FA Cup First Round Special Football Focus

Afternoon all. Welcome to the first

round weekend of the FA Cup. Now

today we come live from Boreham

Wood, just around the corner from

Elstree studios at the heart of the

British film industry. So, we

couldn't resist.

History boys indeed.

No team has won

it more than Arsenal.

The biggest Chelsea celebration!

At the heart of the British film

industry lies a town once known as

the British Hollywood.

From the streets where movie stars

once walked, and some of the

greatest stories were told, comes a

football club 70 years in the

making. Intent on FA Cup glory.

This, the greatest Cup competition

in the world, where anything can

happen. And right now, on first

round day, Football Focus is live

from Boreham Wood FC.

Roar down the camera they said t

will look good, they said. Never

mind, ignore that. We are live from

Boreham Wood. This is our home for

the programme. The bar is open.

They're ready for us. We are fully

warmed up for the first... Go on,

fellas. Arsenal fan in Boreham Wood,

who have have thought it?

We are on the road for the first

round of the Emirates FA Cup,

and I'm delighted to be joined

by Kevin Kilbane, Dion

Dublin, and of course,

these wonderful humans.

They're in the mood!

This is why we love the first round.

This is the FA Cup, we love it for

that reason. People like this.

I am

sure they're going to go wild when

we interviews the guest of honour,

the FA Cup as well.

Now, I know you lot know exactly

where you are. For the rest of us

here is a lesson.

Let's have a little

geography lesson.

We are a short hop

from London-Upon-Thames,

due north of Wembley,

where the final will

take place next May.

And just next door to

the famous Elstee Studios -

the reason why we went all Hollywood

at the top of the show.

This is Meadow Park,

our home for the day.

I am sure every time I mention the

opposition Blackpool you are

probably going to boo. Yeah, there

you go. Blackpool are the opposition

today.

One of 40 ties in all.

Here's what's coming

up for you today.

Happy as Harry - Winks reflects

on a glory night for Spurs.

To come away with a win in the way

we done it as well was incredible.

Chelsea's Cesc returns

to face his former boss.

With Mourinho I had an incredible

year, one of the best seasons.

We have Seagull Shane Duffy

on his near death experience.

I am so grateful for the doctors and

surgeons keeping me alive.

And, taxi for Clemmit.

Hop in, I will take you.

The FA Cup road trip is back.

I think that might be the end

of our film references.

But who knows?

Plenty of FA Cup build up

for you but it's a big weekend

in the Premier League too.

in the Premier League too.

Let's remind you of the fixtures.

The early game between Stoke

and Leicester kicks off shortly,

before four three o'clock games

including high flying Burnley's

trip to Southampton -

we'll be live at that one

with Motty soon.

Liverpool go to West Ham this

evening and there's a couple

of whoppers for you tomorrow.

As Manchester City host Arsenal,

and Chelsea play Manchester United.

Before that, there's a high noon

meeting between Crystal Palace

and a Spurs side still purring

after their mid-week

It was a Wembley night to savour

for a certain Mr Winks.

I just had some toast, I haven't got

anything in between my teeth, have

I? OK, good.

I think Wednesday is

probably a good place to start. What

was that night like to be involved

in?

It was pretty special to be

honest. As a Spurs fan, as well, to

be involved in a game as big as that

and to come away with a bin in the

way we done it as well was just, it

was incredible.

Dele said something

interesting after the game, he

expected, you expected to beat them.

Expecting to beat the European

champions is quite a statement, is

that indicative of where you guys

are at the moment?

We have been

playing well lately, the draw a few

weeks ago was a really good result

for us going there. Liverpool as

well straight after with another

win. We know how good we can be. I

think it's more of a case of showing

that consistently and just proving

to everybody how good we can be.

You

are Spurs through and through, what

do you remember, what was the first

game you went to?

Against

Middlesbrough. Somehow I managed to

get tickets on the halfway line in

the directors' seats.

Fancy.

Don't

know how we got them, it was

fantastic, we won as well, teddy

Sheringham might have scored. It was

a great day. We went together, me

and my dad. All I can remember as a

young kid, the atmosphere of White

Hart Lane, it was pretty special.

Something I will never forget to be

honest with you.

Boyhood heros, who

did you look up to?

Um, quite a few.

I think the main one really for me

was probably Steven Gerrard, he was

my real idol. I even wrote him a

letter at some point when I was a

kid as well. I don't think it got to

him, I didn't get a reply. As real

heros probably Gerrard for me.

What

about here, who helped you here when

you were a youngster?

Scott Parker

was brilliant when I was young. A

few times after training he would

sit with me and discuss some of his

clips and show me why he had done

this and that and what he thinks I

can do. I found that reason helpful,

especially someone so respected and

a good world-class player to take

time out of his day to speak to me

was something I will never forget.

How did the whole little Iniesta

thing come about, it's quite an

accolade.

