:00:27. > :00:31.nice and Port Vale 's new chairman targets the clubs lost generation.
:00:31. > :00:37.We've got to get the people that became disenchanted to come back and
:00:37. > :00:41.start supporting the club. And could Saunders will is really be placed in
:00:41. > :00:46.the championships by the Saddlers? If we win on Tuesday and results go
:00:46. > :00:50.against them, we are back to where we started. It is nice to be at the
:00:50. > :00:58.upper levels of the league. We are having a ball at the moment.
:00:58. > :01:02.I'm delighted to be joined by Steve Froggatt and Michael Johnson. A
:01:02. > :01:06.turbulent 12 months in the history of Port Vale looks to end in
:01:06. > :01:09.promotion. Vale have been stuck in the basement but tonight they stand
:01:09. > :01:19.on the brink of a return to league one and hot on their heels in the
:01:19. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:34.race for promotion are our other mistake. The ball goes to the corner
:01:34. > :01:44.flag. And they'll have equalised! One more goal for promotion. It's
:01:44. > :01:53.in! He could have just won promotion for Port Vale. The corner is going
:01:53. > :01:56.in. In it goes! And they scored! I do not believe it. Even if the
:01:56. > :02:05.result had stayed at two to one, we would not have been promoted today.
:02:05. > :02:12.We are nearly there. There is work to be done. And it's in! Paterson
:02:12. > :02:22.has touched it in. What an important goal! Three and a half minutes of
:02:22. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:38.added time. Burton Albion celebrate. Michael Hector! Yes! They
:02:38. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:50.had a full Michael Hector, his first now. -- lead to. How is the new
:02:50. > :02:55.chairman feeling right now? He only took over at the Park in November.
:02:55. > :03:01.Earlier this week, we spent the day with a chairman who thinks that
:03:01. > :03:06.interacting with fans on Twitter is the way forward.
:03:06. > :03:16.Paul Wiles is a new breed of chairman. For him, communication
:03:16. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :03:26.with the fans is key. Port fail up on the crest of a wave. 37-year-old
:03:26. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:32.is rising it. -- the 37-year-old is riding it. It is a busy match day
:03:32. > :03:38.but still, I have arrived on the Wirral to meet the chairman at one
:03:38. > :03:41.of his hotels. Nice to meet you. This way. You are 37 and you've
:03:41. > :03:44.built up such a successful portfolio. Yeah, I've been very
:03:44. > :03:46.lucky. I've worked for some talented people when I was young and
:03:46. > :03:50.therefore would be some opportunities that I probably
:03:50. > :03:54.shouldn't have had at the age I was. I managed to take advantage of the
:03:54. > :03:59.property market as it was growing, built a successful student business
:03:59. > :04:07.which I sold and moved on to hotels. Since then, obviously I've built a
:04:07. > :04:11.big training company and now Port Vale, a brand-new chapter. And what
:04:11. > :04:17.an exciting new chapter it is! Automatic promotion looks to be on
:04:17. > :04:24.the cards as well. It was only six months ago that you bought the club
:04:24. > :04:27.for one point �25 million. Automatic promotion would be a good return.
:04:27. > :04:32.dream start. From a financial point of view it doesn't make much
:04:32. > :04:36.difference. From a status point of view, if you like, and about the
:04:36. > :04:42.fans finally achieving a dream, that's something we couldn't have
:04:42. > :04:47.wished for. And he has got to long-term plans. Within five years,
:04:47. > :04:52.he wants to see Port Vale back in the championship. That's right and I
:04:52. > :04:56.think that involves a lot of luck, a lot of hard work from the players,
:04:56. > :04:59.the manager and his coaching staff, but also of the field, you cannot
:04:59. > :05:02.ignore the fact that in order to achieve success on the field and
:05:02. > :05:06.you've got to drive revenues of the field and that is something we're
:05:06. > :05:12.working very hard on. Every penny we bring into the club we have to
:05:12. > :05:20.invest in playing squad. What a memorable night! Bringing the crowds
:05:20. > :05:24.back to Vale Park is one of his priorities, a price promotion for
:05:24. > :05:32.the recent Burton Albion game saw the biggest home crowd in 15 years.
