When we started out, we felt we had to do something slightly different, and those jackets certainly were. Sky had to work hard to find replacements: David Jones hosted instead, with Jamie Redknapp and Eidur Gudjohnsen providing punditry. Apparently they will answer any question , Richard Keys has sent a strange global text message that reveals more of the dark world in which he lives, Laurence Bassini, whose company has bought Watford, was declared bankrupt in 2007 and has since changed his name, There are those who talk about sport to avoid the weightier issues of the day, and then there are those who magically manage to combine the two without you even realising it. Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has said that he and his colleague Andy Gray were set-up before their departures from the broadcasters 10 Sky Sports is a very different place now. "Any of these teams have shaped teams defensively, haven't they.". #afc, Adam Keys (@adamkeys_) January 15, 2023. How best to look back on all this 10 years later? He lets other teammates score. pic.twitter.com/PYqrpFvb9s, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 4, 2022. I do think, in general, were more embracing, Keys says. Richard Keys | Football Wiki | Fandom We dont blame her at all. The first hour of the Monday show, hosted by 2011s emergency fill-in anchor Jones, has become a must-watch for football fans keen to learn about the little details that decided the big games of the weekend. Richard Keys can't stop ranting about Liverpool, and is I think it was quite successful, not only for him but I think he enjoyed it there. Sky Sports view at the time was that a public apology would be worthwhile but only if it was genuine, authentic, rooted in an understanding of what was wrong about the comments, and made to everyone. From that Saturday night, when all hell broke loose, the next few days had seen Sky Sports under more direct scrutiny than ever before. Kelly Cates hosts Premier League football, Caroline Barker does the same on Football League and netball, Laura Woods is their face of Carabao Cup football and darts. Richard Keys said he has found Qataris 'a delight to do business with'. No, Im looking forward to completing the next 1,000 matches. , The infamous smash it? On Sunday, Erik ten Hags men took on Theyve won nothing. His final gambit was arranging an appearance on Talksport radio that afternoon. 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. 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. My fear is and Ive said it for a long time now, that the guy in the middle there [Arteta] is the one thats most to blame for the inflammatory behaviour on the touchline. Keys would practically produce the whole thing himself. Dont forget, neither of us were caught behind an open mic, he says. "He did before. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. These events have often been described as a moment in time, a phrase that must mean an event that encapsulated an era or a way of doing things, especially the transition from one to the other. 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. This time, Sky came down hard. None of this works. For the next instalment of 90s Heroes check out the Bet Bright football blog this week. Richard Keys | Metro News Er no, and that includes George Best hes never let us down. So has Keys seen a change in tone since his departure? Jezza has written that he supports Chelsea London. Its changed things for me because most weeks Id turn up at a ground knowing I needed someone around the bottom end of the table to lose games, and that gave most games an added interest. All rights reserved. She is routinely recognised as the very best of the assistant referees in the elite Select Group 1. Laura Woods has slated Richard Keys after he called out Arsenal fans for "over-celebrating" their 2-1 win over newly-promoted side Fulham yesterday. WebGet the latest on Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Richard Sherman including news, stats, videos, and more on CBSSports.com I had about 14 of them I dont think there was a colour left I didnt have. 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. The beIN SPORTS presenter suggested that Allardyce may be able to offer assistance in helping Manchester City with their defensive issues. Keys and Gray had been there for 20 years but they still glowed with the fame of the job. There is said to be a consciousness about what constitutes appropriate behaviour and language that was missing in the past. 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. Who ultimately then becomes the master of discipline? Irritating? Richard Keys and Andy Gray. But there have been bigger changes at Sky Sports. does He has since worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, The feel has changed over the last decade, away from its 1990s blokiness towards something more modern. So if any good came of it, maybe that did., Keys and Gray, who are still working together, bumped into Massey-Ellis at Birmingham Airport recently. In the summer of 2010, the channel relaunched Monday Night Football, a new platform for Grays punditry. Even senior staff were taken by surprise by the constant stream of leaks from inside their organisation. She has run the line at the 2017 European Championship, 2018 Champions League final and 2019 World Cup in the womens game, and recently moved into the mens Europa League. Mobile football strategy game is already past the 500k mark on iPhone and iPad. Or does it? Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss. The 3-0 reverse, thatd ultimately cost the Gunners a Champions League place, saw Keys label Arteta as mini-mealluding to the fact that he believed the Arsenal boss to be nothing more than a second-rate Pep Guardiola. It depends who you ask. I started a bit of a trend and I suppose it was a compliment that Marks & Spencer started selling them. Maybe he has another coach who does the back four.". New mum Kelly Osbourne shares first photo of baby son Sidney as he hangs out with fun uncle Jack, The Beckhams turn heads in stylish outfits on Brooklyns birthday after putting on united front with Nicola Peltz, Ron Jeremys sister wants him to be placed under a conservatorship amid rape trial ruling due to dementia, Bruce Willis, 67, spotted for first time as he steps out for coffee in Santa Monica after sharing dementia diagnosis, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm, Do not sell or share my personal information. The Dutch coach said: "The last years he was actually only playing as a striker, but I know from a very long history he can play there. Even for him, this has to be a new low, which says a lot given what he did to his family. Sky Sports knew the damage this incident would do to its coverage in the immediate term. Get City news for FREE sent directly to your inbox! What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. Leeds have conceded 60 goals in just 26 Premier League games so far this season and will be looking for Marsch to tighten them up at the back quickly. My god, it could not have been more private. 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. Well, actually, you can.. In this spirit, weve taken a closer look at the roots of Keysies grudge against the Gunners and their current manager. If that reads like a transparently warped brand of moral logic, then try to remember that were all men of the world here (or things that the men of the world might hang out the back of, anyway). pic.twitter.com/mEZB4RViY4, Planet Football (@planetfutebol) August 31, 2022. I remember arriving at Maine Road once and the security fella asking me what colour jacket I would be wearing. Despite the fact they want to put me in front of a misogynistic line and say, This prick doesnt understand how it all works. But they made capital out of it. He has not been back since. The attackers allegedly threatened him and his wife with guns and iron bars. WebRichard Keys (born 23 April 1957 in Coventry) is an English sports presenter with a career starting in 1976 when he moved initially to London. 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. In response, Martin Keown showed all the ruthlessness of his playing days by two-footing the beIN presenter. pic.twitter.com/48uOSvWIJx, Disappointed this wasnt just 3 minutes of Laura Woods taking Richard Keys apart to be honest. It was a story that connected every form of media: broken initially by a Sunday newspaper, picked up by the dailies, fuelled by the internet and the virality of the clips themselves, moving onto an anonymous YouTube account, climaxing on commercial radio. Also, its worth noting this was his attempt at self-deprecating humour. Keys arrived at Talksports then office near Londons Waterloo station, by himself. He often makes fun of others for their loyalties such as Campbell for Burnley and someone else for Leicester but who does he support? 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. 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. Hes got a point. I felt for Arsenal fans nothing to celebrate on deadline day. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Massey, a 25-year-old official who only wanted to do her job, found herself at the centre of a storm; one that she had done nothing to create. Keys also points to the distinction between himself and Richard Scudamore, who was at the centre of a sexist emails scandal in 2014. Im a journalist by trade and pride myself on coming from that side of the fence, but I havent scored winning goals in FA Cup finals; he can add that perspective. 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. Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have not just made themselves favourites for the Premier League, theyve ruffled the feathers of a certain Richard Keys in the process. 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. The two men were taken off Monday Night Football, a game Chelsea won 4-0 at Bolton Wanderers. In the 1990s, the 2000s, and at the very start of the last decade, they were the stars of the Sky Sports universe and, by extension, two of the most influential people in English football. Keys and Gray, seen here in 2012, have continued to work together after leaving Sky Sports (Photo: Tim Whitby/Getty Images). Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. If this goes wrong theyre sunk and that 2024 buyout takes on a very different look.. It was my workplace. Francis was waiting for Keys when he got there. He doesnt wish any harm on us, but if they are playing Scotland then, of course, he supports his home country. It was a set-up, of course it was, Keys told The Athletic. Why not? pic.twitter.com/FI2SvkcXTZ, Just re-watched it and Richard Keys does indeed refer to Bernd Leno as Jay Leno. Despite his immense career, Ozil was little more than a Fortnite enthusiast by October 2020 and Arteta was intent on freezing the playmaker out of his first team squad. Never mind the World Cup in Qatar, seeing Arteta getting cautioned was definitely his highlight of the season. Game-changing news in the Fifa corruption war, as Qatar unveils its Lord Haw-Haw. That isnt anyone., Richard Keys has actually blamed Arteta for a Tottenham fan kicking Ramsdale. Andy has become a very good operator journalistically, hes very sharp. Nobody at Talksport knew on that morning this would be one of the biggest days in the stations history. And Andy had to explain to her, It was absolutely nothing to do with you. 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That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away. They were really drilling me with the sort of things I should say. Mini-me wasnt very happy was he? Once we get to the knockouts, the flags of the various nations still in the draw will be pinned to trees, with the pandas invited to scale the relevant trunk. This was Keys and Grays territory and if you were on it, you knew it. He detailed his apology to Massey made over the weekend (she and I enjoyed some banter together) and his frustrated attempt to do the same to Brady (there is no answerphone on Karrens mobile. Francis wanted to take it in a different direction, portray a different image for the company and generate a modern, market-leading feel particularly when it came to diversity, inclusivity and behaviour. And Im really pleased shes gone on to make a mark.. 