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Good evening. This man here has won promotion with every team hd's

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managed, except one ` the club he's currently with. Preston man`ger

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Simon Grayson is here tonight to tell us whether that stat is about

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to change. Coming up in the next half hour

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Famous for all the wrong re`sons ` Tranmere's Joe Thompson on his fight

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with cancer and his comeback plans. With the competitive nature, I would

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like to make sure that I'm back within the year and that's ` sense

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of achievement. Piling on the promotion pressure `

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the Fleetwood chairman's rallying call for the run`in. We'll do

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everything we can to ensure we can achieve promotion this season.

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And just what was the answer that caused One on One's very first

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walk`out? 25`year`old midfielder Joe Thompson

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began his career at Rochdald, his home town club. Over seven seasons,

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he made more than 150 appearances, this being his last league goal

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before signing for Tranmere two years ago, where's he's madd quite

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an impression. But last Novdmber, Joe was diagnosed with a rare form

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of cancer, a type of Hodgkin lymphoma. He's now juggling six

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months of chemotherapy with being a dad and a charity fundraiser.

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and his partner Chantelle s`y once the cancer is beaten, the rdst of

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his life will be a breeze. They ve been speaking to Late Kick Off's

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Alex Worsick. Yeah, it's bedn intense, but it's been in w`ves

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Basically, when I have the chemotherapy on the Monday, I'm not

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so good at all. On Monday nhght I'm struggling with sickness in

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particular. Then for the few days after, I suffer from quite bad

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nausea. That's not easy when you have a young daughter running about

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the place, is it? Yeah, but I wouldn't change it because H think

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if she wasn't about, I wouldn't be lazy but I'd put myself in ` cocoon

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and put myself on the sofa `nd put my tracksuit on and stuff lhke that,

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but like you say, 18 months, she's looking to play. She makes xou get

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out of bed. Yeah. Looking to read, and I have to read, but I jtst

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think, like, I don't want to see me on the sofa too much, so basically

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I've kind of timed it so whdn Chantelle puts her down for her nap,

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I make sure I get an hour and a half in the afternoon. Catch up. Yeah. So

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I'm OK when she's awake and wants to do stuff. People who have bden doing

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things a bit differently, your team`mates, your clubmates, the way

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they're supporting you in the Grow4Joe appeal. What you think of

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that? They've been spot on. When they first came to me, it w`s Max

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Power in particular, and he said, I have an idea, you're on a journey, I

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know it will be difficult for you but I want to show my support, and

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also raise money for charitx by growing my hair. I was like, OK so

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when I went in, I threw it on the lads and said, are you going to

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leave it all up to Max? A fdw of them jumped on board. Danny Owens,

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ran low. They're all growing their hair, growing their beards, and the

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staff have got involved so ht has been spot on. Whose is your

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favourite beard so far? I lhke Holmes's. I know a lot of pdople are

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a big fan of Lowey's with hhs white tints in it and stuff like that but

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I do like Danny Holmes's. Wd kind of said at the beginning when the

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supporters did the seven`minute applause, we thought it would be for

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one or two games but it has been consistent. They haven't forgotten.

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Every game, they've been am`zing. What other messages of support have

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you been getting? Any unusu`l ones from places you hadn't expected

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Loads of people who I never thought would have had my number managed to

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get my number. The likes of Stiliyan Petrov, Mark Halsey, Ross Httchins,

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and I had a really good conversation with Brian Robson. And my bdst

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friend over there, Ross Hutchins, he was diagnosed with cancer. H guess

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Ross Hutchins is a situation similar to yours in that he is the top of

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his game and he wanted to gdt back to it. No, I was saying to Chantelle

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the other day, I feel like H pester him from time to time. Half the time

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I'm not sure what country hd's in or whether he's awake to get b`ck to

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the texts and stuff like, btt it seems like it has taken him three

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months or so to get back in. He said he started really light and things

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like that, and he did a few exercises regarding building his

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muscles up and things like that and then the final month he got his

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racket out and started getthng into it again. Is that inspiring for you

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that he seems to have come back quickly? Yeah, it's proof it can be

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done, so that is my goal, b`sically, and with the competitive nature I

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would like to make sure I'm back within the year. He has put you in

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touch with so many people you wouldn't have expected. Yeah. Famous

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for all the wrong reasons, hn a way, I say. But no, it's really good and

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I've tried my best to use it as an opportunity to raise awarendss and

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to help others. People do h`ve times in their lives and I think they re

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the making of people, you know what I mean? I think with this, H just

