:00:20. > :00:29.It's time for celebration and On the show tonight: A Knockaert
:00:29. > :00:34.knockout for the contenders in the blue corner. We can believe that we
:00:34. > :00:39.will go first to come and go to Wembley. That is our dream.
:00:39. > :00:43.Black and gold fighting talk from Deano - but can he revive Wolves?
:00:43. > :00:46.Sometimes it takes her to rock- bottom before you realise things
:00:46. > :00:53.have to change. Beaten but unbowed - we've spent
:00:53. > :01:00.Here to say goodbye to the season are our Late Kick Off legends Steve
:01:00. > :01:03.Froggatt and Michael Johnson. First up tonight, the game that delivered
:01:04. > :01:07.what it promised to do since the fixtures were published last June -
:01:07. > :01:10.Forest and Leicester toe to toe in a final day shoot out for the
:01:10. > :01:20.Championship play-offs. Natalie Jackson was at the City Ground to
:01:20. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:40.For a truly breathtaking final day. - epic skyways. While Nigel grabbed
:01:40. > :01:47.at three Macs - grabbed a pre-match tea. Believe was with the Forest
:01:47. > :01:53.faithful. A big is this today? can get any bigger. If massive.
:01:53. > :01:59.this game is everything. A I was so nervous last that it couldn't sleep.
:01:59. > :02:04.Nervous, excited. We win, lose or draw be can be proud. If we do win,
:02:04. > :02:11.will dye my hair blue. Back inside, he was quietly preparing for what
:02:11. > :02:20.was brewing. While the other boss was with his German. No matter what
:02:20. > :02:24.happens, you have done a wonderful job. I wish you all the best.
:02:24. > :02:34.clubs desperately want to return to the Premier League and this was
:02:34. > :02:56.
:02:56. > :03:00.tears of the season, it all comes Midlands grudge match, but it was
:03:00. > :03:10.Nottingham Forest he had a rousing start. Ding Junhui Cox put them in
:03:10. > :03:14.front. It was a game that probably saved Nigel Pearson's job. Midway
:03:14. > :03:24.through the first half, Matthew James Cordon equaliser, helped by a
:03:24. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:35.wicked deflection. It was a sell- out. Andrew King gave Leicester the
:03:35. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:54.lead. After half-time, Nottingham injury time, this season defining
:03:54. > :04:04.moment. Manner with the not - Knockaert with the knockout blow.
:04:04. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:32.Leicester moved into the top six dramatic way. Their players and
:04:32. > :04:37.fans, well, they couldn't be happier. It was fits. To come here
:04:37. > :04:43.on the last day against Nottingham Forest, fantastic. Over the moon.
:04:43. > :04:47.Kit is a massive day for my family. It is a big day for everyone
:04:47. > :04:54.involved. I'm just pleased to get into the play-offs, go to Wembley.
:04:54. > :04:59.To Wembley, that is our dream. We can do that. That was heartbreaking
:04:59. > :05:03.for Nottingham Forest, but a few months ago they feared relegation.
:05:03. > :05:08.Now under a new management team there is so much hope. When Billy
:05:08. > :05:16.first came in, we were going to say it was going to go down to the last
:05:16. > :05:21.game. We were - we are bitterly disappointed we get an Godot - we
:05:21. > :05:25.are bitterly disappointed. We thank the fans very much. But this was
:05:26. > :05:32.the date for Leicester. You need to have a strong card in this game,
:05:32. > :05:37.don't you? Yes, it has been a good day for us, clearly, but there has
:05:37. > :05:41.been a lot of emotion out there for everybody. The only thing that
:05:41. > :05:51.matters now is that we have a chance of progressing. We have got
:05:51. > :06:06.
:06:06. > :06:11.They played at blinding game. They played hammer and tongs. Luck was
:06:11. > :06:16.smiling on Leicester. We have been playing down their play-off chances
:06:16. > :06:20.for so long, suddenly the momentum is with them. We didn't believe
:06:20. > :06:25.that there would get into the play- offs only winning three in 17 games.
