:00:15. > :00:20.Good evening and welcome to Late Kick Off. Coming up on the show
:00:21. > :00:24.tonight. "Bobble" Zamora... Will a lucky bounce help turn QPR's season?
:00:25. > :00:28.Hopefully we will give them a little bit more to smile about over the
:00:29. > :00:31.coming months. We hear from one`time Palacd prodigy
:00:32. > :00:36.John Bostock on life in Belgium and on that move from Selhurst to Spurs.
:00:37. > :00:40.If I had the gift of hindsight, probably I would have made `
:00:41. > :00:43.different decision at the thme. The DJ's sidekick converting superstars
:00:44. > :00:52.to supporters. Oh, my God! That is so exciting! And a DJ goal `
:00:53. > :00:56.Campbell's strike for Millw`ll. Plus all the other weekend action.
:00:57. > :00:59.We believe you, Jennifer. Joining Mark Bright and me tonight, the
:01:00. > :01:02.former Brentford and Gillingham manager and, as of last Wednesday,
:01:03. > :01:06.for the fourth time in his career, manager of Barnet, Martin Allen
:01:07. > :01:11.Martin, you just can't stay away! No. I got a phone call on Wddnesday
:01:12. > :01:14.morning from the chairman. @re you interested? Come on down thhs
:01:15. > :01:19.afternoon. And I started work the next day. Brilliant. We shall be
:01:20. > :01:23.hearing plenty more about that, and your first results, and we will be
:01:24. > :01:26.hearing a bit from Mark as well First, though, to the team where
:01:27. > :01:29.Martin began his career as ` player ` QPR. Many expected them to be
:01:30. > :01:33.Premier League`bound by this point of the season, but a wretchdd run of
:01:34. > :01:36.form saw them head to Middldsbrough on Saturday with their promotion
:01:37. > :01:38.hopes up in the air. We sent Anton Sensky to the North East to see if
:01:39. > :01:54.Harry's men could get back on track. When the sides met in Septelber
:01:55. > :02:00.three points sent QPR clear at the top of the Championship. Thhs season
:02:01. > :02:11.has been a turnaround. We h`ve got some real good players. We have got
:02:12. > :02:19.real good characters as well. Recently the revolution has fallen
:02:20. > :02:21.apart. No wins in February, no consistency
:02:22. > :02:36.in March. Tuesday night proved an hour ``
:02:37. > :02:40.another very long away game. The club started a ten points off of
:02:41. > :02:46.automatic promotion. They h`ve a chairman calling for calm in the
:02:47. > :02:52.possible face of a rock. I `m unsure about Harry Redknapp now. I think
:02:53. > :02:59.the truth is coming out. I think if we can sit together, we will be all
:03:00. > :03:06.right. In Sheffield on Tuesday, the desire was not there. What that is
:03:07. > :03:13.down to, I don't know. Redknapp total confidence. We have got enough
:03:14. > :03:16.squad to win today. If we don't win today, we are in trouble. Ldt's see
:03:17. > :03:30.how they fare today. A thunderous strike. Good movement
:03:31. > :03:40.from the left back. He keeps going. He scores! That will go down as a
:03:41. > :03:50.mistake from Robert Green. Lorrison shoots and forces another fhne save.
:03:51. > :03:59.The chance... Onside... There is the equaliser!
:04:00. > :04:10.Morrison goes for it and he is inches wide.
:04:11. > :04:19.Here's a chance to walk it hnto the net. QPR snatch the game in added
:04:20. > :04:23.time. Middlesbrough, inches away from winning the game themsdlves,
:04:24. > :04:28.have now, in extraordinary circumstances, lost the gamd. A
:04:29. > :04:35.chance for Morrison to wrap things up for QPR. Morrison shoots, and he
:04:36. > :04:40.does wrap it up! QPR return to the capital with all three points. At
:04:41. > :04:47.the start of the game, I wotld have taken a point. If anybody w`s going
:04:48. > :04:52.to win, it would be us. What happened with the keeper? I don t
:04:53. > :04:59.know. He put it in and then we got another one. Burnley have one away
:05:00. > :05:09.today. White `` we have got to keep going. The last two minutes makes
:05:10. > :05:16.the awaydays worthwhile. Thd less said the better about Sheffheld We
:05:17. > :05:22.have got to make it count now. The second game away in a week `nd it
:05:23. > :05:31.was magnificent. They have had a horrific time the last years, the
:05:32. > :05:37.fans. As long as they see the team giving everything, that is OK.
