Episode 7 Late Kick Off Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

A whole week without a single change of manager. Welcome to late

No knives out for Megson as Wednesday win the Derby. At home or

away from home, we catch up with Stuart McCall north of the border.

New bosses, or phrases, game want Good evening. With me tonight, a

man who wore the stripes of both Sheffield clubs, Terry Curran. And

we haven't forgotten he also kitted out for Doncaster, Huddersfield,

Hull City, Grimsby and Chesterfield. And alongside him, a man who needs

no introduction. We are already well versed in his history. It is

John Hendry. Terry And John - sounds like a '70s sitcom! Only one

place to start this week, and a game that is no laughing matter.

8,000 watched on a big screen at Bramall Lane yesterday, as more

than 36,500 spectators went to Hillsborough for the 114th league

Steel City derby. Hardly a neutral amongst them, but our Rob Jones was

one. It is a fixture that needs no

Derby day in the Steel City and rarely has there been so much

riding on this meeting of Owls and Blades. The Wednesday Arce Gary

Megson is under immense pressure after seeing the promotion of

pendulum swing across Sheffield in recent weeks. Late Kick Off was at

Sheffield Wednesday's game at Exeter a fortnight ago. They lost

that day and it has been downhill since. Two free kicks in Devon

proved Wednesday's undoing. They display warranted criticism from

the bars. I except them passing it wrong or not controlling the ball,

whatever it maybe, but just strutting about it because you have

got a blue shirt on it may suit different type of direct... That

makes a's morning fell in deaf ears of the defeat against Stevenage and

Chesterfield. Owls legend David Hirst. The pressure all on

Sheffield Wednesday this afternoon. Definitely, coming off the back of

five by whistles. Sheffield United powering forward in the league. It

will be on Sheffield Wednesday's today. It is for them to go out and

dominate the game, rather than sit back. When you come light -- to

games like today, form goes out the window. There is a lot more at

stake than three points. Bragging rights around the city. If you

cannot play in a game like today, you are in the wrong profession.

United came into the game on the back of hat-trick of wins and

looked to be stealing a march on their promotion rivals. After three

weeks without Ellie game, United close the gap on Wednesday with a

routine win at Wycombe. They then took second with a win at

Huddersfield. Then a home win over Preston. And in the Russian White

corner, a former Blades midfielder, Jamie Hoyland. Sheffield United

bright in the hot seat and the pressure very much on Sheffield

Wednesday. Yes, with United's fall at the moment, it is a must-win

game for Sheffield Wednesday. United can come here, relax and

enjoy a game. Danny has got them playing good football and he has

got the result. Their confidence must be sky-high. They must fancy

their chances. In a typically nervy first half. Cynics would say the

animated approach of a man battling to save his job. After 73 minutes,

the manager got just what he wanted and what Danny Wilson was Reading,

as Chris O'Grady headed in. But goal proved enough. A nation and

probably a good dose of relief for the Wednesday boss as his team move

It is great to win the derby. If we were bottom of the league and

United top, it is still a Sheffield derby, you still have to win. But

from my point of view, it gets us back on track and it is another big

occasion. At the moment, United, you would think automatic second is

there to lose but I have been at football tournaments when we are in

third place with ten games to go and we are ten points behind. We

will keep plugging away. The dust has started to settle here at

Hillsborough. We said had beat a game it was for Wednesday

beforehand. A massive three points. His superb resort for Sheffield

Wednesday in what was probably a good game to watch but a scrappy

game nevertheless. Again that was won with a bit of quality from

Sheffield Wednesday. Pretty much the only quality that was out there

today, unfortunately. A good game, CAS and thrust, a proper derby,

when nobody is giving an edge to anybody else. But Wednesday got a

bit of quality with a great ball -- and goal into the box and superb

finish. Not a good day at the Office for Sheffield United. They

will be disappointed. Probably the better side first half, but second

half when they were the better team. Let's had a bad back. They have

Wednesday's game against them all. How do you react after losing the

derby? When you have lost in front of 36,000 and now you are looking

for characters to get your next win. Can Wednesday catch them? Like Jim

says, it is for United throw away, really. They are in the driving

seat with games in hand. Wednesday can only go out and win their games.

What happens up in front of or behind them it is out of their

hands but I am sure that in front of these results, he will pick up

the lads after a few bad performances, to go headstrong into

the rest of the season. We heard from the boys there, from

Gary Megson but not Danny Wilson because there were still a few

Wednesday boys about post-match. At frizzled, does it change things?

His is still United very much in the driving seat? Yes, they have

got to play Stevenage and MK Dons, the promotion rivals before the end

of the season. He is an experienced manager. He has had promotion

before at a higher level. Despite that blip they have still got the

form. It is in recent weeks Wednesday have not had the form.

