Mr Rich and the Terriers


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Welfare Park, home of the Bedlington Terriers. They are on a

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It is half-time... Need a lift, lad? If you don't, we will be 2-0

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down. I'm not bothered about this being here because this has been

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bottling up for week after week. Instead of playing like terriers,

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we are playing like pussycats. Bloody rubbish. To be quite honest.

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Welcome to the Bedlington Terriers, fifth in the Northern League, eight

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divisions below the Premiership. More mongrel than pedigree. They

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are struggling on the field and off. Every Northern League team is just

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scraping along on the bones of their backs, we all are. We are all

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constantly looking for sponsorship. When it's a rainy, poor night, you

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don't get too many in. You often don't cover enough to pay the

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officials, never mind the lights, never mind the players' expenses.

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The players have all got other jobs and the club is run by a hardcore

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of volunteers. I'll take a stud, no problem at all. All right, I will

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Tip Ex it out. Somebody has pinched What the Terriers need is a miracle.

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Bob Rich Junior is head of a global food empire based in America. He

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owns three baseball teams and travels the world by private jet.

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His arrival is causing a stir. to meet you too. Bob is worth $2

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billion by the Forbes calculations which makes him one of the top 600

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wealthiest people on earth. And in the top 200 in the United States.

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And he has fallen in love with Bedlington. It's insane, it's

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insane. I called David Holmes and he said we would love to have you

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sponsor the team. When I first called David Holmes and introduced

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myself, told him who I was and told him we wanted to sponsor the team,

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there was a great pause at the other end of the line. I think he

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thought we were joking. He looks pretty darn good. When I first took

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the call from Bob, it caught us by surprise. You don't expect to take

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a phone call from an American guy saying he was Lord Beddington. I

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didn't believe it. I didn't believe it. I thought it was the guys up

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the road being mischievous. This rich American, I thought, come on.

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A man called rich from America, it doesn't happen. You know, what has

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happened to Bedlington Terriers, it is a fairy-tale. It doesn't happen

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in real life. So, my first look at Bedlington. Bob could have bought...

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He has the money to buy Aston Villa or some other large Premiership

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team but he has a good run track record of taking small things and

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growing them. It is very much what he did with the baseball team in

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Buffalo and what he did with Rich Food Products. Looking for a

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worldwide partnership? Absolutely. When we came over, people said,

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what are you, some kind of sugar daddy? I didn't even know what that

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meant. Somebody said, oh, you are a tycoon. I thought that was a

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weather condition, I wasn't sure what it meant. We are not in this

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for the money. Your history's so much older than the US. Yeah.

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British by ancestry and found out that I had a relative who was Lord

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Beddington many years ago, so my wife surprised me for Christmas and

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secured the title. This is Lord Bedlington. Nice to see you. And I

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said, now I had better to something to act lordly so why have studies a

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lot about Bedlington and found out that the Bedlington Terriers

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football team in the Northern League needed a shirt sponsor. What

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is your name? Rhys. Rhys, I'm Bob. Hello, Bob. Nice to meet you. How

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did school go today, tell the truth. Quite rubbish. You are an honest

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lad. It's good to see you guys. See you at the ball park, the pitch.

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When is the next match on? That would be next Tuesday. Wednesday.

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Or Wednesday. I'll see you there. You are bitten by the Terriers, I

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know it is a cliche, but you are bitten by the Terriers. It just

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gets in to you, under your skin and you just live for the Terriers.

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your pitch dried out. I think Bob Rich has been bitten by the

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Terriers, definitely, yes. Hi, I'm Bob Rich. Nice to meet you. The

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people are so great. They remind me of my friends back in Buffalo. The

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community in Bedlington has struggled. They lost their mining

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here, just like we lost steel milling in Buffalo. And they have

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great courage in spite of these issues. Bob could be anywhere in

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the world but he has chosen to spend his 70th birthday in an

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Italian restaurant on Front Street, Bedlington. That's me. Believe me,

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I had a lot of options but why not come and spend my birthday with new

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Thank you. Terriers, woof woof. This should be interesting.

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round the party off in style, Bob and Dave go to Whitley Bay where

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the Terriers hope to demolish their local rivals. Somebody said that

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the lads might be a little nervous because they are not used to

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At the minute, 2-0 down. So, The Terriers go down with a whimper,

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3-0. You can see what good luck I # I want to be a billionaire, so

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Even billionaires need to get away from it all. Bob and his wife,

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Mindy, are on a fly-fishing holiday in Hampshire. How has fishing been

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this year? Fishing is a greatest escape, a chance to be alone on a

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stream and really collect my thoughts. I like either being alone

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or surrounded by a herd of friendly It is rodeo time. He took a...

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Despite their tame performance, Bob has fallen for the Terriers, hook,

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line and sinker. Beautiful. A nice brown trout. Now he plans to fly

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the whole club up to his home town of Buffalo on an all-expenses paid

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trip so they will never forget. think that the team is going to

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have a trip of a lifetime. There is another purpose to this trip and I

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think it's very important, too, it's to share knowledge so that the

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people who are involved with the Bedlington Terriers football club

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can come back and help build their business by building their fan base.

