:00:10. > :00:20.Peterborough, Col Chester could be playing in this season -- same
:00:20. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:30.division next season. Some would Tonight, it could be the 5 million
:00:30. > :00:35.planned goal that keeps them in the championship but they are taking
:00:35. > :00:43.nothing for granted. No one has ever gone down with 54 points but
:00:43. > :00:51.the job isn't over. Up and away. We are on the road going north with
:00:51. > :00:57.the fans. And laying the foundations for the
:00:57. > :01:03.future, why better facilities for all is the aim of the game.
:01:03. > :01:11.Good evening. What an extraordinary weekend of football. Battling
:01:12. > :01:19.performances. It must be a last ditch attempt to get in before the
:01:20. > :01:25.season finishes. You would get in it every year.
:01:25. > :01:30.Player, manager. It is going down to the final 90 minutes of the
:01:30. > :01:35.championship next Friday. Half-a- dozen teams are scrambling to avoid
:01:35. > :01:45.relegation but Peter Brett gave them a great charts are after the
:01:45. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :02:00.victory against Sheffield Wednesday The early evening kick up -- kick-
:02:00. > :02:08.off meant that supporters found their attentions were elsewhere.
:02:08. > :02:15.Glued into TV sex about their rivals. Hopefully, Bernie would do
:02:15. > :02:17.them a favour and beat Wolves and Hull City the same against Barnsley.
:02:18. > :02:23.Barnsley it sprang a big surprise beating the promotion favourites
:02:23. > :02:29.Carl. Posh dropped back into the bottom three and anxious times
:02:29. > :02:39.ahead of kick-off. We have to win the next two games. If we do, we
:02:39. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:48.will stay up, simple as that. Hopeful. We have the ability but it
:02:48. > :02:58.depends on the performance, doesn't it? How optimistic are you? Can I
:02:58. > :03:06.plead the Fifth Amendment. I think it will be a good win today. 2-one.
:03:06. > :03:10.Thank you. Bye-bye. All to play for. Posh know they had to win to
:03:10. > :03:17.maintain control of their destiny and Sheffield Wednesday needed a
:03:17. > :03:25.0.2 secured their safety. Plenty of interest in the striker but a total
:03:25. > :03:33.team effort was needed. Posh opened brightly. Really scored in the
:03:33. > :03:43.first 10 minutes. By -- near leave. Peterborough enjoyed the better of
:03:43. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:58.the court now. No gulls at the break so perhaps it would take
:03:58. > :04:03.something special. How about this? Just over one hour played. A free-
:04:03. > :04:09.kick 25 years out and Brian McCann set his sights with plenty to do
:04:09. > :04:14.and he did it perfectly. A stunning free-kick, telling all way off the
:04:14. > :04:24.inside of the far post and the goalkeeper beaten. London Road went
:04:24. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:37.substitute came on and looked likely to poach a goal but he went
:04:37. > :04:41.far and wide. Come the final whistle, three huge points. Posh
:04:41. > :04:46.and lost their first seven league games of the season and they now go
:04:46. > :04:51.to Paris next week with every chance of staying up. The face from
:04:51. > :05:01.the manager looks like being repaid. Barry promised his wife a birthday
:05:01. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:13.present to remember. But Posh are The results before the game were
:05:13. > :05:20.awful so we had to win to get out of the bottom three. What a goal to
:05:20. > :05:26.win the match! Oh, fantastic! It is his third year here and what a
:05:26. > :05:33.free-kick. I was right behind it. I was up and I dived over the
:05:33. > :05:39.barrier! A-grade winning goal, no doubt about that. Nobody has ever
:05:39. > :05:43.gone down with 54 points but the job isn't over. Up to five the
:05:43. > :05:51.sides could still go down so we know we have to go to Crystal
:05:51. > :05:56.Palace -- Crystal Palace next Saturday and maintain our status.
:05:56. > :06:01.The manager, the players and the fans deserve it.
:06:01. > :06:05.Hide difficult do you think it was knowing the results from earlier in
:06:05. > :06:10.the day? It sort of put more pressure on because you know what
:06:10. > :06:18.you have to do so as it docked Sheffield Wednesday are a bit of
:06:18. > :06:28.physical side. It was an excellent game. Throughout the course of the
:06:28. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:38.season,... It losing the first seven games of the season, the way
:06:39. > :06:43.they have responded... You have to take your hat off to the players.
:06:43. > :06:49.All the results that went before had not gone right for them and
:06:49. > :06:59.make dip the maths and they needed the win. If they get it air when
:06:59. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:08.Looking at Peterborough, a great to - might go to Crystal Palace.
