:00:05. > :00:10.Tonight on Late Kick Off, a late kick-off. Santa inverses Leicester
:00:10. > :00:20.this evening. It can Saints go back to the top of the table? We will
:00:20. > :00:28.
:00:28. > :00:33.-- sat Hunton of verse is Leicester. Thank you for joining us for a
:00:33. > :00:36.weekly round-up of all the Football League's latest. Alongside me his
:00:36. > :00:46.Graeme Murty. We have a particularly action-packed show.
:00:46. > :00:52.Here is what is coming up. Rover's return to winning ways, we
:00:52. > :00:55.get the fans' views on the new man at getting Bristol Rovers back.
:00:55. > :01:00.John Madjeski announces the Russian Revolution at Reading.
:01:00. > :01:04.This is exactly the right thing for Reading Football Club.
:01:04. > :01:12.Add all the rest of the action, with Plymouth no longer struggling
:01:12. > :01:16.to meet the overheads. We start with off-the-field matters.
:01:16. > :01:21.Portsmouth have been hit with yet another winding-up petition, and
:01:21. > :01:26.Reading, where Russians have seized control. It is like 1917 or over
:01:26. > :01:32.again. The new owner is Anton Zingarevich, he is 29 years old and
:01:32. > :01:37.has taken a 51% stake in the club, injecting �40 million. At least Sir
:01:37. > :01:42.John Madjeski with 49%. He remains chairman and announced the deal to
:01:42. > :01:50.the fans before Saturday's game against Hull.
:01:50. > :01:57.I have never felt so positive about a suitor as this one, for a whole
:01:58. > :02:02.host of different reasons. There is not a language barrier. The ethos
:02:03. > :02:08.of the people coming in is perfect. We are seeing off the same hymn
:02:08. > :02:14.sheet. They are not arrogant or flash. They just want to do a good
:02:14. > :02:23.job in football. I am so delighted that they see Reading as bad
:02:23. > :02:28.vehicle, because the reputation of Reading has was owed to a very long
:02:28. > :02:32.period of time by many people at the club. The I think it bodes well
:02:32. > :02:38.for Reading, and it says about -- added says a lot about Reading and
:02:38. > :02:44.the people that work here that we can have this fantastic reputation
:02:44. > :02:49.that people want to be involved with, and that means a lot to me. I
:02:49. > :02:53.think it bodes well for the way we conduct ourselves.
:02:53. > :02:59.The man sitting beside me is Reading's most successful captain
:02:59. > :03:05.ever. What you make a bit? I am cautiously optimistic. I like
:03:05. > :03:10.what John Madjeski has been saying. Cautiously because there are
:03:10. > :03:14.Russian owners and there are Russian owners.
:03:14. > :03:20.We have been finding out what supporters bought today.
:03:20. > :03:24.I think it is good news. I am a bit worried.
:03:24. > :03:29.John Madjeski will still be in charge for the next three years, so
:03:29. > :03:32.nothing will change immediately anyway.
:03:32. > :03:37.You are going to have to change to get back into the Premier League.
:03:37. > :03:42.So hopefully we will be up there soon.
:03:42. > :03:49.He barely looks like Brian McDermott! -- really look likes
:03:49. > :03:55.Brian McDermott! So John Madjeski has spent a lot of time putting the
:03:55. > :04:00.club on a sound financial basis to put forward. Now he wants to take
:04:00. > :04:04.the club forward in the right way. Not a selling your best players at
:04:04. > :04:14.the end of every season will be good news.
:04:14. > :04:16.
:04:16. > :04:24.You can continue the debate on line. Still to come: there is a spot of
:04:24. > :04:29.fox hunting at some Mary's -- St Mary's.
:04:29. > :04:37.At yes we Di Canio, Paolo get hot under the collar again.
:04:37. > :04:41.I can do what I want! And they cannot stop me!
:04:41. > :04:49.Next, while the rebels are flowing at Reading, it is a different story
:04:49. > :04:51.at Portsmouth. The taxman wants �1.6 million in unpaid taxes. The
:04:51. > :04:58.administrator Andrew Andronikou says the club does not have the
:04:58. > :05:03.money, which raises the prospect of players being sold, and only 13 of
:05:03. > :05:07.them off it. Frightening times at Fratton Park. Let's catch up on how
:05:07. > :05:13.they and the rest of the region's Championship teams got on at the
:05:13. > :05:18.weekend. A a brilliant result for Bristol
:05:18. > :05:26.City. Chris Wood scored his first goal on
:05:26. > :05:32.loan for the club. Habib Beye, the Doncaster defender, get a red card.
