42:160:42:20

I used to be focused on just what I did at work.

0:42:200:42:22

Well, this is why it is getting tougher, love.

0:42:220:42:24

You'll probably have to cut your days down at work.

0:42:240:42:26

You can't carry on working the way you're working and doing football -

0:42:260:42:29

like you said, you're making mistakes.

0:42:290:42:31

-That's the sacrifice.

-You're working too hard.

0:42:310:42:34

I'm working too hard cos I've got to pay for a wedding.

0:42:340:42:37

Don't talk crap.

0:42:370:42:39

It's January.

0:42:430:42:45

Gareth's back in the team,

0:42:450:42:46

and tonight he is getting ready for a league match

0:42:460:42:49

against Nantwich Town FC.

0:42:490:42:51

The friggin' lock's gone on the door.

0:42:510:42:54

My boots are downstairs.

0:42:540:42:56

It can only happen to me, this.

0:42:560:42:58

How do you get locked out of your own house?

0:42:580:43:00

It wouldn't have mattered if it had flipping happened yesterday -

0:43:000:43:04

it happens ten minutes before setting off for football.

0:43:040:43:07

I won't even know what to do, Gaz.

0:43:070:43:10

That's it, you play with the cat.

0:43:100:43:12

I don't get it!

0:43:120:43:13

Fuck's sake.

0:43:130:43:15

I'll have to borrow some boots, I think.

0:43:150:43:18

Not tell the gaffer.

0:43:180:43:20

Despite the excitement of their FA Cup run,

0:43:250:43:28

Salford's real focus now has to be on winning the league.

0:43:280:43:32

Only the first-place team wins automatic promotion.

0:43:340:43:38

Oh...!

0:43:380:43:39

Good effort. Good effort.

0:43:390:43:41

But by January, they're third from top.

0:43:450:43:48

The managers need Gareth Seddon to find his form

0:43:510:43:54

to keep promotion hopes alive.

0:43:540:43:55

CROWD GROANS

0:43:570:43:59

But their star can't find the net.

0:43:590:44:01

I haven't scored since before I was injured.

0:44:010:44:03

Five month.

0:44:030:44:04

That's five games I haven't scored.

0:44:060:44:08

Feeling a bit of pressure. It's getting to me.

0:44:080:44:11

I think about it every day - "I'm going to score Saturday."

0:44:110:44:14

Chairman Karen's arranged a call

0:44:170:44:19

with the managers and Gary Neville in Spain

0:44:190:44:22

to discuss plans to strengthen the squad.

0:44:220:44:25

Right, we're just talking about players

0:44:250:44:26

and whether we need anything for the rest of the season, really.

0:44:260:44:30

It's getting them, it's not that easy,

0:44:560:44:58

because we put bids in on one, didn't we, lads?

0:44:580:45:00

They just wanted silly money, they wanted double the money

0:45:000:45:02

cos it's us, that's the problem.

0:45:020:45:04

He's right, we don't mind spending it if they're worth it,

0:45:040:45:07

but not doubling it up if they're not, so...

0:45:070:45:09

We just can't sign a player for love nor money.

0:45:090:45:12

We have a responsibility to our club to improve,

0:45:120:45:14

but we also have a responsibility to ourselves not to have,

0:45:140:45:17

if you like, the mickey taken out of us

0:45:170:45:20

to the point where we are just basically being used as a cash cow

0:45:200:45:23

for other clubs, or players,

0:45:230:45:24

and because we can't strengthen at this moment in time,

0:45:240:45:27

because no-one will do business with us,

0:45:270:45:29

and nobody will give us a player, then we've got we've got.

0:45:290:45:32

If we get any injuries, sendings off, we're struggling.

0:45:320:45:35

I'll be 56 this year.

0:45:470:45:51

56 in May.

0:45:510:45:53

I mean, how this started was my husband taking the kids up

0:45:530:45:56

when they was little - "Come up and watch a game."

0:45:560:46:01

And then when the people finished who used to do it, you know,

0:46:010:46:06

"Can you just help out?"

0:46:060:46:07

And that's what it's been since.

0:46:070:46:09

My day job is I am a machinist.

0:46:090:46:12

I do 39 hours.

0:46:120:46:14

Some nights I don't get home until quarter to six.

0:46:140:46:17

Then I come home and make the tea.

0:46:190:46:22

Go to my mother-in-law three times a week,

0:46:220:46:25

make sure she's all right, and she's got everything, you know,

0:46:250:46:29

she's getting looked after.

0:46:290:46:31

I look after the football...

0:46:310:46:33

All in a day's work.

