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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, man.
00:10Over the course of a turbulent season...
00:12Seriously, I'm getting 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!
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 a struggle 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!
01:10..which they lost to the lads from Preston.
01:13What happened there?
01:14If we can just keep him engaged, then he's got a chance.
01:19But it could all fall apart just as quick.
01:27Plan for tonight.
01:28Everyone will bowl, everyone will bat.
01:30Yeah?
01:31Yeah.
01:31With two clubs already on the go,
01:35Kyle is running tonight's training session in Liverpool.
01:38Oi, do you two want to get your pants on?
01:41Why have you got your jacket on?
01:42It's not going to give you any extra protection.
01:44Need a bigger coat, you lad.
01:45What I've seen on the training pitch...
01:54..the 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 pants, gloves, everything on.
02:14Have you got a box?
02:16Definitely need one of them on.
02:18**** that cup.
02:20If I ever get this in the balls,
02:21then it'll be in the **** feel like that.
02:24Stepping up to face the hardball
02:26is 16-year-old Stevie,
02:28who's choosing to follow his own rules
02:30by not wearing all of the protective kit.
02:33You're in!
02:35Stevie's going to whack this one.
02:39That's why he wears a cup.
02:45Do you have a cup in, Stevie?
02:47It doesn't look like it, that one.
02:48Why's he not got a box on?
02:50He's got tools to put all the kit on.
02:52Oh, ****.
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,
03:19a good attitude, wanting to try and get better,
03:22and it just shows out when
03:23Ryan and Stevie are not interested,
03:26it just brings the whole group down.
03:29No, no, Stevie!
03:31What are you doing?
03:32This is so much effort, lads.
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.
03:44Oof.
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.
03:51I've missed you.
03:52Thank you, I've missed you, mate.
03:53Good to see you again.
03:54I'm due.
03:55After a successful try-out session,
04:11Freddie's girls' team have started training
04:13at South Shore Cricket Club.
04:15You seem energetic, I look for it.
04:17I get 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?
04:47LAUGHTER
04:47Yes!
04:49Yes, bro!
04:50Oh, this is waddling!
04:51That's funny!
04:53Oh, my God!
04:54Ah!
04:56Ah!
04:59Do you want to take this one, Kyle?
05:00No, that's you.
05:00That's one.
05:01Batting 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.
05:07Up.
05:08Yes, Molly!
05:09APPLAUSE
05:09Run, Molly!
05:12Run!
05:12Not sure when they're going to play against sides or when we can step it up, but they're keen, aren't they?
05:18That's the biggest thing, and they're smiling and enjoying it.
05:20Can't ask for it much more than that.
05:23I'm scared to run at knees.
05:25As long as they're doing that, we've got a chance.
05:30What are you doing?
05:31Shut up.
05:34Cut, knees!
05:34Gloves are giving me weird feelings.
05:36New girl, 17-year-old Maddy, has grown up in Blackpool and has lived in care since the age of 11.
05:44I'm scared.
05:45What do I do?
05:49Oh, that one!
05:52So, currently, I'm not in no education.
05:54I'm not working.
05:56I did have a job, but I quit that because I didn't like it.
06:00Because if I like something, I'll stick to it, but if I know I don't like it, yeah, I'm gone.
06:04Yes, Maddy.
06:08Oh, great!
06:09Yes!
06:12Maddy, 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, this.
06:25Go!
06:25I need your back.
06:26I need your back.
06:27No, someone else can have that.
06:29Pissing me off.
06:30Can't hit the ball.
06:31I 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.
06:44My confidence goes down because I just don't believe in myself.
06:51Maddy.
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,
07:01I'm very cautious about letting people in.
07:05You've just got to leave me alone, and just, I'll be back.
07:10You 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, gave 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?
07:35Mess, just calling teacher names and everything.
07:38Really?
07:38I'm not going to lessons, scything.
07:39So, what do you want to do?
07:42I don't know.
07:43Do you want to play football?
07:44No.
07:45Now 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.
07:55Can't lie.
07:57Yeah.
08:00Nice 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.
08:09Come 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.
08:22It's obvious she's played sport before.
08:23And she's kicking the ball around, doing keep-ups with cricket balls.
08:27Oh, ****.
08:28It just seems like she's 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.
08:41OK.
08:42Stand there.
08:44Molly.
08:44Come on, Maddy.
08:45Keep going.
08:46Molly.
08:47Because if she smacks the ball...
08:48If she hits it and you're still there, it'll hurt you.
08:52Diddons.
08:53You're just not too cocky.
08:55Prick.
08:56Wanker.
08:57Yeah, I already knew her.
08:58I think it'll be quite interesting to see how me and Maddy get on
09:03over the next couple of weeks.
09:05Right.
09:06Come on.
09:07In we come.
09:10How are we all feeling about the girls' team?
09:13Enjoy that?
09:14It was all right.
09:14It was all right?
09:15You all right?
09:15Yeah.
09:17I 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,
09:35keep coming, keep improving, organise some games,
09:38keep practising, keep working hard.
09:41They're willing to listen, they're willing to learn,
09:43so I think we've got a chance for these girls.
09:45Right.
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
09:54and done all right.
09:56We've got the girls team in Blackpool,
09:58but I want to do another one.
10:01I want to do a third team.
10:03How nice would it be
10:04if 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?
10:16On the hunt for a third club to add to his cricket league,
10:19Freddie's heading to his adopted hometown of Manchester.
