Season 6 Episode 21

Episode 281

 

Sky One Transmission Date:

Sunday 2nd March 2003

 

Directed By

Alan Dossor

Stuart, Curtis

 

Suzanne, Tara

 

Fletch, Ryan

 

Doyle’s run

GS: Suzanne Simons (Alexandra Lilley)  Lawyer (Tom Keller)  Doctor (Laila Vakil)  FA Official (Ken Bradshaw)  Dave Jones (as himself)  Anna Botting (as herself)  Jeremy Langdon (as himself)  Hope Parker (Olivia Sofie Newman)

 

As the fans hold their protest outside the club, Nikki and Tara try and find Phil who is still inside. They find him in the boardroom collapsed from an overdose, while Tara pockets the tape from the camera. They get him to the hospital where the overdose is reversed, and Suzanne recognises Tara, asking her to pass on any info she has. Tara watches Phil's tape at home and runs Suzanne's offer through her mind.

 

Patrick finds a sinister man waiting in his room, who represents the clients he has placed the bet with. With Patrick out of the manager's role, the lawyer tells Doyle his clients will be buying the club as insurance, only he has to convince Phil to sell to them, having already bet his life on this! When Stuart yells at her for asking for an interview in the dressing room, Tara feels more unappreciated by the club and contacts Suzanne. Giving her the tape, Tara asks for a meeting with her editor regarding a job.

 

Patrick offers Jeff a much-needed commission if he persuades Phil to sell to “buyers” he’s found for the club. Suzanne sets Tara a task to prove she would last on Fleet Street, by finding who the player was that tested positive on the secret drugs test. Patrick orders Jacqui to persuade Phil to sell - adding if she doesn't the people he placed the bet with will kill them. Stuart is suspicious when Tara asks about the drugs test, and why Curtis isn't playing. Ryan lets slip to Tara that Fletch is not out because of a bad back, but has been training in the physio room wearing bin bags.

 

With Curtis out, Fletch knows he's got to get himself on the pitch, which Abi is dead against. Jacqui manages to convince Phil to sell the club, but then reveals it is to contacts of Patrick’s. Officials from the FA arrive which is all Abi needs. Jeff gets a shock when Phil comes face to face with Doyle and the lawyer, and tells him he is banned from the club for betraying him. Phil then turns to the lawyer and says he will never sell to anyone associated with Doyle. Patrick makes a quick getaway with the heavies after him. As the team celebrates their win, Fletch is taken aside by the FA official. Doyle makes it out of the club and blends into the leaving crowds.

 

Notes:

 

Best Known For: Amongst his career, Tom Keller's credits include "Bad Girls" (2002), “The Ten Commandments” (2006), "Wire in the Blood" (2 episodes, 2008), "The Borgias" (2 eps, 2013), "Back to Life" (2 eps, 2021), "Pennyworth" (1 ep, 2022) and "The Gold" (1 ep, 2025)

 

Foreshadowing: Patrick talks of how the FA will find documents he left behind revealing bungs were paid to agents during a previous transfer (6.24 Hit & Run)

 

Continuity: When Phil wishes Nikki had left him to die, as the club and Jacqui were everything to him, Nikki is offended, and talks of how she had to carry on when Stevie died. And when Gary was injured, he just had to keep going.

 

What Was The Score?: With Fletch’s goal it is 1-1 when Paolo Di Canio scores. When Peter Mack is fouled by Scott Minto, Harchester are awarded a penalty which Ryan takes, and scores.

 

Soundtrack: 1 Giant Leap: "My Culture",  Fatboy Slim: "Right Here, Right Now",  Feeder: "Summer's Gone",  Armand Van Helden: "Necessary Evil",  Org Lounge: "Une Femme De La Mystique"

 

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