:06:25. > :06:33.To go to the City Ground and have to win. To go there and score three
:06:33. > :06:37.goals, sneak into the play-offs, credit to the manager. How many
:06:37. > :06:41.times to be seeded team that just get in there go on to win the play-
:06:42. > :06:45.off final? They go to Vicarage Road on Thursday. Gianfranco Zola says
:06:45. > :06:51.he will have to it big at the players because it was a bad day
:06:51. > :06:55.for them on Saturday. It will be a tough one for them for the play-
:06:55. > :06:59.offs. Watford have played grip the ball. The advantage with Leicester
:06:59. > :07:09.is that Watford will be dynamite at the minute. Just knitting - just
:07:09. > :07:14.
:07:14. > :07:21.missing out on an automatic spot. Then there's the suspension of Dean.
:07:21. > :07:26.It is at Vicarage Road's - Vicarage Road on Sunday. We have got to
:07:26. > :07:30.remind ourselves that the job Billy has done when he went back early in
:07:30. > :07:34.the season. For from the minute he took over, he has got the best out
:07:34. > :07:39.of the players. They will be disappointed because they were so
:07:39. > :07:48.near yet so far. With the backing of the German and Billy Dare for a
:07:48. > :07:53.full season, they will be a force. They have done brilliantly. When
:07:53. > :07:59.Billy walked in, they were no were to be seen. The finishing a
:07:59. > :08:02.creditable position that they have done, but this fantastic for belief.
:08:02. > :08:05.In August, Wolves will be in the third tier of English football for
:08:05. > :08:08.the first time since 1988. The three of us sat here last week
:08:08. > :08:11.predicting as much, but it was still a humiliating day for the
:08:11. > :08:21.club's bewildered fans as away trips next season to Notts County,
:08:21. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:30.Port Vale, Shrewsbury and Walsall relegation. That scarcely
:08:30. > :08:34.believable turn of events over the last two seasons. Wolves this time
:08:34. > :08:41.two years ago scored a goal right at the ends up this season to
:08:41. > :08:45.survive in the Premier League. Since then, relegated twice.
:08:45. > :08:49.minutes ago we started rebuilding the club. We have to go forward.
:08:49. > :08:55.Sometimes it takes hitting rock- bottom before you realise things
:08:55. > :08:59.have got to change. I have got to change everything and rebuild the
:08:59. > :09:05.club. The fans were magnificent today. They have been magnificent
:09:05. > :09:12.since it came in. They deserve better. We have had got so bad
:09:12. > :09:18.weekends over the last three or four years. I feel sorry for them.
:09:18. > :09:21.I feel like I am obliged to do something. I knew what I was going
:09:22. > :09:31.to do when I walked into the club and it was struggling. Lots of
:09:31. > :09:35.problems. I know how to do its. I have no hesitation. It is a great
:09:35. > :09:40.club and if the fans are like that when you're struggling, if I can
:09:40. > :09:44.get his team winning, imagine what they will be like. I can assure the
:09:44. > :09:54.supporters that from 10 minutes ago to I have started concentrating on
:09:54. > :10:03.
:10:03. > :10:05.how we will get back into the Time for the inquest then. Let's go
:10:05. > :10:08.through this in three stages. Let's start with the chairman, Steve
:10:08. > :10:13.Morgan. He's apologised for failing the fans and the city of
:10:13. > :10:15.Wolverhampton. He says he's truly sorry and says he understands the
:10:15. > :10:20.fans' pain anger and resentment towards him and the players. But
:10:20. > :10:25.are words good enough? What has he got to do? He is the captain of the
:10:25. > :10:35.ship and the ship has run aground. He has got there called at his
:10:35. > :10:36.
:10:36. > :10:41.hands for some bad decisions. There has been no momentum gained. He has
:10:41. > :10:44.got up a good look over the summer. We mentioned about bringing in a
:10:44. > :10:49.director of football. They need somebody sitting in the board that
:10:49. > :10:56.can help them out with football matters. What does he have to do to
:10:56. > :11:00.restore faith? Dean Saunders has to have a look at this of - look at
:11:00. > :11:10.the squat. There are one or two people at that football clubs
:11:10. > :11:18.
:11:18. > :11:24.should be the that - that should not be there. Where does this leave
:11:24. > :11:30.Dean Saunders? 20 points from 20 games, a terrible return. Does
:11:30. > :11:33.appear to be a mounting lobby among Wolves fans for a new manager!
:11:33. > :11:41.came in in really difficult circumstances. The transfer window
:11:41. > :11:45.came and went. He did not spend any money. They didn't back him. They
:11:45. > :11:49.identified with the needed to change things and they didn't do it.
