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Brian Kerr takes a seat in the little office at his trendy sandwich shop - aptly named Kerrusts - in the centre of Hamilton.

Behind him is a wall chart containing important business details. Staff lists, suppliers, utility bills and - slap bang in the middle - a first draft Albion Rovers line-up ahead of a League 1 clash.

This is Kerr's life as a part-time manager in the lower reaches of the SPFL . Juggling three jobs, he also owns property and coaches at the SFA performance school in Motherwell, with the one which matters most to him - being a success at Cliftonhill.

Record Sport was granted an access-all-areas peak into the daily grind as Kerr and his backroom team bust a gut to save Rovers from a costly return to the bottom tier of the SPFL. We take cameras inside the ground – and witness a rarely-seen dressing-room rant at half time.

From the high of picking up the League One manager of the month trophy in September to the lows of the current relegation scrap it's easy to see why the job consumes almost every minute of the former Motherwell, Hibs and Newcastle United midfielder's life.

"The part-time bit of this job needs to be forgotten about because it certainly isn't part time for the boys who want to make a go of it," he said.

"The other jobs do not mean the same to me as the football. I was brought up with football being my life.

"Speak to anyone who knows me and it's football that is going through my mind 24/7.

"There's been times when contracts have been printed in the sandwich shop and then taken to players to sign.

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"I'm in there three days a week including a Friday but preparing for the next day is always going through my head. Any wee minute I get to jump away to the office for squad lists or to scribble down a team, set-pieces and stuff like that then I do.

"It's the same at home. My house is scattered with scraps of paper with teams written down and coaching sessions. My wife Leeanne goes daft about continuously picking those up."

Kerr and his assistant Stuart Malcolm are passionate about making a success of their time at Rovers. Our exclusive video shows the dedication and demands that they place on themselves and their players in the desperate fight to avoid relegation.

Sometimes it boils over and the frustration of seeing their side give away two sloppy goals to trail at half time to Alloa recently leads to a half time blast for the players.

It's all because they care and want the best for their players and the club.

"It's a non-stop job," he says. "The endless phone calls to players, my assistant manager, agents, chairmen, going to Trust meetings, helping with fundraisers, helping with the Easter and summer coaching camps.

"I even found myself building an office the night before my very first game which certainly wasn't on the remit.

"The manager's office is beside the home dressing room but there were sinks hanging off the wall, floorboards falling in and the place was a mess.

"We wanted to come in with a professional approach so the last thing we wanted was for our office to look a pigsty.

"We were there until 1am but the small things make a difference. If a player comes in to speak to you and sees that then it triggers alarm bells.

"It's not just me though. You have the chairman who is cleaning the stadium and constantly being there through the week trying to keep things ticking over along with a number of board members.

"These guys have five or six jobs at the club. It's incredible."

It's a far cry from the glamour of Champions League nights at Newcastle United and Scotland caps under Berti Vogts.

Rovers aren't just in a different league to the Premier League giants financially - in budget terms they're well off the clubs at the top of their own division too.

Such is the tightening of belts at Cliftonhill the side are playing every match in their away kit because the numbers 9 and 11 on the traditional yellow strip are so badly damaged by the recent bad weather and they have no replacements.

And the intensity only increases as Albion fight their way through a fixture backlog that sees them playing twice a week.

It leaves only one 90-minute training session to prepare his side for a Saturday and the pressure is reaching boiling point.

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"It's very difficult," he admits. "Over the past few weeks we have been playing on Saturday and Tuesday so come Thursday night at training we have injuries, niggles and other problems to contend with.

"You can't really prepare them for the Saturday when you have these problems. Then Saturday's game comes about and we have Tuesday's game without any real preparation.

"So it pretty much just becomes games at this stage and training is just about keeping ticking over or a bit of fitness and rehab work.

"And, of course we are up against a few full time teams who have up to five hours a day through the week if they need it."

Kerr might be inexperienced in the management game but he can certainly boast some of the greats of world football as his mentors during a career which took him from Newcastle to Arbroath via Motherwell, Hibs, Inverness and Dundee.

The midfielder was handed his Magpies debut by Ruud Gullit but it was under the guidance of Bobby Robson he flourished.

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"Man-management is the biggest thing I have taken from the bosses I had," he said. "It's how you use players and utilise the positive aspects of their games.

"Bobby Robson was the prime example, how he would man-manage players and individuals - some of the hardest people in the game to try to get onside.

"You actually felt as if he was your dad. He cared for everybody and knew about everybody's life behind the scenes as well and took a great interest.

"Nobody was left out, whether you were a young boy or Alan Shearer he treated everyone the same. That's the reason he got the best out of Craig Bellamy, Kieron Dyer and all these guys who people realised had problems behind the scenes.

"I know people talk about him getting names wrong - I heard him call Gary Speed Kevin Sheedy one day - but everyone responded to him.

"Speak to any of them and they would probably say their best years came when Sir Bobby was looking after them.

"It's the same here. There are boys that come in with certain problems and you have to try to deal with them. Be it family problems, confidence, dealing with the pitch.

"It's how you deal with situations and make the guys feel their best.

"It's about creating relationships but it's also a year-to-year thing as the group changes so quickly."

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One change Kerr is determined to avoid is his own position come the summer.

Keeping Rovers in the third tier would be a massive achievement, particularly given their scarce resources.

But, with four games to go, he knows time is running out.

"We know what's needed and we need to keep believing," he said.

"The respect I have for the people here is unbelievable. The work they put in, voluntary as well, it really is an eye opener.

"It's all credit to the supporters as well who come here every week and continue to support the club which is not financially in a great place.

"Together we can keep this club in the division."