FA Cup Second Round Special Football Focus

It's absolutely brilliant. This is

getting better and better. Cristiano

Ronaldo! History boys. No team has

won it more than Arsenal.

The biggest Chelsea celebration of

the season.

Welcome to a rather fresh Fleetwood

for the FA Cup second round where

the train line north use to end and

that it was a steamboat to Scotland

for some it's where the north

Atlantic cod feed used to set sail.

We're in the north-west, eight miles

north of Blackpool Tower, not far

from where AFC filed by the opening

match of the second round last

night. Good afternoon to you all

are. Things have changed a little

bit. Many here are employed by the

makers of the building, and I'm

delighted to say we have Dion Dublin

and Leon Osman with us today for

Football Focus. You sound like an

experimental dance group from the

1970s but it's lovely to have you

both with us today. Leon, you have

experience of this club. They are

fiercely ambitious and you look

around you, great surroundings,

great setup, isn't it?

And the

journey they have been on for the

past several years to make it

through the divisions to where they

are now, it's been a great story. To

have them competing automatically

into the FA Cup first-round second

round these days is great for them

and I think for all fans watching

and for people watching from the

outside we hope their journey is not

finished.

Hereford is associated

with the FA Cup and the club is

changed a lot. It's

Name is back in the competition.

Yes, back on the telly again in the

Yes, back on the telly again in the

mix where it needs to be. I'm pretty

sure it's about 27 years since I

played against Hereford when I was

playing for Cambridge United and

they were division four and they

seem to have gone on this journey

where they are trying to get back

into league football, and something

like this will help the football

club get back to where it needs to

be.

Lets get our yellow permit

graphics out to show you the

difference between these two clubs

because it's an awful long way.

Fleetwood Town are tenth in League 1

having been formed 20 years ago in

the tenth tee adding this football.

Hereford FC were formed just three

years ago when Hereford United

folded. They started on the ninth

care, back-to-back promotions since

then but there's a whopping 89

places between these two sides. We

always think there was a chance but

89 places, the biggest gulf of any

side to take part in the FA Cup this

weekend.

It is huge and Hereford got

to be patient, concentrate, make

sure they don't give the ball away

too easily when they have it. Fleet

would have some decent players. The

manager likes to buy a certain style

of football here at Fleetwood and

bad going in the right direction.

They have got to try to stop that

today.

You can follow the game run

on final score. The games kicked off

last night. You may have been

watching it on BBC Two. Wigan

against AFC filed. A tasty header

from Nathan Byrne. -- Fylde. Look at

this challenge. A clear penalty said

the referee and Danny Rose, his 15th

goal of the season. That was enough

to take AFC Fylde into the next

round. Interaction, good look

around, we would talk to Hereford FC

and Fleetwood and effect on the FA

Cup but plenty more on Football

Focus for you over the course of the

next 50 minutes or so. We have Paul

Pogba on the programme for you as

Manchester United match was a good

signing takes on the club he

supported as a boy.

I was a fan of

Arsenal, yet.

Two Premier League

appointments this week. Big Sam at

Everton and Alan Pardew at West

Bromwich. He takes on his old club.

If someone said to me, I would go

Crystal Palace, I would say, come on

the fourth and Belgium, what does

Gareth Southgate may cover the World

Cup draw?

Joe Allen talks Stoke,

Swansea and birds of a feather.

I'm

the guy who held a chicken on the

cover of a magazine.

Marc Clement

has been on his FA Cup travels. All

that to come and some Premier League

goals for the midweek to wedge in

for you as well. The key matches in

the top division over the course of

the weekend, the kick-off as Chelsea

against Newcastle. Team news

shortly. Sam

against Newcastle. Team news

shortly. Sam Allardyce's first match

in charge at Everton this afternoon.

Key matches at the bottom, Stoke at

home to Swansea. West Brom at home

to Palace. We will speak to Alan

Pardew about that. Tottenham and

Watford. No win in three for Spurs.

Man City at home to West Ham

tomorrow which means Manchester

United can narrow the gap to five

points when they face Arsenal later

on. Paul Pogba has been talking to

Steve Bauer.

# Allow me to introduce myself...

You felt last season it was great to

be back in Manchester. Do you feel

even more at ease as of the season

has gone on?

Yes, I came back last

year, when we won three trophies.

Champions League. A big objective

for us. I'm happy and I keep

enjoying it.

COMMENTATOR: Paul Pogba is back with

a great go.

When you have injuries to look at

things differently when you look at

the team playing and EU learn

anything?

When I was injured I was

watching the time. Trying to

understand what did I do help the

team more or should I get the ball?

-- you learn. It makes you grow.

It's not pleasant to watch the team

play because you want to help them

and play, but it makes you want

more, I think, you know.

How

important has the signing of Nemanja

Matic mean for you?

He won the

League 2 times. The coach tells me I

know you want to be there. He tells

me go higher so I can be more

offensive.

You have captained the

team this season. Do you see

yourself as a leader?

It makes me

proud. It makes me enjoy more.

Manchester United are the biggest

club in the world. I'm 24 years old.

