:00:06. > :00:16.Welcome to Late Kick Off as the race to go up and stay up
:00:16. > :00:25.
:00:25. > :00:29.Derby fans know him as a wholehearted club captain but me to
:00:29. > :00:33.Shaun Barker the music fan and collector of vinyl. It is quite a
:00:33. > :00:40.big thing for a footballer to be in to something like that. Downloading
:00:40. > :00:45.some rubbish songs from the internet. Shrewsbury's hopes of
:00:45. > :00:48.automatic promotion faced scrutiny tonight. We have the best moment.
:00:48. > :00:52.At the National Football Centre is nearly ready and Darren Moore can
:00:52. > :00:58.hardly contain his excitement. adrenalin that is running through
:00:58. > :01:01.my body at the moment just to get out on that pitch is amazing.
:01:01. > :01:07.I am joined by a man whose business was scoring goals and someone whose
:01:07. > :01:11.job it was to stop them. David "Ned" Kelly played nearly 700 games
:01:11. > :01:16.for 10 different league clubs, including Walsall and Leicester. He
:01:16. > :01:20.has also been assistant manager at Derby and forest. And fellow
:01:20. > :01:25.Republic of Ireland international Dean Kiely chalked up more than 750
:01:25. > :01:32.appearances in 11 years and is now a coach at West Brom. Great to see
:01:32. > :01:35.you. Ned, you have not changed! Different colour hair! The Derby
:01:35. > :01:40.County captain as you have never seen him before now. Shaun Barker
:01:41. > :01:44.is one of football's hard men but is a gentle giant with a passion
:01:44. > :01:54.for music. He told us about his love of vinyl records and his
:01:54. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:10.To fans of Derby County, defender Shaun Barker is an all-conquering
:02:10. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:19.He is strong, he's got the power. He is such a good leader. We all
:02:19. > :02:23.love him. He is a great captain. Behind the scenes, he is one they
:02:24. > :02:30.all turn to. He is a great character. The deer he comes into
:02:30. > :02:35.his hilarious. You'd think he was a rocker. He is our leader and we all
:02:35. > :02:40.look up to him. But away from the dressing room, the captain is a
:02:40. > :02:45.love of fashion, not art and most of all vinyl. For me, it is just
:02:45. > :02:51.the look - the hard work and going through them. At a moment, I am
:02:51. > :02:56.lucky to have got quite a few records of The Cure. I am massively
:02:56. > :03:01.into The Cure at the moment. Last summer when he was injured unstuck
:03:01. > :03:05.in the treatment room, his obsession began. -- and stuck.
:03:05. > :03:09.found myself in bed with the machine on for eight hours a day
:03:09. > :03:13.and I decided I was going to start collecting vinyl. I don't think you
:03:13. > :03:17.really understand the difference in sound quality, and the kind of
:03:17. > :03:23.honesty about a record until you listen to one. It is a bit of an
:03:23. > :03:28.obsession with me at the moment. you think you would get away with
:03:28. > :03:33.bringing the Weimar and the decks into the dressing room? -- of vinyl.