:07:08. > :07:17.Barnsley play Huddersfield. Yes, two weeks ago we set the goal
:07:17. > :07:24.difference could be really different -- important. This week,
:07:24. > :07:34.they had such a brilliant crowd. One person who wasn't bad was
:07:34. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :07:50.I call him boss. When I signed for Aberdeen, I caught him Alex and got
:07:50. > :08:00.a five and find. It examine magic to win the game, didn't it?
:08:00. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:23.a way to send the fans happy. important thing to remember is it
:08:23. > :08:28.is not done yet. They have to get their focus for Saturday. I liked
:08:28. > :08:32.Peterborough's team spirit. They are one of the form sides in the
:08:32. > :08:38.Division so I expect them to stay at. Palace have been stuttering as
:08:38. > :08:43.well. It will be a big game for both clubs. I c Peterborough
:08:43. > :08:48.staying up as they have the promotion form. Next, a tale to
:08:48. > :08:58.warm hearts. A Nong -- long trip north for Colchester United fans.
:08:58. > :09:08.They knew it was them or Scunthorpe for the relegation place. It was at
:09:08. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:22.an early morning for one group of My name is Jim French. Quarters do
:09:22. > :09:28.United fan four more years than I care to remember. It is 25th April.
:09:28. > :09:38.Somewhere in the far north lies Carlisle. Join me today with other
:09:38. > :09:41.
:09:42. > :09:51.cultures to fans as we make our way for a date with destiny. Hello.
:09:52. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:10:45. > :10:51.It has been an anxious and quiet journey up with two or three songs
:10:51. > :11:01.but the air of tension, you could cut with a knife. Three points.
:11:01. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:11:42. > :11:47.A golf for contest a United. The all-important strike there.
:11:47. > :11:57.absolutely over the moon. This is the best I have felt in God knows
:11:57. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:24.one now and have guaranteed from well for next season. He headed it
:12:24. > :12:34.into the back of the net. He is celebrating now. They have actually
:12:34. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:19.done it now. I told you we could hopefully we can go on to the next
:13:19. > :13:25.season. A big thanks to Carlisle United you were very helpful on the
:13:25. > :13:35.day. A massive result for them. They executed the game plan to
:13:35. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:46.Yes. They closed people down. It was like changing for him and his
:13:46. > :13:51.players and the club as a whole. If they had gone down, that puts them
:13:51. > :13:58.back. Do you not think they could have bounced back? It would have
:13:58. > :14:08.been difficult. Joe wants them to play an expansive game. When they
:14:08. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:18.start next season, he wants them to relax a bit more and enjoy the game.
:14:18. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:29.Job Done works incredibly hard. It was a life-changing moment and
:14:29. > :14:33.very emotional. A massive thing for him and his staff and the players
:14:33. > :14:43.and the chairman. With that Scunthorpe winning as well and
:14:43. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :14:59.three late goals against Swindon, If you would have come off and
:14:59. > :15:04.Scunthorpe losing or drawing, they did it right and prove that a
:15:04. > :15:08.massive game, they can play under pressure and 500 Colchester fans
:15:09. > :15:15.there which is a massive away from record, so far away from home. If
:15:15. > :15:18.they had got beaten away, so massive congratulations to all the fans.
:15:18. > :15:25.Later in the programme we will launch our traditional search for
:15:25. > :15:29.the Late Kick Off East team of the season but picking the foundations
:15:29. > :15:34.for future generations, how some of the ball's millions are put to use
:15:34. > :15:39.in the region, benefiting the game at grassroots. All over bar the
:15:39. > :15:49.shouting for some but others, plenty to play for. Rounding up the pick of
:15:49. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :15:59.sacked Mick McCarthy, but Ipswich fans were only too grateful, he has
:15:59. > :16:07.transformed the team. Ipswich totally different since McCarthy
:16:07. > :16:12.took over, wrapping up things with Daryl Murphy giving town a 3-0 lead
:16:12. > :16:17.to see Ipswich move into the top half of the table. Birmingham
:16:17. > :16:23.grabbed a late consolation, the club is now level on points, McCarthy has
:16:23. > :16:29.sights on the play-offs but next season. 3-1.
:16:29. > :16:35.A battle for regional honours at Stevenage, won comfortably by MK
:16:35. > :16:38.Dons. Patrick Bamford with their first. Last week Karl Robinson was
:16:38. > :16:44.threatening a summer clear out but now grey massively was making
:16:44. > :16:54.similar noises, sloppy defending would not have helped matters. The
:16:54. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:03.Dons finished the season with a win. of a recurring theme, must be that
:17:03. > :17:07.time of the year. Southend's manager was far from impressed by its
:17:07. > :17:10.watching them and their season with a whimper, blasting over before
:17:10. > :17:15.Andrew Fleming got the only goal of the game for the visitors. Big
:17:15. > :17:24.changes suggested ahead of next season with talk of cutting short
:17:24. > :17:30.the holidays. They may be facing a The season is still bury much alive
:17:30. > :17:35.for Northampton, heading for the league to play-offs and promotion.
