:00:10. > :00:20.to a close which means it is our last show but we are ending with a
:00:20. > :00:35.
:00:35. > :00:42.palace is Posh relegated. Not once have I ever thought we would go down
:00:42. > :00:51.and that included today, but we have. We will find out if
:00:51. > :00:54.Northampton can aim for Wembley with their shot at promotion. And our
:00:54. > :00:58.chairman get-together one last time to talk about being chairman, and
:00:58. > :01:06.they share their hopes for the future.
:01:06. > :01:11.I wanted to be playing you next season. David! You would be
:01:12. > :01:21.delighted, you will be upset, and I would be devastated! Good to have
:01:22. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:32.you with us for the last show of the season. We have action from the
:01:32. > :01:38.championship and the second league. With us is former boss Ian Atkins.
:01:38. > :01:44.Good to have you with us. Thank you for coming in. And alongside you,
:01:44. > :01:49.somebody you know which he well. I used to be his driver at Colchester
:01:49. > :01:56.so I am used to him sitting behind me. That was before he discovered
:01:56. > :02:02.drink! Lets get back to the dramatic final day of the championship.
:02:02. > :02:08.had been on the brink of safety, on a remarkable run. They knew it win
:02:08. > :02:18.at Crystal Palace would guarantee survival. This is how the afternoon
:02:18. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:32.celebrating, both sides could be commiserating. One way or another it
:02:32. > :02:41.is going to be a gripping 90 minutes of football. Posh were underweight
:02:41. > :02:51.at the first goal of the game came from Brighton. With waltz down, it
:02:51. > :02:53.
:02:53. > :02:56.left five teams fighting to avoid one relegation place -- Wolves. We
:02:56. > :03:06.were left with four teams scrapping it out when Sheffield Wednesday
:03:06. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:23.It all got very tight when Chris O'Grady scored for Barnsley, moving
:03:23. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:34.them above Huddersfield and Posh, brilliant goal! Absolute stunner! A
:03:34. > :03:44.fantastic goal! If it is the one that keeps Peter Brock up, it is
:03:44. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :04:01.worthy of doing so! -- Peterborough Gabbidon, it was a pro challenge!
:04:01. > :04:09.There is your answer! 45 minutes of the season to go and
:04:09. > :04:14.Posh were heading into league one. It was all getting very nervy. An
:04:14. > :04:24.early second-half strike from Jermaine Beckford dropped Barnsley
:04:24. > :04:35.
:04:35. > :04:39.then blocked! Plenty of anxious supporters... Mendez-Laing hits it
:04:39. > :04:49.into the corner of the net! Sensational! Where did that come
:04:49. > :04:52.from? The left boot of Mendez-Laing! Peter broke United
:04:52. > :05:02.showing all the spirit, determination and character that you
:05:02. > :05:02.
:05:02. > :05:07.need on a day like today -- Peterborough. Then Barnsley scored
:05:07. > :05:14.and the tables turned again, at six minutes later Huddersfield school
:05:14. > :05:19.and honestly looked set to be relegated -- Huddersfield scored and
:05:19. > :05:29.Barnsley looked set to be relegated. Must be news of another goal
:05:29. > :05:47.
:05:47. > :05:53.involving Huddersfield and arms nobody quite like him!
:05:53. > :06:03.With minutes left, it was a two-way fight for survival. Posh were
:06:03. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:13.hanging on by a thread and then in the 89th minute... Mile Jedinak! !