:03:33. > :03:36.I don't think I would go that far. I spoke to the boss about everyone
:03:36. > :03:42.choosing a track for me to put onto a playlist before we went out to
:03:42. > :03:48.play each game and I just about persuaded him. I knew there would
:03:48. > :03:58.be a few good track summer. He has come round to it? Yes, he gets the
:03:58. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:04.truck, as well. He went for Queen. -- it gets a track. Shaun's create
:04:04. > :04:10.a persona is a contrast to his hard man image on the pitch. Last year,
:04:10. > :04:16.he carried any injury but refused to have it until Derby were out of
:04:16. > :04:19.danger. The gaffer wanted me to do a job of as being available for a
:04:19. > :04:24.Saturday and to choose again whenever he needed me. I had about
:04:24. > :04:30.seven months without training, which was tough. He puts Derby and
:04:30. > :04:35.his family first. Family is a huge thing for me. Mum and dad started
:04:36. > :04:39.fostering when I was about two years old and in the 27 years I
:04:39. > :04:45.have been alive, there have been about 180 kids coming in and out of
:04:45. > :04:50.my parentss' doors. You see kids with so many different problems and
:04:50. > :04:55.as a family, we try to help them as much as possible. At Christmas, we
:04:55. > :05:00.are expecting 25 people around the table. It is always interesting and
:05:00. > :05:03.there is never a quiet moment that my mum and dad's house! It is
:05:03. > :05:07.interesting because you shouldn't stereotype, but you are not the
:05:07. > :05:11.average footballer. No, I have always said to everyone that has
:05:12. > :05:17.asked me about that but I am eight student who plays football for a
:05:17. > :05:27.living. I love my music, dance and fashion. I would have done art and
:05:27. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:34.media. I was quite lucky that I Do you think the student who became
:05:34. > :05:42.a footballer will ever play in the Premier League? I don't know. If
:05:42. > :05:46.you had asked me a few years ago, I would have hoped so. I do hope so
:05:46. > :05:49.and I hope it is for Derby County. Hopefully, over the next three
:05:50. > :05:55.years, we keep on pushing and by the players we needed to get us out
:05:55. > :06:02.of this division. To be captain of a club like Derby County is a
:06:02. > :06:06.massive thing and I am very proud, and I feel privileged.
:06:06. > :06:11.Interesting views from Shaun Barker. It is refreshing to see someone who
:06:11. > :06:16.is not the archetypal football. Here has some collection! He has
:06:16. > :06:24.some absolute classics. Will somebody so young, as well. He is
:06:24. > :06:29.not a 40-year-old looking at vinyl records. He is a young kid. He has
:06:29. > :06:34.pinched them from my garage! He is also amazingly grounded, which is
:06:34. > :06:38.something you don't often get. The fostering with his parents at
:06:38. > :06:42.having seen kids come and go through his front door. He has done
:06:42. > :06:47.very well. He has settled into the club very well. Like the supporters
:06:47. > :06:50.said, they are very impressed with how he performs. I think he missed
:06:50. > :06:54.the first 16 League games of this season and then he came in and
:06:54. > :06:57.suddenly, the defence was rejuvenated. But this was about his
:06:57. > :07:01.record and what he does away from football but you can tell he is a
:07:01. > :07:06.solid citizen, a straightforward lad to you want in your team. He
:07:06. > :07:09.heads it, kicks it and makes good decisions. The plans have taken him
:07:09. > :07:13.to their hearts and when you hear stories that he played on for six
:07:13. > :07:20.months with an injury that required surgery, that is what they love to
:07:20. > :07:24.hear. Players are accused of not wanting to play sometimes, and for
:07:24. > :07:30.a player to do that, captain a team and go through everything and put
:07:30. > :07:34.it to the back, it is great. It is frustrating that when players pick
:07:34. > :07:38.up little niggles and not so and may be shy away from that, for him
:07:38. > :07:46.to say, "I will not be at the training ground every day but if
:07:46. > :07:52.you put me on Saturday I'll give it my best," is great. Do centre-
:07:52. > :07:56.halves easily make great captains? Not necessarily. We had a brilliant
:07:56. > :08:01.captain who was a goalkeeper. Not necessarily. You might say the same
:08:01. > :08:04.thing? I make a case for goalkeepers being captains! People
:08:04. > :08:11.say they are a long way away from the action but I think it is about
:08:11. > :08:19.character. I think centre-halves as a type are the sort of standard
:08:19. > :08:22.fellers. A on the theme of music, who are the people who are
:08:22. > :08:26.responsible for the best and worst music you have heard in the
:08:26. > :08:36.dressing room? You have half-an- hour. Still to come: Dexter
:08:36. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:40.The race for automatic promotion from League Two is perhaps the
:08:40. > :08:44.closest of any of the issues to be sorted out in the next couple of
:08:44. > :08:49.months. Shrewsbury have missed out in the play-offs three times in the
:08:49. > :08:58.last five years - can they avoid that lottery? This event, it was
:08:58. > :09:07.fourth-placed Shrewsbury against since Risby were last beaten at
:09:07. > :09:11.home but the early signs that even when not promising. Billy Clark put
:09:12. > :09:14.the visitors ahead. Shrewsbury were not able to name Jermaine Grandison
:09:14. > :09:18.in their starting line-up because he was held up in traffic on his
:09:18. > :09:24.way to the game. He watched as Risbury improved and a minute
:09:24. > :09:30.before half-time, Mark Wright kept his feet and his court to tie the
:09:30. > :09:33.scores. Graham Turner made two substitutions -- is cool. He
:09:33. > :09:39.introduced Martin Morgan and Grandison and they eat shrews start
:09:40. > :09:45.of the second half brightly. But Crawley still carried a substantial
:09:45. > :09:50.threat and Sanchez Watt brought a Sark -- sharp save from Chris Niel.
