:00:28. > :00:32.Floats to get through on this An extraordinary week for Yorkshire
:00:32. > :00:39.football. Trouble has been doing but do Scunthorpe have the mettle
:00:39. > :00:44.to survive the relegation fight. And we had been tangoed to - in the
:00:44. > :00:47.Naked truth about Sheffield Wednesday's mascot. And with me
:00:47. > :00:49.tonight, another Wednesday-ite - the club's old boss Brian Laws and
:00:49. > :00:53.the still relatively new manager of Barnsley, Keith Hill, still all
:00:53. > :00:56.smiles from a welcome win at the weekend.
:00:56. > :01:00.And there will be plenty for them to discuss after the last seven
:01:00. > :01:08.days on our patch. Basically, if you've been away - it's all
:01:08. > :01:12.happened since we were last with you - what a week it was!
:01:12. > :01:22.A week's a long time in politics, but on Late Kick Off it's a
:01:22. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:26.lifetime. Manager sacked, others appointed and others under a cloud.
:01:26. > :01:28.This Neil Collins goal might have been the one that did for
:01:28. > :01:32.Huddersfield's boss Lee Clark. Despite the Terriers still lying in
:01:32. > :01:34.fourth and only 4 points behind with 16 games still to play, he got
:01:34. > :01:38.his marching orders on Wednesday lunchtime. Cue speculation of who
:01:38. > :01:40.might replace him. Many of the same names that were linked with the
:01:40. > :01:42.vacant Elland Road hot seat have been mentioned.
:01:42. > :01:45.But one definitely ruled himself out of the reckoning. Neil Warnock
:01:45. > :01:48.spent Friday in Monte Carlo having lunch with Mssrs Bates and Harvey.
:01:48. > :01:50.The result on Saturday, the announcement that the man with
:01:50. > :01:52.managerial or playing connections to Scarborough, Sheffield United,
:01:52. > :01:55.Huddersfield, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Barnsley and the mighty York City -
:01:55. > :01:58.Warnock was named Leeds boss. So what have Leeds United got
:01:58. > :02:02.themselves. Well, undoubtedly a man who knows how to get teams promoted
:02:02. > :02:05.from the Championship to the big league. But getting Leeds promotion
:02:05. > :02:08.will be as big a task as any of those previous achievements. Ken
:02:08. > :02:13.Bates is notoriously canny with his cash. Though fans at Elland Road on
:02:13. > :02:19.Saturday seemed genuinely pleased to see his appointment. A good
:02:19. > :02:23.appointment, he is a good manager with a proven track record.
:02:23. > :02:28.won't be universally popular, but I will settle for him if he can get
:02:28. > :02:38.has a few results. Until it is some money in behind the players, I do
:02:38. > :02:38.
:02:39. > :02:44.not think we will do anything. will replace Clarke? Mark Lillis
:02:44. > :02:49.was in temporary charge but not for long. Now we know it is Simon
:02:50. > :02:54.Grayson. I just think it fits for me and the football club. I had
:02:54. > :02:58.lost my job and was having a break with no intention of coming back in
:02:58. > :03:05.Dyfed also quickly but this opportunity came along and it
:03:05. > :03:09.excited me. Had spoken to people and they encourage me to get back
:03:09. > :03:13.into fit all. I am delighted to get our opportunity to come back and
:03:13. > :03:17.give the ball quickly and where team have a chance of getting
:03:17. > :03:27.automatic promotion. It is a big football club with prospects of
:03:27. > :03:38.
:03:38. > :03:41.progressing in the next few years. It has been a terrific week for
:03:41. > :03:45.Chesterfield and Scunthorpe have lifted themselves out of the
:03:45. > :03:53.relegation zone. I would be a full to try and predict what is going
:03:53. > :03:57.happen again the next few days. That Was the Week That Was! In the
:03:57. > :04:03.words of Neil Warnock, anything could happen. What do you think
:04:03. > :04:08.about his appointment? I think it is a good appointment. He has a
:04:08. > :04:13.tried-and-tested history. There should be some antics going on,
:04:13. > :04:20.Neil is a strong character. We have a great opportunity of getting into
:04:20. > :04:25.the play-offs. The general feeling we get is that this could work. Ken
:04:25. > :04:31.Bates and Neil Warnock. I think Neil thrives on the jousting. We
:04:31. > :04:36.have seen him with the chairman at QPR. Whenever we has -- whenever we
:04:36. > :04:41.had seen him, he handles himself well and I think you will work. He
:04:41. > :04:46.knows how to work the supporters as well and will get them on site.
