Episode 1 Late Kick Off Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

The countdown to the end of the season starts now. Welcome back to

On the on the road to promotion but can Huddersfield keep hold of their

sensation. He won't be sold it's not possible. The Wednesday fans

her definitely into Milan. changed everything. Good players

coming end - brilliant. Good evening. It seems like it's

been a long time, but we're back for the long run-in - and with me

for day one, is the former boss of Scunthorpe & Sheffield Wednesday

Brian Laws, and the man who led Hull City into the Premier League,

Mr Phil Brown. And throughout the series you can get in touch via

twitter. Tweet me directly @guymowbray or the producer would

love to pretend he's got friends too, get him via @bbclkoyl. Get

tweeting. But there's only really one place

we can start this week. I'm sure you've seen the news over the

weekend about Dean Windass, our friend on Late Kick Off, my friend,

who's revealed that since retirement he's been struggling

with depression. Indeed on two occasions he even attempted suicide.

You're his manager at Hull, the news shocked me to the course. As

put to him yesterday and he's doing OK but it is an ongoing situation.

I was as shocked as you were. I got a phone call when I was walking the

dogs to say had I seen the front page of the people. Obviously, I

bought and read the story. That picture that you showed of Dean in

front of the fans - his beloved France. He was born and bred in

Hull and supported them as a kid. You can just imagine him being a

bomb -- a wants that. We thought of the moment he jumped up and saluted

the fans, it was a typical Dean Windass prank. This one was not a

Dean Windass prank, it shocked me. We will revisit the subject. It

keeps cropping up - a common topic of conversation for sportspeople,

what happens when it finishes? is the sad part. Nobody understands

and less you are in the sport. Dean has been in the sport from day one,

born through it and had many years of success and enjoyment. It is

such an adrenalin rush. It is not like any other industry. When you

come out of it and it stops immediately, where is your

adrenalin rush. It is like a drug and you need it. I think he missed

that. He has not gone into the management side, which is second

best. He cannot play, coach or manager. Been just cut it short and

is not involved any more. That has not helped him at all. There aren't

enough coach jobs for everyone so something must fill the gap.

think the media work he was doing at first filled a gap. His face was

on TV and people were listening to them about football but you have to

go home at the end of the night and back to the family. Your family and

friends are the most important people. When you have finished your

fit bolt, they are the most important people. Deane has to

understand, what made him as a player. He had tough times, he was

bent by Brian Horton in the early days. He went back on the building

sites and one his opportunity to come back to fit all. He has gone

from good times to bat times to that magnificent moment at Wembley.

-- football. Howdy come down from that and where do you go? He has to

understand he is a strong character and he will come through this.

has friends. We know you're watching and we send you nothing

but best wishes. On we go, to the most talked about

striker in English Football outside the Premier League. Huddersfield

Town's Jordan Rhodes has scored more hat-tricks this season than

I've scored in a lifetime of five- a-side! Rob Jones has been to see

him to discover how he does it. Huddersfield Town are right in the

middle of the leadership battle. Huddersfield's charge to the

championship is spearheaded by a strike could Jordan Rhodes. He has

been crucial this season and been putting up some impressive numbers

The chance for a -- transfer window is in full swing and roads is the

hottest property. Premier League clubs are circling and surely every

player has his price? Jordan Rhodes has been linked with every club

outside Manchester and his boss believes the speculation is helping

his game. As for Jordan Rhodes himself, he claims he is taking no

notice of the headlines. What was said a what gets written about me

or any of my team-mates, or anyone associated with Huddersfield Town,

is for someone else to write about. It is for them to comment on, not

me. I am sticking to what I am trying to do and what I love doing.

All parties involved in taking care of Jordan Rhodes remain united. The

striker says there have been no discussions with the chairman

regarding his position. We'll just gearing up towards the same thing.

I do not think the manager or the chairman has had conversations with

any of the other Huddersfield squad in the changing room, so it is not

for me to be different. After five goals the week before, he drew

apart -- a surprising blank last Saturday. They found salvation in

the form of Irishmen behind me. His goal lifted them up to third. But

for the manager, the key question was whether further inquiries about

Jordan Rhodes? I have had lots. and the chairmen are continuing to

stand firm? Me and the chairman and Jordan. Nothing has changed. He

will be here on 1st February. We have had the conversations, we know

what is being said and we trust each other. We know what is going

on and we have covered everything. Jordan's goals could well prove the

difference between promotion and another near Ness. His chairman

says his value is out on the pitch. Promotion is important to us. He is

an important cog. Promotion is the most important thing for us. We

have more of a chance with Jordan playing for us than not. Those

interested parties, the majority are Premier League clubs, are they?

