:03:38. > :03:47.A whole week without a single change of manager. Welcome to late
:03:48. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :03:56.No knives out for Megson as Wednesday win the Derby. At home or
:03:56. > :04:06.away from home, we catch up with Stuart McCall north of the border.
:04:06. > :04:09.New bosses, or phrases, game want Good evening. With me tonight, a
:04:09. > :04:11.man who wore the stripes of both Sheffield clubs, Terry Curran. And
:04:11. > :04:15.we haven't forgotten he also kitted out for Doncaster, Huddersfield,
:04:15. > :04:24.Hull City, Grimsby and Chesterfield. And alongside him, a man who needs
:04:24. > :04:31.no introduction. We are already well versed in his history. It is
:04:31. > :04:34.John Hendry. Terry And John - sounds like a '70s sitcom! Only one
:04:34. > :04:37.place to start this week, and a game that is no laughing matter.
:04:37. > :04:40.8,000 watched on a big screen at Bramall Lane yesterday, as more
:04:40. > :04:43.than 36,500 spectators went to Hillsborough for the 114th league
:04:43. > :04:48.Steel City derby. Hardly a neutral amongst them, but our Rob Jones was
:04:48. > :04:58.one. It is a fixture that needs no
:04:58. > :05:18.
:05:19. > :05:23.Derby day in the Steel City and rarely has there been so much
:05:23. > :05:27.riding on this meeting of Owls and Blades. The Wednesday Arce Gary
:05:27. > :05:32.Megson is under immense pressure after seeing the promotion of
:05:32. > :05:36.pendulum swing across Sheffield in recent weeks. Late Kick Off was at
:05:36. > :05:40.Sheffield Wednesday's game at Exeter a fortnight ago. They lost
:05:40. > :05:44.that day and it has been downhill since. Two free kicks in Devon
:05:44. > :05:49.proved Wednesday's undoing. They display warranted criticism from
:05:49. > :05:53.the bars. I except them passing it wrong or not controlling the ball,
:05:53. > :05:59.whatever it maybe, but just strutting about it because you have
:05:59. > :06:03.got a blue shirt on it may suit different type of direct... That
:06:03. > :06:09.makes a's morning fell in deaf ears of the defeat against Stevenage and
:06:09. > :06:15.Chesterfield. Owls legend David Hirst. The pressure all on
:06:15. > :06:20.Sheffield Wednesday this afternoon. Definitely, coming off the back of
:06:20. > :06:25.five by whistles. Sheffield United powering forward in the league. It
:06:25. > :06:31.will be on Sheffield Wednesday's today. It is for them to go out and
:06:31. > :06:35.dominate the game, rather than sit back. When you come light -- to
:06:35. > :06:39.games like today, form goes out the window. There is a lot more at
:06:39. > :06:42.stake than three points. Bragging rights around the city. If you
:06:43. > :06:46.cannot play in a game like today, you are in the wrong profession.
:06:46. > :06:51.United came into the game on the back of hat-trick of wins and
:06:51. > :06:54.looked to be stealing a march on their promotion rivals. After three
:06:54. > :06:58.weeks without Ellie game, United close the gap on Wednesday with a
:06:58. > :07:04.routine win at Wycombe. They then took second with a win at
:07:05. > :07:10.Huddersfield. Then a home win over Preston. And in the Russian White
:07:10. > :07:13.corner, a former Blades midfielder, Jamie Hoyland. Sheffield United
:07:13. > :07:18.bright in the hot seat and the pressure very much on Sheffield
:07:18. > :07:22.Wednesday. Yes, with United's fall at the moment, it is a must-win
:07:22. > :07:28.game for Sheffield Wednesday. United can come here, relax and
:07:28. > :07:32.enjoy a game. Danny has got them playing good football and he has
:07:32. > :07:42.got the result. Their confidence must be sky-high. They must fancy
:07:42. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:53.their chances. In a typically nervy first half. Cynics would say the
:07:53. > :07:57.animated approach of a man battling to save his job. After 73 minutes,
:07:57. > :08:03.the manager got just what he wanted and what Danny Wilson was Reading,
:08:03. > :08:07.as Chris O'Grady headed in. But goal proved enough. A nation and
:08:07. > :08:14.probably a good dose of relief for the Wednesday boss as his team move
:08:14. > :08:20.It is great to win the derby. If we were bottom of the league and
:08:20. > :08:25.United top, it is still a Sheffield derby, you still have to win. But
