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0:00:07 > 0:00:09Hold it! Hold it, Sam!
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Five of Manchester United's most successful players
0:00:15 > 0:00:17have bought a football club.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22This programme contains strong language
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Salford City sits seven tiers down from the Premier League.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Salford! Salford! Salford!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30The hot chocolate is nice.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31It's a club that's falling apart.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33A centre forward or new toilets!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35We need both!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Go on, Salford!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Relying on part-time players and coaches...
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Phil Neville's flapping because we've got no balls!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45..with a dressing room that's out of control.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I would hold my hand up and say I've had a poor half,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- but I weren't shouting. - You was shouting!
0:00:50 > 0:00:54I feel like going in and ripping their heads off.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00After a glorious start to the season, the team have crash landed.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- What's up with you? Come on!- Oh! - The owners have sacked the manager...
0:01:05 > 0:01:08..and are pinning their hopes on the league's most ruthless men.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10It's too easy to go backwards all the time.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12But the players are partying hard...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17..and losing it on the pitch.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- It's not great, is it?- That is an embarrassment of a performance.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27The Class of '92 are out of their league.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32But can they still save their season?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Anything that goes wrong, we're there to be shot down.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Why the- BLEEP- did we buy a football club? Why?
0:01:39 > 0:01:46This programme contains strong language.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Get your match day souvenir now!
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Gary and Phil Neville!
0:01:56 > 0:01:57APPLAUSE
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The Class of '92 are back in Old Trafford,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03the scene of their glory days at Manchester United.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It is a big day and we're desperate for United to do well,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09but we want Salford to do well, as well.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13When they bought Salford City six months ago,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15they dreamt of promotion, but it's not gone to plan.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The first six months was like being in kindergarten.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I thought we were rubbish.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Now, the new owners are desperate to get to every Salford game.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I'm actually pretty nervous.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I've got a bad feeling about today, for some reason.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31- All right, Phil?- OK, Rob.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- What's the Salford team?- Madeley. - Madeley's playing?- Yes.- Good.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Who's in goal?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48They've fallen from the top of the league
0:02:48 > 0:02:52and are making an all-or-nothing gamble to get back to the top.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Our belief system is about continuity and stability,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58but it felt like we're going to have to drop those beliefs.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01They've sacked their old manager and given the job
0:03:01 > 0:03:05to Bernard Morley and Anthony 'Jonno' Johnson -
0:03:05 > 0:03:08non-league veterans with a ruthless reputation.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- They call us some terrible names, which we're not.- Like what?- Thugs.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Listen, if that's what I am, so be it.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Me and him love it. He's the most fearless man
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I've ever met in my life. I know it's a game of football
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and I don't want to make it sound like a war,
0:03:24 > 0:03:25- but we're tough.- We demand respect.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28And sometimes, we do scream and shout and we get reactions.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34It's February.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Salford, in red,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39are playing New Mills.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Try and stop that ball coming into the front two!
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Ceiling fixer Bernard is managing alone.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Former soldier Jonno is still serving a five-match ban for fighting
0:03:48 > 0:03:50and is banished to the stands.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52BLEEP awful!
0:03:52 > 0:03:56They are very sure of themselves. They are very bullish.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Do you trust them? 100%, you probably don't trust them, no.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Scotty! Scott! Get Jason in front of the back four there.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08It was a huge gamble. They are aggressive
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and very close to crossing that line.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15With just 13 games to save the season, Bernard and Jonno
0:04:15 > 0:04:19have got a massive fight on their hands to win the league.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Every Salford player is under scrutiny.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Awful start.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26We should be winning four or five nil here. Sending a message.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Here we go.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31They win 2-0...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35..but the ex-squaddie isn't impressed.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Do you understand why we train the way we do?!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Because if you don't, ask me and I'll explain it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46What do we doing training? Pass. Quickly. And forwards. No?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48We all agree. At tempo.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- So why the- BLEEP- are we going pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53pass, pass, pass?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Because there isn't a single option.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It's too easy to go backwards all the time!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01You've got to punish shit sides!
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I felt embarrassed watching that. I sit there thinking,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06"What do people think we do during the week for two weeks?"
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- What the- BLEEP- do people think we've done?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- You get your finger out of your arse, mate. You watch too many- BLEEP- touches.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Every time you're offside, we've got to start again.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Shorten your game up. Do you understand me?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- If you think I'm nit-picking, that's because I- BLEEP- am.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Jonno singled out Gareth Seddon, Salford's star striker,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32accusing him of ignoring the game plan.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33- BLEEP,- mate.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38He just said that we're running offside too many times and, like,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41the last 10-15 minutes, we should have been holding it up,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44but I don't know whether I agree.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45I don't really agree with that, but...
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Jonno, he's got that devil in his eyes. You can tell, at any moment,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54he could flip. And Bernard's like the scary, quiet man.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55He looks like he could kill someone.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Cos if you've made a mistake, he'll just look at you.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00You think, "Oh, my God".
0:06:00 > 0:06:06Salford have history with the new managers.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10When Jonno and Bernard were in charge of their previous team,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Ramsbottom United, they played Salford.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15The match ended in mayhem.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17They are aggressive, our new managers.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21And you can see here now, it ends up all going off.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Here we go.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Here we go. What's up?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Jonno's just slam-dunked him. We knew what we were getting.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33We wanted that passion and that fight and that spirit.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Obviously, there's always a line. He overstepped it there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Cos, at times, as a player, I did things myself that weren't great,
0:06:41 > 0:06:46I tend to, sort of, accept that, yes, it's a mistake,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48it's unacceptable but I don't go overboard on it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56My temper comes from wanting to execute a plan properly
0:06:56 > 0:06:59and if we don't execute what we're trying to do,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02then it'll flare up, cos I think, I work hard all week,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04then all of a sudden, they can't be arsed.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- So there's got to be- BLEEP- answers to it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Jonno and Bernard's thoughts are never far from Saturday afternoon.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15But the football has to fit around their real jobs.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19They could never survive on a Salford manager's wages.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Boring, isn't it?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Not on the breadline as such, but in January and February,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25you know, it's notoriously quiet months.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29So, you know, I was probably bringing in less than £100 a week.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33But ultimately, I want to make it in the game.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It's the one opportunity I've got and I've got to take it
0:07:35 > 0:07:37and give it everything I've got, you know.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I want it more than anything else in the world.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Two days after the game, Gareth's back at home with his daughter Millie
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- and girlfriend Melissa.- On Saturday, I thought I played really well
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and we've come in after the game and Jonno and Bernard have, kind of,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00laid into us and, to be fair, they like had a bit of a go at me,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04which, in front of everyone, obviously, it pissed me off.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Cos I thought, "Hold on. I think I've been our best player today."