I have the trust of the manager, the

club and it makes me want to give

more to the team.

Paul Pogba is

there but Ashley Young fancies it

too. Young takes it into the top

corner.

The manager's reaction was

quite funny. Are you supposed to

take the free kicks?

It does not

mean I will take it all the time.

Ashley took the ball. I did not try

to say anything. He was so confident

to take it. Bubble went in so I was

very happy.

This weekend how big a

challenge have you got at the

Emirates Stadium?

The games coming

up are crucial for us. Very, very

important for the rest of the

season. Big team, big game, big

players.

When you were growing up,

where they are a team which was

talked about a lot?

Yes, Arsenal, in

France, they were very big. A lot of

French players. I was a fan of

Arsenal. Thierry Henry. I was a fan.

Not a crazy fun. But I was watching

a lot of Arsenal games.

COMMENTATOR: It ends up in the back

of the net for Manchester City. You

are

Manchester City. A lot of able think

you will slip at some stage.

Do you

believe that? I do. I hope it's not

bad to say things like that, but

fortunately for us, I hope they will

get some important players injured

like what's happening with us,

because people don't speak about

this but every time we have players

injured, important players get

injured when we have important

games, so if that happens with them

as well, maybe we will have a

difference, you know. How can I say?

It makes them weaker.

Football Focus, we live from

Fleetwood Town this afternoon and

they take on Hereford FC in the FA

Cup second round. Let's talk about

Manchester United. They face the

league leaders next week at Old

Trafford. A big few days ahead for

them. Lotsa people say Barack Obama

is important to the side but he has

freed up Paul Pogba and it's not

sure whether he will play against

Arsenal.

Jose Mourinho, the whole of

the Manchester United set up will

hope he is available because he

really does release Paul Pogba. The

difference in Paul Pogba last year

to the season is incredible. That

the faith he has a Nemanja Matic, he

knows he is behind him, he is fully

capable of doing the job necessary.

It was different last season.

Herrera. He was trying to do that

defensive job. That faith was not

there. He was although there is to

help out. Is not as released as he

is this season and he knows Nemanja

Matic is getting the job done and

can concentrate on his offensive job

and he has been fantastic against

it.

It's all set up 40-0, isn't it?

It would not surprise me, at all. I

believe United with Nemanja Matic

there, he is the catalyst now. He is

the one players look to. Its

reassurance for the players. Paul

Pogba, especially, he can now go

where he wants and his best position

is wherever he wants to go, simple

as that.

Arsenal's home form, so

many wins on the trot. Formidable at

the Emirates.

I think if United

tried to play Arsenal at Arsenal's

game, and tried to score a training

ground goal, United might get

beaten.

They've got to be more

physical. We want a good game as the

viewer, but which Manchester United

will be sent out? The one they sent

to Anfield, who got behind the ball?

They can't do that again, surely.

Arsenal, their home form is great,

they are scoring goals in abundance.

Will he go there and tried to make a

game of it?

He has got to try and

win it, you can't go there and

expect to get getting a result when

you are being negative.

Let's talk

about Mesut Ozil. He is injured

today. The rumours about a possible

move to Old Trafford. Jose Mourinho,

he refused to rule it out.

Is that

the Mesut Ozil who's having a

storming season? Now his contract is

running out, he sweating and running

around. He is being the player

Arsenal wanted to be simply came.

He

should do it all the time. He is

wonderful, though, isn't he?

He's

fantastic going forward, finding

pockets, he's always been good at

that but what he is brought for the

last few games, is a real team unity

and the desire to get back and help

the team. You need that if you're

going to be successful. We all

questioned whether he was capable of

it but he has shown he is.

Everyone

is chasing Manchester City at the

moment, undefeated. Just one draw,

the only blemish so far, although

they nearly had to settle for a

point on Wednesday night against

Southampton.

Sterling got the ball with little of

calendar brings. -- Kevin O'Brien.

We showed the celebration in

midweek. Watch out for the

highlighted Benjamin, in his

civilian clothes, down the

touchline, and a selfie to finish it

off and he is supposed to make his

return from Crewe seared ligament

surgery next April. That shows you

how much it means --

he scored a late goal.

It made a

huge difference to

he scored a late goal.

It made a

huge difference to the table. What

makes it even more of a difference

if players like sterling, but the

goods and players you don't expect,

players three or four seasons ago I

didn't have in the locker, the final

third, more often than not he would

let you down, crossing the wrong

pass.

We're talking about a player

heavily linked with Arsenal a few

months back. Would he stay? Pep

Guardiola said he would stay. Those

scenes remind you of Sheffield

Wednesday all those years back. When

they jumped onto the pitch. That

result could be so important for the

rest of the season. It was great to

see it.

I think I was on adventure

game for that!

LAUGHTER

What about the point Man City will

have a flip up somewhere and I

haven't had those injuries to a

number of key players?

You have got

to believe that. Whether they well,

who knows that, as the Manchester

United team you have got to believe

that they will slip up and that is

how you do it, doing a job next

week.

Did Pep Guardiola go too far

at the end of the game?

I think it's

his passion, for good players. I do

think he was possibly saying the

listen, you are better than that.