:05:32. > :05:38.The referee's hand is already in his pocket. No argument. City
:05:38. > :05:43.scored from a free-kick, Kalifa Cisse with a free header. Great
:05:44. > :05:48.finish. Although Doncaster got a late
:05:49. > :05:56.consolation through El Hadj due, it was a good victory for Bristol City.
:05:56. > :06:05.-- El Hadj due for. How about this for a free-kick from
:06:05. > :06:11.Will Buckley. But for the equaliser, the Paddy penalty spot. David Ball
:06:11. > :06:19.get across the defender for the first touch. Brighton 1 at a later
:06:19. > :06:26.with Will Buckley's second goal. -- won it later.
:06:26. > :06:33.Brighton will be playing Newcastle next week in the FA Cup.
:06:33. > :06:39.Portsmouth out of luck on the pitch, a fabulous finish from Kenny Miller.
:06:39. > :06:47.Marko Futacs with the equaliser. Pompey then took the lead, it drops
:06:47. > :06:57.down to Greg Halford who smashed it home. The bail-out the ball too
:06:57. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:04.easily into the box. A free header. But this is a great strike.
:07:04. > :07:13.Hull were the winners at Reading. The goal was the week's big talking
:07:13. > :07:23.point. Is the player active or inactive? Whatever happened, Robbie
:07:23. > :07:23.
:07:24. > :07:31.Brady comes in to score the winner. Reading making use on the field and
:07:31. > :07:34.off it. Was that goal offside it? I thought it was fine. The guy
:07:35. > :07:42.whose cause start in an onside position, but for me the striker
:07:42. > :07:50.does become active. I thought he was onside, Aaron McLean, but I may
:07:50. > :07:54.have changed my mind. Brian McDermott asked the referee,
:07:54. > :07:58.and the explanation has surprised me if -- surprised him.
:07:58. > :08:02.Even though the player is offside, they have been told to play on if
:08:02. > :08:07.he does not touch the ball. So I hope everybody knows that role,
:08:07. > :08:11.because I did not. Take me through it one more time.
:08:11. > :08:16.He did not touch the ball, but he plainly was influencing play
:08:16. > :08:22.because he drew the goalkeeper towards him.
:08:22. > :08:29.The goalkeeper sees him offside, and if he felt he had to he would
:08:29. > :08:35.have got to the ball. But because of the other player, he has to stay
:08:35. > :08:41.in place. When does active become active? Because he did not touch
:08:41. > :08:46.the ball, he did have an effect on the game.
:08:46. > :08:51.The referee says it is when he touches the ball.
:08:51. > :08:55.Now it is League Two, where Bristol Rovers had a new manager, Mark
:08:55. > :09:02.McGhee, and a victory against promotion-chasing Charlton. The
:09:02. > :09:07.fans are happy. I think he will do a good job.
:09:07. > :09:11.Hopefully he will do the job. He has got lots of experience and
:09:12. > :09:16.will be good for the club. I like him. He is an experienced
:09:16. > :09:26.manager. Hopefully he can bring it all
:09:26. > :09:35.
:09:36. > :09:45.together for us and we can start goal! He comes across the! Well
:09:46. > :09:47.
:09:47. > :09:53.saved by the keeper. At the second He has also done well as Reading
:09:53. > :09:58.and Brighton. How will he do at Rover's?
:09:58. > :10:04.Let us judge him at the end of the season.
:10:04. > :10:09.They have good prospects for moving up. Mark McGhee on to a good start,
:10:09. > :10:14.but Paolo Di Canio sent off for Swindon, this time for complaining
:10:14. > :10:17.about a free-kick that was not given. He was any back from his
:10:17. > :10:24.last a touchline ban, which was owned for arguing with the
:10:24. > :10:30.officials at Northampton. Being Paola, come the final whistle, he
:10:30. > :10:35.had completely calmed down. If they want to said BR, it is no
:10:35. > :10:41.problem. I will win this league anyway, because my team is a strong
:10:41. > :10:48.team! Even if I am sent off, we will win this league. I can do what
:10:48. > :10:58.I want! They cannot stop me! I have to do what I want to do it for my
:10:58. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:05.players. Share enough. Is there anything
:11:05. > :11:10.more with what he has done? In all seriousness, we see British
:11:10. > :11:15.referees, Sir Alex Ferguson, acting in a very aggressive manner to
:11:15. > :11:20.referees. The nobody gets upset when he does his or arson when good
:11:20. > :11:26.does it. It is true that Italians wave their arms around a lot, but
:11:26. > :11:29.he does not wear. Has he got a reputation?
:11:29. > :11:34.I think it is because of the incident with the referee all those
:11:34. > :11:40.years ago when he played for Sheffield Wednesday.
:11:40. > :11:50.But without him Swindon at won anyway.