:08:25. > :08:30.from my point of view, it gets us back on track and it is another big
:08:31. > :08:34.occasion. At the moment, United, you would think automatic second is
:08:34. > :08:40.there to lose but I have been at football tournaments when we are in
:08:40. > :08:44.third place with ten games to go and we are ten points behind. We
:08:44. > :08:48.will keep plugging away. The dust has started to settle here at
:08:48. > :08:54.Hillsborough. We said had beat a game it was for Wednesday
:08:54. > :08:58.beforehand. A massive three points. His superb resort for Sheffield
:08:58. > :09:02.Wednesday in what was probably a good game to watch but a scrappy
:09:03. > :09:07.game nevertheless. Again that was won with a bit of quality from
:09:07. > :09:11.Sheffield Wednesday. Pretty much the only quality that was out there
:09:11. > :09:16.today, unfortunately. A good game, CAS and thrust, a proper derby,
:09:16. > :09:21.when nobody is giving an edge to anybody else. But Wednesday got a
:09:21. > :09:26.bit of quality with a great ball -- and goal into the box and superb
:09:26. > :09:31.finish. Not a good day at the Office for Sheffield United. They
:09:31. > :09:36.will be disappointed. Probably the better side first half, but second
:09:36. > :09:39.half when they were the better team. Let's had a bad back. They have
:09:39. > :09:45.Wednesday's game against them all. How do you react after losing the
:09:45. > :09:49.derby? When you have lost in front of 36,000 and now you are looking
:09:49. > :09:54.for characters to get your next win. Can Wednesday catch them? Like Jim
:09:54. > :09:58.says, it is for United throw away, really. They are in the driving
:09:58. > :10:02.seat with games in hand. Wednesday can only go out and win their games.
:10:02. > :10:06.What happens up in front of or behind them it is out of their
:10:06. > :10:10.hands but I am sure that in front of these results, he will pick up
:10:10. > :10:14.the lads after a few bad performances, to go headstrong into
:10:14. > :10:20.the rest of the season. We heard from the boys there, from
:10:20. > :10:24.Gary Megson but not Danny Wilson because there were still a few
:10:24. > :10:32.Wednesday boys about post-match. At frizzled, does it change things?
:10:32. > :10:36.His is still United very much in the driving seat? Yes, they have
:10:36. > :10:41.got to play Stevenage and MK Dons, the promotion rivals before the end
:10:41. > :10:46.of the season. He is an experienced manager. He has had promotion
:10:46. > :10:51.before at a higher level. Despite that blip they have still got the
:10:51. > :10:55.form. It is in recent weeks Wednesday have not had the form.
:10:55. > :11:01.Speculation about Gary Megson's future was that they were as much
:11:01. > :11:06.for him as for Wednesday? When you get speculation, he needed the win
:11:06. > :11:10.to lift the club again. The results have not done it for them. But we
:11:10. > :11:17.hope this will now kick it onto the end of the season. United have had
:11:17. > :11:23.a terrific run. Two points with two games in hand. Now Wednesday have
:11:24. > :11:29.to take it on and try and get to the end of the season. Eight, nine
:11:29. > :11:37.wins. And United, a bit we get. Two home games they have got to win.
:11:37. > :11:43.Yes, winnable games go. Scunthorpe first. It is one game at the time.
:11:43. > :11:49.They are in great form. Evans, he is a man setting the goals at this
:11:49. > :11:52.moment in time. It is only one point lost. Terry, you have a foot
:11:52. > :12:01.in both camps but we always think of you as Wednesday, that was the
:12:01. > :12:06.golden period. You must have great Brett Morris. -- memories. Terrific.
:12:06. > :12:09.The Boxing Day massacre... When you are looking at a team that was in
:12:09. > :12:13.the Third Division to get 49,000 spectators and for it still to be
:12:13. > :12:17.taught about to this day, it is amazing. I remember thousands and
:12:17. > :12:25.thousands of people as you were driving in to the ground for the
:12:25. > :12:30.morning kick-off. Terrific. And to win 4-0. In front of 49,000 people.
:12:30. > :12:37.It made the hair stand on your back. You will always Benstead. Wednesday
:12:37. > :12:42.are through and through. -- you were always Wednesday. The unwanted
:12:42. > :12:44.to help Wednesday get back into the First Division. It is my club.