:05:38. > :05:42.QPR looked to be heading for a point and then that happened. When
:05:43. > :05:49.something as lucky as that happens, does it make you think it is going
:05:50. > :05:56.to be going our way? Bobby Zamora will be thinking, wow, thank you.
:05:57. > :06:02.What can he do? We have seen this before. Look at that. He takes a
:06:03. > :06:08.swing. He is close enough to take advantage. That changed the game.
:06:09. > :06:14.They are heading for point there. That gives them all three points,
:06:15. > :06:21.which was much needed. They need that to maintain their challenge to
:06:22. > :06:27.get automatic. I think it is out of their reach now. But you have got to
:06:28. > :06:32.apply pressure. You know Harry Redknapp well. You played under him
:06:33. > :06:35.at West Ham just a couple of years ago. How easy coping with the
:06:36. > :06:41.pressure of having the weight of the world on his shoulders? It hasn t
:06:42. > :06:47.been easy for him with Charlie Austin getting injured and with
:06:48. > :06:53.Burnley scoring week in, wedk out. Harry hasn't got those types of
:06:54. > :06:56.players. Perhaps he lacks some of the athleticism and mobilitx within
:06:57. > :07:01.his squad. He will be more frustrated than anybody. I thought
:07:02. > :07:05.he would build a team to put them straight back up. Will he w`nt to do
:07:06. > :07:12.it for another year? It's great to see the QPR supporters celebrating.
:07:13. > :07:17.And Morrison has scored fivd goals in his last five games. He has been
:07:18. > :07:22.compared to Paul Gascoigne. Does he have all the ingredients? I think
:07:23. > :07:27.so. He has got left foot, rhght foot, he can go past people. He can
:07:28. > :07:28.be anything he wants to be. Hopefully it will lead to ndxt
:07:29. > :07:35.season. While While QPR were winning, our other
:07:36. > :07:38.four Championship clubs spent Saturday receiving knocks of varying
:07:39. > :07:40.severity to their play`off `nd survival hopes.
:07:41. > :07:48.To assess the damage, here `re Emma Jones and Jamie Reid.
:07:49. > :07:54.Brighton's biggest home crowd of the season was going to witness just
:07:55. > :07:58.their second defeat in 12 g`mes in all competitions. The visitors took
:07:59. > :08:02.the lead on the hour mark when Tommy Smith go to a header from a Stephen
:08:03. > :08:06.Hunt corner first. While thd seagulls created chances, Ipswich
:08:07. > :08:11.took theirs, and with ten mhnutes to go they increased their lead with a
:08:12. > :08:16.header. The result means Brhghton are now three points off thd
:08:17. > :08:19.play`off places. Garcia says he is looking forward to getting back to
:08:20. > :08:25.winning ways at Sheffield Wddnesday on Tuesday.
:08:26. > :08:31.Watford haven't won away from going since `` from home since five
:08:32. > :08:50.October, and that didn't ch`nge The keeper couldn't stop thd second
:08:51. > :09:06.shot. James McArthur's shot was turned in by Martin Whitehorn.
:09:07. > :09:13.Charlton had not conceded a goal under their new boss and cl`imed a
:09:14. > :09:19.vital win in midweek. But Btrnley were proving to be their totghest
:09:20. > :09:23.test `` test. The visitors went ahead with Ashley Barnes' fhrst
:09:24. > :09:31.goal. Their lead was extenddd early in the second half. The strhker got
:09:32. > :09:34.back to his feet to score hhs 1 th league goal of the season from the
:09:35. > :09:39.spot. The three points were already on their way to Turf Moor when this
:09:40. > :09:51.effort was helped in by Jackson in injury time.
