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00:00to prove that cricket wasn't just for the elite.
00:02It's who this, isn't it?
00:04By creating a team like no other in his hometown of Preston.
00:07What has he got us wearing?
00:09Well, that's a shot of me.
00:10Over the course of a turbulent season...
00:12Seriously, I'm getting f***ed off with you.
00:14...and an overseas cricket tour to India...
00:16We're all going to find out something about ourselves, me included.
00:19Freddie changed the lives of his unlikely team in more ways than one.
00:23We can do this, all right? Yeah.
00:25We're all here for you.
00:26Inspired by the success of the lads from Preston...
00:29Are you messing?
00:31Freddie now wants to see if he can expand the project...
00:33That's a shot.
00:34...and begin a Field of Dreams cricket league...
00:36That's safe, yeah.
00:37Yeah, get a sense out of your depth.
00:39...with the hope of reaching even more kids across the UK.
00:42No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:43Not one bit of that is fun of.
00:45So far, he's started to build a girls' team in Blackpool...
00:49I see why my mum fancies Freddie.
00:52Why?
00:54No, no, no, no!
00:55...and has struggled to control his boys' team in Liverpool.
00:59Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi!
01:01You can't do that. Seriously, you can't do that.
01:03But despite the challenges, Freddie threw them into their first-ever cricket match.
01:07What a small thing!
01:09Right!
01:10Which they lost to the lads from Preston.
01:13What happened there?
01:15If we can just keep him engaged, he's got a chance.
01:19But it could all fall apart just as quick.
01:21Plan for tonight, everyone will bowl, everyone will bat, yeah?
01:31Yeah.
01:32With two clubs already on the go, Kyle is running tonight's training session in Liverpool.
01:38Right, do you two want to get your pads on?
01:41Why, put your jacket on.
01:42It's not going to give you any extra protection.
01:44You need a bigger coat, you lad.
01:45What I've seen on the training pitch...
01:55...that fluid acted.
01:57The boys have got some naughty potential.
02:00We're definitely different to your average cricket team.
02:03Right, Stevie, do you want to bat next?
02:05Yeah.
02:06Just the best, aren't we?
02:08No-one's like us.
02:09What do we need to wear?
02:11Get all the pads, gloves, everything on.
02:14Have you got a box?
02:16Definitely need one of them on.
02:18F*** that cool.
02:20If you have to get this in the balls, then it may f***ing feel like that.
02:24Stepping up to face the hardball is 16-year-old Stevie,
02:28who's choosing to follow his own rules by not wearing all of the protective kit.
02:33You're in.
02:35Stevie's going to whack this one.
02:39Oh, that's why you wear a cuff.
02:45Do you have a cuff in, Stevie?
02:47Doesn't look like it at all.
02:48Why's he not got a box on?
02:49He's got tools.
02:50Put all the kit on.
02:52Oh, f***.
02:53Did you get it in the dick?
02:55Yeah.
02:57Oh, my kids aren't going to be happy in the future, you know.
03:02Right, get a tennis racket, get a ball,
03:05you go and take the lads for some catching practice.
03:07Right, put the cricket balls on the floor.
03:10Stevie, Stevie.
03:13It's hard work tonight.
03:15I think after the game,
03:17I thought they'd come with, like, a good attitude,
03:19wanting to try and get better,
03:21and it just shows out when Ryan and Stevie are not interested,
03:26it just brings the whole group down.
03:28No, no, Stevie, what are you doing?
03:33This is so much effort, lad.
03:34Everyone's fans are a bit boring,
03:36coming back to doing normal training.
03:38I think everyone wants to get back to playing games
03:40against other people,
03:41because I think they find that more enjoyable.
03:45You want to help them get them better, but...
03:47Oh!
03:48You know, if they're not interested,
03:50you're just banging your head against a brick wall.
03:51Thank you, guys.
04:0250 miles up the coast in Blackpool...
04:05I've missed you.
04:06Thank you, I've missed you, mate.
04:07Good to see you again.
04:07I'm due.
04:08After a successful try-out session,
04:11Freddie's girls' team have started training
04:12at South Shore Cricket Club.
04:15You seem energetic and up for it.
04:18I hit a car!
04:18Girls!
04:19With word of a new team in the area spreading,
04:23more players are turning up for practice.
04:26Hi, Maddie!
04:27We've got a new girl tonight, Maddie.
04:29Has everyone met Maddie?
04:30Yeah, mate.
04:31Molly, are you already getting terrorised?
04:32How do you know each other?
04:34School.
04:34School?
04:35Worst luck.
04:37Yeah.
04:37Yeah, there's a bit of history here, I think.
04:39I just don't like her.
04:42I've never liked her to be far.
04:44Maddie!
04:45Come on, shall we go and have her back?
04:46No, this is waddling.
04:51What's funny?
04:53Oh, my God!
04:56Do you want to take this one, Kyle?
05:00No, that's you.
05:00That's one.
05:01You're backing coach.
05:02It's not the easiest coaching.
05:04I'm not the type of coaching I'm used to.
05:05Keep your eye on it.
05:06Watch your eyes.
05:07Here you go.
05:08Yes, Molly.
05:11Run, Molly, run!
05:12I'm not sure when they're going to play against sides or when we can step it up, but they're keen, aren't they? That's the biggest thing. They're smiling, they're enjoying it. Can't ask for it much more than that.
05:23I'm scared to run in these.
05:25As long as they're doing that, we've got a chance.
05:27What are you doing?
05:31Shut up.
05:34These gloves are giving me weird feelings.
05:37New girl, 17-year-old Maddie, has grown up in Blackpool and has lived in care since the age of 11.
05:45What do I do?
05:45So, currently, I'm not in no education. I'm not working. I did have a job, but I quit that because I didn't like it. Because if I like something, I'll stick to it, but if I know I don't like it, yeah, I'm gone.
06:05Yes, Maddie.
06:08Oh, great.
06:09Yes!
06:12Maddie, that's amazing.
06:13Are you sure you've not done this before?
06:14No.
06:15Josh.
06:16I'm being serious.
06:16Seriously?
06:17Yeah.
06:18Natural.
06:20Come on, Mad.
06:22Oh, f*** this.
06:25Go.
06:25You need your back. You need your back.
06:27No, someone else can have that.
06:29It's pissing me off.
06:30Can't hit the ball.
06:33I can get irritated really fast if I can't do something right and if it doesn't go my way.
06:39It takes time to get used to.
06:41Someone else go back for a minute.
06:42My conflict goes down because I just don't believe in myself.
06:51Maddie.
06:52Give us a minute, please.
06:53I've been in care since the age of 11 and I think because of the way I've grown up, I'm very cautious about letting people in.
07:05You've just got to leave me alone and just, I'll be back.
07:08You obviously play a bit of sport, don't you?
07:13What did you do?
07:14Football.
07:14Who for?
07:16Blackpool.
07:17Did you?
07:17In Lancashire.
07:18Really?
07:19Yeah.
07:19What, still?
07:20No.
07:20Gave up without.
07:21Why?
07:22Got bored of it.
07:23So what do you do then?
07:24Nothing.
07:26Sleep.
07:26Eat.
07:27School?
07:27No.
07:28You don't go to school?
07:30Got kicked out of it.
07:32For what?
07:32Messing about.
07:34What type of stuff?
07:35Just calling teacher names and everything.