:05:32. > :05:37.It was quite emotional to see the hard work of the people delivering
:05:37. > :05:42.that night. The highlight of the night for me was the reception that
:05:42. > :05:48.John Rudge got. It is quite moving. To see grown men with tears in their
:05:48. > :05:54.eyes was something special and something I will not forget. He is
:05:54. > :05:58.enthusiastic, passionate. He is not from this area. It is not what we
:05:58. > :06:03.are used to so it's really nice. When you've been dragged down for so
:06:03. > :06:11.long and then all of a sudden, you sit back and think okay, we've heard
:06:11. > :06:17.it all before, but no, some -- so far so good. He seems to be on the
:06:17. > :06:22.button. They are a forgiving bunch. They've needed to be. They've been
:06:22. > :06:25.expert at that over the last few years. The key thing is about two --
:06:25. > :06:30.about communication. We need to keep the fans informed about what we are
:06:30. > :06:36.doing. We will keep the fans informed. That is all they ask for.
:06:36. > :06:40.They ask for the players to give 100% on a Saturday or a Tuesday and
:06:40. > :06:43.for the club to communicate with them. Would you say you are a new
:06:43. > :06:47.breed of chairman? Somebody told me the other day I'm the youngest in
:06:47. > :06:52.the football league which is unusual but that's a nice thing. I don't get
:06:52. > :06:57.told those things very often any more. I think I'm not really a new
:06:57. > :07:03.breed. What I bring is good commercial acumen to a job that
:07:03. > :07:11.probably hasn't had that for a long time. So, the buzz is back in this
:07:11. > :07:15.club. It's an exciting time to be a Port Vale fan.
:07:15. > :07:18.It's quite refreshing to hear from a 37-year-old chairman in the football
:07:18. > :07:22.league. His ability to communicate with the fans something that even
:07:23. > :07:25.the more experienced German could learn from. It's great to hear
:07:25. > :07:30.chairman communicating with the fans and making sure the community is
:07:30. > :07:33.part of the football club. As long as fans are told and are aware of
:07:33. > :07:40.what is happening and the boys on the match date go out and try their
:07:40. > :07:44.best, that's all you want. Uses twitter. I know you are a massive
:07:44. > :07:48.fan of social network sites. If you were a manager, you would not use
:07:48. > :07:51.it, would you? The problem is, some of the lads who come into football,
:07:51. > :07:55.they are not particularly the best educated in the world so they are
:07:55. > :07:59.not going to be wordsmiths. They can trip themselves up and get
:07:59. > :08:03.themselves into trouble. How many times if a player has a bad game,
:08:03. > :08:07.you are leaving yourself open to slaughter and it brings a whole new
:08:07. > :08:11.host of problems to the football club. Personally, I think you cannot
:08:11. > :08:17.stop the players from using it. It is modern society, part of the world
:08:17. > :08:21.and as long as the lads are told and educated that it is a tool which is
:08:21. > :08:25.to be used sensibly... Each to their own. You cannot say to a player, a
:08:25. > :08:30.grown man, you cannot use it. As long as they use it as a positive
:08:30. > :08:33.tool, they'll be fine. A lot of football chairman, particularly in
:08:33. > :08:40.our area, could learn a lot from communicating with the supporters.
:08:40. > :08:44.Totally agree. That's one of the problems with fans in our area.
:08:44. > :08:48.easy not to say anything ultimately. Let's not go too far away from the
:08:48. > :08:54.initial point which is that they'll need 1.4 promotion. That's an
:08:54. > :09:00.unbelievable achievement. I think he has done fantastically well. It's a
:09:00. > :09:03.smart piece of work getting his players. They are people whose been
:09:03. > :09:08.around the block and know the game, know what it takes to get promoted.
