York City boss Jackie McNamara says he will resign if the team fail to achieve a "positive" result in Saturday's National League game at Braintree.

The Scot met the club chairman on Wednesday following a 6-1 defeat at Guiseley the previous evening.
"Sometimes the easiest thing to do is to just walk away, hold your hands up and let somebody else come in," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
The former Scotland defender, 42, was appointed last November.
He was unable to save them from relegation out of the Football League last season and they are currently 20th in the National League table.
McNamara said it was his idea to release a club statement which indicated he was considering his position at Bootham Crescent.
"Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to stand up and fight and try and change it," he explained.
"I brought in a lot of players in the summer, to try and change things from last year. It does take time, some of them have come from a lower level, but I brought them here and I'll take responsibility for that and if it doesn't work then it's my fault."
The Minstermen have won only eight games since McNamara, who previously managed Dundee United and Partick Thistle, replaced Russ Wilcox as boss.
York took the lead at Guiseley through Matt Fry, but then fell apart in a game held up for 37 minutes following a floodlight failure.
A spectator later went on to the pitch to confront McNamara, who afterwards told the club website that his team had gone "into their little shells" and failed to handle "the pressure side of things with an intimidating atmosphere".
"Last night was unsavoury," added McNamara on 5 live. "But I think there has been a lot of things off the field, nothing to do with football, that have been quite personal that you have to face up to.
"Again that's part and parcel of being a football manager and being in the spotlight."
The earlier statement had announced: "It has been decided that, if the team fails to gain a positive result at Braintree Town on Saturday, the York City manager will tender his resignation.
"The manager will be looking for a passionate and committed reaction from the players after the capitulation at Nethermoor Park on Tuesday evening."


One man has been killed and two people injured in a shooting at a pool party in Surrey.

The 34-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound at an address in Headley, near Epsom, shortly after 02:30 BST, Surrey Police said.
A 36-year-old woman was shot in the leg and taken to hospital while another man was treated for minor shoulder wounds.
Surrey Police said the victims were guests at a private party. Someone has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Det Supt Bex Smith said a second person had been held on suspicion of assisting an offender - but the force would not reveal the sex of the two arrested people.
The weapon used is believed to be a handgun, she said. It has not been recovered.
Police are particularly keen to hear from anyone who saw a black and white Mini that left the scene following the shooting, she added.
Det Supt Smith said it was not believed there was any risk now to Headley residents.
Appealing for information, she said: "This was a shocking turn of events at what had been billed as a private pool party and would have been witnessed by a number of people."
An advert for a "Big Mansion Pool Party" at a "Posh Location in the Hills" was posted on Instagram.
Mole Valley District Council confirmed it issued a temporary event notice for a private garden party at The Bungalow after it received no objections from Surrey Police or environmental health.
The event was licensed from 14:00 on Sunday to 04:00 on Monday and covered sale of alcohol, provision of regulated entertainment and provision of late-night refreshment.
Neighbours said the house on Church Lane had been rented out for parties before.
Julie Ho-a-shoo, who runs the Headley village shop, told BBC Surrey she noticed a knife on the edge of the road and alerted police.
She said there was loud music until about 02:30.
"They were partying really hard and loud. There was complete devastation. It looks like everyone had used our front drive as a toilet."
Parish councillor David Preedy said the house had been rented out for a noisy party last year and alerted police when he heard a "repeat was being organised".
"I walked up at 8pm and there were people assembling. They weren't people from the community. I could hear music was being played but I couldn't see much as the place has an enclosed garden.
"I called the police and asked them to patrol and make organisers know they should be considerate neighbours.
"I am sure people will be shocked and very worried."
A woman who lives nearby said she was going to bed when she heard a commotion outside.
"I looked out of the window and cars were trying to park everywhere, then lots of people sort of getting out and they were drinking.
"I heard bottles and I heard some smashing of glass, I think a windscreen must have broken and then it went on and on.
"Nothing goes on here usually."


A review prompted by the death of a 14-week-old baby girl has uncovered a series of failings by child protection services in Glasgow.

The baby, identified only as Child A, died in hospital in March 2015 after being found in a home strewn with dirty nappies and drug paraphernalia.
A significant case review said failures of communication led to deficiencies in the care of child protection services.
They said they were developing a plan in response to the review.
Despite prior involvement from social services in the city, when police officers arrived at the family home on the day of Child A's death, they expressed immediate concerns about the conditions she had been living in along with her siblings.
The review said: "They reported the home being in a state of disarray, dirty soiled clothing and nappies observed in rooms throughout the home, the bedroom occupied by two of the older siblings was stated to be uninhabitable with broken beds, no mattresses or bed clothes.
"Police further noted evidence of drug misuse within the property: scorched tinfoil on the floor and remnants of a plastic wrap believed to have contained heroin."
CCTV footage of the area also showed Child A's siblings being out at midnight without adult supervision.
A post-mortem examination of the child later concluded that she had died of sudden and unexplained death in infancy syndrome.
The review said that it was important to acknowledged that had there not been any issues with the intervention of care services, the outcome may have been the same for the child.
However, in its findings, the significant case review said there had been deficits in information sharing within and across agencies, which impacted on assessment, decision making, care planning and intervention with Child A and her family.
The review also highlighted changes of social service personnel at key times combined with staff absences reduced the opportunities to re-assess the child and family circumstances.
A spokesperson for the Glasgow Child Protection Committee said it was unable to publish the full report for legal reasons.
It added: "The significant case review process is clearly intended to give professionals the opportunity to learn from serious incidents and how best to improve services to protect children and young people.
"It is not an inquiry into culpability, which is a matter for criminal investigation or disciplinary procedures.
"Throughout the review process, the committee has welcomed the readiness of staff to reflect on this complex case and to identify shortcomings as well as good practice.
"The agencies involved are developing a plan in response to the findings of this review and this work will be subject to further scrutiny by the Child Protection Committee."
A spokesperson for the Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership said: "This has been an extremely sad and difficult case involving the tragic loss of a very young baby.
"We are addressing concerns raised in the findings of this review as a matter of priority.
"We want to ensure that our assessment processes are robust and that our systems deliver effective joint working.
"The Child Protection Committee is aware of good practice within our services but we must make sure this positive work is found consistently throughout our operation.
"The review also identifies that the impact of neglect presents a major challenge for all staff working with children in Glasgow.
"We are firmly focused on neglect as part of our work and what can be done to manage as effectively as possible the risks created by neglect.
"As the review acknowledges, however, even a flawless system may not have prevented this sudden unexpected death in infancy."


World number one Rory McIlroy is seven shots behind leader Jordan Spieth after the opening round of the 79th Masters at Augusta.

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The Northern Irishman, 25, is aiming to become only the sixth man to win all four majors and made a solid start to the tournament with a battling one-under-par 71.
However, American Spieth, who finished joint runner up to Bubba Watson at last year's Masters, produced the performance of the day, carding nine birdies to open a three-shot lead with an eight-under 64.
England's Justin Rose made an impressive start as he continues his quest for a first Masters title, carding a 67 to sit in a group of four players on five under while former world number one Tiger Woods is nine shots off the pace after a one-over 73.
Spieth, 21, is yet to win a major but arrived in Georgia in fine form, with a win and two runners-up places in his last three PGA Tour events.
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He became the first man since Woods in 2011 to record nine birdies in a round, with six arriving in seven holes around the turn.
Spieth's fine display means McIlroy, looking to win his third major in succession, will be determined to get himself firmly in contention with an improved performance in Friday's second round.
He opened with a huge 324-yard drive down the first on a scorching Thursday morning but found the water hazard on the par-five second, scrambling superbly for par with a beautiful back-spinning chip to within four feet.
Having dropped a shot on the par-three sixth he then hit straight back with a fine approach on the seventh for his first birdie of the tournament, but another bogey on the testing par-four 11th slowed his momentum.
A birdie on the par-five 13th was followed by a wonderful 21-foot birdie putt on the 15th, and he was a little unlucky that his tee-shot on the par-three 16th failed to release down the slope of the green.
Rose made a strong start to the tournament as he had six birdies and just one bogey to take a share of the clubhouse lead midway through the day, before Spieth made his move in the afternoon.
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The 34-year-old, alongside American Charley Hoffman, South African Ernie Els and Australian Jason Day on five under, is well placed to mount a challenge on Friday.
However, having led after the opening round on three previous occasions but still without a Masters title, Rose is keeping his expectations in check.
"There's really no point in getting ahead of yourself," said Rose, who won the 2013 US Open. "So much can happen around this golf course."
"One thing I've learned on this golf course is that if you do make a bogey or two, when you start to chase around here to make up for it, it's not always the best decision."
Much of the pre-tournament focus had been on Woods, who was playing in just his third tournament of the year and his first after taking an indefinite break from golf. two months ago.
Having shot an 82 in his first tournament of 2015 and then withdrawing after 11 holes in the second, there was plenty of uncertainty about how the 39-year-old would get on at the Masters.
Woods has not won a major since the 2008 US Open and he made a disappointing start on Thursday, bogeying the par-four first, but recovered with a birdie on the second.
He added two further birdies but three bogeys meant he signed for a one over 73 and he immediately headed off to the practice area.
Paul Casey, making his first Masters appearance since 2012, is in contention for a maiden Major title after finishing with a three-under-par 69.
A bogey on the 18th cost him a place higher up the leaderboard, but the Englishman was satisfied with his round.
"It is great to be back," Casey said. "This is a golf course I play well and I love to play it."
Casey's compatriot Danny Willett marked his Masters debut with an impressive eagle on his way to a 71.
The 27-year-old holed a 60-foot putt on the 13th and said: "It's the kind of thing you dream of when you're a kid, boxing a long one across the green."
Also finishing the opening round with a 71 was Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, who carded three birdies alongside two bogeys, and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
English duo Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood both finished on 73, one over, while Scot Sandy Lyle is two over.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson, partnering Tiger Woods and Jimmy Walker, finished with a two-over 74, with compatriot Ian Woosnam a shot further back.
First round scores


Two people have died after the car they were in collided with a lorry.