:09:51. > :09:55.Graham Turner's substitutions proved to be a masterstroke when
:09:55. > :10:00.Grandison's determination created an opening for Morgan. Shrewsbury's
:10:00. > :10:09.centre-forward proved strong enough to score his 6th -- 7th goal of the
:10:09. > :10:18.season. Hope app can's sense of direction let him down. But
:10:18. > :10:25.Shrewsbury are flying up to third A very good win, if a little
:10:25. > :10:28.fortunate. For me, it is satisfying. Crawley looked the better side at
:10:28. > :10:33.the start of the game. I think you can take a lot of satisfaction
:10:33. > :10:38.about not being at your best but staying in and sticking in with the
:10:38. > :10:42.game and putting a shift in, then coming away with a victory. It is
:10:42. > :10:48.pleasing for Shrewsbury. They are doing things the right way. After
:10:48. > :10:54.the impact Jermaine Grandison had, and I think it the boss will lock
:10:54. > :10:58.him in the car-park! Welcome to the game! He will get a club fine for
:10:58. > :11:08.missing the start of the match but it is nice to see Graham at a lot,
:11:08. > :11:12.as well. A sip a result. -- to see Graham much more calm. You will
:11:12. > :11:16.appreciate that finish from Martin Morgan. There was some quality
:11:16. > :11:20.goals in the game but that was a lovely finish. It is all about
:11:20. > :11:25.getting the automatic promotion. They have been almost there for
:11:25. > :11:30.many years. Can they do it this time? I don't see why not. A result
:11:30. > :11:34.like that gives you an extra boost of confidence when you have not
:11:34. > :11:39.been quite your best, yet still get three points. They did it the right
:11:39. > :11:44.way. They want to build a legacy of something that is lasting. They
:11:44. > :11:48.work in the community and the stuff they do a round is good and it
:11:48. > :11:51.looks like they can progress in the league. A smashing job. Looking
:11:51. > :12:00.good in all areas. They are now three points behind second-placed
:12:00. > :12:10.Cheltenham Town. The Robins a bust of the manager at a had to settle
:12:10. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:29.couple of days of last week and it paid dividends. If fine goal! His
:12:29. > :12:32.first goal for Cheltenham. Cheltenham then missed a penalty,
:12:32. > :12:35.but Britain's chances were hardly improved when Patrick Ada
:12:35. > :12:45.celebrated his Brewers debut as a substitute by getting himself sent
:12:45. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:51.off. This is a corner and a header at the back. Bundled end. The
:12:51. > :12:56.defender has got his third goal of the season and Shannon have the
:12:56. > :13:01.second goal that might tie up this match. Port are now just one place
:13:01. > :13:10.below the play-off zone after a 2-1 win at Northampton. Diving header
:13:11. > :13:17.at the back. Back in. A chance here. It drops down. A chance here he has
:13:17. > :13:25.got round the goalkeeper. He has made it 2-0! A chance here at the
:13:25. > :13:29.back. He has scored. It was only �1 to get into see Hereford's game at
:13:29. > :13:34.Bradford and lead to's big as that of the season, 17,000, took
:13:34. > :13:38.advantage of the price cut. They saw Byron Antony gave the Bulls and
:13:38. > :13:43.the lead with eight minutes remaining, only for David Symes to
:13:43. > :13:47.head Bradford's equaliser after 88 minutes. The balls into the game
:13:47. > :13:57.with 10 men after Ben Purkiss was sent off for receding a second
:13:57. > :14:03.
:14:03. > :14:07.Port have been placed under a transfer embargo because of money
:14:07. > :14:11.owed to the Inland Revenue. They were late paying the January
:14:11. > :14:15.instalment on a loan taken out from Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 2006.
