:00:12. > :00:23.And you think Michael McIntxre gets good guests. From Sirs and lords to
:00:24. > :00:26.Football league royalty. Welcome to Late Kick`off.
:00:27. > :00:32.Cooking up a storm, it's bedn an eventful weekend for Chesterfield.
:00:33. > :00:35.Barnsley's best ever business ` the man who started work at Oakwell 68
:00:36. > :00:43.years ago and is still going strong. The only pair I ever had, mx mother
:00:44. > :00:56.knitted them. Yorkshire is going to Wembley again, Tigers V Blades in
:00:57. > :01:00.the FA cup semis. Well, the weekend brought otr teams
:01:01. > :01:03.the usual mix of good and b`d ` and we've got the ugly sorted! That s me
:01:04. > :01:07.and John Hendrie anyway, I wouldn't dare say that about Chris Morgan.
:01:08. > :01:15.You can have your say too ` we read the good ones that are sent via
:01:16. > :01:18.twitter. @bbclkoyl is the address. Where else to start but with the FA
:01:19. > :01:21.Cup yesterday ` a superb quarterfinal win for Hull Chty, but
:01:22. > :01:24.staying with our Football Ldague remit, the bigger story was at
:01:25. > :01:27.Bramall Lane. Chris ` happy days are here again. Yeah, yesterday, you
:01:28. > :01:29.could see how much this meant to everybody, the players and
:01:30. > :01:34.supporters and everybody connected to the club. The staff as wdll. A
:01:35. > :01:48.great achievement ` for a ldague one club to be going into a Wembley FA
:01:49. > :01:51.Cup semifinal is magnificent. You are better placed than anybody else
:01:52. > :01:54.to have seen the changes as the season has gone on. Has it taken
:01:55. > :01:58.your aback what has been happening? To be honest, Nigel has to take a
:01:59. > :02:02.lot of credit for it. When he came in, we didn't have a great start to
:02:03. > :02:10.the season, he came in, no big fuss, just told the players what he
:02:11. > :02:14.wanted. He repeats it all the time. To be fair to the lads, thex have
:02:15. > :02:16.taken it on board. We now h`ve players playing the best football
:02:17. > :02:20.they've ever played since they came to the club. Nine wins in a row
:02:21. > :02:25.tells it own story. Something lovely about a Clough as a manager, and a
:02:26. > :02:29.Clough going to Wembley. Absolutely. His old man didn't get therd, never
:02:30. > :02:33.won the FA Cup final. They got to the final. It would be great for him
:02:34. > :02:41.if they could go all the wax. It must be a tough task. All credit to
:02:42. > :02:44.Nigel. I love the way he works his football clubs, at Derby Cotnty he
:02:45. > :02:50.don't have much money. He sdt solid foundations, through the ac`demy to
:02:51. > :02:56.the first team. Given time, he would do the same at Sheffield. A good
:02:57. > :02:59.signing as manager. My abidhng memory is of a fully bearded Adam
:03:00. > :03:08.Cork, you have another bearded wonder, John Brayford. It is the
:03:09. > :03:17.look now. They are going for that look. He does take stick, btt he is
:03:18. > :03:21.a great signing for us. He has come in and just proved why he h`s come
:03:22. > :03:28.from, a premier club, he has been excellent but he needs to look at
:03:29. > :03:31.that beard. It is fearsome. I tell you what we're going to mention
:03:32. > :03:36.Hull City, the Tigers a story in their own right. When the draw was
:03:37. > :03:40.made, Manchester City were still in the competition. Both Hull `nd
:03:41. > :03:44.Sheffield United would have wanted one another. It is a great draw for
:03:45. > :03:48.our region. Steve Bruce has done a great job. At the start of the
:03:49. > :03:55.season, you were sat five points above the relegation zone and taken
:03:56. > :03:59.that. They have been excepthonal this year. Hopefully it will not be
:04:00. > :04:06.a distraction from their le`gue form, but Chris, Europe, yot could
:04:07. > :04:14.be in Europe? Yes, as daft `s it sounds we could be. I think it is a
:04:15. > :04:17.great semifinal for the reghon and as we said yesterday, when xou get
:04:18. > :04:23.to the semis, you don't want Arsenal and Man City. A big occasion like
:04:24. > :04:27.that, at Wembley, two reallx good teams, both teams that is the draw
:04:28. > :04:36.they both wanted, that is not us being disrespectful to Hull City.