I am miles off his level

just yet. He is someone I aspire to

be like. He is a fantastic player.

To even have comparisons like that

from the gaffer is fantastic.

Premier League debut and you scored

as well. It's like you only had eyes

for him. Batting everyone else away,

straight for him. Was that a

testament to just how special he is

for you?

Harry Winks is there!

Equalises for Tottenham Hotspur. He

scores his first goal for the club.

When Josh scored his first goal for

Spurs and the mappinger did say, he

was like, when you score why not

celebrate with me. -- manager. That

stuck in my mind, I said I will make

sure I celebrate with the gaffer.

That was the meaning behind that. To

say thank you for everything and

giving me the opportunity.

Harry

Kane and Harry Winks were fantastic

today.

What did the next two, three,

four years look like? In your

dreams?

In my dreams... We win a

trophy, win the World Cup. For me, I

don't know. I don't really like

planning too far in the future. I

want to take it game by game, week

by week and just go from there. The

longer you plan, it's difficult to

really, you can't, you know what

football is like, you can't really

plan it. All I can do is keep

working hard and see what happens.

If you are just joining us, we are

live at bo Wood. We have a live

audience as well -- Boreham Wood.

Let me just... How many Spurs fans

here? Quite a few? OK. Big fans of

Harry Winks. He was fantastic

against Real Madrid. A few weeks and

Gareth Southgate was being asked

questions because he put him in the

England side.

You look at that

performance and how accomplished he

is starting to look. It's almost as

if you need that first ten or 15

games before you feel fully settled

into the first team and now we are

seeing what a good player he is. He

is taking examples from top players,

yeah.

It's like he is so brave on

the ball. He tries things. If it

doesn't work out he tries again. He

is not the kind of person to get

away from responsibility. I like the

way he place.

An interesting piece

written this week about the way he

receives the ball. All top players

will look around and see what's

around them, he says Gerrard is his

hero and he is very Gerrard-esque.

Frank Lampard as well, he was the

ideal player from a midfield point

of view. Always having six, seven

looks around. It's almost knowing

where to play the ball before it's

hit your feet.

And the players

around you know that he is doing

that. So he's upped his game, player

around will up their game. He knows

Harry is doing that.

15 of the last

30 England debuts have been coached

by Mauricio Pochettino. Are they

contenders?

At the top level hitting

quarters and semis, they've not been

at that stage before, that could

perhaps go against them, they've got

the quality. They've competed

against the best. Are they at

Manchester City level, PSG level,

Juventus, Barcelona? We will see.

I

think they'll surprise a few.

They

showed people with the result mid

week to take notice.

That's what

they can do and they'll expect to do

it again against other teams.

Whether they'll go all the way I am

not sure.

Palace, are they improving

under Roy Hodgson. They're improving

since Saha came back.

What a plus it

was getting him back. We saw that in

the Chelsea game. What he can

enhance the transition. When Roy

Hodgson's sides sit deep, they're

well organised, where is the break

coming from? Where is that spark and

drive them forward? Saha provides

that.

Steven Reid as well. He is a

winner. He will give that motivation

last few words. You know what he is

like, he is a winner. That's what

players needed, somebody to say, go

on, you can do it.

Extraordinary

last minute goal there. We are being

closely man-marked here! Don't know

if you have noticed.

I thought will

I get the jel wows out -- elbows

out, I keep missing them, they're

that small!

We will be back later.

You are going to join us. We are

going to have a word with the

manager. We love to show you a

dressing room on Football Focus.

This is an interesting club right at

the heart of the community. All the

lads you are seeing are part of the

academy, they've been training and

playing this morning. We are going

to find Luke. There is the pitch.

Beautiful surface that I am sure

makes a difference to the way they

play. Luke is in here. He has been

associated with the club for a long

time. Good afternoon to you, sir.

Good afternoon.

The youngest manager

in the top five division. Only 32

years old. What's it been like, the

build-up to this game this week?

Yeah, it's nice. Obviously it's good

for the town. On Thursday getting

the community a nice buzz and I

tried to keep it as simple as

possible and try to reflect on the

national league game in terms of our

build-up. Very positive.

Kevin and

Dion are going to join us as well.

You seem cool and calm at the

moment. Did you sleep well last

night, do you feel the pressure on

an occasion like this?

Slightly

broken sleep, have to be honest. I

am pick ago side that I think are

going to cause Blackpool problems

and I think a few are going to be

upset, that's my biggest worry. I am

calm at the minute. Closer to

kick-off it will start to dawn on me

we have Blackpool in the first

round.

Dan mentioned the pitch and

we will look in a while, but does

that pitch and the standard of that

pitch dictate your tactics and the

way you play?

We have looked to try

and utilise the ball more in terms

of playing through the third.

Arsenal under-23s ladies play there.

It's an incredible surface.

Best

outside the championship, we are

lucky to have that. I brought

personnel in to try and explore the

fact that we have a lovely pitch.

