Episode 9 Late Kick Off East

to a close which means it is our last show but we are ending with a

palace is Posh relegated. Not once have I ever thought we would go down

and that included today, but we have. We will find out if

Northampton can aim for Wembley with their shot at promotion. And our

chairman get-together one last time to talk about being chairman, and

they share their hopes for the future.

I wanted to be playing you next season. David! You would be

delighted, you will be upset, and I would be devastated! Good to have

you with us for the last show of the season. We have action from the

championship and the second league. With us is former boss Ian Atkins.

Good to have you with us. Thank you for coming in. And alongside you,

somebody you know which he well. I used to be his driver at Colchester

so I am used to him sitting behind me. That was before he discovered

drink! Lets get back to the dramatic final day of the championship.

had been on the brink of safety, on a remarkable run. They knew it win

at Crystal Palace would guarantee survival. This is how the afternoon

celebrating, both sides could be commiserating. One way or another it

is going to be a gripping 90 minutes of football. Posh were underweight

at the first goal of the game came from Brighton. With waltz down, it

left five teams fighting to avoid one relegation place -- Wolves. We

were left with four teams scrapping it out when Sheffield Wednesday

It all got very tight when Chris O'Grady scored for Barnsley, moving

them above Huddersfield and Posh, brilliant goal! Absolute stunner! A

fantastic goal! If it is the one that keeps Peter Brock up, it is

worthy of doing so! -- Peterborough Gabbidon, it was a pro challenge!

There is your answer! 45 minutes of the season to go and

Posh were heading into league one. It was all getting very nervy. An

early second-half strike from Jermaine Beckford dropped Barnsley

then blocked! Plenty of anxious supporters... Mendez-Laing hits it

into the corner of the net! Sensational! Where did that come

from? The left boot of Mendez-Laing! Peter broke United

showing all the spirit, determination and character that you

need on a day like today -- Peterborough. Then Barnsley scored

and the tables turned again, at six minutes later Huddersfield school

and honestly looked set to be relegated -- Huddersfield scored and

Barnsley looked set to be relegated. Must be news of another goal

involving Huddersfield and arms nobody quite like him!

With minutes left, it was a two-way fight for survival. Posh were

hanging on by a thread and then in the 89th minute... Mile Jedinak! !

Palace may well have won it and sent Peterborough United down! Added time

is almost up. Peterborough need a goal. They are not going to find

one. Crystal Palace will go into the play-offs, of that there is no

doubt, that Darren Ferguson's Peterborough are going into league

had worked on the players got spot on. Seven minutes to go, you know it

is enough. But that last goal was a killer for us. The key today was to

stay in the league. To get us the opportunity to go into the next

level, which I think we could have done. Being relegated damaging --

damages us. The whole season the only time I thought we would down

was when we were actually down, including today. At we have gone

down. There are no words I can say... Huge disappointment for

Darren Ferguson and his team. He looked distraught. Beautiful game

football but it can be so cruel. The game against Crystal Palace

epitomises Peterborough, good going forward but concedes more goals. I

think they conceded 75 goals. What a cruel way to go down. 46 games and

it all hinges on that last one. have always looked capable of

getting out of trouble but they have not kept enough clean sheets. The

three goals have come straight down the middle of the pitch in between

the centre halves and they could all have been prevented. Financially it

hurts them massively. Barry said it would cost them �5 million if they

went down. And they have to try to keep their better players, like Lee

Tomlin. I hope they can keep them. What about the manager, Darren

Ferguson? Great job. Everybody knows the limited finances and to be in

the championship, they have done well. But we have lost weight as

well and everybody thought they were out of it -- lost boy eat. Let's get

confirmation of the league table and Peterborough's fate sealed in the

relegated on 40 points, so we have 14 points more. We used to say 50

point keeps you safe and it is not enough. Unbelievably unlucky.

lost 16 of the first 21 games so they paid the price at the start of

the season. It is like Ipswich, they look down and out. Look where they

have ended up. It is a very even division and a very cruel division.

Not enough to save Posh but Ipswich were down the bottom of the table

when McCarthy took over but the men knew they could enjoy their summer

holidays when they survived last the opportunity to give a couple of

players their debuts. The 17-year-old came on and had a decent

Hedda header there. Plenty of optimism for next season. When Mick

took over, look at the results since, so he has the capability of

creating a site that will get promotion. He has a good recruitment

team. They have produced good teams. Mick McCarthy has made such a big

difference. He has got the best out of the players that are there

because it is pretty much the same group. Edwards is a great example.