0:46:330:46:35

If she wasn't busy already,

0:46:350:46:37

her one-star review has landed Babs with extra homework.

0:46:370:46:41

"All the kitchens are cleaned?"

0:46:410:46:43

Yes. "All the structures."

0:46:430:46:45

"Everything's clean and tidied away." Yes.

0:46:450:46:48

Never had to do this before.

0:46:480:46:49

What they want to see is that I'm doing a record of every game.

0:46:490:46:54

Temperatures, things like that.

0:46:540:46:57

Now, this is a voluntary job.

0:46:570:46:58

I don't get paid, never been paid,

0:46:590:47:03

but this is what you have to do now.

0:47:030:47:06

10pm, Wednesday.

0:47:130:47:14

Karen's on the phone to Jonno.

0:47:140:47:17

-Hello?

-Hi, chick, you OK?

0:47:190:47:21

Yeah, you?

0:47:210:47:23

Yeah. How hard is it to sign a player?

0:47:230:47:25

You tell me. Is it done?

0:47:250:47:28

-Yeah, done.

-Is it?

0:47:280:47:30

Yeah, they've agreed now,

0:47:300:47:31

they've come back to the original one.

0:47:310:47:33

I said no and they've come back and said yes now.

0:47:330:47:35

Brilliant. That's great news, that, boss.

0:47:350:47:37

-Thank you very much.

-All right.

0:47:370:47:39

-Speak to you in the morning.

-See you.

-Bye.

0:47:390:47:41

Karen's signed Josh Hine,

0:47:410:47:43

the top goal-scorer from the league above.

0:47:430:47:45

She's hoping he'll sharpen Salford's attack.

0:47:450:47:49

-Hiya.

-Hiya, Karen, you all right?

-Yeah, you?

0:47:550:47:58

-Has it all gone through?

-Yeah.

0:47:580:48:00

Yeah, we eventually did the deal last night.

0:48:000:48:02

They came back and asked for more money during their meeting.

0:48:020:48:05

But we went back and said no, and about an hour later,

0:48:050:48:08

they came back and accepted it,

0:48:080:48:10

so we got him signed up at about one o'clock in the morning

0:48:100:48:13

by the time we'd finished.

0:48:130:48:14

-Was it late?

-Yeah, it's fine, and it's gone to the FA.

0:48:140:48:16

How old is Josh Hine?

0:48:160:48:18

He's 24.

0:48:180:48:20

Brilliant, okey-doke.

0:48:200:48:21

-Cheers, Karen.

-All right. Thanks, Paul.

0:48:210:48:23

See you later. Bye.

0:48:230:48:25

-Oh, thanks, love.

-There you are, Mum.

0:48:300:48:32

What brings you over here, anyway?

0:48:320:48:34

I don't get chance to see you much, do I? So...

0:48:340:48:36

-I know. Busy, busy.

-Yeah.

0:48:360:48:39

Fred was saying they've got a new striker signed.

0:48:390:48:42

I know, yeah - young blood coming through, innit?

0:48:420:48:45

And you're kind of pushing out the old guys, that's the...

0:48:450:48:47

-Is that how you feel?

-That's how I feel, yeah.

0:48:470:48:50

It's kind of... That's football, innit?

0:48:500:48:52

I did it - I did it 15 years ago to somebody else,

0:48:520:48:55

so I've got expect someone to be doing that to me.

0:48:550:48:57

But I'll score today and everything will be forgotten, it'll be fine.

0:48:570:49:01

You've not had any modelling for a bit?

0:49:010:49:03

Yeah, I've been doing all right, actually.

0:49:030:49:05

-I did Attitude magazine.

-Oh.

0:49:050:49:09

A gay magazine.

0:49:090:49:10

I suppose it doesn't really matter - work's work, isn't it?

0:49:100:49:13

Yeah, well, the guys were really good, as well.

0:49:130:49:16

They did some really good pictures.

0:49:160:49:18

Are they gay that run it?

0:49:180:49:20

I don't think so.

0:49:200:49:21

I don't think so. I didn't ask.

0:49:210:49:23

You can usually tell, can't you?

0:49:230:49:25

Well, yeah, when we were kissing.

0:49:250:49:28

When we were having a snog.

0:49:280:49:29

What's your mother told you about kissing strange men?

0:49:290:49:32

Late January.

0:49:380:49:40

Today Salford play mid-table Buxton.

0:49:400:49:44

Signed Josh Hine from Chorley.

0:49:440:49:47

He's chomping at the bit to get started and get involved.

