Episode 10 Late Kick Off North East and Cumbria

Want to read's Late Kick Off, the heart of the matter. How do we

ensure their's safety? I cannot understand why they have not done

more to prevent this. Price verses prawn sandwiches, it is all changed

for one fan. And whenever you watched it from,

some things are worth seeing again. Hartlepool hits the net at last.

Welcome to Late Kick Off. Still more Danny Mills. We promise he

will be back one day. Until then, we are keeping the stalest busy

with three full head of hair. I am delighted to welcome them all

to the programme. We do not actually have stylists on this

programme. As I am sure you have worked out. Ritchie, welcome back.

Paul, welcome. He'd finished as a player through injury at 21,

trained as a physio at Newcastle including under Kevin Keegan. They

bet I am interested in is trained barrister and a published novelist.

Discuss. An Irish heartbeat is about a British Government minister

who goes to Ireland after a long absence and meet up with an old

girlfriend he abandoned. There is also a Republican dissident who

wants to bring down the Irish peace process. The romantic political

thriller? Here cities. He went back in 2009 with Alan Shearer. -- it

sure is. You too must have been thick as thieves for him to have

got to him as the header performance. Or if he saw my

undoubted abilities! He is a very good friend and I have a lot of

face in his abilities as a manager. -- a lot of faith. Deduce their

keep in touch with him? I think he will. -- do you still keep in touch

with him. I think a lot of jobs come up, but many times you do not

have a lot of opportunity. He must get it right the first time.

prizes for guessing the first person he will be employing.

Thankfully, Fabrice Muamba is making a miraculous recovery after

being effectively dead first 78 minutes. His cardiac arrest at

White Hart Lane is not the first incident of its time. Players have

suffered from the semen stain 2007 and 1990. David Longhurst did not

survive. -- players have suffered from the same incidents in 2007.

David had gone up for a high ball into the goalmouth. He fell into a

We were trying to bring him back round again by massaging him and

giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but they could not

It really is almost a freak occurrence, a freak incident, to be

struck down by a cardiac arrest in the middle of the game. The last

circumstance I am collar of was Marc Vivien foe, and it hit the

footballing world hard. One of the worrying aspect of it from the

Fabrice Muamba case is that it appears that he had four or five

screenings already at his young age. But they have not picked it up, are

we doing the right screening? Is there something else we should be

doing? Does we have a condition that could not be picked up on a

screen anyway? We have to analyse and learn the lessons. You hope

that you have a very good screening tests and they are never really put

to the test until that fateful moment. I think that the medical

staff are quite pleased with the way that -- with the things they

have put in place here and they have never had to use. You can see

the for Chambers of your heart there.

I was appointed by the PFA about 15 years ago as one of their

cardiologists have to scream the youth trainees or scholars as they

are now known in the midst -- in the North East region. We have been

screening here since the mid- 90s. Between the scholars and the squads

of our local teams, we have screened quite a number of players.

I can only recall from that one player that we were worried about

their future participation in sport. I believe that the PFA from

skimming through the country would stop one or two annually, so it is

a relatively small number. There is a screening programme in Italy that

has been in progress for 30 years where every single person aged

between 12 and 35 who participate in competitive sport must have an

annual fitness test. This includes an electrocardiogram. Their death

rates have gone down from 3.6 per hundred 1002 0.4 per hundred

thousand. That presents a 90% reduction in sudden death. Most of

this reduction has been due to the identification of heart muscle

diseases. We need to call for a medical for the players. We must

bring the players often. Not one time, but every six months. Go if

you look at Manchester City, one of the most lucrative clubs in the

country, I gather they have five doctors as part of their medical

staff there. We could never expect that at Carlisle. If we were asked

to provide annual screening, and my physiotherapist I have discussed it,

there would be a cost involved and it is not something that would be

too high. With our local Premiership clubs, we did review

all of the literature in this area quite closely. We decided to do

screaming when the player was 16. At 18 when they were further into

their scholarship programme, and again at 21. In an ideal world, it

would be nice to be able to offer screening on an annual basis. But

resources are limited, and therefore a unified approach will

have to be taken and could best policy agreed. You should be in

line with the recommendations by UEFA and FIFA, and they recommend

one screen every two years at least. The annual process is definitely

something that we will be wanting to implement, and that must be

assessed to make sure it is affordable for the likes of

Plymouth and Northampton, or people at the bottom of League 2. It will

not be a problem for the guys at the top of the Premier League.