:04:46. > :04:52.Further west, at Huddersfield, we had their new manager. Only five
:04:52. > :05:01.days ago we got the news about Lady Clark. Do you understand why he has
:05:01. > :05:04.gone now? It is a major shock. He was three years into developing the
:05:04. > :05:11.team. There are no great position in the league. Maybe the chairman
:05:11. > :05:20.got nervous, you do not know. He has appointed Simon Grayson. He has
:05:20. > :05:25.got teams promoted into the championship. Three defeats in his
:05:25. > :05:30.last 55 games, howdy get the chop when that happens? It just shows
:05:30. > :05:37.you the way the ball is at the moment. If you are getting the sack
:05:37. > :05:44.after losing on a three-day games, pressure is on. However, it did
:05:44. > :05:49.shock everyone but, the chairman has his reasons. He has appointed
:05:49. > :05:56.very well in Simon Grayson so I am sure it will come out in the wash
:05:56. > :06:00.eventually. We're not privy to too much information. He did say last
:06:00. > :06:04.season, he would not accept anything less than automatic
:06:04. > :06:12.promotion, do you think he was thinking they are not on the pace?
:06:12. > :06:16.They are on the pace. They are in a good position. This is now the real
:06:16. > :06:20.business end of the season. It takes a strong manager and strong
:06:20. > :06:25.players to push a team over the line. So that is probably a little
:06:25. > :06:31.bit of nerves with the chairman, players and supporters but it is
:06:31. > :06:35.still a strange decision. Have they got the right man now? The chairman
:06:35. > :06:40.has obviously done their best with Simon and believes he has the right
:06:40. > :06:44.man for the job. The supporters will get behind him. They have 16
:06:44. > :06:51.games left. He knows that Sheffield United will be going really well
:06:51. > :06:58.and they need to catch them up. 16 games to go - to spark Huddersfield
:06:58. > :07:05.again, probably this is the time. Is it extra pressure on Simon going
:07:05. > :07:10.from Leeds who had assumed? I do not think so. -- to Huddersfield.
:07:10. > :07:16.There will be appreciation from the supporters. They know what good
:07:16. > :07:26.work he has done. I think he will be OK. Two weeks into work after
:07:26. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:32.losing his last job, well done, Simon. Coming up : Tonight on
:07:32. > :07:36.Question Time, two less than sharp blades go head to head. So, with
:07:36. > :07:39.all that happening in a week - how much can happen in a year? Well,
:07:39. > :07:42.this time 12 months ago, Scunthorpe were in a battle to avoid
:07:42. > :07:44.relegation from the Championship. Few of us thought they'd be in a
:07:44. > :07:47.similar struggling position a division down this year. But a
:07:47. > :07:50.combination of injuries and poor form and weather has meant another
:07:50. > :07:58.scrap for survival. Rob Jones spent the week with Alan Knill and his
:07:58. > :08:04.men of Iron. There has rarely been a dull moment
:08:04. > :08:10.for Scunthorpe United in recent seasons. Twice the. Four promotion
:08:10. > :08:17.has been followed by a sharp return to League One. There is something
:08:17. > :08:22.of a winter of discontent. They iron need to show some steel and
:08:22. > :08:28.fast. Manager Alan Knill meets -- did a fine job but Bury before
:08:28. > :08:36.moving to Lincolnshire. He has had to sell a number of key players. It
:08:36. > :08:42.has been a trying 11 months. It has been difficult. You go three years,
:08:42. > :08:46.used to winning. It hasn't been like that here. I wanted a
:08:46. > :08:49.challenge. I had been three years there and it had gone really well.
:08:50. > :08:55.The players were really good players and the club was in a
:08:55. > :08:59.decent position. We wanted, me and my staff, wanted something
:08:59. > :09:03.different and we have got that. It has been difficult because
:09:03. > :09:08.obviously you want to walk again and have success right away but we
:09:08. > :09:13.have not been able to do that. But we all believe we can. In a
:09:13. > :09:17.fortnight which has seen to manager sacked and the pressure rise on
:09:17. > :09:24.Gary Megson, Scunthorpe players are calling for patience and back their
:09:24. > :09:29.boss. The fans want the team to do as well as the can. It has not
:09:29. > :09:36.happened this year. It has been hard for the boss. He has had to
:09:36. > :09:40.pretend new players, all the best players went last year. -- bling in
:09:40. > :09:47.new players. We won the fans to stick with the players and their
:09:48. > :09:53.boss. We feel he can get us into the championship. His departure
:09:53. > :09:58.from Barry and achievement from Shaker fans have hardens them. The
:09:58. > :10:03.Scunthorpe project is not easy but he insists he would do it his way.
