:00:23. > :00:29.Recovered yet? We haven't either. Tonight we have the full range of
:00:29. > :00:33.football emotions. The despair as Brentford come within information
:00:33. > :00:38.of a place in the championship. is hard but as long as you are not
:00:38. > :00:42.dead, you have to get stronger. joy.
:00:42. > :00:52.The relief. And the pain as three of our teams battle to stay in the
:00:52. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:59.league. I'm gutted. It is a bitter pill to swallow. The race for the
:00:59. > :01:03.Premier League goes to the final day.
:01:03. > :01:12.Joining myself tonight is a man who experienced first hand yesterday's
:01:12. > :01:15.drama, AFC Wimbledon manager Neil Ardley. A terrible night. I have
:01:15. > :01:19.been all right through the battle but last night was terrible. I bet
:01:19. > :01:22.it was. We will talk about that later. We will have all the action
:01:22. > :01:25.from that extraordinary final relegation dog fight, but nowhere
:01:25. > :01:30.was the dividing line between success and failure stretched more
:01:30. > :01:34.tightly an that was at Griffin park yesterday. As if Brentford's
:01:34. > :01:41.injured goalkeeper wouldn't have been feeling nervous enough, we
:01:41. > :01:45.sent a camera with him to see if his team plates could secure a
:01:45. > :01:55.place in the championship. How are your nerves, ladies and
:01:55. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:21.Some would have said, a win and you are up, there is a feeling there's
:02:21. > :02:25.something about this squad, something about this year, it is a
:02:25. > :02:32.bit special, we have fantastic owner and a fantastic manager and
:02:32. > :02:39.we win today and it is a new era for Brentford football club. It is
:02:39. > :02:44.probably the best score we have had, we played very well in the season.
:02:44. > :02:50.When you are a Brentford fan, you get used to so many disappointments
:02:51. > :02:55.in life and I hope today it will change. It is a good feeling in the
:02:55. > :03:02.dressing room, the lads seem calm, which I am surprised at but happy
:03:02. > :03:10.to see, days like to today no point being over-hyped. Nice calm feeling
:03:10. > :03:14.now. Excited. The boys are looking
:03:14. > :03:17.forward to the game, a big buzz in the dressing room. They can't wait
:03:17. > :03:23.for 3.00. There are a few nerves, which is expected but it is a
:03:23. > :03:33.massive game and the boys have been geed up to it all week. Come on the
:03:33. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:13.Off the post from Wright Phillips. 45 minutes of this regular season
:04:13. > :04:23.to go, can Brentford get themselves a winner, or will Doncaster Rovers
:04:23. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:40.This is all getting testy now. 0-0, Doncaster Rovers know a draw will
:04:40. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :05:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds
:05:43. > :05:49.do them. He He scooped it over the The opportunity was there, I'm not
:05:49. > :05:53.even playing, it is my worst moment in football, it's horrible. It's
:05:53. > :06:01.immediate. We will pick ourselves up and go again, we have a shot at
:06:01. > :06:06.it. That was a big shock today. Hard to take. There is no time to
:06:06. > :06:10.feel sorry for ourselves. We go again. It is tough, teas hard, but
:06:10. > :06:20.as long as you are not not dead, you only get stronger out of that
:06:20. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:28.The play-offs on Saturday, how do they rally themselves now now
:06:28. > :06:31.are professionals. It is horrendous for everyone at the club, but they
:06:31. > :06:35.are the third best team in the league and they have to go into the
:06:35. > :06:43.play-offs and prove that. Let's look at that penalty incident again.
:06:44. > :06:49.It was highly controversial. It was awarded in the 20-year-old Fulham
:06:49. > :06:55.loanee Trotta picked up the ball. O'Connor, the number two is the
:06:55. > :07:01.club captain, who is the designated penalty taker. This is Trotta
:07:01. > :07:04.scored a goal two weeks ago, against sheaf field united. He
:07:04. > :07:11.feels confident. O'Connor hasn't scored a penalty for one-and-a-half
:07:11. > :07:16.years. What you have to say, Trotta - Donaldson comes in now, with the
:07:16. > :07:20.captain and says that O'Connor has to take the kick. He can see Trotta
:07:20. > :07:26.is not moving, it takes courage to take it. He's gone against the
:07:26. > :07:30.manager's wishes and we all know what happens. It's tragic in
:07:30. > :07:34.football terms for Brentford because blasts against the bar. He
:07:35. > :07:42.wasn't supposed to be taking it. There is a a break away and
:07:42. > :07:50.Doncaster score, from this break away. If O'Connor had missed that
:07:50. > :07:54.penalty, he missed the penalty, but Trotta stood up, and he missed.