10:22The 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,
10:31we've created somewhat of a blueprint,
10:32which can be carried forward to anywhere in the country.
10:36Irrespective of your postcode or how much money you've got
10:40or what your parents are to do, cricket should be for everyone.
10:46Four miles north-east of the city centre,
10:49Newton Heath has a rich sporting history,
10:51with its football club going on to become the world-famous Manchester United.
10:55Established in 1859,
11:00Newton Heath Cricket Club used to be the hub of the community,
11:04hosting famous sporting legends,
11:06with the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton even playing on its ground.
11:10But over the last few years,
11:12the 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,
11:33who'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 senior?
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, not like a...
11:52So 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.
12:02It's not a team, that.
12:03Not a team.
12:04Do you 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 here at the minute.
12:16Not in a minute.
12:18So if you come through, we've got cobwebs.
12:21Yeah.
12:21You've got cobwebs.
12:22The changing rooms.
12:24No electricity.
12:26Electricity being cut off?
12:27Partly for danger.
12:28Yeah.
12:29Cost as well.
12:29Yeah.
12:32Yeah, there's water there.
12:34You're on the floor.
12:35Oh, aye.
12:35And then through here, we go off.
12:39This gets a bit more real.
12:41So we've got showers, toilets, as you can see.
12:44Oh, wow, look at this.
12:50It's a job, isn't it?
12:52Yeah.
12:52It needs money, and do it not?
12:55Not if I want to, but should we go and have a look at the ground?
12:57Yeah, can do.
13:01Well, you come from this, like, it's a big place, isn't it?
13:03Oh, it's massive, yeah, yeah.
13:04It's one of the biggest grounds in the Northwest.
13:07I 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 load of houses and things,
13:21but these people aren't engaged in coming here.
13:24No.
13:25No.
13:25So, as it stands now, then, there's nothing happening?
13:30No.
13:31Unless 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,
13:42and 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.
13:52But it's really sad.
13:55In the city of cricket, it's dying, isn't it?
13:57And we've got to do something, don't we?
14:01Because if something's not done very quickly,
14:04this 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 I'd turn around this would be for a local area.
14:21If Freddie has any chance of saving the club,
14:23he needs support from the local community.
14:25I'd have to go to old school here, haven't I?
14:28I'd knock on doors and walk around the 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. I'm Fred.
14:45I'm doing some work at the cricket club behind at Newton Heath.
14:49I'm just trying to get people in the local community coming out
14:51and helping us clear it up a bit, because it's in a bit of a state.
14:54I'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.
15:01Well, 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.
15:05You never know.
15:06This 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 Heath Cricket Club.
15:20Try to get all the teams going, get the cricket club back.
15:22Have you got any kids here who'd be interested in playing cricket?
15:25Yeah, I've got 15-year-olds.
15:26Well, bring him down.
15:27Yeah.
15:28Thanks very much.
15:28See you later.
15:29See you.
15:29See you.
15:29We need players.
15:33I just hope there's some sort of appetite.
15:37What's she on the bag there?
15:38You're just doing all right, aren't you?
15:38Yeah.
15:39You're from Newton Heath, 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'm going to get teams.
15:50I'm going to get it thriving.
15:51Do you think it could work?
15:53No.
15:53No?
15:54No.
15:54Why?
15:55This is boring.
15:56It'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 Heath.
16:04We're going to boot them in Blackpool 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?
16:13No problem.
16:13You're following me, mate.
16:14You and Fred.
16:14It's over there, yeah.
16:15Yeah, I'm Fred.
16:16Nice to meet you.
16:16You all right?
16:16Yeah, show me.
16:18Show.
16:19You're going to cut 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?
16:24You're in 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've played with him, yeah.
16:37And I used to play there.
16:38Yeah.
16:38So.
16:40Oh, yeah, you and Ed's cricket.
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.
16:52All right, I'll leave you to it.
16:53Cheers, lad.
16:53It 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, bud.
17:03It's a real reality check, you know, because it's gone well recently.
17:07And 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're not built now and no one's coming.
17:17It's all going.
17:25With Freddie and Manchester, 50 miles away in Blackpool, England cricketer Kate Cross is
17:31back to help Kyle try and train the girls into a match-ready team.
17:36I think tonight, maybe introduce a hard ball.
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 when it goes from softball to hardball.
17:45But if we're going to play some games, they're going to actually have to get used to a hardball at some point.
17:50Right, Connor.
17:52Why did I lose my...
17:54It's OK, if you must.
17:54Well, my dreams will be green.
17:56But my lips will be red.
17:58I have a hardball each.
18:00Well, these are the actual ones.
18:02It is hard.
18:02Do not throw this at somebody, whatever you do.
18:05It is hard.
18:06The first girls to face the hardball are both newcomers to the game.
18:1017-year-old Maddie and 16-year-old Summer.
18:14Helmets. You need helmets.
18:15Can we have everyone watching the balls, please?
18:22Are you ready, kids?
18:24And if you get hit, you get hurt.
18:26Oh, no.
18:27Here we go.
18:31Oh!
18:33Ooh.
18:34OK.
18:36Mumma just got hit with a ball.
18:38You all right?
18:39Quite bad, actually.
18:41That was horrendous.
18:42Oh, I think that's nasty.
18:43You all right?
18:45Dangerous!
18:46It'll hurt for, like, 30 more seconds, and then it goes.