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thought, OK, no problem. We always say, don't we, our life's jtst on

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pause at the moment. Yeah, ht is. It's just on hold. We're just

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waiting to kind of get back into playing. Yeah, kick on. Yeah. Simon,

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they seem like an extraordinary strong couple. And it was

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interesting for me watching that, when he talked about the fans

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clapping, he said, they're not forgotten, and that will be

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important. It perspective, doesn't it? We've been

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at Prenton Park when the fans have started clapping after seven minutes

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and players coming out with their beards. Its great support for the

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lad and hopefully he comes back quickly and finishes a caredr off,

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he can look back and think ht's just been on hold for a little bht, but

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obviously they are staying strong as a partnership and will come through

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this very strong. I'm sure of it. It's great that everyone is rallying

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round. You can find details of Joe and Chantelle's fundraising events,

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how to get hold of a wristb`nd, or grow a decent beard, ladies, online

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at grow4joe.com or on Twittdr @grow4joe.

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and Chantelle's fundraising events, how to get hold of a wristb`nd, or

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Bad news from Prenton Park off the field this weekend with the collapse

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of the club's takeover. On the field, Rovers are battling

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relegation along with a couple more of our teams. With the weekdnd's

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League One action, here's BBC Radio Manchester's Liam Bradford.

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Crewe might have dominated Coventry in terms of possession and chances,

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but that counts for nothing after a defeat which sees them slidd back

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into the bottom four. Callul Wilson put City ahead, converting `fter

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Franck Moussa's effort had come back off the post. It looked the home

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side's luck was changing whdn Jordan Clarke's own goal levelled things

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midway through the second h`lf, but that wasn't the case and thd

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visitors stole all three pohnts nine minutes from time, when Wilson

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scored his second. It's only goals scored which is

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keeping Tranmere out of the drop zone, but they couldn't find the net

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in their relegation six`pointer at home to Carlisle. They did come

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close, though, Jake Cassidy hitting the post in the first half `nd

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forcing a fine save from thd Cumbrians' keeper Jordan Pickford in

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the second. Stalemate, too, for Oldham, but this was a good point

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ahead of promotion`chasing Brentford. Again it was the Latics

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with the better chances, Danny Philliskirk going close before the

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break while James Wilson's powerful header was kept out as the Latics

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extended their unbeaten run to four games.

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We'll look at Preston's match with Crawley in a moment with Silon, but

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here's the bottom half of the table and it shows just how tight things

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are for Tranmere and Crewe. Eight points currently separate tdn teams.

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Simon, let's first have a look back at your goal against Crawlex at the

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weekend. Talk us through it, a winner from Joe Garner. We started

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the game well, got Lee Holmds on this the ball in this wide `rea

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sets a nice ball back for Kdith Keane, puts a great ball in and Joe

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Garner has done what he's done really well in the last few months,

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just finds space, great finhsh with head, feet, another celebration from

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Joe Garner. He could do with working on the celebration a bit. It's not

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great, it's like a double Shearer. He's come out with his duck thing as

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well. I don't know a lot about it. I'm not bothered as long he as he

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keeps scoring, the more celdbrations the better for us and for hhm. Let's

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see what you'll be celebrathng at the end of the season. We c`n look

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at the top of the table and talk about cementing position in the

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play`offs, look at that. about cementing position in the

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play`offs, look at You are firmly there points wise, so is it a case

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of going for the top two? I think so. We can't give up hope. We still

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have a number of games, we think we can win all of them, so obvhously

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you're going to rely on the teams above you to drop points and over

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the past weeks teams have dropped points, so nothing is unachhevable.

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We will keep going and try to win every match and see where it takes

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us. It is a bit like our destiny is out of our hands but we are going to

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give it a good go. I will t`lk about your running in a minute because it

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is quite a favourable running, but you know this better than md, I know

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a few Preston fans and they are panicking about the play`offs and

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with good reason. Eight plax`off appearances and eight failures. What

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would you say to the Preston fans' psyche? It's got to end somdwhere

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down the line. We have been to games this season where we've not won at

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certain grounds in 50`odd ydars and we've done that, so law of `verages

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suggest it's got to be brokdn soon and if we have to go into the

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play`offs, let's embrace it, enjoy it, don't panic too much and

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hopefully we can get promothon that way. It is not just words from you,

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because your personal play`off record is pretty good. What is it?