:07:54. > :07:58.Trotta had scored we wouldn't be having this conversation. How do
:07:58. > :08:03.you work at it at your club in terms of the designated penalty
:08:03. > :08:08.taker? We saw jack score that one, if you had that penalty taker
:08:08. > :08:11.missing as a manager, you need to make sure you put that person,
:08:11. > :08:16.confidence and say you are my penalty taking and I will back you
:08:16. > :08:21.today. That looked a bit of a mess. It means play-offs for Brentford,
:08:21. > :08:25.the first leg against Swindon is on Saturday. 5.20 kick-off and then
:08:26. > :08:35.not too long for them to recover for the second leg on Bank Holiday
:08:36. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :08:58.Griffin park didn't have a monopoly Hello, our our Division Two match
:08:58. > :09:02.this afternoon... An invasion of south-east London.
:09:02. > :09:09.It is the club of clubs, the brotherhood of 92, the football
:09:10. > :09:13.league. Down in its lower reaches lay three clubs, from far flung
:09:14. > :09:20.corners of the capital. Forced down through the sluice gate at the
:09:20. > :09:30.bottom of league two, sent to that dark place non-league football. Who
:09:30. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:38.might fall on this last Saturday? Edgar Dafydd can recall many teams,
:09:38. > :09:45.AC Milan, Juventus Barcelona, Inter Milan, spurs, a player that sailed
:09:45. > :09:49.amongst the stars, now scrapping in the bill dges. Barnet like
:09:49. > :09:59.barnacles apparently at home down here, for the fourth year in a row,
:09:59. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:10.fighting to stay up. The club once sent down at limbo but rose again,
:10:10. > :10:14.would they fall again? Dagenham & Redbridge, in freefall
:10:14. > :10:17.ever since since John Still left them for Luton in February. Wain
:10:17. > :10:24.Burnett with vast experience as a player throughout the football
:10:24. > :10:30.league, but suddenly a caretaker manager scrambling to avoid its
:10:30. > :10:34.cruel sacrifice. Burnett, Ardleigh, Dafydds, united as managers on the
:10:34. > :10:39.last Saturday when all three had to win to be certain of safety. Could
:10:39. > :10:45.all three stay in the football league? For two, possible already
:10:45. > :10:55.or three sheer relief, the wonder of survival. For one perhaps the
:10:55. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :12:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds
:12:05. > :12:12.Finds the target. Wimbledon have taken the lead!
:12:12. > :12:22.Wimbledon have thrown away the lead moments after grabbing it!
:12:22. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:56.Wimbledon just have to hang on and not throw it all away!
:12:56. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:10.It's 2-0, Barnet in desperate What a strike, what a save!
:13:10. > :13:14.Referee says that will do and at the moment Dagenham & Redbridge are
:13:14. > :13:18.still up. There is the final whistle, Barnet
:13:18. > :13:25.have been beaten. We are waiting on confirmation from Wimbledon
:13:25. > :13:30.Fleetwood. The referee blows the whistle and
:13:30. > :13:36.Wimbledon have done it. Dagenham & Redbridge are staying in
:13:36. > :13:40.the football league. It's no secret to get three points
:13:40. > :13:45.out of a possible 36, you give yourself a mountain to climb.
:13:45. > :13:51.didn't know until last five minutes and someone told me Barnet were
:13:51. > :13:56.losing with five minutes left. That is when I knew. To bounce back, it
:13:56. > :14:03.was a penalty, we deserved that win. We needed three points, that was
:14:03. > :14:07.our objective. If you don't, you have to face the music. It is
:14:07. > :14:12.nearly as good as getting promoted at Wembley. No-one wants to drop
:14:12. > :14:18.out of the football league. fans got behind us, I am buzzing.
:14:18. > :14:24.We have to work hard again and it is a setback, but not one that we
:14:24. > :14:32.can't overcome. We have had the longest week in my life. I have had
:14:32. > :14:35.no sleep. I will sleep well tonight and I am delighted. We do it the
:14:35. > :14:40.way Wimbledon do it and that is not by any stretch of the imagination
:14:40. > :14:50.easy, it is mixed emotions when it happens. You could have heard a pin
:14:50. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:58.You reckon you slept like a baby after that. How on earth did that
:14:58. > :15:04.happen? That must have been so stressful, the entire entire day
:15:04. > :15:08.the week. It is a really long week, after we had done a great fight
:15:08. > :15:13.back at Gillingham, we knew it could be in our hands, we knew we
:15:13. > :15:16.had to win and we wanted the game to come around quick. You just
:15:16. > :15:20.managed to stay up, but you must have considered if you had gone
:15:20. > :15:24.down it would have been a different scenario financially, what would it
:15:24. > :15:32.have meant for your club? The club has been run sensibly over the
:15:32. > :15:36.years, it is a fantastic club. For us to kick on and know we have Lane
:15:36. > :15:40.in the background in the background and things like this would make a
:15:40. > :15:49.big difference to stabilising for me, it would make a difference to
:15:49. > :15:54.try to take it on. Relief for you Neil but for Edgar Dafydds, they
:15:54. > :15:58.have gone to non-league. It is massive for them, moving to the
:15:58. > :16:02.Hive. They went down on goal difference in the end, 51 points is
:16:02. > :16:07.their best return for four seasons. It would have been enough to
:16:07. > :16:11.survive last year. They have beaten five teams who finished in the top
:16:11. > :16:15.seven, so they haven't had the consistency to stay up and having
:16:15. > :16:22.flirted with it for the last three years, most people will say the
:16:22. > :16:32.warning signs were there. You took over during the season, as did wain
:16:32. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:40.Burnett and egg guard Davis -- Edgar Dafydds.