Yes, Tommy Smith was excellent, they got 53 points from 33 games and that

is promotion material. He will be looking to get a striker, Murphy was

the top scorer with seven. He has got the foundations. Defensively

they have been much better, more organised. Organisation yes, Terry

is a big part of that. He knows how to organise the back four. Relief

for Ipswich but despair for Posh proving once again the uncertainty

that faces football clubs as the season draws to its climax. It is

nervous for fans, players and the chairman. We ask the chairman what

it is like to be them. Darragh McAnthony, Pete Winkelman and David

have gone into football for the right reasons and we only want what

is best for the club, the community, the staff, and winning is part of

that and I love owning a club when we win but I hate it when we lose,

but above anything else I am a foot for fan. You can only have the highs

with the lows. -- football fans.I see so many people who come into the

game where it will be a worse place if they are allowed in, it is true.

You have to have passion for what you are doing. We do understand why

it is we do it and what we want to try to get to. At a time like this

you learn quite a lot. Everybody has got their own experiences. We have

all got similar issues to deal with. We are a lot more than a foot or

club! When you own a football club, we know what we are doing, we are

not monks. I say to some fans, if you can do it better, I will step

aside, the date you do not want me here, I will move on, but I always

have the best of intentions. That is why we all have longevity. We are

not in this to make money, trust me! It is not going to happen. Football

is not an investment in that sense but it is really important. I still

know why I did it, I know that Milton Keynes could not be

without... You cannot believe that they could not have a football club,

it is Sona Troll. It is the little things, people shaking your hand in

the street. I love that. There are also some horror moments. We have

all suffered relegation. Nothing harder! How you are batting out in

the championship now is beyond me. We all have had league one and

league two and it is so easy to slip between those divisions. So there is

that responsibility, that horror. All of those horrible things. But

the payoff, it gets you out of bed every day because you can make a

difference and everybody you are working with can make a difference

to people's lives and that makes it worthwhile. I loved the promotion

from league two, I know my club cannot grow without getting the

promotion to the championship and however much of a burden that is

becoming to me, it is where I want and my club is that is punching

above its weight. You are! What I mean us is that if we could

grow fan base, we would not be looked at somebody punching above

weight. If you sorted it out, you would do that. That is my greatest

hope. Thank you for the promotions but it is about having people look

and say we are not the underdogs cos we have a lovely stadium. You know,

they have a great emphasis. That is the keyword. What a football club be

proud of. That is what I want people to look at. Not to think, " lucky

guys!". You are there with the infrastructure, that's what I want.

I want to be playing you guys next season. David, you probably will be.

You'll be delighted, you'll be upset and I will be devastated if we all

playing together next reason! -- next season.

That interview was recorded earlier in the year. It has been a great

series and a great insight, hasn't it? Fantastic. I think one severe

there are no mugs. They are not but the Ahmad, you're not going to get

rich owning a football club. important is it to have a great

German as a manager? Have to have a good relationship. You get defeat

and have to accept it. And the reason why it. To get a good

chairman is necessary. Have you worked with any odd ones? Loads.Do

you want to name any? I have had some German fixed line they are

strong Germans. The back their manager in the bad times. That is

exactly what you want from Germans. -- chairman. Later, we will find out

if the cobbler's heels onto the advantage. Plus, we will have the

Late Kick Off team of the year. That infamous team of the year coming up.

For all other clubs, it is all over, except for Norwich. The Canaries

home defeat has made them real contenders for the drop. That would

have hurt them yesterday, would it not? Especially losing to the team

that is at the bottom. Most Norwich fans are frustrated. He still plays

Holt up front on his own. Do you think they have been a bit negative?

Probably not scored enough goals. There is something fundamentally

wrong when they have five this year and 18 last year. Let's look at the

and 18 last year. Let's look at the bottom of the table. Do you see them

getting enough points to stay up? They need to be. You don't want to

be going to Manchester City to get your self a point at the last game

of the season. They have to beat West Brom. They don't want to keep

relying on others, do they? They have to hard games. West Brom are

stubborn and quite capable of coming away from home and getting three

points. You don't fancy getting much the last game of the seasons are

probably looking at the West Brom front or others, they have to have

the mindset. Do you think they can do it? Somebody always gets sucked

in. It is going to be tense, that is for sure. Norwich's future still in

the balance as is Northampton to. They played Cheltenham this evening.

