:00:39. > :00:42.This week we've followed the sunshine to the
:00:43. > :00:46.an area quietly emerging as a hotbed of Premier League football.
:00:47. > :00:48.Tonight, we delve inside three of the region's clubs
:00:49. > :00:55.Brighton have travelled from the brink to the big time
:00:56. > :00:59.We join next season's Premier League new boys as they prepare
:01:00. > :01:01.for their first season in the top-flight
:01:02. > :01:03.With Bournemouth securing their Premier League
:01:04. > :01:07.we talk to their king of the assist, Charlie Daniels,
:01:08. > :01:09.about his and the club's journey from the lower leagues.
:01:10. > :01:11.And we've gathered together three Southampton legends
:01:12. > :01:17.But first, we take a look back at what proved to be a pivotal
:01:18. > :01:34.COMMENTATOR: Back in... Chelsea cannot win the title this weekend
:01:35. > :01:39.but tonight, Tottenham have surely lost it.
:01:40. > :01:51.COMMENTATOR: What a strike from the Manchester City skipper! Space here
:01:52. > :01:55.for Raheem Sterling... Kevin De Bruyne with it, looking for a touch,
:01:56. > :01:57.and there is the touch, for Nicolas Otamendi. Crystal Palace cannot
:01:58. > :02:14.relax just yet. COMMENTATOR: In from Larsson,
:02:15. > :02:18.Jermain Defoe is there and he has bundled it in! That might be the
:02:19. > :02:21.goal that ultimately takes Hull down with Sunderland.
:02:22. > :02:32.COMMENTATOR: Knocked up towards Fernando Llorente! That is huge for
:02:33. > :02:39.Swansea, their fate is their own to decide, two to play, if they win
:02:40. > :02:41.them both, they stay up act or real -- if they win them both, they stay
:02:42. > :02:50.up! COMMENTATOR: Claiming handball, big
:02:51. > :02:56.call, lucky break for Liverpool... But it is handball. Can James Milner
:02:57. > :03:01.fire Liverpool in front, he cannot! It is saved!
:03:02. > :03:12.COMMENTATOR: Granit Xhaka will have a go from there... Danny Welbeck,
:03:13. > :03:13.2-0! The race for the Champions League place again for Arsene
:03:14. > :03:30.Wenger. COMMENTATOR: Fabregas... Did not get
:03:31. > :03:36.there, Diego Costa did, and the top scorer has just calmed the nerves
:03:37. > :03:45.inside Stamford Bridge. Fabregas, Nemanja Matic! Chelsea are one win
:03:46. > :03:47.away from the title. Complete contrast in a motion for
:03:48. > :03:48.Middlesbrough, they are relegated from the Premier League for the
:03:49. > :04:05.fourth time. -- emotion. So Chelsea just need a win away
:04:06. > :04:07.against West Bromwich Albion this Friday night to secure
:04:08. > :04:11.the Premier League title. Can Antonio Conte lift a trophy
:04:12. > :04:13.in his first season in England or can serial fun-spoiler Tony Pulis
:04:14. > :04:16.ruin the party and leave the champagne on ice
:04:17. > :04:18.for another weekend? Joining Chelsea in the Premier
:04:19. > :04:24.League next season will be who finished second
:04:25. > :04:27.in the Championship after narrowly They haven't played in the top
:04:28. > :04:30.division of English the year they lost in the FA
:04:31. > :04:54.Cup Final and were relegated, We are a club that has been knocking
:04:55. > :04:58.on the door of the Premier League for the last five seasons. It is an
:04:59. > :05:02.exciting time for the club, we are looking forward to testing ourselves
:05:03. > :05:05.in the Premier League. The connection with the supporters and
:05:06. > :05:10.the wider community has always been very strong here at macro
:05:11. > :05:40.Lucky hat, each time I wear it, we score. Just amazing, after
:05:41. > :05:44.everything that has happened. Epic. Amazing. We have spent 34 years
:05:45. > :05:51.waiting. It is unbelievable. CHEERING
:05:52. > :05:57.Everybody has always looked at Brighton as a nightclub, people have
:05:58. > :06:01.found out things about Brighton that perhaps in the history of the club
:06:02. > :06:13.they did not know, and that is a good thing.