The fact that Blackpool play and we

are going to... It's probably going

to help them as much

Does it hinder

you as a manager knowing teams are

going to go their pitch is

fantastic, let's play a bit of

football?

The FA Cup first round and

you go away to a team in the

national league you are assuming

there's going to be... Exactly that.

When they land here today, it's

probably the best pitch they played

on all season.

It's immaculate.

Beautiful.

You are going to put out

a team that you feel will cause

damage. For the club and town it's a

huge occasion.

Speaking to the

chairman it's all about the glory.

We have never beat a league side in

our history.

Until now!

Yeah, I am

hopeful.

What about the final words,

I am always interested. Do you go

full-tilt, stay low-key, do you show

players how much it means to you?

We

have done a lot of build-up, for me

tactics are already set in place.

They know how big the game is, let's

be honest. I have played in first

round propers and I don't need a

team talk, as low key as possible.

They know how important it is to get

on the front foot and get our game

into play as much as possible.

Have

you got those final words in your

head now, do you know what you are

going to say?

I have something in my

head, whether I say it...

Don't give

it away yet! I am ready, don't know

about you lads. Let's get out there.

Fabregas this weekend takes on his

former boss and he has been talking

to Gary.

COMMENTATOR:

Exquisite skill.

There

is Pep Guardiola, Conte - of

contrast in styles and

personalities. Who improved you the

most?

All the managers that you

mentioned, I have been able to adapt

myself, my football, to each one of

them. With Jose Mourinho, I had one

of the best seasons of my career. In

the Premier league, the first time I

won it, I remember going on my

knees. It was such a relief. I was

holding my hands up, saying thank

you, because it was a competition I

played in so many years, and some of

them, I was close. To be able to win

it with a fantastic teak under Jose

was quite an experience.

There have

been times when you have not been

first choice - how frustrating is

that?

To be honest, last year was

the first time, really, that I

wasn't first choice, and it was

tough. I would not deny it. I

complain, I moan, I cry, or I show

this manager that I am the best and

that I can play.

You are in your 30s

now. How would you like to end your

career? Here, or... ?

I don't know,

and I don't want to think about it.

Every time I make plans, they never

go the way I just get on with it,

and whatever comes comes.

I must

say, if they are not going away you

want, you have had an extraordinary

career. I don't know quite what you

want. You have won everything,

except one major competition - the

Champions League.

Correct.

Is that

the one you need to tick off?

It is

a thing that it's here. I keep it in

mind and I would love to win it one

year, hopefully with Chelsea.

We've had a look

in the dressing room.

How about the kit room?

This is the domain of Loretta. She

is sorting out 21 kits for 21 teams.

Boreham Wood are our community club.

They have the largest football

education scheme in the UK. They

will need to heighten the doorways

for idiots like me! They take the

development seriously as well. We're

making our way past the shallows.

The dressing rooms are off to the

right out onto the pitch, where Dion

and Kevin will be waiting for us. We

mentioned the Arsenal connection.

Hopefully as we stroll down

here and onto the pitch.

As we walk up to our pundits,

listening to Cesc Fabregas there, it

has been a funny week. You have

Abramowitz at the training ground,

which is a warning sign.

Automatically, you are thinking red

alert when that happens. Given how

well they played over in Madrid, it

has been inconsistent this season,

but some of the games have been so

impressive, and to go to that, it is

totally on Antonio Conte.

I think

they have come in and out of games.

Northern it -- normally they

dominate through possession, but now

they are playing for 15 minutes --

...

You are shaking your heads. It

is hard to work out...

He knows how

to get hold of the game, and when to

pass forward, went as not to get

strikes into the game, whether it is

the number ten, Jesse Lingard, he

knows when to speed up play and when

to slow down. He has great know-how.

He has half dictated how the other

players play. He is a catalyst.

Everything goes through him. Pogba

when he is fit and playing hasn't

got a position now.

In answer to

your question, it is incredible how

Chelsea let him go, given that can

say is out and they are struggling

in midfield. They have let him go to

United. It's crazy, really.

Jose

Mourinho was happy with that but not

with the fans. Is it part of his

character that he loves to pick

battles and they are not always the

wisest ones to pick?

I thought he

was coming out of that mould, out of

that edgy manager in interviews, and

I thought he was chilling out. He

started wearing a suit. And then you

get this little gesture into the

camera, and you are picking a fight

that doesn't need to be there. I

don't think United need it.

Are they

not getting the credit they deserve?

The performance at Anfield and the

tactics, even the Tottenham game,

but he has got the results. He will

be happy with the points he has had

from those two games.

That is his

board.

He has done that at Chelsea,

wherever he has been - in the bigger

games, don't give anything away.

Manchester City against Napoli were

amazing as well. They are five

points clear at the top. Sergio

Aguero finally became the club was

my all-time goal scoring record

holder. It gives us an excuse to get

his greatest hits out. COMMENTATOR:

Aguero shoots from 25 yards. What a

goal! Brilliant finish by Aguero.