:09:08. > :09:11.I totally agree. He's done a great job there. He's been around the
:09:11. > :09:20.block and has brought key players in with experience. At this stage in
:09:20. > :09:25.the season, that's vital. On Easter Monday, Wolves recorded
:09:25. > :09:30.their third... The threat of relegation appeared to be receding
:09:30. > :09:40.but make no mistake, two weeks on and they are again staring at a
:09:40. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:11.nightmare scenario after yesterday's Jermaine Beckford! Beckford is
:10:11. > :10:11.
:10:11. > :10:21.through the middle again. He has just done that. And what has
:10:21. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:41.Whether it is frustration or not, Jamie O'Hara has let everybody down
:10:41. > :10:46.here. Off he goes and it is shameful. It is symptomatic of what
:10:46. > :10:56.is going on at Wolverhampton Wanderers. We had a great chance to
:10:56. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:03.make it a win but it went wide. puts you second to bottom, is not
:11:03. > :11:06.looking good. There are two teams above us on 30 points, a couple on
:11:06. > :11:16.51 points so if we win on Tuesday and the results go against them, we
:11:16. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:24.are back to where we started. We It's a crazy division. After
:11:24. > :11:31.yesterday's defeat at Ewood Park, Blackburn took the lead with an
:11:31. > :11:41.early penalty from Jordan Rhodes. They settled it in half time. Back
:11:41. > :11:47.
:11:47. > :11:52.to Wolves and these are the remember Huddersfield began the day
:11:52. > :11:55.below Wolves. Now they are above them. What can Wolves do to get out
:11:55. > :12:05.of this predicament? The problem is they've lost four or five players,
:12:05. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:11.key players with injuries. It has been one injury after another. I'm
:12:11. > :12:17.finding it difficult to find a case for them to stay up now. I've seen
:12:17. > :12:21.the strain etched on the manager's face. It goes back to the time when
:12:21. > :12:24.you look at the transfer window and they didn't bring in players. There
:12:24. > :12:26.were players that he had identified that they needed in certain
:12:26. > :12:36.positions. They didn't spend the money for whatever reason, whether
:12:36. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:49.their wage bill was too high. That understand they had key players out
:12:49. > :12:53.but you have to be competitive. It is a disappointing performance,
:12:53. > :12:59.losing their key player as well. last thing you need is Jamie O'Hara
:12:59. > :13:03.doing what he did when the chips are down. They were 3-1 down already,
:13:03. > :13:09.the game had gone. It was a lack of discipline. Looking at the Wolves
:13:09. > :13:12.midfield, they have whole coming during the week, against a manager
:13:12. > :13:16.who we thought was going to be the manager at the start of the season
:13:16. > :13:21.and for some reason it never happened and you wonder if he might
:13:21. > :13:27.put the final nail in the coffin dash -- they have Hull City coming
:13:27. > :13:32.during the week. Should Dean Saunders' position" a leak? He is
:13:32. > :13:38.more disappointed with errors -- with their run of results. He was
:13:38. > :13:44.manager of them months in the month gone by, then the last two games has
:13:44. > :13:50.hurt them. They have three massive games coming up. They need to win
:13:50. > :13:55.all of them between now and the end of the season. The Wolves team on
:13:55. > :14:00.duty yesterday cost in excess of �20 million. Next season, they could be
:14:00. > :14:05.swapping places with their neighbours from 13 name -- 13 miles
:14:05. > :14:11.down the road. The man they call the ginger Mourinho is doing a stunning
:14:11. > :14:18.job in league one. Laura May has been to meet him. Dean Smith is a
:14:18. > :14:28.manager on a mission. 14 games unbeaten and now just one point of
:14:28. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:35.the play-offs. The dream is on. What is the belief like that you can
:14:35. > :14:38.finish in a play-off position? going to be really tough, we know
:14:38. > :14:42.that. Realistically, people are saying we have to win three games.