18:51She's got hit with a ball.
18:53No!
18:53I don't want to play.
18:56My leg hurts.
18:57I don't want to play.
18:58Ooh!
19:02I'm not playing.
19:04You all right, Summer?
19:06Just a bit of a sting.
19:08The first one's always the worst.
19:10Mm.
19:12Go on, then.
19:13These hard balls, oh, my God, they hurt.
19:17They hurt.
19:18Even catching it hurts.
19:23Um, yeah, maybe, I mean, I think we had to introduce a cricket ball to them just so they knew what it is.
19:30Don't hit me!
19:33Ah!
19:34Too fast on me.
19:35Too fast.
19:35If 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.
19:41Don'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, girly.
19:56What you doing?
19:58What you doing?
19:59Can you come and join back, please?
20:04No.
20:04Please?
20:05No.
20:05It's boring without you.
20:06I've got PTSD.
20:08Well, we can do some bowling together.
20:10No.
20:11Bowling?
20:11It's not hurting?
20:12I'm good.
20:13Come on and join.
20:18Come on, you're doing well, aren't we?
20:20No, you actually are, Summer.
20:23Come on.
20:25Me and Kyle or Freddie can say whatever we think's the right thing,
20:28but actually if it comes from each other or comes from one of their teammates,
20:32they 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.
20:44People!
20:45On three, two, one, we're all going to cheer!
20:50Three, two, one!
20:54Yay!
20:57Summer!
20:57Come on, Summer.
21:00Come on.
21:04Come on, Summer, mate.
21:05You'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.
21:13Well 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.
21:34Shut up, you absolute muppet!
21:46Absolute f***hole.
21:48It's never a dull day on Grange, is it?
21:50No.
21:50You 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.
22:02Well, what'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.
22:11I don't know if I do want to go back, but obviously, it'd more, it'll be the fact of letting Freddie down.
22:19Letting 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.
22:37You'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 the start, isn't it?
22:54Everyone's just getting involved and mucking in.
22:56Makes you think, actually, we're doing something that people want.
22:59But despite progress being made outside...
23:01Good to see you, Fred.
23:02One 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.
23:18No.
23:19I don't think you can cook in there.
23:20No.
23:21No.
23:21Look at it.
23:22Has this just happened past three weeks?
23:24Well, this is a...
23:24Yeah, it's a...
23:25A bit of weather.
23:25It's a flat roof.
23:27Needs repairing.
23:28So I can see since last time I've been here.
23:30Yeah.
23:31It'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.
23:48We 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, I think.
24:08Looking 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.
24:16Just need a start, don't we?
24:17Yeah, this is...
24:19Today, 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.
24:28Well, Fred, nice to meet you.
24:29Dominic.
24:30Aye, Dominic, you all right?
24:31Thanks for coming.
24:31Go and join him.
24:33Fred.
24:33Nice to meet you.
24:34Nice to meet you.
24:35Go and mingle in.
24:35Thanks so much.
24:37Thanks for coming.
24:38You lads cricketers?
24:39No, football.
24:40No?
24:40It's your sport.
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, then?
24:46Just go out, chill.
24:47You say you chill, doing what?
24:49What do you do and your mates do?
24:51Just go out and see them.
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, you speak, man.
25:01Like, the youth and that.
25:04The youth?
25:04Yeah, yeah.
25:05What's wrong with them?
25:07What, are you rough?
25:08A couple of gangs.
25:08Yeah, a couple of rough stuff going on.
25:10Like, my 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?
25:18I was both close with both.
25:19We're both friends with them and everything.
25:20I was close with both of them.
25:22But it's just life, innit?
25:24Like, there's nothing you can do about it, seriously.
25:27Yeah, but it depends where you're putting yourself, though, innit?
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 person,
25:36if we create something where people can come,
25:39enjoy themselves and they're safe,
25:42good for everyone.
25:42Yeah.
25:43Yeah.
25:44Do you fancy getting involved here?
25:46Oh.
25:46Can we get it going, joining the cricket team?
25:47It's semi-posh sport, though.
25:49Yeah, well, it was a posh sport, but trying to change it.
25:51I want everyone to play.
25:52Everyone have a chance.
25:53Yeah.
25:54We'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,
26:04but you might not get much in your bag.
26:06No, no.
26:08All right, thank you.
26:09Cheers, boys.
26:10Have a nice day.
26:11All right.
26:13Cricket's a tough sell for them,
26:16but that's the type of lads we want.
26:19You know, so give these boys a chance.
26:20The more I speak to people,
26:23this place is crying out for somewhere
26:24that people can go to,
26:26and it seems that cricket is probably secondary.
26:30The cricket club is the hook,
26:33and then hopefully from there,
26:34it can expand into more of a social club,
26:38where they're safe,
26:39and we can get kids off the streets.
26:40There is a crack in the wall.
26:44Right, OK.
26:45Yeah.
26:45You can see where it's all coming down
26:47off the flat roof into the gutter.
26:49To give Freddie an idea of the work needed
26:51to restore the club,
26:52he's asked Manchester Council to come down
26:54and conduct a site survey.
26:56What have you found?
26:58We think we've got some subsidence
26:59along all the back wall.
27:01It recommended that we had an asbestos survey done,
27:04so they'll come in probably next week.
27:06And then also,
27:07we've got a flat roof
27:09connecting this part of the building
27:10to the function rooms,
27:12and that is leaking.
