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party, because tonight we've got pride and passion. What a momentous

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weekend for our clubs. I'm Tony Life's a bowl of Cherries. The whole

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story of how Bournemouth celebrated their moment of history, and the man

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Heading the other way but with their heads held high. Why Portsmouth are

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going down with a massive weight lifted off them.

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And we dissect the frantic end to League Two, where one slip could be

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curtains for our teams still fighting to stave off relegation

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from the Football League. We'll also assess Brighton, Yeovil

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and Swindon's play off hopes with my guests - Ady Williams and James

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Beattie. Lots more from the lads through the programme. And more of

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this - which manager has been letting off steam? Find out later in

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the programme. Tight now, we reflect on a momentous

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weekend in League One. Two teams are leaving the division in opposite

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directions. Bournemouth are up and Portsmouth down. Two more are

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confirmed in the play offs. Reports on all them coming up.

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But we start with Championship-bound Bournemouth, where the late kick-off

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became the key one as the pieces of a three-way puzzle fell into place

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Here is how the day ended for name macro and the Bournemouth fans. By

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7pm, Bournemouth when and to other results meant promotion was a

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mathematical certainty. But the day had started with the victory

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required over Carlisle, and also both Sheffield United and

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Brentford's failure to win their respective matches. The Cherries did

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more complete, as Portsmouth thrashed Sheffield United. But

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Brentford's match was not kicking off until 5:30pm, so the final

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whistle meant the deal was not quite closed on promotion. Nothing however

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would stop the crowd raising the Bournemouth faithful could do was

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set, watch the Brentford game at Hartlepool, and wait. Eddie Howe

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prefer to take time out with his young son. The chairman could not

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sit still either. Many players could not stand the weight, but there are

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job was already done. -- their season long job was done. As the

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fans hoped and chanted, could the improbable happen? Good a second

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relegated team do Bournemouth are favour quez-mack Hartlepool were

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hanging on for the draw against Brentford right to the final

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whistle. No need for calculators and goal difference now. No one could

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take promotion away. 26 years since Harry Redknapp had achieved the

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feat. From the sanctity of his hideaway, Eddie Howe emerged,

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exhausted. I've been watching the last half-hour, and it was nerve

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wracking, but we are delighted to have finally done it. And peace and

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quiet were change to mayhem when Eddie emerged. -- were changed to

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They've been brilliant from day one. It's great to see them so happy.

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Crowds everywhere. What a glorious day for Bournemouth.

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Eight wins in a row now, and promotion. Eddie was typically being

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cautious last week, he did not want to tempt fate, but to do it in front

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of your home fans, credit where it is due. And what some turned a

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risk, really has paid off. Yes. He was a little bit out of his comfort

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zone at Burnley, but the experience he gained up there will be

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invaluable going into the Championship. The question will

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always be about players. Name macro says the squad deserves a chance in

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the Championship this season. like to add one or two, but I think

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the majority of the squad will go up with us, and we will see where we

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will go. The Championship is such a tough league, the size of those

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clubs. We will have to worry about but another day. Will they give

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those players a chance, or will they may catch quite a few chants

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changes? You've got to be loyal to the players. They've gained

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promotion, but Eddie knows his stuff. There are some big sides in

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the Championship, three coming down from the Premier league, all to play

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for. I am sure he has earmarked a few players already.

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How much is that change to the Championship? Is Eddie says there,

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he is playing a cautiously but he will definitely be adding to his

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squad. With other clubs, with they potentially come calling for Eddie?

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Not if chairman Eddie Mitchell has his way. I've got his car keys! Is

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he really central to the development? I think he is vital. We

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all rely on his calmness, his selection, his belief, and I don't

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think we could find that anywhere at the moment.

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We're keen to have your views on Bournemouth's promotion - what are

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their chances in the Championship, should they stick with most of the

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current team? You can continue the debate on Twitter, go to

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@TonyHusbandBBC. Still to come tonight - who's going

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to make it play off perfection? Is it Swindon?

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Or is it Yeovil? We feature the family club having fun on their way

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to the League One showdown. Plus, Championship play off clubs are

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quaking after Brighton's epic weekend.

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Right now we look at the other end of League One. When Late Kick Off

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came on the air three years ago, Portsmouth were in the Premier

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League and heading for another FA Cup Final - so you wouldn't have

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thought a third relegation in four seasons would be cause for a party.

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On Friday night, the long awaited buy-out by the people who really

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care about the club, the fans, was completed- yesterday, Pompey was

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They are the people who have kept their club alive. Now, they own it.