07:38Really?
07:38I'm not going to lessons, scyping.
07:39So what do you want to do?
07:42I don't know.
07:43Do you want to play football?
07:44No.
07:45No, you're done with that?
07:45Yeah.
07:47Enjoy being around the girls?
07:49Yeah, it's been all right.
07:50All right.
07:52Meeting new people.
07:53Not a big fan of it, mate.
07:54Can't lie.
07:57Yeah.
07:59Nice conversation.
08:01Yeah.
08:02Not giving me much, are you?
08:04No.
08:04No?
08:05Bit too awkward yet.
08:06Really?
08:07Leave it for another day.
08:10Come here, Maddy.
08:12Put your front foot here.
08:13I think she's got real potential.
08:16So with this one, point where you want it to go.
08:19And as that comes down, just bring that other one straight over.
08:21It's obviously she's played sport before.
08:23And she's kicking the ball around, doing keep you up to cricket balls.
08:27Oh, ****.
08:29This team's actually got no real direction.
08:31Hopefully we can help her with that.
08:34Oh, this is heavy.
08:35You know what?
08:36Maybe through this, we can inspire her to get back into sport.
08:39You ready for it to go over there?
08:41Yeah.
08:42OK.
08:42It's done there.
08:44Molly.
08:44Come on, Maddy.
08:45Keep going.
08:46Molly, because if she smacks the ball...
08:48If she hits it and you're stuck there, it'll hurt you.
08:52Diddums.
08:53You're just not too cocky.
08:55Prick.
08:56One go.
08:57Yeah, I already knew her.
08:59I think it'll be quite interesting to see how me and Maddy get on over the next couple of weeks.
09:05Right.
09:06Come on.
09:07In we come.
09:07How are we all feeling about the girls' team?
09:13Enjoyed that?
09:14It was all right.
09:14It was all right?
09:15You all right?
09:15Yeah.
09:15I can see the new Maddy and Molly clashing.
09:20You could tell there was something going on.
09:22Yeah.
09:22I think they're fighting for top spot, aren't they?
09:24Yeah.
09:24All right, there's a couple of problems.
09:26But I can see how this club could be the start of something quite good.
09:31Yeah.
09:32And hopefully, for women's cricket in the wider area, keep coming, keep improving, organise some games, keep practising, keep working hard.
09:41They're willing to listen, they're willing to learn, so I think we've got a chance for these girls.
09:44Right.
09:46Well done, well done.
09:47Everyone, let's tidy up.
09:50So far, we're in good shape.
09:52We've got a boys' team in Bootle who've played the first match and done all right.
09:56We've got the girls' team in Blackpool.
09:59But I want to do another one.
10:01I want to do a third team.
10:03How nice would it be if we could get all the teams playing against each other?
10:09I don't know if I'm a pioneer or I'm stupid.
10:12But we'll find out, aren't we?
10:13Yeah.
10:16On the hunt for a third club to add to his cricket league,
10:19Freddie's heading to his adopted hometown of Manchester.
10:23The reason for three is we did one and we showed that could work.
10:26And moving forward, if we do three and we get them right,
10:30we've created somewhat of a blueprint which can be carried forward to anywhere in the country,
10:36irrespective of your postcode or how much money you've got or what your parents are to cricket.
10:43It can be for everyone.
10:44Four miles north-east of the city centre, Newton Heath has a rich sporting history,
10:51with its football club going on to become the world-famous Manchester United.
10:55Established in 1859, Newton Heath Cricket Club used to be the hub of the community,
11:04hosting famous sporting legends, with the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton even playing on its ground.
11:09But over the last few years, the 165-year-old club has seen a steady decline in interest.
11:17Oh, aye.
11:18He's in a terrible stare.
11:19And its ground has been left to rack and ruin.
11:22Doesn't really look like a cricket club, does it?
11:24As it stands now, it just looks a mess, doesn't it?
11:31Fred is meeting Graham, the team captain, who's been struggling to keep the club afloat.
11:36So what teams have you got now?
11:38Just one.
11:39One senior team.
11:40Just one team?
11:40No youth, no women's, yeah, just a one.
11:42No kids?
11:43No kids.
11:44There's not been a kids' team since probably about 2000s, early 2000s.
11:49Yeah.
11:49Oh?
11:50Yeah.
11:51Not one?
11:51Not like a...
11:52No.
11:53So no kids come down here and play on a Friday night or...?
11:56No.
11:57No?
11:58No, nothing.
11:59How many members you got?
12:00We've got about nine or ten.
12:02Not a team, that?
12:03Not a team.
12:04So I feel you've done well to get...
12:05Yeah.
12:06...keep it open.
12:07Are you sure there's your hands?
12:08Yeah, yeah.
12:08So this is our main function room.
12:11Yeah.
12:13Seen better days, but yeah.
12:15Not too many weddings in you at the minute.
12:16Not in a minute.
12:17So if you come through, we've got cobwebs, yeah.
12:21Yeah, cobwebs.
12:22The changing rooms.
12:24No electricity.
12:25Where's electricity been cut off?
12:27Partly for danger and, yeah, cost as well.
12:29Yeah.
12:32Don't mind, yeah, there's water there.
12:34You're on the floor.
12:35Oh, aye.
12:35Yeah.
12:37And then through here we go.
12:39This gets a bit more real.
12:41So you've got showers, toilets, as you can see.
12:44Oh, wow, look at this.
12:47It's a job, isn't it?
12:52Yeah.
12:52It needs money and doing up.
12:55I don't know if I want to, but should we have a look at the ground?
12:57Yeah, can do.
13:01Well, you come from this, though.
13:02It's a big place, isn't it?
13:03Oh, it's massive.
13:03Yeah.
13:03Yeah.
13:04One of the biggest grounds in the Northwest.
13:05I can kind of picture what it could be.
13:09He was immaculate.
13:10You know, he's one of the best wickets in the league.
13:12He had crowds all around.
13:14You know, it was thriving.
13:17I'm guessing, looking around here, there's a lot of houses and things, but...
13:21Yeah.
13:22...these people aren't engaged in coming here.
13:24No, no.
13:27So, as it stands now, then, there's nothing happening?
13:30No.
13:30Unless there's an injection or something, that's how it's going to stay.
13:33That's how it's going to stay.
13:36It's not nice to see, is it?
13:38It's a place where kids should be coming and playing, and it should be the hub of the community.
13:44But you look at it, and you can understand why people aren't coming, can't you?
13:48The doors are shut, the gates are locked.
13:50There's no pitch.
13:51There's no teams.
13:52And it's really sad.
13:55Like, in the city of cricket, it's dying, isn't it?
13:57And we've got to do something, haven't we?
14:01Because if something's not done very quickly, this place is going to disappear like a lot of others.
14:08And when you put it in those terms, it's hard not to try, isn't it?
14:11And have a good crack at it.
14:13Imagine what a turnaround this would be for a local area.
14:21If Freddie has any chance of saving the club, he needs support from the local community.
14:26We have to go to old school, haven't we?
14:28We'll knock on doors and walk around streets and drum up support.
14:32You know, we want to do it.
14:32We want to get a cricket club thriving again.
14:34We want people coming down, we want kids playing.
14:36But it'll be dictated by if that's what the people around this place want.
14:42Hiya.
14:43Hi.
14:43Sorry to bother you.
