Episode 5 Late Kick Off London and the South East

They did not want to play on the surface because of injuries to the

ankles. Is it a different game? Different types of bouncers and the

way the ball runs. I think they should try it first at non-League

level. There is a definite part to Two successive postponements mean

Gillingham's last game was 16 days ago when a 4-3 defeat at Accrington

left manager Andy Hessenthaler promising to refund the fans. So

tonight's League Two clash against lofty Southend was their first

chance to pay their supporters back on the pitch. Here's the best of

the action from Priestfield. Nick three, Gillingham. He's not quite

Dickens's son is not marked. It is driven into the net and there is

the opening goal for Southend United. Liam Dickinson this week

that in from six yards. Gillingham totally switched off at the back.

The goalkeeper, on his first start, he picks the ball out of the back

able to get it off the ground this time. I think Martin is onside. He

has got players onside, up in support. Ferdinand might have got

the last touch to that. 2-0 to Southend. There was a Gillingham

play alongside him. Ferdinand thought he was offside here. He

tries to get out of the way. Martin was definitely onside, though.

There were bodies coming forward and it might have gone in off

Martyn. The away side have will control of this game now. 2-0 after

that's an absolutely wonderful strike by a Tomlin. It almost

looked as though he was going to lose possession on the edge of the

box but what a hit. Gillingham are back in business. 3 1/2 minutes of

blocked. He has got plenty to aim at. They can't get near him. It is

saved by Maurice. What a chance. Not going to hide behind any

excuses. We were fresher than them, didn't get going in the first half.

They played very direct, physically, and we switched off on two

occasions and got punished again. Once we started passing the ball a

little bit more with a little bit more freedom, the second half, we

could have gotten something out of the game. Time to see how our three

teams in Championship action got on over the weekend.

Here's Richard Adams and Caroline still undefeated in 2012. Bridcup

came close for the Seagulls in the second half. Bekio almost took

advantage of poor goal keeping. Barnes was denied by Lon gan before

an inspired double substitution changed the game. Rodriguez and

Smith combined for Brighton's opener though the lead was short

lived. Bekio with a stepping header to put Leeds back on level terms.

Once again super-subVincinti has an assist in injury time. Brighton are

rivals Nottingham Forest in an emotional day at the City ground as

they paid tribute to their former chairman who died recently. Without

a goal at home in eight games, McCleary's 25-yard drive avoided

the clutches of the keeper to give Forest the lead. Watford almost

responded immediately. Use as the's header was kept out. The Hornets

did respond at halftime. Murray's free kick helped on its way by

Deany. Gunter's volley almost put the home side in front while at the

other end, this effort wasn't bad either. Gunther again went close

late on. Sean Dice was pleased with the point, especially considering

the circumstances around the game. Millwall were looking to build on

their excellent FA Cup win at Southampton during the week but it

was Derby's Josh Wright that provided Ball with an early chance

for the visitors. Robinson headed it narrow wide. This was the miss

of the season. Millwall came closest to breaking down a dogged

Derby side when top scorer Henderson's initial effort couldn't

be converted by Trotter. Trotter again, though, almost won it for

the Lion, but 0-0 it finished, and they remain five points outside the

drop zone ahead of Brighton tomorrow.

A big game coming up for the FA Cup for Millwall, but they're still

struggling in the league so much. Results-wise, I have seen them four

or five times recently. In their performance they have been unlucky

not to win lot, even Birmingham, they was the better team at the

The quarter-finals are on the line, a fantastic opportunity to get in

there. One or two Brighton fans are very worried they could say bye-bye

to Mr Poieret. Could he go? Is that a job he should take? I think he

said one day he'd like to take over at Leeds. He was there with Dennis

Wise. He enjoyed that spell there. They have come back again, Brighton,

won six, come back with two. They had a dip, come back again and he's

looking at back-to-back promotions if they get into the playoffs.

terms of the difference - you're now in that Premiere League,

coaching the reserves. Can you give us the differences between the

Championships and the Premiere League? The old saying you get

punished more for your mistakes, but I think it's the quality and

style of players on the other team is the big one. In the Championship

there may be one or two star players. In the Premiere League

there are four or five and another two that can be match winners.

you miss something about the Championship? There's more games in

the Championship, which is always nice! But I think the players don't

miss it. We have seen the best out of Hider who has been scoring and

playing regularly. Because he doesn't have to play Saturday-

Tuesday, you can get better quality out of him. When I watched QPR

against Man City, the players raised their game. It was great

game, 3-2. Man City ended up winning, but they had to drive hard

towards the end. I saw QPR at their best that day. The difference with

the subs, Agerro came on, then Johnson, bang, it changed the game.