:09:52. > :09:58.Leeds had a turbulent week off the pitch but Millwall could not take
:09:59. > :10:06.advantage. The home side got the first goal. They went 20`macaro up
:10:07. > :10:14.before the break with their skipper scoring his 25th league goal. DJ
:10:15. > :10:20.Campbell came back off the bench, but this defeat makes Tuesd`y's home
:10:21. > :10:29.game a much win match. The puicker we get in back to work under the
:10:30. > :10:34.better. It is about the rest of the season. Lots of positives btt we
:10:35. > :10:42.have ended up with another sad day. Millwall, Birmingham at big one on
:10:43. > :10:46.Tuesday night. One win in 10. Martin, not a lot for our
:10:47. > :10:59.championship sides to get excited about but almost a year ago you were
:11:00. > :11:03.celebrating promotion with Gillingham. What are your mdmories
:11:04. > :11:08.of that day? It wasn't just the day, it was the whole year. Some
:11:09. > :11:14.lovely people. Great memorids. There comes a time when you have to go
:11:15. > :11:19.onto the next venture. He moved on to the next season and 11 g`mes in
:11:20. > :11:27.you were sacked. We have a puestion on Twitter. He says, honestly why
:11:28. > :11:33.did you get sacked? I don't know. I have a telephone call on thd
:11:34. > :11:37.Sunday. I had a chat with Mr Scully and he told me what he was doing.
:11:38. > :11:43.When it gets left to the legal people to sort out the contract and
:11:44. > :11:52.the payments and that is it. As for the weekend, Gillingham unddr Peter
:11:53. > :12:01.Taylor lost 3`1 at home to crew They are doing OK, Gillingh`m. 4th
:12:02. > :12:09.place, seven points above the drop zone. If Martin was in charge, you
:12:10. > :12:15.would consider that to be a good season after stepping up a league.
:12:16. > :12:21.It is a fantastic season to be mid`table, it is going well. The
:12:22. > :12:27.ease of which you did win the league, maybe more is within
:12:28. > :12:32.football. But it is still a huge step up and especially with not
:12:33. > :12:37.spending any money. Consolidation and then hopefully in the stmmer, a
:12:38. > :12:43.fresh bunch of players and then move on. It is a player you signdd who
:12:44. > :12:49.equalised? Yes, he is a good lay`up but missed out on the prese`son
:12:50. > :12:55.which is a big blow. He was a free transfer from Accrington St`nley. He
:12:56. > :13:04.is a good player. But withott a preseason, all players need that.
:13:05. > :13:10.Remember this face? In 2007 he became the youngest player to
:13:11. > :13:15.represent Crystal Palace at the age of 15 years. Within a year he had
:13:16. > :13:17.been sold to Tottenham, which sparked huge controversy at the
:13:18. > :13:22.time. Wings did not work out for him at Spurs, and now still onlx 22 he
:13:23. > :13:32.is getting his career on tr`ck in the Belgium second division. We have
:13:33. > :13:38.been to meet him. This is home of Royal Antwerp,
:13:39. > :13:48.Belgium's oldest football club and home of a man once regarded as
:13:49. > :13:54.England's bright, Young thing. Last season, coming here was to find my
:13:55. > :13:58.footballing home, somewhere to play, get my head down and learn the game.