Aguero schools! -- Aguero scores.

He

finds the goal. His 50th Manchester

City goal. What about that?

A man

for all kinds of games and all kinds

of goals.

Aguero finishes

magnificently.

A sweetly timed

header.

He's got it through... Its

Sergio Aguero!

You two were just

smiling watching that. So many great

goals. Is he the best we've seen in

the Premier league?

Alan Shearer and

Dion might have an argument with

that! I think he is certainly

different to the conventional

strikers we have seen. The variety

of goals he has scored, his team

play, and his awareness, how that

has picked up, you certainly are

there.

There is a way to mark as a

centre half, to mark certain centre

forwards. I wouldn't like to imagine

how to mark Aguero. He is strong.

I'm not sure which is a stronger

foot, because he can score great

goals with his left foot as well.

Here is one that many will debate -

are they playing the best football

we have seen in the time of the

Premier league?

I think United would

argue that they played a different

sort of attacking football. Arsenal,

in their heyday, were playing great

attacking football. It is more of a

continental style is that we have

seen, so it is different. How they

are opening up sides and the chances

they are creating, I think the

chances are so abundant now.

United

used to be girls, girls, girls, and

now City are dominating matches with

the ball at their feet. -- goals,

goals, goals.

Is there a sign of a bit of bite for

you?

It is how Wenger lines up the

side this weekend - will he be more

organised, maybe sacrifice not

having the ball, sinking deeper,

because that might be the only way

to get a result against City at the

moment. If you attack man city, it

will be such an open game, and city

will have too much for them. It is

now Wenger lines them up. Arsenal

won't have enough for them.

If you

try to match City, you will come a

cropper. Arsenal have to be clever.

When they have the ball, they have

to use it to their best in

Manchester City's box, because I

don't think they will have the ball

as much as City.

There is a proper

wind coming down here. Do you want

to play?

It is far too cold!

Brighton are unbeaten in three.

Brighton - unbeaten in three -

face Swansea this weekend.

Juliette Ferrington has been

to see their Irish centre-half.

Shane Duffy has quite

a story to tell.

It was a deep free kick when I went

up and the keeper thought he could

punch the ball, and I got up and

headed it, and he need the litany --

he hit me with his knee right there.

I started getting light-headed a

little bit, and then literally, that

was me on a stretcher, with oxygen

little bit, and then literally, that

was me on a stretcher, with oxygen.

The doctors told me it was all

internal. I lost three litres of

blood inside my body. My heart was

starting to stop. The doctor said,

we could lose your son here, and my

dad, I don't know how he took it,

but I'm sure it wasn't good. When I

woke up, I was literally, what

happened? The last thing I remember

was hitting the ground hard. I never

think about it, to be honest. When I

do speak about it, I'm so thankful

for all the surgeons and doctors for

actually keeping me alive.

Let's reflect on the start you have

made under way you have adapted

Brighton to Premier league live.

I

think we have adapted very well. We

started the campaign with arguably

the toughest that you might have. We

lost a game against Manchester City

but we fared well, and I think that

started us off on a good footing.

Since then, I think we've adapted

quite well.

What about this centre

half partnership?

I have to say that

they both deserve it. They are

playing well and playing in a good

unit. We know that can change. They

had to make sure they keep the

levels they have done. They are to

make good individuals. In some ways,

old-fashioned centre half is, but

they would also say they have played

in a good unit around them.

It is a

pleasure to play alongside him. We

complement each other quite well.

Sometimes, you put two players

together like that and it clicks. At

the minute, it is working well and

I'm enjoying playing with him.

What

do you think he would say about you?

I don't know! He is quite down to

earth. It's been good.

The job that

Chris Hughton is doing - how key is

he to that togetherness that he has

built?

He keeps everyone grounded.

He is one of them good managers who

can keep everyone happy and get

everyone together. It is working at

the minute and hopefully it can

continue.

To be mid-table after ten

games this season, that goes to show

how good you actually are.

It is

just belief in the squad, from the

manager down. Mid-table, not getting

too carried away. There is a tough

league, and it is not a massive

difference between the bottom three

and where we are, so we have to keep

ahead of ourselves. Another big game

on Saturday. If we can get a bigger

gap, that would be good.

Here we are at Boreham Wood for the

first round of the FA Cup. On Shane

Duffy, always amazing when you hear

an emotional back story. He is

playing great football for Brighton

and his country.

Anyone who saw his

performance against Wales in Cardiff

last month, it was an incredible

performance from him. He's getting

better and better, growing into the

mole of a Paul McGrath, Richard

Dunston. He has been that good. --

into the mould.

He has been like a

magnet. Good centre halves, that are

getting better, they become a magnet

to the ball and nowhere to go when

the ball is in a position on the

pitch.

Republic of Ireland have a play-off

against Denmark.