27:14City 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, do you reckon?
27:21So we were looking in the region
27:22of about £300,000
27:23for refurbishing what we've got,
27:26and then if we were going to demolish
27:28and start again,
27:29then it would be in the region of £850,000,
27:33something like that.
27:33Yeah, you're at £50,000, right?
27:35So what's your advice?
27:37We haven't got any money specifically,
27:39but this is about using contractors
27:41and reaching out to them.
27:42We need to identify all the needs
27:44and the requirements
27:44of what we need to do
27:45for the next few months.
27:48What sort of time frames do you envisage?
27:51I think, to be brutally honest,
27:53we need two to three months
27:54to get a planning application together,
27:57and then we've got another three months
27:58to get the application submitted
28:01and hopefully approved
28:02before we should be put in...
28:04six months before anything happens?
28:05If 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.
28:20Very impatient.
28:23Thank you very much.
28:26I was hoping they'd give us a few solutions,
28:28but 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
28:36and it needs doing fast.
28:37It has to happen
28:39before the end of the summer.
28:41Has to.
28:41With plans for his Manchester club
28:46looking more and more complicated...
28:48Keep your head down.
28:51Freddie's headed back
28:52to his boys' team in Liverpool.
28:55There you go.
28:56But only six have turned up
28:58for tonight's training.
29:01I reckon you can hit that harder.
29:03Commit to it.
29:03Commit to it.
29:05Where's Ryan tonight?
29:06You could be doing anything.
29:08Him and Stevie.
29:09What?
29:10With Stevie.
29:11Sam, you could be doing anything.
29:14One more.
29:14One more in a swap-off
29:15and the cow can get a drink.
29:19There's not too many here tonight, is there?
29:23It is a disappointment.
29:25It would be nice if everyone was here.
29:27They are a team
29:27and they've played a game
29:28and they've been showing signs
29:29of improving.
29:31Yeah.
29:32It's hard, isn't it,
29:32because things are going to be against us,
29:34but I think it drives you on,
29:37doesn't it,
29:37is to think this is important.
29:38We have to keep trying
29:39just to give these kids
29:40a chance of playing cricket.
29:42Yes, lad!
29:44One of the oldest boys on the team
29:46who has turned up for training
29:47is 17-year-old local lad, Michael.
29:54It's a battle!
29:57That will follow that.
29:59You want your weight coming through.
30:00Yeah, so you want your weight forward.
30:01So it all starts with your head?
30:03Sheldon.
30:04Nice one, Fred.
30:05Sport's always been, like, a part of me life.
30:09Just 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.
30:18Do you know the nice thing about that, Michael?
30:19It'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.
30:26I felt the spin off the bat as well.
30:27I've always lived in Bootle.
30:30It's just a mental place.
30:31But I'd say it is a rough little lady.
30:33Like, I mean, gang culture is a big, big thing in Bootle.
30:37Like, doing cricket and being with Freddie.
30:42Come at a good time, because I feel like
30:43the 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
30:51for just being able to go and play cricket for an hour or two.
30:54That's what, Michael.
30:55Good one.
30:56There we go.
30:57That's bad.
30:59I'll take that from me, that's what.
31:01That was a good one, man.
31:01Great effort.
31:04Freddie's decided that after training,
31:06he wants to find out how being part of the team is helping Michael.
31:12Firstly, how are you finding the cricket?
31:14Of course.
31:14You enjoying it?
31:15Yeah, yeah.
31:15How come you wanted to do it in the first place?
31:18It's just an opportunity, really.
31:20Opportunity to excel, wasn't it?
31:21So, take it with both hands.
31:23You're obviously from round here.
31:25Tell us a bit about...
31:27It's quite rough, like.
31:28Is it?
31:29In what way?
31:30Through seven, really.
31:32Get caught in the, uh...
31:34the 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, this is the high life,
31:45this is the good life, like,
31:46out there smoking weed to your mates.
31:48And then, you're going home, and your man,
31:50she finds your bag of weed and stuff like that,
31:52it just causes arguments, and then it's...
31:53it's just... it's just a nightmare.
31:58Quite bad, really.
31:59And when you started doing this,
32:02what was your mid-team, early teens?
32:03Yeah, well, 13, 14.
32:0513, 14.
32:0513, 14.
32:06But it's just really...
32:07It's not even real in 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,
32:12you know what I mean?
32:12Like, you just hate me, man.
32:14Big time.
32:15It's been really fair, my mum and dad,
32:17because they've, like,
32:19took me in and looked after me from a baby,
32:20if 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, my uncle and auntie, then.
32:29Me, er...
32:32So if you don't mind me asking, look,
32:33your mum and dad?
32:34Yeah, me mum, me mum,
32:36passed away,
32:37like, when I was, like, six months old.
32:39Oh, no.
32:40She, like, killed yourself.
32:42On time, though?
32:43Nah, it's not like the money,
32:44I'm up and stuff.
32:45I didn't expect it to.
32:46Yeah, yeah, she, er,
32:47she stopped her on, like, me mum.
32:50And then I got put into care.
32:51What, when you was a baby?
32:52Yeah, when I was a baby,
32:53and then my mum and dad,
32:55now we're, like,
32:56all my mum and dad,
32:57my auntie and uncle,
32:58they've then taken me in.
33:01So doing all that to them,
33:02what I've done was wrong,
33:03cos it was, like,
33:04shit they've done for you, lads,
33:06you know what I mean?