:06:13. > :06:20.Palace may well have won it and sent Peterborough United down! Added time
:06:20. > :06:25.is almost up. Peterborough need a goal. They are not going to find
:06:25. > :06:30.one. Crystal Palace will go into the play-offs, of that there is no
:06:30. > :06:40.doubt, that Darren Ferguson's Peterborough are going into league
:06:40. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:54.had worked on the players got spot on. Seven minutes to go, you know it
:06:54. > :07:00.is enough. But that last goal was a killer for us. The key today was to
:07:00. > :07:05.stay in the league. To get us the opportunity to go into the next
:07:05. > :07:11.level, which I think we could have done. Being relegated damaging --
:07:11. > :07:16.damages us. The whole season the only time I thought we would down
:07:16. > :07:25.was when we were actually down, including today. At we have gone
:07:25. > :07:32.down. There are no words I can say... Huge disappointment for
:07:32. > :07:37.Darren Ferguson and his team. He looked distraught. Beautiful game
:07:37. > :07:42.football but it can be so cruel. The game against Crystal Palace
:07:42. > :07:51.epitomises Peterborough, good going forward but concedes more goals. I
:07:51. > :07:55.think they conceded 75 goals. What a cruel way to go down. 46 games and
:07:55. > :08:01.it all hinges on that last one. have always looked capable of
:08:01. > :08:04.getting out of trouble but they have not kept enough clean sheets. The
:08:04. > :08:09.three goals have come straight down the middle of the pitch in between
:08:10. > :08:15.the centre halves and they could all have been prevented. Financially it
:08:15. > :08:22.hurts them massively. Barry said it would cost them �5 million if they
:08:22. > :08:28.went down. And they have to try to keep their better players, like Lee
:08:28. > :08:34.Tomlin. I hope they can keep them. What about the manager, Darren
:08:34. > :08:40.Ferguson? Great job. Everybody knows the limited finances and to be in
:08:40. > :08:50.the championship, they have done well. But we have lost weight as
:08:50. > :08:53.well and everybody thought they were out of it -- lost boy eat. Let's get
:08:53. > :09:03.confirmation of the league table and Peterborough's fate sealed in the
:09:03. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:15.relegated on 40 points, so we have 14 points more. We used to say 50
:09:15. > :09:19.point keeps you safe and it is not enough. Unbelievably unlucky.
:09:19. > :09:26.lost 16 of the first 21 games so they paid the price at the start of
:09:26. > :09:32.the season. It is like Ipswich, they look down and out. Look where they
:09:32. > :09:38.have ended up. It is a very even division and a very cruel division.
:09:38. > :09:43.Not enough to save Posh but Ipswich were down the bottom of the table
:09:43. > :09:53.when McCarthy took over but the men knew they could enjoy their summer
:09:53. > :10:00.
:10:00. > :10:06.holidays when they survived last the opportunity to give a couple of
:10:06. > :10:16.players their debuts. The 17-year-old came on and had a decent
:10:16. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:27.Hedda header there. Plenty of optimism for next season. When Mick
:10:27. > :10:32.took over, look at the results since, so he has the capability of
:10:32. > :10:41.creating a site that will get promotion. He has a good recruitment
:10:41. > :10:44.team. They have produced good teams. Mick McCarthy has made such a big
:10:44. > :10:52.difference. He has got the best out of the players that are there
:10:52. > :10:58.because it is pretty much the same group. Edwards is a great example.
:10:58. > :11:05.Yes, Tommy Smith was excellent, they got 53 points from 33 games and that
:11:05. > :11:11.is promotion material. He will be looking to get a striker, Murphy was
:11:11. > :11:17.the top scorer with seven. He has got the foundations. Defensively
:11:17. > :11:27.they have been much better, more organised. Organisation yes, Terry
:11:27. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:31.is a big part of that. He knows how to organise the back four. Relief
:11:31. > :11:39.for Ipswich but despair for Posh proving once again the uncertainty
:11:39. > :11:43.that faces football clubs as the season draws to its climax. It is
:11:43. > :11:49.nervous for fans, players and the chairman. We ask the chairman what
:11:49. > :11:59.it is like to be them. Darragh McAnthony, Pete Winkelman and David
:11:59. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:12.have gone into football for the right reasons and we only want what
:12:12. > :12:17.is best for the club, the community, the staff, and winning is part of
:12:18. > :12:23.that and I love owning a club when we win but I hate it when we lose,
:12:23. > :12:31.but above anything else I am a foot for fan. You can only have the highs
:12:31. > :12:35.with the lows. -- football fans.I see so many people who come into the
:12:36. > :12:44.game where it will be a worse place if they are allowed in, it is true.