:12:44. > :12:48.Great days. The attention of the city of
:12:48. > :12:53.Sheffield may have been on just one fit to this weekend but there was
:12:53. > :13:03.plenty of other stuff happening in League 1, including Simon Grayson's
:13:03. > :13:08.first game as Huddersfield boss, welcome from Huddersfield Town fans
:13:08. > :13:12.in front of his first match. promotions already from this leak.
:13:12. > :13:17.So I do not know why he cannot do it again. We can still do it. Let's
:13:17. > :13:21.hope Simon Grayson will do it for us. The relationship got off on the
:13:21. > :13:27.right foot as Huddersfield strolled to a comfortable win over Exeter.
:13:27. > :13:32.Jamie dick and put them in front before half-time before the Jordan
:13:32. > :13:38.Rhodes put another one in. Delighted because we started with a
:13:38. > :13:44.win. That is all that matters. 16 games to go. We are off to a
:13:44. > :13:48.positive start. Delighted with the result. We know there are things to
:13:48. > :13:51.work, but we will not be making goals cell changes to the squad and
:13:52. > :13:54.what we asked them to do because there are some good players. Just a
:13:54. > :14:01.field return to the bottom of League 1 with his defeat at Notts
:14:01. > :14:04.County. There were few opportunities in the first half and
:14:04. > :14:10.those needed in the second period were wasted. Magpies pinched the
:14:10. > :14:15.win with ten minutes remaining when terrible for Chesterfield defending
:14:15. > :14:20.Dave an opportunity too good to turn down. Scunthorpe and Brentford
:14:20. > :14:26.played at a goalless draw at Brunton Park. They borrowed by
:14:26. > :14:30.Jordan Robinson was the highlight of a rather bland opening half. A
:14:30. > :14:33.lone striker John Parkins' header struck the bar. The draw was a fair
:14:33. > :14:41.result. A Gatt match between leaders
:14:41. > :14:44.Charlton and Sheffield United of some ten points. The real match is
:14:44. > :14:47.scheduled Wednesday and Huddersfield Town. A bad week for
:14:48. > :14:53.scumble. If they managed to win at Sheffield United on Wednesday, they
:14:53. > :15:01.will go up to 17th. Chesterfield are back to the bottle. A good week
:15:01. > :15:06.for Rochdale and good weekend for A good start for Simon Grayson. 2-0
:15:06. > :15:12.at home to Exeter. Is that the perfect start? And the top scorer
:15:12. > :15:21.getting on the scoresheet as well, Jordan Rhodes. He is incredible, a
:15:21. > :15:26.natural finisher. He is being missed because of Scotland's duty
:15:26. > :15:30.at Stevenage tomorrow. I am sure Simon will be a bit disappointed
:15:30. > :15:34.with that. But he is on to the rest of the squad to come in and take
:15:34. > :15:37.his place because he has got a massive score up there and he will
:15:38. > :15:43.recognise that as well. Another of your former clubs, Terry. Do you
:15:43. > :15:46.fancy Huddersfield to do it this year? They have it more than United
:15:46. > :15:52.and Wednesday but they have got the right manager in Simon Grayson. His
:15:52. > :15:57.track record speaks for himself. He is a good marriage. He did terrific
:15:57. > :16:01.at Leeds. It will give them that the more kick. He will have the
:16:01. > :16:06.experience in the play-offs. Another thing we get is from the
:16:06. > :16:11.weekend, managerial sartorial elegance. Simon looked very well in
:16:11. > :16:19.his brand Huddersfield attractive but Paul Tisdale off Exeter City,
:16:19. > :16:27.the best manager -- best-dressed manager around? When I was at
:16:27. > :16:34.Barnsley, my mate was Ronnie Barker. The flat cap, maybe? Jack used to
:16:34. > :16:38.Coming up... You can take the man out of
:16:38. > :16:41.Yorkshire, but Stuart McCall has not forgotten his roots.
:16:41. > :16:46.And after last week's farcical low, we went for brain and pen power for
:16:46. > :16:49.the Head to Head challenge. But first, in typical style, Neil
:16:49. > :16:53.Warnock told the press this week that he doubts Leeds will get
:16:53. > :16:56.promoted. An honest early appraisal or wily old mind games?
:16:56. > :17:06.Here is the action from the Championship, with our wily old
:17:06. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:16.Neil Morrow. Neil Warnock spend a week lower expectations for Leeds
:17:16. > :17:19.