:10:03. > :10:07.You have to stick to your guns and keep going. Understand whether you
:10:07. > :10:11.are top of their league or anywhere in the league, you will never be
:10:11. > :10:18.popular. There is always someone who has something to say. Just get
:10:18. > :10:28.on with it. Bayern had been out of action 40 weeks before Tuesday's
:10:28. > :10:28.
:10:29. > :10:35.win over Rochdale. Perhaps a blessing in disguise. This was the
:10:35. > :10:38.bed to halt the run of one when in 13 games. Saturday's fresher look
:10:39. > :10:48.like a job before the substitute arrived at the back post moments
:10:49. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:55.before entering the fray. Four minutes later Lee Butcher fumbled.
:10:55. > :11:00.The whole team just lifted in the second half. I have to say that you
:11:00. > :11:08.think, three months ago, yes it is a loss but there is a bit a belief
:11:08. > :11:16.about the team. Bring experience players then adds to that. John and
:11:16. > :11:20.Murphy our top stature. John has played most of his career in the
:11:20. > :11:26.championship. They carry themselves well and it rubs off on the other
:11:26. > :11:31.players. We are delighted, that his two wins now. I really big game for
:11:31. > :11:35.us on Tuesday. Six points out of six it has been a good week? Yes,
:11:35. > :11:38.let us hope it continues. We'll talk Scunthorpe in a moment,
:11:38. > :11:45.but first here's BBC Radio Leeds' Nick Hatton with his take on the
:11:45. > :11:50.rest of this weekend in League One. Chesterfield started the day at the
:11:50. > :11:52.bottom of League One. Sheffield Wednesday's promotion pitch has
:11:52. > :11:58.Wednesday's promotion pitch has taken a battering in the last week.
:11:58. > :12:04.Both sides had decent chances but the winner came with 12 minutes
:12:05. > :12:12.remaining. Dean Martin despatch the spot kick. A disaster for a
:12:12. > :12:18.Wednesday's promotion challenge. Just useless. How do you feel after
:12:18. > :12:25.that? Disappointed - the play-offs are the best. What is going wrong
:12:25. > :12:32.at the moment? We had been found out. Where do you go from here?
:12:32. > :12:40.need to win the Derby. We can see this season every win the Derby.
:12:40. > :12:46.How do you feel tonight, anger or disappointment? It is a
:12:46. > :12:50.disappointment in terms of their and... I cannot ask any more from
:12:50. > :12:57.the effort we pretend. We just needed to score when the
:12:57. > :13:03.opportunities came at our way. That did not happen today. Sheffield
:13:03. > :13:09.United took full advantage of this lot up. A poor penalty kick meant
:13:09. > :13:13.they did not lead. Graham Cummings nearly put the visitors in front.
:13:13. > :13:19.Evans made immense for his earlier miss when he tapped the ball home
:13:20. > :13:25.just before the break. He completed the journey from zero to hero with
:13:25. > :13:32.a late winner to secured a result which leaves them in prime position
:13:32. > :13:37.for automatic promotion slots. Scunthorpe were in the capital to
:13:37. > :13:47.take on Orient but the home side went in front with a header from
:13:47. > :13:51.Jonathan Tehoue. Josh Walker volleyed home to level. Andy
:13:51. > :13:56.Barcham it finish this week exchange of passes. The goalkeeper
:13:56. > :13:59.dropped the ball after falling awkwardly.
:13:59. > :14:05.Sheffield United now have their sights set on closing the gap on
:14:05. > :14:12.leaders Charlton. Wednesday and Huddersfield still slug it out and
:14:12. > :14:20.Huddersfield has games in hand. Scunthorpe are out of relegation
:14:20. > :14:22.places of. Chesterfield have risen places of. Chesterfield have risen
:14:22. > :14:25.two in a last seven days. Chesterfield - you were there. We
:14:25. > :14:29.have been saying for a while they're going in the right
:14:29. > :14:39.direction. He they certainly are. It was a game both teams needed to
:14:39. > :14:43.win. There is Sheffield Wednesday who needed to win that game,
:14:43. > :14:49.leading to the biggest game of the season for the supporters - the
:14:49. > :14:52.Derby. Both teams had to go for it but Chesterfield were a bit
:14:52. > :14:57.sluggish and the first half. I heard Gary Megson saying they
:14:58. > :15:04.should have scored when they had the chances. They didn't. You could
:15:04. > :15:09.only see one outcome as the game went on. It was a terrible penalty,
:15:09. > :15:13.but they deserved it in the end. What about Gary Megson? Four
:15:13. > :15:23.defeats in a row. You get reports and rumours that something is going
:15:23. > :15:37.