33:06Yeah.
33:07You talk to your mum and dad now about you?
33:10As a kid,
33:11as a kid,
33:12I was quite, like,
33:13I feel like that's why I was a bit of a,
33:14a loose cannon,
33:15and went down certain ways and stuff like that,
33:17because I didn't really know who I was myself,
33:19in a way, if you get to me,
33:21cos that was, like, a big question to me,
33:22like, was it my fault,
33:23or did what I could,
33:24you know what I mean?
33:25Just little, like,
33:25my stuff like that, really,
33:26cos it is a, it is quite a,
33:29er,
33:29a horrible way to go, really,
33:31isn't it?
33:31It is, it's the worst way to go.
33:33With suicide.
33:34Yeah, yeah, so,
33:35it's going to sound weird,
33:36but I was angry towards him,
33:37and I thought you could,
33:39For doing it?
33:39Yeah, yeah.
33:40I think, I think my opinion of,
33:43like,
33:44suicide's changed over the years,
33:46for a few reasons.
33:47One, I've had friends,
33:48who have done it,
33:50actually, one, quite recent.
33:51Sorry to hear that.
33:51No, it's fine,
33:53erm,
33:54but,
33:55so I struggle with my love,
33:56I struggle with depression,
33:59I had an accident 18 months ago,
34:00and I'll be honest with you,
34:01like,
34:02I didn't want to kill myself,
34:03but I didn't want to be alive.
34:04Does that make sense?
34:05Yeah?
34:06I've been like that a few times.
34:07Yeah, not me.
34:08Oh, exactly what you mean.
34:09I didn't know if I had it in me.
34:10Yeah, it's just,
34:11yeah, yeah.
34:11And then,
34:12and then it also,
34:12actually,
34:12I've been quite reflective,
34:13actually,
34:14when we met recently,
34:15is that,
34:16I always thought it was selfish,
34:18and I always thought there was a way out,
34:20but then,
34:21actually,
34:21I've come to understand it
34:23a little bit more now.
34:25If there's a level,
34:26which there is,
34:27underneath where I felt,
34:29and you can go lower,
34:31I actually really understand it.
34:33Yeah.
34:35So,
34:36so what,
34:36what is it you want to do now?
34:39Just keep going,
34:39and I just keep doing,
34:40be even,
34:41keep doing well for me self.
34:42Yeah.
34:42But, yeah.
34:46You've got all these reasons
34:47to be successful.
34:49and do well.
34:51I think the biggest one
34:51is for you as well.
34:53You know what I mean?
34:54Everyone, like,
34:54tries to please,
34:55and do this with other people,
34:56but I think you need to do it
34:57to yourself.
34:58From what you've been through,
35:00and what you've experienced,
35:01you deserve it,
35:02you know what I mean?
35:03You've got plenty to offer.
35:04So much.
35:05I can't talk about these.
35:06I'm talking about it.
35:07That's a scouting thing.
35:12He's dealt with so much
35:13in such a young life.
35:14He's only 17.
35:16And,
35:16I think everyone is,
35:18guilty of being judgmental.
35:21Whether it's kids
35:22and their behaviour,
35:24or why kids hang around the streets,
35:25or they're doing some of the things
35:27that they're doing.
35:28And the more time we've spent
35:29with these lads,
35:30you realise, actually,
35:31there's reasons
35:32for people's behaviour.
35:33And that's,
35:34that's the thing
35:35that needs to be tackled.
35:37You know,
35:37I think we've got
35:38positive role models for kids.
35:40Show them a different way.
35:41Show them the opportunities
35:42that they could have,
35:43which we're trying to do
35:45by getting a group
35:48of boys or girls
35:49who believe they're a team.
35:52Giving them confidence,
35:54a sense of belonging,
35:55and ultimately,
35:57trying to apply them things
35:58into their lives.
35:59We've just got to prove it works.
36:03We've got to prove it's right
36:04and it does make a difference.
36:10Who's confident
36:11of practising with the hard ball?
36:14In Blackpool,
36:15Freddie's hoping the girls
36:16will soon be ready
36:17to play their first ever match.
36:20So if you're confident,
36:21you can go in the net.
36:23But some of the team
36:24are still struggling
36:25to get to grips
36:26with the hard ball.
36:27We don't want them, you know,
36:29not coming to cricket
36:30because they're scared
36:30of getting hurt.
36:31But we also need to realise
36:32that if we're going to play a match,
36:33it's going to be a hard ball.
36:35So it's a tricky one
36:36at the moment.
36:37Right, get yourself a bat.
36:38I don't want to put them
36:39in a game against another team
36:41and embarrass them.
36:41I want them to compete.
36:42I want them to feel confident
36:43in what they're doing.
36:45If it goes well,
36:46it could bring some confidence
36:47out of them.
36:49But on the flip side of that,
36:49though, if it goes badly
36:50and embarrass themselves,
36:52they could be back to square one.
36:55Oh!
36:56Oh!
36:56Oh!
36:57My arse-cheek!
36:59Oh!
37:02Who do you think of it?
37:03I'm a professional!
37:04This feels like
37:04we're not progressing
37:05at all.
37:06We're not.
37:09We were even better
37:10than this on the first week.
37:13But it's not just
37:14the hard ball
37:15affecting the team.
37:16Go on, Molly.
37:17No, do it properly.