14:44I'm Fred.
14:45I'm doing some work at the cricket club behind at Newton Eath.
14:49I'm just trying to get people in the local community coming out and helping us clear it up a bit.
14:53Because it's in a bit of a state.
14:55I'm not surprised.
14:56Nothing's gone on there for such a long time.
14:58I don't think anybody's given it any second thought.
15:00Well, I wish you every look in the world.
15:03Hopefully we'll see you down there.
15:04We'll get you down there at some point.
15:05Well, you never know.
15:07This whole project depends on the community.
15:10Getting involved and wanting that cricket club to do well.
15:13I just have to keep trying, wouldn't I?
15:15Just keep knocking.
15:17Hiya.
15:18I'm doing some work at Newton Eath Cricket Club.
15:20Try to get all the teams going.
15:21Get the cricket club back.
15:22Have you got any kids here who would be interested in playing cricket?
15:25Yeah, I've got a 15-year-old.
15:26Well, bring him down.
15:27Yeah.
15:28Thanks very much.
15:28See you later.
15:29See you later.
15:29See you later.
15:29We need players.
15:33I just hope there's some sort of appetite.
15:36What's she on the bag there?
15:37You're doing all right, aren't you?
15:38Yeah.
15:39You're from Newton Eath, eh?
15:40Yeah.
15:40I'm trying to get kids from this area playing cricket.
15:44I don't think it's a good idea.
15:45No one's going to go.
15:47Are you all right?
15:47I want to get that club going again.
15:49I want to get teams.
15:50I want to get it thriving.
15:51Do you think it could work?
15:53No.
15:53No?
15:54No.
15:54Why?
15:55It's just boring.
15:57It's just dawning on me, actually, the magnitude of what we're trying to do and how big a scale.
16:02And this is just one of them.
16:03This is Newton Eath.
16:04We're going to boot one back pool as well.
16:06But I do like a challenge.
16:08But is this one that I've bitten a bit too much off here?
16:12I do, right?
16:12No problem.
16:13You're from me, mate.
16:14You and me over there, yeah?
16:15Yeah, I'm Fred.
16:16Nice to meet you.
16:16You all right?
16:16Yeah, sure, mate.
16:18Sure.
16:19You're going to put me off now, aren't you?
16:20Oh, here we go.
16:21He's going off now.
16:22He's going to burn me, isn't he?
16:23You know the cricket club back here?
16:26Yeah.
16:27I'm trying to get it going again.
16:30It's got a lot of history behind it, but in recent years, it's just gone to the dogs.
16:33Yeah, it has, yeah.
16:33Well, you've got Michael Abbott, who's captain of England.
16:36Yeah, I played with him, yeah.
16:37And I used to play there.
16:38Yeah.
16:38So...
16:39Oh, yeah, you and Ed's cricketing.
16:41Yeah, I used to play a bit, yeah.
16:43OK, that's good.
16:44We're doing a clear-up if you fancy getting some fresh air.
16:47I'm going to go and start clearing it up a bit.
16:49Think about that.
16:49No, you're going to stick to your snooker and a pint.
16:51No problem.
16:53Right, I'll leave you to it. Cheers, lads.
16:53All right, yeah.
16:54It looks like it's shut.
16:55No one knows anything about it.
16:57Hopefully through word of mouth it'll start spreading.
16:59Yeah.
17:00Thanks so much.
17:00I'll see you later.
17:01See you later, pal.
17:03It's a real reality check, you know, because it's gone well recently.
17:08And now we're just diving back in even deeper.
17:12You know, he said if they build it, they'll come.
17:14Something like that, innit?
17:16At the minute, we've not built note and no-one's come in.
17:25With Freddie in Manchester, 50 miles away in Blackpool,
17:29England cricketer Kate Cross is back to help Kyle
17:32try and train the girls into a match-ready team.
17:35I think tonight, maybe introduce a hardball.
17:38What do you reckon?
17:39It'll be interesting to see how they cope with that.
17:41Because I know a lot of females get put off from cricket
17:43when it goes from softball to hardball.
17:46But if we're going to play some games,
17:47they're going to actually have to get used to a hardball at some point.
17:50Right, Conor.
17:52Why did I lose my head?
17:54It's OK, if you're mostly...
17:54Well, my dreams would be green now.
17:56But my lips would be red.
17:58I have a hardball each.
18:00But are these the actual ones?
18:02It is hard.
18:02Do not throw this at somebody, what have you done?
18:05It is hard.
18:06The first girls to face the hardball
18:08are both newcomers to the game.
18:1017-year-old Maddie and 16-year-old Summer.
18:14Helmets, you need helmets.
18:15Are you ready?
18:15Yeah, they would have.
18:19Can we have everyone watching the balls, please?
18:22Are you ready, kids?
18:24And if you get hit, you get hurt.
18:26Oh, no. Here we go.
18:30Ah!
18:32Ooh.
18:35Icky!
18:36Mumma's just got hit with a ball.
18:37You all right?
18:39Quite bad, actually.
18:41That was horrendous!
18:43You all right?
18:45Dangerous!
18:46It'll hurt for, like, 30 more seconds, and then it goes...
18:51She got hit with a ball!
18:53No!
18:54I don't want to play!
18:56My leg hurts!
18:57I don't want to play!
18:59Ooh!
18:59I'm not playing!
19:04You all right, Summer?
19:06Just a bit of a sting.
19:09The first one's always the worst.
19:10Mm!
19:12Go on, then.
19:14These hard balls?
19:15Oh, my God, they hurt.
19:17They hurt.
19:18Even catching it hurts.
19:19Um, yeah, maybe...
19:24I mean, I think we had to introduce a cricket ball to them just so they knew what it is.
19:30Don't hit me!
19:32Ah!
19:34Too fast on me.
19:35Too fast.
19:36If we're going to play a game, we're going to use a hard ball, so it's a tough one to know what to do, really.
19:40Don't kill me!
19:44Don't want to die today!
19:47Um, might have to rethink our...
19:48Rethink how we're going to approach it for next session.
19:53Summer!
19:55Hey, girlie.
19:56What are you doing?
19:58What are you doing?
20:02Can you come and join me back, please?
20:03No.
20:04Please?
20:05No.
20:05Just bowling without you.
20:06I've got PTSD.
20:07Well, we can do some bowling together.
20:10No.
20:11Bowling?
20:11It's not hurting.
20:12I'm good.
20:13Come and join.
20:18Come on, you're doing well, aren't you?
20:20No, you actually are, Summer.
20:22Come on.
20:25Me and Kyle or Freddie can say whatever we think is the right thing, but actually, if it comes from each other or comes from one of their teammates, they seem to listen a little bit more.
20:34I feel like the camaraderie in the team is actually what's going to drag them along.
20:43People!
20:45On three, two, one, we're all going to cheer.
20:50Three, two, one.
20:54Yay!
20:57Summer!
20:59Come on, Summer.
21:00Come on.
21:01Come on.
21:01Come on, Summer, mate, you've got this.
21:05I'm doing one ball and that's it, right?
21:07Come on, you've got it?
21:08I'm doing one ball.
21:09You've got it?
21:10Yay!
21:12Yes!
21:13Well done.
21:14Well done, then.
21:15You brought her back from the dead.
21:16I know, mate.
21:17That was brilliant.
21:18What did you say to her?
21:19I don't know.