0:08:07 > 0:08:10An experienced ex-pro from four leagues above,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13he's not used to Jonno's aggressive style.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Why didn't you tell him to do one? - It's like an unwritten law.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Whatever your managers says to you, in front of everybody,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22you've just got to keep your mouth shut and accept what he says.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26I don't work well like that. If I try my very, very best at something
0:08:26 > 0:08:28and then somebody still tells me that I was rubbish,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31then I think, "I'm not going to bother with that".
0:08:31 > 0:08:34So, I think, if they annoy you, then you're not going to...
0:08:34 > 0:08:37You're not going to want to carry on playing for people.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Four years ago, Gareth became a dad.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43He now shares custody of Millie with his ex-partner.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Football is no longer his biggest priority.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50It is difficult. I just wish that I didn't have to take her back.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I just wish that Millie's home was with me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Mwah!- I told you.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05You did. You look very beautiful. Who's done your hair for you? Mummy?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Mummy.- Beautiful.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10'When she's got a scab on her knee, and I haven't been there
0:09:10 > 0:09:12'to like pick her up off the floor and give her a hug
0:09:12 > 0:09:14'and little things like that.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18'That's what I sometimes get upset about.'
0:09:18 > 0:09:21But, yeah, no, it's difficult, especially when I drop her off.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36There's been a makeover at Moor Lane, Salford City's ground.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Part of the duties - cleaning up.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Its new owners may be multimillionaires,
0:09:43 > 0:09:48but the club still relies on an army of 20 local volunteers.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Good afternoon and welcome to Moor Lane.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54I think people say community lacks a bit, but it's alive and well here.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57I've been watching Salford for ten years and I absolutely love it.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I just think non-league, it is like a little family.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Crowds have been growing over the season
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and the new owners have invested in an overhaul of the ground.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11But there's no way of expanding Babs Gaskill's tiny kitchen,
0:10:11 > 0:10:16where she's been cooking burgers and pies for 26 years.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I need a new oven. Please can I have a new oven!
0:10:19 > 0:10:2020-odd years!
0:10:21 > 0:10:25She's struggling to cope with the increasing demand.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30It just seems to have got bigger overnight You don't expect it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Gary's at the ground to talk through the ongoing development.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- What we need to mention is the kitchen.- What?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Why are we building a kitchen? - What's the reason?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40It's just cos that's so small.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Why can't we buy a van and she serves out of there?
0:10:42 > 0:10:47So put a van, like a nice van behind the goal and we serve out of there?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Can we not just buy one? The hot food over there behind the goal
0:10:51 > 0:10:52and then people, as they walk in,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54walk around, just get their stuff.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- In a van, you mean? - In a van, I think.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03It's down to Karen to tell Babs about Gary's plan for her new kitchen.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Not even ones that you drive, just for like, you know the trailers,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08like they have at fairs?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Yeah.- Like that.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13The arrangement's far from ideal.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15We don't want to go right to the top of the ground,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18cos I'd be out of the way. I'd be on my own up there.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I could walk away, couldn't I?
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It's not that I'm not saying that I'm not going to get what I want.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I'm not arguing over that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I could walk away, don't worry, very easily.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37# Up the football, here we go... #
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Salford's archrivals are Darlington, who play in black and white.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46They are top of the league above Salford and, because they've got
0:11:46 > 0:11:50three games in hand, they're firm favourites to win the title.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Seven months in,
0:11:52 > 0:11:53you're up and down in your form.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Darlington are points ahead and have got games in hand.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01It's 50-50, at best, that you're going to go up. At best.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'd say 70-30, really, if we get into the play-offs.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07And we're thinking, this is tough.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Late February. Salford face Prescott Cables.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20We needed to freshen up the team. The team was on a downward spiral.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23There was no energy, there was no spirit. There was no quality
0:12:23 > 0:12:24in the team. It had gone.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28In their first month in charge, Jonno and Bernard haven't held back.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30They've sacked ten players.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Gareth and team-mate Ashley Dunn have managed to
0:12:37 > 0:12:39hang on to their place in the squad.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42There's no better feeling when you've played,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46you won on Saturday and you go out for a couple of beers.
0:12:46 > 0:12:4826-year-old Ashley still lives at home with Mum and Dad,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50but Salford City is his life.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I play football, go out with my friends, living the dream.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- You're in there, Dunn Dunn. As always.- Go on, Dunny!
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Before today's kick-off, the new managers want a word with Ashley.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07You're not in the squad today. We're going to leave you out of the squad.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Why's that?
0:13:08 > 0:13:09We've picked Owen over you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Why? I should be playing today.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- In your opinion.- Yeah.- You honestly feel like you've done well enough
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- since we've been in, to stay in the team?- Yeah. Definitely. Definitely.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22If I was in your plans and, obviously, you thought a lot of me,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- I'd be in.- If you'd been good enough, you'd be starting, Ash.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Forget the excuses.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- Bamber Bridge game...- You was poor. I thought you was definitely poor.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32- Poor? - I thought we was poor as a team.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36You've been at this club all season, and you've not been pulling any trees up.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39If you're honest, you'll tell it yourself, he was given three games.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- Some players haven't had the chance. You've had yours.- But I don't think I've done anything wrong.
0:13:43 > 0:13:49I just feel a bit embarrassed. I've always started, always been
0:13:49 > 0:13:51involved, not to be in the 16. Just frustrating.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Want to go home and just hide in your room or something.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58We've just said to him, you know, does he think he's been good enough
0:13:58 > 0:14:00to get in the team and he says, "Yeah."
0:14:00 > 0:14:04So, we're a bit baffled with that. Cos if he thinks he's been playing
0:14:04 > 0:14:06well recently, I'd hate to see him play bad.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10The managers have dropped Ashley from the squad and never select him again.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14His dreams have representing the Class of '92 are over.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18I don't think one player in this changing rooms are playing
0:14:18 > 0:14:21to their full potential. Does anyone disagree?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Or am I missing a trick? Is there anybody here
0:14:24 > 0:14:28that thinks they're flying? "Yeah, I should be picked every week."