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Portsmouth were relegated on Tuesday, docked ten points on

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Saturday, but it didn't really matter. The big thing is the club

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being bought by the fans, coming out of administration and being able to

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look forward to the future. We have come out of administration, and at

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last now we can go forward without any doubts whatsoever. It's going to

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be a great new phase for Portsmouth. The figureheads of the Pompey trust

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bid were lauded on the field before the game. Coming here today, I think

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all of us are very close to tears with the whole atmosphere. It's a

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fantastic atmosphere. All the support has been amazing, it's

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incredible. How are you feeling about the future? Humbolt, excited,

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committed. Ady, the great thing about this

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whole Portsmouth thing is that this is the ultimate example but fan

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power is still in the game. Absolutely, football is not about

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the chairman of the players, it is about the fans. Pompey fans

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certainly love their club. Celebrations at Fratton Park and at

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Swindon. The on field action coming out now from these teams, starting

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with a full house at Fratton and Portsmouth's convincing win.

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This must have been one of Portsmouth 's best performances of

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the season. Cooper got the ball rolling. Tidy finish, no look out

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for David Connelly. He has now scored seven goals since his arrival

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in January. Wallace with the third of the game. Afternoons like this

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are few and far between. My former club had two wins on the bounce,

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secured them a play-off place. They have turned it around. Flint but

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Swindon in front while Stevenage had no players sent off. Two more goals,

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Roberts and another from Flynn. I would not back against my former

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club Swindon. Does it matter who they could face in the play-offs?

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Not for me. Here is the table. Yeovil and

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Swindon will face each other if the play-offs were tomorrow. I was

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getting worried about Swindon. It seemed to be going wrong, and now

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it has clicked for them. Just at the right time? I think so. They were

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creating a lot of chances and not converting them. Now they are, and

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you see yesterday's result was fantastic. This was for against

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Crewe. It is frustrating when you create chances and you do not

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convert them, but the lads will be absolutely buzzing when things click

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into play like that and you start beating teams. I had a word with the

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manager Kevin MacDonald. We are not frightened of anybody. It is going

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to be difficult, but momentum is going to be key now.

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We'd love to try and rest some players, but we do not have any to

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rest. So the players have to look after themselves, get the rest as

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much as possible and look forward to just having a bit of fun in the

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play-off semifinal. A momentous year for Swindon, and looking good for

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the play-offs. Particularly when they play at the County ground,

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electric atmosphere. Swindon hit form at the right time. Yeovil's

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chances of promotion faded when dad Gary lost to suddenly at Oldham in

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midweek. But the fact that Yeovil are up but so many so-called bigger

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clubs means there is something special at stadium macro. -- stadium

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They are really doing well at the moment. You love this club, would

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that be fair? Definitely. It's a dream fulfilled. The best thing

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about them? Why do you like them? Because they were green. How many

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years have you been supporting them? I am 92 now, and I was 14. 68 years

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a fan, but he and the faithful had to wait seconds for the winning goal

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of the game. Less than two minutes on the clock!

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Really good value. A nice friendly, family club. That is what the main

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thing is. Yeovil have one and move up to

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fourth place. What about your manager? He is Yeovil through and

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through. That is what we need. know them all by name. He is

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brilliant. I do not know what it is about him, but he just seems to have

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that something. As a manager you have all the hopes and dreams of

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supporters in that town and of that club. They all want to get somewhere

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near the Premiership. For us, for Yeovil Town, the championship is

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ever Premiership. A lot of Yeovil fans will remember

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the days when they were rest all worked -- when they were rest all

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worked of the lower leagues. Manager of the season in league one without

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a doubt for me. The budget he is working on and the attendance that

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he gets, he has done a phenomenal job. It works if you have some

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goalscorers in the, and they have done that this season. To have one

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goal scorer is great, but you have to goalscorers as a massive

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rawness. It was quite a week for the Johnson

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family. But dad gets the last word on this particular family rivalry.

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On the DD deserved it, they worked hard they look like they were happy

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with it. I wanted to talk about football. My little granddaughter

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kept asking grandad, why are you still crying.

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There was a peck on the cheek as well. Before we leave League one, we

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will take a look at their performance.

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Two goalkeepers would not have saved that. Second goal, midway through

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the first-half central defender putting in the first goal of the

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season for Brighton. Brighter now playing full of confidence. Like

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public shellshocked and what a finish this is. Most coaches would

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say, hit that with the right food. Great food. -- with the right fit.

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This would have been the only downside for what had been dear the

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office. -- an excellent stay at the office. Brighter now unbeaten in

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seven fixtures and one more women guaranteed them play-off spot. A

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brilliant form and a brilliant afternoon. The ability to score a

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great goals with tremendous quality in the finishing. How we passed the

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ball and controlled, it was a perfect before football and for

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everyone to enjoy. Brayton going very well now.

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lads are absolutely buzzing with the result yesterday. Going into the

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play-offs I do not think anybody will be wanting to face Brighton.

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The stadium sold out, players of excellent quality. I do not think

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anyone will want to go there. cracking atmosphere at the game as

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well and that can play a part. Bristol City had a respectable draw

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up at Hull City. Sean O'Driscoll still demanding excellent

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performances from his team, even though all was lost in terms of

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relegation. As a manager you have to. It is all about pride now.

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Players possibly working to end themselves contract next season.

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Disappointment, but prayed, and for the supporters as well.