:12:44. > :12:50.You have to have passion for what you are doing. We do understand why
:12:50. > :12:59.it is we do it and what we want to try to get to. At a time like this
:12:59. > :13:05.you learn quite a lot. Everybody has got their own experiences. We have
:13:05. > :13:11.all got similar issues to deal with. We are a lot more than a foot or
:13:11. > :13:19.club! When you own a football club, we know what we are doing, we are
:13:19. > :13:25.not monks. I say to some fans, if you can do it better, I will step
:13:25. > :13:33.aside, the date you do not want me here, I will move on, but I always
:13:33. > :13:40.have the best of intentions. That is why we all have longevity. We are
:13:40. > :13:47.not in this to make money, trust me! It is not going to happen. Football
:13:47. > :13:51.is not an investment in that sense but it is really important. I still
:13:51. > :13:55.know why I did it, I know that Milton Keynes could not be
:13:55. > :14:01.without... You cannot believe that they could not have a football club,
:14:01. > :14:09.it is Sona Troll. It is the little things, people shaking your hand in
:14:09. > :14:17.the street. I love that. There are also some horror moments. We have
:14:18. > :14:22.all suffered relegation. Nothing harder! How you are batting out in
:14:22. > :14:30.the championship now is beyond me. We all have had league one and
:14:30. > :14:35.league two and it is so easy to slip between those divisions. So there is
:14:35. > :14:39.that responsibility, that horror. All of those horrible things. But
:14:39. > :14:42.the payoff, it gets you out of bed every day because you can make a
:14:42. > :14:47.difference and everybody you are working with can make a difference
:14:47. > :14:52.to people's lives and that makes it worthwhile. I loved the promotion
:14:52. > :14:56.from league two, I know my club cannot grow without getting the
:14:56. > :15:06.promotion to the championship and however much of a burden that is
:15:06. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:18.becoming to me, it is where I want and my club is that is punching
:15:18. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:22.above its weight. You are! What I mean us is that if we could
:15:22. > :15:27.grow fan base, we would not be looked at somebody punching above
:15:27. > :15:33.weight. If you sorted it out, you would do that. That is my greatest
:15:33. > :15:40.hope. Thank you for the promotions but it is about having people look
:15:40. > :15:44.and say we are not the underdogs cos we have a lovely stadium. You know,
:15:44. > :15:51.they have a great emphasis. That is the keyword. What a football club be
:15:51. > :15:57.proud of. That is what I want people to look at. Not to think, " lucky
:15:57. > :16:05.guys!". You are there with the infrastructure, that's what I want.
:16:05. > :16:09.I want to be playing you guys next season. David, you probably will be.
:16:09. > :16:18.You'll be delighted, you'll be upset and I will be devastated if we all
:16:18. > :16:24.playing together next reason! -- next season.
:16:24. > :16:31.That interview was recorded earlier in the year. It has been a great
:16:31. > :16:37.series and a great insight, hasn't it? Fantastic. I think one severe
:16:38. > :16:41.there are no mugs. They are not but the Ahmad, you're not going to get
:16:41. > :16:47.rich owning a football club. important is it to have a great
:16:47. > :16:54.German as a manager? Have to have a good relationship. You get defeat
:16:54. > :17:00.and have to accept it. And the reason why it. To get a good
:17:00. > :17:09.chairman is necessary. Have you worked with any odd ones? Loads.Do
:17:09. > :17:12.you want to name any? I have had some German fixed line they are
:17:12. > :17:22.strong Germans. The back their manager in the bad times. That is
:17:22. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:29.exactly what you want from Germans. -- chairman. Later, we will find out
:17:29. > :17:36.if the cobbler's heels onto the advantage. Plus, we will have the
:17:36. > :17:41.Late Kick Off team of the year. That infamous team of the year coming up.