:04:37. > :04:42.They are a Premier League ottfit and it will be real tough game for us.
:04:43. > :04:47.We'll look forward to it. A lot to happen till April.
:04:48. > :04:51.Well, we move ten miles or so from Sheffield now, to another of our
:04:52. > :04:54.region's form sides. Ahead of the weekend Chesterfield sat proudly on
:04:55. > :04:58.top of League Two with just 12 games remaining. The man who's led the
:04:59. > :05:02.Spireite's resurgence is manager Paul Cook, and we've been whth him
:05:03. > :05:08.around a lively return to hhs old club Accrington.
:05:09. > :05:12.Football in general, people come onto things too quick. If you go
:05:13. > :05:17.somewhere and you're not re`dy to go. You'll come back. What we're
:05:18. > :05:20.trying to do, myself and thd staff, we're trying to take the cltb
:05:21. > :05:27.forward at a nice steady pace. Where can this club go? Let other people
:05:28. > :05:32.answer that. I have ambitions to manage at a higher level. I have
:05:33. > :05:36.ambitions to manage this cltb at a higher level. I do not like getting
:05:37. > :05:40.involved and saying stuff, xou can shout your mouth off. Footb`ll puts
:05:41. > :05:45.you on the seat of your pants quickly. This the pre`match nerves
:05:46. > :05:46.bit. This afternoon ` Chesterfield and
:05:47. > :07:01.Accrington Stanley! Three goals down, missed ch`nces,
:07:02. > :07:05.penalty appeals rejected, D`n Gardener stretchered off. Accrington
:07:06. > :07:09.down to ten men at half timd. Tempers flared. It is a hostile
:07:10. > :07:17.game. You are always open to criticism, as a manager you have to
:07:18. > :07:20.be able to take criticism. Hf you think you are the bees knees, I
:07:21. > :07:24.don't think I am. You don't get everything right. If you ard not
:07:25. > :07:30.prepared to know you have f`ults and make mistakes, you live in ` shallow
:07:31. > :07:33.world. Cook banished from the dugout for the second half put central
:07:34. > :07:40.defender Ian Evert up front in desperation. All we are singing is
:07:41. > :07:47.give us a goal. The experimdnt paid off but it finished 3`1 to Stanley.
:07:48. > :07:52.Poor but we will still go up, no problem. Shocking referee. Can't
:07:53. > :07:59.blame it all on him though, we had an off day. What do you do on days
:08:00. > :08:03.like this? Go to the pub. G`ve a couple of sloppy goals and we missed
:08:04. > :08:06.a couple of great chances and in the end we get nothing. I don't know
:08:07. > :08:14.where we're sitting... We'rd still top. We're at Wembley and wdre
:08:15. > :08:18.having a torrid time. But there are plenty of people who would swap with
:08:19. > :08:21.us. Media interest in Chestdrfield is booming partly due to th`t
:08:22. > :08:24.Wembley appointment at the dnd of the month when his crew will attempt
:08:25. > :08:29.to emulate the class of 2012 in the Johnstons Paint Trophy final. What
:08:30. > :08:36.an opportunity! This time bdcause no mistake.
:08:37. > :08:40.I think about Wembley every second minute of every day, anyone who says
:08:41. > :08:46.different is telling lies. Ht is a fantastic day for the club. Four or
:08:47. > :08:52.five weeks before it it is just great. We look forward to it. I
:08:53. > :08:59.don't ban talk of it. We talk about it. How can you ban talk of Wembley?
:09:00. > :09:04.I get tickets and different stuff every day. It's great. You dream of
:09:05. > :09:07.things like that when you'rd a young lad. Being a manager is no
:09:08. > :09:17.different. Thank you very mtch. See you soon. It's been like a cribs but
:09:18. > :09:21.it's not my house. See you later. Still smiling ` and with good reason
:09:22. > :09:25.` despite us putting the mockers on Chesterfield's weekend! Mord on that
:09:26. > :09:33.in moment, but first our other two in League Two.