You are possibly being suppressed.

Going to play your game, you're

better than that. I know how good

you are. I think it's that kind of

encouragement that he is passionate

about good players doing well.

Time

to catch up on the home of the team

now who will arrive later on to take

on Fleetwood. They don't normally

stay in a hotel before the game

about their breakfast this morning

and we wear there. Plenty of cereal

and toast, and a yoghurt was spotted

as well and we also found Mark

Bement hiding behind a post.

An overnight stay for the club,

formed when Hereford United were

wound up three years ago. Hereford

FC have liked to Sammy Moore

promotions and into the second tier.

The architect of the success is Pete

Beadle, although this morning, with

a cap and the FA Cup beard, does the

name right and bone man mean

anything? A young person's music

artist, very popular the ship.

It

does indeed and my second son is the

same with a big beard and he looks

more like him than I do.

This is a

result of being in the Cup since the

start of September.

Coaches and

managers are superstitious and you

regret it a little bit further along

the line when the wife says, get rid

of it. But I can't because I

promised I would keep it until we

were out. Some men will be thinking,

my beard is not doing too bad in

comparison, it is not very long! I

am a slow grower and it is wispy. It

is a horrible colour. It is what it

is and we will keep going and the

staff and the players say, you have

the leave it alone, don't touch it.

That is what I will do. With the

greatest respect to the creditors

and the pain the supporters went

through, is the reformation of the

club at blessing in disguise?

I

think it is, nobody wants to see

their club go through what this club

went through three years ago. I

think where we are now on what we

are doing now, people sit back and

say, it is the best thing that

happens, we could reform and have

true Hereford supporters and fans in

charge of the club again and

hopefully we can keep climbing the

ladder to get where we were

previously.

You are part-time, paint

a picture of the make-up of your

squad. You have professions and

there, all sorts.

Three or four

players on loan, tutors, plasterers,

Rufus, a bit of everything Glik

always with non-league teams, a bit

of everything, and which of

everyone.

FA Cup Wise, everybody

thinks of 1972. Bradford, George,

all the rest of it. This is a chance

to make new history, you are one

game away from the big guys.

We are,

we still attach ourselves to the

previous Cup and the history, it it

was something to remember and it was

an awesome time for the club in

1972. We have had promotions

back-to-back, which is great. Even

to reach the second round is a big

thing for us with the league we're

in and where we are as a club. To be

the second round proper is a huge

achievement.

Hopefully, the journey

hasn't ended today. A huge gap,

eight, nine places, can you make

that up?

It is a massive gap, but

you love versus 11 and the day and

if we get the big moments in the

game, who knows?

We wish you luck.

Thousands of supporters of following

Hereford this afternoon and you can

follow their progress throughout the

day on Final gore, and here

pitch-side.

See you later, and do not adjust

your set, this is the new lighting

at Fleetwood. They have got it

turned up to the Fleetwood Macs,

apparently! Sorry! Let's look at the

home team dressing room because

players will turn up later because

Fleetwood have a training base where

they do that pre-match preparation

not far away. We are joined by the

technical Director at Fleetwood.

Many fans will remember you from the

Premier League days, particularly

Bolton Wanderers fans, I wanted to

remind people of this goal from 2008

which is one of the best we have

seen in the Premier League.

A great cross ball from Kevin Nolan,

he saw the keeper off the line and

it was the only spot possible to put

it.

Definitely not a cross? No, I was a

Premier League player at the time!

Tell us the situation about Holland

macro, what do you do and what does

he do?

I overlook the operation of

the club. From the first team

Academy, sports science, medical. It

Ulster is that he fits into what we

want to do with players. He is at a

developing club, for the players and

for the staff and everything around,

the community as well. So what I do,

we work together. It is about

working together to take strides

every year and become a strong club

in history.

You doing it in chunks?

Three years at a time, a year at a

time? How are you moving forward and

what is your goal and how long will

it take to get there?

It is very

difficult to say we have no rights

to be saying we will be in the

Premier League in the future. If we

analyse what we do well and what we

don't do well every year, in the

scouting and playing and sports

science, medical, it is about

becoming better, improving the

staff, and players. And we will

gradually become better. If we are

consistent in what we do while

others are normally not consistent

and very impatient, we will try to

make more massive steps forward and

we believe that will be successful

in the long run.

A lot of England

fans delighted to avoid Iceland in

the World Cup draw. We will talk

about that later. From the

perspective of Iceland, you start at

Argentina, Nigeria and Croatia,

probably the hardest group, Group D,

what is your take as a former

Icelandic international customer it

is obvious the fantastic.

I went

with the chairman, we flew to watch

the England game last year and I was

in the England camp.

OK!

Let's look

to the future! If you are going to

look at the future, the Iceland

players played against Portugal and

if you underestimate Iceland, it is

a bit like a club going to play

against individuals assembled

shortly before games. These players

have been playing together since

they were under 17 internationals

and they played all the way through

with the older heads that have been

there for a while. The last

tournament to change the whole

thing, we needed to get a hold of a

lot of good internationals. We have

all played against Icelandic

international is in the last ten,

15, 20 years, we always had players

in the Premier League, it was

getting hold of them and organising

them to perform as a team.