:14:15. > :14:19.The Council has confirmed that payment had now been made. For to
:14:19. > :14:26.be in the promotion hunt with so much going on of the field, it is
:14:26. > :14:32.brilliant in itself. I think they can take a lot of credit for what
:14:32. > :14:36.they're doing. Their sanctuary will be on the training ground, training
:14:36. > :14:40.with the players and preparing them for the game. That will be there
:14:40. > :14:45.respite from what seems to be a crazy situation that does not help.
:14:45. > :14:53.It detracts from what they're trying to do. He is short on
:14:53. > :14:57.numbers. How does it affect the players? The players get along with
:14:57. > :15:04.just plain. It will affect my key and the staff because they will be
:15:04. > :15:08.having conversations late. The players can concentrate on their
:15:08. > :15:13.football. He is doing a fantastic job under the circumstances.
:15:13. > :15:18.they do not win or hit a stumbling block, it will we used as an
:15:18. > :15:23.excuse? Not really. You can hide behind whatever you want really. He
:15:23. > :15:28.is a proper professional and he will want to get his team into that
:15:28. > :15:31.position. Derby had a weekend of after losing to Leicester on
:15:31. > :15:34.Thursday and we start a round-up of what has been happening in the
:15:34. > :15:38.championship at Birmingham City, who have lost ground in the race
:15:38. > :15:44.for automatic promotion. But the game at St Andrews provided much-
:15:44. > :15:54.needed comfort for Nottingham needed comfort for Nottingham
:15:54. > :15:57.
:15:57. > :16:01.came after 29 minutes. Birmingham, who had been the championship's
:16:01. > :16:04.formatting equalise when Chris Burke scored after half-time, but
:16:04. > :16:07.Forest and Blackstock were not to be denied. In the piece of skill
:16:07. > :16:14.conjured a second goal and Forest were on the way to their 5th away
:16:14. > :16:17.win of the season. The Blues almost tie the scores again, but the
:16:17. > :16:21.crossbar denied Keith Fahey and Curtis Davies was wide with the
:16:21. > :16:25.rebound. Two wins in a week means far as's hopes of survival are a
:16:25. > :16:31.good deal brighter. Coventry's home form is central to their chance of
:16:31. > :16:41.avoiding relegation, but they left it very late against Barnsley.
:16:41. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:50.chips it out to the left, and hit his in. The Sky Blues have scored
:16:50. > :17:00.in stoppage time! Is that the gold that could give the Sky Blues a big
:17:00. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:11.Obviously you were it was not that long ago. Net, how long has Dexter
:17:11. > :17:16.Blackstock had to work? He has done so well to get back so quickly
:17:16. > :17:20.lately. For someone who does not like a long-distance running, for
:17:20. > :17:26.him to get back... I was at the game and his second goal was
:17:26. > :17:31.absolutely fantastic. Forest played well on Saturday and I think they
:17:31. > :17:37.deserved the win. His career was on the line? Death Valley. That is
:17:37. > :17:46.credit to the medical staff as well. He has put in an awful lot of hard
:17:46. > :17:49.work. It is great to see him back. I had heard he spent �2,000 on
:17:49. > :17:55.iPads after the surgery. They looked dead and buried at a couple
:17:55. > :17:59.of weeks ago. They have had a couple of good results. The
:17:59. > :18:02.performance on Saturday against Birmingham was a good one, so they
:18:02. > :18:07.should be happy with that. It gives the players' confidence to go
:18:07. > :18:11.forward into the rest of the season. A late win for Coventry thanks to
:18:11. > :18:16.Clive Platt. Their home form is key at the minute, but can they get
:18:16. > :18:20.that a way when because it is proving elusive? The need to. We're
:18:20. > :18:24.moving into a period of the season were regardless of form up to now,
:18:24. > :18:30.they need to get a real burst and put some points on the board. It
:18:30. > :18:33.has been a struggle and I think the manager has conducted himself well
:18:33. > :18:37.under difficult circumstances. He has tried to speak about the
:18:37. > :18:42.players and making them better and get them to play as a team. That
:18:42. > :18:45.win is a bruised, but that boost needs to continue. Coventry fans
:18:45. > :18:53.will be thinking there is no time like the present to get the first
:18:53. > :19:00.away win. It just happens to be at Leicester, big local rivals. He has
