:03:14. > :03:24.We are the Leyton Orient fans, and this is our favourite chant.
:03:24. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:34.Orient! Orient! Orient! That was our favourite chant, and this is
:03:34. > :03:38.
:03:38. > :03:47.Tonight on Late Kick Off: Home from home. The West Ham chairman on the
:03:47. > :03:50.club's Olympic plans. If things are to change for the better, we
:03:50. > :04:00.probably have to grasp the nettle. Home of football: Will Palace fans
:04:00. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:06.And home to roost: We talk to Watford's one-club man. He has been
:04:06. > :04:09.a tremendous servant to the club and he is an all-round great figure
:04:09. > :04:17.in the modern game. Plus all the goals, some spectacular, from a
:04:17. > :04:20.Hello and welcome to 'Late Kick Off'. I'm Dan Walker. With me the
:04:20. > :04:24.night before Crystal Palace could make a cup final is a man who
:04:24. > :04:26.played in five and never won, Mark Bright. Sorry about that. Alongside
:04:26. > :04:33.him, we're also joined by the Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade.
:04:33. > :04:38.Fresh back from a fine win in the north west, Russell? A very good
:04:38. > :04:40.trip and three vital points. We'll see Orient's goals a little later,
:04:40. > :04:43.now though to their near, and perhaps soon to be nearer,
:04:43. > :04:49.neighbours West Ham. Chris Slegg spent Saturday with one of the
:04:49. > :04:59.Hammers chairmen and the stadium move was high on the agenda.
:04:59. > :05:08.
:05:08. > :05:15.High, Chris. Good to see it. Saturday morning, match-day nerves?
:05:15. > :05:20.It is no different, every Saturday, every game, every match day, I am
:05:20. > :05:26.nervous. It is just over two years since she took charge. How do you
:05:26. > :05:29.assess these two years? Very disappointing to get relegated. In
:05:29. > :05:34.football terms there is not anything worse that can happen to
:05:34. > :05:43.you. That is behind us now. Now what is the next challenge? That is
:05:43. > :05:47.to get this great football club back into the Premier League.
:05:47. > :05:53.trip to way home match is also a trip to the place that used to be
:05:53. > :05:58.home. So this is the house you grew up in, just up there. Yes, that was
:05:58. > :06:04.my bedroom. How does it feel now to own the club that you could see
:06:04. > :06:10.from your window? I can see it from here. My memories, as a young boy,
:06:10. > :06:17.living here was one of abject poverty and chlorine your way out
:06:17. > :06:21.of that and then coming back, it is a dream come true -- chlorine. I am
:06:21. > :06:29.probably the last person that wants to leave Upton Park. This is my
:06:29. > :06:35.home and my memories. This is my life. But equally I understand that
:06:35. > :06:42.if things are to change for the better we probably have to grasp
:06:42. > :06:46.this nettle. The Olympic Stadium ambition is not one shared by all.
:06:47. > :06:52.I think if West Ham at move the fans will be feel alienated. We are
:06:52. > :06:55.too far away from the players. The atmosphere will not be there.
:06:55. > :07:00.fans are so close to the pitch and that is a big fear that at the
:07:00. > :07:04.Olympic Stadium, behind a running track. There is no way we can go to
:07:04. > :07:11.the Olympic stadium and less the seats are in a similar distance
:07:11. > :07:15.than they are now. What is that? yards. 20 yards. It cannot be more
:07:15. > :07:25.than that. Everybody at the side of the picture on this occasion was
:07:25. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:32.hoping for three points against brightly. We are lucky they can't
:07:32. > :07:42.hit the target. That was before a controversial decision went west
:07:42. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:53.taker. So strikes it hard. He celebrates. And West Ham United
:07:53. > :08:03.have the lead. In the second half, another spot a fortune for the
:08:03. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:12.his 6th penalty of the season. thanks to two penalties from Mark
:08:12. > :08:16.Noble. Forest took the gloss off proceedings deep in injury time.
:08:16. > :08:21.shot from the edge of the box and Lewis McGugan has done it. West Ham
:08:21. > :08:30.do not keep a clean sheet. A third straight league win, but it wasn't
:08:30. > :08:36.We are nervous. This is a nervous time. We are not 10 points clear.
:08:37. > :08:42.The fans get nervous, they get apprehensive. And it does spillover
:08:42. > :08:47.onto the pitch. We do need to have a little run of dominant football,
:08:47. > :08:50.and I think that with that it will come a bit more style. As the
:08:50. > :08:59.victories keep coming, there is every confidence that the Hammers
:08:59. > :09:03.promotion hopes will not fade and Some great access to David Gold.