:06:14. > :06:23.No club ever before has had the imagination to use the modern travel
:06:24. > :06:28.being employed by Brighton today. Welcome to Seagull One, the same
:06:29. > :06:34.helicopter used for the visit of the Pope, any significance? Well, if it
:06:35. > :06:43.is good enough for the Pope, it is good enough for Joe Melia! The FA
:06:44. > :06:48.Cup final, 1983, against Manchester United, first game was amazing, the
:06:49. > :06:56.atmosphere, the crowd, the number of brighten supporters. -- Brighton.
:06:57. > :07:03.COMMENTATOR: Howlett... Smith! It is there! 14 minutes! Stapleton!
:07:04. > :07:06.Manchester United equalised. Wilkins... That's absolutely
:07:07. > :07:13.magnificent! The corner, he has pulled it back to
:07:14. > :07:17.Grealish, little touch for Stevens! 2-2! Gary Stevens equalises! Three
:07:18. > :07:28.minutes remaining. Ball played forward to Robinson,
:07:29. > :07:34.going forward strong... He's inside his own penalty area... Smith...
:07:35. > :07:38.Must score, has not scored, and Bailey has saved it. That was the
:07:39. > :07:42.moment, that was the moment, first time I have been to a cup final, the
:07:43. > :07:49.only time I have been to a cup final! Apart from the replay.
:07:50. > :07:59.COMMENTATOR: Arnold Muren makes it 4-0. -- Arnold Muhren.
:08:00. > :08:04.Very recently we have the 20th anniversary of the last ever game at
:08:05. > :08:08.the Goldstone ground, when Brighton were fighting for their football
:08:09. > :08:13.league lives, the game ended with them winning but the fans tearing up
:08:14. > :08:17.the ground. One week later, they went to Hereford for a relegation
:08:18. > :08:22.decider, had they lost that game, and they were losing, at one stage,
:08:23. > :08:26.they would have been out of the Football League. So, two decades on,
:08:27. > :08:30.to be in the position where we are now is pretty extraordinary. I think
:08:31. > :08:33.it was one of the first times that a club's ownership had almost sold the
:08:34. > :08:37.club from under their own feet behind the backs of the supporters,
:08:38. > :08:42.that sense of betrayal was deeply felt. Not just by the fans, but by
:08:43. > :08:46.the wider football community, because if it could happen to a club
:08:47. > :08:54.like Brighton it could happen to anybody. Incredibly, four motorways
:08:55. > :09:00.to get to a home game! One hour and 20 there, one hour and 20 back, 2000
:09:01. > :09:03.die-hards to watch games at gelling, for Dick Knight got them back to the
:09:04. > :09:08.city, this was their home ground, and then they went to the with Dean
:09:09. > :09:16.Stadium. Not ideal, but it was definitely arrows. I think they sat
:09:17. > :09:20.50 yards away from the pitch. I thought, somebody plays football
:09:21. > :09:24.there, that is where my school sports day is, it was nothing... Now
:09:25. > :09:29.we are here, it is unbelievable. -- Withdean Stadium. No viable eternity
:09:30. > :09:58.to farming exists... I had it painted blue, quite a few
:09:59. > :10:02.years ago now. You have got to back them, you have got to support your
:10:03. > :10:08.local team! Had some great times. I think they've done so well, to get
:10:09. > :10:14.where they are now. The players we have got, they all fitted in. And
:10:15. > :10:15.they are a great team, they really are, it is like a family there,
:10:16. > :10:33.actually. This club has been through a
:10:34. > :10:37.struggle, when you go through a struggle you come through it or you
:10:38. > :10:40.do not. We do not have aspirations to go into the Premier League and
:10:41. > :10:45.take it by storm, we are humble, we have work to do in the summer to
:10:46. > :10:48.improve the facilities, but this training ground is world-class,
:10:49. > :10:52.probable one of the best 34 in the country, those key pieces are in
:10:53. > :10:58.place, we have a very good squad and a very good manager. -- probably one
:10:59. > :10:59.of the best three or four in the country. Everybody's excited to get
:11:00. > :11:18.there and start the work. We will need to strengthen because
:11:19. > :11:23.we are going into the toughest league to play in, but I don't see
:11:24. > :11:27.wholesale changes, we mustn't take away a lot of what we have had, the
:11:28. > :11:31.spirit, the togetherness this season, similar to what we have done
:11:32. > :11:36.in the last few windows. A little bit of quality is needed. The gaffer
:11:37. > :11:39.plays a massive part, never to hire, never too low, that goes for
:11:40. > :11:45.everybody around him and it has worked wonders for us. Tony is a
:11:46. > :11:50.lifelong brighten phone, devoted a vast part of his fortune getting the
:11:51. > :11:55.club ready to be -- ready for the Premier League, he sets the tone, he
:11:56. > :11:58.has ideas about how things should be done and that is reflected through
:11:59. > :12:00.the club. -- never too high, never too low.