:16:40. > :16:45.They look to them and thought it was going to be who would go down
:16:45. > :16:48.with them and then Edgar started picking up results and playing good
:16:48. > :16:55.football and you started thinking this team could get out of this and
:16:55. > :16:59.there was a lot of teams in the mix at that point. Saw the relief on
:16:59. > :17:04.Wayne Burnett's face. How do they avoid being in this position next
:17:04. > :17:08.year? Recruitment. Wayne has been there long enough, he knows it is
:17:08. > :17:13.going to be crucial to get the players in, to get themselves away
:17:13. > :17:17.from the danger zone. John Steele leaving and going to Luton and they
:17:17. > :17:21.just survived the last day, it doesn't bode well. Not for the
:17:21. > :17:28.confidence of the fans either. He's got to recruit better in the summer
:17:29. > :17:32.and hopefully el have a better season. He will need to find a few
:17:32. > :17:36.more rough diamonds. The championship league programme
:17:36. > :17:46.concludes this coming Saturday. All five of our clubs went into the
:17:46. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:56.penultimate weekend with something The hornet hung on to their hope of
:17:56. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:12.The goal that's got people talking was scored minutes later, a
:18:12. > :18:22.stunning 35 yard strike from Chalabaah.
:18:22. > :18:25.Leicester did hit back with king springing one home. Watford's win
:18:25. > :18:31.and hull's loss means the fight for automatic promotion goes to the
:18:31. > :18:41.last match of the season. Three goals and three red cards as
:18:41. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:53.Brighton booked their play-off spot at Elland Road.
:18:53. > :19:03.With 13 minutes gone, the home side were a goal and a man down.
:19:03. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:10.Both sides were then down to ten A draw would have been all but
:19:10. > :19:18.enough to secure Brighton's play- off place but the late winner
:19:18. > :19:22.topped off an eventful day just a shame he couldn't get his top off.
:19:23. > :19:32.Palace knew three points would guarantee them a place in the
:19:32. > :19:42.playoffs and they got off to a good goal with Stephen dauby's goal.
:19:42. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:51.This chip made it all square. Holloway felt the referee should
:19:52. > :19:57.have been better positioned to see this coming together, he wanted a
:19:57. > :20:00.penalty, his side aren't sure of a top six finish.
:20:00. > :20:05.Millwall knew a win against Forest would end fears of relegation but
:20:05. > :20:10.it was the play-off hopefuls who took an early lead. The visitors
:20:10. > :20:19.continued to try their luck, including a 20 yard strike strike
:20:19. > :20:24.and a great save. The Lions had their chances but shot wide or
:20:24. > :20:31.field to go in. Tuesday's game against Palace is must win all
:20:31. > :20:35.round. Cheltenham's play-off hopes were extinguished at the riverside,
:20:35. > :20:45.despite them going ahead after 32 seconds.
:20:45. > :20:50.
:20:50. > :21:00.They doubled their lead later. The battle back started late.
:21:00. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:07.Your former club Millwall just a point above the drop zone with a
:21:07. > :21:11.game in hand, home to palace on Tuesday. What will the manager be
:21:11. > :21:15.saying to the players? It is a home game, Millwall is a tough place to
:21:15. > :21:20.go and I think he will be happy that he's got these two games
:21:20. > :21:30.coming in quick succession. They will see the home game as an
:21:30. > :21:34.opportunity in a to put it to bed. Win that and they will be safe. In
:21:34. > :21:39.terms of Watford, still very much alive, there's only a point in it.
:21:39. > :21:46.Hull having lost at the weekend. Watford winning on Friday. Back-to-
:21:46. > :21:52.back wins for Watford. Leaves them all to do. Hull take on Cardiff in
:21:52. > :22:02.their last game and Watford are at home to Leeds, so I mean, Hull have
:22:02. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:19.to get a win and they are in it but Big game for Palace on Tuesday.