21:20I actually don't know.
21:22That's it.
21:23Bring the stomps in.
21:24I don't know.
21:31Blah-dee-blah.
21:33Watch the dog shit.
21:42Shut up, you absolute muppet!
21:46Absolute f***hole.
21:48It's never a dull day on Grange, is it?
21:50No.
21:51You stormed off, didn't you?
21:53Yeah, I had my moment.
21:58Because I thought I didn't want to do it, but at the same time, I do want to do it.
22:02What's the main reason why you don't want to do it?
22:04It's just, like, really, like, boost my energy down.
22:08Knocked your confidence.
22:09Yeah, that would.
22:10I don't know if I do want to go back, but obviously, it'd more, it'll be the fact of letting Freddie down.
22:18Letting your emotions win more, like.
22:21Yeah.
22:27With confidence affecting the girls in Blackpool, in Manchester, where Freddie is hoping to create a third team, there's been some good news.
22:36Are you all right, pal?
22:37Thanks for coming.
22:38You're all right, thank you.
22:39Thanks for coming.
22:41After weeks of spreading the word about his plan to restore Newton Heath Cricket Club, some of the local community have turned up to help out.
22:50It's a start, isn't it?
22:53Everyone's just getting involved and mucking in.
22:56Makes you think, actually, we're doing something that people want.
22:58But despite progress being made outside...
23:01Good to see you, Fred.
23:03...one of the longest-serving members of the club, John, is keen to show Freddie that things have got even worse inside.
23:10Oh, wow, look at this.
23:11This is the kitchen area now, which you can see the water egresses.
23:17I'm not sure that's going to get to help and safety, though.
23:19I don't think you can cook in there.
23:20No.
23:21Look at it.
23:22Has this just happened in the past few weeks?
23:24Well, this is a...
23:24Yeah, it's a flat roof.
23:27Needs repairing.
23:28So I can see since last time of the...
23:30Yeah.
23:31...it's got worse.
23:31Yeah.
23:32So what is the plan, then?
23:34What is the plan for the club?
23:35The plan is to get cricket back on here.
23:38How, though?
23:39Well, we're depending on yourself in many ways.
23:47Cheers, John.
23:47We want you.
23:51Well, I think, basically, we're on our knees.
23:57Really?
23:58We're on our knees.
23:59Sometimes, though, I found this in my career.
24:02You've got to hit rock bottom before you can start going back up.
24:05It sounds like this is rock bottom here now, isn't it?
24:08It is.
24:08Look at the kitchen and the ground and everything.
24:10I think it would be criminal to let this facility disappear.
24:14I agree.
24:15I agree.
24:16We just need to start, don't we?
24:17Yeah.
24:18This is...
24:18What, today?
24:20Today, you've got all these people, haven't you?
24:21They're having a go on there.
24:24As well as volunteers, kids from the local area have turned up to help out.
24:28Fred, nice to meet you.
24:29Dominic.
24:30Hi, Dominic.
24:30Thanks for coming.
24:31Go and join him.
24:33Fred.
24:33Nice to meet you.
24:34Nice to meet you.
24:34Go and mingle in.
24:36Thanks so much.
24:37Thanks for coming.
24:38You had cricketers?
24:39Nah, football.
24:40No?
24:40It's your spot.
24:41It's football?
24:42Football.
24:42What else you do?
24:43I don't really play football that much, though.
24:45What do you do with yourself, Dan?
24:46Just go out, chill.
24:48You say you chill?
24:48What, doing what?
24:49What do you do when your mates do?
24:50Just go out in the stadium.
24:52And do what?
24:53Just chill.
24:54It's a bit dead nowadays, isn't it?
24:55It's a bit dead?
24:56Yeah, it's just nothing to do nowadays.
24:59What's it like?
25:00No, I used to be fun.
25:01Like, the youth and that.
25:04The youth?
25:04Yeah, yeah.
25:05What's wrong with them?
25:07What, are you rough?
25:08Couple of guns.
25:08Yeah, a couple of rough stuff going on.
25:11My boy got stabbed, like, seven months ago today.
25:13Did he?
25:14Yeah.
25:14Yeah.
25:14I knew the person that stabbed him and the person that died, didn't it?
25:17I was both close with both.
25:18Both friends with them and everything.
25:20I was close with both of them.
25:22But it's just life, innit?
25:25Like, there's nothing you can do about it, seriously.
25:27Yeah, but it depends where you're putting yourself, though, doesn't it?
25:29Yeah.
25:30You're putting yourself in areas where you're susceptible to it.
25:32Yeah, but you're buying into that area.
25:34Yeah, but my thought is with this place is, if we create something where people can come,
25:39enjoy themselves and they're safe, good for everyone.
25:42Yeah.
25:43Yeah.
25:44Do you fancy getting involved there?
25:45Oh.
25:46Can we get it going, joining the cricket team?
25:47It's semi-posh sport, though.
25:49Yeah, it was a posh sport, but trying to change it, I want everyone to play.
25:52Everyone have a chance.
25:53Yeah.
25:53We'd love you to come.
25:55Yeah.
25:56It's great to meet you.
25:57Hopefully we'll see you again.
25:59You're going to come, aren't you?
26:00Yeah.
26:00Bring your mates as well.
26:01Yeah, we are, don't worry.
26:02All right?
26:02Feel free to pick some litter up if you want as well, but you might not get much in your
26:06bag.
26:09Cheers, boys.
26:10Have a nice day.
26:13Cricket's a tough style for them, but that's the type of lads we want.
26:19You know, so give these boys a chance.
26:20The more I speak to people, this place is crying out for somewhere that people can go
26:25to, and it seems that cricket is, it's probably secondary.
26:30The cricket club is the hook, and then hopefully from there it can expand into more of a social
26:37club, where they're safe, and we can get kids off the streets.
26:42There is a crack in the wall.
26:44Right, OK.
26:45Yeah.
26:45You can see where it's all coming down off the flat roof into the gutter.
26:48To give Freddie an idea of the work needed to restore the club, he's asked Manchester
26:53Council to come down and conduct a site survey.
26:56What have you found?
26:58We think we've got some subsidence along all the back wall.
27:01It recommended that we have an asbestos survey done, so they'll come in probably next week.
27:06And then also, we've got a flat roof connecting this part of the building to the function rooms,
27:12and that is leaking like a city kitchen.
27:15Yeah, it's a mess, isn't it?
27:16Yeah, and it's quite dangerous.
27:18So that's...
27:19What's the cost, then, you reckon?
27:21So we were looking in the region of about £300,000 for refurbishing what we've got.
27:25And then, if we were going to demolish and start again, then it would be in the region
27:31of £850,000, something like that.
27:33You're at £15,000, right?
27:35So what's your advice?
27:37We haven't got any money specifically, but this is about using contractors and reaching
27:41out to them.
27:42We need to identify all the needs and the requirements of what we need to do for the
27:46next few months.
27:48What sort of time frames do you envisage?
27:51I think, to be brutally honest, we need two to three months to get a planning application
27:56together, and then we've got another three months to get the application submitted and
28:01hopefully approved before we should be put in...
28:04So six months before anything happens?
28:06If we're going to do a new build option, yeah.
28:10Right.
28:12So it's quite a long process, isn't it?
28:16It's a date to start.
28:17It's a start, but I'm very impatient.
28:19Very impatient.