:11:49. > :11:56.Maybe the board had some arrogance, thinking there was enough in the
:11:57. > :12:06.club to survive. After a decent run of forms - all for me, they have
:12:07. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:19.lost five or six players. Last, but by no means least, the players.
:12:19. > :12:22.Were they too comfortable, to skate - to steal? They are not the only
:12:22. > :12:25.ones on big wages, but Wolves fans are clearly feeling short-changed.
:12:25. > :12:31.Have Wolves become too arrogant? Too comfortable? Too stale? What do
:12:31. > :12:39.they need now? Young, fresh, hungry and humble players? I think there
:12:39. > :12:43.are a few players there that potentially my not deserve to be
:12:43. > :12:48.there next year. What will they do for the next drive? The academy is
:12:48. > :12:52.vital. The need to get rid of some of the senior players to have
:12:52. > :12:57.massive contract. They have got to try and changed the Psyche of the
:12:57. > :13:04.football clubs. The losing side he has been there for 18 months. Fresh
:13:04. > :13:08.players, new players. And the technical director. It will be a
:13:08. > :13:11.massive summer ahead there. It's been a big day in League Two,
:13:11. > :13:14.with both Burton and Cheltenham dreaming of a trip to Wembley in
:13:14. > :13:20.the play-offs. But I'm afraid it was heartbreak for both of our
:13:20. > :13:24.leg, Cheltenham remained upbeat going into tonight's game. And why
:13:24. > :13:28.not, after just two defeats in 23 home fixtures? But Luke Guttridge
:13:28. > :13:31.took Northampton to Wembley with this absolute cracker. Cheltenham
:13:31. > :13:35.had already wasted a chance to draw level in the tie, winning a penalty
:13:35. > :13:39.for foul on Russ Penn which was clearly outside the box. But Lee
:13:39. > :13:42.Nicholls was equal to Marlon Pack's spot kick. Cheltenham were unbeaten
:13:42. > :13:49.in 11 home games before tonight, but there was no way past Nicholls
:13:49. > :13:55.and Kaid Mohammed's header summed up the evening. It is massively
:13:56. > :14:02.disappointing that we did not achieve what we want to do tonight.
:14:02. > :14:09.The town, the football club, the players, the supporters, the German,
:14:09. > :14:14.they should all be really ploughed they should all be really ploughed
:14:14. > :14:17.Earlier, it was Burton's turn to feel the play-off pain. Nonetheless
:14:17. > :14:21.it's still been a memorable season for The Brewers, who finished
:14:21. > :14:24.fourth in League Two. A trip to Wembley may have been a step too
:14:24. > :14:27.far, but chairman Ben Robinson is still a very proud man tonight.
:14:27. > :14:30.Laura May McMullan spent the day with the man who has been
:14:30. > :14:33.associated with Burton since 1975. Ben Robinson is a born and bred
:14:33. > :14:36.Brewer. He's been with Burton Albion for nearly 40 years. It's a
:14:36. > :14:40.great passion, it's a great interest, it's a great buzz and
:14:40. > :14:45.it's a great challenge and I love it. His passion has passed down the
:14:45. > :14:55.generations. A chance of taking Burton to Wembley is one of Ben's
:14:55. > :14:56.
:14:57. > :14:59.ambitions. But he was determined to enjoy today's game no matter what.
:14:59. > :15:02.Hopefully, if the players can deliver the standard of football
:15:02. > :15:05.they did against Bradford then we've got every chance of going
:15:05. > :15:09.through. But if we don't, and I'm not being negative, just realistic,
:15:09. > :15:19.it will have been a very good season in any event. Running the
:15:19. > :15:29.
:15:30. > :15:39.club is a family affair. We all help, even, as you can hear, the
:15:40. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:45.children! It is about the whole town, really.
:15:45. > :15:50.Meeting his guests and keeping his staff happy is also important. Enid
:15:50. > :16:00.Barks has volunteered at the club for over 50 years. We dare not
:16:00. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:09.watch! We don't see matches. out to back the Brewers and there
:16:09. > :16:19.was real belief. I'm saving to go to Wembley with Burton. Yes, I
:16:19. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:28.believe we can do it. Our manager has been fantastic. I don't mind
:16:28. > :16:31.what we do at Wembley, as long as you get there, to be honest.
