jackie stone, played by richard beale, is a market trader who is elected as the chairman of the bridge street market traders association. he is asked to liaise with phil mitchell (steve mcfadden) and grant mitchell (ross kemp), who have purchased land that has been used by traders previously. however, jackie finds himself in an awkward position when he realises that he has been a friend of the phil and grant's late father, eric; they boxed together and some traders believe that jackie was showing favouritism to the mitchell brothers.