:14:42. > :14:46.All we can concentrate on is one game at a time and see where you are
:14:46. > :14:50.after that. Our players are good. They want to listen, want to get
:14:50. > :14:58.better and progress their careers. They see this as a great platform
:14:58. > :15:01.for them. To be in with a shout of getting into the play-offs is a
:15:01. > :15:06.fantastic achievement. The Walsall boss has created a squad on a
:15:06. > :15:13.shoestring and he has managed to unearth some hidden gems. Step
:15:13. > :15:19.forward Deano's fantastic four. Grigg with his first senior
:15:19. > :15:25.hat-trick for the Saddlers. He has been a star turn. Deano's fantastic
:15:25. > :15:29.four. I suppose so. You would not want to be facing is at the moment
:15:29. > :15:37.because we can create a lot of things. It causes all source of
:15:37. > :15:41.trouble. A brilliant goal by Jamie Paterson. I am enjoying it at the
:15:41. > :15:44.moment. I have played every game of the season which has benefited me. I
:15:44. > :15:52.have learned from a few mistakes earlier in the season. The goals are
:15:52. > :15:57.going in as well. He shoots, it is there, Randy has put Walsall in
:15:57. > :16:01.front. To be fair, everybody was expecting us not to do as well as we
:16:02. > :16:05.are doing now. We proved the critics wrong. We are a good team. There is
:16:05. > :16:15.a good team spirit. The manager has done well to get as playing
:16:15. > :16:18.football. It goes in. Craig Westcarr. The fantastic four, I
:16:18. > :16:21.would say that. There is James Baxendale who has played his part
:16:21. > :16:28.and a few other players who have played their part as well. It is
:16:28. > :16:35.team effort. We want to go forward by everyone playing together. We are
:16:35. > :16:40.not individual. It is good to have that tag, I suppose. Of a Deano's
:16:40. > :16:44.fantastic four? I am not so sure about that. There are a lot of other
:16:44. > :16:47.players in the squad who will argue that point. They are a wonderful
:16:47. > :16:52.bunch of lads and want to get better. They have been a pleasure to
:16:52. > :16:56.work with and they have got better and better and deserve it.
:16:56. > :17:01.Saddlers travelled to Scunthorpe yesterday, looking for a vital three
:17:01. > :17:08.points to take them into a play-off position. From Will Grigg, that is
:17:08. > :17:15.the opportunity he has been looking for. There was late heartbreak.
:17:15. > :17:19.Cavanagh with a header, it is 1-1. So just two more games to get --
:17:19. > :17:24.Games to go and the fight is on. There is no sign of the Saddlers
:17:24. > :17:31.giving up. This is Walsall's current position
:17:31. > :17:36.in league one, a point outside the play-offs with Bury up next. Can
:17:36. > :17:40.Walsall do it? They are as close as they have been for a long time.
:17:40. > :17:47.believe so, the ginger Mourinho has them firing on all cylinders and he
:17:47. > :17:50.is a People's person. He's great. He has been a breath of fresh air.
:17:50. > :17:56.is so relaxed, we went there recently. I don't think Ronnie Moore
:17:56. > :18:01.would have done something like that. We were just talking, it is about
:18:01. > :18:05.people skills and what you do on the training ground. He has got that. He
:18:05. > :18:11.has people buying into the way he is, running through brick walls for
:18:11. > :18:16.him. Hopefully, that might secure a play-off spot. They have Bury,
:18:16. > :18:21.relegated, Crewe, who has nothing to play for. You can see them winning
:18:21. > :18:25.both games but they are relying on Swindon. Swindon are on the slide?