:09:03. > :09:07.There is so much interest about what happens to the Olympic move.
:09:07. > :09:13.The stadium deadline is 23rd March. Do you think it will have an
:09:13. > :09:18.unpacked on Leyton Orient if West Ham moved closer? -- and impact.
:09:18. > :09:23.think it could do. We have a fan base of 4,500 and we should protect
:09:23. > :09:27.that. We would only know when it was too late and a football team
:09:27. > :09:32.has moved in next door and how much you would affect us. We do not one
:09:32. > :09:35.that day to come. That is the side from the fans, but what about the
:09:35. > :09:40.managerial perspective, how it might affect your job of trying to
:09:40. > :09:44.do the best you can for your own football team? At this moment in
:09:45. > :09:48.time it is fine, but if that day came, and he did reduce your fan-
:09:48. > :09:51.base, you're talking about not being out to attract the right
:09:51. > :09:55.calibre of player because you perhaps cannot afford that calibre
:09:55. > :10:00.of player any more because the fan base has gone down. There are a
:10:00. > :10:05.host of things it could start affecting. We want it to be
:10:05. > :10:10.considered, in the first instance - - we wanted to be considered in the
:10:10. > :10:14.first instance, but we got our way in the end. But now we have to wait
:10:14. > :10:20.and see. But we do not want to lose that. It is important to worse, the
:10:20. > :10:24.community around the club and the fans that come to watch it. Russell
:10:24. > :10:28.has put aside for Leyton Orient, but the West Ham fans have the
:10:28. > :10:32.worry is the distance between the pitch and the supporters. From your
:10:32. > :10:36.experience of your playing days, does it make that much of a
:10:36. > :10:41.difference? I don't think anybody likes playing in an arena with a
:10:41. > :10:46.running track around it because it loses some of the atmosphere. We
:10:46. > :10:49.understand about the legacy of the Olympic Park and the stadium that
:10:49. > :10:55.moving to a new stadium will be fantastic and they have a good fan-
:10:55. > :10:58.base, more supporters, more revenue, better players, but it does not
:10:58. > :11:02.create a really good atmosphere in a stadium with a running track
:11:02. > :11:06.around it. I don't think the players would embrace that.
:11:06. > :11:10.could go on all night for we have to move on. We will come back to
:11:10. > :11:13.the Olympic debate later. Let's leave West Ham, two years since
:11:13. > :11:15.they got their new owners, and it was two years ago that Crystal
:11:15. > :11:19.Palace were plunged into administration. Now though, they
:11:19. > :11:22.are one game away from a place at Wembley. Brighty, as we take a look
:11:22. > :11:32.at the goal that's given them a 1-0 lead against Cardiff going into
:11:32. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:39.Tuesday's second leg. How do you It is the second half of the semi-
:11:39. > :11:42.final. The great night down at Selhurst Park. Anthony Gardner
:11:42. > :11:45.scoring the vital goal. It would have been nice to score two going
:11:45. > :11:51.into the second will because Cardiff are doing so well and
:11:51. > :11:54.played it strong team and got a 3-2 victory. This will be like Wales
:11:54. > :11:59.versus England on home territory. That is how they will try to build
:11:59. > :12:06.it up and it should be a cracking atmosphere, live on TV and everyone
:12:06. > :12:10.is looking forward to. It will be just reward if the teams there,
:12:10. > :12:16.those two people who bailed everyone out, he will be fantastic,
:12:16. > :12:18.for them to get to a cup final. Interesting to stop the players to
:12:18. > :12:22.try and get carried away and thinking about the prospect of
:12:22. > :12:26.Manchester City or Liverpool and the final. I think both of them
:12:26. > :12:29.have had a fantastic journey in the Cup already. They are so, so close
:12:29. > :12:34.and they will be so desperate to get there. It was a great journey
:12:34. > :12:38.for us and I'm sure they will be doing everything. You played
:12:38. > :12:43.Arsenal in the 5th round. Was that genuinely a positive experience? No
:12:43. > :12:48.negatives other than going out? whole journey was great. In terms
:12:48. > :12:52.of the league form it enhanced it. The League form was very good and
:12:52. > :12:56.there was a buzz around the place in the middle of January or
:12:56. > :12:59.February, and sometimes in a club there is a bit of Bilal until you
:12:59. > :13:03.stop picking up towards the end of the season but there was a real
:13:03. > :13:08.buzz around the season at that point and it nearly got has
:13:08. > :13:18.promoted. I am sure Crystal Palace fans were hoping goes better than
:13:18. > :13:22.the weekend. You can talk us changes for the game against
:13:22. > :13:26.Blackpool away. Gardens caused the penalty and I thought, well done,
:13:26. > :13:33.and then it seemed like they were holding out. And the inevitable
:13:33. > :13:39.came. They made the changes. Ian Holloway made three changes after
:13:39. > :13:45.the goal and all three players were involved in the goal. Kevin
:13:45. > :13:48.Phillips hits the bar. And the other substitute taps it in. It was
:13:48. > :13:52.heartbreaking for the fringe players who played so well and
:13:52. > :13:56.didn't deserve to lose. And they are also vying for a place on the
:13:56. > :14:03.bench tomorrow, trying to impress the manager. Lots of strength in
:14:03. > :14:06.The good news Palace fans is that you can see the second leg in
:14:06. > :14:09.Cardiff live on BBC 2 on Tuesday night. Coverage begins at 7:30pm.