:17:41. > :17:44.For all other clubs, it is all over, except for Norwich. The Canaries
:17:45. > :17:48.home defeat has made them real contenders for the drop. That would
:17:48. > :17:55.have hurt them yesterday, would it not? Especially losing to the team
:17:56. > :18:02.that is at the bottom. Most Norwich fans are frustrated. He still plays
:18:02. > :18:05.Holt up front on his own. Do you think they have been a bit negative?
:18:06. > :18:09.Probably not scored enough goals. There is something fundamentally
:18:09. > :18:15.wrong when they have five this year and 18 last year. Let's look at the
:18:15. > :18:19.and 18 last year. Let's look at the bottom of the table. Do you see them
:18:20. > :18:23.getting enough points to stay up? They need to be. You don't want to
:18:23. > :18:29.be going to Manchester City to get your self a point at the last game
:18:29. > :18:35.of the season. They have to beat West Brom. They don't want to keep
:18:35. > :18:38.relying on others, do they? They have to hard games. West Brom are
:18:38. > :18:42.stubborn and quite capable of coming away from home and getting three
:18:42. > :18:52.points. You don't fancy getting much the last game of the seasons are
:18:52. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:59.probably looking at the West Brom front or others, they have to have
:18:59. > :19:06.the mindset. Do you think they can do it? Somebody always gets sucked
:19:06. > :19:12.in. It is going to be tense, that is for sure. Norwich's future still in
:19:12. > :19:15.the balance as is Northampton to. They played Cheltenham this evening.
:19:15. > :19:24.Leading 1-0 from the first leg thanks to Roy O'Donovan's smart
:19:24. > :19:32.finish. The cobbler's new drop would guarantee them to Wembley. --
:19:32. > :19:37.cobbler's new draw. They began here with a one goal
:19:37. > :19:42.first leg lead Dominic lead over job. Southend were the last to win a
:19:43. > :19:47.regular season league match. That was in September. Northampton opt
:19:47. > :19:57.for an extra midfield body and then a three-man central unit alongside
:19:57. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:07.Luke Guttridge. Big Eck and fennel are again. -- the attack again. He
:20:07. > :20:14.is given the penalty! To me, this is given the penalty! To me, this
:20:14. > :20:23.was outside the box. It is a big call by the referee and he says it
:20:23. > :20:33.is a penalty. Ben Tozer dives in. The challenge, for me, comes outside
:20:33. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:45.the box. Up he comes, Park, all, what a save! -- oh, what is a big a
:20:45. > :20:50.advantage to Northampton to. Lee Nicholls with a tremendous stop. It
:20:51. > :21:00.sits here for Guttridge. Oh! What a fantastic strike from Luke
:21:01. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:12.Guttridge. The cobbler's take a final. What a fantastic way to open
:21:12. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:29.the night's scoring. It is 1-0. Hackett is endure for the chairman
:21:29. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:41.to -- Cobblers. Dispossessed thereby hector. Against the crossbar, here
:21:41. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:56.is Harriet. Let off for Northampton big-time. John Batty. Harriet's
:21:56. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:08.turn. Nicholls again! This goalkeeper display is, he is edging
:22:08. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:14.his name into Northampton folklore. There is still time. A cross. Shaun
:22:14. > :22:24.Harrad turns well. Nicholls at the rear post. He is there to beat the
:22:24. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:45.ball away to safety. The countdown is on. The whistle sounds! Aidy
:22:45. > :22:49.Boothroyd's Cobblers are bound for Wembley at the expense of Cheltenham
:22:49. > :22:54.Town. They dug in and scored here. Sensational goal through Luke
:22:54. > :23:00.Guttridge. What a goal and a way to book your place at Wembley. One year
:23:00. > :23:08.on from a relegation fight, now the Cobblers can focus on a place on
:23:08. > :23:18.League One. All hail the Cobblers and Aidy Boothroyd. They are off to
:23:18. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:23.Wembley Stadium. The full-time Wembley Stadium. The full-time
:23:23. > :23:31.score, Cheltenham zero, . What a fantastic result for Aidy
:23:31. > :23:34.Boothroyd and his boys. William. -- brilliant. They had to withstand a
:23:34. > :23:42.bit of pressure, didn't they? two centre half defended really
:23:42. > :23:48.well. Quality from Luke Guttridge. Nicholls was inspired. What about
:23:48. > :23:52.the penalty, was it inside or outside? I think you can understand
:23:53. > :23:57.why the referee gave it. Ben Tozer gets a bit frustrated. There is no
:23:57. > :24:02.need to dive in. Stay on your feet. Rush of blood. He gave the ball
:24:02. > :24:07.away, get us composure and Lavinia. That is borderline. That is the
:24:07. > :24:14.question. It is a difficult one. It is right on the borderline. We are
:24:14. > :24:16.looking at it in slow motion. In real time, you can understand.