:18:25. > :18:32.Swindon have a game in hand and an extra point, so it will be close. It
:18:32. > :18:36.is a shame for Walsall, 14 games unbeaten, incredible. With all the
:18:36. > :18:42.success which Deano is having, will the chairman is sniffing around him?
:18:42. > :18:48.Yes, I believe so. I think Deano is a fantastic person. He deserves it,
:18:48. > :18:53.40 has done with Walsall. You have seen the funds. It is a remarkable
:18:53. > :18:57.story, not spending a penny on the players. They have developed their
:18:57. > :19:02.academy and they are starting to bring -- bring kids through. It is a
:19:02. > :19:10.family run club, with the concessions they do for kids.
:19:10. > :19:14.Everybody hopes they can get into the Championship. Deano started with
:19:14. > :19:18.the academy, spot on. Championship promotion chasers are
:19:18. > :19:21.sat outside the play-off zone. Bolton have leapfrogged forest and
:19:21. > :19:31.Leicester with the Foxes pegged back in controversial fashion on Friday
:19:31. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:08.for Birmingham City in a last-minute at the stadium? Leicester two,
:20:08. > :20:15.Birmingham two. The fashion in which we considered the equaliser might
:20:15. > :20:25.was very difficult to put into words. -- tonight. We have created
:20:25. > :20:35.numerous chances. We have contributed significantly to not
:20:35. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:42.defeat at Cardiff yesterday? We have been given unprecedented access at
:20:42. > :20:48.the city ground. It is promotion crunch time. Natalie Jackson has
:20:48. > :20:53.been back to see how everyone's nerves are holding up. We need a bit
:20:53. > :20:58.of quality, tell them, tell them. the season hangs on a knife edge so
:20:58. > :21:06.the manager needs every ounce from his players. With four games to go,
:21:06. > :21:10.everyone plays a part. Will you sign my book? The chairman flew in from
:21:10. > :21:15.Kuwait this week to see the fans. Over the last 11 games, he has been
:21:15. > :21:22.in the dressing room, inky team meetings, even to the chairman's
:21:22. > :21:26.homes in the Middle East. In the latest of our Access all areas at
:21:26. > :21:34.Nottingham Forest, we are the only cameras allowed on the inside as
:21:34. > :21:40.Billy Davies and flowers are half hourly meet hundreds of fans. --
:21:40. > :21:50.Fawaz Al Hasawi. We are also there at an explosive team talk. And here
:21:50. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:58.the reaction after the first defeat city ground. This is the kind of
:21:58. > :22:02.cute you would expect to see on a match day. Pleased to meet you, are
:22:02. > :22:08.you well? Thank you for your support. Over 500 fans are there.
:22:08. > :22:11.I'm happy to be here today. With all the fans, I'm really happy and proud
:22:11. > :22:20.to be with them today. I hope that things will be good for Nottingham
:22:20. > :22:24.for this season and they all will be happy. How are we? He has been known
:22:24. > :22:30.for nine months now and in that time sacked three managers. I think at
:22:30. > :22:35.the point he got me, a bit of worry, but as soon as he brought Billy
:22:35. > :22:40.Davies in, no worry whatsoever. very nice gentleman, genuine, I am
:22:40. > :22:43.full of hope for the future. It's good they have gone to great efforts
:22:43. > :22:51.to do this for us because we have never had anything like this before.
:22:51. > :22:57.I came to my first game in 1947. have never seen anything like this?
:22:57. > :23:04.No, never. The forest badge -- the Forest badge is a special badge and
:23:04. > :23:09.there is an expectation level which we have to try to match. Well done,
:23:09. > :23:15.top man. On Thursday, ahead of the game with top of the table Cardiff,
:23:15. > :23:22.we are at the training ground. done. Your reputation is becoming a
:23:22. > :23:25.bit fearsome. This surprise element is being removed. There is a
:23:25. > :23:29.positive mood throughout training but this week, the strikers have
:23:29. > :23:37.been under scrutiny in some newspapers for not scoring enough
:23:37. > :23:44.goals. It becomes a subject of an ear bulging team talk. We have to
:23:44. > :23:51.give better quality. Tell them, tell them. Because you are the ones who
:23:51. > :23:57.will be in the press and it is your fault. It is not your fault. You
:23:57. > :24:03.have to give quality and get these guys in the press for the right
:24:03. > :24:08.reasons! You are getting killed at the moment and it is not them, guys.