:17:19. > :17:23.comeback against Doncaster, they are not the finished article. They
:17:23. > :17:30.were unlucky not to take the lead when snogged as was reckoned to be
:17:30. > :17:35.offside. But then it again, they got the bounce of the ball at the
:17:35. > :17:42.other end. This after all and went straight in the net, but Ford's
:17:42. > :17:48.lead the referee spotted that no one had touched it. Neither
:17:48. > :17:55.commentary nor Barnsley created many chances, but deep in that
:17:55. > :18:04.injury time, Clive Platt steered the ball home with his head. It was
:18:04. > :18:08.a game that we must not lose and we did lose it. I do not know why.
:18:08. > :18:14.Doncaster, who had their hearts broken by Leeds United last week,
:18:14. > :18:19.looked to be on the way to take all three points against Peter Bratt,
:18:19. > :18:25.up when Giles Barnes put them ahead. They had chances to double the lead,
:18:25. > :18:32.but in the dying moments, Tyrone Barnett headed, equaliser. It
:18:32. > :18:42.denied Doncaster a first win since the beginning of January. No gain
:18:42. > :18:48.for Hull city. For Leeds, 13 games left. In the bottom half, Barnsley,
:18:48. > :18:58.in mid-table. Doncaster are still bottom and will rely heavily on the
:18:58. > :19:04.
:19:04. > :19:09.What you make of me are one up's start? His coat was that they do
:19:09. > :19:15.not think they will get promotion and I actually agree with them. The
:19:15. > :19:22.teams above them are absolutely flying. It is going to be made is a
:19:22. > :19:32.difficult task. He claimed that lucky for this game because of the
:19:32. > :19:40.shot. Did actually go in. It is a tough one to tell. Unless you're
:19:40. > :19:45.100 % sure, you cannot argue it will stop a and the unlikely to get
:19:45. > :19:55.the technology at Fratton Park, when they cannot even meet their
:19:55. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:03.tax bill! Now what about Doncaster are? I think they have been quite
:20:03. > :20:12.unfortunate. When you have no luck, your confidence seems to drain. On
:20:12. > :20:19.Saturday, they should have won once again. And then, they gave away a
:20:19. > :20:23.goal right at the end when they should have been keeping the ball.
:20:23. > :20:28.On the evidence I saw at Elland Road, even when they were leading
:20:28. > :20:34.by two goals, I fell that Leeds would get in the game. The loss the
:20:34. > :20:39.three goals and and Saturday, that is five points they have
:20:39. > :20:42.effectively lost. There is still hope if the tighten up at the back.
:20:42. > :20:46.Journalists like to think they know more about football than any mere
:20:46. > :20:48.player or manager. Here on Late Kick Off, we have decided to put
:20:48. > :20:58.that to the test. Here is the cream of the Yorkshire
:20:58. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:07.Post's football writing team taking Richard Sutcliffe, chief football
:21:08. > :21:17.writer, Yorkshire Post. Assistant sports editor, Yorkshire Post. How
:21:18. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:25.many managers have Hull city had since Phil Brown was sacked? To it.
:21:25. > :21:31.Wish was the last Yorkshire club to win the Premier League? We each
:21:31. > :21:41.United. There were so name of Huddersfield when they want to
:21:41. > :21:50.three consecutive league titles? Chapman. There were so manager at
:21:50. > :22:00.Doncaster before Dean Saunders? Deep and Evans. The is the chairman
:22:00. > :22:00.
:22:01. > :22:10.of the footballer so she Asian? David Bernstein. What is an end of
:22:11. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:27.the it old is that will club and The congratulations. Thank you very
:22:27. > :22:31.much. I pity the next two fit bowlers and that challenge, as the
:22:31. > :22:34.standard has now been set. Now, as John Hendrie proves, you
:22:34. > :22:37.can be a half and half sort of guy. Part white rose, part thistle. And
:22:37. > :22:41.so is Stuart McCall. A true icon of Bradford City, his
:22:41. > :22:43.spell as Bantams manager did not work out, but he is now doing a
:22:43. > :22:46.great job in the SPL as Motherwell boss.