:15:37. > :15:42.to happen. It is a massive week for It is the business end of this
:15:42. > :15:46.season and there is a lot of pressure now on Gary Nixon. Now,
:15:46. > :15:53.clearly the break for such Scunthorpe United has done them
:15:53. > :15:59.good! Here yes, they have brought in some experienced players and
:15:59. > :16:09.they have contributed to good results. Now, they just need to
:16:09. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:12.take this forward. Time now for a look at the action
:16:12. > :16:21.from the Championship. With Neils' Redfearn and Warnock involved, it
:16:21. > :16:27.had to be Neil Morrow with the round-up. Neil Warnock arrived at
:16:27. > :16:35.Elland Road to watch the caretaker take charge for the last time. But
:16:35. > :16:43.a first, it looked unlikely for Leeds united to win. Mamadou
:16:43. > :16:49.Bagayoko scored twice to give them to goals of a start. The and this
:16:49. > :16:55.fear threaten to turn ugly. But Andros Townsend pulled one back and
:16:55. > :17:01.two minutes later, at Adam Clayton were rewarded with an equaliser.
:17:01. > :17:09.With the clock running down, the game stopped for almost 10 minutes
:17:09. > :17:15.because of head injuries. Nine minutes into injury time, Luciano
:17:15. > :17:22.Becchio gave it their caretaker manager and team finish to his time
:17:22. > :17:32.in charge. Barnsley were desperate for a win against Portsmouth, who
:17:32. > :17:35.
:17:35. > :17:43.had entered administration once Barnsley took the lead with 15
:17:43. > :17:52.minutes they got through it Jim O'Brien beautiful short. He Matt
:17:52. > :17:57.Done wrapped up the points. With no game this weekend, Hull city remain
:17:57. > :18:07.one point of the play-offs. Leeds United are back within three points
:18:07. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:18.of that. Barnsley are nine points I am sure you enjoyed your Saturday
:18:18. > :18:25.afternoon? Was it a good game? it was not a great game, but it was
:18:25. > :18:35.again we had to win. It was really important. The manner we did it was
:18:35. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:45.not great, but the two goals were good. You asked that the end of the
:18:45. > :18:49.game if you had any sympathy for Portsmouth and you said you did not.
:18:49. > :18:56.Nor, they brought in players at the beginning of the season that they
:18:56. > :19:05.knew they could not afford. Note, you are nine points of the play-
:19:05. > :19:09.offs, could to get there? It is a tough task, but our main challenge
:19:09. > :19:19.was always avoiding a relegation dogfight. We are in 14th place and
:19:19. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:28.always looking up. Consistency is the key? Yes, that is always the
:19:28. > :19:36.key. But when she can get towards the 50 points mark, you can then
:19:36. > :19:45.try and push on. And reports of a fight in the tunnel at the end of
:19:45. > :19:53.the game after the Leeds United match? Yes, that has set Neil
:19:53. > :19:59.Warnock up nicely! Now, we almost wrote of Doncaster Rovers a few
:19:59. > :20:05.weeks ago. The thing that has helped them is the plight of
:20:05. > :20:09.Portsmouth. Now the Portsmouth or at the bottom, it has brought
:20:09. > :20:19.another team into the next and if they win their games, they could
:20:19. > :20:22.catch up. But they where winning by two goals and should not had been
:20:22. > :20:25.losing again. Right, maybe this week's Head To
:20:25. > :20:35.Head questions with Sheffield United were just too hard. Or maybe
:20:35. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:45.they were just having an off day - or having us on! You decide. Nick
:20:45. > :20:55.gamma-ray, Sheffield United. He was Sheffield United top scorer last
:20:55. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:11.season? Not. What other sport was played at Bramall Lane? Hockey.
:21:11. > :21:21.cricket. You are not having that one. Who is the presenter of late
:21:21. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:31.kick-off? The is a Peter Beardsley? Who is the President of Uefa
:21:31. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:50.question mark as it Sepp Blatter. Which actor in Sheffield United's
:21:50. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:04.was famous fan? Sean Bean. Can echt. Here is the tie-breaker. What you
:22:04. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:14.wear Sheffield United for one question mark 1889. To go next!