0:14:28 > 0:14:30We'll keep changing things, till we get it right.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Yeah?
0:14:32 > 0:14:37'They wanted everybody to run through that brick wall for them'
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and one that's not - boom, you're gone.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46I think we're at the ruthless end of football,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48because you can cut people off. If you don't play them,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52you don't pay them, you don't have to give them contracts.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58CROWD CHEER
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Premier League, you know, you've still got some kind of security.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06At non-league level, there's no security, whatsoever.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Unless you're on a contract, you're just a piece of meat.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Oh, he's in.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Salford win 6-1 and go top of the league.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Better still, Darlington lose and drop to second.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Jonno and Bernard's tough methods are delivering results.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28We employ Jonno and Bernard to get the same kind of results
0:15:28 > 0:15:31and performance and spirit like at Ramsbottom.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Great win.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36THEY CHEER
0:15:36 > 0:15:39'To do that, we had to let them do their job.'
0:15:39 > 0:15:41And they challenged us.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52The Class of '92 have given Jonno and Bernard total control of the squad.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56But Phil and Paul have still got an eye out for new talent.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Watch him when he's on the ball.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59He runs his foot on the ball,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01which tells you he knows how to play.
0:16:01 > 0:16:0520-year-old Sadiq El Fitouri has caught Phil's attention.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Well done, Sadiq.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11The minute I saw him, I thought, "This kid can play."
0:16:11 > 0:16:13There is something mystique about him, I think.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15He had a bit of a swagger. And I just thought...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Sometimes you get a gut feeling on a player and I had it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Sadiq hasn't played professionally
0:16:20 > 0:16:23since he was dropped by Manchester City's academy
0:16:23 > 0:16:25over a year ago.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I've been training on my own with, like,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29a few of my friends at a park and all of that.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32So, the surfaces are pretty bad there, as well,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34so I, kind of, got used to it anyway.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36He's not played football for a year and a half. It's incredible.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38When we talk with the lads,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40he's the one that I'm pushing all the time.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Despite being part of the Salford squad,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Jonno and Bernard don't want him in the team.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Jonno and Bernard want to play the solid lads, which we understand.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51They like him, but they don't want to change the team.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Paul said, "Look, ring Warren Joyce at Man United.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58"He's the best judge of a young player that you'll see.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Go looking smart and take your studs, your moulds
0:17:02 > 0:17:04and your shin pads.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Phil's made the most of his contacts,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09to get Sadiq a make-or-break trial at Manchester United.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12And he wants you to go down and train at one o'clock tomorrow.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16So, you've got to be there for 11. I told you, we believe in you!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Thank you.- OK?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I'm sending a lad to Man United for training, that we believe in,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26that can't get in our team.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- LAUGHTER - That's...
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Have you seen him, Gaz?- No.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34His physique and everything, he just looks like a footballer.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35I think he's good.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38How can he not get in our team?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40He can.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It's interfering, isn't it? We can't do it, Gaz.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Same with every player. What can we do?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47It's hard not to interfere, isn't it?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50You can't interfere.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52What we are saying, basically,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54is that a player who may be good enough
0:17:54 > 0:17:55to play at a high level,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57but might not get you out of this league.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00And that's maybe the decision that they're making.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02That's exactly what they are doing.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Sometimes in life, you need a chance and this is what we want to achieve.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09We want to give lads a chance in life that a young...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11give young people opportunities
0:18:11 > 0:18:14like we were given opportunities when we were young.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It's brilliant for the kid.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Is he still going on about Sadiq?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21He's my baby!
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Is he your love child?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27The owners are split over how much they should get involved
0:18:27 > 0:18:29with team decisions.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I think, if they want to speak to me about football matters,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I think we should still offer our opinion, don't you?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36- No.- No?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I think if they ask the question, you have to.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40If they ask the question, yeah.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42We need to create that divide and create
0:18:42 > 0:18:44that line between the managers and ourselves.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I spoke to Jonno the other day and said it was brilliant,
0:18:47 > 0:18:48the intensity and all that.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50And I think that's important for them to hear that.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Next week, when the intensity's shit and we're crap
0:18:53 > 0:18:55and we get beat 3-0, what's your phone call, then?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57That's what I am going to find difficult,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59cos I actually love the football chat.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Do you know what I mean? - I, to be fair...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Why the fuck did we buy a football club?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Can we sell up?- Why?!
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I love it! You love it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12We're not allowed to talk about football, though, are we?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15We own a football club, we can't talk about football.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Oh! Bloody gates!
0:19:25 > 0:19:29At the hundreds of non-league grounds like Salford City,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32the fans keep the clubs going, win or lose,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34all year round.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36You see them on the pitch, you see them in the bar,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38you see them stocktaking.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41They do it because of their love for the club.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Quick repair of the corner flag.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48The historic meaning of a football club is community spirit,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50helping, bringing together, everyone mucking in.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And Salford City's got that.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I've come straight from work this morning.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I've been doing a bit of grafting in work.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Somebody like Babs, who's been at the club for so long,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Salford City is her life.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05What pies have you've got, love?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I've got potato, steak, and cheese and onion.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I'm on here for the men.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Come on, where are they?!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20We are the owners of Salford City Football Club
0:20:20 > 0:20:21but it doesn't feel like our football club
0:20:21 > 0:20:23when you see the work they put into it.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26We've got to do the right things as much as we possibly can.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Even though we're making a load of mistakes.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33My husband always went up with the children.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I used to walk them up there on a Saturday.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38So that's how it started.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Mum of two Babs is Salford born and bred.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45She is a seamstress in the local textile factory.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47When I've worked all day and I go down on a Tuesday night,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I think, "Oh, do I have to?"
0:20:49 > 0:20:51But I do it.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Once I get going, I am all right.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Oh, there he is! Have you been oiled?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59I have, I've been robbed down.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- I have.- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02You couldn't show me...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04You couldn't show me your best baps, could you?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Oh, beautiful!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Hello!- Two minutes.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Two weeks after Gary's idea to move Babs to a burger van,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16the plan has changed.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Yeah, the news is, Gary agreed to go for this
0:21:19 > 0:21:21as the new kitchen, instead of a burger van.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Very made up.- I got a message saying she loves me!- Very happy.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- I know you did! - I told Gary, as well!