:11:50. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:09.The ball goes out wide and there is Paolo Di Canio sharing his
:12:09. > :12:15.displeasure with about one. Swindon will all not win a League 2,
:12:15. > :12:22.the rest of the division is up for grabs. Let's catch up on the latest
:12:22. > :12:28.action. Starting at Home Park. Both ends of the lead colliding and
:12:28. > :12:34.a good result for Plymouth. Crawley is to draws away from home. Pablo
:12:35. > :12:44.Mills free header gives them the lead but Plymouth are out of the
:12:45. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:54.drop zone. Also on the way up, at drop zone. Also on the way up, at
:12:54. > :13:03.Torquay. Mark Ellis with a great finish there, that puts them in
:13:03. > :13:09.front. A deft punch from Danny Stevens. Takes it past the keeper.
:13:09. > :13:19.A late consolation but Torquay make it three wins in a row and naked to
:13:19. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:36.friend of yours, Michael dewberry. A wonderful strike from John Paul
:13:36. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:46.Pitman. It must be terrible to watch a one on goal. What must it
:13:46. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:06.feel like soup notch up two. A score. Aldershot are six games down
:14:06. > :14:16.without a cold. -- goal. They need one to go into someone's backside,
:14:16. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:22.Crawley and Charlton and still level on points with Cheltenham.
:14:23. > :14:29.Then down below, we have Bristol Rovers down to 17. Plymouth now out
:14:29. > :14:36.of the drop zone. They are doing it in Sile. What a sensational ball
:14:36. > :14:44.this is. A great goal. We had to show that because we loved it so
:14:44. > :14:47.much. How about my core due very? He is prolific. The classic hat-
:14:48. > :14:53.trick. He managed to get himself out of a whole by scoring an
:14:53. > :15:02.equaliser. On to our League 1 round-up which kicks off with
:15:02. > :15:07.Another battling performance from the Cherries but there is no club
:15:07. > :15:13.or play needed for this open-air down the middle. A massive
:15:13. > :15:23.deflection coming up from Thomas and's strike. He could not have
:15:23. > :15:28.
:15:29. > :15:33.having a go of their. Three goals and a huge win for Wycombe. 0 a
:15:34. > :15:38.great result. Massive strength and great determination to get in for
:15:38. > :15:48.his first goal, but for his second, watch for a wonderful first touch.
:15:48. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:05.He brings it down here and the sheet. Two clean sheets here, the
:16:05. > :16:12.first ever goalless draw were these two sides. A big game next at home
:16:12. > :16:22.to League leaders Charlton. Sam Walker on loan from Chelsea
:16:22. > :16:23.
:16:23. > :16:29.dropping that one. Yeovil struck back into it. 3-1 up thanks to this
:16:29. > :16:37.hair day here. And this penalty here. It is interesting what
:16:37. > :16:42.happened after the referee awards a spot kick. Yeovil got their second
:16:42. > :16:47.through Steve McLean, are wonderful through Steve McLean, are wonderful
:16:47. > :16:51.cross. One left now two points off the play-off places in League 1.
:16:51. > :16:58.Exeter Estate 18. You will stay in the bottom four a point ahead of
:16:58. > :17:03.Wycombe. Wycombe might find out of the bottom for yet. On the back of
:17:03. > :17:13.the 13th goal at the weekend from Stuart Bevan. It might be the best
:17:13. > :17:16.
:17:16. > :17:21.of his career. Back to the championship to finish off this
:17:21. > :17:29.evening. Saines based in Leicester at St Mary's. Southampton facing --
:17:29. > :17:34.missing Rickie Lambert. Looking at Leicester, they have Nathan on loan
:17:34. > :17:44.from their lair but he is on the bench because David Nugent is on
:17:44. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:57.Neither side able to create anything of goalscoring
:17:57. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:22.opportunities. Given away, a chance this evening. Large bags of empty
:18:22. > :18:32.spaces. Mel's. A terrific ball. Nugent. Cuts inside. What a finish
:18:32. > :18:32.
:18:32. > :18:42.that is! It is the 9th championship golf for the season for the former
:18:42. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:52.Portsmouth player. Leicester are in here. Mel's with the ball forward.
:18:52. > :18:59.Nugent cutting inside. That is an unstoppable shot. No way that
:18:59. > :19:09.Davies was going to get to that. Leicester City lead by one goal to
:19:09. > :19:37.
:19:37. > :19:45.Leicester. Picked up here by dire. He has got past the defender. It is
:19:45. > :19:55.two! Nat Mills, the man who started his career at Southampton gets his
:19:55. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:07.netted for Reading in last May's play-off final. You see here, he
:20:07. > :20:14.was injured for the initial build- up but recovered and nobody in a
:20:14. > :20:18.red and white striped shirt picked him up. A huge blow for Southampton.