:22:46. > :22:54.We miss him down here, though, so we sent Paul Barnes back over
:22:54. > :22:59.Hadrian's Wall for a catch up. Stuart McCall will enjoy a two
:22:59. > :23:04.spells with Bradford city. The success did not transport to the
:23:04. > :23:09.dug-out and he resigned after two years. No, he swapped the claret
:23:09. > :23:16.and amber of Yorkshire to take over the same colours and Motherwell. It
:23:16. > :23:20.has made him rediscover his appetite for the game. The club is
:23:20. > :23:29.small in size and the people who work here are terrific. On the park,
:23:29. > :23:37.which is the most important part, it has gone well. He is not bitter
:23:37. > :23:42.at all about how the way things ended at Valley Parade. Of is there,
:23:42. > :23:49.we did not win enough games, but I loved every day I went in there. I
:23:49. > :23:53.have been fortunate in football. I have played for four outstanding
:23:53. > :23:58.clubs and enjoyed success and that is the first time I have not had
:23:58. > :24:07.success. I did cave that for the people. Two of the players have
:24:07. > :24:17.fallen to North from Bradford to Motherwell. It was him who put the
:24:17. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:25.pressure on for me to get there. He is a top man and there is a good
:24:25. > :24:30.coaching staff here. He is destined for big things. He is destined for
:24:30. > :24:35.a big things here. Things have gone well here. Things did not go as
:24:35. > :24:45.well as he would have liked at Bradford. Fortunately, for the two
:24:45. > :24:48.of us, he was a massive reason for why we appear now. Stuart McCall
:24:48. > :24:57.still follows his old club closely and is as frustrated as anyone
:24:57. > :25:01.about the way the club languishing Division Two. We were just of the
:25:01. > :25:08.play-offs by two points and when you see the managers who have been
:25:08. > :25:16.incensed, it just seems, I just feel sorry for all the supporters.
:25:16. > :25:19.They just seem to be jinxed at the moment. For having played for
:25:19. > :25:23.Rangers 47 true of the late unseasoned, he knows the yet
:25:23. > :25:30.Scottish game inside out, so it is may be no surprise he has had such
:25:30. > :25:33.an impact. He guided the side to a top-six finish in the Premier
:25:33. > :25:42.League and this year, they are hot and the heels of Rangers in second
:25:42. > :25:47.place and dreams of European football may be a reality.
:25:47. > :25:57.other well-maintained their fine form, edging out again then any
:25:57. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:22.seven-goal thriller at fir Park. -- Despite the Yorkshire accent,
:26:22. > :26:28.Stuart McCall won 14 caps for Scotland. Where does his heart
:26:28. > :26:38.really belong? I have further said I am a proud Yorkshireman, but then
:26:38. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:45.it is about the cricket or anything. But I am a proud Scot as well. If
:26:45. > :26:52.the West now that my dad had not been able to get up the motor way,
:26:52. > :27:01.I would have been born in Scotland. So, I am a Scot first and foremost,
:27:01. > :27:08.proud to be British, but are also a Yorkshireman and a hard. A but such
:27:08. > :27:17.as the return to valid parade to be a manager there once again? That
:27:17. > :27:23.just now, but further down the line, the supporters stocked any IGC this
:27:23. > :27:30.upon the carrier is terrific. I would have loved to have been the
:27:30. > :27:33.person to give them that. I was not, but in the future, my Hearts still
:27:33. > :27:40.strongly affiliated there and if I could guarantee success, I would
:27:40. > :27:45.love to bring it back. We cannot let Stuart McCall will without
:27:45. > :27:54.reminding him of the set in internet clot! If Mother will get
:27:54. > :27:58.into Europe, will we see any more car park clang cars! That was an
:27:58. > :28:06.unbelievable day. It was an unbelievable day for the club and
:28:06. > :28:13.the city of Bradford. Well I would say to the kids and is, make sure
:28:13. > :28:22.you do not drink a bottle of champagne on an empty stomach!
:28:22. > :28:32.whether the death of a car! The editor insisted repair that end. He
:28:32. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :28:42.is not have doing well up there? Yes, he is. I remember going up in
:28:42. > :28:46.the, which had we been up to again been pre-season and he had his
:28:46. > :28:56.tracksuit on, but as soon as we cross the border, the tracks it
:28:56. > :29:02.
:29:02. > :29:07.came off and he had a skull and top on! -- Scotland top. He others they
:29:07. > :29:14.has his heart at Rangers, but they are in terrible trouble, could you
:29:14. > :29:21.see an going there at some point? My other well are doing very well
:29:21. > :29:31.in the lead and Stuart could be a potential Rangers manager if Ally
:29:31. > :29:35.McCoist is on his way. Could he go back to Bradford again? He said he
:29:35. > :29:39.would love to, but maybe he put too much pressure and himself the first
:29:39. > :29:46.time there. From a Bradford legend of the past,