:24:08. > :24:15.He is demanding and we are in that permission -- profession where you
:24:15. > :24:18.need to be demanding. Out there in training, people getting on at other
:24:18. > :24:25.people and making sure they are doing the right things, making sure
:24:26. > :24:35.they are going into the game getting the best possible chance. Greenback
:24:36. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:43.-- We have to be shouted at to stay focused. Four against two, play
:24:43. > :24:49.quicker. Four minutes to go, two more. On Friday, training is intense
:24:49. > :24:59.as Davies wins the manager of the month award for March. It all leads
:24:59. > :25:09.up to the game day. It whistles by the post. Forest started sharply but
:25:09. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:19.it was the Welshman who took the glorious chance, before he saw red.
:25:19. > :25:24.He's going to the pocket, it is an automatic red. Cardiff were in
:25:24. > :25:31.control. They went on to win three dashed nil, and the ten game
:25:31. > :25:38.unbeaten run came to an end. -- they went on to win three -nil. Is the
:25:38. > :25:43.manager of the month award a curse? It is a nonsense, we have another
:25:43. > :25:48.very difficult game. We way win, lose or get beaten. These things
:25:48. > :25:52.happen in football. The next game is on Tuesday against Middlesbrough,
:25:52. > :25:57.before they play at home to Barnsley on Saturday, then Millwall and
:25:57. > :26:07.Leicester. So there is for games to achieve that unfinished business and
:26:07. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:18.grab a place in the play-offs for that was really interesting, the way
:26:19. > :26:23.he was addressing the players in training about the strike is not
:26:24. > :26:27.scoring but the quality of ball and to prove the press wrong. That is
:26:27. > :26:32.the big problem they have had, they have been short of a top-quality
:26:32. > :26:35.winger. Billy is right, he is protecting his forwards. If they are
:26:35. > :26:41.taking the flak and there is not the service going in, there is not a
:26:42. > :26:46.huge amount the forwards can do. There is a lack of wits? He had wide
:26:46. > :26:51.men, he likes pates and wits and players getting the ball in the box
:26:51. > :26:55.but it is close for Leicester and Forest. Bolton are the form team.
:26:55. > :26:59.They have won eight of their last ten and it could go down to the last
:26:59. > :27:04.game between Forest and Leicester. It could be an enormous game.
:27:04. > :27:12.Leicester blown it? I think so, it is going to be difficult. The way
:27:12. > :27:22.they lost the last goal. I don't think it was a penalty but you think
:27:22. > :27:25.
:27:26. > :27:31.it is inside the box. He kept going back towards his goal, you think
:27:31. > :27:36.clear the ball and his final touch, he has made the referee made -- make
:27:36. > :27:41.a difficult decision at that time in the game. Is a sign of the pressure
:27:41. > :27:44.the players are under? I think so, the final part of the game, trying
:27:44. > :27:51.to get the ball under control but really he should have cleared the
:27:51. > :27:54.ball with the final seconds of game. Are one more game to bring you to
:27:55. > :28:04.night, a welcome victory for Chris Kiwomya who lost his first few games
:28:05. > :28:26.
:28:26. > :28:31.You can see all the goals involving our clubs on the Football League
:28:31. > :28:35.Show courtesy of the BBC iPlayer. Thanks to Jonno and Froggy. Next
:28:35. > :28:40.week, we will look at Derby County's academy but we leave you
:28:40. > :28:43.where we started, with Port Vale. It is not quite party time but the