:16:31. > :16:34.Despite an impressive victory over Bradford on Thursday, the Brewers
:16:34. > :16:37.know there is no room for complacency today. They boast the
:16:37. > :16:39.best home record in the football league and in front of a packed
:16:39. > :16:49.Pirelli stadium, just 90 minutes stand between these players and
:16:49. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:53.their Wembley dream. Despite an impressive start by the Brewers, it
:16:53. > :17:03.was the visitors who came out fighting to secure the first goal
:17:03. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:10.with a penalty in the second half. But with two further goals it was
:17:10. > :17:20.Bradford who overturned their first-leg deficit to record their
:17:20. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:24.first ever win at the Pirelli Stadium. So, it was cruel end to
:17:24. > :17:26.their play-off final hopes. But with a season exceeding peoples'
:17:26. > :17:34.expectations and finishing fourth in League Two. Manager Gary Rowett
:17:34. > :17:39.had nothing but praise for his team. It was unfortunate but we could not
:17:39. > :17:46.go the extra yard. I look up there and they see my wife almost in
:17:46. > :17:49.tears at the end. We owe it to them to go up into the bars and then we
:17:49. > :17:54.see them have a big smile on her face and celebrate what we have
:17:54. > :17:58.achieved. A lot of people that because we are a little club we
:17:58. > :18:08.have done well to go where we are. We're there because we deserve to
:18:08. > :18:08.
:18:09. > :18:15.be. If everyone goes and looks and the cells and the Mirror, they can
:18:15. > :18:19.say we give it our best. positive side is that we have had a
:18:19. > :18:25.great season, and that somebody said to us and the first week of
:18:25. > :18:30.August last year would you settle for the play-offs, we would bite
:18:30. > :18:40.your hand off. That is the reality. The probably over a jeep and
:18:40. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:50.exceeded everybody's expectations, including mine. So, Burton can take
:18:50. > :19:00.heart and come back stronger next I do have a soft spot for them.
:19:00. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:07.Much to admire. Why we did German be involved for so long? He has
:19:07. > :19:12.such strong links to the community. They have over achieve this year.
:19:12. > :19:16.Gary Roberts has done such a good job. Like Cheltenham, their home
:19:16. > :19:20.form has been so brilliant, and to fall short at the finish line is
:19:20. > :19:26.such a disappointment. They have a great foundation there at Burton.
:19:26. > :19:32.It is a really well run football club. We have been blessed with
:19:32. > :19:40.young managers in this reason - in this region. We have markets are
:19:41. > :19:46.gentlemen. Does he deserve a chance at a bigger club? Yes, he has done
:19:46. > :19:51.absolutely superbly on limited resources. He has been cute in the
:19:51. > :19:57.transfer market. For me, for somebody who has got to the play-
:19:57. > :20:03.offs twice in the last two years, a fantastic achievement. Talking of
:20:03. > :20:09.managers, Gary Roberts - Gary Rowett is not under contract,
:20:09. > :20:15.should they be worried? They should be! There will be German in the
:20:15. > :20:21.league above looking to him, young, confident. He has been very clever
:20:21. > :20:27.in the transfer market. I would be signing him up as good as possible.
:20:27. > :20:31.A what he has done encapsulate what the club was all about, it belies
:20:31. > :20:36.the experience they have got as a football club. They run from a very
:20:36. > :20:41.small budget. The players are not on a good budget so we has to
:20:41. > :20:48.foster a good team spirit. It would be really sad if they are losing to
:20:48. > :20:51.another club. Maybe he feels he has unfinished business.
:20:51. > :20:54.Back now to the Championship and the goal action involving our two
:20:54. > :21:04.other clubs - Blues and Derby. For the Rams, a real sense of what
:21:04. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:20.good finish in this competitive league. We are kicking ourselves to
:21:20. > :21:30.be seven points up the play-offs. In the last six weeks ago given up
:21:30. > :21:45.
:21:46. > :21:52.You were furious at various points, would you? I want to win every
:21:52. > :22:02.single game. You have to play every game to win and have that mentality.