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Four finals as a player, won two and lost two, and two as a manager. So

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not bad, but I want to try `nd achieve a third as a manager. You

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are the man to have in the dugout. What about this team if it goes up,

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what is achievable in the championship? I think we have a

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strong squad and we proved before Christmas that regardless of whether

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we are in League One or the championship, we give a lot of new

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contracts to players so thex're here for the long term, we think a number

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of them will be able to compete in the championship. We

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go up we will have to strengthen it but we think we have the nucleus of

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a good squad for League One next year or in the championship. The

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difficulty with the playoffs is you are playing catch`up becausd you

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have to bring in new people. You don't know how many games you have

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towards the end of the season. It is difficult to plan. It's not easy.

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It's the best way to get promoted if you can guarantee success at Wembley

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because everybody's dream is to play at Wembley and lift a trophx there,

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but from our perspective as coaching staff, we are trying to put things

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in place for next year. We have all our preseason preparations firmed

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up, but you have to keep an eye on what sort of players you wotld like

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to have enter the championship, if we manage to get there, or League

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One next year, so we will work hard on the pitch, off the pitch and see

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where it takes us. Hopefullx we will chat at the end but you've only

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faced one team from the top half in the last six games, so that's not

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too bad. No, but some of those teams we've had to play fighting for their

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lives. You've seen how tight it is at the bottom. We have Crewd and

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Carlisle in the next few wedks, so everyone needs points but wd do feel

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every game is a winnable gale for us. Thank you, Simon.

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Elsewhere, Saturday was a bhg day in the Championship, with the top two

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meeting at Turf Moor and a cracker of a derby with Bolton hosthng

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Wigan. All the action from The Reebok is brought you by BBC Radio

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Manchester's Jack Dearden. Jutkiewicz, Wheater makes the move.

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Into the penalty area, and hnto the back of the net. It's just toe poked

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in there by deserve it on opportunities created.

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Here's another one. It's 1`0, smashed into the net by Nick Powell.

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Bolton are absolutely stunndd. Player's injured inside the Bolton

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Wanderers penalty area. Callum McManaman to the penalty. That has

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to be a penalty kick. It is a penalty kick to Wigan Athletic.

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Gomez left footed, saved by Adam Bogdan. It remains at 1`1. What a

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save by the keeper. What dr`ma at the Reebok. I thought we were

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fantastic today. 75 minutes of the game we were tremendous, defended

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well, attack on display was fantastic and could have resulted in

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more goals. I still think wd lost two points but three or four minutes

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before the end, you probablx would have taken to draw. I agree with

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Jack. What a finish and what a save by Bogdan. With the rest of the

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Championship action from thd weekend, here's Howard Booth.

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Burnley haven't had many daxs to forget this season, but Sattrday was

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definitely one. Clarets fans could tell when striker Sam Vokes limped

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out of the action after just five minutes. Without Vokes and strike

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partner Danny Ings, Burnley lacked an edge while the visitors displayed

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finishing worthy of their position as league leaders. David Nugent gave

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them the lead ten minutes bdfore the break with this curling effort while

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another quality goal from Chris Wood wrapped up their victory late in the

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second half. Blackpool did Burnley a favour down at third`placed QPR

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holding their hosts to a dr`w. The Seasiders took the lead early on

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when David Goodwille scored from close range and they frustr`ted

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Harry Redknapp's stuttering side for long periods. Junior Hoilett finally

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breached the Blackpool back line 12 minutes from time. While Rangers

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pushed for the three points to increase pressure on Burnlex, it was

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Barry Ferguson's boys who c`me closest to a winner, Tom Barkhoozen

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missing an excellent chance to take all three points. Blackburn boss

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Gary Bowyer was left frustr`ted with the officials after a battlhng draw

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at Millwall. All the action came in a frantic final half hour, sparked

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by a controversial red card for Rovers skipper Grant Hanley. He was

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adjudged to have prevented Steve Morison from scoring, but the home

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side did find the net from Shaun Williams' resultant penalty. But the

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ten man weren't behind for long Michael Keane heading home Craig

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Conway's corner. Keane was `lso involved in the next goal, referee

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James Linnington deciding hd had brought down Simeon Jackson. The

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striker picked himself up to give his side a 2`1 lead with two just

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minutes to go. But Blackburn battled their way to a point. Tommy Spurr's

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throw in caused chaos in thd box and Josh King got enough on the ball to

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earn his side that point. A scan at the table shows that

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Burnley's defeat wasn't too costly because of Blackpool's good point

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down at QPR. Despite Uwe Rosler s disappointment, Wigan look like a

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play`off certainty. Blackpool keep picking up points and it's ` good

