:00:14. > :00:20.season's play-offs, and Northwest team. What went wrong? Welcome to
:00:20. > :00:24.Good evening and welcome to the last Late Kick Off of the season.
:00:24. > :00:32.Coming up tonight, every twist and turn in the battle for second place
:00:32. > :00:37.on a dramatic final day in the Championship. It has been rock-and-
:00:37. > :00:44.roll, it has been a roller-coaster, whatever you want to call it.
:00:44. > :00:53.Seagulls prepare for take off to the Premier League. We have to be
:00:53. > :00:57.realistic and do not think that But Ollie's Eagles also have their
:00:57. > :01:05.sights on the promised land. While in the League One play-offs,
:01:05. > :01:09.Brentford find themselves on the spot again. With me tonight are
:01:09. > :01:12.Mark Bright, and - in preparation for the return of his beloved QPR
:01:12. > :01:15.to Late Kick Off next season - the reserve and Under-21 coach at
:01:15. > :01:19.Loftus Road, Marc Bircham. Marc, I bet you hoped QPR had seen the last
:01:19. > :01:25.of this programme. I get to see my friends! I take that as a
:01:25. > :01:28.complement, thank you very much. One team hoping to replace QPR in
:01:28. > :01:31.the Premier League are Watford. They went into yesterday's final
:01:31. > :01:33.match at home to Leeds still in with a chance of automatic
:01:33. > :01:43.promotion. So the scenario was, well, I'll let our match-day
:01:43. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:58.The result would be enough to take the Hornets back to the top flight
:01:58. > :02:03.for the 4th time in their history. John Taylor masterminded the club
:02:03. > :02:08.was what was second triumph in 1999, through the play-off Plummer. Aidy
:02:08. > :02:11.Boothroyd led the club to the Premier League in 2006 in his first
:02:11. > :02:17.full year in charge restored seven years on there is a more
:02:17. > :02:22.continental flavour to the class of 2013. But none as famous as their
:02:22. > :02:28.manager maestro. Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola, on the brink of
:02:28. > :02:34.writing himself into Watford fought law. The Hornets are the leading
:02:34. > :02:39.scorers in at the Championship. But perhaps the most special of the
:02:40. > :02:44.season was reserved for last weekend. One more like that today,
:02:44. > :02:48.might just be the difference between Championship football and
:02:48. > :02:53.Premier League football in August. Remember, Hull City still have the
:02:53. > :03:00.advantage. It is in their hands as they face champions, Cardiff. We
:03:00. > :03:06.will keep you posted with what is happening there, because any slip
:03:07. > :03:16.ups could allow the Hornets to deliver a very nasty sting. We are
:03:17. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:26.now under way. The penalty is not given, which you believe? A sicking
:03:26. > :03:32.-- a sickening collision. There is huge concern over Jonathan Bond.
:03:32. > :03:42.Manuel Almunia was injured in the warm-up. We are going to have some
:03:42. > :03:47.
:03:48. > :03:55.stoppage time. Jonathan Poleon scores for Leeds! Advantage, Hull
:03:55. > :04:05.City. And what would her back on level terms. Five minutes into
:04:05. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:13.stoppage time and it is came on. -- Watford are. It has been tense and
:04:13. > :04:23.dramatic and controversial and news is coming through, and Cardiff have
:04:23. > :04:28.taken the lead, would you believe? It is Hull City 0, Cardiff City 1.
:04:28. > :04:33.Watford will need to win, Year, and there hopes remain the same. We are
:04:33. > :04:41.under way at the start of the second half. There has been another
:04:41. > :04:46.goal at the KC Stadium, Hull City leading 2-1. Throw-in as tenacious
:04:46. > :04:50.as always, ditty cash Michael Brown? And Troy Deeney his wing to
:04:50. > :05:00.be sent off. He was booked in the first half, and Watford are reduced
:05:00. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:05.to ten men. For what I save from Paddy Kenny! Hull City 2, Cardiff
:05:05. > :05:14.City to, in the last seconds. Watford need a goal, 10 minutes to
:05:14. > :05:21.go. Good save by Paddy Kenny and defied by Kenny again. McCormick
:05:21. > :05:29.attacking the edge of the box, and he cannot keep it out and Hull City
:05:29. > :05:34.are promoted to the Premier League, and Watford sink to their knees.