37:18Oh, Molly, mate,
37:18do it properly, I beg.
37:19Oh, sorry.
37:21Don't get lippy, mate.
37:22Oh, shut up, Maddie.
37:23If you can't tell,
37:24I'm not in the mood.
37:25Oh, shut up.
37:26Go 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
37:35Aint of the stupid cow.
37:39I really just don't want
37:40they seem to fall apart.
37:43It's like a bitchiness
37:44and drama
37:45and girls
37:46and blah, blah, blah.
37:48When you're playing a game,
37:50you have to get on.
37:51Like, everyone has to get on
37:52and right now,
37:53that's not happening.
37:54Well, I don't think
37:55we're a team
37:56at the moment
37:57at all.
37:58No.
37:58No.
37:59I reckon we just
38:00get rid of her.
38:01We don't need her.
38:03With the girls,
38:05it's different.
38:06A lot more emotional
38:07than the boys.
38:09And that seems to be
38:09surfacing quite a bit.
38:11They're struggling
38:11with a bit of confidence.
38:13But then,
38:14one thing which is a bit
38:14more worrying
38:15is there's been
38:16a bit of falling out.
38:18Different friendship groups.
38:20People getting young
38:20with one another.
38:21That's the funny thing
38:22about sport
38:23and in particular cricket.
38:25You know,
38:26even with England,
38:27you get put together
38:28a group of people
38:29that I reckon
38:30unless you play cricket,
38:32you would never meet.
38:33But,
38:34just respect them,
38:35just learn how to get along.
38:36You don't have to be
38:37best of mates for people.
38:41It seems to be
38:42a bit of falling out.
38:43Is that fair?
38:45What is it about
38:46the two of you
38:46that clashes?
38:47You just don't like
38:48each other.
38:48Don't like each other
38:49or you don't try
38:50with each other?
38:52I don't know.
38:53How can you solve it?
38:53Because the problem is
38:54with you two,
38:55such strong characters,
38:57is if you're kicking off
38:59or not getting on,
39:00I think it's going
39:00to affect everyone.
39:03I don't actually know.
39:05Do you think there's a world
39:05in which the two of you
39:06get on?
39:08No.
39:08Why?
39:09We never get on.
39:10Why?
39:10I don't know.
39:12Well, try it.
39:15You don't have to get on
39:16best of mates.
39:18We can respect each other,
39:20can't you?
39:20Yeah.
39:21Try and not row
39:22and kick off.
39:25We'll just be teammates.
39:27Yeah?
39:33I just can't keep going,
39:34has it, I can't it?
39:36I'm meant to be trying
39:36to be closer as a team
39:38so we can then play
39:39matches and we can
39:40do more things.
39:41But if they keep
39:41kicking off with each other,
39:43that's not a possibility
39:44at the minute.
39:44with problems mounting in Blackpool,
39:50Freddie's headed back
39:51to Manchester
39:51where he's hoping
39:52to create his third team
39:54and restore Newton Heath
39:56cricket club
39:56to its former glory.
39:57It's been about a month
39:59since we were here
40:00and last time
40:02there was all sorts
40:02going on.
40:03We had the clear-up,
40:04didn't we?
40:04So people had turned out,
40:05there were people in bushes
40:06picking litter up,
40:08doing every little bit
40:09they can.
40:11Coming back,
40:12you can see
40:13nothing's been done.
40:15The ground just keeps growing
40:16and the clubhouse
40:17is just getting
40:18slowly worse.
40:19It's just been left.
40:21It seems at the minute
40:22everything's just come
40:23to a halt at this place.
40:25Keen to find out
40:26what's been happening,
40:28Freddie's catching up
40:29with John.
40:29Hi, John.
40:30One of the club's trustees.
40:32There's a problem
40:33with the lease, Freddie.
40:36The lease
40:37has gone missing.
40:39We've spoken to solicitors,
40:41we've received advice
40:43off 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
40:51lease,
40:53which was from 1859.
40:55It's written in Old English
40:57and it mentions sport
40:59in there,
41:00but it doesn't actually mention
41:02Newton Heath Cricket Club.
41:04So we need to
41:06find the lease.
41:09But you don't know
41:09where that is?
41:10At this moment
41:11it's misplaced.
41:13Right.
41:14It's one thing
41:14after another, isn't it?
41:16If you don't get it resolved...
41:18No, it will be resolved.
41:19No, it will be.
41:20It will be.
41:20I don't say you won't, John.
41:22Yeah.
41:23But, again,
41:24it's time, isn't it?
41:25It is time, yeah.
41:27That's the issue.
41:29Yeah.
41:30The way I understand it
41:31is if we don't
41:32sort this lease out now,
41:35everything we're doing
41:37is in jeopardy.
41:37In some ways
41:38it's not even a...
41:39It's a non-starter.
41:40Yes.
41:42We fully understand that
41:43and the need
41:44to get that sorted ASAP.
41:49We don't even know
41:49if 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
41:53or 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.
42:09Also, as well,
42:10I'm going to go and try
42:11and get a team tonight.
42:13You know, we've put an open session
42:14out for people to turn up
42:16and 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
42:27for Freddie's third team
42:28are being held
42:29at an established cricket club
42:31in North Manchester.
42:32Is it just us tea?
42:34No, it's going to be about...
42:35It's going to be more of you.
42:36No, I don't think that...
42:37A couple more.
42:39Come in, lads.
42:40How are you?
42:40All right?