:13:59. > :14:05.There is no shortage of taldnt coming through in Belgium and it is
:14:06. > :14:10.coming through as one of Europe s top teams. Belgium is a good place
:14:11. > :14:15.to be right now. What is it you have noticed they are doing right? How
:14:16. > :14:21.many Young players are playhng every week. So many players are jtst
:14:22. > :14:25.thrown in and even if they have a couple of bad games, there hs less
:14:26. > :14:32.Russia. That is one of the lain differences from England. John is
:14:33. > :14:37.somebody who needs an arm around him and to talk to him. We have bought
:14:38. > :14:45.you for 1 million, now come and show it. They did not teach him the game
:14:46. > :14:49.and what is expected. A football tribunal has decided Tottenham
:14:50. > :14:56.Hotspur will have to play Crystal Palace and initial payment for John
:14:57. > :15:01.Bostock. He does not understand the word loyalty. It comes down to
:15:02. > :15:05.money. When you left Palace the chairman at the time, Simon Jordan
:15:06. > :15:09.made his anger very clear at the game's authorities and made his
:15:10. > :15:10.anger very clear at you, th`t can't have helped you at all, those
:15:11. > :15:14.comments? When you hear somdone you respect, it is tough. But I respect
:15:15. > :15:20.he is the chairman and has to look after the club. Palace is the club I
:15:21. > :15:23.have loved, I was a season ticket holder since I was five and I didn't
:15:24. > :15:27.leave on great terms, which is something I regret. To make my debut
:15:28. > :15:35.for them was a dream come true, it was the highlight of my carder. Yes,
:15:36. > :15:40.so when I always look at thd results. Tony Pulis has turned the
:15:41. > :15:45.club around. I am really buzzing for them I hope they can stay in the
:15:46. > :15:52.Premier League. Do you ever feel you left too early? I guess hindsight is
:15:53. > :15:55.a wicked thing sometimes and if I had the gift of hindsight I probably
:15:56. > :15:59.would have made a different decision at the time. But it's made now so I
:16:00. > :16:02.can't really live with regrdts and think what if, what if. Football is
:16:03. > :16:05.a confidence game and I've realise what it's like to have that
:16:06. > :16:09.confidence and to be at rock bottom as well. And it's only sincd coming
:16:10. > :16:11.over here to Belgium that mx confidence has started to ilprove
:16:12. > :16:15.again. He really just needs to have a year. Next year you will see his
:16:16. > :16:21.real self and his potential coming out I think. Now, the first club you
:16:22. > :16:26.went on loan to from Tottenham was Brentford. What are your melories of
:16:27. > :16:29.your time there? I remember my debut against Millwall when I scored two
:16:30. > :16:34.goals and it was a great st`rt. After that I didn't score. H got a
:16:35. > :16:37.few assists and the fans were fantastic at Brentford and ht is a
:16:38. > :16:43.time I look back and think H really enjoyed that. It was great fun. For
:16:44. > :16:47.my development as a Young player. How do you think the football league
:16:48. > :16:53.below the Premier League colpared with coming and playing somdwhere
:16:54. > :16:58.like Belgium? Here is very technical. The game is a bit more
:16:59. > :17:01.patient than the lower divisions in England. I played for Hull `nd I
:17:02. > :17:05.played in League One as well and I think the game is a little bit more
:17:06. > :17:08.direct. Do you think the Prdmier League in England is still `
:17:09. > :17:11.realistic chance for you, could you see yourself playing at that level?
:17:12. > :17:14.I think growing up in England, it's every Young player's dream to play
:17:15. > :17:17.in the Premier League. So for me that dream hasn't changed. H
:17:18. > :17:22.realised, success is not given, you have to earn it. And one thhng I
:17:23. > :17:27.have learned is that talent is not enough. It takes way more than that
:17:28. > :17:30.to be a player in the game. So learning all that stuff, now I've
:17:31. > :17:37.got a lot of work to do to really achieve success in the game. Still
:17:38. > :17:42.only 22 years of age. He sedms to have matured as a result of that
:17:43. > :17:45.experience? He speaks very well I think everybody wishes him well from
:17:46. > :17:49.Palace because it was a hard decision. It was a brave decision to
:17:50. > :17:52.go to Spurs, but one of those decisions where if a club of Spurs'
:17:53. > :17:55.size come for you and you are at Crystal Palace, you are bound to go
:17:56. > :17:59.because you think you're enough At the time, if I was in his position I
:18:00. > :18:01.probably would have gone. Btt he hasn't developed as everyond
:18:02. > :18:05.thought. So, he's rebuilding his career. He's been at rock bottom and
:18:06. > :18:07.it's good to hear what Jimmx Floyd Hasselbaink said, hopefully in
:18:08. > :18:12.another year's time then we will see the real him. Eight clubs in six
:18:13. > :18:16.years, that is a lot of clubs. But hopefully we will see his rdal
:18:17. > :18:35.potential next year. We wish him all the best. Just a reminder:
:18:36. > :18:57.BBC local radio has the latdst news about our clubs throughout the week.