:05:34. > :05:37.They will be in the play-offs, from third place. Watford have been
:05:37. > :05:47.beaten and Hull City will be playing Premier League football
:05:47. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:57.next season. That is not ideal but we will just try again. That
:05:57. > :06:04.probably wasn't going to happen today, but we will make it happen
:06:04. > :06:08.in the play-offs. We don't fear anybody this season so we will just
:06:08. > :06:14.hope for the best. It is a play-off campaign for Watford, heading to
:06:14. > :06:20.Leicester City on Thursday night before coming back here next Sunday
:06:20. > :06:28.lunchtime for the second leg. For the chance to clinch promotion at
:06:28. > :06:32.the chance to clinch promotion at Wembley, at the end of May. That
:06:32. > :06:37.was an absolute killer. Top scorers in the Championship and just one
:06:37. > :06:46.more goal would have done it. If was a great opportunity. It was in
:06:46. > :06:50.their own hands. The tension was fantastic. It was just like last
:06:50. > :06:54.week at Brentford and Doncaster. Just needed a goal. It has been a
:06:55. > :07:01.good season for them. Everything conspired to go against them on the
:07:01. > :07:05.day, with Manuel Almunia getting injured in the warm-up, and then
:07:05. > :07:08.Jack Bonham coming on, he has never played the professional game and he
:07:08. > :07:11.has thrown on in the most important game of the season for the club,
:07:11. > :07:17.and I felt sorry for him in the first goal, the second goal, he got
:07:17. > :07:22.caught off his line a little bit too much, but it is all to play for.
:07:22. > :07:30.They honest Troy Deeney for the first game, but it is exciting --
:07:30. > :07:39.they will miss Troy Deeney. They have to pick themselves up, like
:07:39. > :07:44.Brentford last week. How do you pick yourself up now? We lost in
:07:44. > :07:52.the final and you have to wait all summer to pick yourself up for the
:07:52. > :07:57.start of the season. As you said, they have got goals in them and
:07:57. > :08:07.hopefully, they can do it. Fingers crossed. They might have got
:08:07. > :08:07.
:08:07. > :08:10.another opportunity, unlike While Watford have been trying to
:08:10. > :08:14.avoid the play-offs, one team who went into the final day desperate
:08:14. > :08:17.to stay in the top six were Crystal Palace. The Eagles needed a draw at
:08:17. > :08:27.home to Peterborough, who themselves needed to win to be sure
:08:27. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:39.of avoiding relegation. Here's the is a brilliant goal from a Lee
:08:39. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:52.Tomlin. It merits being the decisive goal. Was that a miss-
:08:52. > :08:59.challenge? Zakuane on Gabbidon. In stoppage time at the end of the
:08:59. > :09:09.first half, looking to equalise through Glenn Murray, can he put
:09:09. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:13.them level? There is your answer. That is why we reveal to biting our
:09:13. > :09:19.nails when the tension in reaches the levels that it is currently
:09:19. > :09:27.reaching. Some very anxious supporters. And it's in the corner
:09:27. > :09:36.of the net! Sensational! Where did that come from? Stephen Dobbie
:09:36. > :09:41.takes. It is stumped away by Grant McCann, gathered by Stephen Dobbie.
:09:41. > :09:48.Still, Crystal Palace in possession, and Kevin Phillips! There is nobody
:09:48. > :09:58.quite like him. Almost a toe-poke from Kevin Philips, but however it
:09:58. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:23.was caught, it means an awful lot Palace 2, Peterborough 2. And
:10:23. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:32.Palace may well have won it and sent Peterborough down, coming from
:10:32. > :10:36.behind twice. Palace get into the play-offs and Peter Bragg going to
:10:36. > :10:41.League 1, it seems. It would have been an absolute disaster if we had
:10:41. > :10:46.fallen there, but we have been a fantastic side. It is a great
:10:46. > :10:50.feeling in that dressing room. That is three draws and one victory that
:10:50. > :11:00.could easily have been it three victories and one draw. You have to
:11:00. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:09.keep believing that, and start Good momentum for Crystal Palace
:11:09. > :11:14.going into the play-offs? Yes, the expectation from the fans has been
:11:14. > :11:18.Lord a little bit. But to score three goals, Glenn Murray, 30
:11:18. > :11:28.League goals in the season, and I think everybody is a little bit
:11:28. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:36.Just to go into the play-offs with something. They have had to wait a
:11:36. > :11:41.long time. That man Kevin Phillips, he is a heartbreaker to so many
:11:41. > :11:47.defences around the summer. He will be 40 in the summer. How much has
:11:47. > :11:52.he done for the game? He has been a great player for Crystal Palace. He
:11:52. > :11:56.is just a constant threat. If you are playing against a man you see
:11:56. > :12:06.him coming on, you know that he will get chances if they gets
:12:06. > :12:08.service to him in and around the box. So Watford are coming to terms
:12:08. > :12:11.with the play-offs and Palace are celebrating being there. Brighton
:12:11. > :12:14.had fourth place wrapped up before yesterday's match at home to Wolves.