0:49:470:49:49

In terms of the other forwards, if players are not performing,

0:49:490:49:52

they're not scoring, which Sedds isn't at this time,

0:49:520:49:55

they've got to fear for your place, that's the nature of the beast.

0:49:550:49:58

You're paid to score goals, and if they're not doing it,

0:49:580:50:00

then the players could be under question.

0:50:000:50:03

A few changes to the team, boys.

0:50:130:50:15

Jay in goal. Evvo right-back.

0:50:170:50:19

Halley left-back. Lynchy and Halsy.

0:50:190:50:22

Gaz, you're in the middle.

0:50:220:50:25

JJ, Pooley, Jordan and Josh.

0:50:250:50:28

That leaves Webbs, Sedds, Clarkey, Dorse and...Joey on the bench.

0:50:280:50:35

OK? Get stripped.

0:50:350:50:38

Josh, put nine on.

0:50:380:50:39

Obviously we've left Gaz Seddon out today.

0:50:390:50:43

Not for his performances, cos, you know,

0:50:430:50:45

he's done all right the last four games,

0:50:450:50:47

getting himself back to fitness, but obviously it's important

0:50:470:50:49

that out of our five centre forwards, stroke six,

0:50:490:50:52

we're scoring - unfortunately for Gareth,

0:50:520:50:54

he's not scored for the last four games.

0:50:540:50:56

It's only right he comes out today and gives somebody else a chance

0:50:560:50:59

to obviously score goals.

0:50:590:51:00

Josh Hine will be taking Seddon's place.

0:51:000:51:03

Can't believe it - had my hair cut especially and I'm dropped.

0:51:030:51:05

Happy new haircut, eh? Fuming.

0:51:070:51:10

Get the ball.

0:51:110:51:12

Scott! Gaz!

0:51:120:51:14

Salford are in red.

0:51:140:51:17

-Well done, Josh.

-CROWD: Salford! Salford! Salford!

0:51:190:51:22

Go on, Josh.

0:51:220:51:24

Just before half-time, Josh Hine, in the number nine shirt,

0:51:260:51:30

proves his worth.

0:51:300:51:32

CHEERING

0:51:320:51:33

Get in there, son. What a player.

0:51:330:51:37

The goal helps Salford to three vital points.

0:51:390:51:42

They're now second in the league.

0:51:420:51:44

It's winding me up.

0:51:490:51:51

I can't argue with the managers, it's their choice, their opinion,

0:51:510:51:54

that's what they get paid for, so...

0:51:540:51:56

But...it's just shit.

0:51:560:51:58

Saturday, early February.

0:52:060:52:08

It's ten weeks till Jemma and Bernard's big day.

0:52:080:52:11

See you, Halley, be a good girl.

0:52:130:52:14

And this morning, Bernard has got an appointment

0:52:140:52:17

at the wedding outfitters.

0:52:170:52:18

Quite a lot at stake today.

0:52:180:52:21

Got to pick the right suit and got to get the right result.

0:52:210:52:23

This afternoon, Salford face archrivals Darlington.

0:52:230:52:27

That's my favourite.

0:52:270:52:28

What am I, waist-wise? I've only got to be a 34, me.

0:52:280:52:31

-I'll just have to do this.

-HE GASPS

0:52:310:52:33

I didn't think marriage, but settling down, yeah.

0:52:330:52:36

-Do you remember your first date?

-Date? I've never been on a date.

0:52:360:52:40

Jemma's my first, that's the first girlfriend I've ever had.

0:52:410:52:44

To be honest with you, it run smoothly.

0:52:440:52:46

I just want her to have the same name as me.

0:52:460:52:49

If she's a Morley, she'll be hated, as well.

0:52:490:52:53

He's scrubbed up quite well.

0:52:530:52:54

The only time Jonno usually wears suits is to go to court.

0:52:540:52:59

You know, as much as she says she doesn't like football,

0:53:000:53:02

she's absolutely loved it.

0:53:020:53:04

I mean, on her wedding day, she's wearing a Salford City shirt,

0:53:040:53:07

which I didn't know she would.

0:53:070:53:09

She just...she makes an effort.

0:53:090:53:11

It sort of, like, sums up what we are all about.

0:53:110:53:15

Across town, Jemma's taken Louise, her chief bridesmaid,

0:53:200:53:24

along to her final fitting.

0:53:240:53:27

I've had it altered, so we'll see if it still fits me.

0:53:270:53:31

But they're distracted by events at Moor Lane.

0:53:310:53:35

Salford City are playing Darlington.

0:53:350:53:37

As far as I know.

0:53:370:53:39

It's a very tense game.

0:53:390:53:40

-Oh! 1-0, Salford.

