Jamie's mind isn't on football

The episode opens with Andy leading a warm-up routine on the training field. He then proceeds to work the keepers through their routine. Jamie Parker's mind is elsewhere, and Andy tells him to go and take a rest. He's no good to the team the way he is. Ray confronts Jamie about his behaviour. He tells him that he won't get back into the first team until he produces the goods in training.

The club's at breaking point

Lynda discovers that they can pay the players this month. However, Roger informs her that the club is still "literally at breaking point". Meanwhile, Prash intercepts an engineer who has discovered a stress fracture in the North Stand. He recognises this as an opportunity to deliver the killer blow to Lynda. The stand will have to be closed for repairs, which will cost 150,000 pounds. He goes straight to the press and tells them all about it. Lynda hits the roof. However, Roger tells her that if they can't repair the stand immediately, it's the end of the line.

Lynda clutches at straws

Lynda has a contretemps with publicist Victoria Baptiste, who is helping Prash get the story to the press. Press photographers get it all on film. Then Lynda talks to Roger again about finding a consortium to make a rescue bid to keep the club out of Prash's hands. Roger doesn't hold out much hope. He tries and fails to find anyone himself, and then suggests that Lynda tries to get Monday to try his Nigerian contacts. Monday, though, tells her that he doesn't think there's anything he can do. When Lynda leaves work, she witnesses North Stand season ticket holders in the club reception, demanding satisfaction. Things get worse when Victoria reveals to Prash that Lynda is pregnant. Fletch confirms once again with Prash that he will become player-manager after Prash takes over.

Prash makes his move

Lynda calls to Kitty and Ray's room to tell Ray that she'll have to sell the club. She later meets Prash for dinner and tells him she'll sell the club. Prash tells her that he doesn't need to buy the club becuase he's taken it into administration. He taunts her that she could have sold him the club for millions, but now she'll be left for nothing. The next day, the administrator assures her that he won't favour Prash. Nevertheless, if a bid isn't made in 24 hours, control of the club will pass to Prash. Linda, expecting the worst, bids a tearful farewell to Roger and the secretaries. She then sits in the stand and pours her heart out to ray.

Jamie's fortunes deteriorate further

Tash discovers the extent of the financial predicament Jamie's gambling has got them into. Jamie meets her and promises her he'll sort everything out. tash indicates that she won't leave him after all. She says that she'll sort out their finances herself by paying bookie McReady his 48,000 pounds out of her private savings account. She takes Jamie's cards so he can't withdraw any more money for betting. Then Tash's agent father Jeff turns up. He sees the bruise Tash got at the hands of the thugs, assemed Jamie did it, and decks him.

It later emerges that Jamie has secretly kept some of the cash Tash tried to take from him. He loses even more money. As soon as she's gone, he resumes his gambling over the phone. Lizzie and Siobhan meet Tash in the lobby of the Grange, and invite her to go shopping with them. When she declines, they are so surprised that they conclude she's having an affair. When Tash arrives back in the hotel, she hears the horse racing on in the room before she goes in. Jamie turns it off and pretends to be asleep. She boots him out of the room for the night. He has nowhere else to go. He tries to console himself by persuading Eddie to go to the bookie's with him. A little later, Eddie catches him trying to steal some of his money. He tells him to clear off. "Sort yourself out, you mug!" he cries.

Later, Siobhan and Lizzie return from shopping, and Tash tells them about Jamie's gambling and the fact that they are drunk. Meanwhile, Jamie is looking for somewhere to stay the night. Fletch laughs off his request, calling him a thief. Then Jamie asks Lizzie if he can sleep on their floor. She calls him a wife-beater and a thief and sends him on his way. He ends up sleeping in the club dressing rooms.

The players are restless

Eddie tells Matt that the players should go on strike now that the club is in administration to ensure that they are fully paid. He tries to stir up the other players, with some success. Later on, Fletch delivers a pro-Prash oration, which is well received. matt Conlon is having none of it, and confronts Fletch about his intentions. He rightly suspects that Prash has got to Fletch.

Andy Ansah's scene

Andy Ansah delivers an in-depth tactical analysis on the training field ahead of the game against Middlesboro. If they win the game, they'll be third in the League with a couple of matches to go.

Conclusion

The episode ends with Jamie hitting rock bottom and acknowledging to Tash that he has a gambling problem.