:00:18. > :00:21.Some people are on the pitch, they think its all over. On the show
:00:21. > :00:31.tonight: Forget Stamford Bridge, Wolves are heading to Stevenage How
:00:31. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:40.is Forest's chairman coping with the play-off chase? I keep telling
:00:40. > :00:42.him welcome to Championship at all. He is a bag of nerves! And from one
:00:42. > :00:45.direction to another, the footballer with the X-Factor And
:00:45. > :00:52.our Late Kick Off legends Steve Froggatt and Michael Johnson are
:00:52. > :00:57.here to reflect on another dramatic weekend. First stop tonight,
:00:57. > :01:00.Molineux. Where else? And a dark day in the history of a proud club
:01:00. > :01:03.that was once one of Europe's finest. Almost certainly, Wolves
:01:03. > :01:08.will now be relegated to League One. Last season Wolves fans were
:01:08. > :01:14.savouring trips to Old Trafford and Anfield. Come August, their sat
:01:14. > :01:19.navs will be pointing towards Colchester and Rotherham. Laura May
:01:19. > :01:29.McMullan now on an unfolding Molineux nightmare. The anger and
:01:29. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:33.resentment was clear to see. A dramatic downward spiral over the
:01:33. > :01:39.last two seasons and thousands of furious Wolves fans are wondering
:01:39. > :01:44."How? Just how did it come to this?" The players haven't
:01:44. > :01:54.committed enough. The boardroom, I don't think there's a football
:01:54. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:12.brain there to be honest. Some players have let us down.
:02:12. > :02:18.manager himself was devastated. is out of our hands now. We have
:02:18. > :02:28.let terrible balls N. It was an day that did begin with a glimmer of
:02:28. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:41.hope. Up won at Molineux was the only hope. The writing was on the
:02:41. > :02:47.wall. It is Division One next year. The crowd has really got to look at
:02:47. > :02:52.where we bought next season. From the top down to the players.
:02:52. > :03:00.says the 4th season in a row when we have had a relegation battle on
:03:00. > :03:10.our hands. I would say this is the worse the tent at staying up.
:03:10. > :03:11.
:03:11. > :03:14.Wolves legend understands the fans' frustrations. The team that was
:03:14. > :03:20.left before it thought they would just be in the squad and could put
:03:20. > :03:26.the shirt on and do it. Now they are being told that they are not
:03:26. > :03:31.working their socks off they are out. If ever there was a time to
:03:31. > :03:41.prove their fighting spirit, this was it. Facing Burnley come out who
:03:41. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:53.had not won here since 1977 of. The grim reality is that even if Wales
:03:53. > :04:01.win their last two games they could still get relegated. And it was to
:04:01. > :04:10.be a disastrous defeat. Burnley have scored! It is unravelling for
:04:10. > :04:14.Wolves. And it is going to be 2-002 Bali. The warm side lacked the
:04:14. > :04:20.fight they desperately needed. A late goal for them was little
:04:20. > :04:26.consolation. At this craze, a shopping, shopping performance.
:04:26. > :04:34.They needed to win the game. They did not have the bottle, they did
:04:34. > :04:42.not have the desired. It led to hundreds of fans invading the pitch
:04:42. > :04:49.to show their anger. I sob people running on to be pitch but I was
:04:49. > :04:54.trying to pick my chin up at the time. I think everybody takes the
:04:54. > :05:03.blame in this situation. I do not think, if you are in charge of any
:05:03. > :05:08.company, you get the blame. Saunders took over in January
:05:08. > :05:18.confident that he could keep well as up but in the end it looks like
:05:18. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:31.time is now running out. -- Wolves. It is a sorry State of affairs.
:05:31. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:39.They have to win here last game of the season. There has been a
:05:39. > :05:43.precedent in the past with Coventry in 97. But honestly I cannot see it.