:19:00. > :19:03.done great over the last few weeks. He has concentrated on the players
:19:03. > :19:09.and everything else that goes beyond the circus of been at a
:19:09. > :19:13.football club, he is concentrating on his job. The Leicester. A good
:19:13. > :19:18.win over Derby last week. A bit of concern now, question marks over
:19:18. > :19:27.the future of Matt Knowles. Captain this season and has not featured in
:19:27. > :19:30.the past couple of games. What next for the player now? With their new
:19:30. > :19:35.manager coming in, he has to assess the squat and pick the players he
:19:35. > :19:40.feels are right for the team on the Saturday. At the moment, it looks
:19:40. > :19:44.like Matt isn't in his plans, but things change quickly and if he
:19:44. > :19:49.does not move to Leeds, he will work hard in training and tried to
:19:49. > :19:54.get back in. It is uncomfortable for me. When a player reacts to a
:19:54. > :19:59.situation that might be for a week or two, if he reacts in a negative
:19:59. > :20:04.way, it can cast a bit of a shadow over him for the rest of the season.
:20:04. > :20:08.Sometimes, when I was a player, I tried to take the blinkers off and
:20:08. > :20:16.look at the bigger picture. He might be disappointed one week or
:20:16. > :20:20.upset... But crack corn in the team's interest? Yes. We'd love to
:20:20. > :20:22.hear from you here on Late Kick-Off. We are open for business seven days
:20:22. > :20:31.a week on Facebook and you can always continue the conversation
:20:32. > :20:35.might now want it to by using the hashtag lko mids. It is one of them
:20:35. > :20:38.was them as building sites and the country, but not for much longer.
:20:38. > :20:41.England's National Football Centre has been a long time coming, but
:20:41. > :20:45.the first players and coaches should take up residents in late
:20:45. > :20:48.summer. St George's Park will be the training no more of all of
:20:48. > :20:50.England's representative teams and the government has announced an
:20:50. > :20:54.extra �3 million of investment. The money will we used to increase the
:20:54. > :20:58.number of coaches trying there, targeting particularly black and
:20:58. > :21:07.ethnic minority candidates. One man who might benefit, Darren Moore,
:21:07. > :21:12.has been giving us a guided tour of St George's Park. There are always
:21:12. > :21:18.great expectations. England is the richest football in-country in the
:21:18. > :21:25.world. Yet up until now, we were the only European country not to
:21:25. > :21:32.have a national football centre. Move into 2012 and that is changing
:21:32. > :21:35.at a rapid rate. Right here in the Midlands on a 330 acre site at
:21:36. > :21:42.Burton, the �100 million state-of- the-art facility will be worth the
:21:42. > :21:47.wait. I lot of people have said will this help us win the World
:21:47. > :21:51.Cup? The short answer is I hope yes, but it may not be the World Cup
:21:51. > :21:56.that everyone wants. You do think it is in the right part of the
:21:56. > :22:04.Country? Absolutely. It is in the middle of England. Football belongs
:22:04. > :22:09.in the north, the east, the West, the self. Just two months ago,
:22:09. > :22:13.Fabio Capello said the centre was incredible, the best in Europe. It
:22:13. > :22:19.is a shame he will not use it as England coach. With such a big
:22:19. > :22:28.build up, it needed someone with a certain stature to show me around.
:22:28. > :22:34.Step in that they get Darren Moore. St George's Park boast 12 pitches,
:22:34. > :22:42.one of them a full-size indoor pitch. For me this is one of the
:22:42. > :22:45.best bits. This is the indoor or centre. It you think that this will
:22:45. > :22:49.do is help the performers? And absolutely. If we want to make
:22:49. > :22:55.headway in Europe and worldwide and we have the best players, then we
:22:55. > :22:58.need the best facilities. League Two side Burton are based at the
:22:58. > :23:02.site for training. They are testing out the difference services of the
:23:02. > :23:07.pitches. The design and layout is key for the England squad and the
:23:07. > :23:12.manager. This is where the next England coach will sleep and
:23:12. > :23:16.finalise his plans for world football domination. The this is
:23:16. > :23:23.actually wear the England manager will be spending his time, so it is
:23:23. > :23:29.great to be in the room and see it being built. And in Britain. Yeah.
