Odds & Sods

Fletch plays rough on the training pitch, and Jacquie discovers Patrick's secret, but will she buy his lies? Plus, Phil is caught out in a blunder with new signing Mendosa, until Tara saves the day.

Tara Keane is introduced into the club as the sexy new HUTV sports presenter. She is smart, good looking, and very intelligent, and has just completed a media degree. She instantly becomes a hit with the players, but she is eventually won over by Marcel!

Jacqui over hears Patrick on the phone, he is doubling his bet on Harchester being relegated to One Millions pounds. Jacqui approaches Patrick about this and he assures her that it is just an insurance policy, so that if the worst did come to the worst Patrick would still have a nice nest egg to fall back on. Jacqui wants to believe Patrick but she is unsure and therefore keeps this from Phil.

Mendoza arrives in Harchester, and he lives up to his temperamental reputation. The Physio, however, tells Patrick not to let Mendoza near a ball, in their first training session with him, which is also to be a day for the press. Patrick takes a calculated risk and knowing what Fletch will rub him up the wrong way puts Mendoza on the pitch with Fletch and a ball. After a bad tackle, Mendoza is rushed to hospital with knee injuries that will ensure he is out of the game for at least a year. Mendoza does an exclusive interview with Tara stating that it was the fault of Patrick Doyle. Jacqui is desperate for this story as it provides all the ammunition that is needed to expose Patrick and his bet.

After sacking the old physio, Harchester need a replacement, and one is found in Abi. Fletch does not like the idea of Abi working so close with his team mates. He gets very jealous, but Abi tells Fletch that she is just going to have to trust him.

Meanwhile with all the upset and the realisation that things might not turn out well for Harchester at the end of the season, Jacqui sets about investing their final Two Millions pounds in property, a Villa in Spain. But when she goes to draw the money out, she finds out that Phil has already spent it on Mendoza. This changes everything, Jacqui stops the Mendoza interview going to air, and she eventually hands over her necklace that Phil brought her costing half-a-million, and she tells him to place the necklace on as a bet against Harchester staying in the Premiership. Patrick is delighted that he now has the chairman's wife working with him!

Notes:

First appearance of Tara Keane

Soundtrack: DJ Tiesto: "Flight" and “Battleship Grey”, Chicane: "Offshore", The Space Cowboy: "I Would Die 4 U", Moony: "Dove (I'll be Loving You)", Corey Taylor: "Bother", Spunge: "Ego", Coldplay: "The Scientist", Orbital: "Chime", Blow Monkeys: "La Passionara"

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