The man and woman were travelling along the A49 near Bayston Hill, in Shrewsbury, at about 10:50 BST when the collision happened.
Passers-by attempted CPR before paramedics arrived, but the pair were confirmed dead at the scene. Damage to the car was "significant", police said.
The driver of the lorry was treated for the effects of shock and discharged at the scene.
West Mercia Police said the road between Bayston Hill and Church Stretton was likely to be closed for the rest of the day while an investigation was carried out.


Wildlife activists have accused Indian authorities of a culture of secrecy around steadily rising tiger deaths.

At least 67 tigers have died this year - many as a result of conflict with humans, including poachers, they say.
"There is no transparency in these matters," Theodore Baskaran, a former trustee of WWF-India, told the BBC.
India is home to 60% of the world's tigers but they face increasing habitat loss and demand for their body parts in China and other parts of Asia.
Senior officials of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) confirmed to the BBC that the bodies of 58 tigers had been recovered between January and June this year, as well as body parts from nine other tiger fatalities.
Karnataka state in the south recorded 14 deaths, more than any other, while the central state of Madhya Pradesh accounted for 13.
"Wildlife activists are alarmed mainly because of the secrecy surrounding the deaths. Also there is no co-ordination between researchers and the forest department," Theodore Baskaran said.
But NTCA authorities say each case is dealt with according to standard operating procedures. They said they were unable to divulge the causes for this year's tiger deaths until final reports from field officers had been received.
On current trends this year's mortality rate could surpass last year, when 120 deaths were recorded, the highest number since 2006. Tiger deaths have steadily gone up in India in recent years. In 2015 officials reported 80 tiger deaths, and 78 in the previous year.
It is thought India had about 100,000 tigers a century ago. Numbers had plummeted to fewer than 1,500 by the early years of this millennium.
Tigers are now on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of endangered animals.
They are found in just 2% of India and encroachment by humans on their habitat - as well as poaching for body parts and trophy hunting - is a key factor in their decline.
Since 2006 conservation efforts have yielded significant results, however. India's tiger population rose from 1,706 to 2,226 during the period 2011-2016.
But conservationists say much more needs to be done.
Theodore Baskaran and other activists want forest officials to cultivate the goodwill of forest dwellers around sanctuaries.
"The digital camera revolution coupled with uncontrolled tourism inside tiger territory is a worrying trend," he said.
"As thousands of camera-toting tourists go closer and closer into their habitat, the big cats get used to human proximity. This helps poachers get close to the animals and kill them."
Tigers also face extensive health dangers from diseases such as canine distemper spread by stray dogs from villages close to sanctuaries, scientific studies show.
"The higher number of deaths in the current year so far is also due to natural mortality. Deaths due to poaching and accidents are preventable and those are the ones that worry us," Belinda Wright, executive director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), told the BBC.
According to WPSI records, so far this year 17 tigers died due to infighting and 18 were reported to have been found dead, with cause of death unknown.
The group says 19 tigers died at the hands of poachers. She and other conservation activists are concerned about the growing number of tigers killed by electrocution and and other methods in the human-tiger conflict.
"Tiger numbers have increased, and this in turn will be reflected in the number of natural deaths. While conservation efforts have had an effect there are still improvements needed, which include improved intelligence and enforcement of laws," she says.
Human-tiger conflict poses a huge challenge to conservation efforts. For a tiger to survive it needs about 25,000 acres of forest land.
Shrinking forest leads to scarcity of prey and the tigers are forced to invade villages and hunt cattle on which many local communities depend for their livelihood.
In retaliation tigers are poisoned, killed or captured.


Tournament host Rory McIlroy is eight behind little-known leaders Daniel Im and Benjamin Hebert after firing an opening level-par 72 at the Irish Open.

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On a day of low scoring, holder McIlroy struggled with his putting as he finished with 11 straight pars.
World number 542 Im and Frenchman Hebert both kept bogeys off their card in rounds of 64.
The leaders are one ahead of Spanish star Jon Rahm and English duo Oliver Fisher and Matthew Southgate.
Rahm, in a loaded three-ball with McIlroy and world number two Hideki Matsuyama, dropped only one shot in a round whose highlight was an eagle at the seventh.
Japanese star Matsuyama also outscored McIlroy by five strokes after regrouping from a first-hole bogey.
McIlroy quickly cut a frustrated figure in front of a huge gallery as he missed a five-foot par putt at the third after being short with his tee shot.
After responding with a four at the par-five fourth, McIlroy's mis-hit tee shot at the short sixth led to another dropped stroke and while he managed a routine gain at the long seventh, it proved to be his final birdie as he parred his last 11 holes.
A thinned bunker shot saw him failing to get and up and down for birdie at the 13th, and birdie putts failed to drop over the closing holes.
"I don't think you are going to get this course much easier," admitted the 28-year-old, who shares 106th place after the opening round.
"There were so many opportunities out there with loads of wedges into the par fours and four par fives that were all very reachable.
"I gave myself lots of chances but just didn't get anything quite going.
"I didn't get any momentum. I was trying my hardest out there but it just one of those days."
English pair Fisher and Southgate were the early clubhouse leaders before New Jersey-born Im, 114th in the Race to Dubai, and world number 254 Hebert moved top, each with eight birdies in their rounds of 64.
"I got a little bit fortunate early on when I pulled my tee shot at the first and got away with it and then after chipping in for birdie at the third, I mis-hit my tee shot at the fourth but again it didn't do any damage," said UCLA graduate Im.
After reaching the sixth tee on four under, birdies on the seventh and eighth saw Im going to the turn in 30 and he picked up further gains at the 13th and 14th before his long par putt at the last.
"Just before the 18th, my three previous putts touched the edge of the hole and I thought: 'Maybe this one is going to drop'," added Im.
British players Matthew Fitzpatrick, David Drysdale and Jamie Donaldson are all two shots off the pace while Olympic champion Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell are in a large group three behind the leaders which includes Matsuyama and Ireland's Paul Dunne.
Those on four under include Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey, plus Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and Ian Poulter.
Late triple and double bogeys left Lee Westwood in a group on 76 which only had France's Sebastien Gros behind them in the 156-strong field.
After standing one under par on the 14th tee, Westwood took an eight at the 14th after having to take two penalty drops from the gorse and dropped two more strokes at the 16th.


A father is among thousands of people campaigning to make a new cystic fibrosis drug available on the NHS.

Kevin Cramner, from Inglewood, Berkshire, said access to Orkambi would "massively reduce" his 12-year-old daughter's dependence on antibiotics.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said the drug was not "cost effective" as there was no long-term data available.
It costs more than Â£100,000 a year for each patient.
Cystic fibrosis is a life shortening genetic condition.
Mr Cramner said his daughter Holly has to take up to 30 tablets daily and keep up a regime of physiotherapy and athletics to stave off the effects, but her lung function is still below that of a healthy child her age.
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust said new data released since NICE's judgment shows Orkambi almost halves the rate of decline in lung function in people with cystic fibrosis over a two-year period, and could benefit over 3,000 patients.
More than 6,000 people have written to their MPs over the issue.
Mr Cramner said: "There are children worse off than Holly and actually it's a death sentence for them not having this drug."
James Barrow from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust said: "Half of people with cystic fibrosis don't live to see their 28th birthday and this drug has been seen to slow down the progression of the illness by almost half."
He said NICE should fund treatment for patients in Britain so it could monitor the long-term effectiveness of the drug before negotiating payment with the drug's manufacturer, Vertex.
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is working with MPs to hold a Parliamentary debate on 13 December on the issue.
Prof Carole Longson, director of the NICE Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, said: "For the benefits it offers, the cost of Orkambi is too high."


India face a fine of up to £9,950 after the pitch in Nagpur used for the third Test against South Africa was rated "poor" by the International Cricket Council match referee.

Forty wickets fell in three days at the VCA Stadium as India won by 124 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
Visiting captain Hashim Amla said the track was the "toughest" he had faced.
The report has been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which has 14 days to respond.
ICC general manager of cricket Geoff Allardice and chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle will then rule whether the pitch was poor and whether it warrants a penalty.
The match marked the first time a Test played in India has failed to see a batsman reach 50 runs, with India opener Murali Vijay's first-innings 40 the highest individual score.
South Africa, who are the world's top-ranked Test side and had previously not lost an away series since 2006, mustered just 79 in the first innings and lost all 20 wickets in the match to spinners.
On Twitter, former England captain Michael Vaughan described the pitch as "diabolical", a sentiment echoed by Australia spinner Glenn Maxwell.
However, Proteas assistant coach Adrian Birrell refused to blame the pitches for the team's series defeat.
"We're not complaining at all," he said before the fourth and final Test, which begins on Thursday.
"We're playing in India and we're playing in Indian conditions. We relish the opportunity. Unfortunately, we've not played to our full potential."


The British troops who died in Afghanistan will never be forgotten, the prime minister has said at the end of the UK's 13-year military campaign.