-Yes!

0:53:400:53:44

We need the points to potentially win the league,

0:53:450:53:49

so it's very important.

0:53:490:53:51

-2-0!

-Already?

-Yeah.

-When did they kick off?

0:53:510:53:53

Three o'clock. Half an hour.

0:53:530:53:55

Oh, he'll be buzzing. Bless him.

0:53:550:53:58

I love it. I'm not bored of trying it on.

0:54:110:54:15

You've done amazing, losing all your weight and everything. You look fab.

0:54:150:54:18

Bernard's a lucky man, isn't he?

0:54:180:54:20

Football's more important to him.

0:54:200:54:23

Definitely more important.

0:54:230:54:25

I would like to think I was number one,

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but I know I'm not.

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SHOUTING

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At Moor Lane, the mood is bitter.

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Police and stewards are having to keep rival fans apart.

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By half-time, Salford are 2-0 up.

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They've come here today with a game plan,

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they've changed what's got them to where they have,

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and you hit them head-on.

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Could have been four or five, if I'm honest, yeah?

0:55:010:55:03

If I'm honest, it could have been.

0:55:030:55:04

Pat yourselves on the back for that.

0:55:040:55:06

Boys, for 40 minutes, it's the perfect half, isn't it?

0:55:060:55:09

JEERING

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Over at the bar, Babs is coming out fighting, too,

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after another surprise visit from the food inspectors.

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They said one star to me in the papers.

0:55:190:55:22

Tell the papers to look at that, all right?

0:55:220:55:27

Tell them to shove that there, in the paper.

0:55:270:55:31

-Five stars! Five stars!

-Thank you.

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In just three months, Babs has gone from one star to five.

0:55:320:55:35

At the start of the second half,

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Darlington, in white, go on the attack.

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CHEERING AND YELLING

0:55:420:55:45

He's scoring a fucking goal! What are you fucking doing?

0:55:450:55:50

Salford score a third, but within minutes,

0:55:540:55:57

Darlington strike again for a second.

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WILD CHEERING

0:56:020:56:05

Then another to equalise.

0:56:080:56:10

They've just scored, right?

0:56:120:56:13

So it's 3-3, Salford are going to get one more now before we finish,

0:56:130:56:18

that's what I reckon.

0:56:180:56:19

In the dying minutes of the game, a free kick brings the final twist.

0:56:250:56:29

It's 4-3 to Darlington.

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FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS

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Darlington's victory takes them to second place in the table

0:56:370:56:41

as Salford crash down to fourth.

0:56:410:56:44

Winning the league now looks impossible.

0:56:470:56:49

How can you go from being fucking so dominant in 45 minutes

0:56:530:56:57

to fucking car crash?

0:56:570:56:58

It is shit. Collectively, we was a shambles the second half.

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It's not fucking acceptable, boys.

0:57:040:57:06

And I fucking hate getting like this,

0:57:060:57:08

but I'm all heart.

0:57:080:57:10

I fucking back every one of your corners.

0:57:100:57:12

After the game, Jonno sent me a message.

0:57:120:57:15

I think he even said,

0:57:170:57:19

"If I was a board member, I would be thinking about sacking us today."

0:57:190:57:23

Trouble, trouble...

0:57:310:57:33

Salford City hit an all-time low.

0:57:330:57:35

This is when you need to be strong managers,

0:57:350:57:37

cos it's the first real bad spell you've had.

0:57:370:57:39

As the team suffer another shock defeat...

0:57:390:57:42

I can't remember the last time we played that badly.

0:57:420:57:44

I'm fucking embarrassed.

0:57:440:57:46

Take your fucking gear off, mate, you're coming off.

0:57:460:57:48

..their chances of promotion look desperate.

0:57:480:57:51

At this moment, will we go up?

0:57:510:57:53

You'd have to say it's 70/30 against.

0:57:530:57:55

One, two.

0:57:550:57:57

If Jonno starts to be better than me,

0:57:570:57:58

I'll throw the towel in.

0:57:580:58:00

As life off the pitch piles on the pressure...

0:58:000:58:02

-Can we talk about the wedding, please?

-Sorry.

0:58:020:58:04

..the managers reach breaking point.

0:58:040:58:07

I put up with a lot of shit, not that.

0:58:070:58:09

That is fucking under-5s shit.

0:58:090:58:11

Can the class of '92 turn it around?

0:58:110:58:13

In moments like this, you feel helpless.

0:58:130:58:16

Or is the fairy tale over?

0:58:160:58:18

If it goes tits up, we're going to be a laughing stock, aren't we?

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