:12:01. > :12:05.It is about staying up, if you are able to come away from the first
:12:06. > :12:09.Premier League season and be happy overall, that will be enough. Losing
:12:10. > :12:16.the Goldstone ground, going to gelling, the Withdean Stadium, and
:12:17. > :12:20.coming here, it is just perfect. Go back to the dark days of the
:12:21. > :12:25.Withdean, soaking wet every game that you went to, to come here on
:12:26. > :12:28.this stadium is unbelievable. We model ourselves on Southampton or
:12:29. > :12:32.Stoke City, if we do that, we will be fine. I am so excited, I cannot
:12:33. > :12:39.wait, I am wearing the hat everyday! Seventy six miles as the crow flies
:12:40. > :12:42.along the South Coast from Brighton is AFC Bournemouth,
:12:43. > :12:45.a club who've trodden an equally Eddie Howe's side finished 16th
:12:46. > :12:48.in their inaugural season in the Premier League and look set
:12:49. > :12:51.to improve on that this time around. One of the men who's been with them
:12:52. > :12:54.throughout their extraordinary journey is Charlie Daniels and he's
:12:55. > :13:03.been talking to Caroline De Moreas. Charlie says, always tell your
:13:04. > :13:09.mother when you are going somewhere... You recently major 200
:13:10. > :13:13.appearance for Bournemouth, how did that feel? It was amazing, yeah,
:13:14. > :13:19.didn't actually realise until one week before, when somebody told me.
:13:20. > :13:24.I feel really honoured to have made 200 appearances for Bournemouth, and
:13:25. > :13:30.for us to be in the Premier League, very special. You started your
:13:31. > :13:36.career at Tottenham Academy, was that a great basis for you, because
:13:37. > :13:39.there was incredible talent, yourself, Harry Kane, David Beckham,
:13:40. > :13:46.but before then, you were with Ridgeway Rovers? Semi-players have
:13:47. > :13:50.played there and gone on to be professionals. I don't know what it
:13:51. > :13:55.is, it is around that area, it is very tough, if you want to become a
:13:56. > :14:00.professional, you have to work hard, I am really grateful I have done.
:14:01. > :14:06.COMMENTATOR: Daniels still going, it is four!