:05:43. > :05:48.It is mission impossible with the poor and they have been in. Going
:05:48. > :05:54.to a Brighton side at home who have been absolutely terrific. We were
:05:54. > :06:00.talking about it as watching that peace. As a former Wolves player
:06:01. > :06:06.yourself it even herds you and your pride. I have so many friends that
:06:06. > :06:11.the football club behind-the-scenes. I hope their jobs are saved as a
:06:11. > :06:16.result of the club going down. It is easy for the players. Sometimes
:06:16. > :06:23.you do not think of the other people at the heart of a football
:06:23. > :06:28.club. That is what is worrying me. If it had not already begun, after
:06:28. > :06:34.the writing game, how do the likes of Morgan and Dean Saunders tried
:06:34. > :06:41.to win back the fans, air that is at all possible? They have to come
:06:41. > :06:45.up with some sort of plan to get the team back where they should be.
:06:45. > :06:50.They are a big club in the Midlands and the Thanvi to be facing League
:06:50. > :07:00.1 is a disaster for everybody. There are people of whose lives are
:07:00. > :07:08.
:07:08. > :07:13.in that club and it hurts them. Bouncing back will not be easy.
:07:13. > :07:21.There have been so many bad decisions made from the top down.
:07:21. > :07:27.have had a call coming in doozy the management for the last few years
:07:27. > :07:33.has been diabolical. We need someone at boardroom level.
:07:33. > :07:38.Somebody who is very well respected do help with the running from the
:07:38. > :07:43.top of the club. I agree there should be a technical director in
:07:43. > :07:50.place. In the summer there will be changes at Molineux, that is for
:07:50. > :07:57.certain. Forest and Leicester had to fight it out for a potential
:07:57. > :08:03.play-off spot. It was a massive day at the capital. Natalie Jackson
:08:04. > :08:10.reports. Down to business in the business district. This is the most
:08:10. > :08:15.important one. Time for her calmer heads in the capital. We have got
:08:15. > :08:23.to make sure we are brave in possession. I am a great believer
:08:23. > :08:33.in fate. What is meant for us will not go past us. We will do the best
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:41.we can. That is all that can be asked. London Colin. How big is
:08:41. > :08:51.this game today? It is huge for us, we flew in just to watch it from
:08:51. > :08:51.
:08:51. > :08:58.Canada. It is a massive game. do or die. Billy! It Bailey! They
:08:58. > :09:02.were heading end against a Millwall team is still hunting points to
:09:02. > :09:08.insure their Championship safety. It is exciting and you have got to
:09:08. > :09:14.handle the pressure. After 13 games in charge for manager Billy Davies
:09:14. > :09:24.it all comes down to this. Forest need when it to keep their
:09:24. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:37.Premiership dream alive. -- a win. A dream start really is decade the
:09:37. > :09:41.
:09:41. > :09:46.nerves. -- really steadied the nerves. This goal got the play-off
:09:46. > :09:56.chasers back in the promotion picture. It gave Forest an instant
:09:56. > :10:02.
:10:03. > :10:11.Lions and been made it a Jeep. In the second half, this man was
:10:11. > :10:18.unlucky not to make it 2-0. There was at tense finish and a few
:10:18. > :10:24.Hearts in the mouths. But Halford's early winner was all that was
:10:24. > :10:31.needed to take it to a nail-biting dramatic showdown next weekend at
:10:31. > :10:35.home against East Midlands rivals Leicester. Your application was
:10:35. > :10:40.excellent, your energy was excellent and as a collective group
:10:40. > :10:48.you have got to be proud of that. Those are massive key points that
:10:48. > :10:53.take us right into this last game. That is a proud performance. A lot
:10:53. > :10:58.of teams come to Millwall and do not get results because they
:10:58. > :11:05.crumble. You stood up to the physical battle and showed exactly
:11:05. > :11:15.what you are all about. Fantastic, lads. His players gave their all.
:11:15. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:25.So, too, did the chair man in the stands. He is a bag of nerves. He
:11:25. > :11:29.keeps hiding under tables until he hears the final whistle. It is like
:11:29. > :11:34.as the movie for him. His parties in the right place. -- a
:11:34. > :11:39.frightening movie. I do not know what I am going to do with that
:11:39. > :11:49.douching in the last game. I am very pleased. Now we go into the
:11:49. > :11:51.