:12:14. > :12:24.We sent Richard Adams to the South Coast where the Seagulls are
:12:24. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:33.celebrating their highest League being a Brighton fan, after being
:12:33. > :12:38.homeless for so many years, but now, the Seagulls are soaring. I never
:12:38. > :12:43.thought I would see this they come. After going to Gillingham for two
:12:43. > :12:48.years and backwards and forwards to the Withdean Stadium. How far can
:12:48. > :12:53.this club go? Can he get to the Premier League? Can we operate and
:12:53. > :12:56.holder only Swansea and Norwich? I believe we can. We have got the
:12:56. > :13:05.stadium and the facilities and it is a good place to be, to attract
:13:05. > :13:10.players. Everything is good. It has been a remarkable journey from
:13:10. > :13:13.being almost, playing from athletics stadium, to the next
:13:13. > :13:19.stadium where were Wynter 30,000 people here for the first time.
:13:19. > :13:23.Credit to the fans and directors of the club for getting us this far.
:13:23. > :13:27.Having already claimed a play-off place, Brighton insured they
:13:28. > :13:37.remained unbeaten in the league at home this year with a victory over
:13:38. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:04.relegated opponents, Wills. -- setting up a tantalising play-off
:14:04. > :14:12.encounter with that arrivals, Crystal Palace. -- with bitter
:14:12. > :14:17.rivals. You they are in this beautiful stadium on the verge of
:14:17. > :14:22.the Premier League. Do the fans make you aware of that? There is a
:14:22. > :14:27.little bit of history and now, we need to make sure that we do
:14:27. > :14:34.everything to help the team and insure that the club goes up to the
:14:34. > :14:38.Premier League and make everything goal more sweetly. The academy, the
:14:38. > :14:45.reserves, everything seems to be different, he wants to do things in
:14:45. > :14:51.his own way, and it is working. far can this club go? It is up to
:14:51. > :15:01.us, to keep calm and maintain the standards of working on the
:15:01. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:09.football side and on the club side. Two very different worlds. We have
:15:09. > :15:13.a team that belongs in the Premiership, and when you realise
:15:13. > :15:17.you go down through the divisions, it can happen to anyone, so we need
:15:17. > :15:27.to make sure that we are realistic and we do not try to think that
:15:27. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:33.Well done Brighton, and here is confirmation of the play-offs.
:15:33. > :15:36.Watford go to Leicester on Thursday before the return leg on Sunday.
:15:36. > :15:39.And get ready for the biggest Palace-Brighton derby games of all
:15:39. > :15:41.time. Selhurst Park on Friday and the Amex next Monday. Commentary of
:15:41. > :15:47.all four Championship play-off matches on BBC local radio. Who do
:15:47. > :15:54.you fancy for the play-offs? fancy it to the Watford against
:15:54. > :16:00.Brighton. I know that Gus Poyet and Gianfranco Zola are good friends.
:16:00. > :16:08.Who do you think will go up? think Watford, they have been
:16:08. > :16:14.unlucky this year not to finish third, and they should go up.
:16:14. > :16:18.is the pressure slightly off Crystal Palace? It is a huge game
:16:18. > :16:25.against Brighton. It has been a remarkable journey from Brighton,
:16:25. > :16:33.to get to the new ground. It is going to be a very hard fought and
:16:33. > :16:38.well contested game. Palace have got a better home record, Brighton
:16:38. > :16:46.are a better way. But on the day, anything can happen. I just think
:16:46. > :16:56.it will be Crystal Palace. I am telling you! I am going with gut
:16:56. > :16:56.