:14:07. > :14:18.The core of the squad have been together since League 1, do you
:14:19. > :14:24.think this side is an example of perseverance within the game? I do,
:14:25. > :14:27.and I think it is a credit to the football club as well, for sticking
:14:28. > :14:32.by us, they could have just let us go, you know, could have said,
:14:33. > :14:37.thanks very much, maybe bigger names, we have all come up together,
:14:38. > :14:42.as a whole club, and from that side, it has been fantastic. How important
:14:43. > :14:48.have the goals of Josh King been to the club? Incredibly, he has scored
:14:49. > :14:51.a hell of a lot of goals, he has been settled down, off the pitch, he
:14:52. > :14:58.has a young son and that has helped him. It changes you as a person. His
:14:59. > :15:03.workrate has been unbelievable. He is a very important part of this
:15:04. > :15:06.team. The manager is part of that, what is it like working under Eddie
:15:07. > :15:11.Howe? He has probably been the biggest influence on my career. When
:15:12. > :15:14.we first heard that he was coming in, a couple of the lads that played
:15:15. > :15:19.under him before, they said, he trains you really hard... We are
:15:20. > :15:24.going to improve. We might actually get promoted. I think we was in the
:15:25. > :15:30.relegation zone at that time, so a lot of us thought... It is not going
:15:31. > :15:34.to happen... As soon as he stepped in the door, first training session,
:15:35. > :15:38.high-intensity, very forward attacking thinking and if we did not
:15:39. > :15:44.do that, then we were not playing, as simple as that. Definitely helped
:15:45. > :15:45.me progress as a player, on and off the pitch as well. He comes across
:15:46. > :15:57.as personable. He has said he can lose his cool?
:15:58. > :16:02.Well, that is not pleasant for anyone. He does that for the right
:16:03. > :16:09.reasons, not very often but you will know about it. Bournemouth on 42
:16:10. > :16:14.points and pushing for that top ten finish, how does this season fit
:16:15. > :16:17.into the long-term progression? We have said ever since the gaffer has
:16:18. > :16:24.been here, if we keep improving every year, which we have done, but
:16:25. > :16:28.will improve the club and if we keep doing that hand in hand, there are
:16:29. > :16:34.no limits. Looking to next year, if we can keep the same high levels and
:16:35. > :16:37.improve the squad, hopefully it can continue for a fee more years.
:16:38. > :16:39.Financial stability, a thriving academy and bold
:16:40. > :16:41.managerial appointments have seen Southampton held up as the model
:16:42. > :16:45.But Claude Puel's side have failed to build on last season's sixth
:16:46. > :16:47.place finish under Ronald Koeman and another exodus of
:16:48. > :16:51.We've gathered together three Saints legends to run the rule
:16:52. > :17:14.My name is Jason Dodd, I was lucky enough to play for Southampton 483
:17:15. > :17:18.times. I am Mark Gatiss, I played for five years and was in the 1984
:17:19. > :17:21.squad that finished second in the league. I am Francis Bonaly, I
:17:22. > :17:43.scored one amazing goal! -- Benali. Where do we rank first season of
:17:44. > :17:47.Claude Puel in charge? It is the expectation, get to the Cup Final
:17:48. > :17:52.and finish in eighth place on the table, if that is not a success,
:17:53. > :17:58.that tells you how far the club has come. Mixed feelings, I look at
:17:59. > :18:04.Claude, he has taken over the side, doing quite well in the league but
:18:05. > :18:08.what hurts me is the fact that we are still a feeder club and that is
:18:09. > :18:14.a massive problem. Throughout the years, we have lost huge amounts of
:18:15. > :18:20.players or players have moved on, what sort of side could we have
:18:21. > :18:24.built that we kept them? Amazing, we would be winning the league for many
:18:25. > :18:29.years! We must have so much money in our bank accounts! The players we
:18:30. > :18:34.have sold, and we have not been paying a lot to get players. They
:18:35. > :18:39.want to play in the Champions League so it is not a money issue because
:18:40. > :18:45.they are more than well looked after but they want to be tested and to
:18:46. > :18:50.me, that is hunger for the lads, you cannot want them to go off to play
:18:51. > :18:55.for these big cups because they want to be challenged. From Matt Le
:18:56. > :19:01.Tissier, to Gareth Bale and bridge, the Saints Academy must be the envy
:19:02. > :19:05.of the Premier League. That scouting network was there from years ago and
:19:06. > :19:09.it has gone from strength to strength, we touched on how keeping
:19:10. > :19:15.the players can be a problem but they have churned out that conveyor
:19:16. > :19:20.belt of players... Gareth Bale! If I was a player or a parent, I would
