But as Keys left the Talksport office, he knew his time was up. And Im really pleased shes gone on to make a mark.. morning, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have not just made themselves favourites for the Premier League, theyve ruffled the feathers of a certain Richard Keys From one emerging football market to another, meanwhile, as China launches an audaciously cutesy bid to steal the limelight at a tournament for which they have not qualified before or since 2002. First, to Qatar land of the most impressive backhand in the game, where the brain drain triggered by Sky Sports parting company with Keys and Andy Gray is once again laid bare. I was being fed a huge amount of guff from That'll give Richard Keys something to speak about. On top of that, United are looking to win their first piece of silverware in six years next Sunday when they take on Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Copyright insidefutbol.com 2007-2023, Tried Stepover In Our Half, Lost It, In For Rude Awakening Former Leeds Star On Whites Player, We Could Have Had Draw At Chelsea Leeds United Star Bemoans Loss, Georginio Rutter Plays Leeds United Team vs Chelsea Confirmed, Leeds United Braced For Offers For Young Star In Summer. Nobody at Talksport knew on that morning this would be one of the biggest days in the stations history. After years of bashing Rafa Benitez, Keys has moved on to the current crop in recent It was largely, Say sorry, keep saying sorry, you cant over-say sorry. On Soccer AM, the flagship Saturday morning show, Kelly Cates hosts Premier League football. Get City news for FREE sent directly to your inbox! But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. It was the same building that held Skys legal, HR teams and the office of Sky chairman James Murdoch. Forget what I said they probably dont know the offside rule., Gray: Why is there a female linesman? Im hearing that the 49ers wanted him in last summer along with a wish list of players hed worked with before the likes of Minamino and Brenden Aaronson, Keys explained on his blog. I dont mean to sound arrogant, but Ive probably got the best job in the world. Francis was waiting for Keys when he got there. Er no, and that includes George Best hes never let us down. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. Does he support any team that plays England? While Francis was based in the old Sky Sports building, Darroch was sitting at Sky HQ, on the other side of the campus, right on the A4. Within 48 hours, the story had become one of the biggest in the country. No, Im looking forward to completing the next 1,000 matches. During the group stages, the pandas make their selections from three bamboo baskets denoting a win, a loss or a draw. But above all, it centred on television, the stars in front of the camera, and the type of behaviour and language broadcasters and viewers expected of them. Francis declined to be interviewed for this story but, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking at the time, it came down to behaviour and culture. The rest of the Sky Sports building was left much quieter after Keys and Grays absence. Andy has become a very good operator journalistically, hes very sharp. While Andy Gray, unexpectedly cast as the voice of reason, opined his feeling that the bridges were burnt between Arteta and Ozil, Keys somehow resisted the urge to speculate on how Sam Allardyce wouldve dealt with the situation. There's Chelsea Hajduk in Melbourne and Bechem Chelsea in Ghana, but I don't think there's any risk of confusion even without specifying Chelsea FC - He is listed under the 'famous fans' section of there web site. Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Talk to anyone who worked there at the time, back in the cramped, old, low-rise Sky Sports building at Grant Way, the corporations base on west Londons industrial fringe. And Ancelotti did leave Everton up sh*t creek without a paddle when he left for Spain last summer. By Jason Deans, The two disgraced former Sky football presenters are offering their 'banter' on the after-dinner speaking circuit. Once again, football went, Richards made a nice few quid for us all, we can look after him and, It was something that happened privately. Since taking over the Baggies in December, Allardyce and his side have conceded three goals or more on four occasions, and in total they have leaked a massive 24 goals in eight games. This was the moment, above all others, when Keys vendetta took a personal turn and the rest of us began stockpiling popcorn in anticipation of what would happen next. Mitrovic The Brazil defender was badly caught out by Aleksandar Settle down, everybody. I do think, in general, were more embracing, Keys says. Keys has revealed that he has heard Leeds part-owners the 49ers wanted to bring in Marsch last summer, along with two players the American worked with at Red Bull Salzburg in the shape of Takumi Minamino and Brenden Aaronson. The Netherlands international has recently dropped into a midfield role to allow Rashford to strut his stuff further up the pitch. That evening, the Mail On Sunday newspaper published a story that the pair had been recorded making sexist comments about assistant referee Sian Massey after a controversial but ultimately correct offside decision. 