:16:57. > :17:02.feeling. We shall see. Relegation- threatened Millwall needed a draw
:17:02. > :17:05.at Derby County to avoid having to worry about results elsewhere. By
:17:05. > :17:11.the time Conor Sammon scored the goal for Derby County, other
:17:11. > :17:15.results have started to go in their favour and Millwall were save by
:17:15. > :17:24.the skin of their teeth. Kenny Jackett left the media duties to
:17:24. > :17:30.his assistant, Kilgallon. We're 10 games in the last 30 days, it has
:17:30. > :17:36.been very competitive this year. We got to the semi-final of the FA Cup,
:17:37. > :17:41.so we did OK. Union Kenny Jackett. He was the assistant to Ian Ollie
:17:41. > :17:48.and that match 10 years ago. He has done a great job of keeping them up.
:17:48. > :17:52.How does he move them on from here? He has done magnificently. He took
:17:52. > :17:59.over at second bottom of League 1, and he has just built things, you
:17:59. > :18:07.on near. I keep expecting him to get linked to bigger jobs, but
:18:07. > :18:13.nothing comes of it. He's going to have a tough season. The Watford
:18:13. > :18:18.game was a massive win for them. They won that game 1-0. That was
:18:18. > :18:22.the victory that kept them up. But Kenny Jackett and Joe Gallen have
:18:22. > :18:32.done brilliantly this year. Cup semi-final and staying up, a good
:18:32. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:40.season. 10 games in 33 days. I think they played nine games in
:18:40. > :18:45.April. They have got a small squad. They got to an FA Cup semi-final
:18:45. > :18:52.and survived. I think they finished 9th the first season be Mike
:18:52. > :18:59.Gillard, 16th then and 20 next, so the warning signs are there. They
:18:59. > :19:06.might need to strengthen. They made a bigger squad and need someone who
:19:06. > :19:09.can put the ball in the net. they can get some good players in
:19:09. > :19:19.on-loan, they will move on because they do not have the money to keep
:19:19. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:26.them. What did you make of Charlton? Winning the last four at
:19:26. > :19:32.home, after a poor run. It was a great second that of the season for
:19:33. > :19:38.Chris Powell. We had him in here. He has swung things around. Three
:19:38. > :19:41.points off the play-offss is a fantastic for them. If they can
:19:41. > :19:45.strengthen in the summer there is no reason why they cannot have a
:19:45. > :19:49.realistic chance of getting to the play-offs. We have seen what he has
:19:49. > :19:56.done on the budget he has had. These players believe in themselves,
:19:56. > :20:03.after beating, -- after beating Cardiff, Watford and Leicester. So
:20:03. > :20:08.very pleased for them. They took 14 out of 18 points in so they are top
:20:09. > :20:14.of the form table. Just did not have enough games. Three points of
:20:14. > :20:18.the play-offs. It is a case of what could have been for the fans. Chris
:20:18. > :20:27.Powell has a former team-mate of mine and he has done ever so well,
:20:27. > :20:31.there. It is the first season back in the Championship for them and
:20:31. > :20:36.they have got it right, and the fans need to be patient for them.
:20:36. > :20:40.What do you make of the job he has done there? He has done
:20:40. > :20:49.magnificently well. To go Opera Division and not get a budget for
:20:49. > :20:56.new players is a big ask. -- to roll up a division. The match
:20:56. > :21:00.started winning games, Johnnie Jackson came on to form. But when
:21:00. > :21:06.you get running in that league, you think, other teams are no better
:21:06. > :21:16.than us. And I think next year if they can strengthen they have got a
:21:16. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:18.good chance. It wasn't all about the Championship yesterday. A week
:21:18. > :21:21.after Marcello Trotta's penalty miss condemned Brentford to the
:21:21. > :21:31.League One play-offs, they headed to Swindon for the first leg.
:21:31. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:56.This is promising for Swindon. Luongo! Massimo Luongo, with his
:21:56. > :21:58.
:21:59. > :22:08.first goal for Swindon. Super run, to Sam Saunders. In goes the cross.