We wish

you the best next summer and this

afternoon. And the good news is

England cannot play Iceland until

the semifinals!

Which is good news

for you guys, yes!

Can you just stop

it now?! Back to the Premier League,

Chelsea against Newcastle. The many

tears back at one of his former

clubs, this is the team news.

For the first time since his

seven-month spell in charge of

Chelsea and with the European trophy

in Amsterdam, Rafa Benitez turns the

Stamford Bridge, no immediate

targets with Newcastle, they arrive

with only one win in nine but only

Manchester City had picked up more

points than Chelsea in the last six

matches and Antonio Conte has

promised to be, today, having been

sent from the touchline during the

midweek win over Swansea. The

Chelsea boss makes four changes

today as Hazard, Azpilicueta, Moses

and Drinkwater recalled. Gail,

monkey of starts. Raffle would love

nothing more than to take something

more from the champions on his

return to West London -- one.

This is the pre-match set up at

Fleetwood. Protein flapjacks, very

healthy. What was the hot play all

about? This is Paris Match. Chicken

skewers on the menu, with a big

triple, barbecue sweet Chile sauce

and smooth mayonnaise. You can take

your pick. Behind is a manager's of

this where we will find later on Uwe

Rosler. And a new job this week for

Alan Pardew, the new man at West

Ham, and Garth Brooks has been to

speak to him.

After three, everybody.

You are back in the Premier League

game, how does it feel?

Good,

always. I missed it, 11 months. It

is an adrenaline fix that you need

is a football manager if you can to

be in the Premier League. It is

great to get this opportunity

because I think we have a good group

and a good club.

The average age --

time for a manager in England is 14

months, while you doing it yourself?

It is almost becoming less than

that, there is a ten game cycle in

the Premier League where the media

gets in a frenzy and social media

kicks in. And the Premier League

managers, and a terrible pressure.

You kind of have to know and be

resilient, understand that it's

coming. And be doing enough good

things that a win, somewhere in that

run. Last time, Crystal Palace did

not come in time for me and I hope

if they run like that happens this

time, I earned the right to do it.

What is your feeling about Crystal

Palace? The chairman had to make a

decision. That was an honest

decision on what he thought was

right for the club and I have to

accept that. We all want more time,

of course, but sometimes you don't

get it. But it has given me time to

reflect. To learn from the errors I

made towards the back end of that

Crystal Palace rain. And the big new

ideas and go again at West Bromwich.

You take over 18 with two Premier

League win since March 2017,

spanning 23 games, two points above

the relegation zone.

How are you

going to change it? I need to make

big changes in terms of how we play.

I play a different weight to Tony.

Not saying it is better or worse, it

is different. I will bring a

different game plan to the table and

hopefully I get a response and that

is better for the team.

Your first

game on manager of West Brom is

against Crystal Palace, you could

not make it up!

No, if somebody said

it would be Crystal Palace, I would

say, come on! You wouldn't believe

it. There are people in that

dressing room I genuinely love,

players and staff, who have done

unbelievable things for me. Some of

the performances I had from those

players was above there perhaps

capabilities, they gave me

everything and more. So of course I

have got a bond with those players

and with the fans and I will make a

special mention to go over there and

signalled them out, they were

brilliant to me. Then I will get on

with my job. That is to win games

for West Brom, that is what I am

paid for.

Will you have done your

job if you can keep this team in the

Premier League?

Like all Premier

League managers, and this is an

honest answer, if we get 40 points,

you can have a glass of wine because

it will be a real battle to get

there, it really is. I am not sure,

it might be less than that, 35, 36

points might be enough.

If you get

40 points, you deserve a bottle and

I will buy it!

That is very kind of

you, I shall keep you to that. Good

luck. Thank you very much. You

should not have said that! I like

expensive wine!

Making our way through the red

lights and down the tunnel. At

Highbury. Onto the pitch. If you are

just joining us, it is the FA Cup

second round, Greek word against

Hereford FC later. Alan Pardew seems

to be in a good state of mind,

taking over at West Bromwich, and

they have games against Palace,

which will be interesting, Swansea,

Liverpool and Manchester United this

month, he needs to find his peak

very quickly in his new role.

Yes,

he is delighted to be back, you

could hear that in the interview.

They do need results. Whether he can

instantly get them, we will wait and

see. But he has got very winnable

games and he will be looking at them

and rubbing his hands together.

Tony

Pulis was the right manager Bob the

club at the right time, but fans

have said they are desperate for a

different type of football and he

was talking to Garth and he said he

wants to free them up, but the

danger is, you can also open them

up.

Use the backbone to their

defensive strength, which they do

have but they have not showing it.

It is whether the fans agree with

this kind of football he is going to

bring into the club. What he has to

do is just bring points and win,

that is basically it. You cannot try

to play a style of football that is

greater watch and it does nothing

for your league position, he has to

change that first.