:09:34. > :09:36.Sir Ian Botham was famously once a Scunthorpe player but they seem to
:09:37. > :09:40.be copying Sir Geoffrey by getting there in singles. They went ahead
:09:41. > :09:47.against Northampton early in the second`half. When the visitors had
:09:48. > :10:01.former Doncaster man Ricky Ravenhill sent off for a second yellow card,
:10:02. > :10:03.the three points looked asstred . The Cobblers equalised throtgh the
:10:04. > :10:06.second half for the eighth draw in ten games for Scunthorpe. All those
:10:07. > :10:09.draws proved costly. York chty, Nigel Worthington taking his team to
:10:10. > :10:20.Wembley, one day short of the year since its first day in charge. A
:10:21. > :10:23.different kind of winning goal forhim this week. More chances came
:10:24. > :10:31.for in form City but one`nil will do nicely. Mansfield away tomorrow for
:10:32. > :10:38.Worthington's 50th game in charge. It seems like nobody wants to lead
:10:39. > :10:44.from the front in league two. York marching up the hill, six unbeaten,
:10:45. > :10:48.only four points off the pl`y`offs. York more points than anybody else
:10:49. > :10:52.in 2014 so far. Back to Chesterfield, they had a bad day,
:10:53. > :10:59.and the manager was a naughty boy as well. Yes, there at the top of the
:11:00. > :11:12.league. Everyone has a bad day the office. It is how you react to that.
:11:13. > :11:15.He said, let's move on here. It is difficult going back to your old
:11:16. > :11:23.club. You want players to pdrform for you on the day. He has to go
:11:24. > :11:28.back and get result because the local Accrington Stanley fans will
:11:29. > :11:32.be on his back. But this is comic or that scene. He has to look `t the
:11:33. > :11:35.big picture in saying, right boys, onwards and up words. I was
:11:36. > :11:41.interested to hear his take on Wembley, he is not banning the W, it
:11:42. > :11:44.is encouraged. I got asked the same words last week if we had b`nned the
:11:45. > :11:49.word. Wednesday ex`mac the boys have worked hard. It is an opportunity so
:11:50. > :11:56.why not talk about it. Why not look forward to it. I agree totally with
:11:57. > :12:00.Paul Cook. You have worked hard to get the so talk about it and enjoy
:12:01. > :12:11.it. Scunthorpe are enjoying themselves at the moment, 18 games
:12:12. > :12:19.unbeaten. Are thes draws becoming a problem? No, if you were sat in a
:12:20. > :12:23.promotion position. It will all come down to the last month of the
:12:24. > :12:25.season. If you get the ball to go over the line, that's when ht
:12:26. > :12:33.counts. Psychologically, we have not been beaten for so long, it is
:12:34. > :12:37.massive. Big chance blown against ten men at the weekend? I know they
:12:38. > :12:41.are down at the bottom, but they have spent a few bob and thdy have
:12:42. > :12:46.high hopes for the rest of the season. Would you like to bd here?
:12:47. > :12:50.He is happy with that. Chesterfield and Scunthorpe still top in league
:12:51. > :12:55.two. Coming up... Hell and high water in the
:12:56. > :13:04.championship. Seven! And ond sharp operator and Billy Sharp go man on.
:13:05. > :13:07.And it's to Doncaster we go now as Neil Morrow starts his round up of
:13:08. > :13:10.what happened in the Championship on Saturday at the Keepmoat ` where
:13:11. > :13:16.Rovers had the upper hand on Huddersfield.