28:24Thanks very much.
28:26I was hoping they'd give us a few solutions, but just give us six months.
28:30Six months and we can do something.
28:32It's a club on its knees.
28:34Something needs doing now and it needs doing fast.
28:37It has to happen before the end of the summer.
28:41Has to.
28:41With plans for his Manchester club looking more and more complicated...
28:48Let's get your head down.
28:51Freddie's headed back to his boys' team in Liverpool.
28:54There you go.
28:56But only six have turned up for tonight's training.
29:01I reckon you can hit that harder.
29:03Commit to it.
29:03Commit to it.
29:05Where's Ryan tonight?
29:05You could be doing anything.
29:08Him and Stevie.
29:09What?
29:10With Stevie.
29:11I couldn't be doing anything.
29:13One more.
29:14One more and swap over and Kevin can get a drink.
29:18There's not too many here tonight, is there?
29:23It is disappointing.
29:25It would be nice if everyone was here.
29:27They are a team and they've played a game and they've been showing signs of improving.
29:31Yeah.
29:31It's hard, isn't it, because things are going to be against us, but I think it drives you
29:36on, doesn't it, to think, this is important.
29:38You have to keep trying, just to give these kids a chance of playing cricket.
29:42Yes, lad.
29:44One of the oldest boys on the team who has turned up for training...
29:48..is 17-year-old local lad, Michael.
29:54Hey, it's the battle.
29:57That will follow that.
29:58But you want your weight coming through and that's it.
30:00Yeah, yeah, so you want your weight forward.
30:01So it all starts with your head.
30:03Sounds.
30:04Nice one, Fred.
30:06Sport's always been, like, a part of me life.
30:08Just keeping me in check a good few times, really.
30:11Just a safe, a safe place.
30:13Safe place to go, really.
30:16It's a shot.
30:17Do the nice thing about that, Michael, it's spun, but you've hit with the spin.
30:21Yeah, yeah.
30:22When I hit the bat, I felt the spin.
30:24You hit with it?
30:25Yeah.
30:25I felt the spin off the bat as well.
30:29I've always lived in Bootle.
30:30It's just a mental place.
30:31But I'd say it is a rough little area.
30:33Like, gang culture is a big, big thing in Bootle.
30:37Like, doing cricket and being with Freddie.
30:42Coming at a good time, because I feel like the age you're at from 17 to 18 is quite a hard year, I think.
30:48And I feel like it's been a bit of a distraction for me for just being able to go and play cricket for an hour or two.
30:54That's what, Michael.
30:55Go on.
30:56There we go.
30:57That's bad.
30:59I'll take that from my last one.
31:01That was a good one.
31:01Great effort.
31:02Freddie's decided that after training, he wants to find out how being part of the team is helping Michael.
31:12Firstly, how are you finding the cricket?
31:14It was.
31:14You enjoy it?
31:15Yeah, yeah.
31:15How come you wanted to do it in the first place?
31:18It's just an opportunity, really.
31:19An opportunity to excel, weren't it?
31:21So, take it with both hands.
31:23You're obviously from round here.
31:25Tell us a bit about it.
31:27It's quite rough, like.
31:28Is it?
31:29In what way?
31:29Drugs, everything, really.
31:32Get caught in the wrong side of things.
31:36Been here quite deep, to be honest.
31:37Have you?
31:38Yeah.
31:39How does that all start, then?
31:41Just wanting to do better, really, you know what I mean?
31:44You think, oh, yeah, it's the high life, it's the good life, like.
31:47Out there smoking weed with your mates.
31:48And then you're going home and your man, she finds your bag of weed and stuff like that.
31:52It just causes arguments and then it's just a nightmare.
31:58Quite bad, really.
31:59And when you started doing this, what was your mid-team, early teens?
32:03Yeah, well, 13, 14.
32:0513, 14.
32:06Was it just really, it's not even ruined your life?
32:08You think it's doing good for you, but it's not.
32:10It's what it's doing to other people around here, you know what I mean?
32:12Like, you just hurt me, man.
32:14Big time.
32:15It wasn't really fair, my mum and dad, because they've, like, took me in and looked after me from a baby, if you get to me.
32:21Mm-hmm.
32:21So.
32:22You said from a baby, so you...
32:24Yeah.
32:25So they're, like, not, like, biological, like, parents.
32:27Oh, right.
32:28Yeah, they're, like, me uncle and auntie, then.
32:31Me, er...
32:31So if you don't mind me asking, look, your mum and dad.
32:34Yeah, me mum, me mum, passed away.
32:37Like, when I was, like, six months old.
32:39Oh, no.
32:39She, like, killed yourself.
32:42Oh, I'm sorry, man.
32:43Nah, I just, like, don't worry.
32:44I'm open to talk.
32:45I didn't expect it to.
32:46Yeah, yeah, she, yeah, she stopped my own life, my mum.
32:49And then I got put into care.
32:51What, when you was a baby?
32:52Yeah, when I was a baby, and then your mum and dad, now, like, call mum and dad, my auntie and uncle, they've taken me.
33:01So doing all that to them, what I've done, was wrong, because it was, like, shit they've done for you, lads, you know what I mean?
33:06Yeah, you talk to your mum and dad now about your mum?
33:10As a kid, as a kid, I was quite, like, I feel like that's why I was a bit of a loose cannon and went down certain ways and stuff like that,
33:17because I didn't really know who I was myself, in a way, if you get what I mean?
33:21Because that was, like, a big question to me, like, was it my fault or did what I could, you know what I mean?
33:25Just little, like, mad stuff like that, really, because it is quite a horrible way to go, really, isn't it?
33:31It is, it's the worst way to go.
33:33A suicide.
33:34Yeah, yeah, so what?
33:35It's going to sound like that, but I was angry towards him, man.
33:38And I thought you...
33:39For doing it?
33:39Yeah, yeah.
33:40I think, I think my opinion of, like, suicide's changed over the years for a few reasons.
33:47One, I've had friends.
33:48Me?
33:49I've done it.
33:50Actually, it wasn't quite recent.
33:51Sorry to hear that.
33:52No, it's fine.
33:53Um, but, so I struggle with mental health.
33:56I struggle with depression.
33:59I had an accident 18 months ago, and I'll be honest with you, I, I didn't want to kill myself,
34:03but I didn't want to be alive.
34:04Does that make sense?
34:05Yeah.
34:06Yeah?
34:06I've been like that a few times.
34:07Yeah, I know exactly what you mean.
34:09I didn't know if I had it in me.
34:10Yeah, it's just...
34:11And then, and then also, actually, I've been quite reflective, actually, when we met recently,
34:15is that I always thought it was selfish, and I always thought it was a way out.
34:20But then, actually, I've come to understand it a little bit more now.
34:24If there's a level, which there is, underneath where I felt, and you can go lower, I actually
34:32really understand it.
34:33Yeah.
34:34So, so what, what is it you want to do now, then?
34:39Just keep going, and I just keep doing, being even, keep doing well for myself.
34:42Yeah.
34:42These days.
34:44But, yeah.
34:46You've got all these reasons to be successful, and do well.
34:51I think the biggest one is for you, as well.
34:53You know what I mean?
34:54Everyone, like, tries to please, and do this for other people, but I think you need to do
34:57it to yourself.
34:58From what you've been through, and what you've experienced, you deserve it.