:14:09. > :14:12.And if you can't get to a TV there's also full live commentary
:14:12. > :14:16.on BBC London 94.9FM. And a reminder that you can watch every
:14:16. > :14:20.regional version of Late Kick Off. You'll find them on the BBC i-
:14:20. > :14:25.Player from Tuesday morning. All seven versions of the show will be
:14:25. > :14:28.there for the rest of the week. Time for a look at how the rest of
:14:28. > :14:38.our teams in the Championship got on with Nick Godwin and Caroline
:14:38. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:50.the drop zone after this crucial win over Barnsley. Liam trotter was
:14:50. > :14:57.pushed in the box and Darius Henderson stepped up to score from
:14:57. > :15:07.the box. -- from the spot. Just three minutes later, he had his
:15:07. > :15:11.second. A great finish from a tight angle. And in the second half he
:15:11. > :15:17.combined with Harry came to complete his second hat-trick in
:15:17. > :15:21.two games, and his third of the season -- Harry Kane. Barnsley's
:15:21. > :15:31.late consolation did not matter, it was Millwall's first win on the
:15:31. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:37.build-up for Brighton, but will Buckley's brace earned them a vital
:15:37. > :15:41.away win. His free-kick ended up where he hoped it would, just not
:15:41. > :15:47.quite how we expected. Peterborough found a way back into the game when
:15:47. > :15:57.their substitute bundled home, but Buckley was on hand to snatch a win
:15:57. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:04.and Brighton moved within two side last was because of a change
:16:04. > :16:12.of momentum following this first goal for Birmingham from Curtis
:16:12. > :16:16.Davies. The Audit started that game well -- the Hornets started the
:16:16. > :16:22.game well, but Curtis Davies was at it again while Chris Burke swept up
:16:22. > :16:32.the pieces after an acrobatic save to make it 3-0 with nine minutes to
:16:32. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:54.go. Watford still without a point Russell, you can talk us through
:16:54. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:17.was not offside. Marc Laird does very well there. It is his first
:17:17. > :17:20.
:17:20. > :17:25.goal for us. And this is Jimmy Smith. This wrapped it up. Then you
:17:25. > :17:32.rinsed in for the celebration. at it, they raised one, there is
:17:32. > :17:42.too, he has shown everybody his shirt. He is well pleased. He likes
:17:42. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:48.to get a goal. But he needs to work He is watching back what happened
:17:48. > :17:53.on the weekend part of the process on a Monday? We'll have that as
:17:53. > :17:57.part of the training process? everybody wants to get better and
:17:57. > :18:02.improve. The players can look at their individual statistics but
:18:02. > :18:08.collectively as a group we look at the statistics to see if we can
:18:08. > :18:14.learn things. It was nice to be able to pick out one of two decent
:18:14. > :18:20.things! After our last visit to Carlisle we picked out some video
:18:20. > :18:25.nasties! With a new manager in, to go to Preston and when was very
:18:25. > :18:30.pleasing. You finished 7th last year, how realistic are you are
:18:30. > :18:37.getting to the play-offs they share? Probably not as realistic as
:18:37. > :18:42.last year. We have not quite got that momentum. After the first 10
:18:42. > :18:49.games, our form has picked up we have to try to keep that going. We
:18:49. > :18:55.have signed a new player from Derby County and we also signed Lisbie
:18:55. > :18:59.recently. If we can keep a little squat together and repeat the sort
:18:59. > :19:06.of performance is that we have had over the last nine or 10 games,
:19:06. > :19:10.then it might give us an outside chance. He beat Charlton, drew
:19:10. > :19:20.against Huddersfield and beat Stevenage, so you must take heart
:19:20. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:27.from that. Getting in for a team talk! -- get him in. You have a
:19:27. > :19:33.full of life chairman, shall we say, does that make your life more