The last British base, Camp Bastion, was handed over to Afghan security forces in a ceremony on Sunday.
David Cameron tweeted: "We will always remember the courage of those who served on our behalf."
But former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott has questioned whether the results "justified" the 453 UK deaths.
The union flag was lowered at the ceremony at Camp Bastion in Helmand province on Sunday morning, while Camp Leatherneck - the adjoining US base - was also handed over to Afghan control.
The UK forces were part of a US-led coalition which toppled the ruling Taliban in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, and Bastion has been the UK's main Afghan base since 2006.
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Sir Nick Houghton, said the UK's armed forces had "played a hugely significant role in delivering a security legacy for the people of Afghanistan".
The UK's most senior officer in Helmand, Brig Rob Thomson, said Sunday's ceremony marked the "final step in a deliberate, responsible and measured handover" to the Afghans.
He told the BBC: "There is regret over every single serviceman who has lost their life in this country and all those who have been wounded and we hold them in our hearts to the very end of our days.
"But what I can tell every single member of the armed forces who served here and every single family who have sent their loved ones here is that we have made a difference."
Writing in the Daily Mirror Lord Prescott, who was in the cabinet that sent British troops to Afghanistan in 2001, said he "gratefully welcomed" the return home of service personnel.
"I respect the thousands of gallant men and women who went to Afghanistan and Iraq to save lives and restore peace," he said.
"But they teach us that being the world's policeman carries a heavy price and does not justify the heavy loss of lives."
Ian Sadler, of the Military Families Support Group, said UK troops "could have come out a lot sooner".
Mr Sadler, whose son Jack was killed in Afghanistan in 2007, said Britain should not have tried to "construct a new nation" in Afghanistan.
"The Afghan national army and the Afghan national police will not be able to cope and the Taliban will come back to carry on with their drugs harvest," he warned.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC that troops were coming home with their "heads held high", having helped make Afghanistan a "much better place".
He said the country was no longer a "safe haven" for extremist group al-Qaeda and Afghans now had a "chance of a better future".
He said there was "no guarantee" Afghanistan would "be safe and stable forever" but the Afghan government now had 300,000 soldiers and police officers.
Asked if the Afghan army might collapse, as parts of the Iraqi army did in the face of Islamic State militants, Mr Fallon said Iraq's forces were "seen as sectarian" while the Afghan army had the "support of the whole population".
He said the UK was not "walking away entirely" and would continue to give help and support, including financial aid and military training.
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453  UK troops killed
108 died in 2009 - the worst year
470 mentors staying on
Maj Gen Richard Nugee, one of Britain's highest ranking commanders in Afghanistan, said Afghan forces had proved they could "hold their ground" and defeat the Taliban.
Asked about Britain's 13-year military operation, he added: "Was it worth it? It's always difficult to say for those who have lost people here, but actually this country is a far better place and I believe we're safer in Britain."
Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "All those who served did so to help ensure Afghanistan could no longer be used as a safe haven for terrorists."
Jack Straw, foreign secretary from 2001-06, said the UK had been wrong to lead international efforts against Afghanistan's opium trade.
He told the Times it had been "very much a diversion", adding: "You have got to make a choice about which front you fight on."
In 2001, then prime minister Tony Blair said more than 90% of the UK's heroin came from Afghanistan's opium poppies.
He said the Taliban was "funded by the drugs trade" and it was "another part of their regime we should seek to destroy."
A US report last week suggested Afghan opium cultivation had increased significantly since 2001 and hit record levels last year, with 209,000 hectares of opium poppies grown.


Manchester United have posted record third-quarter revenues of £123.4m despite their continued inconsistency on the pitch.

The Premier League club reported total revenue rose by 29.9% in the three months to 31 March.
It means they expect to earn between £500m and £510m in 2016.
United are through to the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace at Wembley on 21 May, but could miss out on Champions League football next season.
Louis van Gaal's side are fifth in the Premier League table, two points adrift of Manchester City in the fourth qualifying spot.
A clause in United's £750m deal with kit supplier Adidas means they would sacrifice £22m over the remainder of the 10-year contract should they fail to qualify for the Champions League group stage in successive seasons.
"That isn't something that keeps us awake at night," said Hemen Tseayo, United's head of corporate finance.
United will climb above Manchester City if they beat Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday and their neighbours lose at Swansea.
The Red Devils could also drop to seventh if they lose and both West Ham and Southampton win.


Somerset captain and former Australia Test opener Chris Rogers admits he may consider retiring as a player at the end of the season.

The 39-year-old joined Somerset in October and replaced Marcus Trescothick as County Championship skipper.
"I haven't been particularly happy with my own contributions," Rogers told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Then you start to think about the reasons for that, and Father Time starts to come knocking on the door."
Rogers played 25 Tests for Australia over seven years and made five centuries, retiring from international cricket after the 2015 Ashes series.
Asked how likely he is to return to Somerset next year, he replied: "Probably doubtful, to be honest.
"Everyone has different motivations and the ability to fight hard, I think, is what I've been probably lacking a little bit.
"I'm desperate to do well but sometimes it's just harder than others, and so you've got to think about that.
"But I really enjoy it here and I'd like to think I've made a bit of a difference with the leadership."


Somerset's County Championship match at Lancashire ended in a draw after rain caused the fourth day's play to be cancelled without a ball being bowled.

An early lunch had been taken at Old Trafford, before the match was called off after an inspection at 12:25 BST.
Lancashire had trailed by 131 runs with one first-innings wicket left, but both sides take 10 points from the game.
Somerset remain fourth in the table, with Lancashire eight points behind them in fifth place.


On Tech Tent this week we ask whether the tech industry is out of touch with the real world.

In the rush to disrupt every industry and to reinvent the way we live, do the tech utopians forget the negative impact some of their miraculous products can have on the lives and jobs of many people?
This week Amazon unveiled an idea for stores without checkouts or cashiers - and while it had the tech world swooning, others were aghast. They were not convinced that the wiping out of millions of retail jobs along with another area of human interaction was progress.
It seemed to reinforce the idea expressed by the noted technology thinker Om Malik in a recent New Yorker article, that Silicon Valley has an empathy vacuum. We've been speaking to Om who tells us that the Amazon Go concept is an example of the kind of technology that is now being invented without much thought - "the speed with which change is happening is far ahead of our capabilities as human beings to deal with it".
He thinks Silicon Valley needs to be rather more reflective about the impact its innovations are having on people who are fearful about the future - and he links this general anxiety about technology to the UK's Brexit vote and the rise of Donald Trump.
We've heard a lot on Tech Tent about a future where jobs are threatened by automation and artificial intelligence - but we assumed that was a distant threat. Suddenly it seems to be a very present worry for millions of people.
Have you ever come across someone whose face you recognised but you couldn't remember their names? It's always happening to me.
Now - as I reported earlier this week - there's an app for that. The augmented reality company Blippar already allows you to scan objects with your smartphone's camera to find out more about them - now you will be able to scan faces too.
But facial recognition software can be controversial - and this could be another of those innovations which sound great in a company brainstorming session but have unintended consequences in the real world. We hear from Blippar's co-founder Omar Tayeb who tells us how the app works - and why we shouldn't be worried about its implications for privacy.
Our final story is about another area where the tech industry's reputation is coming into question - the proliferation of fake news stories spread over social networks and via Google searches.
The tech firms are now starting to respond with initiatives that could help readers understand what is true and what is not - but what can the traditional media firms do?
Our reporter Jane Wakefield has been along to a hackathon where media organisations tried to work out what they could do to regain the trust of their audiences - and to show them that truth still matters:.
We hear from the Guardian, the UK's Mirror newspaper and Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics about how hard it is becoming in the online world to distinguish between news and propaganda. Ann Gripper from the Mirror argues that the problem now is that social media users get rewarded for sharing stories - fake or not.
Critics of the mainstream media will argue with some justification that the problem started long before many people got their news online. So  whose job is it now  to decide what is true - and put clear markings on fake stories?  You might think that was the function of editors - but Alex Sander of the Guardian tells us "it's the reader's job to mark things as fake".


A sign has appeared on the door of an MP's office mocking his proposal for women-only train carriages.

Chris Williamson, MP for Derby North, said the move could be a way of tackling a rise in sexual offences on public transport.
The sign in his parliament office said: "Woman? Sexually harassed at work? How about working on your own floor?"
The idea, first suggested by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, has been widely criticised.
Sam Stopp, a Labour councillor for Brent Council in London, tweeted the picture after it was sent to him by a friend.
He said: "It's a serious issue that needs raising, but not best raised by a male MP.
"Is segregating the best way of preventing [sexual offences]? I think it's reactive and not very well thought through.
"[The sign] is pretty hilarious and I'm sure Chris will see the funny side. He's fairly good humoured."
Mr Williamson said if there was support for the idea then it would be worth looking at, but his Labour colleagues criticised the move as "normalising attacks".


Discount retailer Poundworld has been ordered to pay a £166,000 fine after selling thousands of faulty charger kits with forged safety test certificates.