:13:17. > :13:19.Doncaster were beaten by five last week while Huddersfield won by the
:13:20. > :13:26.reverse score but on Saturd`y it looked like Doncaster were the side
:13:27. > :13:29.in form. Billy Sharp did wh`t he always does, his little toe poke
:13:30. > :13:34.made one nil to Rovers after half an hour. They doubled their le`d
:13:35. > :13:42.through David Cotterill ten minutes into the second period, makhng a
:13:43. > :13:44.point about his fitness levdls. Huddersfield put in a strangely
:13:45. > :13:47.muted performance and rarelx threatened to repeat their heroics
:13:48. > :13:53.of last week. Rovers the thoroughly deserved winners of the Yorkshire
:13:54. > :13:56.derby. Danny Wilson needed proof hhs side
:13:57. > :14:02.could bounce back after thehr thumping by the Terriers. The first
:14:03. > :14:09.half produced few chances. This shot from Djamel Abdoun was the closest
:14:10. > :14:12.to a goal. A delightful bit of skill put the Reds in front against Forest
:14:13. > :14:14.six minutes into the second half. The former Bayern Munich yotngster,
:14:15. > :14:18.Dale Jennings, with this superb finish from 20 yards. Barnsley were
:14:19. > :14:21.not comfortable and needed this terrific save by Luke Steeld but
:14:22. > :14:22.they held on claiming three potentially vital points cole the
:14:23. > :14:31.end of the season. Unfortunately for Barnsley,
:14:32. > :14:33.Sheffield Wednesday couldn't do any favours for their South Yorkshire
:14:34. > :14:37.neighbours, and relegation threatened Yeovil. In the fhrst half
:14:38. > :14:42.of few chances in Somerset, a sweet strike from Ishmael Miller put the
:14:43. > :14:46.Glovers ahead in the 41st mhnute. Wednesday went further behind, soon
:14:47. > :14:51.after the second half resumdd. Again it was Miller, this time with a
:14:52. > :14:53.wonderful strike to make it 2` nil. And Wednesday's afternoon wdnt from
:14:54. > :14:58.bad to worse, when Sam Hutchinson was sent off later on for a second
:14:59. > :15:02.yellow card. A bad day at the office for the Owls. Leeds were arguably
:15:03. > :15:05.the better side in the first half against Bolton, but an injury time
:15:06. > :15:09.goal for Joe Mason proved the game's turning point. If United cotld
:15:10. > :15:13.consider themselves unlucky to be behind at half`time, the second half
:15:14. > :15:16.was a horror show. Lukas Jutkiewicz doubled Bolton's lead, and soon
:15:17. > :15:24.after, poor marking and another free kick saw Leeds' defence go @WOL
:15:25. > :15:26.again ` Zat Knight with the finish. Jutkiewicz then turned provhder for
:15:27. > :15:31.Wanderers' fourth, Mark Davhes handling the ball home in the 7 st
:15:32. > :15:36.minute. Bolton's fifth came when Brazilian Andre Moritz hammdred home
:15:37. > :15:40.Wanderers' overwhelming adv`ntage. United did grab a late goal through
:15:41. > :15:46.Matt Smith, but it was no consolation on an awful aftdrnoon
:15:47. > :15:50.for Leeds and Brian McDermott. Only Leeds in the top half, as f`r as we
:15:51. > :15:53.are concerned, but only just. Non`movers at least after S`turday's
:15:54. > :15:56.disaster. Huddersfield and Wednesday both down one, and the tablds show
:15:57. > :15:58.just how important those wins were for Doncaster and Barnsley, with
:15:59. > :16:02.both Yeovil and Millwall winning too.
:16:03. > :16:09.Why is it, Chris, that some players just suit one club so well? Billy
:16:10. > :16:14.Sharp and Doncaster just sedms to go together. Yeah, in both spells, he
:16:15. > :16:20.scored goals. Obviously I played with Bill at Sheffield Unitdd, and
:16:21. > :16:24.he is an out`and`out goal`scorer. I was actually at that game S`turday,
:16:25. > :16:29.and I think he's got a good foil as well in big Chris Brown. Thdy play
:16:30. > :16:36.well together, but, yeah, Sharp as a goal`scorer. I think he has found a
:16:37. > :16:39.home at Doncaster. He has come back to South Yorkshire, and he looks
:16:40. > :16:44.happy and as though he is enjoying football again. A good day for the
:16:45. > :16:48.teams struggling at the bottom all round in the Championships, John.
:16:49. > :16:51.Barnsley, Dale Jennings. Thhs is a boy with a big reputation. He has
:16:52. > :16:55.had problems to overcome ` hnjury and discipline problems. Can he
:16:56. > :16:59.fulfil his promise now? I'd like to think so. Obviously he was out in
:17:00. > :17:04.Germany. He went to Bayern Lunich. Strength coming off the lind there.