42:42Cheers, lads.
42:44The thing about this is,
42:46it's meant to be a tryout,
42:47but whoever comes is in.
42:50You know, it's not like a trial.
42:51It's not how good you are at cricket.
42:53If you turn up,
42:54we'll have you.
42:56There you go.
43:00I'm just looking over.
43:01There's another one there.
43:02Yeah, I'll have him.
43:05I think with everything
43:06going on at the club
43:07and all the problems,
43:09I think this is probably
43:10even more important now.
43:12You know, if you're going to say,
43:13look, there's people
43:14waiting to play.
43:15You think I'll be
43:16the next Freddie Flintoff?
43:23Hiya, Kyle.
43:24Nice to meet you.
43:25You too.
43:26Nice to meet you.
43:26You all right?
43:27Nice to get out on grass.
43:28Come on, lads.
43:29Great shot.
43:34Which one of them?
43:35Presley.
43:36Presley?
43:36What a name that is.
43:38Like Elvis, innit?
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.
43:44You all right?
43:44Come join us.
43:44Come join us.
43:45You coming?
43:45All right, first, I'm Fred.
43:48This is Kyle.
43:50I just want to thank everyone
43:51for turning up today
43:51and coming down.
43:52Throw yourselves into it.
43:54Whatever standard,
43:54whatever level,
43:55encourage each other
43:56and have some fun.
43:58It's not the hardest game
43:59in the world.
43:59You've got to throw a ball,
44:00catch a ball and hit a ball.
44:01All right.
44:02Kyle?
44:03Yeah, should we get going?
44:04Should we head over to the nets
44:05in the corner?
44:06We'll do a bit of batting
44:07and bowling.
44:08Use these balls.
44:09You know, they're quite soft.
44:10It's not going to hurt
44:11or anything.
44:12If you've never bowled before,
44:14think of a windmill.
44:15This bowling arm,
44:16imagine a windmill coming over.
44:18That's going towards the batter.
44:20Just have a go.
44:21See what happens, yeah?
44:22Does that have to bounce?
44:23Yeah, yeah.
44:23Bounce once.
44:24Yeah, like this.
44:26Here he is.
44:26Come on, Hass.
44:27Look at what you've got.
44:30Boy, what is that?
44:31One more, one more,
44:32because that was nothing.
44:33Eleven boys have turned up
44:35for the tryout,
44:35but some have never even
44:37picked up a cricket bat before.
44:40Out.
44:41I don't know what I'm doing.
44:42One up, down, over.
44:44One up, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
44:46It's okay, it's okay.
44:49I can't control it, wallah.
44:51So much harder than it looks, yeah?
44:53I've got to cut control it.
44:55Various degrees of ability,
44:56but it's so far out.
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 way to be, you know what I mean?
45:21Confidence is key.
45:23Most important thing, you know?
45:24These.
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 a pub and 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.
45:51Yeah.
45:51It's more heavier.
45:53I'm blaming the equipment until I get better.
45:56Get yourselves a drink.
45:57I'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?
46:11You split 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 me a lie?
46:20No, tell me a lie.
46:21No, like, catching decent, 10, 13 pounds.
46:25Have many of you played cricket?
46:26No?
46:27No.
46:28I'm not aiming it.
46:28No.
46:29Is everyone enjoying it, though?
46:30Yeah, it's good.
46:32Yeah.
46:32Good.
46:33Fancy doing more?
46:34Yeah.
46:34Yeah.
46:35Yeah.
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
46:45war and leases and pitches, you know, I was expecting tonight, nothing, but it was a good
46:52turnout.
46:54The nicest thing was, when you talk about putting a team together, you know, because you get a
46:58load of lads, they've got nothing in common, really, and you're just lumped together.
47:02And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but definitely from what I've seen tonight,
47:07that is the makings of a team.
47:11Do you want me to catch a carp, or...?
47:12No, I've caught roach, bream.
47:15I think it was brilliant.
47:18Everyone comes back, made a couple of mates, exchange numbers and that.
47:22Well, Morgana told me always to kiss the fish for good luck.
47:25My breath must have stunk.
47:28Something like a snog in the fish.
47:32Hopefully everyone gets better and we'll just start being the best that we can, the dream
47:38team.
47:41There's so many things that need doing, there's so many obstacles, but when you see what's
47:46just happened there, you think, yeah, we'll have to have a go at this.
47:49We'll have to do it.
47:50Yeah, yeah.
47:55Does 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
48:18pitch 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 root guard.
48:32Hopefully when we leave today, they become closer as a team and we can take that into
48:37the 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?
48:47How 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 to do raft building.
49:03Are we actually...
49:04I don't like raft building.
49:06I'm not going in that.
49:07Oh, my God.
49:09One of the things I want to work on today is becoming a proper team, working with each
49:16other, communicating with each other and spending time, possibly with people you don't spend
49:20too much time with within the group.
49:22Go and get your wetsuits.
49:23Off you go.
49:24Oh, there's a snail on my coat.
49:28I already feel like there's going to be 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, are you helping with this tarpolling?
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.
49:50Maddy, Summer, Amy, Carla and Mila.
49:53I'm not happy with you.
49:54Right, come on.
49:55In your teams.
49:56I don't want to be in this group.
49:58It's interesting, isn't it?
49:59It's right away if Summer don't want to be in that group.
50:01It'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 like this.
50:09It's because of the slide.