He has to find a

happy medium, Pulis was trying to

just get results but the fans were

not happy, they were crying out for

more excitement, goals, action. They

even said if they got beaten 3-2, it

has been a good game, they would be

happy, which shows you what they

have been used to cover the style

they are watching.

He has been to

see Eddie Jones and England rugby

and investigated F1, so whether you

can bring that into a football club

is fascinating to see. Another new

manager is Big Sam who had an effect

already on Everton midweek. And

also, Wayne Rooney turned up and did

the business.

Big Sam is in the House, with

majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri

saying he is the strong leader

Everton needs, while Wayne Rooney

returns to the side.

Penalty! And denied, but then

putting in the rebound. A huge goal

for Everton. Rooney! Diafra Sakho

has it, he goes down, penalty.

Denied by Jordan Pickford,

spectacular!

Rooney! Oh my word! He was

celebrating as soon as the ball left

his boots. A header from Williams is

in. A must win game in the words of

David Unsworth and one that Everton

are going to win handsomely. No

wonder he is smiling. Not a bad time

to come through the door at Goodison

Park.

We have to talk about that hat-trick

in a moment but you were there in

midweek watching Everton. Is big Sam

the right man?

Everton need an

instant reaction.

They seemed to get

that.

They certainly did.

Evertonians were mixed with their

views on whether his style will suit

Everton. Sam Allardyce is a man

manager and get the best out of his

players, and with a much better

squad, I think he could be the right

man.

I was happy for David Unsworth.

It was nice to see colour back in

his face. The past few results, it's

been difficult for them. You know

him better than me. He loves the

club and wants to do well. That put

colour back into his cheeks.

A great

way to pass the batten onto some.

Many fans are desperate for someone

to replace Romelu Lukaku. Both these

gentlemen think Rooney's goal from

his own half, is better than the

overhead kick against Manchester

City. Why?

overhead kick against Manchester

City. Why?

It's so much harder.

Really has to do a downward into the

ground. If you watch his right foot,

he does not go through with their

strike.

Look at his body position.

He's aiming quite far left of the

goal and has had to cut across it

whilst being on the move. Most of

the goals on the halfway line,

players run on strike by striker but

he's done it all in one moment.

The

best goal of his career. I think so.

I think so because I saw it live.

It

is any budding footballers out

there, Gowan to try it and keep it

as low as Rooney and you have no

chance. I have scored and hit the

bar.

chance. I have scored and hit the

bar.

He remembers every single goal.

Rooney won't be in Russia for the

World Cup next year. Gareth

Southgate will fall from Tunisia for

England. Panama and also Belgium and

after the draw, Gareth Southgate

spoke to Jonathan.

England.

Tunisia.

In the draw

yesterday, there were three options,

where you sitting there thinking

which one are we going to get?

We

all had different scenarios in our

mind, but immediately I thought of

Roberto who I know very well. I

think it's a fantastic game,

Belgium, in the past couple of

years, they have as many top players

of any country in the world. A great

challenge for us. We are not ranked

as highly of them at the moment.

Tunisia and Panama we have to have a

real clear picture of what's coming.

Normally you have to get results in

all three games to get out of the

group. You have got to ride a

roller-coaster. It's never smooth. I

know that from my own playing

experiences. The journey was

emotional. The whole country lives

through that. But hugely exciting

now to know where we are going to be

and who we are playing.

Are you

happy with things?

I play World Cup

bingo, Jonathan. At what point does

the story, about a base camp? It's

normally now. Normally there's an

injury scare and things which come

with it. When you look at where you

are going to stay there is a lot of

different travel, climate. We knew

the area of the country we want to

be in. We're happy with the camber

we have got.

Tunisia takes to write

back to the opening game in

Marseille.

Yes, it was on a best

days of my footballing life because

to be playing for England in the

World Cup is a special moment but

the atmosphere in Marseille that

day, I can vividly picture it now.

Well taken and it is in.

We needed

to break the deadlock and Paul

Scholes got one. A belter right near

the end.

Paul Scholes. Oh, yes!

To

be leading the country into that

same fixture effectively is a hugely

proud moment.

I travelled to Tunisia

with a team in 1994 pre-World Cup

game and we drew 1-1. You know it's

fine edge between being praised or

not. Are you steeled if the press

turn against you?

You have to be

false I had so many years in

football. Nearly 30. It's taken me

on a journey of highs and lows. I

think if I am not tough enough, I'm

not sure anybody could be. It's

something I kind of had laboured

against me in my career, from when I

was trying to make it as a player

and then a manager. I do mind that.

It's nice to have a point to prove.

Your final thoughts, your chances?

I'm excited to be out here and be

reminded of what it means for our

country to be here. Not just at home

but on the world stage. The world's

Best players, memories of previous

tournaments, and it takes you back

to being a kid and excitement so I'm

hugely proud to be here and I'm

focused on how we progress.

All the

best.

Welcome to Jim's sports bar. Give us

a wave is also Bees making cheese

burger and chips. We now introduce

you to our live Football Focus crowd

in Fleetwood.

CHEERING

They are more than ready. What do

you think of England's group in the

World Cup?

CHEERING

Relatively happy.

CHANTING. We begin to regress

already.