:19:21. > :19:25.want my boy or I would want to be at Southampton as opposed to Chelsea
:19:26. > :19:30.because it is a pathway to the first team. When you look at the other
:19:31. > :19:35.teams, at Arsenal, you would have to be exceptional to get near the first
:19:36. > :19:40.team, that is not say they are not exceptional at Southampton but just
:19:41. > :19:47.means that you have a chance. When will the new crop of fans get their
:19:48. > :19:53.1976? We came so close in 2003, we could not get that extra step to
:19:54. > :19:57.lift the trophy and try to replicate in 1876. That is the next step, but
:19:58. > :20:04.some silverware on the mantelpiece. Be honest, can we do what Lester
:20:05. > :20:09.did? I'm not sure. We will not see that again. Why don't we focus on
:20:10. > :20:17.that? On that silverware to get in there? What a great day, not just
:20:18. > :20:21.for those supporters but everyone, the players and management,
:20:22. > :20:25.everyone. Just brilliant. If I could have a Cup Final every year I would
:20:26. > :20:31.be a happy man. What will make a successful season next year? Keeping
:20:32. > :20:38.hold of the best players and that includes Bertrand, in the top half,
:20:39. > :20:45.with some silverware and we will be happy. Somebody without any
:20:46. > :20:50.management upheaval or players leaving. But we need to invest, the
:20:51. > :20:56.club has got some money so which direction to be want to go? Can we
:20:57. > :21:04.win something? That is a fantastic place to be. Talk to me about South
:21:05. > :21:08.Coast football. It has been coming up for a long time, Brighton first
:21:09. > :21:15.and foremost. I fancy them to stay up. Good backers and good management
:21:16. > :21:19.and I think they will do well. For the south coast to have three sides
:21:20. > :21:23.in the Premier League is great for this region. It builds that rivalry
:21:24. > :21:27.more as well. I think there will be some great games and I am looking
:21:28. > :21:31.forward to all of the side is doing well. None more so than Southampton,
:21:32. > :21:34.we are a little bit biased! Good luck to all South Coast
:21:35. > :21:37.clubs for the rest of And if you think it's tense
:21:38. > :21:40.in the Premier League, the stakes are just as high
:21:41. > :21:43.in the fantasy world. Nathan Caton tells us what it takes
:21:44. > :22:01.to become a Fantasy Football Fergie. Do I play Fantasy Football? Of
:22:02. > :22:05.course! I never used to but I thought of Andre Villas-Boas can
:22:06. > :22:09.manage in real life, I must be able to do that in fantasy! Fantasy
:22:10. > :22:14.Football has to be one of the most frustrating things I have endured
:22:15. > :22:19.and I am an England fan! We spend the entire summer baking and the
:22:20. > :22:25.perfect job, spending ?100 million, I once spent ?25 in costs go for
:22:26. > :22:32.some condom is because I thought it was a bargain! The price for some
:22:33. > :22:40.players is ridiculous. ?11 million for Sanchez. Ten for Eden Hazard?
:22:41. > :22:48.But Claudio Bravo? You would be lucky to get five! You plan and plan
:22:49. > :22:54.the team and the next thing, the summer is gone and you are missing
:22:55. > :22:59.important dates in your life. Sorry, mum, I will make up your birthday
:23:00. > :23:05.next year! The season rolls around and you have the perfect squad. I
:23:06. > :23:13.say perfect, more like the perfect 11. Working out some things, talking
:23:14. > :23:21.to the players and agents. Stephen Ward, golden. Why would you include
:23:22. > :23:28.Stephen Ward? After all much graft, the perfect 11, Pogba, Ibrahimovic,
:23:29. > :23:33.should win the league easily, right? Then comes the most difficult and
:23:34. > :23:42.most important bit- naming the team. Not a normal name, new owners to? It
:23:43. > :23:53.must be a football pun, men behaving Chudleigh. You have the squad,
:23:54. > :23:59.happy? A thing so until the end of week one and you panic and you
:24:00. > :24:03.attempted to play the wild card. They should be a transfer deadline
:24:04. > :24:08.in Fantasy Football, it might look something like this. I am outside
:24:09. > :24:13.Nathan Caton's bother's us, we believe he is inside working on a
:24:14. > :24:20.free transfer to swap the Walton with Michael Cain and he said,
:24:21. > :24:27.Swansea keep conceding, man, costing me points. What a head of transfers
:24:28. > :24:30.is if you take the player out of the team you know they will start
:24:31. > :24:37.performing. I learnt this the hard way, after his first season at
:24:38. > :24:41.Spurs, I had Harry Kane then he didn't score the first four against
:24:42. > :24:45.the next season and I took him out! Harry Kane! The worst is when you
:24:46. > :24:57.support teams and players you normally cannot stand. Pass! Get in!