:22:09. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:21.And it's a penalty! Luongo, who scored the goal, has made the foul.
:22:21. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:31.A penalty all day long, in any language. The Bees and penalties
:22:31. > :22:40.again. O'Connor! If only he had done that a weak earlier, Kevin
:22:40. > :22:44.O'Connor. They were fantastic, the players. I said to them when I came
:22:44. > :22:49.over here I could not hope for a better squad of players to work
:22:49. > :22:55.with. Fantastic. Young and energetic, was a experienced
:22:55. > :23:00.players playing a very important part. They just have to go out and
:23:00. > :23:04.grab their chance as well as they can. That penalty from Kevin
:23:04. > :23:11.O'Connor, that was supposed to be happening last week, or we would
:23:11. > :23:16.not be talking about this! That was an excellent penalty. He did not
:23:16. > :23:26.seem to be suffering from a hangover. Good result. I fancy them
:23:26. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:34.at home. Uwe has a full squad to choose from. Best home for mentally,
:23:34. > :23:44.but they have shown they might have got the drive and determination to
:23:44. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:48.win this next leg. Sheffield United lead Yeovil 1-0 after the first leg
:23:48. > :23:58.of the other semi-final - chances of Brentford making it to the
:23:58. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:07.I was so pleased for Kevin when he scored that penalty. He is a
:24:07. > :24:14.Brentford legend. With the budget they have got, from how well they
:24:14. > :24:23.might have done, I think Brentford will go up. And a nice little west
:24:23. > :24:30.London derby for you Boys! Chelsea are well-off out of that! You, it
:24:30. > :24:38.will be a Derby, we normally have a good record against them. Harry
:24:38. > :24:45.Redknapp talk about making sure that you do not do a Wolves next
:24:45. > :24:52.year. Are you worried about what is happening -- about that happening?
:24:52. > :24:59.I think that if anybody can turn it round, then hurry can do it. --
:24:59. > :25:09.Harry can. If the gaffer can get in there are players that he wants,
:25:09. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:18.and build his squad, as I said, as a manager, if he can do that, you
:25:18. > :25:24.never know. You are a fan, you work for the club, who played for the
:25:24. > :25:34.club. How did you feel when you sort all slipping away? -- saw it
:25:34. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:40.all. Devastated. It killed me. It is devastating. We waited 15 years
:25:40. > :25:44.to get back up and just for one season, to survive, and then to
:25:44. > :25:51.have another one, and cut down. We have been in this position before
:25:51. > :25:55.and we can do it again. You are a massive QPR fan. It hurt you, did
:25:56. > :26:00.it hurt some of those players? would have to ask them. The players
:26:00. > :26:04.do care but they showed in different ways. We have got a
:26:04. > :26:09.talented bunch of players and we are bottom of the league. I think
:26:09. > :26:11.that says it all. I spoke to Harry Redknapp after the game against
:26:11. > :26:15.Arsenal and he said it was impossible to move some of those
:26:15. > :26:23.players are out on those contracts. It is going to be a big job that he
:26:23. > :26:31.has got the summer. If anybody can do it, Harry can do it. If we can
:26:31. > :26:35.start next season well, then it gives you hope, and as you know,
:26:35. > :26:40.and if you don't, it can all come apart. You are involved with the
:26:40. > :26:45.youth team, the younger players at QPR. Any of them that can feature
:26:45. > :26:49.strongly in the Championship? don't know until they might get a
:26:49. > :26:54.goal in the team. But we have got a couple of games this season were
:26:54. > :26:57.one or two of them might get a chance. That is probably coming a
:26:57. > :27:02.couple of years too early for some of them. We have sent them out on
:27:02. > :27:08.loan to get them experience of league football. Hopefully, some of
:27:08. > :27:10.them can get the chance. That's it from Late Kick Off for this year.
:27:10. > :27:14.Good luck to Brentford tomorrow. Good luck to Watford, Brighton and
:27:14. > :27:17.Crystal Palace in the Championship play-offs. May the best team win.
:27:17. > :27:27.Thanks to all 13 of our teams for playing their part in a dramatic
:27:27. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :28:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:28:18. > :28:23.Oh, my word! Penalty! Here comes Yeah! There is the final whistle.
:28:23. > :28:29.Looks like they will be playing Conference football next season.