0:21:27 > 0:21:30It's going to be better. In the winter, anyway!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I'd be stuck out there, freezing, won't I?!
0:21:32 > 0:21:34You're on your own over there.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36At least you're in the middle of everything still.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37That's what I was planning!
0:21:39 > 0:21:43He's trying to move me to the other side! Not happening.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Welcome to my new cafe.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48No, I'll have to have a launch date!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I'll be with you in a minute!
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It's early March.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01The Class of '92 are planning a thank-you dinner
0:22:01 > 0:22:03for Salford's volunteers and team.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Are they all coming on Thursday night, everyone?
0:22:06 > 0:22:07As far as I'm concerned,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I think there's maybe one or two dropped out,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11but, yeah, everyone is there.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13But the dinner's just two days before
0:22:13 > 0:22:16a match they have to win, to stop Darlington going top.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19So, they'll need a plan to manage the players
0:22:19 > 0:22:20and the free bar.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23We said on Thursday, they could have a couple of pints and that's it,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26with their meal, or half a bottle of wine between them with their meal.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29How are you going to police that on Thursday?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Cos I mean, obviously...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33We have told them and anyone that we find out that's done it,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35who goes out after that, won't be...
0:22:35 > 0:22:36But half a bottle of wine at a meal for...
0:22:36 > 0:22:39it'll be four hours, this dinner.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41'We'd spotted the danger of this event,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43'in terms of the Saturday game.'
0:22:43 > 0:22:45If you drink on a Thursday night,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47you're definitely going to be struggling on the Saturday.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49You just don't feel right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53It'd be a disaster if we lose Saturday because of that.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Cos of what we've done.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57We lose and because of a nice night, it ends up being a disaster.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58So, how's that...?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Because our conversation about putting rules in place.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02And I think they know now.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Salford's season may be on a knife edge, but tonight,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13the Class of '92 are throwing a party for their new club.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19It's a chance for the multimillionaire owners
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and their part-time players to relax.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
0:23:27 > 0:23:30The managers are trying to police their two drink limit.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56LAUGHTER
0:23:56 > 0:24:00The next one, best moment in football.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Giggsy's goal in the semifinal.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04What a special goal.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06APPLAUSE
0:24:06 > 0:24:07I don't believe a goal...
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It was a massive part of that,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12because we were in big trouble at the time.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Phil had given a penalty away. - LAUGHTER
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Again!
0:24:20 > 0:24:23And we needed someone to get us out of the shit again.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25And that was Giggsy.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Halfway through the evening,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Bernard and Jonno's two-drink rule is in tatters.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39If we don't perform Saturday and they've all had a drink,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41it's easy to point the fingers.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58'I went to the toilet and I saw one of the lads
0:24:58 > 0:25:01'and he sort of started, like, half joking and banter.'
0:25:01 > 0:25:03So I thought...
0:25:05 > 0:25:06"He's drinking."
0:25:06 > 0:25:08And I looked over and I thought,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10"They're all drinking.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11"There's a lot of them drinking!"
0:25:11 > 0:25:13And I just thought, "Oh, no."
0:25:20 > 0:25:24When you've got 20 lads, nice hotel, free booze,
0:25:24 > 0:25:25everyone else is drinking...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27"Yeah, I'll join in."
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Maybe it was a mistake.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Well, it was a mistake. It's not a maybe.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I mean, it's a massive game for us, Saturday,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38so I'd hate to think we're going to lose the league,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40or not go up, or drop points,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43because of them having a drink on a Thursday night.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Don't let's have no excuses about today
0:25:47 > 0:25:48cos I'm telling you now, boys,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51we lose the game or your performance dips, or yours does,
0:25:51 > 0:25:52or yours does,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54there's doubts in their mind why it has done.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Don't let that happen, yeah?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Two days after the dinner, Salford, playing in red,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09face 12th place Lancaster.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Adam, Adam!
0:26:11 > 0:26:12What have we said before the game?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14The pressure's on for the win
0:26:14 > 0:26:17that will keep rivals Darlington off the top spot.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23I remember getting there and after three or four minutes,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27I remember looking at them and thinking, "Oh, no.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28"Oh, no."
0:26:37 > 0:26:39They're blowing us to bits in the middle of the park.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Blowing us to bits all over the park.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45They had that, sort of, lethargic movement that you just thought,
0:26:45 > 0:26:46"This is wrong."
0:26:46 > 0:26:49And I knew straightaway and I was furious.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Look at that. Look at how fucking laboured we are.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Come on. Come on, Danny.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08In the 30th minute, Lancaster take the lead.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Where are we?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Look at this, what the...?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14No, I don't know what's happened since last week, really.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17CHEERING
0:27:20 > 0:27:21I'm shocked.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Never organise a do on a Thursday before a Saturday game.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I think that's the lesson we take from it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28I would take the whole lot off if I could.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It's really poor.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33They just look completely off their pace.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34It won't happen again.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39THEY SHOUT
0:27:40 > 0:27:42We're getting beaten.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43We're playing terribly.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48WHISTLE
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Things go from bad to worse.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54A Salford defender gets his marching orders for a vicious tackle.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56That's not great, is it?
0:27:57 > 0:27:592-0 down, ten men.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02We could have another three sent off, probably.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05WHISTLE BLOWS
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Let's have a jog. Come on.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12It is still 2-0 at half-time.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17In my opinion, if we could, I'd take the lot of you off.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I don't think you could have played any worse if I had said to you,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22"I'll pay you 500 quid if you can have a bad game today."
0:28:22 > 0:28:23It's as if you've gone,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25"Do you know what? Let's get these two sacked as well."
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- You set of- BLEEP - for fucking doing that on Thursday.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Individually, Howson, that, mate,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34is an embarrassment of a performance.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36It is an absolute disgrace.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38And that's constructive, by the way.
0:28:40 > 0:28:4411 stinkers, boys. You've embarrassed yourselves.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47You have been outworked by a young,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51hungry set of gobshites and embarrassed us.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54I don't know what you've just done, mate, for 45 minutes.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I think you've touched the ball twice.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Like a lost little boy. That's what you look like, mate -
0:28:58 > 0:29:00lost.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Gaz, listen to me, yeah?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- All you've done for 45 minutes is blame every other- BLEEP.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06In my opinion, the game's gone.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Well, we can't go out with that fucking attitude, can we?