:17:05. > :17:09.He knows he can come inside and have a crack at goal. That has bden a
:17:10. > :17:13.problem for Barnsley this ydar, scoring goals. It always will be. I
:17:14. > :17:17.think the key is at the back. If they can keep clean sheets, they
:17:18. > :17:21.have a chance of staying on. I'm not sure they've got enough goals in
:17:22. > :17:26.there and such. He certainlx has his part to play. A cracking go`l. When
:17:27. > :17:29.you are looking at a situathon like that, fighting for every pohnt, you
:17:30. > :17:33.need some individuals to stdp up. He has the ability to do that. Just a
:17:34. > :17:36.quick word on another of yotr old clubs, Leeds. We saw Chris Stirk,
:17:37. > :17:39.the groundsman. He was like the boy with his finger in the dyke trying
:17:40. > :17:42.to stem the water at half`thme on the weekend. The flow of go`ls
:17:43. > :17:45.couldn't be stemmed, though. Problems after problems. It was a
:17:46. > :17:49.shambles. They would have probably thought they had a good chance at
:17:50. > :17:51.half`time, just one down. When you concede two free kicks and bad
:17:52. > :17:54.marking back`to`back within minutes, then you've got problems. Brian
:17:55. > :17:56.McDermott, we understand, spoke to the owners after the game. H would
:17:57. > :18:01.love to have heard that conversation. It's difficult for
:18:02. > :18:05.Brian. The sooner it gets sorted out, the better. Next meeting is on
:18:06. > :18:09.Thursday. Hopefully the picture will become clearer for Leeds Unhted
:18:10. > :18:11.fans. Going to League One now, and Sheffield United's Cup engagements
:18:12. > :18:13.meant no game for Rotherham this weekend, so our only action was
:18:14. > :18:18.Bradford's match at promotion`chasing Brentford. It
:18:19. > :18:20.wasn't quite the curse of the old boy, but it was Bradford`born
:18:21. > :18:24.Clayton Donaldson who put the home side in front after an hour.
:18:25. > :18:29.15th goal of the season for the former York striker. It bec`me these
:18:30. > :18:31.two bantams when on` loan Chelsea man George Saville scored, `nd that
:18:32. > :18:38.means back`to`back defeats for Phil Parkinson's City. John, thex are
:18:39. > :18:43.safe enough, but is their sdason in danger of fizzling out?
:18:44. > :18:48.Truth be told, they are onlx about six points above relegation. It was
:18:49. > :18:51.only the two 1`nil victories over Port Vale and MK Dons. I thhnk they
:18:52. > :18:55.still need a few victories. Fingers crossed they will still be safe as
:18:56. > :19:02.houses. Quiz time now. Two of Don Rovers' finest get the chance to go
:19:03. > :19:12.man`against`man in Man On. Richie Wellens, midfield. Billy Sh`rp,
:19:13. > :19:16.striker. What is the oldest of Britain's five classic horsd races?
:19:17. > :19:26.St Leger. Correct. I'm a galbler, aren't I? What is the capit`l of
:19:27. > :19:31.Australia? A. LAUGHTER. Which former England player and
:19:32. > :19:36.manager was born in Doncastdr? Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan. I put that
:19:37. > :19:40.buzzer in! I got that. What, no What won this year's Oscar for best
:19:41. > :19:44.film? 12 Years A Slave. Who will Doncaster Rovers play on thd last
:19:45. > :19:48.day of the season? Leicester, away. Two points for that? How many
:19:49. > :19:57.substitutes are allowed in the football league? Three. Sevdn. How
:19:58. > :20:04.many substitutes on the pitch?! What is the name of Scooby Doo's nephew?
:20:05. > :20:15.Oh, what is it?! I don't know. I watch it every day with the kids.
:20:16. > :20:22.Scooby Doo's nephew. Shaggy. Scrappy! Arggh!
:20:23. > :20:31.Calm down, Richie, it's onlx a game. Honestly, some of them take it far
:20:32. > :20:34.too seriously. Now, the word "legend" is b`ndied
:20:35. > :20:36.around far too easily in thd world of football. But Barnsley's Norman
:20:37. > :20:40.Rimmington is someone who properly deserves the title. Norman hs one of
:20:41. > :20:43.the nominees for a Football League Unsung Hero award ` and aftdr 6
:20:44. > :20:45.years in the Tykes' service, we say he fully deserves it. Nathan Lord
:20:46. > :20:55.has been to meet him. # Cos he gets up in the morning
:20:56. > :21:00.# And he goes to work at night. # And he comes back home at 5:3 .
:21:01. > :21:03.# Gets the same train every time... #.
:21:04. > :21:07.Meet Norman Rimmington, the most loyal man in football. He's 90 years
:21:08. > :21:10.of age and he's still working as kit man for his beloved Barnslex.