:24:16. > :24:21.mentioned the goalkeeper, Lee Nicholls bomber man of the match and
:24:21. > :24:27.what he said! At the end of the day, he has had to go down there. He has
:24:27. > :24:30.read the situation, stood up and read it. That lets you as well. That
:24:30. > :24:34.dampens Cheltenham a little bit. The belief and the spirit. It made
:24:34. > :24:39.Northampton stronger. He must have been listening to Late Kick Off last
:24:39. > :24:43.week! We thought it might go to penalties but he has done his
:24:43. > :24:49.homework. He is on loan from Wigan and has had a fantastic season.
:24:49. > :24:56.chance of keeping? If they get promoted then Wigan may let him out
:24:56. > :25:01.again. The goal itself, the goal that won it. The goal that won it
:25:01. > :25:06.from Luke Guttridge was something special, wasn't it? The technique of
:25:06. > :25:11.saying, when watching live, the pitch was shocking. He set it up
:25:11. > :25:16.nicely. Not a bad time to score your second goal of the season. They have
:25:16. > :25:21.only one a few games out of 23. To win this one was something special.
:25:21. > :25:25.He is a good footballer and good techniques. He shall do there.
:25:25. > :25:31.Cheltenham have been unbeaten in 20 games at home. Great result.
:25:31. > :25:36.Bradford beat Burton. How do you see that one going? It will be
:25:36. > :25:40.nutritional. Their record against Bradford is not great. They have
:25:40. > :25:45.played them four times, drew twice and lost the others. They have to
:25:45. > :25:49.put that to the back of their mind and get their prose right. They have
:25:49. > :25:57.finished sixth and seventh -- the teams that have finished sixth and
:25:57. > :26:06.seventh in a regular season got to the final. They beat us twice during
:26:06. > :26:09.the season. They can do it. Colchester managers in the final.
:26:09. > :26:13.Fantastic doorstop they have both resurrected their careers. They had
:26:13. > :26:18.a bit of a blip and have come back fighting. Absolutely. The season is
:26:18. > :26:21.almost over. Time for us to select our Late Kick Off team of the year.
:26:21. > :26:26.Thank you for all of your tweets and e-mails. Very helpful. This is what
:26:26. > :26:36.e-mails. Very helpful. This is what we came up with. In goal, Sam
:26:36. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :27:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 60 seconds
:27:37. > :27:41.traditional 4-4-2. What we make of that? I think Lee
:27:41. > :27:45.Nicholls may be knocking on your door! I would have put someone from
:27:45. > :27:50.Peter Bone on the left and Gleeson in the middle. Apart from that, and
:27:50. > :27:54.probably a centre half I would have had Ryan Cresswell. If I'm brutally
:27:54. > :28:02.honest, I have not seen a lot of them. What about manager of the
:28:02. > :28:10.year? Who would have you given that two goals Mick McCarthy leading
:28:10. > :28:13.Ipswich to safety? Mick McCarthy. They were well adrift and he got
:28:13. > :28:20.them out of the bottom three. Absolutely. Northampton, let's have
:28:20. > :28:22.a final prediction. Are they going to do it? I think Lee Nicholls will
:28:22. > :28:32.have to keep practising his penalties. They play in similar