More than 72,000 kits are known to have been sold in the UK.
But there is no evidence as to how many Poundworld has successfully recalled, Cwmbran Magistrates' Court was told.
Poundworld said it had since improved the business' product testing procedures.
The case was brought by Carmarthenshire council following test purchasing at a Llanelli store in spring 2015.
Poundworld Retail Ltd said it had returned 36,000 charger kits to the manufacturer and none remained on sale at its stores in the UK.
Together with costs, the group will have to pay a total of £190,000.
Judge Richard Williams said Poundworld failed to use due diligence in testing, and only paid "lip service" to procedures.
He said it was reasonable to presume a substantial number of the chargers were still in use, risking customers' safety.
Judge Williams said Poundworld failed to comply with electrical safety regulations, the adaptor did not have adequate insulation between circuits and it was not manufactured to protect against foreseeable hazards or overloads.
Loose wires also gave risk of fire or electric shock.
He also criticised Poundworld's failure to issue a "rapid alert", used to recall dangerous products across the European Union, and instead posted recall notices in its stores which the judge described as "tardy".
He said Poundworld has done almost nothing to mitigate the risk of harm it had created and the little it had done had the "appearance of being done grudgingly".
Poundworld claimed it had undertaken due diligence by testing the products at an independent laboratory in China.
It was later revealed the products had not been tested and the safety certificates provided by the laboratory were forged.
Poundworld said it had been the victim of fraud.
Following the case, a spokesman for Poundworld said the company prided itself on selling items of the highest quality and safety standards.
He apologised for any inconvenience caused, adding all customers who had bought the item had been offered a full refund
"Since this product was sourced, the company has hired a new trading director who has reviewed and improved the business' product testing procedures," he said.
"We are also working with our supplier to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future."


Belfast Giants cut leaders Cardiff's Elite League advantage to four points by earning a dramatic 3-2 over-time win against the Devils on Saturday night.

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Home side Cardiff looked in control as goals from Matthew Myers and Patrick Asselin left them 2-0 ahead.
However, Blair Riley replied for Belfast and Jonathan Boxill then diverted a Mike Quesnele shot to the Cardiff net early in the final period.
Chris Higgins hit Belfast's over-time winner to boost their title hopes.
The home side opened the scoring at 11:11 when Myers' shot found it's way into the Giants goal with Jackson Whistle unsighted.
Cardiff doubled their lead five minutes into the second period as an attempted Joey Martin pass found its way to Asselin who shot into the empty net.
However, Riley replied within two minutes after being set up by Higgins and Michael Forney before Boxill levelled on 43:01 as he directed Quesnele's fierce slapshot to the Cardiff net.
After Belfast keeper Whistle made some great saved during the remainder of the third period, Higgins pounced on a Cardiff defensive mistake to fire in the winner two minutes and 34 seconds into the scheduled five minutes of over-time.
Belfast are back in action on Sunday away to Dundee Stars (18:30 GMT) before their home games against Nottingham and Dundee next Friday and Saturday.


Outback conservative Australian MP Warren Entsch agrees he is the least likely person to be leading the country's charge for same sex marriage.

He has worked as a crocodile farmer, "bull catcher" - rounding up cattle - and grazier, and served in the Royal Australian Air Force as an aircraft engine fitter.
Described by some as the Crocodile Dundee of the Australian Parliament, his official biography says that, after his family, his biggest love is his Harley Davidson motorbike.
The 65-year-old's electorate of Leichhardt in the state of Queensland covers an area in remote north-east Australia that is more than twice the size of the state of Tasmania.
Fellow conservative MP Bob Katter once famously claimed there were no homosexual people in his neighbouring electorate, promising to walk "backwards from Bourke to Brisbane" if any were found living there.
It is classic "red-neck" territory, not known for socially progressive views, but for Mr Entsch, the stereotype gives strength to his argument for same-sex marriage.
"I get calls from families and friends of gay people saying if a 'far north Queensland crocodile-farming, bull-catching Liberal' can stand up for the rights of my gay friend or relative, then I want to come out and do it too," he said, ahead of Tuesday's coalition party room vote on whether MPs should have a free vote on the matter.
"I'm the least likely advocate and so people can't say it's just some gay person pushing his own agenda," he says.
Mr Entsch on Tuesday gave formal notice that he would table in parliament a cross-party sponsored private member's bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
Both the National Party and the Liberal Party, who make up the government coalition, officially oppose changing the law.
But the campaign for marriage equality has been building in Australia, particularly in the wake of this year's Irish referendum in favour of same-sex marriage.
As MPs arrived in the nation's capital this week for a new parliamentary session, Canberra's airport was lit up in rainbow colours, a symbol of gay pride.
Polling shows that more than 70% of Australians are in favour of same-sex marriage but it is opposed by most churches, and MPs on both sides of the house.
Those in the coalition in favour of a change have been pushing for a conscience vote on the issue.
Unlike Ireland, introducing same-sex marriage in Australia requires a vote of Parliament, not a general plebiscite.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott remains resolutely opposed.
Mr Entsch first emerged as a marriage equality advocate after former conservative Prime Minister John Howard amended the Marriage Act in 2004 to specify marriage was between "a man and a woman".
The Queensland MP spoke out in one national newspaper about the courage he had witnessed many decades before from a drinking mate up in "cowboy country" who had undergone a sex change operation and come back to work at the pub as a barmaid.
Entsch told the BBC he later received an email from her - now a doctor working in the state of Victoria - which thanked him for being willing to risk his political reputation on gay and transgender rights.
"You're the one who has shown true courage by your acceptance, tolerance and support, not only now in the national media but all those years ago in that small but potentially more hostile arena of the Gulf Country," she told him.
But not all agree. Mr Entsch, who chairs the Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Australians parliamentary committee, says he does not cop abuse in his electorate for his stand, but concedes he weathers very "frank" objections.
"Some are quite rude and disgusting, others a bit more rational in their arguments," he says.
Many argue from the perspective of religion or tradition, but he sees opinion on the issue more as generational.
He counts a retired bishop, who has two gay sons, amongst his supporters and finds that the majority of people aged under 45 he talks to cannot understand why marriage equality is a matter of debate.
Mr Entsch and his Labor co-sponsor of the bill, Terri Butler, still plan to introduce their bill to parliament next week, but they concede it is doomed after Mr Abbott blocked a free vote for Coalition MPs.
The MP from the bush says he will continue to act as a "voice" for the gay community.
"At the end of the day I've got to make a decision not on who is going to give me the most votes, but what I believe in, and I'm happy to be judged on what I believe is right," he says.
Marie McInerney is a Melbourne-based writer.


Europe's Rosetta probe has acquired some sensational new images of the comet it is chasing through space.

The pictures show that 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko appears to be not one but two objects joined together. It is what scientists call a "contact binary".
How the comet came to take this form is unknown.
It is possible that 67P suffered a major fracture at some point in its past; it is also possible the two parts have totally different origins.
What is clear is that the European Space Agency (Esa) mission team now has additional and unexpected considerations as it plans how to land on the comet later this year - not least, which part of the comet should be chosen for a touchdown?
The images in the sequence of nine were acquired last Friday.
They are an interpolation. That is, the "real" pictures are much more pixelated because of the thousands of km that still separate the probe and the comet. The outlines that you see have therefore been "smoothed" to make the scene easier to understand.
Rosetta's Osiris Narrow Angle Camera has a whole series of images that can be run together as a movie.  This is expected to be released later this week.
With hindsight, there were indications in last week's official image release that something unusual might be about to unfold.  But the idea that 67P could be a contact binary is a major surprise.
Rosetta is still refining its rendezvous with the comet, firing its thrusters weekly to bring itself into orbit on 6 August.
By that stage, the Esa probe should be no more than 70km from the surface of the 4.5km-wide ball of ice.
Once scientists understand better the gravitational field of 67P, the orbit will be lowered to about 30km.
It is that point that mapping can begin to select a touchdown zone for Philae - the small landing robot currently riding piggyback on Rosetta.
This historic touchdown is currently scheduled for 11 November.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos


Thousands of flight enthusiasts wished a fond farewell to the last flying Vulcan bomber as it made its final flight over Lancashire.

Vulcan XH558, which will be permanently grounded at the end of the summer, was one of the highlights of the Blackpool Air Show.
Also appearing were the Red Arrows, Breitling Wingwalkers and RV8tors aerobatic team.
The air show ends on Monday.


The days when women would simply throw on an old T-shirt to do some exercise are long gone.