:22:02. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:18.That is what they want and I'll What needs to happen at Birmingham
:22:18. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:23.to make them real contenders, and Derby? Derby missed out by a few
:22:23. > :22:28.points. They don't have an out tonight goalscorer. Back to get
:22:28. > :22:35.them in the top six. Maybe experience in the key areas of the
:22:35. > :22:40.fields? Biddy midfield? Barker is a massive mess. Barker was the club
:22:40. > :22:46.captain who had an immense season before he had a bad injury. If they
:22:46. > :22:53.got a striker, some big you can school a - somebody who can score
:22:53. > :22:58.goals. They have had a good season considering the financial cloud
:22:58. > :23:03.over them. They have to sort out these ownership in use - ownership
:23:03. > :23:06.issues. The distract on their way too long. The manager can blunder
:23:06. > :23:11.which he once did. We going to the summer months will not knowing what
:23:11. > :23:16.is happening next season. But there are some signs of encouragement.
:23:16. > :23:24.has brought many good young kids through. Many good young kids at St
:23:24. > :23:27.Andrews this year. That will be his biggest plus point.
:23:27. > :23:30.Now, on next season's Late Kick Off we'll be welcoming Mansfield Town.
:23:30. > :23:33.The Stags are back in the Football League, promoted as champions after
:23:33. > :23:36.a five year absence. Mansfield is ready! But is football prepared for
:23:36. > :23:38.Mansfield and their fascinating owners - husband and wife John and
:23:38. > :23:48.Carolyn Radford? Earlier in the week, Natalie paid a visit to
:23:48. > :23:55.
:23:55. > :24:02.Sit! Good boy! John is 47, a millionaire.
:24:02. > :24:08.Everything in life is going right for us at the moment. Carolyn is 31,
:24:08. > :24:18.the driving force but - behind Mansfield's promotion. It is an
:24:18. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:29.unusual business and every... no two days are ever the same. We met,
:24:29. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:45.fell in love and got married. We're John grew up supporting Mansfield.
:24:45. > :24:50.He has gone from fan to owner. did say that ever get the ground
:24:50. > :24:57.back. I said I would get them into the lead, and I have done that. The
:24:57. > :25:02.next challenge is to get up a few leeks. It is as easy as that!
:25:02. > :25:06.team have made it look easy this season. John made his money in
:25:06. > :25:11.insurance, ploughed in 3 million in three years and three weeks ago
:25:11. > :25:17.they took their place back in the Football League. It meant so much
:25:17. > :25:23.to me. It is hard to explain. My head was in the clouds. It meant a
:25:23. > :25:29.lot to a lot of people in Mansfield. Certainly when you went on the bus
:25:29. > :25:34.tour last Sunday, it was really apparent how much it meant to the
:25:34. > :25:42.town. Pitting Mansfield back on the map in terms of football, where it
:25:42. > :25:50.belongs. Building the profile or at Mansfield has increased Carolyn's.
:25:50. > :25:53.John Potter in to run the club, making her Football Joe and his
:25:53. > :25:59.chief executive. If I never thought when I grew up there would be a
:25:59. > :26:09.football chief executive. I went to good university, up to Durham, read
:26:09. > :26:14.politics and did law, the mark-down in London for high-fashion brands.
:26:14. > :26:24.She had the credentials for the job, but the newspapers strongly
:26:24. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:30.questioned her motives for the relationship. If it was at 31-year-
:26:30. > :26:35.old man, no one would have batted an eyelid. Some of the press wasn't
:26:35. > :26:43.very good. It is annoying, but you know what is true neurone heart and
:26:43. > :26:47.you go for it. Exactly. We just have a giggle about it really. I
:26:47. > :26:52.just think, what next? Because of the age gap, there are always
:26:52. > :27:01.questions about the relationship. You're allowed to fall than love,
:27:01. > :27:07.are due? Exactly. It is a bit bizarre, but we're married and
:27:07. > :27:13.we're having a baby, you run a football club, that is actually our
:27:13. > :27:17.life. That is our normality. have got a lot under plates! This
:27:17. > :27:21.renovation project, the football club, and a baby on the way. How do
:27:21. > :27:31.you juggle a doll? You do lie awake at night thinking about what you've
:27:31. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:42.got to do the next day, long-term strategies and things. It is quite
:27:42. > :28:02.
:28:02. > :28:06.useful, at the Richard and Judy As a German, he is a great person
:28:06. > :28:16.to have run the club. He gave his manager and Aston Martin! I would
:28:16. > :28:17.
:28:17. > :28:20.love to play for him. It is possible they could go up again.
:28:20. > :28:23.Good luck to the Radfords and Mansfield when they return to
:28:23. > :28:26.League Two in August. Well, that's your lot for this series. Thanks to