0:29:09 > 0:29:10No, that's not my attitude.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- We've...- My attitude at the beginning of the game -
0:29:13 > 0:29:15"Do what you've done the last three weeks." But you've not.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17- And all you've done is gone, - "BLEEP- you, boys."
0:29:17 > 0:29:20That's not to single anybody out, that's to gee people up.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- Single yourself out.- I have come in,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25I would hold my hand up and say I've had a poor half.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- But I weren't shouting.- You was shouting and I have said to you...
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Take responsibility, stop doing all this with your hands.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Throwing your hands about and passing the buck,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35- which you've done... - That's to get myself up and going.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- So blaming everybody else gets you up, does it?- All right,
0:29:38 > 0:29:39- I'm not arguing about it. - No, we're not.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- We'll get it straight. - I've just said...
0:29:41 > 0:29:43At least I know now where we move on from this.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- I weren't doing it to single any individual out.- Right,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49I'm not doing it to single you out. All I'm saying is do your job.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51You do your job, let me and him worry about everybody else's.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Grow some bollocks and put it right.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Let's go.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Nothing the managers say at half-time can undo the damage.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11WHISTLE
0:30:13 > 0:30:17After another red card, Salford are down to nine men.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21The owners have seen enough.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24The team are beaten 2-0.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Salford now need to win all their last nine games,
0:30:29 > 0:30:30and hope Darlington lose,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32to guarantee promotion.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34It's an almost impossible job.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Oh, well.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Devastated. Absolutely devastated.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52There is your chance, though, isn't it? Chance is gone.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53- It might be the only chance.- I know,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55but I thought that could have cost us it today.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57My view for that next four weeks,
0:30:57 > 0:31:00and I kept saying it to Scholesy, to Phil,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03that will cost us the league. That will cost is the league.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08I thought the manager was trying to make out that
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I was blaming everybody else and I weren't blaming myself, which...
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I'm the first person, if I've had a bad game,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I'm the first person to hold my hand up.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20So I thought he was, like, making a show of me, really.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27To speak over the manager, whether he's right or wrong,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29there is a time and place to confront him.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30I asked him a question at half-time
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and he tried to go round the houses with the question,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35but I didn't want an answer from him.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39It was me telling him that he needed to worry about his own game.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42And he kept coming back at me that he weren't that type of person.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44If anybody speaks above me and him when we think we're right,
0:31:44 > 0:31:46it won't happen again.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It will happen once and it'll never happen a second time.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50When you're in that changing room
0:31:50 > 0:31:51and we're trying to get over a point
0:31:51 > 0:31:53of how we want to play football,
0:31:53 > 0:31:56or what we deem is needed to win a game of football,
0:31:56 > 0:31:58it isn't up for discussion.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59It's not a democracy.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01We are the alpha males, that's how it is.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Right, Hallie, come and sit down. Come on.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- What's this?- Chips.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13- I don't want to eat chips. - You don't want chips?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Daddy is going to eat yours, then.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- I don't want chips! - Right, I'll eat them, then. OK?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Four days after his side lost to Lancaster,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Bernard is home alone with his children, Hallie and Thomas.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28PHONE RINGS
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Darlington are playing tonight
0:32:31 > 0:32:33and he is trying to follow the match.
0:32:34 > 0:32:352-0, mate.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43If Darlington win, they go top again and Salford drop back to second.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44All right, mate.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- 'See you in a bit.' - See you later, mate.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Bernard's night isn't going to plan.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58He's desperate to get back to the game.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Lie down, come on.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- TABLET:- 'Looks like vanilla with chocolate chips in it.'
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- I don't want to lie down. - You don't want to lie down?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Well, how are you going to go to sleep if you don't lie down?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Right, night-night. Bye.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16HALLIE CHATTERS TO HERSELF
0:33:19 > 0:33:20Hard work!
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Very.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Gary Neville and Phil Neville are on Twitter
0:33:25 > 0:33:28and there's messages that I believe they've received this week
0:33:28 > 0:33:30saying Salford are poor,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32and laughing and saying they're wasting their money this
0:33:32 > 0:33:34and doing this wrong,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36so I think you think about a lot of that
0:33:36 > 0:33:40and you try and block it out, but it hurts me and Jonno, it really does.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- Daddy?- No, she's... Thomas hasn't done anything to you.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44You're just being naughty.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46He's just pushed me.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Why are you still awake?!
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Oh, did you not go to bed?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55No, cos you need your mummy?
0:33:55 > 0:33:56It's not looking good.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- Not looking good, at all. - It's raining.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Have they finished?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- What score is it?- 2-0 still.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Oh, dearie me.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Oh, dearie me!
0:34:08 > 0:34:10They've gone top of the league.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11By how many points?
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Same points, but they've got a game in hand still,
0:34:14 > 0:34:16so potentially, three points in front.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17But why is it important to you?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20You set out to achieve something and if you do it, it's good,
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- if you don't, it's failure. - If you don't win the league?- Yeah.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25We've been top of the league and could've stayed there
0:34:25 > 0:34:27if we'd won Saturday, so we have had the chance.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31I love it when they win, cos he comes home happy!
0:34:31 > 0:34:33If they lose, he's awful.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35He goes to bed and doesn't speak to me!
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Well done, you two. Go on, go on, close him down. Close him down.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Get in shape! Get in shape! Get in shape!
0:34:46 > 0:34:47With Darlington back at the top,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Salford's season hangs in the balance.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53They will have to win all of their nine remaining games
0:34:53 > 0:34:55to stand a chance of winning the league.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58The managers are throwing everything at training,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01and everyone is expected to give their all to the club.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03One! One!
0:35:04 > 0:35:09But Gareth Seddon has asked to miss a game in this vital run.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10Doesn't sound great.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12You're going for promotion
0:35:12 > 0:35:15and your star striker says he wants to go and model.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18I mean, it doesn't sound great, does it?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22I know it's gutting that I'll have to miss a game,
0:35:22 > 0:35:24but I can't turn down five grand.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28In five weeks' time, it's going to be the end of the season
0:35:28 > 0:35:29and I'll stop getting paid.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I've still got my mortgage,
0:35:31 > 0:35:33I've got my little girl to look after.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36So that money, it'll see me through the summer.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Chasing promotion, you know,
0:35:39 > 0:35:41and he is more interested in going abroad for whatever reason.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44It might be the money, it might be too much to turn down.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I don't know. But to be honest, we don't really care.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49We know where we stand now.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51We know where we are on the priority list.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57I'm not fucking happy about it. Why would I be?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Mid-March, eight games left,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Salford are at Ossett Town,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11but their leading goal scorer is modelling in Germany.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I remember Gary ringing me up and saying,
0:36:13 > 0:36:18"Gaz Seddon's got this modelling thing and he won't be able to play."