:18:58. > :19:04.A few problems for our championship clubs, but things are looking good
:19:05. > :19:09.for Brentford in league one. What have you made of them this season?
:19:10. > :19:15.They have done very well after the disappointment of last season from
:19:16. > :19:21.the play`offs. Sometimes a shadow hangs over the football club. Mark
:19:22. > :19:26.Warburton has taken it on. Has been very consistent and lost very few
:19:27. > :19:30.games. Recruited very well `nd I expect them to be playing in the
:19:31. > :19:33.championship next year and with the new stadium coming into West London,
:19:34. > :19:38.great times ahead for those Brentford supporters. Very dxciting
:19:39. > :19:43.and another Goodwin at the weekend but they did not have it all their
:19:44. > :19:49.own way at the start? Nope they didn't, but one loss in 25 speaks
:19:50. > :19:55.for itself. Leyton orient, H thought they were strong, determined. I
:19:56. > :20:00.thought they over celebrated at the weekend. That was an excelldnt save.
:20:01. > :20:08.It is hit hard towards the post and it is a fantastic save. As we have
:20:09. > :20:24.seen many times. Donaldson getting it into the back of the net. Alan
:20:25. > :20:32.McCormack as well? They equ`lled last year's tally, 20 `` 79 points.
:20:33. > :20:36.Half of the remaining games, half of the points will see them up. I
:20:37. > :20:47.cannot see them failing this year. They booed up `` they look strong to
:20:48. > :20:54.me. Where you impressed with them? We drew with them. They scored last
:20:55. > :21:01.minute from a long free kick. I have seen them play a lot of timds, they
:21:02. > :21:07.are impressive. The club is in a very strong position. Let's hope
:21:08. > :21:12.they avoid the play`offs. Their comeback wasn't even close to being
:21:13. > :21:18.the most impressive of the day in terms of London and the south`east.
:21:19. > :21:24.That particular armour when two AFC Wimbledon against Cheltenhal at
:21:25. > :21:29.Queen's Meadow. Wimbledon down after four minutes. A devastating rake on
:21:30. > :21:44.the counter attack and Cheltenham Town have doubled their lead. Two
:21:45. > :21:48.goals in ten minutes and AFC Wimbledon are through again. It is
:21:49. > :21:58.three! Would you believe it. Another twist in this tale. Cheltenham Town
:21:59. > :22:00.have pulled themselves level. AFC Wimbledon have done it. A frantic
:22:01. > :22:11.second half. I do hope everybody stayed tntil the
:22:12. > :22:19.death of that one. I bet yot have been involved in a few? Somd huge
:22:20. > :22:26.ones. Lost 9`0 at Liverpool. Was involved in a four ` for at Wembley
:22:27. > :22:32.with Charlton and Sunderland. And a 4`3 with Crystal Palace but when you
:22:33. > :22:40.are sitting at those games, the emotions are up and down. You always
:22:41. > :22:44.hope you end up on the winnhng team. That 9`0 would have been a bit of a
:22:45. > :22:52.comeback. I bet you have bedn involved in a few as well? The worst
:22:53. > :23:04.score in my life against me was away at Rochdale on a Saturday afternoon
:23:05. > :23:07.with MK Dons. We were 40 macro down after 20 minutes and we werd
:23:08. > :23:15.wondering how long it was bdfore the chairman sacks me. How long was it?
:23:16. > :23:23.I made it till the end of the season. We were near the top and
:23:24. > :23:27.they were near the bottom. H think it was 4`0 after 20 minutes. It was
:23:28. > :23:41.awful. Let's see how the relaining four teams fared on Saturdax.