:11:51. > :11:55.last game. Well done. Forest went into the game buoyed by Leicester's
:11:55. > :12:03.failure to pick up anything from their Friday night game against
:12:03. > :12:12.Watford. A corner to Watford, I near-post header comes in from
:12:12. > :12:17.Leicester. The Foxes defence at sixes and sevens. I shot comes in.
:12:17. > :12:25.An absolute beauty for Watford. There is no stopping that one from
:12:25. > :12:35.30 yards out. The left-hand corner. He tried a shot. The flag stays
:12:35. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:41.down. It is the substitute. It has been a frustrating period for us.
:12:41. > :12:45.Our results have not been good enough over the past couple of
:12:46. > :12:53.months. It is frustrating because we have done many good things this
:12:53. > :12:59.season. Two Championship play-offs up for grabs. If Palace when on
:12:59. > :13:03.Tuesday only one place will be left for Bolton, of Forest or Leicester.
:13:03. > :13:09.Leicester do have the best goal difference if it does come right
:13:09. > :13:15.down to the wire. Here is an easy opener for you to, how are you
:13:15. > :13:20.going to collect at the city Ground? -- you two. I think
:13:20. > :13:25.Leicester out of the three have the least pressure on them. I do not
:13:25. > :13:30.think anyone expects them to go to the city Ground and win that game
:13:30. > :13:36.but lest it could still get that final place. Bolton still clearly
:13:36. > :13:43.in the driving seat. There are no easy games in the Championship. A
:13:43. > :13:49.game against Blackpool. There are not a lot of goals in either of
:13:49. > :13:54.these sides at the minute, do you think it is going to be tight?
:13:54. > :13:59.Forest have only scored one goal in the last four games. Leicester are
:13:59. > :14:05.struggling as well. I think it is going to be a tight affair at the
:14:05. > :14:10.city Ground, maybe one goal in it. What about Leicester? I mentioned
:14:10. > :14:16.on Saturday night, two wins in 16 and they still have a chance of
:14:17. > :14:21.sneaking through. It is incredible. They have been on a run of form.
:14:21. > :14:26.They will be so disappointed at the end of this season. They were doing
:14:26. > :14:32.so well. But they have gone on this run of results. It has been the
:14:32. > :14:36.goal scoring that has not done enough for them. Anything with
:14:36. > :14:41.decent consistency in their form and they would have been up there.
:14:41. > :14:48.Eight wins out of 16, even five, they would then not find themselves
:14:48. > :14:52.in this position. Forest could end the season with 70 points which is
:14:52. > :14:57.incredible considering what has gone on in that club this season.
:14:57. > :15:03.Let us be honest, when Billy walked in it looked like they had
:15:03. > :15:08.absolutely no chance. It they said they were giving him that position
:15:08. > :15:14.to take it to the last game! will be more positive going into
:15:14. > :15:21.next season anyway. You can keep in touch with us seven days a week on
:15:21. > :15:29.Facebook and Twitter. There is more at sport at have passed six every
:15:29. > :15:34.weekday. Congratulations are due for an hugely creditable 4th place.
:15:34. > :15:44.Many people thought the brewers would spend most of the campaign
:15:44. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:06.low cross end. It is end to the next! Onto his left foot, now he
:16:06. > :16:16.chips it over. 3-1. As simple as you like. Meanwhile Cheltenham and
:16:16. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:24.Bradford played out a goalless draw. Mark Yeates is in an upbeat mood.
:16:24. > :16:34.We are now in the play-offs. We have to have a positive manner to
:16:34. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:47.make sure we are as good as we can This is how it stacks up. Burton
:16:47. > :16:53.Albion versus Bradford and Cheltenham versus Northampton on
:16:53. > :16:57.Sunday. That is Cheltenham's ever highest league finish. They have
:16:57. > :17:02.secured it by beating the champions. They will be delighted their first
:17:02. > :17:08.game is away. The home form throughout these season has been
:17:08. > :17:13.incredible. We did hope they would get into the final after the
:17:13. > :17:20.disappointment. What is it like to be involved in the play-offs?