:20:18. > :20:28.The former Portsmouth player and a former Southampton player had each
:20:28. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:58.Kept him play by Gallagher. Given away. This is a dire. Excellent
:20:58. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:11.defending. The Dutchman timing his challenge impeccably here. Poised
:21:11. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:21.to have a shot on goal. Until it was taken away from him. Than
:21:21. > :21:27.Harding with the free kick for Southampton. The Saints desperate
:21:27. > :21:36.for a way back into this match. Towards Hammond and it is only just
:21:36. > :21:44.wide. I think Connolly might have been closed then. Let's have a look.
:21:44. > :21:54.Hammond's hadn't -- header, couldn't quite which it. That is a
:21:54. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:13.Looking for Nigel Adkins in the interval. Not much for Southampton
:22:13. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:31.fans to cheer about in this first pushed away by Schmeichel.
:22:31. > :22:38.Southampton keep the pressure up. Excellent save that was at by
:22:38. > :22:44.Schmeichel. Under pressure here again. He takes it cleanly.
:22:44. > :22:49.Excellent goalkeeping. Does the ball crossed the line? No it does
:22:49. > :22:59.up. It is the closest that Southampton have come to getting a
:22:59. > :23:24.
:23:24. > :23:34.goal back. Chris Hughton watching The keeper did not really have to
:23:34. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:16.position as well. Concern return right across the Southampton bases
:24:16. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:36.in that defensive wall. It is up third. Southampton are very
:24:36. > :24:42.fortunate not to concede yet again. It is a beautiful free kick. The
:24:42. > :24:48.curl on the ball. He is unfortunate that it does not hit the inside of
:24:48. > :24:58.the post and actually going. Leicester have been by far the
:24:58. > :25:06.better team this evening. Richardson! The substitute has
:25:06. > :25:11.hardly been on the pitch. Creates a bit of room for himself with a run
:25:11. > :25:19.around the back. Prince it very high and wide. It really just about
:25:19. > :25:29.summed this up Southampton's evening. Again Southampton cannot
:25:29. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:39.none of them had been on target. Plenty of encouragement from Nigel
:25:39. > :25:45.Atkinson but there is no getting away from it, Southampton have been
:25:45. > :25:50.poor tonight. Saints fans have seen enough. Southampton will miss out
:25:50. > :25:54.on returning to the championship. It is a double for Leicester after
:25:54. > :26:00.their first ever victory at St Mary's. We have played some great
:26:01. > :26:05.football. Leicester did well today. We did not pass the ball flew the
:26:05. > :26:10.at all. Credit to Leicester. Paul from us but credit to them. We have
:26:10. > :26:17.done very well this season. Southampton stay in second place.
:26:17. > :26:23.West Ham's lead over them, three points. Brighton moving up to 10th
:26:23. > :26:27.points. Brighton moving up to 10th down below. Bristol City in 19.
:26:27. > :26:34.John Roder providing commentary. Your commentary here pretty
:26:34. > :26:39.interesting. What went wrong? we look at the goals, you look at
:26:39. > :26:47.David Nugent, he is the next Pompey player, he cut inside really well
:26:47. > :26:52.and this is a really good finish. A good golf. But when we look at it
:26:52. > :26:59.from the second goal, a killer goal. Down the outside too easily and
:26:59. > :27:04.there is a centre half too far out. A free header. Southampton, usually
:27:05. > :27:09.sound defending. They could not get the job done tonight. Just one
:27:09. > :27:15.result. They have not been outside the top two all season but they
:27:15. > :27:20.have only won two of their last eight games. Pressure get to people,
:27:20. > :27:28.makes it hard to perform. He wants his team to be up-tempo and move
:27:28. > :27:33.the ball quicker than they were, but it is one result. Calm down, we
:27:33. > :27:41.will be fine. Just do not worry about it. Two wins out of eight.
:27:41. > :27:46.Keep the faith. There is always the FA Cup. They raise. Southon to end
:27:46. > :27:52.in bold this weekend in the 4th round. Brighton, a huge game after
:27:52. > :27:56.just about scraping past Wrexham. They are hosting Newcastle at the
:27:56. > :28:03.Amex stadium. Crawley Town this time a year ago were playing Man
:28:03. > :28:09.United. This time they are making the trip to KC and Hull. And Paolo
:28:09. > :28:14.Di Canio will see what he can do against Leicester. I want to see if
:28:14. > :28:24.Paolo can win the FA Cup as well as lead to. BP said it, up we would
:28:24. > :28:24.
:28:24. > :28:29.We will have all the word on that next week along with a bundle of
:28:29. > :28:36.other things. That is it for tonight. You can stay in touch with