:24:58. > :25:06.Diego Costa! Getting, my captain! Gosh! I feel so dirty! Or that
:25:07. > :25:11.frustration and Agony and from what? I had a mate got into the top 15 in
:25:12. > :25:16.the world and what did you get? A pen and a key ring. In the last nine
:25:17. > :25:20.months I have missed my mother 's birthday, my anniversary of my
:25:21. > :25:25.girlfriend and the birth of my first child for a pen and a key ring,
:25:26. > :25:26.although we do like a good key ring. Get out! I must sort my team for the
:25:27. > :25:31.weekend! Go! Nathan, we're backing
:25:32. > :25:32.you all the way. There's ten days left
:25:33. > :25:34.of the Premier League season and nothing should be taken
:25:35. > :25:37.for granted - not even the title! With Champions League places and one
:25:38. > :25:40.relegation spot still up for grabs, there are still plenty of teams
:25:41. > :26:16.with everything to play for. And here are the key games to look
:26:17. > :26:19.out for before the season's end. Will Chelsea seal the title before
:26:20. > :26:25.Tottenham kick another ball? At the bottom, can Swansea
:26:26. > :26:27.continue their remarkable recovery, condemning Hull City or maybe even
:26:28. > :26:29.Crystal Palace to Championship football next year alongside
:26:30. > :26:31.Middlesbrough and Sunderland? And don't forget that huge FA
:26:32. > :26:33.Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea to round the season off
:26:34. > :26:37.live on the BBC. And you can keep track
:26:38. > :26:40.of all the Premier League twists and turns online,
:26:41. > :26:42.on the radio and on TV across the BBC over
:26:43. > :26:45.the next two weekends. That's all from us here
:26:46. > :27:01.at the Premier League Welcome to The Premier League
:27:02. > :27:08.Show... We are in lovely Leicester with very special guests. Welcome to
:27:09. > :27:14.New York. Fancy seeing you here! We are going Dutch! Everybody is
:27:15. > :27:17.different. After you! Manchester United sold players that I would
:27:18. > :27:24.never sell and bought players I would never buy! Three goals? We
:27:25. > :27:32.have a couple of pictures of you! Good to see you. Beautiful. He is
:27:33. > :27:38.very happy to stay with us and fight for the title. I would give him
:27:39. > :27:43.another three years... To get to the level of Ronaldo and Lionel Messi
:27:44. > :27:58.you must work exceptionally hard. You are an Olympian? You are? I
:27:59. > :28:07.think he has broken out! Were at the Etihad Stadium. All right? I am
:28:08. > :28:11.surplus to requirements. At my parent club. I would not want to be
:28:12. > :28:15.a manager if I changed what I believe in. There is a great
:28:16. > :28:19.opportunity to come here and work with the best in the world. You
:28:20. > :28:28.cannot write a Song and think, this will sound good in a football
:28:29. > :28:34.stadium? You can! He was crackers! The players were not happy. If I
:28:35. > :28:39.could see another person doing what I do, I would think, is he crazy? If
:28:40. > :28:47.you think this is a holiday it will not work. Will we finish in Arizona?
:28:48. > :28:53.Good to see you. I am a human being first. Definitely not Liverpool in
:28:54. > :29:00.the top. That job affects everything. Do you ever lose it?
:29:01. > :29:03.What do you think? Thank you very much, from the bottom of your heart!
:29:04. > :29:08.If you lie your whole life, you cannot escape.