If the draw we are

delighted to get. Two teams we

expect to beat. United at this

stage, we can believe.

I have no

idea what you said. Lovely. The

thing is, if you look, since 2010,

in major tournaments, England have

failed to beat Algeria, Slovakia,

USA, Costa Rica and of course

Iceland. There's no such thing as an

easy group.

Not at all. This is

World Cup football, the best in the

world qualifying for this

unbelievable tournament. England are

one of the best in the world. Some

of the best players, and it's just

putting together at the right time.

I just want them to go the extra

mile this time. As fans, we deserve

more.

We couldn't have asked for a

better draw for that we should get

through the group. And who knows?

Poland, Senegal, Columbia... It's

all about confidence. You've played

in the group, you've got to know the

team, you are growing in confidence.

You are showing it on the field.

That is what happens with the people

who win the tournament, they grow as

the competition goes on.

More detail

on the website for you. Wales won't

be there for the Joe Allen was

there. A key injury for him. He's

been talking to Rachel.

I'm the guy

who held a chicken.

Node chicken questions, OK? -- no

chicken questions. How are you

doing? I'm good, little bit tired.

At the same time, looking forward to

our game on Saturday.

Is that

slightly different that you are

playing two teams that have played

such a big part in your career? Do

you personally approach those games

any differently?

I can't say I do. I

remember when I first signed with

Liverpool, going back to Swansea for

the first time, that was bizarre

going back to that stadium as an

away player. It was unusual having

been there for so many years, all

the way through as a kid, through

the system, once it was done and

dusted, I had that experience, it

all becomes normal.

Obviously they

have more pressure on them sitting

in a relegation battle at the

moment. Do you think your confidence

will be higher than Swansea?

Yes,

the way things have gone so far this

season, there's more pressure, going

out there putting pressure on

Swansea, they are fighting for every

point they can get. It has got the

makings of a good game.

You spend so

many years the club.

Do you want

them to do well? Of course, they are

my team. Was this game without the

way, I want to see them climb the

table for them as long as they don't

climb above us. One below is just

fine.

They seem to be still loving

youth also are you happy here?

I've

been happy since day one. The club

have been great to me. I wanted to

come here and become a regular. So

far, so good, that's the way it's

gone. Excited by the challenge now

with this team. Getting higher up

the table.

Some great news Peter

Crouch signing a deal.

He's had a

big impact off the bench and scored

important goals for us a few times.

It is a win- win all-round.

Peter

Crouch.

I'm sure Wales are not going

to be in Russia next year so tell me

about that night in Cardiff full

stop one of the worst

disappointments I've had in football

for the big dream of mine was to get

to the World Cup.

So I'm hoping in a

few years' time I will get another

stab at it. Yet, for the time being,

it is hard to take.

Chris Coleman,

you said everyone loves playing for

him. He does wonders for the team as

we saw at the Euros. What do you

think he will do now he's gone to

Sunderland?

I'm sure he was a great

job there. If anyone can turn anyone

around, he is made for it. What

speaks volumes it is not often a

manager leaves his job and a post

where literally everyone is sad to

see him go. Everyone is grateful for

what is done and wishes in the best.

-- him the best.

A thoroughly nice

man as well but it is a big month

for Stoke. Swansea, West Ham, West

Bromwich. The problem for Mark

Hughes, if the worst start, 29 goals

conceded. It's very unlike them.

It

is, certainly not something you

would expect from his team's. Over

the past seven games, I think they

have only one one of. He will be

concerned about it. It's big game

against Swansea and he has to turn

it around.

against Swansea and he has to turn

it around.

24 shots on target for

against Swansea and he has to turn

it around.

24 shots on target for

Swansea in 14 Premier League games.

That is miserable, isn't it?

I think

Swansea this season... I CHANTING.

They seem to be all over the place.

Otherwise they will find themselves

in the Championship. It's easier

said than done because the Premier

League has gone to the next level.

They look the favourites to go down

at the moment. They are conceding

goals and don't look comfortable in

games. They looked like they are

trying to avoid a big defeat.

Date

go into every game not wanting to

lose.

ICO taken control of the

Fleetwood drum. Can you give as a

drum roll for the next bit? We can

show you some of the fixtures. Nine

non-leaguers playing keep it going,

to be going. -- ICO taken control.

non-leaguers playing keep it going,

to be going. -- ICO taken control.

-- I see you have taken control.

While does not continue to sing, we

have been on a bus.

First up, we are in Surrey preparing

for the visit of League 1

Peterborough, and Woking. They are

coached by an Australian, decided by

Mauricio Pochettino and have a

familiar name in their line-up. Are

you cousins?

Yes, technically. When

I started playing, obviously the

questions started coming. We are not

the closest. Every now and again we

bump into each other.

The draw comes

out. It would be one of your former

clubs, wouldn't it? You will never

exactly what's going through the

Peterborough manager's ahead because

it used to play in midfield

alongside him?

Yes, when I was there

as a young 19-year-old, it will be

good to see him again and the other

players, as well.

You came here from

West Ham's Academy in the summer but

were schooled at Southampton.