:17:20. > :17:26.Hugely tense? Yes, it is a special occasion. It is like a League Cup
:17:26. > :17:31.final where you just have to go out and give it your all. It will be a
:17:31. > :17:37.pact attendance. Players have to go out and play with poise and
:17:37. > :17:45.determination. The home game which is a second game for both teams,
:17:45. > :17:48.they have a good chance of winning at home. The warm form has been
:17:48. > :17:55.sensational form off all throughout the season. They will just want to
:17:55. > :18:00.play it tight and not go for it too much in the first game. Northampton
:18:00. > :18:05.also have an excellent record. Cheltenham recently beat
:18:05. > :18:10.Northampton and they will have that under their belts. If I was a
:18:10. > :18:14.betting man I would have the two of them in the final. Would you? This
:18:14. > :18:18.time of year it is not just promotion and relegation that is
:18:18. > :18:23.decided. Hundreds of young footballers dream of being the next
:18:23. > :18:32.David Beckham. The reality is that a good number of teenagers are
:18:32. > :18:40.released by professional clubs. Our reporter has been to meet one young
:18:40. > :18:44.man who has a new plan. He has a new goal. The court they'll use a
:18:44. > :18:50.keen player has had a lifelong ambition of becoming a professional
:18:50. > :18:56.footballer but now his teams have - - dreams have turned to child
:18:56. > :19:02.stardom. I'd just like to have fun on the stage and show people what I
:19:02. > :19:08.do. I come across as a bit cheeky. He has been at Port Vale since the
:19:08. > :19:15.age of nine. Now at 18 he is one of hundreds of youngsters being
:19:15. > :19:21.released by clubs right across the country. The reality is that by the
:19:21. > :19:27.age of 1860 % of apprentices will be released. By the time they are
:19:27. > :19:31.21 another 5% are looking for further career options. This boy is
:19:31. > :19:38.one of the lucky ones. It means he can now concentrate on his music
:19:38. > :19:47.career. The time you need to spend on the football side of a full-time
:19:47. > :19:52.job. He cannot be out doing a gig until the early hours of the
:19:52. > :20:01.morning and then coming in to train. I think we have made the right
:20:01. > :20:05.decision. Port Vale have a awarded three professional contracts. Five
:20:05. > :20:11.have been shown the door. The League football education looks
:20:11. > :20:16.after the welfare of 1,200 youngsters at 81 clubs. No what
:20:17. > :20:20.everyone is a Wayne Rooney or a Robin van Persie burning huge
:20:20. > :20:25.amounts every week. A lot of the players have to think of what they
:20:25. > :20:32.will do at the end of their playing days. We, as an organisation, do a
:20:32. > :20:39.lot of things to help. Things like to hear events which we win. Even
:20:39. > :20:49.for Orly with his chance of stardom it is hard for him to stay goodbye
:20:49. > :20:50.
:20:50. > :20:55.to all he has ever known. -- Olly. What is the one thing you will take
:20:55. > :21:01.away? All the support that the staff have given me. I tried to be
:21:01. > :21:07.the best that football as I will add singing as well. I just want to
:21:07. > :21:13.make my family proud. He has been raised to it from a small child
:21:13. > :21:19.from when he could kick a ball. He has always wanted to entertain. He
:21:19. > :21:28.used to shout mum, mum, come back and look at my new tricks. I cannot
:21:28. > :21:36.say enough about them. He is a good lad. It is just him. It is how we
:21:36. > :21:42.see them just as our Sun. He did not start singing until two years
:21:42. > :21:48.ago. Then he won a competition to perform in front of 15,000 people
:21:48. > :21:54.and that is when it snowballed. How do you feel when you are up on that
:21:54. > :21:57.stage? Does it feel right? Yes, I get a buzz gum I love to sing with
:21:57. > :22:04.large crowds in front of me and make sure they are having a good
:22:04. > :22:14.time. I just want to get moving and have fun. As long as I am having
:22:14. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:26.fun when I am doing it. He has dozens of Giggs lined up.