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At the end of the day, that is going to be what determines the

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ultimate success of this trip. It is how they are able to make their

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team self-sustaining so they don't need a big brother or fairy

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godfather, whatever I've been called. If you have eaten in a

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McDonald's, you've eaten a Rich Food product. If you've eaten at

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the Palm in New York, one of the great restaurants, and ordered the

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cheesecake, you've also had a Rich Food product. He's pretty much

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built a bomb-proof company. This is our 15 minutes, is it? That is the

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bottom line. This is our opportunity to put Bedlington on

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the map. The story splashed across the front page of the New York

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Times and Hollywood comes calling. Negotiations start for the film

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rights and a screenplay is under way. It is surreal that the New

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York Times came over and they were interviewing a few of the lads. I'm

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a little bit worried about the casting for some of the lads.

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lads are picking characters for one another which has been good banter,

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picking Shrek to play the centre forward and this one and that one.

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It has been good. But there is no Hollywood ending to this season.

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The Terriers limp in in ninth place. Work immediately starts on

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improving the pitch. Bob Rich contributes �20,000 to the cost. A

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vast scoreboard shipped from America is also being installed.

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Bob picks up the �100,000 tab. He is also sponsoring next season's

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strip at a cost of 10 grand. The club is buzzing about the trip to

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Buffalo. But not everyone can go. Unfortunately, I'm out of work at

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the moment. If I go, I lose a fortnight's benefits. Who knows how

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I'm going to feel that the time? I won't know until it happens. It

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will not be the first time in life that had not been able to do

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something I really wanted to do and I don't suppose it will be the last.

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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, this is unique. I

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don't think there is any non-League team at our level that has had a

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level of interest from somebody so high a profile and of the status of

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The Terriers are heading across the We have got the bar ready for you

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guys. Hi, hi. After 24 hours of the road, the lads are ready for an

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Can he get in with them on? There are a few of us who went out into

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the town and the locals were fantastic. Welcome to Buffalo.

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like you guys already. I think when you have one drink, it leads to two

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and then three and then four and then five, six, seven. First night,

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10 days to go. Happy days. Happy 22, 23... Keep going up to 50.

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is not the best way to start the first training session on American

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soil, with a raging hangover. terrible at the beginning, headache,

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but a warm-up and once I got a sweat on, the beer is out of us now.

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OK, what we said last night, let's put it in, all right. In just four

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days, they play local soccer team FC Buffalo for the first ever Lord

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Beddington Cup. It will be a high- profile match, a chance to impress

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the American crowd and their sponsor, who has turned up to watch

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them practice. Hey, buddy boy. How are you? The lad's become like a

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son to me, tell the truth. I know, Dad, I know. But they haven't woken

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When they visit the headquarters of Rich Products Limiteds, Bob's huge

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factory on the outskirts of town, the penny finally drops. You guys

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coming in or what? We just assumed it was a bog-standard facility.

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It's like the Mediterranean village We walked through the building and

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the roof just came down. Hundreds of people chanting, singing. It was

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unbelievable. Wow! Bedlington! Bedlington! Bedlington! Emotionally,

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I'm just saying, I've got a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes.

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Nobody'll ever believe that. This is our normal reception on a

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Saturday, by the way. LAUGHTER.

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We're used to this! Honestly, amazing! It's like Willy Wonka's

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chocolate factory! Absolutely fantastic. I hope everybody comes

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to the game. I hope you all come for a drink afterwards, because Bob

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is buying! We are going to win the cup for you. I promise.

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CHEERING. Take one last look at the Lord

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Bedlington Cup. We will see it again when we award it to our

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winner. Mr Brown. Sell! Buy! Buy!

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Bob even lets the Terriers loose in his office, the hub of a multi-

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I wanted these guys to see my office, so they could see where I'm

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watching the games from. And I thought, "Bring the lads up here -

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what's the worst that could happen?". I found out - they broke

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my chair! I don't really know if there is such a thing as a normal

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billionaire, but he is as close as I have seen. Most of these guys

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don't really walk on the same earth that the rest of us walk on. The

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rich really are different from you and I. He is not. He is a very

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The Terriers are the talk of the town. Everywhere they go, the

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players - floor layers, teachers and builders - are treated like

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celebrities. Buffalo's getting a real kick out

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of the Bedlington Terriers. From what I have heard, there is a

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soccer team coming in from the Europe area. So, we are excited

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they are coming here to publicise soccer in our area. We love soccer

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here. I've just seen them! I'm so excited! There is somebody out

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there who cares, and when there is somebody who cares about you, you

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want to give them something back. Like Bedlington, Buffalo has seen

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better days. Painful reminders of the steel-making heyday are there

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for all to see. Obviously, one of the things we have chatted about is

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the demise of the coal-mining industry in our country.

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Bob and Dave take a walk downtown. How you cope with that the loss of

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the steel industry and what effect that has had on the city. This is

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something that nobody ever saw coming. Nobody would ever have

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believed to that the mines or, in our case, the mills would have

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closed. So this was a total devastation for this area, and

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people left with... In many cases, that is all they knew - steel

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milling. They had to be retrained and that was a painful thing. A lot

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of people left. This is my town, this is where I grew up, and so I

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am in it for life. We made it clear. We get a lot of attractive offers

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to leave Buffalo and move to another state for all kinds of

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incentives, but this is about your home town.