You were saying in the Championship, the game plan was almost give it to

Terap and he'll do his magic. That doesn't work in the Premiere League.

You look at a Adele last year who was head and shoulders above anyone

in that division, and in the Premiere League he's just looking

like a good players. Someone who hasn't been able to play a part in

Brighton's push this season is Dicker. He had started all but one

Championship game this season until he picked up his first injury of

the season against West Ham. I knew straight away. I heard the

snap, which was quite loud. Leon Bri dcot was beside me. The pain

was so bad, I was telling him to get me off the pitch, probably the

worst pain I have ever suffered. Gary, five weeks on, I guess your

life at the moment is a lot of sitting around, a lot of waiting.

What's going on right now? Right now I am just icing my leg at the

moment with this machine. It's compression and ice together where

it pumps the ice all the way up into my ankle and it's hopefully

just trying to get the swelling down. I have been on aund. This

machine nonstop every day for the first five weeks. I broke the lower

part of my fibula, and I also damaged the inside of my ankle

where the ligament that's come away from the bone, so I have the steel

plate along the outside with three screws at the top, two in the

middle, another three at the bottom. Even if this had happened ten or 15

years ago, people would see it as a lot more of a serious injury, but I

don't think it is now with the machines and surgeons that we have

Don't rush it. 2 -- another two Do you find yourself watching your

own team-mates and obviously you want them to do well, but does part

of you think I don't want the person in your position to do too

well? When you're younger you think like that. You don't want to come

back into a struggling team. You might think like that but you want

to come back into happy team and there is a buzz about the place, so

no, I don't think I am like that. Are your emotions right now very

different than how they would be when you're in the thick of it?

Does it feel different? When you're involved, you feel a bit more

relaxed because you're a part of it and can probably help change it,

but when you're up here, you're a bit more on edge and probably want

to - oh! And you want to try and do something, and you're twitching a

bit more and heading every ball, whereas when you're on the pitch,

you're of a different mindset and Caspar, brilliant, mate. Well

played. I came to England, in two or three

months I got an injury, a cruciate ligament. I was out four, five

months. When I came back, I was ready. I was a better player. I

understood the game in a better way because I had five months outside,

Started running - I felt weird the first day, I felt a bit heavy.

You're a bit nervous in your head. No, it's strong, and it feels a bit

better. Been out for awhile now, so you

have to take your time, make sure everything is right. He gets a

reaction from everything he's doing at the moment and be looking

towards the middle or the end of March before hopefully he'll be

back. I think the last few weeks are the most - not frustrating, but

you're eager to get back, do this and that, and you have to really

take your time and be careful at this stage. I just want to be back

and be 100%. I just want to take my Of course, I wish Gary all the best

with his recovery. Let's talk injuries. Worst one of your career

- what were they? Mine was probably - what you seen done to Gary,

ruptured my ligament and couldn't seem to get back from it. I had my

knee washed out. I was just four weeks, and I broke my arm twice in

the same season, so lucky, really, because when you see something like

that, you doubt yourself as a player sometimes getting back to

the top level. It's a telling piece as well because as you watched the

progression, in five weeks he had an ice sock on, then he starts

running, even though he's not running freely... When you have

been out, you're watching the games on the side, and once you start to

jog, even if you're limping slightly, you're just so happy to

be running and back on the side of the pitch just doing little things.

It's part of your process. longer injury isn't the process.