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I have written down here, �18 million wage bill. That will be in

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league one. There was definitely -- there will definitely be one or two

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leaving. Then there is leaked to relegation issues. Few meals remain

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on the fingers of fans. There are still one last pivotal day to come.

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Two huge wins this week for Torquay. The home side had Chris toil sent

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off. 100% a red card. This is ridiculous, unbelievable here. Keep

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your eye on the ball. Torquay not complaining. When you are going

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towards the bottom, you do not normally get the luck. Huge result

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for Torquay. Bristol Rovers will be the visitors next weekend. Excellent

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call. He makes space onto his left foot, textbook finish across the

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call. A long way for the away fans to travel, but well worth it.

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you rate Plymouth's chancers? could have been done -- they could

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have done with more scoring. But their run of wins should be enough

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to keep them safe. Aldershot lived to fight another day, although their

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chances of staying up are extremely slim. A former team-mate of mine,

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Jamie Young, he was named team-mate of the year. A scrappy goal. A home

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win would guarantee them promotion, I cannot see Aldershot doing it. Too

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little, too late for me. The fans cannot see it happening

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either. We spoke to them after the game. Not so much heartache please.

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We will still be here. It is what we are made for. It is ever club and we

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will keep coming back, every Wii play, we be there.

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Torquay and Plymouth are almost safe. A draw should be enough to

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secure their place. I think Torquay finally and deservedly got

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something. This is one of the best one goals you were never going to

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see. The keeper just took their eye off the ball better. You have to

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feel for the keeper there, it is in full moment. Goalkeepers in the

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modern-day love playing out on pitch. On a Friday morning they will

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play and join in enough either side. Does not look like he does.

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I want to look at the final day in league two. It is the fixtures for

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our teens and the other teams down there. What takes your idea? --

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takes your eye they are? The manager said to me yesterday that hopefully

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the Torquay players can concentrate. Hopefully Plymouth can get

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themselves a result. For me, I think Plymouth will win. A big game for

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Aldershot but I do not think they will be in the league next season.

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It is going to be very nerve wracking for them all. The last word

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on this is going to be from an Aldershot fan, whose club has the

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hardest task of staying in the league. He is 99 and told us that he

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would follow them wherever they are. Do not forget that you can join us

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online. Lots of us on our Facebook page. If you go to Facebook, search

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for the Late Kick Off so send you can find lots of features there. We

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go to the safe end of league two now, we have action from Oxford,

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Bristol Rovers and Wigan. Exeter have missed out, beaten by

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Cheltenham, but they have now got just a sniff of a chance of

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automatic promotion. The end of the season is not the

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time to go one up and run, but it is six matches without a win now for

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Exeter and their hopes of reaching the play-offs were ended by

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Cheltenham. Cheltenham could still go up automatically, but a play-off

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spot looks more likely for them. As for Exeter fans, this was a chance

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to reflect on what might have been. I think that the Passion of the

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players has gone, personally. I think that the manager has lost his

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passion as well. We have a lot of people on the wage bill who do not

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always perform to be honest. Hopefully next season we will go

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again. Some great technique year. a striker you do not have to get a

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buzz when you score goals like this. Oxford is a big club with a big fan

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base but they have to look to next season now. Oxford finished the

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season -- finished their season against Accrington next week. This

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win means that your side are now safe. I am over the men. -- I am

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over the moon. A dramatic ending to Barnet's last

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ever match at Underhill. There was a chance to equalise in stoppage time.

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Grant missed out on the opportunity to earn a point and to help his old

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club, Aldershot. Let us have a look at the scenario

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at the top. Cheltenham need to beat Bradford at home but they also need

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to hope that Rotherham will lose to Aldershot. Exeter and Oxford will

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finish in the top half of the table, they cannot reach the

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play-offs. That is really going to help them. Probably play-offs for

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Cheltenham? The momentum going into that still pretty good. Cheltenham

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against Bradford, that is a tough ask. Aldershot are struggling and I

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think that Cheltenham will be in the play-offs. For most of the season we

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have thought that Exeter are going for the play-offs, they have lost

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their last three at home, real downer. To not even make the

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play-offs, the proverbial wheels have come off. They will have to be

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careful for next season just in case they do not have a little

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semi-hangover from being so disappointed the season. With so

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many knife edge decisions across English football affecting clubs at

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the end of the season, the pressure for the officials to get this right

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is immense. From next month, the Hampshire -based company Hawk-Eye

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will be enlisted. As an engineer, you feel that it is a week of the

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sponsored guilty. -- awaits of responsibility. It takes a lot of

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time to build up trust, it takes not much to lose it.

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What does a manager Dave when he is out of work? One manager has become

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an Internet hit after a spot of karaoke at a bar in Windsor.

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Talented man. I gather it is obligatory on your first week trip

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to sing. What did you guys sing for? It is pretty standard procedure.

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Very nerve wracking. I sang Kenny Rogers. Horrendous. You are showing

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