0:36:18 > 0:36:21And my first instinct was, "Taking the piss? What do you mean?"
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Rivals Darlington are also playing today.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Volunteer Laura checks the score online.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Darlington are winning 4-1.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33We just need to match their results,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37and then hope they drop a couple points here and there, I suppose.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Salford are in white.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Go on, Danny, go on, Danny.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45SHOUTING
0:36:45 > 0:36:47In the dying minutes of a tight game, Salford are given a penalty.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Yes. Who takes that?
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Who takes that? - Normally Seddon, isn't it?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55WHISTLE BLOWS
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Salford's win puts them back ahead of Darlington
0:37:05 > 0:37:08in their neck and neck race for the title.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- THEY CHANT: - Salford, Salford, Salford!
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Oh, so you started your exercises?
0:37:24 > 0:37:25She's not happy.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Not happy?- I am.- Shall I join in?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Do you want me and Harvey to join in?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Yeah.- Yeah, OK. Come on, you. Stop being lazy.- Five...
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Phil Neville is passionate about fitness on and off the pitch.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Since his 11-year-old daughter Isabella
0:37:40 > 0:37:41was born with cerebral palsy,
0:37:41 > 0:37:44it's become part of family life.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- How many of these are we doing? - Ten.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- One, two...- Ten?!
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- So Isabella has to do this three, four times a week.- Five, six...
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Strengthening her little legs. Don't you?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Yeah.- Nine, ten. - You love doing it, don't you?
0:37:58 > 0:37:59HE LAUGHS
0:37:59 > 0:38:01She has to work really hard on her hamstrings
0:38:01 > 0:38:03to get more flexibility in them.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- You don't like the hamstring ones, do you?- No.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08When she was born, they told us she wouldn't be able to walk
0:38:08 > 0:38:10so it was our sole aim in life then
0:38:10 > 0:38:12just to make sure that we give her the best chance of walking.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16And that was being really hard on her at times, weren't it?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Are you ready? Shall we do five catches?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20I am aiming for your nose.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Back straight.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26If we accepted what they told us about her never being able to walk,
0:38:26 > 0:38:27then she never would.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29So we just thought, "Well, we'll just act like she will
0:38:29 > 0:38:32and give her every opportunity to do that.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Who is harder on you? Is it me or Mummy?- You.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- Why? - Because you stretch me harder.
0:38:38 > 0:38:45- He's not as gentle as me, is he? - No.- What do we say? No pain, no...?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Gain!- No pain, no gain.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54In life, you need determination to succeed.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59She plays netball, she plays rounders.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I have never looked on her as disabled.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I have had massive disappointments in my football career,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06massive ups, massive downs,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08but you need to overcome disappointments
0:39:08 > 0:39:09with a determination.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Block him out, Issy!
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Are you struggling? Are you struggling?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16She's down, she's out!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18SHE GASPS
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- He is down as well. Yeah, champion! - Oh, here we go.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31Phil's taken on the responsibility of getting Salford City in shape, too.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- All right, Brendan. - How are you doing?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34He's got the hotel he co-owns
0:39:34 > 0:39:37to put on Salford's first ever pre-match meal,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40ahead of their crucial game against Prescot Cables tonight.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41You work all day
0:39:41 > 0:39:44and then you have got to get over to Prescot, in Liverpool,
0:39:44 > 0:39:48so the lazy thing to do would just be to probably grab a Mars bar,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51a packet of crisps, maybe a can of Coke.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53We want to introduce a bit of professionalism now.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56Make sure they behave.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- Last time they were in here, they were all pissed up.- They were.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07I've gone for a bit of... A bit of... What is it?
0:40:07 > 0:40:12Green beans with... I don't know what they call this these days.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14A bit of chilli, is it?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20You talk about these players coming to our hotel tonight
0:40:20 > 0:40:21and having a free meal.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I mean, the temptation there is to probably fill your boots.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26So we've just got to trust them,
0:40:26 > 0:40:29that we are educating them in the right way.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Am I allowed seconds, Gaffer? - Yes, Jeff.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Proper little fat kid.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43I don't think we are allowed to have them.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50I've never had, like, a strict diet or anything like that.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52It's got me to where I am today,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55so I don't feel like changing it or...
0:40:58 > 0:41:03Gareth's back from his modelling assignment and ready to play.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06I don't know whether I'll go straight into the squad tonight.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08I'll probably have to wait my turn.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Probably have to wait until, I don't know, a miracle happens,
0:41:11 > 0:41:13and then he'll let me back in the squad.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Salford City versus Prescot Cables.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23There are seven games left, and every one has to end in victory
0:41:23 > 0:41:26if they want to win the league.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28But Darlington have just gone ahead again.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Jonno and Bernard are leaving Seddon on the bench.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35We might only get one chance, boys. We might get one chance today.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- We've got to fucking take that chance.- Boys, boys.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40You know where we are on the table.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43We've dropped to second, haven't we? The pressure is on you.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- We have got to win our- BLEEP- games, yeah?
0:41:45 > 0:41:48But it starts by doing your job properly.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49All over the fucking park.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Win your battles! Come on!
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Salford are playing in blue tonight.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- MAN CHANTS:- Cables! Cables! Cables!
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Trouble, trouble.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Play the way you fucking...
0:42:14 > 0:42:15Jonno's not happy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Move the ball! Come on!
0:42:22 > 0:42:25That is not a bad one. That is not a bad one.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31They've got to finish. They've got to finish on that.
0:42:33 > 0:42:3670 minutes down and no score.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Nothing's coming off. It's poor. Poor.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44Gareth is still serving time on the sidelines.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Go and test him. Go on and test him!
0:42:46 > 0:42:48GROANING
0:42:49 > 0:42:52In desperation, the managers relent.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55They've no choice but to put their faith in Gareth.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- TANNOY:- 'Substitution Salford City, number 12, Gareth Seddon.'