It's the set-backs during the injuries that can mentally train

you. You're out six months, then you get set back another month that

can be... Often the player tries to push himself too hard and the

physios say, that's enough. remember talking to Danny

Hignbottom at Stoke and what he said was soul destroying is he's

looking out on the pitch on a stationary bike, and the players

are having fun, kicking the ball about, and he starts to question

whether he wants to be a footballer at all. The best part of football

is training during the week, then going out on the weekend on the

field. That's what you enjoy. You just want to be fit. I would rather

be completely out of form than injured. When you're out of form,

you can keep working and get back in the game. You just feel detached.

You're joining in with the banter and everything in the changing room.

They're out and you're in the gym doing your own work. I was out for

five-and-a-half months. I learned a lot about myself. That's the advice

I would give to Gary. There are lots of players out there - it is

one of the threats to the job. You can be a great talent. One bad

injury, that and can be the end of it all. That's - when people talk

about the money, you get X amount, whatever, one bad tackle or landing,

it can all be over. It's not about the money. You can bring in as much

money as you want. If you're not allowed to do something you love,

it's totally depressing. You can see how it sends some people around

the twist. Wickham are those that would back the use of plastic

pitches. Ironically, they're the only ones in clubs one or two that

played. As you can see, it was always going to be a tough game for

them. We spoke of the importance last week when they played and

others didn't win - and vice versa. It was always going to be difficult,

Sheffield united, a great home record, pushing the playoffs. They

took advantage last week, and we said How good it was, the other

teams take advantage - I think you would still have points on the

board I think going into the final stretch. Looking at the league

table, still well within their own hands. That's all you want to do,

You look at their next few fixtures, they're playing a lot of the teams

around them. The managers have to sit their players down and say we

have to get some points. Three out of the five games - Yeovil, Walsall,

Hartlepool, orient - those teams right above you, right below you,

they're the games you have to win. Forget the team at the top. Gary

will know that. He'll emphasise that. Those are the teams. If you

can get something out of that Yeovil at home, it sets you up for

the other games. From the manager's perspective, what does he want to

see from the playerss, in the team talks? Does he want to see them

engage with him? If they're not up for the battle that can be the end

of the season. Confidence - that's what you want to see from your

players - you can tell from your players, confidence and the know-

how, the job they're doing. He says, "Do you want to go back in the

division you were in last year or stay in this division? Stay in this

division". We look at the top of the Championship we have seen this

season - West Ham are up there, QPR spent most of their time the top

last time out. What would the advice be for Hammers' fans to get

back into the Premiere League? Doesn't matter how you win games,

you just need to win. Sam Allardyce has that thought. It doesn't matter

how you get the three points. You can play the best football in the

world, but you're not going back to the promised land, the Premiere

League. It's the hardest when you're at the top. You're there to

be shot at. You have to get back to the Premiere League and the

position you're in now. Southampton were there for a long time, fell

away. West Ham are now in. It should be, let's just play the way

we did the first of the season, we'll be fine, but it's so

difficult when you have these teams chasing you and desperate to get up

there. Of course. When they go to the Hammers, look at the size of

the ground - they all raise their game. I still think they're on

target. I think Sam has confidence, a lot of new signings, eight, nine

strikers in the club. I think they'll be fine. Exactly as QPR did,

if West Ham were to go up, they'd have to rebuild and bring in a lot

more players to be a Premiere League side. You want the make. Get

there first. Fans, if you're watching, that's how they do it. A

big thank you to our mark's tonight. Next time, a highlight of

Brentford's match to Carlisle in League One, also commentary on the

radio. Talking Brentford, we'll leave you

with a Bees football nightmare, the time when a four-legged friend

turned foe to inflict one of football's freakiest injuries.

We'll be back tomorrow night at five past 11.00pm. Thanks for

Charles Thomas George Brodie, or Chip Brodie for short - he was a

top quality goalkeeper, couragous, consistent and with faultless

handling. He played in all four divisions of

the Football League. He played around 400 league League games, was

a former Scotland schoolboy international and had also

represented the Army. They really warmed to him. He was a popular

goalkeeper because he spent time with fans. He always seemed to have

a smile on his face. Then in November 1970 in an away match at

Colchester this happened - Peter Gelson's harmless back pass, not an

opponent in sight, and he was tackled - by a dog. It seemed funny

at the time, but it really was no joke. The collision left him with a

busted knee ligament and effectively ended his League career