Leading 1-0 from the first leg thanks to Roy O'Donovan's smart

finish. The cobbler's new drop would guarantee them to Wembley. --

cobbler's new draw. They began here with a one goal

first leg lead Dominic lead over job. Southend were the last to win a

regular season league match. That was in September. Northampton opt

for an extra midfield body and then a three-man central unit alongside

Luke Guttridge. Big Eck and fennel are again. -- the attack again. He

is given the penalty! To me, this is given the penalty! To me, this

was outside the box. It is a big call by the referee and he says it

is a penalty. Ben Tozer dives in. The challenge, for me, comes outside

the box. Up he comes, Park, all, what a save! -- oh, what is a big a

advantage to Northampton to. Lee Nicholls with a tremendous stop. It

sits here for Guttridge. Oh! What a fantastic strike from Luke

Guttridge. The cobbler's take a final. What a fantastic way to open

the night's scoring. It is 1-0. Hackett is endure for the chairman

to -- Cobblers. Dispossessed thereby hector. Against the crossbar, here

is Harriet. Let off for Northampton big-time. John Batty. Harriet's

turn. Nicholls again! This goalkeeper display is, he is edging

his name into Northampton folklore. There is still time. A cross. Shaun

Harrad turns well. Nicholls at the rear post. He is there to beat the

ball away to safety. The countdown is on. The whistle sounds! Aidy

Boothroyd's Cobblers are bound for Wembley at the expense of Cheltenham

Town. They dug in and scored here. Sensational goal through Luke

Guttridge. What a goal and a way to book your place at Wembley. One year

on from a relegation fight, now the Cobblers can focus on a place on

League One. All hail the Cobblers and Aidy Boothroyd. They are off to

Wembley Stadium. The full-time Wembley Stadium. The full-time

score, Cheltenham zero, . What a fantastic result for Aidy

Boothroyd and his boys. William. -- brilliant. They had to withstand a

bit of pressure, didn't they? two centre half defended really

well. Quality from Luke Guttridge. Nicholls was inspired. What about

the penalty, was it inside or outside? I think you can understand

why the referee gave it. Ben Tozer gets a bit frustrated. There is no

need to dive in. Stay on your feet. Rush of blood. He gave the ball

away, get us composure and Lavinia. That is borderline. That is the

question. It is a difficult one. It is right on the borderline. We are

looking at it in slow motion. In real time, you can understand.

mentioned the goalkeeper, Lee Nicholls bomber man of the match and

what he said! At the end of the day, he has had to go down there. He has

read the situation, stood up and read it. That lets you as well. That

dampens Cheltenham a little bit. The belief and the spirit. It made

Northampton stronger. He must have been listening to Late Kick Off last

week! We thought it might go to penalties but he has done his

homework. He is on loan from Wigan and has had a fantastic season.

chance of keeping? If they get promoted then Wigan may let him out

again. The goal itself, the goal that won it. The goal that won it

from Luke Guttridge was something special, wasn't it? The technique of

saying, when watching live, the pitch was shocking. He set it up

nicely. Not a bad time to score your second goal of the season. They have

only one a few games out of 23. To win this one was something special.

He is a good footballer and good techniques. He shall do there.

Cheltenham have been unbeaten in 20 games at home. Great result.

Bradford beat Burton. How do you see that one going? It will be

nutritional. Their record against Bradford is not great. They have

played them four times, drew twice and lost the others. They have to

put that to the back of their mind and get their prose right. They have

finished sixth and seventh -- the teams that have finished sixth and

seventh in a regular season got to the final. They beat us twice during

the season. They can do it. Colchester managers in the final.

Fantastic doorstop they have both resurrected their careers. They had

a bit of a blip and have come back fighting. Absolutely. The season is

almost over. Time for us to select our Late Kick Off team of the year.

Thank you for all of your tweets and e-mails. Very helpful. This is what

e-mails. Very helpful. This is what we came up with. In goal, Sam

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 60 seconds

traditional 4-4-2. What we make of that? I think Lee

Nicholls may be knocking on your door! I would have put someone from

Peter Bone on the left and Gleeson in the middle. Apart from that, and

probably a centre half I would have had Ryan Cresswell. If I'm brutally

honest, I have not seen a lot of them. What about manager of the

year? Who would have you given that two goals Mick McCarthy leading

Ipswich to safety? Mick McCarthy. They were well adrift and he got

them out of the bottom three. Absolutely. Northampton, let's have

a final prediction. Are they going to do it? I think Lee Nicholls will

have to keep practising his penalties. They play in similar