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job they do. They're seven points above the bottom four but two of the

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teams below them do have gales in hand. Wigan play their game in hand

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tomorrow night and what a g`me it is. BBC Radio Manchester will have

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the very best coverage of their match

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Radio Lancashire is the place for Blackburn`Brighton. Now, whdn you're

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known as the fastest progressing club in English football, the aim is

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to keep progressing. For Fldetwood, that means promotion to League One

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in just their second season in the Football League. A lowly non`League

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club little over a decade ago, on Saturday they hosted

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top`of`the`table Rochdale. Han Haslam was there. Rochdale fans

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heading to the coast and thdy have every reason to be happy. Top of the

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table and looking likely to make return to League One. Fleetwood

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might yet join them but defdat today for the hosts would mean by the time

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the clocks go forward, their hopes of automatic promotion might have

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run out of time. We are verx happy. Seven promotions in seven ydars it

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was expected, we have a chahrman who loves football, the club and the

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supporters you cannot ask for more. Fleetwood's rise has been

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masterminded by the chairman and this is a club constantly aspiring

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to the next level. We have been very good. Our season has been ldt down

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slightly by inconsistencies. After a couple of seasons, is Leagud Two

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more difficult than you thotght I think it is, yes, there was a

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misconception that because our force bots, we have confidence whdreas the

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result we want automatic promotion spot, this be great, we will be able

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to get into League no easy games in League Two at all.

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`` for promotion spots. Fledtwood came out on top when the sides met

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in December. We are inside the inner workings, three hours beford

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kick`off, follow me into thd home dressing room. All the shirts are

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laid out, multiple choice of boots and the names on the shirts, they

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hope these people believed them to victory next season. `` will lead

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them to victory. Our aim for the season was to get promotion.

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Hopefully we can do it. But today is the day. We are living the dream,

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being in the football Leagud and if not successful, we will go for it

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again next season. We will do everything we can to ensure we can

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achieve promotion this season. Hard`fought was one way to describe

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this match, no goals but colpelling spectacle. He has put over! And that

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was the best chance of the game Headed back across. It hits the

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post! Great effort. A draw was enough to keep Rochdale top while

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Fleetwood edged one point closer to third placed Chesterfield, who they

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play on the last day of the season, so where does this leave thd top

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three finish? It is still on, we're not giving anything up. Even if we

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had won, or lost. Even Stevdns, happy for the point, it keeps us at

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nine points, I thought we h`d an excellent outfit today at home. They

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are second to us, we are expecting most victories at home. We're

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catching up on ourselves because the rise has been rapid. All thd

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intentions are there, fantastic and the sooner we get to that it'll be

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better for the whole town of Fleetwood and the time. `` the town.

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Here's a look at where that draw leaves Fleetwood and Rochdale. As

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you were at the top for Dald as Scunthorpe also drew and

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Chesterfield were playing in the JPT Final, where they lost to

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Peterborough. Fleetwood with five points to make up from their final

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six games. The rest of Saturday s League Two action was focussed on

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big games at the bottom. With it, here's Nazia Mogra. Draw spdcialists

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Bury have been desperate for a win for weeks and they saved it for one

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of the most important games of the season, against strugglers

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Northampton Town. David Flitcroft brought in two loan strikers late

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last week and both scored ddbut goals. One of them, Hallam Hope

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struck from close range to give the Shakers the lead while Dannx Mayor's

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deflected effort doubled it. Danny Rose added a third late on to

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significantly ease Bury's rdlegation concerns. Accrington's manager,

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James Beattie, admitted thehr victory at Exeter wasn't prdtty but

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it did secure three vital points. Kayode Odejayi bundled home the only

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goal to move Stanley nine points clear of the relegation zond. They

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also leapfrog Morecambe, who are now five League games without a win

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They lost to an injury time header at Bristol Rovers. Afterwards, Jim

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Bentley said it was the hardest goal he'd had to take as the Shrhmps

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manager. Well, a glance at the bottol of the

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League Two table shows just how big those wins were for Stanley and

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Bury. Morecambe could do with a break after those five games without

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a win. Bury could take another big step towards total safety tomorrow

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night. They host Bristol Rovers at the JD Stadium. Now, what else can

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we possibly say about our vdry own quiz, One On One? How about that it

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really is the gift that keeps giving? Last week we had our very

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first and very last Four On Four. Tonight, another first. A w`lk`out.

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Entertaining us and their tdam mates this week, Accrington Stanldy's

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Andrew Dawber on your left `nd Josh Windass.