Mauricio Pochettino. Ronald Koeman.

Yes, I saw a lot of managers work

well, and I took a lot from them.

And the people of Southampton also.

1991, 4-2 win at West Brom and

narrowly went out on the fourth

round to Everton.

I knew when I got

the job and a history with the FA

Cup, you could see what it means to

the people. Fans have been brilliant

for us so it gives a chance and

hopefully we can treat a little but

of history.

Half an hour down the

road from Woking, a la team in

Leatherhead who visit Wycombe

Wanderers.

They have previous form with a

Leatherhead lip. I'm of a certain

age when I remember it. The green of

Leatherhead. Do you know much about

it?

We looked at the history when we

took the job and we looked up and

went, hopefully that could be as. It

is as now. The fans are calling as

legends and what an amazing feeling.

To be top scorer, still satisfying?

Yes, it does help. I have always

scored goals in the Cup. The last

round, we scored all the girls as

well, so they are still relying on

the old men to get the girls and the

chip in.

To put Leatherhead back on

the map is incredible, this place

has never seen more than ten people

coming in a week so there is a lot

of of people, over a thousand,

coming to get their tickets, which

is amazing.

And so the Kent to meet

the fourth longest serving manager

in England's top five divisions. J

Saunders takes National League

Maidstone United to MK Dons, hoping

to find the form in his team

promoted three times in his 6.5

years at the club. Do you see

yourself very much happy at this

club you know so well?

I love it

here, I am a local lad. I think my

ambition is to get the club act in

the league. Our minds focused on MK

Dons on Saturday and getting in the

third round, which is the dream.

Do

you allow yourself to dream that the

fourth longest serving manager might

be facing the longest serving

manager in the third round? The Bees

things swim around your head?

As an

Arsenal supporter, yes! That would

be the dream for me, and I get

pressure from the kids at home, from

my son, to get through and have that

possibility, so that would be the

big dream.

Great access, as ever. We have

plenty of shows this afternoon to

keep you across this. You can see

the action from here. Eight Premier

League games for you.

With so much FA Cup coverage and

Hereford here today, if you are

playing FA Cup bingo, we have got to

the stage where we are going to

mention the R word, back to 1972, FA

Cup replay at Hereford, Newcastle in

the lead, this is Mr Jonathan

Watson.

Not giving this up by any means.

Bradford. Judah has gone down.

Bradford has got it again. What a

goal! And the crowd, the crowd are

invading the pitch, and that will

take time to clear the field. They

are correct. We will hear from the

manor commentating on a game in a

moment.

Steve, you started watching Hereford

in the late 1970s, does everybody

still talk about the Radford goal

and the George winner?

Yes, all the

time. You always remember the Ronnie

Radford goal, but that was not the

winner, ' it to 1-1 and we scored

again afterwards. Which was great.

And how long have you been watching

this new embodiment of Hereford,

Hereford FC?

Since I was a kid. Just

follow the dad so I have been a

supporter all my life really.

And

the cry club is reformed, Hereford

FC, not Hereford United, to find

yourself in the second round of the

FA Cup.

It is absolutely brilliant

when you consider the new club has

only been going a couple of seasons

and they have had promotions in both

years and now the second round of

the FA Cup, it is probably more than

we could have dreamt of.

1,000

Hereford fans here. I'm sure we will

get a of applause from the Fleetwood

supporters as well. I sort of like

you! The football family is strong.

Enjoy the game. We talked about the

game from 1972 and we can introduce

you to the man from the day, the

commentator, John Munson, at

Vicarage Road for the visit of

Spurs. I am sure you remember those

memories from the early 1970s.

I have never been allowed to forget

it, every time I see Ronnie Radford,

he says, he changed my life. And I

say, you changed mine. If that goal

had not gone in, goodness knows what

would have happened to me. I do

enjoy meeting goal-scorers and I

have Mr Luther Blissett here, in

Watford icon. I am going to take you

back to January 1979, a League Cup

tie, a replay, extra time is ready,

Watford versus Stoke, Graham Taylor

shouting on the pitch and this is

what he said.

This is you buying obviously in a

team with John Barnes, this is

Graham Taylor on the pitch now. --

playing. For years, you don't get

clamp at this club. Finally, he

admitted he was having a go at

Luther Blissett, do you remember it?

Yes, I slid off the pitch and I

could not move but the moment I

shouted, De she shouted, I soon got

up.

We waste talk about Graham with

great respect and his autobiography

which another writer finished after

he passed away landed on my doorstep

this morning, it will be a good

lead? It will be fantastic. When you

look back on that time, everybody

knows what he achieved and laid the

foundations for the club in many

ways. I want to talk about the

modern Watford. Marco Silva, how

important is it he stayed?

It is

fantastic for everybody and it was

unfortunate we gave away the fourth

goal the other night because it

looked like it would be a great

comeback, after 3-0 down, and you

get a draw and you win it. His

influence has been fantastic on the

players. And the entire place and

supporters, they say to me, is he

staying? I say, fingers crossed he

does. It looks like now we will have

him until the end of the season at

least.

Well, you do change manager

most years! What has he changed what

influence has he brought to the

club?