Instead, in today's ever more fitness and fashion conscious world, a growing number are willing to pay as much for a new gym outfit as they do for a new formal party dress.
This has led to a big increase over recent years in the value of the women's sportswear market.
In the US alone, combined sales of such products - from yoga leggings, sports bras and vests, to tracksuits - totalled $15.1bn (£10.3bn) in the 12 months to August 2011, according to research firm NPD Group. It said this was 10% higher than the prior year.
Meanwhile, sportswear giant Nike said last October that the rate of sales growth in its female clothing ranges was outpacing that of its products for men.
Analysts say that the rise in sales of women's sportswear has been helped by an increased emphasis on the style of the clothing - making them look and feel as good as possible - which in turn has led to an increase in the number of women wearing such items as fashionable leisurewear.
And with the market being so valuable, it is not surprising that a growing number of small companies - predominantly led by women - are launching their own ranges of upmarket female sportswear.
Katy Biddulph didn't need gym membership when she launched her women's sportswear brand Striders Edge in London back in 2011.
Initially running the business from a second floor one-bedroom flat, she would get her exercise by carrying all her deliveries up and down the stairs.
The 31-year-old says: "It looked like a fairly big business to the outside world when I was just starting out, but I was receiving all my goods from the manufacturer in Portugal from a truck outside my flat.
"I had hundreds of garments landing in the street, and I had to get all the boxes up the stairs by myself. I never slept that first year, but I just knew there was a gap in the market that I could fill.
"Now I've got an office that overlooks the London Eye."
Ms Biddulph set up the business after previously working for fellow British women's sportswear company Sweaty Betty, where she designed and managed a number of product ranges.
Her industry experience and knowledge persuaded a number of private investors to back her venture.
Striders Edge's clothes are now stocked by UK retailers Harrods, John Lewis and House of Fraser, and the brand launched in the US in February. It also sells globally via its website.
Now with nine members of staff, Ms Biddulph says she wants to hit £2m in sales within the next 12 months.
She adds: "You want your customer to feel great and part of something. As a female, you know the standard concerns."
But just how do you convince women to spend more than £60 on a t-shirt or a pair of leggings?
"It's not as hard as you would think," says Brittany Morris-Asquith, spokesperson and designer for Titika Active Couture, a Canadian brand based in Toronto. "Women are always looking for something different.
"They're asking more questions about fabrics, and if they understand the construction that goes into it, they're willing to pay for a better product."
Since Titika's founder Eileen Zhang, 32, opened her first shop in Toronto in 2009, Titika has expanded to seven stores across the province of Ontario.
And in March of this year it expended its online sales to the US, with plans to ship globally later this year.
Ms Morris-Asquith adds: "We provide clothing to women that make them feel good, we encourage them to try on things that they would never think about."
Titika also offers free in-store exercise classes to promote a healthy lifestyle - from yoga and kickboxing, to zumba dance workouts. And inspirational slogans affixed above fitting room mirrors urge against body shaming.
Catherine Elliott, a professor at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, says that businesses such as Striders Edge and Titika share an ethos which is typical for female-led companies.
"They tend to have a double bottom line - to create wealth, but also to make positive change for girls and women," says Prof Elliott, who is co-author of a recently published book on the subject called Feminine Capital.
"When women are defining the objectives of [a clothing] business, they're going to see it as something that empowers women as opposed to just making them look sexy.
"The sports clothing industry is about feeling good about yourself, and wearing clothing that fits and makes you feel comfortable."
She adds: "A lot of women have talked about how being in sports and fitness has given them the leadership skills and confidence to be successful in corporate settings and entrepreneurship."
At New York-based women's sportswear business Live The Process, founder Robyn Berkley says the aim is for the brand to not just be about clothing, and instead "offer authenticity, honesty, and embrace the idealism of wellness".
Its website features editorial content from 32 contributors, offering tips ranging from changing careers to taking care of your skin.
Established in 2013, the company's clothing range was an immediate hit, with sales topping £1m in its first year.


Burkina Faso striker Aristide Bance has completed his transfer from Ivory Coast's ASEC Mimosas to Egyptian side Al Masry on a two year deal.

The club announced on their website that Bance put pen to paper after nine hours of negotiations in Cairo.
32-year-old Bance has become a cult hero for Burkinabe fans and has played his league football extensively across Europe and Africa.
The charismatic forward told reporters he is excited about his new challenge.
I know Al Masry is a big team here in Egypt and has a lot of fans and that encouraged me to sign
"I am happy to be here in Egypt and especially with Al Masry," Bance said after signing his contract.
"I had many offers but picked up Al Masry because of their head coach Hossam Hassan who is one of African football's legends.
"Since I was a young I used to watch him playing and it's an honour to play under his leadership today.
"I know Al Masry is a big team here in Egypt and has a lot of fans and that encouraged me to sign," Bance added
Bance, who was born in Abidjan most recently helped ASEC Mimosas win the Ivorian league title.
On the international scene, he has made 67 appearances for Burkina Faso, scoring 21 goals.
He was a key member of the Burkina Faso side which reached the semi-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring a goal in the defeat to Egypt.


Celtic will leave their respect for Barcelona on the sidelines when the teams meet on Wednesday, says manager Brendan Rodgers.

Celtic were hammered 7-0 at the Nou Camp in their opening Champions League Group C match in September.
Rodgers believes his players learned a valuable lesson in that emphatic defeat, and the experience will be a positive influence at Celtic Park.
"We clearly showed them too much respect on the field," said Rodgers.
"There were many different aspects of the game we learned from, showing that courage to get on the ball, having that bravery, having respect for the opponent, but not necessarily within the game.
"The scoreline was bitterly disappointing, but the players have shown they've learned from it; we're playing them at home, so it's a real good measure and our mentality will change.
"The players have shown from that game that they've changed. It will be tough for us, of course, against a top-class team with arguably the best front three you could say has played for Barcelona, but I would hope it would be a different performance from us."
Rodgers touched many bases, including the feat of the Lisbon Lions winning the European Cup in 1967 - which he called a "unique achievement for football" - and Celtic's 2-1 Champions League success against Barca in Glasgow in 2012.
"What it shows is that it can be done," Rodgers said of the exploits of Neil Lennon's side. "The players can take inspiration from that game.
"There are many variables that go into it. You need a bit of luck along the way, you need to play at the top of your game, you need your goalkeeper to play well because you know he'll have to make saves and you hope you can take the opportunities that come your way.
"We've no fear of the result. We want to perform well and if we do that in our pressing, our recovery of the ball and being clinical in the final third, then we believe we have a chance.
"Bravery for me is the courage to love the football, the ability to want the ball. It's always the measure for me when I ask them team to play, it's not always about smashing into tackles. At the time, it [the 7-0 defeat] was very disappointing, but it hasn't harmed us.
"If anything, it's improved us a group and a squad. We need to look to impose our style and make it as difficult as we possibly can."
This was Rodgers in his element: a big occasion, fielding questions about elite-level football. He handled it with poise. Even a question about stopping Lionel Messi, that drew on the existence or otherwise of the Loch Ness monster, didn't faze him.
The Celtic manager - who listened intently to his Spanish translator, having a grasp of the language - paused, laughed, and then described it as "probably the worst question I've been asked". It was a moment of good-natured humour, and his control of the situation was a contrast to the sense that the job tended to overwhelm his predecessor, Ronny Deila.
As he reflected on the challenge of Barcelona, he kept referencing Manchester City. He was reaching for the most apt expression of the qualities that he knows his side will need.
The 3-3 draw with City at Celtic Park was full of surging emotion and intensity, when Rodgers' team played with a focused energy. The high-tempo nature of the game suited the hosts, because it introduced an element of unpredictability, since opponents of the quality of City or Barcelona can quickly move out of reach if they are allowed an element of control.
Rodgers wants his side to take command of games through possession, but there has to be pragmatism when opponents are more adept at that. If Celtic can be aggressive - in their pressing and work-rate - they can begin to force the flow in their favour.
Containing Barcelona's front three is a daunting task, and the positioning of the defensive line has to be a careful balance between closing down space in midfield and not leaving too much in behind for Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar to take advantage of.
Celtic's shape at the Camp Nou left Barcelona's attack with too much room to manoeuvre, but there was logic in trying to close down space in midfield. Rodgers wants his players to impose themselves, and Scott Sinclair and Moussa Dembele may need to take the attacking fight to Barcelona on their own at times.
On Wednesday, Celtic need to turn this encounter in a hectic, unflinching occasion - then hope for the best.


Government borrowing fell last month to its lowest amount for February in 10 years, according to official figures.

Borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, was £1.8bn, down from £4.6bn a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said.
In the financial year-to-date, borrowing has fallen by £19.9bn from last year to £47.8bn.
Analysts said the figures meant the government was on track to meet revised borrowing targets.
In the Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility revised its end-of-year borrowing forecast to £51.7bn, down from its earlier forecast of £68.2bn.
The ONS said corporation tax receipts had risen by 21.3% in the first 11 months of the financial year to just over £50bn, while income from tax and National Insurance contributions rose by 6.5% to £280bn.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Markit, said Chancellor Philip Hammond was "clearly keen to keep fiscal ammunition up his sleeve - due to the major uncertainties and downside risks that the economy faces as it navigates its way out of the EU".
"Despite the resilience of the economy so far since last June's Brexit vote, the chancellor is very well aware that a challenging road lies ahead," he said.
"Furthermore, an appreciable budget deficit is still seen existing in 2021-22 so there is still work to be done then on getting the public finances back to full health."


The Welsh Rugby Union says it is "surprised" England prop Joe Marler escaped punishment for his "Gypsy boy" comment to Wales prop Samson Lee.

Marler, who also avoided any action after being charged with striking Rob Evans, apologised after making the comment in England's win over Wales.
Lee, from the Traveller community, said he accepted the comment as "banter".
"We are surprised by the decision of the Six Nations disciplinary hearing," a WRU statement read.
"We stand by our belief that that there is no place for the use of racist language in sport.
"Clearly this incident has raised broader issues for the game of rugby which require follow up and which we are undertaking directly with Six Nations."
Marler has been named on the bench for England's final match of the Six Nations against France in Paris on Saturday.
Six Nations Rugby said in a statement it was "aware of the seriousness of Mr Marler's comment and does not in anyway condone what was said" but accepted it was said "in the heat of the moment".
It added that Marler "deeply regretted what he had said", had "immediately and unprompted apologised to Mr Lee" and noted that England head coach Eddie Jones "had reprimanded Mr Marler and reminded him of his responsibilities as an international rugby player".
Campaigners from the Traveller community - and figures inside the sport - had been critical of Marler for making the comment and called for a ban.
There was also criticism aimed at Jones and Wales head coach Warren Gatland for their responses to the incident.
Gatland subsequently apologised for describing it as "banter".
Wales' defence coach Shaun Edwards said: "Well I can't speak for myself, but I speak for the organisation (WRU).
"We don't condone any sort of discrimination whether it be race, religion or sexuality etc.
"As an organisation we probably slightly disagree with it but a decision has been made. Move on."
Asked about the incident where Marler appeared to strike Wales prop Evans with his elbow, Edwards replied: "I didn't think it was that bad."


The election may be over, with Donald Trump's presidency more than 100 days old, but Hillary Clinton isn't ready to let go.