:22:26. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:38.Everything is in place for his new Korea to -- for his new Courier to
:22:38. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:47.take off. It must be difficult to release hundreds of young players.
:22:47. > :22:51.Yes. It is one thing been released that the team but sometimes younger
:22:51. > :22:57.ones that nine or 10 years old. That is a difficult thing to cope
:22:57. > :23:01.with. I retired at the age of 27 with an injury. I had to come out
:23:02. > :23:09.into the real world and get a real job. It is really tough. The
:23:09. > :23:13.support is not there. I think the PFA and other people do a lot more
:23:13. > :23:17.than they did in our day. You do not realise how difficult it is for
:23:17. > :23:24.these kids when they leave a football club. Some people I know
:23:24. > :23:29.of have gone down the wayside, others have regrouped. A couple of
:23:29. > :23:38.the lads I know, one is a quantity surveyor, another is a top
:23:38. > :23:44.accountant but it took them some time to get back to a good level.
:23:45. > :23:51.Some of them because they are fit they are did at bobsleigh or other
:23:51. > :23:56.sports. Kelly Holmes has a charity. Some of the guys have gone and one
:23:56. > :24:02.is representing the Olympics in the bobsleigh team. There are other
:24:03. > :24:07.sports. And a boy there, he sounds like he has a decent voice. I did
:24:07. > :24:13.then that would be something that I did do! It is great for Rickett to
:24:13. > :24:23.be able to go to something like that. Go from one great area to
:24:23. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:34.another for a lad like that, good luck to them. Graham Turner and the
:24:34. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:54.shoes were promoted seven points It is then! Jacobs and again! And
:24:54. > :25:00.3-0! We nearly paid a heavy price for it but the enthusiasm and
:25:00. > :25:06.energy we showed almost of the game was first class. It is cleared
:25:06. > :25:16.away! Then it rebounds into the back of the net. Notts County have
:25:16. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:27.the lead! As Gore! A cracking left- footed volley. They equalised. He
:25:27. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:37.strikes the ball on. It is into the back of the net. Into the area. He
:25:37. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:42.scores! The Sky Blues Alley deserved! And a header again into
:25:42. > :25:52.the back of the net. His 200 stickier ball on the final day of
:25:52. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :26:01.the season. Davies has the gall and he scores! I am very happy with the
:26:02. > :26:10.performance overall. In the first half they scored a scrappy goal and
:26:10. > :26:16.then we got back into it and got the equaliser. Now a consolation
:26:16. > :26:22.goal. He drills it underneath the deeper. It is not the Birmingham
:26:22. > :26:32.City that has been away from Orme this year. Not compact, not
:26:32. > :26:35.Disappointment there at Birmingham but we mention shoes Bury Town
:26:35. > :26:40.because they are one of the favourites to make a return to
:26:40. > :26:47.League 2. The air in League 1 for next season and where in the
:26:47. > :26:54.relegation zone before Christmas. They have done terribly well.
:26:54. > :27:02.German is a really good man. He has close links with Wolverhampton
:27:02. > :27:07.Borderers. He could be a good chairman of the ball. Along with
:27:07. > :27:11.Coventry, it has been a season of ups and downs so what can we expect
:27:11. > :27:16.for next season? A bit of stability in the management position would
:27:16. > :27:22.benefit the club but definitely the have got to be in the play-offs.
:27:22. > :27:27.Notts County, the manager has got to be making sure that they are at
:27:27. > :27:34.least in and around the play-offs and hopefully get up. And the
:27:34. > :27:41.summer is time for a newish managers to stamp their mark on be
:27:41. > :27:47.playing staff. It is the budgets and what kind of players you can
:27:47. > :27:50.attract. Some of the Premier clubs and allowing their did kids to go
:27:50. > :27:59.to lower divisions you have to be in the market to bring those kids
:27:59. > :28:03.in. There will be 3,000 going to Molineux next season in League 1?
:28:03. > :28:08.There will be some great local derbies. We do not know the
:28:08. > :28:13.situation just yet. We do not want to count our chickens but we were
:28:13. > :28:20.seeing at the top of the sure it has been difficult for them.