They are. But he cannot be sold, it is just impossible. Huddersfield

seem to have the determination that that their most valuable asset is

going nowhere in the January sales. That is great ear for the fans. How

great is he? Anybody can scold goals and a regular basis but they

have a prize asset there. -- score goals. It is fantastic to hear the

chairman say he will not go. He will goal eventually but their

ambition is to get out of this division and he is vital to that

cause. We have seen him a few times this season and he is a natural

goalscorer. A very level-headed lad - unlike his father! He is like his

mother. Certainly, Huddersfield and in a great position. It can hold

onto them, get promotion and talk about it later. That must be great

to hear the chairman like that. absolutely. He has good people

around them. He has good back rooms staff advising him. As Brian says,

the advice coming to Jordan from his father Andy must be keen. His

career has just taken off. Which you want to move now? Or progress

with your own club, get promotion and get that with your CV and try

your luck in the championship. You never know. He might just settle

into Huddersfield for the championship. They are all kinds of

goals in there and team play as well. His touch is first class. His

awareness is then a kid. He is not just a goalscorer. We talk about

touch and the fact he is a level- headed lad, but his finishing is

from all angles. He can use both feet. He doesn't just blasts them

in. He is a natural goalscorer and has a great future. He was let goal

from its which quite quickly, anyone's you let him get away too

easily? Probably Bobby's a morale. I might still be manager and we

might still be in their Premier League. We talked about Jordan's

dads and that leads us on nicely to her next article. -- our next

article. It's just over a year since Milan Mandaric took over at

Sheffield Wednesday. Last season was a struggle at Hillsborough,

first under Alan Irvine and then as his replacement Gary Megson got

himself re-acquainted with the place. This year the Owls are in

the thick of the promotion battle, alongside Huddersfield and

Sheffield United, and the visitors on Saturday were league leaders

Charlton Athletic. Paul Burland went to watch it for us. The 21st

century has not been kind to Sheffield Wednesday, relegated from

the Premier League in 2000. There is genuine hope that under Milan

Mandaric and Megson, they have the right team to get them back to

where they feel they belong. I am very happy to be here. I have

a lot of good people on the field and good management of the field. I

have said over and over, tremendous support from the supporters who

really appreciate and you do not full these people. They know who's

who and they trust you and get behind you. They have a reason to

trust us. We were nowhere and now Milan

Mandaric is comment and it is brilliant. The ground is full every

week. It is one of the best relationships we have had a while.

The fans talk to them. A what would you say to the chairman? Well done.

Keep going. I am is desperate as every when you say today, as this

community to get this first step back to the championship. Everyone

you see today. Then we can go from there. This belongs -- his club

deserves to be one of the top teams in England. You cannot be happy

until you get there. Milan Mandaric has a reputation as a difficult man

to please. He replaced Alan Irvine with deep next in. Milan Mandaric

offered him the job at Portsmouth as well, which Megson turned down.

He is a great man as a human being. Things did not work Kennet but he's

one of the nicest football people I met as a person. I just wanted him

to be successful. As much as the media accuse me sometimes that I

fire managers but it is not my pleasure to do that. I do not like

to fire people. I like to have good people. It takes some work. You

have to make changes. I have hired Gary for the third time so we will

You always take over a club that plays in blue. Yes, that is

interesting. My grant it daughter said that. She said will you take

over a club that has the red colour? As long as I am here,

things will be OK. We will work hard together. Marvellous. We will

talk Wednesday in a moment and Milan may not want to talk about

United, but we do, as BBC Radio Sheffield's Paul Walker starts his

League One round-up with an catastrophe for Sheffield United.

Richard Creswell put them ahead in the 55th minute. Evans got his the

18th to make it too and it was wrapped up by Lee Williamson with

10 minutes to go. United now three places ahead of Huddersfield.

Scunthorpe United got themselves ahead at Colchester, but were

pegged back with his penalty equaliser. It has been a tough time

in the division for Chesterfield. They fell behind before the break,

but after the break, they got an equaliser against Orient, which

leaves them are seven points from leaves them are seven points from

safety. Here is how it looks in League One,

with the two Sheffield clubs and Huddersfield set to battle it out

through to the end. Could they all go up? Charlton are surely the flaw

in that idea. At the other end, Scunthorpe are three unbeaten now

and just above the bottom four on goal difference. Chesterfield are

seven points from safety. A big blow for Sheffield Wednesday at the

weekend. They had been going along ever so nicely and then we turned

up with or cameras! Yes, they're talking about it stability, as you

heard there, which was not the case when I was at the club. Their home

form has been fantastic. When you get the likes of 30,000 supporters

there, they will come through you thick and thin. They have got the

right man in charge and there is a real buzz about their place. I am

really delighted for Sheffield Wednesday. You mentioned the

stability. How to do you feel when you see the current chairman

talking like that? Times have changed. You talk about a

rudderless ship. It was like you been on a management course, where

you are involved in not just the football side, but all the other

aspects of the business. In was very tough but enjoyable. But now

you have someone who is in it. It is the stable club and they have

money. It is a club which is going and only one direction. Danny

Wilson doing very well at Sheffield United as well, Phil? And the goals

are beginning to fly in yes, just talking about stability. We were

talking their about Jordan at Huddersfield. But Evans is now

doing that at Sheffield United. Maybe Jordan roads should stay at

Huddersfield. Three-goal up and maybe two will go up automatically

and the other in the play-offs. But maybe of Jordan stays are

Huddersfield, he could maybe take the club into the Premier League.