I am nervous, I am

going to Copenhagen next weekend. I

am nervy, because of the form of

Eriksen, as well, that's going to be

a fact nor the game. People are

saying we have the best draw. We

have everything going in our favour.

I don't necessarily see it like

that. We have had a history of

losing big play-off matches.

You

would rather have the first leg at

home and have something to hold on

to.

I would have done. The way it's

gone, on the Martin O'Neill as well,

we have put in good performances

away from home. I would prefer to

get, hopefully, a home win and go

away to defend something. But it's

not that way. Many see it the other

way around.

It's nice to have

something there. Always nice to have

it there so you can tighten the grip

on it. Pull the ranks when you need

to defend, defend well.

It's a small

issue. You have to do it over the

course.

We publish the Republic and

Northern Ireland... No excuses. One

thing I have noticed you don't want

to celebrate a goal from a sat down

position here. Do you?

No chance!

Makes you leave the dugout before

you go wild. We talked about the

Republic of Ireland.

There are four Republic stars

in the squad at Burnley.

One of them, Jeff Hendrick,

scored the only goal

of the game in a 1-0 win

against Newcastle on Monday night.

His second of the season. Lots of

rumours still about Sean Dyche.

Could he be on his way to Everton?

We will talk about that later.

Burnley travel to Southampton this

afternoon and John Motson

is at St Mary's for Match of the Day

as part of his farewell tour.

John, you've got an old

friend alongside you.

Afternoon, John.

Well, yes. I go back a long way with

this man. A legend in Southampton

because of the FA Cup and everything

else. Lawrie, it's FA Cup day today,

I am going to take you back to

February 1966. England haven't even

won the World Cup at this stage. I

am a junior reporter on a local

paper in Finchley, MrsThatcher's

constituency.

And I was at school.

No, you were the manager of Bishop

Auckland, you brought them to

Finchley.

Happy days.

We got to know

each other at Grimsby. I came to do

a Football Focus story, the kind of

thing we see every week. You were a

young manager, when I left you, you

put a bag of something in my case.

Well, yes.

Do you remember?

Fish.

Bob Abrahams, bless him, was with

you. That's what Grimsby used to do.

They even did it in the referees'

room. Three boxes of fish before the

game and eventually someone a--

someone reported it as an illegal

approach. Best place in the world

for fish.

Now 76 and your great

moment. FA Cup final. Southampton

have beaten Manchester United. I am

still a reporter in those days. The

tension between BBC and ITV, you

wouldn't believe as to who could get

the manager with the FA Cup trophy

into the interview room. This is

Bobby Stokes scoring the goal nobody

will ever forget. My job is to get

the winning manager in front of a

camera as quickly as possible. You

and I walked down the tunnel

together. You had the FA Cup in your

hand.

That's right.

I remember

somebody threw something, it wasn't

a Southampton fan, it knocked my

glasses to the floor. You know what

you did?

I picked them up and I was

going to run away. You were quicker

than me.

You put them back on. All

the boys in the studio are saying

why don't they talk about the modern

game here? All about yesterday we

are doing.

Absolutely, why not.

I

will ask about the modern game.

Managers now don't keep jobs as long

as they did in your day.

It's

different, it's not the game as we

knew it, it's more of a business. I

don't think they're managers now,

they're coaches. They're from abroad

most of them, they know they're not

going to stay as long as we did. I

was here 12 years, Ted before 18

years. Doesn't happen any more. You

have to win every game. Get the sack

after four games is ridiculous.

I

was going to give you one last

question about the game but I am

going to go backwards and say you

are still in touch with Tommy

Doherty, the manager you beat in

that Cup final. He is 89 years old.

Sharp as a tack still. Good

one-liners. He won it the next year.

He did.

After us. John, before we

go, you are a living legend and we

will all miss you, I am sure clubs

like this will give you a ticket.

I

hope so, Lawrie, thank you.

We will never shut you up, Motty, we

love the memories. Love them looking

back. Let's talk about Sean Dyche.

Would he be a good fit at Everton.

Apologies to Burnley fans. It's a

rumour out there and people are

talking.

Hard to ignore. He is top

of the list with Sam as well. I

think Sean could go and manage at

Everton without any qualms

whatsoever. He has the mentality and

experience. I would hate to see him

leave Burnley, he is doing a great

job and he is a loyal man. I would

be surprised if he did.

He tends to

employee people from the lower

leagues. I want to ask - you know

that experience. From a Sunderland

point of view, also looking for a

permanent manager. What a monumental

mess at the minute. Grayson was

sacked after the last game.

That's

disrespectful as well, nine in six

years. It is crazy. But I don't know

who could have gone in and done a

different job and don't know how the

culture of the club and the club is

going to change going forward.

Something dramatic needs to change

within that club to get the club on

an upward...

The foundation, don't

know how you can have a solid base

to move on from, it keeps getting

moved.

