Season 6 Episode 25 Episode 285 Sky One Transmission Date: Sunday 30th March 2003 Directed By David Holroyd

David, Pilar Alan, Yvonne Jennifer, Clyde Alan, Fletch

GS: Pilar Hernandez (Marem Hernandez) David Douglas (Richard Derrington) Linzie Ferguson (Emma Gill) Yvonne Allardyce (Joanne Farrell) Committee Chairman (David Griffith) Dave Clark (as himself) Jeremy Langdon (as himself) Hope Parker (Olivia Sofie Newman) Following events in Majorca seeing him miss the game they lost 3-0, Phil has to tell Stuart his time as manager is at an end. Phil meets with a potential new manager and tells him he is a big fan. It is only Alan Rothman who lays down his terms, including bringing his PA Jennifer Taylor, but still won't commit until he knows the FA hearing outcome won’t make relegation inevitable. When Rothman turns up at training, Fletch informs Curtis he hated his guts the last time he was here. At the hearing, Pilar explains Jeff transferring one-million-pounds into her bank account as simply being her fee for the scouting operation. After discharging himself from hospital, Ryan refuses to go home with Stuart as he is living in Clyde's flat now. Jennifer sees Alan off on his Monte Carlo golf tournament, but when he leaves his passport behind she runs after the car, and finds Sky Sports reporter Yvonne Allardyce is accompanying Alan. Phil makes his move and asks Nikki out for a drink with him, which she gladly agrees, but she is let down when Pilar brings news that Roberto will go to the press unless he gets the missing million. They know that only Tash can get through to Jeff. When Ryan learns the manager's job has been taken away from his dad, he gets worked up and bursts his stitches in the process. Tash learns about Jeff's secret million for the first time when Phil informs her, and she demands her dad gives it back or he will never see she or Hope again. Yvonne shares with Alan that word has reached her colleagues that Mendoza has stitched the club up with a new statement detailing bungs. Alan is furious that he thought it was safe to join, and yells at Phil to sort it out! As Harchester go 1-up against Man City, Nikki finds Phil reading the FA's faxed statement. They will be deducting Harchester six points, so it doesn't matter how many goals Fletch scores, they are going down. Notes: Return of Alan Rothman (Glen Murphy) last seen in 5.3 Revenge Is Mine. First appearance of Jennifer Taylor (Danielle Brent) Pilar Hernandez (Marem Hernandez) returns as a regular character in 7.1 Groundhog Day. Best Known For: Joanne Farrell appeared in “Loved By You” (2 eps, 1998), Sgt. Debbie Britten in “Waking the Dead” (2 eps, 2001), in all her soapy-glory as villainess (The Fake) Sarah-Jane Harvey in more than 100 episodes of “Crossroads” (2001), firefighter Nicky Higgins in “Steel River Blues” (3 eps, 2004), with DT-alumni in “Days That Shook the World” (1 ep, 2005) and “The Rocky Horror Tribute Show” (2006) Danielle Brent became well known for her regular roles as Gina Patrick in “Hollyoaks” for four years (1997-2001), and again villainess, Natalie Buxton in “Bad Girls” for 30 episodes (2004-06). She has also starred in the films “Shifty” (2008), “Cockneys vs Zombies” (2012), “Welcome to the Punch” (2013), “Top Dog” (2014) and “Stoner Express” (2016) The Best: Fletch getting an unexpected surprise that Rothman is making him captain. Continuity: Rothman remembers Nikki and Sandra in his usual non-PC way: “Those two dumb blondes still running the chairman’s office”. While addressing the team pre-match with those who played for him before will know what he says, to which Fletch and Sully respond “Keep it simple”. What Was The Score?: The Harchester v. Manchester City game ends in a 2-0 win for the Dragons, with both goals from Fletch. Soundtrack: David Gray: "Freedom", Archive: "Again", Bowling 4 Soup: "Girl All The Bad Guys Want", DJ Tiesto: "Magik Journey", Chris Coco & Peter Green: "Albatross", Tom Mcrae: "Human Remains", Leftfield: "Release the Pressure" <<SE06 EP24 | Season 6 Main Page | SE06 EP26>>