:19:33. > :19:39.difficult? Not really. We did not have too many board meetings, but
:19:39. > :19:44.we have at least one chat a week, perhaps two a week. He is always
:19:44. > :19:49.very enthusiastic. We fell out a little bit because I had a chance
:19:49. > :19:54.of going to Barnsley in the championship last year. He stopped
:19:54. > :19:58.that, but, to be fair, he could easily have got rid of me at the
:19:58. > :20:03.start of this season, three points from 10 games, not too many
:20:03. > :20:11.managers would have survived, but he has shown his loyalty and we are
:20:11. > :20:19.all benefiting from that know. he dictated to last eight this in
:20:19. > :20:29.pre-season! There was a full programme in League One -- he took
:20:29. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:47.taken and his second an absolute beauty. His tally for the season
:20:47. > :20:56.this 13. Gary Waddock's men held firm at the back by only their
:20:56. > :21:01.second clean sheet of the campaign. It was another big afternoon for
:21:01. > :21:06.Charlton. After last week's win against Sheffield Wednesday was the
:21:06. > :21:13.time of Sheffield United on Saturday. Both sides were reduced
:21:13. > :21:17.to ten men later on. Darel Russell was dismissed. What followed is
:21:17. > :21:23.generally described these days as handbags. But the referee did not
:21:23. > :21:27.like what he saw from James Beattie and send him off as well. Charlton
:21:27. > :21:37.are seven points clear of the Blades in third place, with a game
:21:37. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:47.in hand. Uwe Rosler was once again left to ponder what might have been
:21:47. > :21:52.after seeing his side take the lead. The second came for Gary Alexander
:21:52. > :21:57.as Brentford dominated the opening half-hour. The game turned on its
:21:57. > :22:02.head when the referee failed to award a foul on the goalkeeper,
:22:02. > :22:08.allowing Alan Lee to score his 100 clique goal. Simply not good enough
:22:08. > :22:13.from the officials, according to Uwe Rosler. He felt the decision
:22:13. > :22:17.led to his players losing their heads and they conceded the
:22:17. > :22:21.equaliser minutes later. Jordan Rhodes, the one that got away,
:22:21. > :22:30.showed his class in front of goal again and condemned the Bees to
:22:30. > :22:34.their third away defeat of the Watford against Birmingham was a
:22:34. > :22:40.fixture with a particular resonance for one man. 10 years ago, Lloyd
:22:40. > :22:50.Doyley made his debut against the same team. Jon Marks went to meet
:22:50. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :22:57.10 years, you have been playing here. Teed still get the same
:22:57. > :23:04.adrenalin rush? Yes. I still get a big bus coming out for the Watford
:23:04. > :23:12.fans. I am not as nervous as I used to beat when I was 18 years old.
:23:12. > :23:22.You have played under six managers now. Who do you pick out? I have
:23:22. > :23:28.got to give every manager a bit of credit. Vialli gave me my debut.
:23:28. > :23:34.Under Aidy Boothroyd we got promoted. I played with Malcolm
:23:34. > :23:40.McKay as well. And Sean Dyche has done really well, bringing his own
:23:40. > :23:47.ideas into the club. You have been his team-mate, his coach and now
:23:47. > :23:53.his manager. It is all down to! not quite sure of that. He used to
:23:53. > :23:59.cover me all the time. He has learned from a number of different
:23:59. > :24:08.people he has played with and worked with. We have to mention the
:24:08. > :24:12.one goal! Not a free scoring a person, clearly! It was a great
:24:12. > :24:18.goal and I do not know if he will get another one. But it was well
:24:18. > :24:27.worth the wait. There is a reason why we are stood here. This is the
:24:27. > :24:35.spot, QPR at home, 1-0 down. I was not expecting it. I threw myself at
:24:36. > :24:39.it. You set off towards the halfway line tenure Paul back until to go
:24:39. > :24:47.to the fans. At the time, I panic, did not know what to do with myself.
:24:47. > :24:54.I went back and celebrated with the fans. The fans hold up as a troop
:24:54. > :24:58.what did legend now. It is all always great being appreciated.