35:02You know what I mean?
35:03You've got plenty of offer.
35:04So many.
35:05It's all of these.
35:06I'm told.
35:07That's a scout for you, mate.
35:11He's dealt with so much in such a young life.
35:14He's only 17.
35:16And I think everyone is guilty of being judgmental, whether it's kids and their behaviour, or why
35:24kids hang around the streets, or they're doing some of the things that they're doing.
35:28And the more time we've spent with these lads, you realise, actually, there's reason
35:32for people's behaviour.
35:33And that's the thing that needs to be tackled.
35:37You know, I think we've got positive role models for kids.
35:40Show them a different way.
35:41Show them the opportunities that they could have, which we're trying to do.
35:47By getting a group of boys or girls who believe they're a team.
35:52Giving them confidence.
35:54A sense of belonging.
35:55And ultimately, trying to apply them things into their lives.
36:01We've just got to prove it works.
36:03We've got to prove it's right and it does make a difference.
36:10Who's confident of practising with the hardball?
36:14In Blackpool, Freddie's hoping the girls will soon be ready to play their first ever match.
36:19So if you're confident, you can go in the net.
36:23But some of the team are still struggling to get to grips with the hardball.
36:27Don't want them, you know, not coming to cricket because they're scared of getting hurt.
36:31But we also need to realise that if we're going to play a match, it's going to be a hardball.
36:34So it's a tricky one at the moment.
36:37Right, get yourself a bat.
36:38I don't want to put them in a game against another team and embarrass them.
36:41I want them to compete.
36:42I want them to feel confident in what they're doing.
36:45If it goes well, it could bring some confidence out of them.
36:48But on the flip side of that, though, if it goes badly and embarrass themselves,
36:52it could be back to square one.
36:55Oh!
36:56Oh!
36:57My arse cheek!
36:59Ah!
37:01Do you think I am a professional?
37:04It feels like we're not progressing at all.
37:06We're not.
37:08We were even better than this on the first week.
37:13But it's not just the hardball affecting the team.
37:16Go on, Molly.
37:17No, do it properly.
37:18Oh, Molly, make it do it properly.
37:19I beg.
37:19Oh, sorry.
37:21Don't get lippy, mate.
37:22Oh, shut up, Maddie.
37:23If you can't tell, I'm not in the mood.
37:25Oh, shut up.
37:27Go on.
37:28You know what?
37:28I can't be arsed in a bit.
37:30Don't be giving me mouth, please, mate.
37:31I can't be arsed.
37:33Can we just play a bit of cricket?
37:35Stupid ****.
37:35Hey, you're the stupid cow.
37:39I really just don't want them to seem to fall apart.
37:43It's like a bitchiness and drama and girls and blah, blah, blah.
37:48When you're playing a game, you have to get on.
37:51Like, everyone has to get on.
37:52And right now, that's not happening.
37:54Well, I don't think we're a team at the moment at all.
37:58No.
37:58No.
37:59I reckon we just get rid of her.
38:01We don't need her.
38:03With the girls, it's different.
38:06They're a lot more emotional than the boys.
38:09And that seems to be surfacing quite a bit.
38:11They're struggling with a bit of confidence.
38:13But then one thing which is a bit more worrying
38:15is there's been a bit of falling out.
38:18Different friendship groups.
38:20People getting young with one another.
38:21That's the funny thing about sport, and in particular cricket.
38:25You know, even with England, you get put together a group of people
38:29that I reckon, unless you're playing cricket, you would never meet.
38:32But just respect them, just learn how to get along.
38:36You don't have to be best of mates for people.
38:41It seems to be a bit of falling out.
38:43Is that fair?
38:45What is it about the two of you that clashes?
38:47You just don't like each other.
38:48Don't like each other, you don't try with each other.
38:52How can you solve it?
38:53Because the problem is with you two, such strong characters,
38:57is if you're kicking off or not getting on,
39:00I think it's going to affect everyone.
39:02I don't actually know.
39:04Do you think there's a world in which the two of you get on?
39:08No.
39:08Why?
39:09We never get on.
39:10Why?
39:10I don't know.
39:13Well, try it.
39:15You don't have to get on best of mates.
39:18We can respect each other, can't you?
39:20Yeah.
39:21Try and not row.
39:23Kick off.
39:25Just be teammates.
39:27Yeah?
39:32We just can't keep going, as it are, can we?
39:36We're meant to be trying to be closer as a team,
39:38so we can then play matches and we can do more things.
39:41But if they keep kicking off with each other,
39:43that's not a possibility at the minute.
39:44With problems mounting in Blackpool,
39:50Freddie's headed back to Manchester,
39:52where he's hoping to create his third team
39:54and restore Newton Heath Cricket Club to its former glory.
39:58It's been about a month since we were here.
40:01Last time, there was all sorts going on.
40:03We had to clear up, didn't we?
40:04So people had turned out,
40:05there were people in bushes picking litter up,
40:08doing every little bit they can.
40:09And coming back, you can see nothing's been done.
40:15The ground just keeps growing.
40:17The clubhouse is just getting slowly worse.
40:19It's just been left.
40:21It seems at the minute,
40:22everything's just come to a halt at this place.
40:25Keen to find out what's been happening,
40:28Freddie's catching up with John.
40:29Hi, John.
40:30One of the club's trustees.
40:32There's a problem with the lease, Freddie.
40:36The lease has gone missing.
40:39We've spoken to solicitors.
40:41We've received advice off them,
40:43and we're going to act on that.
40:44What's the advice?
40:46Find the lease.
40:48Well, that's the first one.
40:50This is the original lease, which was from 1859.
40:55It's written in Old English,
40:57and it mentions sport in there.
41:00But it doesn't actually mention Newton Heath Cricket Club.
41:04So we need to find the lease.
41:09But you don't know where that is?
41:10At this moment, it's misplaced.
41:13Right.
41:14It's one thing after another, isn't it?
41:16If you don't get it resolved...
41:18No, it will be resolved.
41:19It will be.
41:20I don't say you won't, John.
41:22Yeah.
41:22But, again, it's time, isn't it?
41:25It is time, yeah.
41:27That's the issue.
41:29Yeah.
41:30The way I understand it is,
41:31if we don't sort this lease out now,
41:35everything we're doing is in jeopardy.
41:37In some ways, it's not even a...
41:39It's a non-starter.
41:41Yes.
41:42We fully understand that
41:43and the need to get that sorted ASAP.
41:49We don't even know if you've got the ground.
41:50We don't know where we stand.
41:51You can't then go to people,
41:53ask them to help or give money.
41:55But why would anybody do that
41:57if you've not got a lease?
41:59Yeah, this is just becoming
42:00far harder than I ever imagined.
42:04It's just barrier after barrier.
42:06It's just obstacles everywhere.
42:08But also, as well,
42:10I'm going to go and try and get a team tonight.
42:13You know, we've put an open session out
42:14for people to turn up
42:15and come and try cricket,
42:18hopefully come and join the club.
42:19But what are they joining?
42:21With the clubhouse at Newton Heath
42:23still not fit for purpose,
42:25tonight's tryouts for Freddie's third team
42:28are being held at an established cricket club
42:31in North Manchester.
42:33Is it just us two?
42:34No, it's going to be about...
42:35There's going to be more of you.
42:36No, I don't think there is.
42:37Three, a couple more.