In a brief but frank interview with foreign affairs reporter Christiane Amanpour at the Women for Women International event in New York City on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton said that she has conducted an "excruciating analysis" of her failed presidential campaign as part of a book she is writing.
What has she learned? While admitting that she made mistakes and that her campaign had "challenges", "problems" and "shortfalls", she pointed the finger at two men - FBI Director James Comey and Russian President Vladimir Putin - as the proximate cause of her defeat.
"I was on the way to winning until the combination of Jim Comey's letter on October 28 and Russian Wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off," she said. "The evidence for that intervening event is, I think, compelling."
Mrs Clinton also noted that as the first woman to run for president as a major party candidate, misogyny may have also been a factor in her loss.
"It is real," Mrs Clinton said of discrimination against women. "It is very much a part of the landscape politically, socially and economically."
She said her election would have been "a really big deal" for women's rights, sending a message around the world.
At one point, Amanpour joked that the president would likely take to social media to respond to the former candidate's remarks .
"If he wants to tweet about me then I am happy to be the diversion because we have lot of things to worry about," Mrs Clinton said.
By that evening, Mr Trump indeed offered his Twitter response, again saying the Russia allegations were a Democratic attempt to avoid blame for their defeat.
Other opponents of the former secretary of state will be quick to point out that explaining away her campaign missteps as mere challenges, problems and shortfalls gives short shrift to strategic lapses that left her vulnerable to Mr Trump's economic populism, allowing him to prevail in the decisive Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Mrs Clinton's apparent response, however, is that she had to defend Mr Obama's presidential accomplishments and sell her pragmatic approach as the way to improve American lives.
"That was not as exciting as saying throw it all out and start over again, but it's how you make change in America - and lasting change that would improve people's lives," she said.
When it came to foreign policy, Mrs Clinton shared some thoughts on the "wicked problems" currently confronting Mr Trump.
She said the effort to end North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes requires a regional effort, with US positions presented in critical negotiations and "not just thrown off in a tweet some morning".
She also said she supported the recent US missile strike to punish the Syrian government for its use of chemical weapons, although she says she is not convinced it has made much of a difference.
"If all it was was a one-off effort," she said, "it's not going to have much of a lasting effect."
Instead, Mrs Clinton is left trying to find her footing as an ex-candidate with no electoral prizes on the horizon for the first time since she emerged from her husband's political shadow. As her numerous swipes at the current president reveal, however, she may find an identity in opposition.
"I'm now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance," she said toward the end of her interview, referencing the label many of Mr Trump's liberal opponents have adopted.
Playing backseat driver to the Trump presidency isn't where Mrs Clinton wanted to be, of course. It's not where, 10 days before last November's election, she thought she'd be. And dealing with it, she said, has been a "painful process".
If Mrs Clinton's psychological wounds never truly heal, she will hardly be the first to endure such lasting damage, as an anecdote recounted by political reporter Roger Simon reveals.
Shortly after his presidential defeat in 1984, Democratic nominee Walter Mondale called George McGovern, who was beaten by Republican Richard Nixon in 1972.
When does the pain stop, he asked. When did you wake up in the morning and not feel like throwing up?
"I'll tell you when I get there," McGovern replied.


Robert Milkins was just relieved to progress to the televised stages of the UK Championship, despite a thumping 6-0 first-round win over Vinnie Calabrese.

The Gloucester potter said it was hard to judge his form after winning a scrappy match, littered with mistakes.
The 39-year-old told BBC Sport: "Vinnie really struggled. I am not going to go over the top on the result.
"At the start I was really struggling. I was too nervous as I have not had the best start to the season."
Milkins, a five-time ranking event semi-finalist, plays David Grace in the second round on Sunday.
"There was a lot of pressure on me," Milkins added. "But hopefully now I have won a match, I can kick on and start playing better.
"Vinnie made it easy for me. He is a much better player than that and a very dangerous player.
"I was expecting more but these things can happen. I have lost 6-0 and made it easy for my opponent. It worked out well for me.
"It's a great tournament and a great place and everyone loves playing here - and there is massive pressure to do well.
"Everyone wants to get the first one out of the way and get in to the tournament."


Graeme McDowell carded three late bogeys to finish in a tie for 18th at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina on Sunday.

The former US Open champion from Portrush picked up three birdies on the front nine to move into contention.
But his challenge faded with dropped shots at the 14th, 17th and 18th leaving him with a level-par 72.
McDowell finished on four under for the tournament and six shots behind winner Brian Harman.
Harman made a 28-foot birdie putt to win and end Dustin Johnson's hopes of winning a fourth title in his last four starts.
World number one Johnson, on his return from injury, shot a five-under 67 to set the clubhouse lead on nine under.
Ireland's Shane Lowry (72) ended on three under with Seamus Power (73) back on one over.


Scotland were in control for long periods of their success in Rome.

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There were some uncomfortable phases and some lapses in concentration that might have been punished by superior opposition, but on the whole this was a very satisfying 36-20 win.
I have talked in previous articles about improvement being a journey and this was another step in the right direction.
Scotland are showing that they can consistently score multiple tries and beat teams ranked below them - think USA, Japan, Samoa at the World Cup and now Italy - where previously this hasn't always been the case.
I put this mainly down to the Scotland backline having the 'X-factor'.
Think about the Scotland tries as examples where individual brilliance was key.
John Barclay try. [Tim Visser]
A 'two attackers v two defenders' situation was created in the outside channel - which in international rugby is sometimes as good as it gets for the attack - and now there is personnel to make the most of it. The focus will largely be on the error of Eduardo Gori coming out of the defensive line, but that does Visser a massive disservice. The way he drifted off the pass, briefly accelerated to interest the outside man and deliver a lovely soft pass to Stuart Hogg was sublime. Hogg made the most of the space and the excellent John Barclay followed up to score.
John Hardie try. [Finn Russell]
Again, this didn't come from a clear opportunity. Italy had a good defensive line, but Russell was able to manipulate a line-break by challenging the heavy Italian forwards, putting them on the back foot, allowing Hardie to jog over the line in the corner.
Tommy Seymour try. [Stuart Hogg]
Two versus two again. Where previously this could fizzle out, Hogg's stop and go drew in the outside defence for Seymour to go over. Very similar to Visser's work in the build up to the first try but with the added beauty of the one-handed offload out the back door.
These examples, together with individual moments from the Wales game two weeks ago, show the talent that is in this group.
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The most pleasing aspect from the game was the scrum though. It was so dominant and provided the base from which field position could be established.
Progression in this area has been significant and in itself goes a long way towards winning games.
However, things were by no means perfect. Two yellow cards, a squint throw in, a missed penalty to touch and some lapses in concentration straight after scoring points were evident and errors that have consistently dogged previous performances and losses.
For the next step in the journey to come to fruition, these are the areas that need to be addressed.
I believe this will come and the team will be confident of taking on the French at Murrayfield next.
From an Italian point of view, I wonder if skipper Sergio Parisse is regretting turning down the three points on offer with 12 minutes to go.
It would put them within striking distance at 23-29 with two minutes on the Russell sin-bin still left to play out. I would have been tempted to take the penalty.
After watching the game, I'm even more convinced that something should be put in place about captains having a certain number of Television Match Official referrals per game that they can request.
Two instances that stick in my mind were on 19 minutes and 60 minutes.
In the first instance, Italy were deemed to have taken the ball back into their 22m and then kicked the ball out on the full giving a lineout to the Scots deep in the hosts' territory. The replay clearly shows that the Italian winger had his feet in the 22m before playing the ball [the ball was actually outside of the 22m, but as it was moving this is inconsequential].
The assistant referee should have awarded the lineout on the Scottish 10m line. This results in a huge shift in momentum as the result of an avoidable error from the officials.
In the second incident, just prior to the Russell sin-binning and second Italian try, Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw was clearly lifted and dumped from a breakdown.
The scrum-half spoke to referee Jaco Peyper about it but was dismissed and play continued. This period was crucial and could have easily affected the outcome. If there was an official channel that Laidlaw could have gone down then it could have been avoided.


A man from Cardiff has been found guilty of conspiring to supply £5m worth of heroin.

Umar Arif, 29, was arrested after police seized 40kg (88lbs) of the drug in 2014, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Khalid Yassen, 30, of Cardiff, was cleared, but the jury could not reach a verdict for Umar Butt, 26, of Cardiff.
Yesterday, Shazia Ahmad, 38, and Wasim Ali, 29, both of Newport, and Zawed Malik, 41, of Greater Manchester, were found guilty of the same offence.
The court heard 37kg (81lbs) of the class A drug was found inside a speaker and a suitcase in a car stopped on the M5.
Another 3kg (6lbs) was discovered in the footwell of a taxi in Newport.
The group stood to make more than £270,000 in profit from the drugs, the trial heard.
Other group members, Mohammed Sajjad, Imtiaz Ali, Paul Anthony Thomas, 42, of Cardiff, Waseem Mohammed Riaz, 28, of Newport, and Mohammed Aftaab Boota, 27, of Newport, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin as part of the same plot.
Tracey Ford, 39, of Cardiff, admitted money laundering.
Sajjad, 38, from Cardiff, and Ali, 35, from Newport, were described in court as the "generals" running the operation.
Between them, they owned 35 phones and were said to be "experienced drug dealers".
Both men had been convicted twice before for supplying drugs, the court heard.


Ronda Rousey says it may take six months to fully recover from the injuries she sustained in her Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight title defeat by Holly Holm in November.