had seen their team mate collapse in the dressing room, he suffered

heart failure and was given mouth- to-mouth resuscitation, and when

that failed paramedics had to use a different later. They know better

than most that I am very lucky to be sat here talking today. No one

would have thought that there was any chance that what happened. You

never know what is around the corner. It is achievable, long-term,

team towards providing deferred relay towers across all levels and

having these available. What he must do is forget about what might

be world wide consensus and get the cardiologists and the doctors

together for football and say, what to rethink is reasonable? Watch to

rethink is achievable? What should we be doing in the future? And have

a consensus for football in this country. You have seen the stand.

It is really great, it brings back a lot of memories. But I cannot

understand why, in 20 years, over 22 years this year, that they have

not done more to try and prevent Our thanks to Gateshead for

allowing us to follow some of their players for Hertz screenings. Let's

concentrate on the two key issues that have come out of the past ten

days. Should be screened for dollars more? Also, facilities

further down the food chain. I am not just talking about, you have

travelled the length and breadth of the country in the lower two

divisions, if that had happened on one of those grounds, what would a

player's chances have been? What are the medical facilities like?

is hard to say, is the honest answer. I know it is a lot better

than it was 10 or 15 years ago, perhaps. There is always an

ambulance on standby. They can always get on to the pitch.

Physiotherapists in the club doctor would be on site. Possibly someone

on the crowd may have some medical knowledge, like what happened in

White Hart Lane. But also in remote locations. We are not just talking

about certain areas. There was someone in the audience who told

the paramedics to go to a certain hospitals. If this happened in the

Hurford area, there would not be the same facilities and the chances

of survival would have been curtailed. That is probably the

case and we must be thankful that it happened where it dead. Fabrice

got fantastic treatment. Now he is hope lay on the right road to

recovery. Where are we with screenings? First of all, on your

career, but also where we are now with say, Middlesbrough. You still

work in the academy, what is happening? I have never been

screened. As a professional footballer, I had enough clubs and

never got screamed once. With me, it was part and parcel of the

medical. Now, it is totally different. Eddie Ladd to call in,

certainly the score was, they all get screened. They get screen once

per year. -- the lads that get called in. A screener may find a

problem. What do you do about that? It is the people you employ, the

specialist at the club who are important here. How can you manage

this? That someone gets screen, a fit and healthy lad who showed no

symptoms,... As #ColourWhite as Fabrice Muamba had done previously.

Where's you may know you have a symptom there, which for these

Bramble would not know, it is the specialist people who have around

the club are unimportant. Freak occurrence for you, David James in

his column described the idea of the complete screening of

footballers as a hysterical over- reaction. 12 people under 35 die of

a heart condition. Is it just one of those things? Unfortunately, it

is one of those things. And the 0.2 both made about screening and the

after-care go together. -- v argument you both raised about the

after-care. The people at Hereford would be very capable of beginning

the correct chain of events after this happened to ensure the best

survival rates. The quality of care would be there. In the case of

Fabrice Muamba, he has five daughters fighting over him to give

him care. If you're going to have a tragic event, it is a very good

place to have it, White Hart Lane. But I maintain that the people at

Hereford and in those cases would equally be able to recognise what

has happened and start the chain of events in motion to get the cost --

the person the best possible chance. I know from my own experience that

any of the physiotherapist and doctors, every two years they go on

a recent scores. Every year they have a refresher course. If that is

not followed down the food chain then it should be. That is just as

The report said that young players are playing hookey. Young players

by sneaking out of screenings. This is an eye-opener. Hopefully with

Fabrice Muamba it is an eye-opener and they will stop and think. If we

are not doing the optimum screening the key is about the people that

are responding. Joey Barton is taking a Twitter sabbatical. Danny

Simpson is not on their at either. But you can contact us on a Twitter

and Facebook. From Bovril to Bali. -- de Champagne. Carlisle are

maintaining their play-off position. They have been a resurgence of late.

They have been a resurgence of late. That was a well-worked goal. What

cool finish. They are doing well to stay in the next. Four of the final

eight games are against fellow top six teams. That will be crucial.

Destiny is in their own hands. It is important to keep the run going

when you were in a play-off spot. Four games without a goal, and

finally you get that victory. What time did you get back? A at 1230.