50:09I didn't like building a raft, but then you've got to realise other people do and I didn't
50:14at times.
50:15We're going to bring it together, aren't we?
50:16Yeah.
50:17Oh, there's poo.
50:19I'm a toe.
50:20Both teams have been given an hour to build their rafts before testing them out on the lake.
50:26Right over there.
50:27Yeah, like that.
50:28They're getting it wrong doing water.
50:29You've got to do it proper.
50:31There is a consequence to not getting involved here.
50:33Yeah.
50:33Right, are we lifting up a corner each then?
50:35Oh, Max!
50:37So, kick that one under.
50:39Thanks.
50:40We need to flip it.
50:43Look at theirs, they haven't flipped it.
50:45Yes, they have.
50:45Yes, they have.
50:46No, they haven't.
50:46Yes, they have.
50:48No, they haven't.
50:48Yes, they've flipped the thing.
50:50Look at the long one going across.
50:52No.
50:53It doesn't matter, they've flipped the thing.
50:56Oh, 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.
51:09Molly'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.
51:19Oh, my God, no.
51:21You know, we're going to play the first game of cricket soon,
51:23and we need everyone to be working together.
51:25Get back in, Molly.
51:26Come on.
51:27Oh, can you not just do this?
51:28Wait.
51:30Wait.
51:34It's not moving.
51:35Molly, we could use your help right now.
51:38Come on.
51:39Molly, mate, come over here, mate.
51:40We need your help.
51:42Bloody hell, Molly.
51:45Right, get that one.
51:46That can go in the middle.
51:48I'll lift you place.
51:50Right, you ready?
51:51Go.
51:52Go.
51:53How am I doing it?
51:53Well done, Molly.
51:55Come on, Mo.
51:55Get that corner.
51:58This looks like a team.
52:00Teamwork.
52:02Nearly done.
52:03Now how are we going to tie them?
52:05Right, pass me that in, man.
52:09There we go.
52:10Here we go.
52:11Yay.
52:12Look, we built a raft.
52:14See, we did it.
52:15It'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.
52:33Nothing to see, just two 40-odd-year-old men.
52:41Right, we're forgetting that.
52:42Let's get these rafts on the water.
52:44Oh, that's not seeing on.
52:46Oh, my God.
52:47Imagine that, wouldn't it?
52:48That's so safe, isn't it?
52:49Mate, we're having a right nightmare.
52:53This water's monkey, mate.
52:55No, wait, wait, wait.
52:56So cold.
52:57I'm scared.
52:58I'm scared.
52:58I'm scared.
53:00I'm scared.
53:01You're going to get paddling.
53:06Doing so well.
53:11Oh, sorry.
53:14No, delete.
53:19Everywhere we go.
53:21Hey.
53:23Oh, that got me.
53:24People want to know.
53:26People want to know.
53:28Who we are.
53:29Who we are.
53:31Where we come from.
53:33Where we come from.
53:34So we tell them.
53:36So we tell them.
53:37We're from Blackpool.
53:39We're from Blackpool.
53:41The mighty, mighty Blackpool.
53:42The mighty, mighty Blackpool.
53:44Today's been perfect.
53:49We're from Blackpool.
53:50It was so fun.
53:51It was so fun.
53:55I think it's built our confidence back up from when the last time we all had drama.
53:59Yeah, we've grown a lot closer together.
54:04It was just hilarious.
54:07It was so good.
54:10It was incredible, wasn't it?
54:16They got in the water.
54:17They're enjoying it.
54:18Everyone's smiling.
54:18Everyone's laughing.
54:19Helping each other.
54:20Everything that we could have expected.
54:22That was me.
54:23It was a good day.
54:24Good day.
54:25I think it has helped us bond as a team.
54:50We've all got like more comfortable with each other.
54:53So if we need any help, we'll just ask for the help.
54:56To be fair, I got on with Molly quite good today and I was quite shocked.
55:00It's all about team yielding, to be fair, innit?
55:02And just getting on.
55:05I've really enjoyed it and I hope you have.
55:08Yeah, pushing you off.
55:09Yeah, that was the best part.
55:12The pleasing part for myself and Kyle is that when you turned up off that bus,
55:17you saw what you was going to do.
55:18And there's so many people saying, oh, we're going there.
55:22I don't want to build a raft.
55:22I don't want to do this, that, and the other.
55:24And then every single one of you bought into it.
55:27And every one of you worked together.
55:31This is the first time I thought, actually, we've got a cricket team here.
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.
55:47Even Maddie's trying not to smile again.
55:49Molly might crack one in a minute.
55:51We feel like a proper team right now.
55:54That is a team.
55:59Everything that we hoped for from today happened.
56:04And that will 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.
56:14We're the only two masked lesbians on here.
56:16That's you, not me.
56:18Are you joking?
56:18You're a masked lesbian.
56:19I'm not a lesbian.
56:21Yes, you are.
56:21I'm not a lesbian.
56:22There's no possible way you're straight, mommy.
56:24I'm not a lesbian.
56:25What is this?
56:28You're out.
56:31Oh, mate, fuming.
56:33Got to run, you hit it.
56:34Doing three hasn't made it three times harder.
56:37It's almost made it ten times harder.
56:39All we want is just a team to play with.
56:43Who are they after, please?
56:45Someone's getting niffed.
56:47Are you coming in here?
56:49Team back on!
56:51Team back on!
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57:40Amen.
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