There is talk of others in

the championship of experience but

we will see.

Sunderland fans

miserable at the moment.

You can keep up to date

with all the weekend's events

with a double dose of Final Score

which starts today at ten

past four on BBC One.

Then watch all the Premier League

action on Match of the Day at 10.30

and Match of the Day

two is tomorrow.

Before that, a bumper FA Cup

highlights show on BBC Two

featuring first round ties.

We've had three already.

Including MK Dons, of League 1,

taking on eighth tier Hyde United.

You watched that as well. Lots of

people talking about the flairs on

the pitch. The referee spoet to both

managers at half-time and -- spoke.

And spoke about the importance of

that. Any fan taking anything of

that nature into the game can face a

three-year ban. When the game kicked

off this is what happened.

The first night of the FA Cup first

round.

Oh, that's a brilliant effort

and MK Dons lead.

Mk Dons are comfortably moving into

round two.

Elsewhere last night port Vale

managed to upset Oxford. And Tom

Pope added the second. Miserable

night for Oxford, didn't manage a

single shot on target. Also the

league two leaders Notts with a

great result. It was John Stead who

put them ahead. George Grant made

sure that Notts are in Monday's

draw. Lovely finish under the

goalkeeper.

They also go into round two.

Today's visitors Blackpool

are 12th in League One,

46 places above Boreham Wood,

who currently lie tenth

in the National League.

We are back in the bar with... I am

sure you are going to go wild at

this point, Boreham Wood fans. Come

on!

They're excited about this and you

should be too. Unbeaten in seven,

are you on a good run, why can't you

do it this afternoon?

Yeah, we are

obviously hoping it can be us. Every

year there is a team from the lower

divisions that makes it through. We

are hoping, obviously it's a tough

test, they're going well in league

one, and yeah, we are hopeful, we

have good players and hope we can

cause an upset.

You both play at the

back. How important is it to making

sure the old classic early goal, but

keep it as tight as you can back

there? I like the way you work

together boys!

It's a big part of

the foundation obviously, as a

defence I have been playing there

this season and we want more clean

sheets. Today's going to be a tough

test for us, but hopefully we can

build off a solid defensive

performance today.

In terms of the

old dreams, the manager said he

didn't sleep particularly well, the

FA Cup is here, is there a part of

you thinking seven games away from

winning this? That's part of the FA

Cup.

Go on, you talk. Me again.

Every year there is a team that will

go through the rounds and take a big

draw. I was lucky enough to be

involved in one a few years back and

got Manchester United. I know what's

in it for the lower league teams

like ourselves. Again hopefully

today is again going to be a tough

test, we can't look beyond that. If

we do, then hopefully there will and

big reward.

Who is the talker?

Silent assassin.

It's all a bit too

much today.

Be honest, are you

nervous?

I am not nervous myself,

the cameras are here. Hopefully we

are here for a good reason, for a

shock.

Would you like to say

something about that as well?

Yeah,

I think this comes around once a

year and captures everyone's

imagination. It's a massive

competition for teams like us who

can get a massive reward and again

hopefully we can be the one. Always

two or three and hopefully he can be

the one this year. -- we can be the

one this year.

Has the build-up

frightened you, have you relished

it? Who wants to answer that one

To

be fair it hasn't, you guys here, I

think you are here because you might

see a shock and hopefully you do.

Listen, it's great to have you both

on. I am sure they'll be cheering

you on this afternoon. All the best.

We will let you enjoy it.

We are less than ten

miles from Wembley.

Five hours in London traffic.

That's where England play Germany

and then Brazil next week as part

of their preparations

for the World Cup next year.

Manager Gareth Southgate called up

the uncapped Tammy Abraham,

Joe Gomez and Ruben Loftus-Cheek

to his squad on a week

in which the next generation

of English talent has been in focus.

All this after the under-17s only

went and won the World Cup.

What a day, one game from glory and

the biggest day in these teenagers'

lives.

Looking to cut it back and then

touched by Gomez. Danger here. Gomez

again. Spain lead 2-0.

Brewster, to get one back for

England! Beautiful pass. There is

England's

Can he get it across? He can!

England in front. For the first time

in the final. It's far from finished

this game. It's headed back. Can

they finish it off? Foden is on. Can

it get better for England? Foden!

The party can begin now. After 51

years without one, two World Cups in

four months. England are the

under-17 World Cup winners.

Joining

us now is the FA chief executive.

Lovely to have you on the programme.

Let's talk about that success. Not

only under-17s, we have had the

under-19s, under-20s and 21 as well,

what's been the catalyst for that

success?

Hard work. A lot of

investment from the FA. St George's

Park is five years old next month.

Dan and the team have spent a lot of

time putting all of the development

teams from under-15 through to 21,

to international tournaments, we

have so much more experience of

playing abroad and winning and

actually, it's been a brilliant

summer. Also unprecedented, no other

country has won under-20 World Cup,

under-17 World Cup and a Euro

competition. It is good for the

future.