It was a great victory. We should have read the keeper work. You

spoke about the goal. One chance, one goal. He was so pleased with

himself. He had promised the week before that he would get a goal,

but he didn't, and he apologised. He had two chances. I have seen him

stick them away in the reserves. He can take those chances. To get the

winner for us at The Oval is great. 508 appearances. Faraday has been

talking about an Rio Ferdinand. Have you had to adapt your

preparations? Not so much from went I have been at Hartlepool, but from

being a young player. Sports science is now so important in the

game. Injury prevention work for instance. Water intake. All these

sorts of things help you prolong your career. Getting to know the

game inside out as an experienced player can help you at that. I am

exhausted hearing about that. The Tyneside based charity, Show Racism

The Red Card, premiered its new anti-homophobia film "Let's Tackle

anti-homophobia film "Let's Tackle It" last week. It features a number

of top footballers, and other sports stars, talking about the

issue. Here's a clip from it. sports are finding it easier to

come to terms with players being openly gay. This England cricketer

received support and understanding from his team-mates. A number of

supporters said you are the way you are and there is nothing wrong with

that. It has been a positive sign. People are saying on to what it it

is good for English critic. Is this an issue? There are possibly gay

footballers were not prepared to come right. We have to send a

message that it is fine to come out. We have to raise awareness. If

there are gay footballers to feel under pressure whether it is from

the media, supporters, if they want to come out, by all means why not.

The governing bodies have been immensely supportive. But the

media? That is the problem. In the club it is fine. Players will

accept that. There might be other issues. There might be a marriage

that he has come out of. There might be kids involved. There are a

host of things that may stop footballers coming out. If someone

feels strongly enough and ready to do that then they will get all the

support that the need. Just to mark your card, the award

winning BBC documentary about Bedlington Terriers, "Mr Rich and

The Terriers", is available this week on the iPlayer. The pie and

pint, the banter, the chanting. But what if you could swap your

cheap seat behind the goal for the best view in the ground - the full

VIP pass with prawn sandwiches aplenty, a five-course meal and

free bubbly? Well that's exactly what one Boro fan did for

Saturday's game against Bristol City. So did all the trimmings turn

his head? I love with us but now as much as I have always done. I have

never been in the hospitality before. I wonder will there be two

football fans. Will they be watching the game question we are

here because we have been given a season ticket up he is upstairs in

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

Thank you. Welcome to the stadium. Queues. A how many people are in

the box? We have 700 guests in a hospitality. We can cater for 1,200

on match day. We have a range of guests from traditional corporate

guests who are purchased in the facility on behalf of entertaining

I am having a wonderful time. He has probably got the best champagne,

the best dates. I will settle for a pint of lager and a bowl will suit.

Corporate hospitality? Yes it is very good coast of it is and I good

to say that the admit that we could in is at least equivalent to what

ordinary fans Britain. I am really enjoying the day. It is

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

What you think about the corporate? It is very good. It is out of my

price bracket. The corporate would be better for my wife. Thanks a lot.

Resisting Craig Hignett comment that he was not wearing his own

suit, are you arm ball full or a bubbly? I think football is about

the fans. Have you got a corporate confession? We have a corporate box

and a halfway line that Newcastle United. We publicise what we do.

There is a distinct purpose there? Absolutely. Nice bit of advertising.

I am surprised they do not take us up there! You do a bit of hosting

and interviews. Have we got increasingly real fans in among the

corporate boxes? Yes there are regular die had supporters. If you

can afford it it is the best way to watch football. Make up the pitch.

Have a meal. Sit there. The only downside is that you have to get

suited and booted. But for at the it is fantastic. They need to shout

a bit louder do they not? What an opportunity for Sunderland. Can you

imagine if they make it through? On Sunderland's home for the stand

every chance of getting through. Absolutely. A fantastic opportunity.

Another home game and would be fantastic. The players are playing

with confidence. Did he did not change his team at the weekend.

Everton did not either. The idea was to keep them winning spirit.

the business end of the season who does not want to play in these kind

of games? Several players are playing well. Michael Owen has

revealed on Twitter that he is voting for Tim Krul us as the Young

Player of the year. What about that Champions' Leagues Hope's - there

are being played don't? Is it right to play down expectations? They