:22:19. > :22:23.Both teams need the win for different reasons. It could be
:22:23. > :22:27.Palace against Brighton in the play-offs, oh my goodness.
:22:27. > :22:30.Absolutely, they have themselves to blame for being in this position.
:22:30. > :22:34.The playoffs is what it is, you have to produce your form when it
:22:34. > :22:43.counts. The fans do not want to play Brighton and lose against
:22:43. > :22:48.Brighton. Brighton are in good form. What have you made of Brighton this
:22:48. > :22:51.season? Very good footballing team. Out of a lot of the teams in there,
:22:51. > :22:56.they will be one of the ones suited to the Premier League with their
:22:56. > :23:02.style. If they get it right in the playoffs, they will be tough.
:23:02. > :23:09.to check on our four remaining teams now. They were playing for
:23:10. > :23:14.Orient's season was one of nearly but not quite. This match was the
:23:14. > :23:20.same. Despite an impressive opener from Smith they couldn't manage to
:23:20. > :23:26.sign off with a win. The second half was just 50 seconds old when
:23:26. > :23:32.when Oldham got their equaliser. A possible winner did fall to Cox,
:23:32. > :23:36.he was denied by the woodwork but after a marathon season, Slade was
:23:36. > :23:41.satisfied to see his side finish seventh.
:23:41. > :23:51.Crawley ended an impressive campaign with a late 2-2 draw in
:23:51. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:13.Barker pleased with the point that means his team finishes tenth in
:24:13. > :24:23.the table. It was a young Gillingham side that
:24:23. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:44.waved goodbye to league two with a Changes in the second half led to
:24:44. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:08.Neil gifted his team the lead pulling down Sam Wood and not being
:25:08. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:12.able to stop Morgan scoring from 12 It wasn't to be a fairytale ending
:25:12. > :25:19.for the wild thing, he had the chance to get what might have been
:25:19. > :25:29.the winning goal, but the keeper hadn't read the script. The fans
:25:29. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:40.can look forward to another two years of him in charge. It would
:25:40. > :25:44.have been a fairytale ending, but I will never be bigger than the club,
:25:44. > :25:48.I am proud of ourselves and ready for next season, happy to be
:25:48. > :25:53.manager taking this club forward and want success and doing what
:25:53. > :25:57.Port Vale did today, we want to be doing it next year. Our best wishes
:25:57. > :26:01.to him, quite a career for your former Wimbledon team-mate, 600
:26:01. > :26:04.games, hanging up his boots, just just tell us about his career.
:26:04. > :26:07.been brilliant. He had a lot of injuries when he was with us at
:26:07. > :26:12.Wimbledon, but I don't think you will meet anyone in football who
:26:12. > :26:18.knows Gareth who says he's not a great guy, wonderful guy and I wish
:26:18. > :26:23.him all the best. How hard will it be for him to stop playing? I think
:26:23. > :26:30.the time is right. Watching him there at the end of that game! He
:26:30. > :26:34.is learning a lot, very few player managers, a hard job. The pressures
:26:34. > :26:38.and all the difference things. He will concentrate fully on
:26:38. > :26:41.management noi now and hopefully they will be in the shake-up for
:26:41. > :26:46.promotion. Now you have made sure you are going to be in league two
:26:46. > :26:49.next season, what happens immediately now? Recruitment, plans
:26:49. > :26:54.for next season, make sure the players you've got know what they
:26:54. > :26:59.are due to do. And you make sure you don't go through that again.
:26:59. > :27:02.Absolutely. Fabulous that Gillingham have won league two this
:27:02. > :27:12.season. What do you think made them stand apart from the rest of the
:27:12. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:18.team? Mark talked about recruitment, good players in key areas, and it's
:27:18. > :27:22.consistency. They have been the most consistent by far. Well done
:27:22. > :27:26.to Martin Allen as well. Thank you to Neil for joining us this week.
:27:26. > :27:30.See you next week for the last time this season. Plenty of issues to
:27:30. > :27:34.resolve in the championship over the coming week. In leagues one and
:27:34. > :27:40.two, the regular season is over. We will finish by saying well done to
:27:40. > :27:50.the only one of our teams who earned the right to be called 2012,
:27:50. > :28:01.
:28:01. > :28:06.It's a dream come true. The goals have been set, number one, there
:28:06. > :28:09.was the promotion, it's been a fantastic achievement by the
:28:09. > :28:19.players and staff, and the backing of the Chairman. We have a few
:28:19. > :28:45.
:28:45. > :28:49.The players have shown they deserve They have done it! They have proved
:28:49. > :28:53.beyond doubt they are the best team in league two this season. They are