:23:42. > :23:53.The hosts, while salt took the lead. After what Russell Sl`de
:23:54. > :24:04.recognised as a disappointing first half, he felt they improve hn the
:24:05. > :24:12.second. Leyton orient go into Tuesday's game for points of the
:24:13. > :24:18.automatic promotion spots. Crawley travelled to boundary Park on the
:24:19. > :24:26.back of the league win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Thd hosts
:24:27. > :24:30.got abide `` vital goal. Whhle Crawley tested the home keeper, they
:24:31. > :24:33.could not get back into the game. This was their second defeat in 11
:24:34. > :24:46.matches as they prepared to play host to Sheffield United next.
:24:47. > :24:51.Wayne Burnett felt a draw w`s a fair result at giggling but the home side
:24:52. > :24:58.probably felt they deserved more. Berry went ahead on the hour mark.
:24:59. > :25:05.The equaliser came after thhs run from Norris. The substitute rattled
:25:06. > :25:11.the crossbar but in the end the points were shared. They will play
:25:12. > :25:18.host to Accrington on Tuesd`y, still unbeaten in March.
:25:19. > :25:21.One point from their last three matches was not perform Wycombe
:25:22. > :25:27.would have wanted as they prepared to host Rochdale. Wycombe h`d the
:25:28. > :25:34.best of the first half. But the first goal, when it came was a
:25:35. > :25:40.cracking volley. The visitors' second was scrappy. Wycombe failed
:25:41. > :25:45.to clear a corner. But with a trip to Burton on Tuesday, Gareth
:25:46. > :25:54.Ainsworth believes if his tdam continue to play like this they have
:25:55. > :25:58.enough to stay up. Wycombe have Burton on Tuesday and
:25:59. > :26:01.then Scunthorpe on Saturday as they try to avoid slipping into the
:26:02. > :26:06.conference. That is the levdl you are trying to get on it out of, a
:26:07. > :26:14.good win for you at the weekend They have lost four in a row and you
:26:15. > :26:21.have one to `0? The chaps working there had 15 on the spin. Lhttle bit
:26:22. > :26:25.tricky. But that is why the chairman has changed it. But we managed to
:26:26. > :26:34.win 20`macaro and kept a cldan sheet. As with any manager, it is a
:26:35. > :26:37.lovely feeling when the refdree blows the whistle. Three pohnts on
:26:38. > :26:43.the board and with seven gales to go, there is still a chance to get
:26:44. > :26:47.into the play`offs. How strong chance is? I looked up the league
:26:48. > :26:58.tables for the first time yesterday. I don't believe xou.
:26:59. > :27:02.Saturday night, I came home and I did not know that was coming up The
:27:03. > :27:07.other teams have a lot of g`mes in hand. But we play some of those
:27:08. > :27:12.teams and we are the underdogs in this situation but we should be OK.
:27:13. > :27:17.Thanks very much, great to have you. It is sometimes said that all
:27:18. > :27:21.leaders not get enough attention, but to night we will leave xou with
:27:22. > :27:29.the efforts of a man who is on a global mission to change th`t. I am
:27:30. > :27:38.on BBC Radio one. I am Scott Mills' sidekick. This is BBC Radio one with
:27:39. > :27:44.Scott Mills. I have been a Watford fan for about 15 years. We will get
:27:45. > :27:50.a stake slice, meet at the War Memorial and head into Watford. The
:27:51. > :28:02.Leicester game last season was a massive high point. It was `ll a bit
:28:03. > :28:11.of a blur. Like something that was made up for a film. Being at Watford
:28:12. > :28:19.when that goal went in. I h`ve never felt anything like it. Whendver I
:28:20. > :28:24.meet a celebrity I try to convert them to be a Watford fan. I feel it
:28:25. > :28:32.is my mission to bring Watford for the world. If you will take this on
:28:33. > :28:43.behalf of my football club. It means the world to me. Where is W`tford? I
:28:44. > :28:51.did not have a shirt at hand. Jennifer Aniston, I managed to get
:28:52. > :28:57.her name printed on the back. That is so exciting. So somewherd in some
:28:58. > :29:01.Hollywood mansion there is ` Watford shirt hanging up. Or she max wear it
:29:02. > :29:02.in bed, you never