Truth Or Dare

Publicly humiliated after a disastrous fan forum, Phil finally discovers that Patrick has been working against him. Meanwhile, it seems Tash and Robbie are destined for trouble.

It's been 7 whole games since Harchester have recorded their first win, and most of the blame is being left on Phil Wallis' door, the Harchester Chairman. Phil, who is being interviewed by Sky Sports explains how he has set up a fans forum, so the fans can ask questions and find out more about how the club is being run. While this is going on, Curtis walks in on the camera and is called over. He ends up telling the reporter how he is unsettled at Harchester after the recent rape allegations.

Tara cannot wait for the fans forum. She explains how it will be her first ever live broadcast. When Jacqui hears Phil and Tara talking about this and being friendly, she automatically shows she is jealous. She tries to persuade Phil to stop the fan forum until the fuss has died down but Phil is having none of it.

Meanwhile the boys are all leaving the changing room for training, still sitting there though is Curtis. Stuart, the coach, explains to him that he should try to get on with his life but he replies by telling Stuart that he cannot stay at Harchester because even the Chairman has stitched him up. He joins in with training but does not have a good time. Patrick notices and mentions it to Stuart. The coach tells Patrick how Curtis' head is in a different place and mentions the whole thing with the Chairman stitching him up. After hearing this Patrick flees to his office. It is there he finds Jacqui. Jacqui tells Patrick to go easy on Phil at the press conference but he does not give an answer.

After training, Abi persuades Karl that they will throw a dinner party for the whole team. When Jacqui hears the only people on the panel is Phil and Patrick she worries. She tells Phil that he should get some star names down so not all the questions will be about how he is running the club. She then goes and tells Tara to go home as she is being given the day off, even after all the hard work she has put in for the fans forum, she is being sent home. Phil confronts Patrick about inviting some players and the manager agrees, saying that it's a great idea. Tash confronts Robbie telling him she has got him a dazzle hair gel advert, for tomorrow morning. Robbie decides to ask her if Jamie is coming back soon, she says yes and then leaves, completely avoiding the conversation. Abi is now on the prowl looking for guests for her party. She eventually persuades Nikki, who was reluctant because she has not settled things with Curtis. Sandra is asked but she is busy. Nikki finds out that Tara has been taken off the fans forum so she invites her to the party. Abi has now found Tash. Tash explains that a party is not a party without a theme, so she volunteers to help Abi out with it. Karl comes home to find his house has been turned into Morocco. Marcel is the first to say how he is very impressed with the decorating.

Back at the club, the fans forum is starting. Patrick invites along a player… Curtis. Phil tells Curtis that everything between those two should be kept quiet and that tonight is about the club but Curtis does no give reassurance that he will stay quiet. Back at the Fletcher's, the party is dead, Tara is very drunk. The fan forum begins and Phil begins his speech. He explains his aims for the club and how he is looking to aim high. When one of the fans asks why Harchester have struggled getting hold of quality strikers, Patrick shuns the blame onto Phil. The fans are no happy. Everyone at the party is waiting for Curtis but he is not turning up… At the fans forum one of the fans asks if he had the support of the club during his rape allegation and he explains how he only had support off Patrick and that Phil held evidence that could have had him released. Jacqui tells Phil to get off the subject and talk about the football. The party is still not kicking off so Fletch decides to play a game of Truth or Dare. As the game begins Tara runs upstairs to be sick. Stuart decides to leave as well, he comes upstairs to see Tara watching the fans forum and the shambles it is in. Patrick once again blames the transfer dealings on Phil. Patrick explains how Mendoza was not his buy and Phil was the one who wanted him. The truth or dare question is taking place and Marcel asks Robbie if he has ever been in love. Fletch spills out how he knows he has and is in love… With a married women. Everyone tries to find out who it is so he ends up saying ‘Dare' and takes the raff. When the boys find out he has a hair gel advert they dye his hair. As everyone leaves the party, Abi is not happy with Fletch, but as Tara down the stairs and leaves the house, all she can do is laugh, and they end up hugging and making up.

At the fans forum, the fans are furious, and Phil is getting stressed. He explains how Harchester is his life and he bleeds purple blood. He is told that if he loves the football club as much as he says he does, he should resign. At that point Jacqui shuts down the forum and takes it off air. Phil is furious at Patrick and asks why he hung him out to dry. He explains how he needs to run this football club seriously.

It's the next day and Robbie turns up at Tash's. When Tash realizes that Fletch and his buddies had dyed his hair pink, she is not happy. At the club, Tara shows Phil the Mendoza video where Roberto blames Patrick for the accident. Mr Wallis is furious that he wasn't shown this earlier. Phil tells Jacqui that Patrick is not their friend. Meanwhile, Nikki apoligises to Curtis and they make up. At The Barons, after another wash, the hair is still exactly the same. Tash has an idea though. When they get to the shoot, in the stadium, Robbie comes out with his hair dyed once again, into a purple, to show his commitment to Harchester United. Phil meanwhile shows Jeff Stein the Mendoza video. It is now Jeff's turn to be furious as Mendoza was his player. Jeff tells Phil not to go straight to Patrick as the manager is to clever, he tells Phil that they need more evidence, he tells him to get hold of the old pyhsio, Trevor, and the physio at Real Madrid. The photoshoot goes well and both Tash and Robbie are pleased with thre results. Jeff, Tash's father has some bad news though. He tells her that Jamie won't be home for afew more months because he is not recovering as first thought. Tash is distraught.

Meanwhile, Jacqui tells Patrick that Phil is on his way to see Trevor the physio. Patrick rings Trevor and tells him that if he tells Phil anything he will make sure that he never works in football again. He also says that if he doesn't tell Phil anything, he'll be given a nice club in the South of France to work at to get his career back on track. Phil tells Jeff that Trevor only had good things to say about Patrick. He starts to believe that maybe the whole thing is blown out of proportion, after all, why would a manaher want to injure one of his own players? It's then that Jeff tells Phil how Patrick is part of the consortium and how he wants the club off Phil. Phil is furious and charges into Patrick's office asking for answers. He tells the manager that he doesn't think there is trust between the two of them and he tells Patrick that they should part company.

Tash is devastated. Robbie tells her that he will look after her, they kiss and once again, the affair begins… Fletch gets home from the club and finds out Tash's baby is round at his house. He is not happy and takes the baby back round, he goes into the house and he cannot hear anyone home. He takes the baby into the bedroom to see Tash in the same bed as Robbie. Patrick, back at the club, waits for Jacqui and tells her that he has been sacked. He explains how he is lucky as Jacqui can help Patrick keep his job. He tells Jacqui that if he gets sacked he'll tell the world about her bet, he won't get in trouble, as there is no proof. Patrick owns Jacqui.

Notes:

Soundtrack: Destiny's Child: "Independent Women Part I", Oasis: "Born on a Different Cloud", Toploader: "Stupid Games" and "Following the Sun", Supergrass: "Rush Hour Soal", “Can’t Get Up” and “Za”, Morcheeba: "Public Displays of Affection", Kansai: "Rococco", The Thrillseekers: "Escape", Underworld: "Luetin", Oxide & Neutrino: "Shoot 2 Kill"

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