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Come on, Gareth!
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Gareth shoots...
0:43:09 > 0:43:11CHEERING
0:43:11 > 0:43:14..and wins the game with the last kick of the match.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15Get in!
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Oh, my God.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22WHISTLE BLOWS, CHEERING
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Eins, zwei, drei.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30SHOUTING AND CHEERING
0:43:31 > 0:43:35Best win they've had, that. If you know you're going to win like that,
0:43:35 > 0:43:37that's how you want to win, innit?
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Well done, boys. We'll fucking take that, eh? Fucking enjoy it.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Them fucking results win you leagues, I'll tell you that.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45As a footballer, he is unbelievable,
0:43:45 > 0:43:47but, obviously, what we question is, you know,
0:43:47 > 0:43:49it's when it suits Gaz Seddon,
0:43:49 > 0:43:51and he'd have been starting tonight
0:43:51 > 0:43:54if he weren't going to Germany and things like that, but it's great.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57You know what? That could be the most important goal of the season.
0:43:57 > 0:43:58Buzzing, aren't we?
0:43:58 > 0:44:00I don't know what all the panic was about.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03A nice little week away working.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05I come back, 93rd minute, get the winner.
0:44:05 > 0:44:06What is the problem?!
0:44:06 > 0:44:10I couldn't have wrote it better, could I, really?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21After his trial with Manchester United,
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Phil's gone to catch up with Sadiq,
0:44:23 > 0:44:26who still lives at home with his family.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29After we finished training, he pulled me over to the side
0:44:29 > 0:44:33and just said, like, "Well done. You have been training well.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36"And we want to offer you an 18-month contract." And...yeah.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40- How did you feel?- It was just... Same again, I was just happy.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- Did you phone your mum? - Yeah, straightaway.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44And they were really happy as well.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47The situation with Sadiq, I think, has probably
0:44:47 > 0:44:51never, ever happened in the lifetime of Man United.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54I think in probably football itself, only three or four times.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58I can think of Stuart Pearce playing non-league football, then going...
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Ian Wright did it, I think, but they didn't sign for Man United.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04They had to sign for Crystal Palace or Nottingham Forest.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07This is the biggest club in the world.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Sadiq is now professional footballer on a substantial wage.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12- Hello.- Hello. Nice to meet you.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14- Sapphi?- Saphal.- Saphal.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Did he play football all the time?
0:45:16 > 0:45:19All my family, my husband and him and all my...
0:45:19 > 0:45:23They would go to the park and play with him.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- Your mum believed in you? - Yeah, yeah, definitely.- Mums do.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29What you need to do now, when he signs for the biggest...
0:45:29 > 0:45:32You need to keep his feet on the ground and tell him to work hard.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- Yeah.- You know all of them girls that are now coming for Sadiq,
0:45:35 > 0:45:36and the fast cars?
0:45:36 > 0:45:40- You need to say, "No, Sadiq, concentrate!"- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48It's like a fairy tale, really.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50To think that, five weeks ago,
0:45:50 > 0:45:53that he was third choice right back at Salford,
0:45:53 > 0:45:55he turned up for training,
0:45:55 > 0:45:59they didn't think he was strong enough, couldn't defend, you know?
0:45:59 > 0:46:01And then, all of a sudden,
0:46:01 > 0:46:03he has signed a two-year contract for Man United,
0:46:03 > 0:46:05or an 18-month contract for Man United.
0:46:05 > 0:46:06I think it's fantastic.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09I think what it shows is that if people believe in you,
0:46:09 > 0:46:13and you have the right attitude - Sadiq has got a great attitude -
0:46:13 > 0:46:16then anything is achievable in life.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22The end of March. The season has just four weeks to go.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25This is your fucking cup final. You leave fuck all in here.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Don't give them a fucking minute, from minute fucking one.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Yes, get in!
0:46:35 > 0:46:38And Salford go on an incredible run.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40CHEERING
0:46:47 > 0:46:49SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
0:46:56 > 0:46:59They win five games in a row.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00Don't let us down, boys.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Don't leave any excuses in this changing room now. Yeah?
0:47:03 > 0:47:07There's a truce between managers and their star striker.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15Seddon's now starting and scoring in every match.
0:47:17 > 0:47:18Whoo!
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Easy, weren't it?
0:47:20 > 0:47:22It's not over till it's over.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23Ohh...
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Hit it!
0:47:24 > 0:47:26The pressure is so much worse.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29I have never felt sick for days in advance for a non-league game
0:47:29 > 0:47:31like I am now, but I have never enjoyed wins
0:47:31 > 0:47:33as much as I am now, either.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Get in, boys!
0:47:40 > 0:47:43They've finally caught up with Darlington.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47The owners' gamble on Jonno and Bernard might just pay off.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Woohoo! Outside world!
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Let me get the posh chair out.
0:48:00 > 0:48:01Hi.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05At Moor Lane, it's a big night for Babs.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08Two months after asking for more space,
0:48:08 > 0:48:11her kitchen's ready for its grand opening.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13This is my new kitchen.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17As you can see, it's not quite finished yet but it's nearly there.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21I've waited a long time for this, haven't I?
0:48:25 > 0:48:28When I think about it now, it would have been a little bit tight,
0:48:28 > 0:48:31to be fair, shoving her in a van in the car park, round the back,
0:48:31 > 0:48:34so I think even though it's cost us quite a bit more money,
0:48:34 > 0:48:36we have to do those things.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39But for her, she has got to feel proud of what she's doing
0:48:39 > 0:48:41and she was proud of that little kiosk that she had.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45That's the sort of responsibility we're carrying. I mean, 26 years.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48How many burgers will she have sold in that time?
0:48:48 > 0:48:49HE CHUCKLES
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Where's she gone? Here she is!
0:48:52 > 0:48:56Here we go, the most expensive cafe in non-league football!
0:48:56 > 0:48:59THEY LAUGH
0:49:00 > 0:49:03- 26 years, fantastic, well done. - Thank you very much.- Well done.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05I will try and open this for you.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08CHEERING
0:49:08 > 0:49:10- Thank you very much! - Very good, well done.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13- Thank you. Thanks, darling. - Right, throw your money behind here.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16- We need us money back for this cafe. - Sorry!