42:39Come in, lads.
42:40How are you? All right?
42:42Cheers, lads.
42:43All right, I'll do.
42:44The thing about this is,
42:46it's meant to be a tryout,
42:47but whoever comes is in.
42:49You know, it's not like a trial.
42:51It's not how good you are at cricket.
42:53If you turn up, we'll have you.
42:56All right, here you go.
43:00Yeah, I'm just looking over there.
43:01There's another one there.
43:02You want to have it?
43:02Yeah, we'll have him.
43:03I think with everything going on at the club
43:07and all the problems,
43:09I think this is probably even more important now.
43:12You know, if you're going to say,
43:13look, there's people waiting to play.
43:15You think I'll be the next Freddie Flintoff?
43:17You all right?
43:24Nice to meet you.
43:25You too.
43:26Nice to meet you.
43:26You all right?
43:27Let's get out on grass.
43:28Come on, lads.
43:29Great shot.
43:34Which one?
43:35Presley.
43:36Presley?
43:36What a name that is.
43:38Like Elvis, isn't it?
43:39My hero Elvis.
43:40You all right?
43:40Thanks for coming.
43:41I'm Fred.
43:42You all right?
43:42You all right?
43:43Nice to meet you.
43:43You all right?
43:44Come join us.
43:44Come join us.
43:45You coming?
43:47All right, first, I'm Fred.
43:48This is Kyle.
43:50I just want to thank everyone for turning up today
43:51and coming down.
43:52Throw yourselves into it.
43:54Whatever standard, whatever level,
43:55encourage each other and have some fun.
43:58It's not the hardest game in the world.
43:59You've got to throw a ball, catch a ball and hit a ball.
44:01All right.
44:02Kyle?
44:03Yeah, shall we get going?
44:04Shall we head over to the nets in the corner?
44:06We'll do a bit of batting and bowling.
44:08Use these balls.
44:09You know, they're quite soft.
44:10It's not going to hurt or anything.
44:12If you've never bowled before, think of a windmill.
44:15This bowling arm, imagine a windmill coming over.
44:18That's going towards the batter.
44:20Just have a go.
44:21Let's try it.
44:21See what happens, yeah?
44:22Does that have to bolt?
44:23Yeah, yeah.
44:23Bounce once.
44:24Yeah, like this.
44:25Here he is.
44:26Come on, Hass.
44:27Look at what he's got.
44:30Boy, what is that?
44:31Now, one more, one more, because that was nothing.
44:33Eleven boys have turned up for the tryouts,
44:35but some have never even picked up a cricket bat before.
44:40Out.
44:41I don't even know what you're doing.
44:42One up, down, over.
44:45It's OK, it's OK, it's OK.
44:47Oh!
44:49I can't control it, wallah!
44:50It's so much harder than it looks to me.
44:53I've got to can't control it.
44:54It's varying degrees of ability, but it's all foul.
44:58Come on, Presley.
44:59Come on, Presley.
45:02They're trying the nuts off, aren't they?
45:05Freddie, chuck a ball for me, please.
45:07Yeah.
45:08Well, let's see what you've got.
45:0916-year-old Presley is no stranger to sport,
45:15but he's never been part of a cricket team.
45:17I'm pretty cocky in sports and stuff,
45:20but it's the word to be, you know what I mean?
45:21Confidence is key.
45:23Most important thing, please.
45:25Yeah, yeah.
45:26Watch it as hard as you can.
45:28Send it!
45:28My favourite thing to do is going fishing,
45:32because I'm not old enough to go out to have a pond,
45:34so that's my pub, the pond.
45:38I don't know.
45:40Teach me how to cricket.
45:41I'll teach me how to play fish.
45:44You ready?
45:46Here we go.
45:47I'm used to doing it with plastic.
45:51It's more heavier.
45:53I'm blaming the equipment until I get better.
45:56Get yourselves a drink.
45:58I'm knackered.
46:00I'm dying now.
46:02Yeah, it's hard, isn't it?
46:03Freddy.
46:04Yeah.
46:04Honestly, I thought cricket was a lazy sport me until I played then.
46:07Oh, a lazy sport?
46:09Yeah.
46:09What do you usually do?
46:11Do you just play a tiny?
46:12No, I just chill at home.
46:13I go fishing now and then.
46:14What do you fish for?
46:15Corp.
46:16Yeah?
46:16Yeah.
46:17How big?
46:19Do you want to tell you a lie, or...?
46:20Tell me a lie.
46:21No, like, catching decent, 10, 13 pounds.
46:24Are you?
46:25Have many of you played cricket?
46:27No?
46:27Is everyone enjoying it, though?
46:30Yeah, it's good.
46:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
46:32Good.
46:33Fancy doing more?
46:34Yeah.
46:34Yeah.
46:38Do you know what?
46:38The nicest thing, after the day I've had, going to Newton Eve and listening to John's tale of war and leases and pitches, you know, I was expecting tonight, nothing.
46:50But it was a good turnout.
46:52The nicest thing was, when you talk about putting a team together, you know, because you get a load of lads, they've got nothing in common, really, and you're just lumped together.
47:02And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
47:04But definitely, from what I've seen tonight, that is the makings of a team.
47:09Do you want me to catch a car for?
47:12Now I've caught roach, bream.
47:15I think it was brilliant.
47:18Everyone comes back, made a couple of mates, exchanged numbers and that.
47:22Well, Morgana told me always to kiss the fish for good luck.
47:26My breath must have stunk.
47:28Something that's snogging a fish.
47:30Hopefully, everyone gets better, and we'll just start being the best that we can, the dream team.
47:41There's so many things that need doing, there's so many obstacles, but when you see what's just happened there, you think, yeah, we'll have to have a go at this.
47:49We'll have to do it.
47:50Yeah, yeah.
48:00Does anyone know what we're doing?
48:05No.
48:06In Blackpool, Freddie's still keen for the girls to play their first match as soon as possible.
48:12So in a last-ditch attempt to bring them together as a team, he's taking them away from the cricket pitch and into the countryside to try and fix the rift in the group.
48:22One of the things we want from him is to become a team, a proper team and work together.
48:27I don't want to bond with any of you.
48:30I don't want to bond with any of you, God.
48:32Hopefully, when we leave today, they become closer as a team, and we can take that into the matches and what lies ahead for us.
48:40It sounds very easy, doesn't it?
48:42Putting white suits on, building a raft, cold water.
48:45What could possibly go around?
48:48You all right?
48:49No.
48:50How was the bus trip?
48:52It was a nightmare.
48:53Come on.
48:54Where are we going?
48:55What are we doing?
48:56I'm seeing a lake.
48:58Look at this.
48:59How nice is this?
49:01Yeah, I'm going back.
49:01Come on, someone.
49:02We'll do raft building.
49:03Are we actually...
49:04I don't like raft building.
49:06I am not going in that.
49:07Oh, my God.
49:09I'm done.
49:11One of the things I want to work on today is becoming a proper team, working with each other, communicating with each other, and spending time, possibly with people you don't spend too much time with within the group.
49:22Go and get your wetsuits.
49:23Off you go.
49:23Oh, there's a snail on my coat.
49:25Oh, there's a snail on my coat.
49:26Oh, there's a snail on my coat.
49:27Oh, there's a snail on my coat.
49:28Oh.