Holm, 34, ended her fellow American's unbeaten 12-fight streak with a second-round knockout in Melbourne.
"It might be three to six months before I can eat an apple, let alone take an impact," Rousey, 28, told ESPN.
The Expendables 3 star added she was hoping to reclaim her title.
"Maybe I can't do it all before my prime, before my body is done, but maybe I can," added Rousey, who is set to appear in a remake of 1980s film Road House.
On Sunday, Holm had a day named after her, at a parade in her native Albuquerque, New Mexico.


New Oxford United manager Pep Clotet believes he has strong foundations to build at the League One club.

Spaniard Clotet, 40, was appointed as successor to Michael Appleton on Saturday having previously worked as Garry Monk's assistant at Leeds United.
"I'm excited to start this project," he told BBC Radio Oxford. "I'm impressed with the positive, hard-working culture at the club and among the players."
Clotet said he needs more time with the squad before making any signings.
"My goal is to familiarise myself with the current squad over the next week," added the former Swansea academy consultant and assistant.
"We're assessing the squad as it is now and giving a lot of value to what the club have been doing.
"The culture that Michael Appleton and Derek Fazackerley have brought into the squad, I want to keep it going and I see myself as helping that process grow."
Clotet will take charge of the U's for their opening pre-season friendly against Oxford City on Saturday before a week-long trip to Portugal, where they will play Middlesbrough and Hull City in friendlies.


MSPs are to be sworn in for the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament.

All 129 members will take either an oath or an affirmation in the well of the Holyrood chamber.
The leaders of Holyrood's five political parties will be sworn in first, before the remaining MSPs proceed in alphabetical order.
Once all the MSPs are sworn in, a presiding officer and deputies will be elected, with five contenders currently in the running for the top job.
The SNP is preparing for a return to government, having won 63 seats in the Scottish Parliament elections, two short of an overall majority once the non-partisan presiding officer is elected.
The Scottish Conservatives are expected to take up a new position in the chamber, having overtaken Labour to be the parliament's second-largest party, with 31 seats.
Outgoing Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick will oversee the oaths and affirmations in three 45-minute batches, with MSPs allowed to choose which of the two different statements they make.
The oath of allegiance has members "swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth," concluding with "so help me God".
Meanwhile the affirmation has members "solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth," omitting any religious reference.
Members then sign the Parliamentary Register.
In the afternoon, the newly sworn-in MSPs will elect one of their number to serve as the presiding officer. This role includes overseeing meetings of the parliament as well as undertaking diplomatic functions and representing the parliament at home and abroad.
Five MSPs have so far put themselves forward for the role, including former deputy presiding officers John Scott and Elaine Murray, leading Labour figures Johann Lamont and Ken Macintosh and Conservative Murdo Fraser.


A massive sinkhole has opened up in the middle of a street in St Albans, Hertfordshire, forcing some people to leave their homes overnight.

The 66ft (20 metre) diameter hole spread across a front garden and driveway on the street, and is about 33ft (10 metres) deep.
The local Council say five homes had to be evacuated and 20 people were taken to a centre set up nearby.
People on the street said they heard a crash before the huge crater appeared.
Engineers are currently on the street to decide how best to fill the crater in.
No-one has been injured and no homes were damaged.
Find out more about what causes sinkholes by looking at our special guide.


Damien Hoyland, the 22-year-old Edinburgh wing, will start his first Test match for Scotland when they face Japan in Toyota City on Saturday.

There are five changes from the side that finished the Six Nations against Ireland in Dublin, with Hoyland replacing the absent Tim Visser.
Matt Scott is in for the injured Alex Dunbar and Ruaridh Jackson starts at fly-half.
In the pack, Stuart McInally takes over at hooker in place of Ross Ford.
A tight calf denies the veteran the chance to win his 100th cap at the weekend.
Ford is a doubt to make the second Test in Tokyo a week on Saturday as well. The final change is Jonny Gray returning at second row for Tim Swinson.
Hoyland's inclusion comes on the back of a stellar season with Edinburgh.
The wing has only played in one Test match, 18 minutes off the bench against Italy in Turin last August, but he makes Vern Cotter's team ahead of Sean Maitland, who is on the bench, and Sean Lamont who has not made the matchday squad.
"I can't believe it," said Hoyland, who featured in Scotland's dramatic victory in the London Sevens last month when they won a first World Sevens Series title.
"It's still very, very surreal. The Sevens, when it happened, was the best feeling I had in my life and I couldn't have imagined anything better, but this has to top it."
From the team base in Toyota City, Cotter spoke of Hoyland's "enthusiasm lifting the team and dragging us along".
"He's still got a lot to work on but he's got good feet, scores tries and he'll provide line breaks and give us go-forward," Cotter added.
The 16-12 victory over Italy last August saw Hoyland making his international debut, but it was also McInally's Scotland debut - his only start in seven appearances.
Jackson has not started a Test match at stand-off since the 28-0 loss to South Africa in November 2013, but he makes it in the absence of Finn Russell and Duncan Weir.
The weather on Saturday evening, local time, is expected to be hot and sticky, just the conditions that Japan revel in.
Japan are missing a host of senior players from their seismic World Cup victory over the Springboks, but Cotter spoke of their improving depth and their desire to bring a fast and furious dimension to the Test.
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"They play with confidence - and so they should because they had a really good World Cup and they've just beaten Canada in Canada," Cotter said.
"They play a fast, quick-ruck game. It's hard to get the ball off them because they're very quick to the breakdown, very fast and very mobile. They have players who can hurt you if you're not wary."
Cotter mentioned how difficult it is to stop "the Japanese machine going forward". The Scotland coach has now named the 23 he is entrusting with that job.
Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Duncan Taylor, Matt Scott, Damien Hoyland, Ruaridh Jackson, Greig Laidlaw; Alasdair Dickinson, Stuart McInally, Willem Nel, Richie Gray, Jonny Gray, John Barclay, John Hardie, Ryan Wilson.
Substitutes
Fraser Brown, Rory Sutherland, Moray Low, Tim Swinson, David Denton, Henry Pyrgos, Peter Horne, Sean Maitland.


Shale gas extraction would turn "tranquil fields"' into "industrial installations", anti-fracking campaigners have told a hearing.

Energy firm Cuadrilla is appealing against Lancashire County Council's decision to refuse permission to extract shale gas at sites in Roseacre Wood and Little Plumpton.
The Roseacre Awareness Group (RAG) was making its final speech at the inquiry.
Cuadrilla is due to make its closing statement later.
RAG spokesperson Elizabeth Warner said the group, which represents some residents from Rosacre Wood, was concerned about increased traffic, the effect on the landscape and damage to health and well being.
Local roads were not designed to cope with 44 tonne lorries, she said.
"Tranquil fields" would be turned into a "lit industrial installation," she warned.
Cuadrilla Chief Executive Francis Egan said the council had gone against the advice of its own planning officials over the Preston New Road application and had ignored its own legal advice.
He said because of this, the company would apply for costs if it won the appeal on the grounds the council was unreasonable.
Mr Egan added: "I think it is perfectly reasonable that there should be consequences for the council's decision."
Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool, where Cuadrilla previously drilled.
Lancashire County Council rejected both of Cuadrilla's planning applications last year on the grounds of noise and traffic impact.
The energy firm disputed those reasons at the appeal hearing and said night-time noise would be short and affect only a handful of homes.
At Roseacre, the traffic would be a maximum of 50 HGV movements a day for 12 weeks, Nathalie Lieven QC, representing Cuadrilla, told the public inquiry.
The fracking inquiry is drawing to a close but a final decision is still weeks away.
Planning Inspector Wendy MacKay has listened to five weeks of speeches and arguments, sometimes emotional and passionate. Whatever her recommendation, Communities Secretary Greg Clark has the final say.
Residents against fracking are furious the Government will make the final decision. They feel local views will be ignored and fear it will rubber stamp the applications.
The outcome is supposed to be based on issues like road access, noise and light pollution. Some think this might favour Cuadrilla because the council's own planning officers' view of the Preston New Road plan, but nothing is certain.
It is thought a decision could be made in the summer, with Lancashire becoming the first area in the UK to have large scale test fracking, but if Greg Clark denies permission, it's hard to see where future applications would succeed.
The Little Plumpton bid had initially been recommended for approval, subject to working hours, noise control and highway matters.
Following the end of the hearing the planning inspector Wendy McKay will make her recommendations to the government.
Communities Secretary Greg Clark will make the final decision because the proposals are "of more than local significance," the government said.
Demonstrations from both pro- and anti-fracking campaigners have taken place outside the appeal hearing at Blackpool Football Club which began last month.


Chinese clubs spent £331m during the country's winter transfer window, outstripping the Premier League.