:23:29. > :23:33.You can see how the view of the pictures, were it retains our
:23:33. > :23:40.training, you can see what is actually going on. For the England
:23:40. > :23:44.manager, it is a wonderful new. The it is also were all of the 24
:23:44. > :23:51.England teams, men's, women's and disability, will benefit from a
:23:51. > :24:00.medical centre of excellence. They have got the best facility possible.
:24:00. > :24:06.There is there a hydrotherapy pool. How important is it to have such an
:24:06. > :24:10.important Riad alliteration side of things? Were in you are dealing
:24:10. > :24:13.with an elite performers, so much is invested in players nowadays,
:24:13. > :24:16.that you need a top-class facilities, in order that when they
:24:16. > :24:23.do get injured, they are back to full fitness and recovered as
:24:23. > :24:29.quickly as possible. This is the jewel in the crown, a full-size
:24:29. > :24:34.replica Wembley pitch even with the exact same turf. As a player, and
:24:34. > :24:38.this must be so exciting having this on the doorstep? The centre
:24:38. > :24:44.isn't finished yet and the adrenalin in my body just to get
:24:44. > :24:48.out on that pitch is amazing. For any player, part of the National
:24:48. > :24:53.set up or professional clubs or in the King into Leeds, to get the
:24:53. > :25:01.opportunity to come here, they will understand exactly what I mean. It
:25:01. > :25:11.is wonderful and as a player you just want to get out there and play.
:25:11. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:41.Absolutely fantastic. Sport Relief coming up scene. Worsell gained a
:25:41. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:47.point. This time last week Keith Curle was a few hours into his
:25:47. > :25:57.career as Notts County manager. Seven days on, it is two wins and
:25:57. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:07.from full-time through on-loan striker Jonathan Forte. Alan Judge
:26:07. > :26:15.might have made the game safe for them, but for the crossbar.
:26:15. > :26:19.Chesterfield friend to steal a point right at the end, but County
:26:19. > :26:22.held on to climb to a place. Walsall are fighting for their
:26:22. > :26:26.lives at the bottom of the table and stretch their unbeaten run to
:26:26. > :26:30.three games at Preston. It has also three games since they conceded a
:26:30. > :26:40.goal, thanks to David Grof's acrobatics. Florent Cuvelier had
:26:40. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:48.the Saddlers best opportunity to He need one, Notts County will be
:26:48. > :26:52.looking to complete a hat-trick of wins for Keith Curle at Rochdale
:26:52. > :26:57.tomorrow, when in League Two, Hereford are at Gillingham and Port
:26:57. > :26:59.could press their player of things further by beating Crewe. A Burke
:26:59. > :27:05.and candy John amounts Dewsbury a favour by beating promotion-chasing
:27:05. > :27:10.Swindon. Who was responsible for the best pieces of music and the
:27:10. > :27:17.worst in the club she had been at? Michael Appleton was the assistant
:27:18. > :27:21.manager at West Brom and he has the biggest mistake I have ever seen.
:27:22. > :27:27.He would come in and want to put something of. And everyone would
:27:27. > :27:34.say carry on. It would be these hardcore dance anthems. He got away
:27:34. > :27:39.with it, because of his size. is Shaun Barker's top five that he
:27:39. > :27:49.likes to play in the dressing room. Anything there that tickles your
:27:49. > :27:53.
:27:53. > :28:03.fancy? To know. What's Widger taste be Ben? IM a tide of the 80s.
:28:03. > :28:04.
:28:04. > :28:10.Judging by the Mollet, I would say Duran Duran would be one. Your
:28:10. > :28:13.choice would be what? I would be into the Clash and the police, the
:28:13. > :28:20.Stone Roses. Does it make any difference what music he played
:28:20. > :28:25.before kick-off? Yes. It can cheer everyone up. Can I make the
:28:25. > :28:35.difference between a win or a defeat? Whatever is being played,
:28:35. > :28:37.