:17:35. > :17:39.Roy O'Donovan on the scoresheet again to give the cobbler believe
:17:39. > :17:42.with Edgar Davids one-time Champions League finalist and Dutch
:17:42. > :17:48.international resigned to relegation out of the Football League. If fact
:17:48. > :17:58.confirmed by Luke Guttridge at the end of the second half, 2-0 to
:17:58. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:10.before so Martin O'Neill, they will be tough opposition but when you get
:18:10. > :18:15.to the stage of the season and you are in the play-offs, you will only
:18:15. > :18:21.be playing good teams so we must make sure we do the best for both.
:18:21. > :18:23.Northampton in the play-offs, they knew that anyway, they relegated
:18:23. > :18:33.Barnett unfortunately in the process but now the play-offs, they must
:18:33. > :18:36.pick themselves up. Into-macro they have always got a goal for it, and
:18:36. > :18:43.Gutteridge and O'Donovan, they will be going in with confidence. Home
:18:43. > :18:48.form is important, fantastic crowds as well on Saturday, 17,500, it will
:18:48. > :18:53.be important they get a good start. They will be the underdogs because
:18:53. > :18:59.they have been beaten twice. Do you think that will play on their mind?
:18:59. > :19:03.I don't think so. He will be using that underdog spirit to spare them
:19:03. > :19:07.on, when the home game and hopefully they will be at Wembley so the way
:19:07. > :19:10.they have performed this season it is deserved. White but there is
:19:10. > :19:13.confirmation that they play Cheltenham in the play-offs and
:19:13. > :19:19.Bradford city against Burton in the other semi-final at these are the
:19:19. > :19:27.fixtures. On Sunday, they travel to chuck them and we will have the
:19:27. > :19:31.action for that next week. fixtures, Perry? They have not lost
:19:31. > :19:39.for 20 games in the league. So I can see this being the tightest of the
:19:39. > :19:43.two play-off games. I hope they will be practising saving penalties.
:19:44. > :19:52.know a bebop thread very well so I wish them all the best. -- I know
:19:52. > :19:56.Aidy Boothroyd. Kicking balls around in their local park, even Perry
:19:56. > :20:00.Groves, they started with jumpers for goalposts. The football
:20:01. > :20:05.foundation has tried to improve gas roots level football. New pitches
:20:05. > :20:15.have sprung up but still plenty of work to bring us up to the standards
:20:15. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:24.of our European counterparts -- used in a night and cost 500
:20:24. > :20:31.thousand pounds to build but the value to the community in Ipswich is
:20:31. > :20:36.priceless. You can play in any weather. It is everything we wanted
:20:36. > :20:42.and has helped develop the team and the club. It gets dark and you can
:20:42. > :20:52.see where you are playing with the lights on. Forget frozen pitches,
:20:52. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :20:58.soggy surfaces, whatever the weather, it is game on. Local
:20:58. > :21:01.authorities do not have the funding any more and sponsorship is hard to
:21:01. > :21:08.come by so this has been built because of a good partnership with
:21:08. > :21:13.some funds between the schools but also principally the football
:21:13. > :21:17.foundation. Funded by the Premier League, the Government and the
:21:17. > :21:23.football foundation, it was set up several years ago to respond to a
:21:23. > :21:28.chronic shortage of facilities fit for purpose. It is all too often,
:21:28. > :21:32.played an quagmire is an pitches that are not suitable, far too many
:21:32. > :21:36.matches get cancelled so we have got a long way to go yet but there is a
:21:36. > :21:40.significant amount of money going into grassroots football but
:21:40. > :21:44.unfortunately there is a lot further to go. Across the East, the football
:21:44. > :21:50.foundation has made a real difference. County by county, the
:21:50. > :21:57.numbers stack up. In total, just over 1500 products have benefited
:21:57. > :22:03.from funding of over �50 million. Total money spent on new pictures,
:22:03. > :22:06.sparkling changing rooms and to form new teams, just over �100 million.