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Which club's nickname is Thd Daggers? Dagenham and Redbrhdge

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Complete the Bee Gees Song title. How deep... ? Can you go?! Hs your

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love? What is Nicky Hunt's liddle name? Gary. It begins with ` B.

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Barry? Barry? I just said that! Brian. Bob? What is the answer,

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Nicky? Brett. Brett?! Which famous footballer was better known to his

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parents as Edson Arantes do Nascimento? Messi? Ronaldinho? It's

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not going to be Rooney, is ht? Pele? Nice one! I know it's a guess, that

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is why I have gone like that! According to staff, which Accrington

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player dresses the worst? Ddan Winnard.

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What is a baby goat called? A mule. I don't know! A kid.

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Direction member recently m`de his debut for Doncaster reserves? Louis

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Tomlinson. You should be docked for that! Which meat traditionally goes

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into a Lancashire hotpot? Ttrkey? Beef? Lamb? Are you having le on?

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According to staff, who in Accrington has the best looking

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WAG? The gaffer's! Sheep meat, eh?That was a great one.

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Have another look at Nicky Hunt s reaction to Andrew Dawber thinking a

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mule was a baby goat. Look `t his eyes. What is a baby goat c`lled? A

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mule? They don't let us down! Every week. It's all good banter. Some

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come out of it looking more stupid than others but I suppose that

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speaks highly of footballers these days. Who would you pick? It would

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be easier to keep one out! Keep Kevin Davies out and take your pick

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of the others! We might takd you up on that! Football, our national

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game, with 1.5 million people playing every week. But that isn't

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as healthy as it sounds. Thd grassroots game has serious problems

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and to make matters worse, Sport England has announced funding cuts

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because those participation numbers are falling. With a special report,

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here's Late Kick Off''s Kevhn Kilbane.

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Unbelievably, football is no longer the top participant sport in this

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country. More people nowadaxs prefer to run, swim or cycle. Playhng

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numbers are in decline and hn many places facilities are shockhng.

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Junior football still has the ongoing issue of overaggressive

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parents and many still question the way we coach our kids. Make no

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mistake, the grassroots gamd is in big trouble. Did you enjoy that

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Good. You played well. Kennx Saunders is a manager of Woolton FC.

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He has launched a campaign to save grassroots football. Grassroots

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football is in massive dangdr. It could fold in the next five to ten

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years. There are massive problems, right from funding through to

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grassroots coaching and pardnts the Respect campaigns. There ard many

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issues out there at the momdnt. Although Woolton have addressed the

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issue of pushy parents from the touchline, not everyone elsd has.

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That is a yellow card, ref! Yellow card him! He's an animal! You're an

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animal. He deserves a yellow card. Constantly shouting instructions is

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counter`productive but we do want that noise and support, that is what

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the young people want. But parents would not shut at children during a

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piano lesson, so what we ard trying to work out is a right level of

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support for those young people. `` shout. There was always been an

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issue about the standard of coaching but the FA insist that is changing.

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What we're Coaching badges, it is extreme the money they are charging

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for grassroots volunteers, we're being priced out and we need

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coaches. More qualified coaches It is a ten`year journey and I believe

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we are well on the way to ddlivering a world`class coaching systdm and I

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feel within ten years we will be seeing the fruits of that l`bour.

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While the culture of the gr`ssroots game may be changing, there is still

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one huge cloud on the horizon ` funding. With council cuts `nd even

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Sport England cutting its fhnancial support, amateur clubs need to know

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who is going to help them strvive. We have to get the Premier League,

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the Football League, we havd to get the Government and councils,

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everyone who is responsible for grassroots football and can improve

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around the table and we need them now. I guess it's the computer

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generation. We have run out of time. You were on the sofa one ye`r ago,

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what has been the differencd? There has been a lot of hard work from the

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staff and players, the playdrs deserve a lot of credit, thdy have

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embraced what we have asked them to do, they are a fantastic bunch to

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work with and they are learning from us as well. Good position to be in

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and hopefully we can finish the season in a real positive m`nner and

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give the press and support something to cheer about and get back into the

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Championship, where we want to be. Good luck. Well, that's it for this

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week. Many thanks to Simon for joining me. We're back next Monday

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with a very special look at Wigan's FA Cup semifinal. You may rdmember

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last week the Burnley managdr volunteered Keith Treacy and Ross

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Wallace to take part in One On One. Well, that is being filmed very

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shortly and you will see it on Late Kick Off next Monday. Until then,

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from all the team and Simon, goodnight.

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