49:29I do really feel like there's going to be, like, so many dramas, and I'm not in the mood for it.
49:34Hopefully it will benefit us and not make it worse.
49:36Right.
49:37Are you helping with this tarp on?
49:41Right, so under there is everything that you're going to need to build these rafts.
49:45What I'm going to do now, I'm going to split you into two different teams.
49:47What?
49:48Team A.
49:49Maddy, Summer, Amy, Carla and Mila.
49:53I'm not happy with you.
49:54All right, come on.
49:55In your teams.
49:56I don't want to be in this group.
49:57It's interesting, isn't it?
49:58It's right away if Summer don't want to be in that group.
50:00It's not the people she knocks around with, but that's the whole purpose of today.
50:06To be honest with you, when I played, I hated anything that I did.
50:11I didn't like building a raft, but then you've got to realise other people do and I didn't at times.
50:15We're in it together, aren't we?
50:16Yeah.
50:17Oh, there's poo!
50:18I have a toe!
50:20Both teams have been given an hour to build their rafts before testing them out on the lake.
50:25Right over there.
50:26Yeah, like that.
50:27They're getting it wrong doing water.
50:28You've got to do it proper.
50:30There is a consequence to not getting involved here.
50:32Yeah.
50:33Right, are we lifting up a corner each then?
50:35Oh, Max!
50:37Kick that one under.
50:39Thanks.
50:40We need to flip it.
50:43Look at theirs, they haven't flipped it.
50:44Yes, they have.
50:45Yes, they have.
50:46No, they haven't.
50:47Yes, they have.
50:48No, they haven't.
50:49Yes, they've flipped the thing.
50:50Look at them.
50:51Look at the long one going across.
50:52No.
50:53It doesn't matter, they've flipped the thing.
50:55Oh, no, what's happened?
50:57I think there's a bit of a head clash.
50:59Oh, my God.
51:00Oh, I want to go home, mate.
51:01This is dead.
51:02I want to go home.
51:03One minute you're enjoying it, and the next minute it's just all going off.
51:07I'm bored.
51:08Molly's given up.
51:10OK, whatever.
51:11This is just a joke at this point.
51:14So much for a team, isn't it?
51:16Everyone's against each other.
51:17Yeah.
51:18Oh, my God, no.
51:19You know, we're going to play the first game of cricket soon, and we need everyone to be
51:23working together.
51:24Get back in, Molly.
51:25Come on.
51:26Oh, can you not just do this?
51:28Wait.
51:29Wait.
51:34It's not moving.
51:35Molly, we could use your help right now.
51:37Come on.
51:38Molly, mate, come over here, mate.
51:39We need your help.
51:41Bloody hell, Mo.
51:44Right.
51:45Get that one.
51:46That can go in the middle.
51:47I'll let you place.
51:49Right.
51:50You ready?
51:51Go.
51:52Go.
51:53How am I doing that?
51:54Well done, Molly.
51:55And Mo.
51:56Get that corner.
51:58This looks like a team.
52:00Teamwork.
52:02Nearly done.
52:03Now how are we going to tie them?
52:04Right.
52:05Pass me that one.
52:06There we go.
52:09Here we go.
52:10Yay!
52:11Look, we built a raft.
52:13See?
52:14We did it.
52:18Well done.
52:19It's going to tip over straight away.
52:24Mama's scar is going to run.
52:28We've all obviously got to help each other to get in without panicking.
52:32Woo!
52:33Nothing to see.
52:34Just two 40-odd-year-old men.
52:35Right.
52:36You're forgetting that.
52:37Let's get these rafts on the water.
52:38Oh, that's not sitting on.
52:39Oh, my God!
52:40Imagine that, wouldn't it?
52:41That's so safe, isn't it?
52:42Mate, we're having a right nightmare.
52:43This water's monkey, mate.
52:44Wait, wait, wait.
52:45So cold.
52:46I'm scared.
52:47I'm scared.
52:48I'm scared.
52:49I'm scared.
52:50I'm scared.
52:51I'm scared.
52:52I'm scared.
52:53I'm scared.
52:54I'm scared.
52:55I'm scared.
52:56I'm scared.
52:57I'm scared.
52:58I'm scared.
52:59I'm scared.
53:00I'm scared.
53:01I'm scared.
53:02I'm scared.
53:03I'm scared.
53:04You're going to get paddling?
53:05You're doing so well.
53:07Oh, no.
53:08Sorry.
53:09Here you go.
53:10No, delete.
53:11Everywhere we go!
53:12Hey!
53:13Oh, that got me!
53:14People want to know!
53:16People want to know!
53:17No, Tilly!
53:19Everywhere we go!
53:21Hey!
53:23Oh, that got me!
53:25People want to know
53:27Who we are
53:29Who we are
53:31Where we come from
53:33Where we come from
53:35So we tell them
53:37We're from Blackpool
53:39We're from Blackpool
53:41The mighty mighty Blackpool
53:43The mighty mighty Blackpool
53:47Today's been perfect
53:51It was so fun
53:53I think it's built our confidence back up from when the last time
53:57We all had drama
54:01Yeah, we've gone a lot closer together
54:05It was just hilarious, it was so good
54:15It was incredible, wasn't it?
54:16They got in the water, they were enjoying it
54:18Everyone's smiling, everyone's laughing, helping each other
54:20Everything that we could have expected
54:30That was me!
54:34It was a good day, good day
54:36I think it has helped us bond as a team
54:38We've all got like more comfortable with each other
54:40So if we need any help, we'll just ask for the help
54:42To be fair, I got on with Molly quite good today and I was quite shocked
54:46It's all about team yielding to be fair, isn't it?
54:48And just getting on
54:50I've really enjoyed today and I hope you have
54:56Yeah, pushing you off, yeah, that was the best part
54:58Yeah, that was the best part
55:00Yeah, that was the best part
55:02The pleasing part for myself and Kyle is that when you turned up off that bus, you saw what you were going to do and there's so many people saying, oh, we're going there, don't want to build a raft, I don't want to do this, that and the other
55:10And then every single one of you bought into it and every one of you worked together
55:26This is the first time I thought actually we've got a cricket team here
55:31You were talking to people you don't necessarily spend a lot of time with within the team
55:35You're talking to people you don't necessarily spend a lot of time with within the team.
55:39And for me, I've got to say I'm so proud of you.
55:43And you should be so proud of yourselves as well.
55:47I even managed to try not to smile again.
55:50Molly might crack one in a minute.
55:52We feel like a proper team right now.
55:58That is a team.
56:01Everything that we hoped for from today happened.
56:04That'll put us in good stead going into a cricket match.
56:07They've come so far.
56:09They should be proud of themselves tonight.
56:11I think, you know, me and Kyle are definitely.
56:13We're the only two masked lesbians on here.
56:15That's you, not me.
56:17Are you joking? You're a masked lesbian.
56:19I'm not a lesbian.
56:20Yes, you are.
56:21I'm not a lesbian.
56:22There's no possible way you're straight, Molly.
56:23I'm not a lesbian.
56:26What is this?
56:29You're out.
56:30Oh, mate, fuming.
56:32You've got to run. You hit it.
56:34Doing three hasn't made it three times harder.
56:36It's almost made it ten times harder.
56:39All we want is just a team to play with.
56:42Oh.
56:43Who are they after, please?
56:44Someone's getting nipped.
56:46They're coming in here.
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