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Bob owns Buffalo's home-town baseball team, the Bisons, and two

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other minor league clubs. He has rejuvenated the once-dying ball

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parks and Dave is keen to learn how American razzmatazz could put bums

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on seats back in Bedlington. Do you keep all the game money for the

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games or do you share it? Dave wants to wring every last drop from

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I am determined Bedlington Terriers are going to shake off the

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stereotypical image of football at our level because there is no

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future in that. That is how we are going to approach all of this. It

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may be corny and it may annoy the traditionalists, but they are the

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guys that are stuck in the Dark The whole atmosphere in the ground

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tonight is poles apart from Bedlington Terriers. Just the buzz

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and everybody enjoying it, and the amount of kids - that is the main

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If we don't change, we are on the road to oblivion, so we must change.

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It really is absolutely superb and wonderful entertainment. Exactly

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what I am looking for. After days of hype, the day of the

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big game is here. I hope the bus is still there. The pressure's on, but

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There is a lot riding on this game. That is why we have come over here,

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to beat these. Everyone is prepared, everyone is up for it. Everyone is

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confident. A prize is involved and when you win a game, you celebrate

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more. To win the game today, we will have a great night tonight.

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am all right at the minute. Sweaty We are going to get it out on the

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day, trust me. It is our time. FC Buffalo! To win would be nice but

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the Terriers are pretty strong, so we are just hoping for something

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that all the fans can enjoy and everybody can have a really good

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time with. It is important that we start the way we finish. You can

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see who I am rooting for! I will go for England today. We are going to

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take the ball and pick the pieces up. First half, we are just trying

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to get a bit of pace, trying to put a foot in. We are really trying to

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get soccer going here, trying to get more people involved and get

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

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more people excited about it so a Let's go, Buffalo!

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Another opportunity for FC Buffalo in blue. They are moving in! And

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they score! They got sloppy. Bob Rich can fix most things, but

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he can't fix the score. The Terriers are down 2-0 at half-time.

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To be honest, we got a big shock because these guys were fit, were

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strong, were well organised, and, you know, we were not really

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mentally prepared. Just when things can't get any worse... They do.

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Captain Stewart Elliot is sent off. I let everybody down. I let

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Bob got my mobile number, phoned me and I apologised to him. I said, "I

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apologise for getting sent off," and he said, "don't ever say sorry

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to me again". Chrissy! Hey! Just calm it down. Don't get involved!

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Here comes FC Buffalo again. Nice Very disappointed. They haven't

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turned up. They haven't done themselves justice at all.

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Terriers are played off the park. Final score 5-1 - hardly the fairy-

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tale ending. Beaten by the Americans! I am just glad the game

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is over. The drum was making me nuts. Just really disappointed. The

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reception we had earlier on at Rich's was just unbelievable. It is

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just a bit of a shame. It hurts. It hurts. But we will get over it and

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we will get back to training and They done their best but it was not

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good enough, but it certainly has not ruined the trip. We will be

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fine and Bob has told us that that is the case - we have to keep our

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chins up and just get on with it. They love you here in Buffalo. You

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The defeat is overwhelming but with only a few days left in America, it

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does not dampen their spirits for long.

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# Happy birthday to you #. Hip, hip, hooray! Hooray!

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Bob's determined the Terriers leave on a high, so he throws open his

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lakeside summer home for a party they will never forget. Get in

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there and have some fun. Get a good sunburn going. You Brits are all so

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pasty looking! If you want to kick a ball around... There are two

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swimming pools and there are a lot The whole Rich dynasty is on hand

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to welcome the players. This is my dad's house, where, when

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we were kids, this was where we lived. Come on in and we will take

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a little walk inside. Show you the inner workings. This is the

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executive chef. Randy is the head groundskeeper, who keeps everything

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looking pretty around here. Into the living room, here. Three Bob

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Richs. Here is a picture of him in a board meeting. What you see is

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what you get. This is my dad's A few of the players - looks like

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they are playing shirts and skins. He is Lord Bedlington, so his call

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is final. You've got to be kidding! You can't be serious! It has been

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like a fairy tale. I will never ever forget this. People will not

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believe what we got up to and what we did. You can't write a book

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about it, really, because nobody would believe it. If you ask any

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player, honestly, does he want to leave... Who would want to leave

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this? Back to training, down on Blyth beach! I am going to miss

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these guys. They stay out a little later than I do at night. It has

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definitely brought us together. I think that will show next season.

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With Bob being involved in our club, I don't think you can put a limit

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on what could happen. I really Back at Welfare Park, it is the

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opening day of the new season. America seems a world away, but a

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little bit of Buffalo is here to spur the Terriers on.

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Well, greetings to you lads from Buffalo, New York, or as it is now

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known, Bedlington West. A lot of us are missing you very much. We can't

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wait to see how you do this season. We want to wish you all the best.

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We will be watching those scores. Don't make me come over there and

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