The crucial thing is that

everyone is asking, what about the

breakthrough into the Premier League

sides? If you look at the

statistics, overwhelmingly those

players who go on to be successful

make the debuts when they're under

the age of 20. That's got to happen,

hasn't it?

You are absolutely right.

One of the challenges and problems

about running a national team in

England is that the Premier League

is so successful and it's a massive

global success, it has huge amounts

of money and you can attract talent

from all over the world. To break

into a first team you have to be

really good. But it's interesting, a

number of the under-20s players are

now working and playing abroad.

Jaden who we lost in the under-17s,

one of our star players left after

the group phase. I think the players

are so good they're going to get

picked up and want to play.

Broader

issues to discuss, it has been a

bruising few weeks for your

association and many will have seen

you in front of the Select Committee

as well. Importantly, what's going

to change, what will we see as a

difference to the Football

Association after that encounter?

Well, I mean, I was brought into

change the Football Association

two-and-a-half years ago and it's a

massive organisation. It's like

turning around a super tanker. The

big area of change was make it more

open, more in tune with the 21st

century football and society and

it's a big job to do. Clearly we

have had to learn lessons about how

to deal with elite athletes who

raise a grievance. It's unchartered

ground for us. What's going to be

different is we are working with UK

Sport, this issue is something a lt

of other sports are facing and by

Christmas there will be a new

grievance procedure and a new

whistle-blowing procedure which is

fit for purpose for an elite athlete

able to challenge their employer.

Fundamental questions about

the organisation have been asked.

Even if the FA is fit for purpose.

If you understand the FA, it is

massively fit for purpose. If you

have ten minutes, I will explain

everything. There is hidden work we

do. The success of the England

development programme absolutely

shows, the investment we are putting

in the game, the investment in new

pictures up and down the country,

improving Wembley Stadium - lots of

stuff we do.

Have you at any point

ask yourself if you are the right

person for the job?

I was brought in

to change the FA, and it takes time.

I am committed. I love football, I

have been on the board of the

professional club and I know what

it's like, and I know that football

in England needs to change. It needs

to be more in tune with 21st-century

society, learn from other sports and

other countries. We are making

progress. The success of those

development teams, winning trophies,

that shows that progress is being

made.

Weekends like this

reinvigorate everyone's love the

game, because there is something

special about this stage of the FA

Cup.

There is, and the BBC do a

great job on promoting it. Five

years ago, Delle Alli made his debut

for MK Dons. I watched him playing

brilliantly against Madrid on

Wednesday night. This is the heart

of football. No other country in the

world has the depth of football

pyramid that we have got, where you

can get from the very bottom to the

top, which I think is brilliant. The

FA Cup allows that because the prize

money goes all the way down the

leagues. You set us up perfectly for

our FA Cup road trip.

We get a chance to see some clubs

whose football normally goes under

the radar. This team was taken over

by a football website whose members

were allowed to pick that a man have

a say on transfers. They entertain

Doncaster Rovers. How inspired have

you been and have inspired art the

players by what happened last

season?

We thought, someone will do

it this season from our division.

Someone will cause a shock, and

hopefully at us -- hopefully its

ass.

How old are you?

How old -- too

old. 34.

Having had such a dart-mac

I was with him for a long time and

had a lot of success with him. It

will be a tough test against

Doncaster, who are a good team. The

way we play, we have faith that we

can give a good account of

ourselves. At home, we have a good

chance.

Welcome to Dartford, who had

been in fan ownership for 25 years.

Their manager has been with them

almost as long, and playing for the

National League South leaders

against league to Swindon will be an

international goalkeeper. Be honest,

had you been to Gibraltar before you

got the call?

No. I have heard a lot

about it. Visiting the place, no.

I

can't get over the contrast between

playing National League South games

here and then lining up against Eden

Hazard in a World Cup qualifier. It

is a hell of a stretch.

It is, and

it is great for me, and for my

family even better, they get to

travel and watch. It is good that I

have done it with Dartford. I have

been here a long time and I wouldn't

want to do with nowhere else.

Do you

allow yourself to dream that it

could be your year, you with those

tremendous scenes?

Last year, we

played satin in the first round, and

if someone would have said that they

would go wanted the -- would go on

to do what they did, I would have

laughed. -- we played satin. --

Sutton.

Our final bus is not

available, if only our next team had

a black cab driving defender to

collect me...

I will take you, make!

Heybridge swifts are one of the

smallest teams in round one. The

Essex club have never been beyond

this stage and visit an Exeter City

team for nearly 100 places higher.

They boast Olly Murs amongst their

former players, and thankfully, this

fellow is one of their current ones.

I always think this is a brilliant

profession for a part-time

footballer, because you can build

your hours flexibly around again.

Definitely. You can work when you

want when you are rack caddy, so it

is good to play football and do that

in the back.