:21:11. > :21:16.# And he's, oh, so good. And he's, oh, so fine.
:21:17. > :21:26.And he's, oh, so healthy. # In his body and his mind... #
:21:27. > :21:32.Good lad. How are you? Mmm. I'm all right. I've got me minion, haven't
:21:33. > :21:38.I? Nah, you don't talk to us on a Monday. Just ignore us. I whll this
:21:39. > :21:50.Monday for you. # A well`respected man about town...
:21:51. > :21:53.#. Norman signed for the Reds `s a
:21:54. > :21:57.goalkeeper during the wartile league in 1946 after leaving his job as a
:21:58. > :22:01.fitter down in the pits. I was 3 years of age when I started here. We
:22:02. > :22:04.had the training session, and my job was to evade incoming forwards. So
:22:05. > :22:08.they came at you and tried to eat you. Corner kicks and everything.
:22:09. > :22:11.They just went to eat you, xou know? A lot more physical. I think it s
:22:12. > :22:18.better that they seem to protect the goalkeeper so much nowadays. It s
:22:19. > :22:20.far better than being hit. @fter a dislocated shoulder, two broken
:22:21. > :22:24.metatarsals, five broken fingers, and a broken leg, Norman decided it
:22:25. > :22:30.was time to hang his boots tp in 1952. But that didn't stop him from
:22:31. > :22:35.working at his club. For thd last 62 years, he's gone on to do jtst about
:22:36. > :22:46.every job at Oakwell. I was player, coach, groundsman, and physho. And
:22:47. > :22:49.kit man. So I've done 'em all. Nowadays, Norman spends most of his
:22:50. > :22:53.time at the club in here, the laundry room. This is where all the
:22:54. > :22:56.work is done. But it is the glory days on the pitch he likes to
:22:57. > :22:59.remember. What about these, Norman? How have goalkeepers' gloves changed
:23:00. > :23:05.since when you started? I ndver wore them. Never? No. We never h`d
:23:06. > :23:09.gloves. The only pair I had, my mother knitted them. And if it was
:23:10. > :23:16.raining, they were bloody useless anyway. But, no, they all wdar them
:23:17. > :23:21.now. Everybody wears them, don't they? It must've stung your hand,
:23:22. > :23:31.though, when the ball hit your hand. Well, aye. That's why I broke my
:23:32. > :23:34.fingers. My fondest memory, I have so many, I should think when we got
:23:35. > :23:38.two promotions, with Allan Clarke, and then when we went into the
:23:39. > :23:48.second division, and then of course the old team in the Premier League
:23:49. > :23:56.with Danny. They were great times, you know. But we've had rough times
:23:57. > :24:05.as well. I've seen, in my thme, 27 managers, which is ridiculots,
:24:06. > :24:11.really. He's a great lad. Hd knows the job. He has to work with what
:24:12. > :24:17.he's got, though, hasn't it? He s not a magician. He is the f`bric of
:24:18. > :24:19.the club, and without him hdre, I would've lost myself, because over
:24:20. > :24:25.the years we've been togethdr, we would be lost without him. Not so
:24:26. > :24:30.sure he would say the same the other way around, but there you go. He's
:24:31. > :24:38.been fantastic, and the amotnt of high regard he is held wih `ll the
:24:39. > :24:43.players and all the staff as well. He is tremendous. It's good to have
:24:44. > :24:46.someone like that around. Wd call him the "Barnsley legend", "Mr
:24:47. > :24:49.Barnsley". Someone with expdrience. He still comes in every day, first
:24:50. > :24:53.in and last to leave. He's magnificent. When you have someone
:24:54. > :24:56.day in and day out for that long, it gives you a boost to come in
:24:57. > :25:00.yourself and get on with yotr job. If he's coming in at night, what
:25:01. > :25:04.excuse do we have? Does he offer you some tactical advice? Yes. Dvery
:25:05. > :25:08.Monday morning he gives me ` rollicking. LAUGHS. Yes, he does.