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His anti #Arsenal agenda is sensational. After sacking Gray, worse was yet to come for Sky Sports and Keys when a fourth and final video emerged late on the Tuesday night. A title race you can't miss. Richard Keys divorced his wife with cancer and slept with his daughters friend.Andy Gray sacked for making derogatory, sexist comments about female referee Sian Massey and other female figures in football. She has been brilliant. By doing it out of the blue in the January, halfway through the season, it was naturally hurting the quality of its coverage. So it was not long into Francis tenure that he was presented with this, a stream of evidence of his two biggest names making deeply inappropriate comments when they did not know they were being filmed. The smallest things, she gets right. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. How he (Scudamore) ever got away with that, I will never know, Keys says. On-air, that has never been an allegation you could throw at myself or Andy, he says, making a distinction that maybe matters less than he might think. Just like England in countless major tournaments, Arsenal lost against the first half-decent opposition theyd faced all season as United administered a 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford. And frankly, who are we to opine on how other nations fill that Alan Shearer-shaped hole in their forecasting models? 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And City have improved hugely defensively ever since, and have now kept clean sheets in each of their last four Premier League games. But there have been bigger changes at Sky Sports. The guy who celebrated the most was Michael Owen when Beckham scored that equaliser, and he was seen by everyone because wed hidden a camera in the studio. Hes got a point. BeIN SPORTS anchor Keys thinks they could hit another level with one tweak. If you talk to our match reporter, Geoff Shreeves, hell tell you Im highly strung, but others would say Im fairly mellow. However, Keys believes the whole episode was a set-up and that himself or Gray have never been caught making such comments on-air. Sky Sports knew the damage this incident would do to its coverage in the immediate term. Authorities said at least four men entered the players home and then escaped in a car. Yeah, well played, you came back to win it and they keep their 100 per cent record intact. Or does it? With all the time that has passed, has Keys has said he and Gray are now more sensitive and embracing., But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. Ive turned that to my advantage now so, if there are a few of us going to play golf, Ill play with him because when hes on your side, everything will go your way. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. Richard Keys has been left red-faced following his suggestion that Pep Guardiola should turn to Sam Allardyce for defensive help after Manchester City thrashed West Brom 5-0. Ramsdales got form for winding supporters up and apparently has been having an exchange during the course of that second-half with those Tottenham fans. "He (Guardiola) could go and watch Roy Hodgson work, or bring Sam Allardyce in on a temporary basis. But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. It is hard to forecast whether the Germans will feel moved to serve up diplomatic retaliation in the form of a conspiracy theory of their own as the World Cup progresses but both countries ambassadors are advised to keep a bag packed for the duration of the tournament. Who ultimately then becomes the master of discipline? Sky had been spending hundreds of millions of pounds on its Believe In Better campaign since 2007, and now had the chance to show it. United ran out 3-0 winners over Leicester City on Sunday afternoon thanks to a Marcus Rashford brace and Jadon Sancho's second goal in three Premier League games. Keys signed his deal to leave and was then escorted back to his car by two security staff. I saw that Andy [Gray] and I were trending Sunday after I suggested Big Sam should take charge until the summer. What have Watford gone and done theyve turned to an expert. It would certainly need a lot of analysis. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The two men were taken off Monday Night Football, a game Chelsea won 4-0 at Bolton Wanderers. Keys told the story of a recent impromptu meeting with Sian Massey-Ellis, who was the target of Keys and Grays sexist comments back in 2011. Its headquarters in Osterley, Keys and Grays own domain, was besieged by journalists from other organisations. Leeds sacked Marcelo Bielsa as manager on Sunday following a run of poor form and are expected to appoint American boss Marsch as his replacement. She was a little embarrassed, he added. Saturday, January 22, 2011. I remember arriving at Maine Road once and the security fella asking me what colour jacket I would be wearing. In this spirit, weve taken a closer look at the roots of Keysies grudge against the Gunners and their current manager. WebRichard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter, with a career starting in 1976 when he moved initially to London. Keys then added: "He's got 60 people around him. . Ben White as well who was over there, he said. Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) May 13, 2022. Masseys career has gone from strength to strength over the decade since. But they made capital out of it. Read more, Editorial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected], Commercial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected]. And they trailed at one time. Keys, who had fronted Sky's Premier League coverage for nearly 20 years, resigned in January 2011 a day after colleague Andy Gray was sacked, as the pair were caught in an infamous sexism storm. Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz And if we are looking for deeper meaning here, it must surely be in the slow change of attitudes to sexism and to diversity and inclusion in general that these events marked. Monday Night Football, the show relaunched as a new platform for Keys and Gray just before they left, has become the networks flagship programme, setting standards for insight and analysis. And the 65-year-old couldnt resist another jab in the ribs of Gunners enthusiasts just over 24 hours later. The rest of the team follow. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I can describe whats happened and he can say what its like to do it. His use of language and phraseology was as bad as Donald Trump before he took office. Female linesman. Ive done a few and theyre great fun. Staff were scrambled in a desperate hunt for video cameras so they could film it to make the evening news bulletins. Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 20:13. "I mean, he doesnt do enough to justify a starting place, does he? Most people watching Aaron Ramsdale getting kicked by a Tottenham fan at the end of Januarys derby blamed the latter for the regrettable incident. This job has got Sams name all over it.. Its only just recovering now. Massey-Ellis warming up with her fellow officials before Leicesters 2-0 win over Chelsea last week (Photo: Rui Vieira/Pool/Getty Images), Looking back, Keys own view of this situation is that he was the victim. (I'm not sure if there are different Chelsea's?) While acknowledging that there is still work to be done on gender balance in top management roles, female staff talk of an atmosphere that is far more modern than it was a decade ago. That isnt anyone., Richard Keys has actually blamed Arteta for a Tottenham fan kicking Ramsdale. First Gary Neville and then Jamie Carragher have retired from playing to step into its studio, bringing the insights from their recent playing careers onto the screen. Well, actually, you can.. It is the same logic as Keys insisting that his record was clean because he was never sexist on-air. He told me they were having a sweepstake on it and I remember thinking that, if it was being taken that seriously, then the jackets would have to go. Jack Pitt-Brooke is a football journalist for The Athletic based in London. How best to look back on all this 10 years later? The beIN SPORTS presenter suggested that Allardyce may be able to offer assistance in helping Manchester City with their defensive issues. Andy wasnt live when he was stood pitchside. Keys still believes that his enemies set out to destroy his and Grays careers. There is a germ of a point there regarding Scudamore but the issue is that the workplace is painted as senior employees turf, somewhere mens language does not need to be moderated or checked. Tuesday's result at the Hawthorns means they remain in 19th position in the table, six points adrift of 17th placed Brighton having played a game more. The op-ed ends, inevitably, with an irrelevant digression on his status as the No1 enemy of Rupert Murdochs state but well leave that on the basis that Keys increasing insistence on chipping away at his own privacy is as bizarre as its surely unwise. It was certainly one of the most dramatic events in British sports media for a generation, a four-day frenzy from the Mail on Sunday story breaking on the Saturday night to Keys resignation on the Wednesday afternoon. All Rights Reserved. https://t.co/ok3jeISB6Z, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) January 12, 2023. Somebodys fucked up big., Massey doing her job at Molineux that day in January 2011 (Photo: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images). After Paul the Octopus coiled off this mortal shuffle a few months after the 2010 World Cup, a Chinese film director called Jiang Xiao addressed local conspiracy theories with a film called Who Killed Paul the Octopus?, and declared herself 60-70% convinced that Paul had died before the World Cup final, and the Germans have been covering up his death and fooling us [with a body double] for a long time. He has not been back since. Even from Qatar, hed managed to get underneath the skin of an entire fanbase and drag them down to his level. It really wasnt. He took aim at Wout Weghorst's role since arriving on loan from Burnley last month. Theyve over celebrated this.. When Coventry lost at Aston Villa on the last day of last season, I was resigned to accepting relegation so I was mellow, but during the course of that season I was very highly strung. He has worked ever since for the There was some sense among the madness of those jackets. 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Having made it clear that Artetas mere existence irked him, Keys relished the opportunity to stick the boot in following Arsenals crucial defeat at Tottenham in May. Guess the gender of his target, In the last of our series, Richard Keys and Andy Gray take to the airwaves for the first time after their ignominious Sky Sports exit, UTV Media's sports radio station reports 13% fall in operating profits in part due to 'increased investment' in presenters.
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