:24:58. > :25:03.is a fantastic player, a true professional. He has been a
:25:03. > :25:09.tremendous servant of this club and he is the type, he is part of the
:25:09. > :25:15.fabric of the club. Just a great all-round figure in the modern game.
:25:15. > :25:20.The record at number of the principle is his 523, is that
:25:21. > :25:26.something you have your eye on? goal is just to play as many colds
:25:26. > :25:36.as I can for Watford and just played the best that I can and help
:25:36. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:49.Some great T-shirts in that piece! Russell, it is a rarity to have a
:25:49. > :25:53.player who stays at the club for part long. Is it to benefit to have
:25:53. > :26:01.somebody like that at the team who is always there when new players
:26:01. > :26:05.come in? I think so. It is a rarity. He knows that football club inside
:26:05. > :26:10.out. I suspect when new players are coming in, he is the first person
:26:10. > :26:16.that the new players returned to, and the manager, for that matter!
:26:16. > :26:24.He has seen a few managers off. it a mindset, that it is only a
:26:24. > :26:28.certain type of player? It is rare. Players move so often now. They
:26:28. > :26:35.have freedom of contract and they can move around. But loyalty should
:26:35. > :26:42.be rewarded. It is great that he has got his testimonial. 350 games
:26:42. > :26:47.with one goal, the law of averages says that one must go in! If you
:26:47. > :26:53.look at is striking technique, though! He dipped his head. I think
:26:53. > :27:03.you need to move to improve that goal tally! Let us have a look at
:27:03. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:16.and wonderful world if you come from Wimbledon. Gillingham will
:27:16. > :27:23.find it very weird that they lost, particularly as they were 2-0 up,
:27:23. > :27:28.but Luke Moore pulled one back for Wimbledon with half an hour left.
:27:28. > :27:37.And the Dons had as slice of luck when Gary Riches was in the wrong
:27:37. > :27:42.place at the wrong time to make it 3-2. With just 10 minutes to go,
:27:42. > :27:48.Jack Midson scored a penalty and then struck an 89th minute winner
:27:48. > :27:56.to spark delirium behind the goal. Gillingham have slipped out of the
:27:56. > :28:00.League Two play-off spots. Eight travelling army of 485 Barnet fans
:28:00. > :28:05.make the trip to Northampton and must up fears the worst when they
:28:05. > :28:10.went behind to the bottom team. But their support was repaid in the
:28:10. > :28:20.second half when Mark Byrne brought them level and Ricky Holmes caught
:28:20. > :28:23.
:28:23. > :28:31.the winner for a third win on the banks. -- on the bounce. It all
:28:31. > :28:36.started well for the Daggers. Brian Woodall gave the police and they
:28:36. > :28:39.kept it until near half-time when Greg Pearson got an equaliser.
:28:40. > :28:44.There were long potter moment for Chris Lewington. The back-pass from
:28:44. > :28:54.Abu Agogo did not seem to have him in any trouble until he tried to
:28:54. > :28:54.
:28:54. > :29:03.clear it. I m sure that they are both playing to the pitch. Crewe
:29:03. > :29:11.made sure of the points when Adam Dugdale headed home and Nick Powell
:29:11. > :29:19.got the fourth. Only a point, but with defeats to Southend and
:29:19. > :29:24.Cheltenham, they went back to the top of League two go. They looked
:29:24. > :29:34.on track before an equaliser from Maxine Blanchard, to frustrate the
:29:34. > :29:35.
:29:35. > :29:43.So many good colts this weekend. We ask these two did pick their top
:29:43. > :29:49.three of the weekend. Stuart Beavon, from Wycombe. He scored a brace,
:29:49. > :29:58.and this is a great touch. You like this one, Mark. All about technique
:29:58. > :30:02.and a great finish. Another left footed beauty. And the final one.
:30:02. > :30:07.Tommy Jackson, scored the winner against Sheffield Wednesday last
:30:07. > :30:11.week, and then the winner against Sheffield United this week. His
:30:11. > :30:18.10th goal of the season and his goals will be so important in the
:30:18. > :30:24.second half of the season. What about Crystal Palace. Just get
:30:24. > :30:29.behind the team! Listen, get behind the team. I'm going to get down
:30:29. > :30:38.there. Russell, all the best against Colchester this weekend at
:30:38. > :30:46.home. You can contact first on Twitter. Or you can join our
:30:46. > :30:49.Facebook group. That is it, and big thank you to both Mark and Russell.