:25:09. > :25:12.Not just now. When I first stepped into management when I came here, he
:25:13. > :25:15.was a tremendous help as well. I think from that point of vidw, he's
:25:16. > :25:19.never changed. He'll still offer us great words of wisdom, from my point
:25:20. > :25:23.of view, and the rest of thd staff as well. Do you agree with lost of
:25:24. > :25:26.his tactics? You have to. H`ve you seen the size of his hands? I had a
:25:27. > :25:32.chance to go to Southampton, Norwich, I could have gone with
:25:33. > :25:36.Allan Clarke to Leeds. He bdgged me to go with him, but I said no. I
:25:37. > :25:41.said, "I'm not interested". So I didn't go anywhere. I stayed here,
:25:42. > :25:45.cos I love Barnsley, and Was brought up in Barnsley. I've lived `t
:25:46. > :25:51.Barnsley my whole life, and I've watched Barnsley. And I've
:25:52. > :25:58.dedicated... Well, it's been my life, hasn't it? At Barnslex all my
:25:59. > :26:02.life. Every football club ndeds a Norman. Absolutely brilliant
:26:03. > :26:07.character. Chris, he's more than just a kit man. He's the cltb, isn't
:26:08. > :26:17.he? I don't think you can s`y enough about Rimmo. What a charactdr. I owe
:26:18. > :26:20.him a lot from when I was a young player. A great help to all the
:26:21. > :26:23.players. Young players, all the players, and like Danny said, the
:26:24. > :26:28.managers over the years as well Fantastic fella. A real good
:26:29. > :26:32.football man, and a gentlem`n. A proper Barnsley man. He's lhke a
:26:33. > :26:37.special adviser to Danny Wilson Was he like that in your ear? On Monday
:26:38. > :26:41.morning, if you were on a downer or a low, you would walk in to Norman
:26:42. > :26:46.and see him, and always walk out on a high. He'll always put a smile on
:26:47. > :26:51.your face. He would always say it the way it was, but in his own way,
:26:52. > :26:56.but we all loved him. And e`ch and every football club, didn't we,
:26:57. > :26:59.Chris? Much revered. It's good as well for the younger players to have
:27:00. > :27:03.a bit of history about the place, and learn about the football club
:27:04. > :27:05.they are playing for. It puts a different slant on it for the
:27:06. > :27:09.younger players. Sometimes they should go and ask Rimmo for his
:27:10. > :27:12.advice. They may not take it, but every wee bit of advice helps you.
:27:13. > :27:16.He's a great character to h`ve around the place. It is gre`t to see
:27:17. > :27:19.him and how fit and well he's looking. He's worthy of that
:27:20. > :27:22.accolade, if he gets the aw`rd. Chris, will we still hear your voice
:27:23. > :27:26.booming around the corridors at 90? I'd love to look as fit as Rimmo
:27:27. > :27:29.does when I'm 90, yeah. Lovd to Incredible character. More clubs
:27:30. > :27:31.should have a Norman Rimmington because they are the fabric of
:27:32. > :27:37.football, and particularly the football league.
:27:38. > :27:42.What is coming up? We have plenty on this week. On Tuesday in thd
:27:43. > :27:44.Championship, it's a tough one for Barnsley, with league leaders
:27:45. > :27:47.Leicester the visitors. Doncaster Rovers play Watford, and Ledds face
:27:48. > :27:50.Brian McDermott's old side, Reading. Could be a pivotal game, th`t. On
:27:51. > :27:55.Wednesday, the Owls travel to Wembley`bound Wigan. In League One,
:27:56. > :27:59.Bradford go to Colchester, `nd Rotherham are at Oldham. Both of
:28:00. > :28:03.those games on Tuesday. The next night, Sheffield United try to make
:28:04. > :28:06.it ten wins in a row at homd to Carlisle. In League Two,
:28:07. > :28:08.Chesterfield are at Wimbledon. York are at Mansfield, and Scunthorpe at
:28:09. > :28:18.home to Southend, all on Tudsday. As ever, live commentary, rdports
:28:19. > :28:19.and everything else on the games involving our teams will be covered
:28:20. > :28:27.on your local BBC Radio station And a quick mention too for the BBC
:28:28. > :28:30.iPlayer. Late Kick Off everx week ` all week, if you like ` with all the
:28:31. > :28:36.other regional editions avahlable for the next seven days. My thanks
:28:37. > :28:41.to John and to Chris. Enjoy your football this week, wherever you are
:28:42. > :28:47.watching it, and we will sed you again next Monday night. Good night.