:22:14. > :22:16.Peter Beardsley! Into League Two for us now and a
:22:16. > :22:18.600-mile round trip of pure joy for Bradford City.
:22:18. > :22:28.Jade Lauriston's round up starts, though, with Rotherham's slightly
:22:28. > :22:37.
:22:37. > :22:44.the 600 mile round trip to go to Torquay, there was a reward. They
:22:44. > :22:51.went a goal behind, but equalised with 20 minutes left and with six
:22:51. > :22:56.men as de Gaulle, notched a winner. Rotherham United were looking for a
:22:56. > :23:03.third win in a row at Burton Albion. But they went behind in the first
:23:03. > :23:09.half. However, the got a point when Shaun Harris at scored from only a
:23:09. > :23:15.couple of yards out. He points ways, lot are not has changed. Rotherham
:23:15. > :23:20.are still three points behind Oxford United in the play-off race.
:23:20. > :23:30.And Bradford United -- Bradford city now seven points clear of
:23:30. > :23:40.
:23:41. > :23:43.He has been a great signing for them. Brad fads that day, and a
:23:43. > :23:53.chat to Torquay could not be on anyone's list of favourites, but
:23:53. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :23:58.that was a heck of a win. I am really pleased for Bradford. Grey
:23:58. > :24:01.won for them and their first win of 2012.
:24:01. > :24:03.Right, almost time for some late- night supper before bed. What makes
:24:03. > :24:06.you think of your stomach, I hear you ask?
:24:06. > :24:09.Well, Paul Gregory does for one. You probably know him better as
:24:09. > :24:15."Tangoman", the man who puts the "chef" into Sheffield Wednesday,
:24:15. > :24:22.with his tremendous tummy! Paul Barnes went to meet his hero. This
:24:22. > :24:26.week, we at the wall of one of Sheffield Wed as the's most iconic
:24:26. > :24:33.characters, I am not talking about the chairman or manager Gary
:24:33. > :24:40.medicine. I have been sent to Wolverhampton to the warmth of pale
:24:40. > :24:50.Paul Gregory. Why Sheffield Wednesday, a club which is not
:24:50. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :24:59.local to you? I was working over there are few years ago and I have
:24:59. > :25:04.been averse since. At devoted fan he may be, but he is also a bit of
:25:04. > :25:12.an idiot. On a cold winter day, what forces and to sure of his
:25:12. > :25:17.wonderful physique? I remember I went to a cup-tie and my father-in-
:25:17. > :25:25.law was complaining about how cold it was, so I decided to take off my
:25:25. > :25:30.top. It has taken years of hard work and preparation and a pub to
:25:30. > :25:40.give Paul the figure he has today, but what do his friends make of his
:25:40. > :25:41.
:25:41. > :25:47.cult status? It means he is on camera a lot of the time. He is a
:25:47. > :25:55.mass of character and a great friend. We have a really good laugh.
:25:55. > :26:01.This is again -- this is a guy who goes to all their games. He is
:26:01. > :26:08.always there in gets the crowd going all the time. He is the
:26:08. > :26:17.proper 120 % fan. After a pre-match warm-up in the pub, he takes his
:26:17. > :26:27.usual place. With the game under way, he is a surprisingly in grave
:26:27. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:54.voice as Sheffield Wednesday come But with just 10 minutes to go,
:26:54. > :27:04.Chesterfield and awarded a penalty. In true style, we had better take a
:27:04. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:13.look at that again. Well, and looks like a penalty to me. But was that
:27:13. > :27:23.in the box? So, not the result a pile was looking for as Sheffield
:27:23. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:33.Wednesday's luck to another defeat. Back in Wolverhampton now. You had
:27:33. > :27:37.better put the T-shirt on before you skier any fans! But defeat will
:27:37. > :27:46.not be enough to keep the time, and away from the Sheffield derby next
:27:46. > :27:52.weekend. Where are you anywhere near him last weekend? He is such a
:27:52. > :28:00.big guy that everyone is always near to him! But he is a great fan
:28:00. > :28:07.for the club and long may he continue. That Sheffield derby is
:28:07. > :28:17.on Sunday at Hillsborough. We have got some midweek fixtures. Here are
:28:17. > :28:25.
:28:26. > :28:29.Those games will be covered on you're local BBC radio stations.
:28:29. > :28:32.Do not forget to keep in touch via Twitter during the week. I'm on it,
:28:32. > :28:34.sometimes, @guymowbray and the dream team behind the programme are
:28:35. > :28:37.always their for you @bbclkoyl. That is it for another week.