:22:06. > :22:12.As good as this facility is in care is grave, there needs to be more of
:22:12. > :22:16.them built around the country. -- in Ipswich. In other places like France
:22:16. > :22:24.and Germany, there are around 2000 of these third-generation pitches
:22:24. > :22:28.but in England, just around 400 of them. While many facilities of light
:22:28. > :22:38.his -- facilities have been given a makeover, they lack all the mod cons
:22:38. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:45.to motivate young and old players. A recent survey found that most people
:22:45. > :22:49.rate for facilities as the most testing issue. The function of the
:22:49. > :22:55.football foundation is to ensure that the money that is interested in
:22:55. > :22:58.us goes to where it is most needed. By definition, if more children are
:22:58. > :23:05.playing football, we are tackling health issues particularly in
:23:05. > :23:08.deprived areas where they will have the greatest impact. Rihanna also
:23:08. > :23:11.keeping children active and creating a positive environment for them to
:23:11. > :23:19.play football in and for the British -- we are also keeping children
:23:19. > :23:22.active. You turn a session and the outlook is positive already. You can
:23:22. > :23:26.see from the surface, it is fantastic for developing your
:23:26. > :23:30.technical skills. At this time of year, lots of pitches have got grass
:23:30. > :23:35.on them and they are hard and you will get a great surface all year
:23:35. > :23:41.round on this. White actor around the country, 15-20 new
:23:41. > :23:44.third-generation facilities are built every year. The latest is in
:23:44. > :23:50.Chelmsford where many will benefit from quality time on a quality
:23:50. > :23:53.service. An ordinary grasp it can be used about five hours per week. This
:23:53. > :24:00.third-generation pitch can be used for 90 hours per week. If you look
:24:00. > :24:07.at that in terms of people using it, 5000 people use it a week, 200,000
:24:07. > :24:11.kids will play on that pitch, is a full-year -- in a full-year. But
:24:11. > :24:16.allows us to deliver football training and other sports in the
:24:16. > :24:21.area of Chelmsford. That allows. Lots of communication. Let's do it.
:24:21. > :24:25.Better facilities create opportunities for coaches and
:24:25. > :24:31.players. Another area where England falls well short of its European
:24:31. > :24:34.rivals, coaching. Everybody comes here in DC loads of different
:24:34. > :24:38.people. Before we played on the grass, that has been a great
:24:38. > :24:43.improvement to be able to play on this. White ago what about the funny
:24:43. > :24:47.surface, is that OK? Yes, because he would fall over and hurt yourself
:24:47. > :24:52.because if the grass is hard, you will hurt your knee. Not the
:24:52. > :24:57.finished article but teams like the kestrels here have every reason to
:24:57. > :25:01.celebrate. You have to say that the football
:25:01. > :25:06.foundation do a fantastic job and the aim is to increase participation
:25:06. > :25:10.and it seems to be working. Anything that provides local kids with
:25:10. > :25:14.butter, safe environments to play in has got to be a good thing. Get them
:25:14. > :25:18.into sport and off the streets and when you put them in the local
:25:18. > :25:23.communities, the local people feel proud of it and look after it and
:25:23. > :25:26.that is the brilliant work they do. Good for the health of children as
:25:26. > :25:32.well. The safety as well, they are playing on surfaces where they are
:25:32. > :25:39.not getting hurt. Goalkeepers used to dive on the pitches at Luton town
:25:40. > :25:44.and QPR. Do you think they like the surface and the places? Yes and the
:25:44. > :25:49.coaches get a great opportunity as well. And the children are really
:25:49. > :25:54.enjoying it. We can get on these pitches 90 hours per week which
:25:54. > :26:02.makes a big friends. And you do not have to worry about frozen pitches
:26:02. > :26:06.with no grass, and who cares about goalkeepers on the floor. Yes, who
:26:06. > :26:13.cares about goalkeepers? You must now select the programme at 13 of
:26:13. > :26:21.the season. Get in touch either by Twitter -- you must select the Late
:26:21. > :26:26.Kick Off team of the season. Suggest to you want to be in the select 11.
:26:26. > :26:33.Have you got any suggestions for the team of the year? I will go for a
:26:33. > :26:43.centre half, Ipswich at ten clean sheets out of the last 16 games and
:26:43. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:49.Tommy Smith was all part of that. Any goalkeepers? There is a shock!
:26:49. > :26:55.Lee Nicholls from Northampton. may be big, to get them to Wembley
:26:55. > :27:04.and the next league. # Tommy Nicole. And Dwight Gayle of Peterborough,
:27:04. > :27:14.lots of scouts watching him. Hopefully that will keep macro posh
:27:14. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:20.in the league. Angus is doing well, and make riches was involved, he is
:27:20. > :27:26.heading in the right direction and learning from Joe Hart is training
:27:26. > :27:30.with him every day. Who better to learn from? You are down to watch
:27:30. > :27:33.the FA youth cup final. I am with a football agency so I am looking at
:27:33. > :27:42.the best talent in the country and tomorrow night, they will have
:27:42. > :27:45.Chelsea and Norwich City on show in front of about 20,000 people.
:27:45. > :27:51.the first team, what have you made of their season? Big Norwich
:27:51. > :27:55.connections. They must get the points but you look below and you
:27:55. > :28:05.just hope the other teams will not get the points they need, we can
:28:05. > :28:06.
:28:06. > :28:09.losing an drawing with Tottenham -- Wigan drawing. Big weeks ahead of
:28:09. > :28:18.knowledge but they are just about safe, aren't they? -- ahead of
:28:18. > :28:25.Norwich. Against Sunderland on Monday night, Grant Holt and