All of these clubs are big enough to be there. Now look at

Chesterfield. They are really struggling the division up. I do

not think anyone would have contemplated that at the start of

the season. Chesterfield were runaway winners last season and

that so many goals and them and I thought there was no way they would

struggle in League One. In the new stadium, as well. We are all

surprised by how they're doing. Coming up, Barnsley young and old

go head to head. And we've got the rest of the goals involving all our

Football League clubs. Time for a look at the Championship

action. Neil Morrow talks us through it, starting with Phil's

old club Hull City, where an old boy was officially taking over as

the first time as a full-time manager of his hometown team. It

was at a winning start for him. Leeds fell behind early against

Crystal Palace. United were handed a lifeline just before the break

after falling behind, when Palace were reduced to 10 men. Roberts not

asking on as the second half substitute and clinched a point for

the Elland Road team. Doncaster manager Dean Saunders got the best

news he could with the news that Billy Sharp was staying. It was a

scoreless draw, but that was a good result against high-flying Cardiff

city. Barnsley it got an impressive 2-1 victory over Leicester.

The table... Hull sixth and Leeds down three

places to 11th after this weekend's results. We are talking play-offs

and the fight to be in them again this year.

Barnsley in the bottom half, but closer to the play-offs than

relegation, points-wise. Doncaster staying positive and so they should,

after a great display against Cardiff that should have got them

So, Nicky Barmby it has made the step up to be a manager. He did

well as the caretaker manager. How well will he do? He was always one

that I would talk to it in the dressing room. He had a great

career with the likes of Everton, Tottenham and England. That stays

with you as a player. As a manager, you would be foolish not to tap

into that experience he had as a player when you are a manager. He

was coming up with suggestions Here, There and everywhere. We had a good

changing room when he was in it. We are talking about Dean Windass and

Nick Barmby as the took long gone talents and look at the contrast

between them. You will, as buying has been wishing Sheffield

Wednesday, his old club, the best, I am doing the same thing when it

comes to halt city. He has got some quality in this dressing room. At

this level, it is very good Foreign midfielder. Yes, a few of their

victories have been just by the single goal, but they have been

very precise in their finishing. When you are winning, even by a

narrow scoreline, it becomes the nice habit. Peterborough hah the

higher scoring team in the championship. A Leeds united would

take the victory from anywhere at the moment, only one victory in the

past six games. Yes, but Crystal Palace are in such good form

themselves. They are no young team who everyone thought would be one

of the contenders to struggle. But they have let their round. They

have done ever so well in the cup competitions. So Leeds were going

to play a team who were brimming with confidence. The pressures of

last year are now beginning to mount on top of them. There was

huge expectations last year. I think that most people would have

settled for consolidation in the championship last season, but they

did so well that the pressure has been on them since they won this

season. It is a huge club. Great result for Barnsley on

Saturday, thanks to two Andy Gray goals. Time now to put two of their

other players to the test. Who knows more - a good young one or an

old good one? Only one way to find out....

Head to Head. I am David and I am a goalkeeper. I am a striker. Start

the clock. Who is the smallest player in the squad. David Perkins.

How far is it to get to Elland Road? 17 miles. We Super League

club played some home games at Oakwell? Widnes. What is the

capacity of the ground? 21,000. What is Dickie Bird was famous for?

Reuben has a social life, Preecey - get out more. You were far too

proud about winning that! Right, onto League Two, which sees

us down to just two teams this season. We have got Rotherham and

of form of late and twice the lead on Saturday. With only minutes to

go, it was one-one and Bradford seemed to have stolen the points

with the late goal two minutes from time, but a late equaliser deep

into injury time made it 2-2. Swindon Town got two first-half

goals, and the second half when did not do enough for them to get any

points out their game. The Millers are clinging on to a

top half place. Four points off the play-offs though, that is all.

Bradford now five points away from peril, thanks to only losing one of

their last seven league games. The Bantams, maybe not flying yet, but

How often does this happen. He had been taking absolute belters as the

next player from the fans before the game. But you just know he is

going to come back and haunt you. Yes, it happens all the time. He

did a muscle good and then he goes and scores. My albeit park in his

they have. I worked under him. Bradford are pulling away nicely

and are getting to the middle of the table. You just have to keep

the expectation of the fans down a bit. It is nice to be talking any

positive light about Bradford city. There is a big game tomorrow night

for Chesterfield - Oldham Athletic at the B2Net in the first leg of

the Johnstone's Paints Trophy Northern Final. Two games away from

Wembley. And do not forget, you will get the

best commentary and reports from the games involving our teams by

tuning into your local BBC radio station.

That is us about done for the first programme, but before we go,