Speculation about Gary Megson's future was that they were as much

for him as for Wednesday? When you get speculation, he needed the win

to lift the club again. The results have not done it for them. But we

hope this will now kick it onto the end of the season. United have had

a terrific run. Two points with two games in hand. Now Wednesday have

to take it on and try and get to the end of the season. Eight, nine

wins. And United, a bit we get. Two home games they have got to win.

Yes, winnable games go. Scunthorpe first. It is one game at the time.

They are in great form. Evans, he is a man setting the goals at this

moment in time. It is only one point lost. Terry, you have a foot

in both camps but we always think of you as Wednesday, that was the

golden period. You must have great Brett Morris. -- memories. Terrific.

The Boxing Day massacre... When you are looking at a team that was in

the Third Division to get 49,000 spectators and for it still to be

taught about to this day, it is amazing. I remember thousands and

thousands of people as you were driving in to the ground for the

morning kick-off. Terrific. And to win 4-0. In front of 49,000 people.

It made the hair stand on your back. You will always Benstead. Wednesday

are through and through. -- you were always Wednesday. The unwanted

to help Wednesday get back into the First Division. It is my club.

Great days. The attention of the city of

Sheffield may have been on just one fit to this weekend but there was

plenty of other stuff happening in League 1, including Simon Grayson's

first game as Huddersfield boss, welcome from Huddersfield Town fans

in front of his first match. promotions already from this leak.

So I do not know why he cannot do it again. We can still do it. Let's

hope Simon Grayson will do it for us. The relationship got off on the

right foot as Huddersfield strolled to a comfortable win over Exeter.

Jamie dick and put them in front before half-time before the Jordan

Rhodes put another one in. Delighted because we started with a

win. That is all that matters. 16 games to go. We are off to a

positive start. Delighted with the result. We know there are things to

work, but we will not be making goals cell changes to the squad and

what we asked them to do because there are some good players. Just a

field return to the bottom of League 1 with his defeat at Notts

County. There were few opportunities in the first half and

those needed in the second period were wasted. Magpies pinched the

win with ten minutes remaining when terrible for Chesterfield defending

Dave an opportunity too good to turn down. Scunthorpe and Brentford

played at a goalless draw at Brunton Park. They borrowed by

Jordan Robinson was the highlight of a rather bland opening half. A

lone striker John Parkins' header struck the bar. The draw was a fair

result. A Gatt match between leaders

Charlton and Sheffield United of some ten points. The real match is

scheduled Wednesday and Huddersfield Town. A bad week for

scumble. If they managed to win at Sheffield United on Wednesday, they

will go up to 17th. Chesterfield are back to the bottle. A good week

for Rochdale and good weekend for A good start for Simon Grayson. 2-0

at home to Exeter. Is that the perfect start? And the top scorer

getting on the scoresheet as well, Jordan Rhodes. He is incredible, a

natural finisher. He is being missed because of Scotland's duty

at Stevenage tomorrow. I am sure Simon will be a bit disappointed

with that. But he is on to the rest of the squad to come in and take

his place because he has got a massive score up there and he will

recognise that as well. Another of your former clubs, Terry. Do you

fancy Huddersfield to do it this year? They have it more than United

and Wednesday but they have got the right manager in Simon Grayson. His

track record speaks for himself. He is a good marriage. He did terrific

at Leeds. It will give them that the more kick. He will have the

experience in the play-offs. Another thing we get is from the

weekend, managerial sartorial elegance. Simon looked very well in

his brand Huddersfield attractive but Paul Tisdale off Exeter City,

the best manager -- best-dressed manager around? When I was at

Barnsley, my mate was Ronnie Barker. The flat cap, maybe? Jack used to

Coming up... You can take the man out of

Yorkshire, but Stuart McCall has not forgotten his roots.

And after last week's farcical low, we went for brain and pen power for

the Head to Head challenge. But first, in typical style, Neil

Warnock told the press this week that he doubts Leeds will get

promoted. An honest early appraisal or wily old mind games?

Here is the action from the Championship, with our wily old

Neil Morrow. Neil Warnock spend a week lower expectations for Leeds

comeback against Doncaster, they are not the finished article. They

were unlucky not to take the lead when snogged as was reckoned to be

offside. But then it again, they got the bounce of the ball at the

other end. This after all and went straight in the net, but Ford's

lead the referee spotted that no one had touched it. Neither

commentary nor Barnsley created many chances, but deep in that

injury time, Clive Platt steered the ball home with his head. It was

a game that we must not lose and we did lose it. I do not know why.

Doncaster, who had their hearts broken by Leeds United last week,

looked to be on the way to take all three points against Peter Bratt,

up when Giles Barnes put them ahead. They had chances to double the lead,

but in the dying moments, Tyrone Barnett headed, equaliser. It

denied Doncaster a first win since the beginning of January. No gain

for Hull city. For Leeds, 13 games left. In the bottom half, Barnsley,

in mid-table. Doncaster are still bottom and will rely heavily on the

What you make of me are one up's start? His coat was that they do

not think they will get promotion and I actually agree with them. The

teams above them are absolutely flying. It is going to be made is a

difficult task. He claimed that lucky for this game because of the

shot. Did actually go in. It is a tough one to tell. Unless you're

100 % sure, you cannot argue it will stop a and the unlikely to get

the technology at Fratton Park, when they cannot even meet their

tax bill! Now what about Doncaster are? I think they have been quite

unfortunate. When you have no luck, your confidence seems to drain. On

Saturday, they should have won once again. And then, they gave away a

goal right at the end when they should have been keeping the ball.