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Can't stop. Sorry.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21That was lovely.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33It is 21st April,
0:49:33 > 0:49:37the end of the most hotly contested league title in years.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41And it's all come down to this -
0:49:41 > 0:49:44today's Darlington game against Warrington Town.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50If Darlington, playing in black and white, lose or draw,
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Salford win the league and get promotion.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01All the Salford players can do is wait.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04They're all at a local curry house,
0:50:04 > 0:50:08and they'll have to follow the game by texts sent from Salford fans
0:50:08 > 0:50:10watching at Warrington's ground.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12You can't control it, can you?
0:50:12 > 0:50:16You can't do anything. You're just waiting on someone telling you.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21I am a quivering wreck. This is actually more nervous than
0:50:21 > 0:50:25I have been at any Salford game all season, to be honest.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Get on it, get on it. Handball, wasn't it? Handball!
0:50:28 > 0:50:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:35 > 0:50:36CHEERING
0:50:39 > 0:50:41We've just heard it is 1-0 to Warrington,
0:50:41 > 0:50:45so hopefully I will be celebrating with a curry and a pint!
0:50:48 > 0:50:50CHEERING
0:50:53 > 0:50:541-1, 40th minute.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01Oh! From there to there in about two minutes!
0:51:03 > 0:51:06It's still 1-1 at half-time.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12Fucking anxiety.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13Eh?
0:51:13 > 0:51:15I've got a pain in my chest.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Oh, I can't fucking deal with this.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21If the score stays the same, then Salford win the league.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23But Darlington are throwing everything they have
0:51:23 > 0:51:26at the Warrington goal.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28GROANING
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Oh, come on, Lord, please! If you're up there, I'm begging you!
0:51:42 > 0:51:45We got the biggest ten minutes of our lives, or mine!
0:51:50 > 0:51:52How long?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56Oh, my fucking God.
0:51:59 > 0:52:00Horrible, this.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12WHISTLE BLOWS
0:52:12 > 0:52:15LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:52:15 > 0:52:18- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20CHEERING
0:52:28 > 0:52:31- THEY CHANT:- We are going up, said we are going up.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35We are going up, said we are going up.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38We are going up, said we are going up!
0:52:42 > 0:52:47Salford have defied the odds and won promotion,
0:52:47 > 0:52:50and the owners are one step closer to their dream of building a club
0:52:50 > 0:52:52fit for the Premier League.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00I'm absolutely buzzing. And this reward now,
0:53:00 > 0:53:03this feeling you get from it, no trophy, no medal, nothing,
0:53:03 > 0:53:06this feeling you get now is the best feeling in the world.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09I've had three kids, obviously apart from that!
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Well, it's probably a little bit better than that!
0:53:13 > 0:53:16This is why we brought Jonno and Bernard in,
0:53:16 > 0:53:19because this is the culture that I think saw us through our career.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20It wasn't a talent.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23We had a little bit of talent but we had this kind of spirit.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25It can take you a long way.
0:53:27 > 0:53:28Fucking hell, what a day.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30There is a God!
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Top man, cheers.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Mr Giggs. Mr Giggs, can I take a picture with you?
0:53:37 > 0:53:41People like Ryan Giggs shaking my hand and saying "well done",
0:53:41 > 0:53:43fucking still amazes me now.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50And we're up. Morning!
0:53:50 > 0:53:51Hi!
0:53:54 > 0:53:58It's the final game for the newly crowned champions.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02And the owners are hoping for their biggest crowd of the season.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08It's a proud day. A lot of people questioned you lot
0:54:08 > 0:54:10when we came in, "They might not even make the play-offs."
0:54:10 > 0:54:13We've had hiccups, but you've done the work we've asked you to do.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16Go out, soak it up, enjoy yourselves. All the best.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19CHEERING
0:54:20 > 0:54:23The news of Salford City's success has clearly spread.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25The stand is packed to the rafters.
0:54:27 > 0:54:28- CROWD CHANTS:- Salford!
0:54:31 > 0:54:33And although they're already champions...
0:54:33 > 0:54:35CHEERING
0:54:35 > 0:54:36Oh, look!
0:54:36 > 0:54:39..Salford are determined to put on a show for the fans.
0:54:39 > 0:54:421,000 people watching Salford City.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45It's an incredible rise in such a short space of time.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49I think what it proves to us is that if we keep this momentum up,
0:54:49 > 0:54:50maybe next year, 2,000.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54Go on, Salford! Go on!
0:54:56 > 0:54:58CHEERING
0:54:58 > 0:54:59I'm so proud of him.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02It's just a big journey for us all.
0:55:02 > 0:55:03For the family.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Massive for us. It's massive for him and...
0:55:06 > 0:55:09It's just... Yeah, just so proud of him.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16It brings people together and they are all standing on the grass bank
0:55:16 > 0:55:20having a pint, and you can't do that in a lot of football grounds.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26You know, that's how football was,
0:55:26 > 0:55:28but isn't any more at a higher level, but it is here.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29It's fantastic.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33WHISTLE BLOWS, CHEERING
0:55:39 > 0:55:41We feel proud today.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44We've not done everything right this season, by a long stretch.
0:55:44 > 0:55:45We have made a lot of mistakes but thankfully,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48we've had the players and the managers who have got us through.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53And the Salford City FC supporters' Player of the Year
0:55:53 > 0:55:58for season 2014-15 is Gareth Seddon.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00CHEERING
0:56:00 > 0:56:02At the very start, I was loved,
0:56:02 > 0:56:04then I was hated halfway through the season
0:56:04 > 0:56:07when I had to miss games and go modelling.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10And then I think I've kind of like gone back to being loved again,
0:56:10 > 0:56:12with all the goals I've scored.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14CHEERING
0:56:18 > 0:56:21Best day ever, I think, for Salford, this. Got to be.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Yeah, I'll come back. Obviously I'll be back next season.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25I can't live without this place.
0:56:25 > 0:56:29THEY CHANT: Championes, championes, ole, ole, ole...
0:56:29 > 0:56:31We made a great decision, buying Salford,
0:56:31 > 0:56:35and we want a club that the people of Salford can be proud of.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38Mwah! Yes!
0:56:41 > 0:56:44In 12 months, I have grown to care a lot about the place,
0:56:44 > 0:56:45care a lot about the people.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47It makes you want to give your all for them
0:56:47 > 0:56:50and that is what we will do for the next 10, 15, 20 years of our lives.