The country's winter window closed on Tuesday, with the 16 Chinese Super League clubs passing the £215m spent by England's 20 top-tier teams in January.
Oscar's move to Shanghai SIPG for about £60m and Shanghai Shenhua's reported £40m deal for Carlos Tevez came days before spending caps were announced.
Limits on the number foreign players in squads are in place for the new season.
Only three non-Chinese players can be fielded in a fixture when the season starts in March, a move the country's football association hopes will combat "irrational" spending.
But the total spend for the winter window - which ran from 1 January to 28 February - was a record for the Super League, exceeding the 2016 window by £36m.
The Chinese Super League's spending power came to prominence when 25-year-old Oscar agreed to leave Chelsea to join Shanghai SIPG for £60m.
It proved the biggest deal globally in the winter window but other notable Chinese moves saw Odion Ighalo join Changchun Yatai - a side who finished fifth from bottom last season - for £20m.
Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel, who was thought to be an Everton target, moved from Zenit St Petersburg to Tianjin Quanjian, where he will receive a reported £15.3m annual salary.
China's winter window runs for 28 days longer than those of European clubs. The country's spend was 16 times bigger than the total outlay in La Liga and more than the sum spent in Spain, Italy, Germany and France combined.
Figures obtained from Transfermarkt.co.uk show the total net spend of the Chinese Super League stands at £332m in 2017, a sizeable jump from about £25m in 2013.
When announcing intent to place limits on spending and foreign imports in early January, the government said clubs have been "burning money".
Their move to cool the habit proved controversial, with some clubs already boasting more than three overseas players in their squads, many of whom earn substantial wages.
Previously the rule was "4+1" - four foreigners of any nationality plus one Asian player in a matchday squad.
Quotas, caps and restrictions in a league quickly developing a reputation for its vast resources also go against the theory that some clubs' big-business backers are splashing out in hope of winning favour with President Xi Jinping, who has called for China to become one of the game's superpowers.
The limits being applied to the Chinese transfer market may have already stopped some potential deals, with Tianjin Quanjian's chairman saying the club had dropped bids for Chelsea's Diego Costa, PSG's Edinson Cavani, Monaco's Radamel Falcao and Benfica's Raul Jimenez as a result.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was strongly linked with a move to the country before committing to the EFL Cup winners.
And big finance may not only threaten those outside of China. Guangzhou Evergrande - champions for six-straight years - have been drastically outspent in the winter window.
After spending controls were announced, the club managed by Luiz Felipe Scolari vowed to field a Chinese-only squad by 2020, a U-turn after years of success based on big-money foreign signings.


Scunthorpe continued their storming start to the League One season with a comprehensive 5-0 thrashing of previously unbeaten Gillingham.

Most of the damage was done in the first half as they swept into a 3-0 lead.
Gillingham never recovered from a fifth-minute blooper by goalkeeper Stuart Nelson which gifted the home side the lead. He should have collected a speculative 25-yard shot from Kevin van Veen but allowed it to slip through his grasp and into the net.
In-form Scunthorpe made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 20th minute when Josh Morris converted confidently after he himself had been brought down just inside the box.
There was no stopping Scunthorpe and on the stroke of half-time they made it 3-0 when full-back Jordan Clarke popped up at the far post to head home an inswinging right-wing corner from Morris.
Gillingham's misery continued in the second half when another mistake by Nelson on 59 minutes allowed a long-range shot from Morris to squeeze past him to make it 4-0.
The visitors were denied even a consolation goal late on when an angled drive from Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was turned away at full stretch by Luke Daniels.
Instead, it was Scunthorpe, now second in the table, who made it 5-0 in the 83rd minute when striker Tom Hopper converted a low cross into the box from Hakeeb Adelakun.
It should have been 6-0 but substitute Scott Laird's tame stoppage-time penalty was easily saved by Nelson after Conor Townsend had been brought down in the box.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Scunthorpe United 5, Gillingham 0.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 5, Gillingham 0.
Penalty saved! Scott Laird (Scunthorpe United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity,  right footed shot saved  in the centre of the goal.
Penalty Scunthorpe United. Stephen Dawson draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Elliott List (Gillingham) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Mark Byrne (Gillingham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Scott Laird replaces Josh Morris.
Corner,  Gillingham. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal!  Scunthorpe United 5, Gillingham 0. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakeeb Adelakun.
Foul by Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United).
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Max Ehmer.
Corner,  Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Max Ehmer.
Substitution, Gillingham. Darren Oldaker replaces Emmanuel Osadebe.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Kyle Wootton replaces Kevin van Veen.
Attempt missed. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United).
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Gillingham. Elliott List replaces Billy Knott.
Substitution, Gillingham. Cody McDonald replaces Rory Donnelly.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham).
Attempt saved. Jordan Clarke (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Scunthorpe United 4, Gillingham 0. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neal Bishop.
Attempt missed. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner,  Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Josh Wright.
Attempt blocked. Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham).
Attempt saved. Billy Knott (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt blocked. Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Conor Townsend (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Billy Knott (Gillingham).
Attempt saved. Hakeeb Adelakun (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Second Half begins Scunthorpe United 3, Gillingham 0.
First Half ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Gillingham 0.
Goal!  Scunthorpe United 3, Gillingham 0. Jordan Clarke (Scunthorpe United) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Morris with a cross.


The "mysterious" Orkney vole is likely to have originated from Belgium 5,100 years ago, researchers have said.

The team of scientists - led by the University of Aberdeen and Cornell University in America - believe the subspecies of the European common vole was brought over by farmers.
They say it is found nowhere else on the UK mainland or islands.
The Belgium findings are described by the research team as a "totally unexpected result".
Prof Keith Dobney, one of the co-directors of the research, said: "The extensive archaeological record from Orkney has produced thousands of their [voles] bones and teeth, suggesting that they most likely arrived with early farmers or through Neolithic maritime trade and exchange networks.
"Where in Europe they came from and exactly when they were introduced has been a mystery for decades, but new genetic techniques and direct dating of their bones have finally allowed us to answer these questions."
Dr Natalia Martinkova who carried out the genetic studies on living common voles from continental Europe and Orkney, said: "Although our modern DNA results did not reveal exact genetic matches with any populations we sampled across continental Europe, the closest were from populations living today on the coast of Belgium, the likely origin for the original Orkney populations."
The findings are published in Molecular Ecology.


Tony Blair says he now accepts Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister.

The ex-PM told BBC Newsnight that a year ago he would have said it was impossible for the left-wing Labour leader to win.
But he added: "There's been so many political upsets, it's possible Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister and Labour could win on that programme."
Mr Blair, a consistent critic of Mr Corbyn, said he had not changed his mind on the "wisdom" of electing him.
Having defied predictions of a heavy defeat at last month's general election - and stripped the Conservatives of their majority - Mr Corbyn now describes his party as a "government-in-waiting".
Many of his critics have since admitted they underestimated him.
Speaking to Newsnight, Mr Blair said he still believed "it's a surer route to power to fight from the centre" and that it would be damaging for the country if Mr Corbyn became prime minister and imposed "an unreconstructed far Left programme".
But on Mr Corbyn's chances of reaching Downing Street, he said nothing could be ruled out.
"For most of my political life I've been saying: 'I think this is the right way to go, and what's more it's the only way to win an election'.
"I have to qualify that now.  I have to say 'no - I think it's possible you end up with Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister.'"
The Labour leadership has dismissed Mr Blair's recent interventions - which included claiming Brexit followed by a Corbyn government would leave Britain "flat on its back".
"To be frank, Mr Blair hasn't really listened to the nature of the debate that is going on in the pubs, the clubs and school gates etc," shadow chancellor John McDonnell said on Saturday.
The interview will be shown on Newsnight, on BBC Two, at 22:30 BST on 17 July.


The Public Prosecution Service has said it will not oppose an appeal by one of the so-called Colombia Three against a weapons conviction.

Martin McCauley was seriously wounded and a teenager was killed when police opened fire on a hayshed in County Armagh in 1982.
It later emerged that the security services had secretly recorded what happened.
The evidence was not made available to the court during his trial.
The 52-year-old, from Lurgan, County Armagh, was arrested along with Niall Connolly and James Monaghan in Colombia in 2001 and accused of IRA training of rebel FARC guerrilla forces.
They were initially cleared of the charge, only to be convicted on appeal and sentenced to 17 years in jail.
But the three men avoided imprisonment by fleeing Colombia in 2004, turning up in the Republic of Ireland a year later.
Even though Mr McCauley faces extradition to South America if he returns to Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal in Belfast is examining a weapons conviction for which he received a two-year suspended jail sentence.
Police claimed Martin McCauley confronted them with a rifle at a hayshed 32 years ago during the so-called RUC shoot to kill incident.
He was seriously injured and Michael Tighe was killed when RUC officers opened fire.
In 1985, Martin McCauley was convicted of possession of three rifles found inside the shed and given a two-year suspended sentence.
He had insisted he and Michael Tighe, had not been armed and that the police opened fire without warning.
The police told the court that was not true.
Years after his conviction, it was revealed that MI5 had a listening device hidden inside the hayshed at the time of the shooting that recorded what happened.
That recording could have re-established whether the police issued any warnings or made any reference to Mr McCauley being armed before they opened fire.
The existence of the recording was not made known to the court at the time of his trial.
Its existence was discovered by the former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Sir John Stalker, as part of his investigation into allegations that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was operating a shoot to kill policy.
He also discovered that the recording was later destroyed.
Last year, the Criminal Cases Review Commission referred his case to the Court of Appeal, on the basis that potentially significant material had been withheld from the judge.
In a dramatic development on Wednesday, Gerald Simpson QC told the court he had been instructed to read a statement on behalf of the prosecution service.
It said material relevant to the decision to prosecute Mr McCauley was withheld from the director of public prosecutions at the time, from the court and from the defence in the trial.
The statement said this served only to undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system and to bring it into disrepute.
The lawyer told the three Appeal Court judges that the prosecution service would not be making any submissions to uphold the conviction and invited them to exercise their discretion to quash it.
The judges will sit next week to decide whether to do so.
Mr McCauley's lawyers will argue that the conviction should be quashed on the basis that vital evidence was not available to the trial judge.
The contents of John Stalker's investigation into the incident have never been made public.
The lawyers hope that will change during next week's hearing.
"Mr McCauley was tried in public, and he was convicted in public and it's his fundamental right that these documents be opened in the public court, so that he and the general public are aware of what actually occurred," Mr McCauley's lawyer, Fearghal Shiels, said.
Mr McCauley was not in court to hear the prosecution statement on Wednesday as he faces extradition to south America if he returns to Northern Ireland.