On the evidence I saw at Elland Road, even when they were leading

by two goals, I fell that Leeds would get in the game. The loss the

three goals and and Saturday, that is five points they have

effectively lost. There is still hope if the tighten up at the back.

Journalists like to think they know more about football than any mere

player or manager. Here on Late Kick Off, we have decided to put

that to the test. Here is the cream of the Yorkshire

Post's football writing team taking Richard Sutcliffe, chief football

writer, Yorkshire Post. Assistant sports editor, Yorkshire Post. How

many managers have Hull city had since Phil Brown was sacked? To it.

Wish was the last Yorkshire club to win the Premier League? We each

United. There were so name of Huddersfield when they want to

three consecutive league titles? Chapman. There were so manager at

Doncaster before Dean Saunders? Deep and Evans. The is the chairman

of the footballer so she Asian? David Bernstein. What is an end of

the it old is that will club and The congratulations. Thank you very

much. I pity the next two fit bowlers and that challenge, as the

standard has now been set. Now, as John Hendrie proves, you

can be a half and half sort of guy. Part white rose, part thistle. And

so is Stuart McCall. A true icon of Bradford City, his

spell as Bantams manager did not work out, but he is now doing a

great job in the SPL as Motherwell boss.

We miss him down here, though, so we sent Paul Barnes back over

Hadrian's Wall for a catch up. Stuart McCall will enjoy a two

spells with Bradford city. The success did not transport to the

dug-out and he resigned after two years. No, he swapped the claret

and amber of Yorkshire to take over the same colours and Motherwell. It

has made him rediscover his appetite for the game. The club is

small in size and the people who work here are terrific. On the park,

which is the most important part, it has gone well. He is not bitter

at all about how the way things ended at Valley Parade. Of is there,

we did not win enough games, but I loved every day I went in there. I

have been fortunate in football. I have played for four outstanding

clubs and enjoyed success and that is the first time I have not had

success. I did cave that for the people. Two of the players have

fallen to North from Bradford to Motherwell. It was him who put the

pressure on for me to get there. He is a top man and there is a good

coaching staff here. He is destined for big things. He is destined for

a big things here. Things have gone well here. Things did not go as

well as he would have liked at Bradford. Fortunately, for the two

of us, he was a massive reason for why we appear now. Stuart McCall

still follows his old club closely and is as frustrated as anyone

about the way the club languishing Division Two. We were just of the

play-offs by two points and when you see the managers who have been

incensed, it just seems, I just feel sorry for all the supporters.

They just seem to be jinxed at the moment. For having played for

Rangers 47 true of the late unseasoned, he knows the yet

Scottish game inside out, so it is may be no surprise he has had such

an impact. He guided the side to a top-six finish in the Premier

League and this year, they are hot and the heels of Rangers in second

place and dreams of European football may be a reality.

other well-maintained their fine form, edging out again then any

seven-goal thriller at fir Park. -- Despite the Yorkshire accent,

Stuart McCall won 14 caps for Scotland. Where does his heart

really belong? I have further said I am a proud Yorkshireman, but then

it is about the cricket or anything. But I am a proud Scot as well. If

the West now that my dad had not been able to get up the motor way,

I would have been born in Scotland. So, I am a Scot first and foremost,

proud to be British, but are also a Yorkshireman and a hard. A but such

as the return to valid parade to be a manager there once again? That

just now, but further down the line, the supporters stocked any IGC this

upon the carrier is terrific. I would have loved to have been the

person to give them that. I was not, but in the future, my Hearts still

strongly affiliated there and if I could guarantee success, I would

love to bring it back. We cannot let Stuart McCall will without

reminding him of the set in internet clot! If Mother will get

into Europe, will we see any more car park clang cars! That was an

unbelievable day. It was an unbelievable day for the club and

the city of Bradford. Well I would say to the kids and is, make sure

you do not drink a bottle of champagne on an empty stomach!

whether the death of a car! The editor insisted repair that end. He

is not have doing well up there? Yes, he is. I remember going up in

the, which had we been up to again been pre-season and he had his

tracksuit on, but as soon as we cross the border, the tracks it

came off and he had a skull and top on! -- Scotland top. He others they

has his heart at Rangers, but they are in terrible trouble, could you

see an going there at some point? My other well are doing very well

in the lead and Stuart could be a potential Rangers manager if Ally

McCoist is on his way. Could he go back to Bradford again? He said he

would love to, but maybe he put too much pressure and himself the first

time there. From a Bradford legend of the past,