This is a family

industry because not only did your

old man work here is, but you played

for Exeter as well.

Yeah, and a few

other clubs as well. It will be a

big occasion for these boys down

here.

Have you been involved in

giant killings yourself?

I was at

Wimbledon when we won the cup.

Amongst that squad?

Absolutely, a

long time ago now. To be around

these guys and to see the importance

of that draw, it is quite humbling,

really, to pull everything together

and go, the FA Cup is still massive.

For these peoples to go and get a

result against Exeter on Sunday, it

will be phenomenal.

Were thinking we

could get something. We won't just

make up the numbers. We are thinking

we can get a result. If we done that

it would be incredible. Hopefully we

can make a bit of history.

Tell your

grandchildren - you'll be driving

around in this thing and you won't

be able to shut up about it.

Let's have a look at some of those

first round fixtures then,

seventh tier Shaw Lane are already

underway against Mansfield..

The big one here at Boreham Wood

kicks off at three,

as do the all non-league ties

between Gainsborough and Slough,

and Gateshead versus Chelmsford.

Nantwich of National League North

will be looking to shock Stevenage.

Tomorrow.

Truro City, the first

Cornish side to reach

the first round since 1969.

Who were the last ones?

Falmouth Town?

Beaten 4-1 by Peterborough.

They go to Charlton -

74 places separate those two.

There's an all seventh tier clash

between Letherhead and Billericay.

And as we've just seen Dartford

and Heybridge will be looking

to upset Swindon and Exeter.

And you can see the goals

from those Sunday games

as they go in on Final Score,

before Monday's all-important

second round draw.

Before that, Match of

the Day 2 Extra is on.

And look out for a special

documentary being

shown next weekend.

It is one of the simple pleasures,

messing around with the football. I

did it for a living. It doesn't

hurt. There's plenty that happens on

the field that does hurt, but not

this. This seems 1 million miles

away from this.

You get a loss of

normal brain function.

I want more

information.

A footballer doesn't

expect to die at 59 brain damage.

It

is a disgrace, how they have covered

it up.

Could the game I love playing

actually kill me?

A great programme,

that. Alan has spent the entire year

working on that, so well worth your

time. Boreham Wood take on

Blackpool. We have got to mention

the opposition. Matt is here from

the Blackpool Gazette. This is a

club with great history,

particularly in this competition,

and yet, in the last few years it

has been terrible for Blackpool.

On

the field, they have done well in

terms of promotion. The ship is

steady.

But the fans aren't happy?

No. The fans are boycotting the home

games so that back-up of the ticket

price doesn't go to the owning

family.

Monday is a significant day.

The family could be left with a bill

which meant they pulled away from

the club.

A big day. The fans are

thinking this could be their big

hope. One investor has said he has

not had his fair share of the money.

On the pitch, everyone is dreaming

of an upset. Blackpool want to get

it right and get them quick, really.

It is a club that has gone seriously

downhill. I was a precedent fan, and

they were envious Blackpool fans. He

has used discriminatory terms, he

has addressed people a certain way

in public, Mr Austin. It has been

extremely poor.

I want to mention

the glory days, because we have a

special guest today. The Blackpool

final, the Matthews final, 1953 -

ladies and gentlemen, and Dawson,

who was there. Your grandson Harry

is here. We will see some pictures

from that game in 1953. How old were

you and what do you remember?

I

remember everything about it. I saw

it live, and when we came home on

Sunday, I saw the repeat as well.

What was it like as an occasion?

It

was fantastic, because we were

losing at half-time, and then it

became 4-3.

As a Blackpool fan at

the time, everyone remembers it as a

Matthews final, but we forget the

hat-trick.

Absolutely. They were all

fantastic, the 11 of them.

Who do

you support these days? Have you

drifted away from Blackpool?

Because

I moved back to London in 1954, I

now support Chelsea.

We understand

the change of allegiance. Harry,

your grandson is Boreham Wood fan.

We were having a chat before the

programme, and you told us that your

grandmother was at the final in

1953.

It is a moment in history, and

both about local clubs get to meet

each other. It's brilliant.

From

your perspective, careful what you

say, because you are surrounded by

Boreham Wood fans... Who is calling

you? Someone is saying, I can see

you on the telly! What will be the

result today? Might there be an

upset the Boreham Wood?

I hope it's

Blackpool. You never know with

Blackpool these days. I'm hoping.

It's great to talk to you. Thank you

very much. Lovely to see you, Harry.

Thank you to all our guests. Thanks

to Boreham Wood for such a warm

welcome. Thanks to you lot - you

been brilliant. For some reason,

we're going to leave you with some

wrestlers. See you next week.

Goodbye!

We have come to set the bar. Massive

Liverpool fan since I was eight

years old. Wayne Rooney is a class

act as usual.

As you can tell,

Seamus does not hold a grudge at

all.

1-3.

0-0.

0- seven. Let's be

honest.