He has given the players

confidence to play and do the things

they are good at. We have been far

more relaxed this season with the

ball and we give the opposition

problems because a take people on

and look to get crosses in and shots

in and bodies in the box, so

fantastic the way we are playing.

You are talking a good game.

I

always talk a good game!

I can't

play at! We expect Bolton John here

today, so we have all the great

stars of Watford. Nice to see you.

-- we are expecting Sir Elton John.

I have another presentation for you

and quite right.

Extra large, so I

can wear it in my pub tonight with a

lot of Watford supporters!

You have

been amazing to all of us in your

career, thank you to all you have

done.

Great stuff, we will rejoin

Dan and Fleetwood.

Put it over the coach, it would look

magnificent! Fleetwood players will

get here later. There is a training

ground not far away. It is with a

bit of a difference, fans can go and

watch the team train. We have been

there this week.

Just explain the structure that this

club has compared to others.

There

is something in place that a club

like Wigtown is capable of competing

big towns, London, Manchester. There

is a Sporting Director and CEO and I

have not experienced that in clubs

in England.

What about you and the

fans and the guys that come here

just for a Cup of tea?

In other

countries, that is normal,

supporters can watch training and

they can meet their idols. In

England, in a lot of clubs, it is

very isolated. People don't have any

access. But our chairman thinks

different. It is a very open club

and that is it little bit different

to many others. I'm driving every

day back and forward three hours and

everyday, and, in with a smile to my

working place. It is so much nicer

coming in a training ground with the

facilities in place and work here

with the stuff around you. With the

players around you. And also, with

the relationship in place between me

and the chairman and the Sporting

Director.

You have been here a long

time, you are in the Guinness Book

of World Records, why is that?

I am

in the record for seven different

divisions with the same club and

nobody has ever gone through the

divisions with the same club.

People

talk about the weight this club has

grown. How does it compare to the

one you joined?

We have got our own

training ground, a beautiful place,

we used to train on the local park

behind the stadium, 12 seasons I

think it was. We have gone on a

journey together which has been very

good for my career and for the club.

How important is the FA Cup to a

team like Fleetwood?

Very important.

You had to be true qualifying rounds

and the dream is to play a local

league team and when you start in

the first round, the first thing on

your mind can get to the third

round. Since I have been here, we

never had a Premier League team so I

would like to get Manchester City

away, time is running out in my

career, I am a Manchester City fan.

But I don't know if that would be a

great experience, it is a nightmare

the way they are playing.

You like

the FA Cup? I love it as a player

and as a coach. You know what a nice

experience we had together at Wigan

when we came to the semifinal and we

lost on penalties. We can match

ourselves against the best probably

against pubs above us. But for doing

that, we need to first beat Hereford

-- clubs.

It is quite a setup, we joined now

by the man who has put his money

their mouth is, millions, the

chairman and Fleetwood. Bands in

force today and it feels like a

community club.

Very much so, we

proud ourselves on being a local

community club. We are proud to be

the largest employer locally and I

think it is our obligation to not

just create that feel-good factor,

but to help put food on the table.

We were talking earlier about the

ambition, where'd you want this club

to be ten years down the line?

We

were only one game, if results had

gone for us on the last day of last

season, we would have been promoted

automatically to the Championship.

People talk about the gates and they

say the town is not big enough, I

disagree. I am the eternal optimist!

I have been told throughout this

journey of climbing the league that

we cannot go any further. I really

truly do believe we can go further,

I think we can make the Championship

and we will work hard to do so.

It

will be an extra boost if Jamie

Vardy was to be sold. Be honest! He

was a great player here, if you went

to Arsenal for 40 million, how much

would you have got at the word?

I

cannot say but it is fair to say I

watched with great interest!

Google

Alert Mr Mark absolutely. Is it not

great that success has followed

through.

Absolutely, we knew he was

a special player and it was almost

like cheating when we had him back

in the non-league. To see him do

what he has done has been fantastic

and we are proud to have been

associated with his success.

All the

best in the FA Cup today, so many

Hereford fans mixing with the

Fleetwood fans and it should be a

great occasion.

I couldn't agree

more, great atmosphere already and I

am sure it is going to be a very

special day.

Thank you. Do you want

to finish off with the drama? Thank

you to everyone at Fleetwood! A big

thank you to the club for having

those, such a warm welcome, enjoy

the FA Cup, whatever you are

watching this weekend, and we will

leave you with the predictions now

of the comedian Nish Kumar. You are

enjoying that too much!

I am in Manchester United fan and I

grew up in the traditional Mancunian

suburb of Croydon! My biggest

memories of United, Eric Cantona.

Both his goals and his Martial arts

skills. The season so far, a strong

start, a bit of a stumble. Really

glad Pogba is back, really glad. And

also delighted to see in the same

team Marciano, that is the key. I

would love to say this is going to

be a real open blockbuster of a

game, but Jose is going to park the

bus and the tanks in front of it and

this is going to be a very dry 0-0,

I think. The phrase cricket score

springs to mind. I think it is going

to be, I am going to say 5-1 in the