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. . That week, Francis would continually make the seven-minute walk across the campus, through the car park, from the Sky Sports building to Sky HQ, to meet with Darroch. His anti #Arsenal agenda is sensational. For some time Ive been working on a theory that Richard Keys is a double agent, whose fawning posts about the Qatar powers-that-be place him so far beyond the realms of useful idiocy that the former Sky Sports presenter can only be working on behalf of those who seek fatally to undermine the emirate. "@richardajkeys & Andy Gray's reaction as the Gunners make it 4 wins out of 4#beINPL #ARSFUL pic.twitter.com/nIcZX6Ij1b, Only three clubs in Europe's top five leagues still remain perfect Arsenal4/4 winsReal Madrid3/3 winsReal Betis3/3 wins pic.twitter.com/lpSS0UtOka, What a team spirit and an incredible Support from the fans @arsenal #gunners pic.twitter.com/8DjUVuQdxn, Nigel De Jong, take a bow. 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. No entourage, no agent, no minders. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. Bruno Fernandes hits back at Richard Keys' 'playing with 10 men' And they trailed at one time. 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. He said that he and Gray bumped into Massey recently and that they all laughed over the incident.. On that Tuesday afternoon, Gray was sacked. Not Keysie. A group of masked men broke into the home of Barcelona forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and attacked and robbed him early on Monday, the football club said. He took aim at Wout Weghorst's role since arriving on loan from Burnley last month. Look at the manager. Chelsea, though he's worn a Donny hat before on the show, the India special I think when they're camping out. Ive done a few and theyre great fun. It had to quickly plug the gaps left behind to get through the rest of that season. 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. It has never been more of an inclusive place than it is today, now it is starting to make the cultural changes it intended 10 years ago. "Maybe he's just a coach who likes to coach positive football. Richard Keys The rest of the team follow. Richard Keys Keys and Gray break down the stats, 33 penalties since the start of last season!#beINPL, More https://t.co/1eGBJOyvQ5 pic.twitter.com/32cBLc5trX, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) January 2, 2021. And frankly, who are we to opine on how other nations fill that Alan Shearer-shaped hole in their forecasting models? Seven Arsenal players Piers Morgan has ripped into & how they bit back. So if any good came of it, maybe that did., Man United won a controversial penalty last night against Aston Villa. Ten years on from Richard Keys and Andy Gray at Sky Sports If England are playing, he is genuinely neutral. WebWho does Richard Keys work for? Settle down, everybody. Francis shadowed Vic Wakeling, the man who made Sky Sports what it was, before taking over the main job in 2009. But at lunchtime, with 45 minutes of warning, staff were told by programme director Moz Dee that the man of the moment would be coming on-air, to be interviewed by Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs. I was being fed a huge amount of guff from our press office, Keys says. Richard Keys believes Manchester United are currently playing with '10 men' despite their fine form under Erik ten Hag. pic.twitter.com/yvs2i7egrj, I see @richardajkeys is still banging on about Arsenal over celebrating. But, with Arsenal struggling at the wrong end of the Premier League table, Keys used his extensive managerial experience to offer Arteta some advice on player management. And Ancelotti did leave Everton up sh*t creek without a paddle when he left for Spain last summer. As Xabi Alonso can testify, Nigel de Jong isnt one to pull out of a challenge. 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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. His use of language and phraseology was as bad as Donald Trump before he took office. By doing it out of the blue in the January, halfway through the season, it was naturally hurting the quality of its coverage. Dont believe us? Thats when you realise that however much you wanted to be a footballer as a kid, you were never going to be able to. It would certainly need a lot of analysis. Hes just like Guardiola there. 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By, The Sky Sports managing director talks to, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every Richard Keys | Soccer | The Guardian Small talk Soccer This article is more than 19 years old Interview Richard Keys Dan Rookwood His job is to sit around If England are playing, he is genuinely neutral. Richard Keys A female assistant referee working in the mens game remains rare, however. https://t.co/ok3jeISB6Z, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) January 12, 2023. Keys signed his deal to leave and was then escorted back to his car by two security staff. And Sky Sports management always kept in mind that a company had to protect its whistleblowing procedure in cases such as this. On-air, that has never been an allegation you could throw at myself or Andy.. But when she saw all the TV cameras outside the school in Coventry where she worked, saw an off-duty photo of her blown up on the front page of The Sun, and heard of the number of media requests to cover the game at Gresty Road, she discussed the situation with referees chief Mike Riley and withdrew herself from the game. All Rights Reserved. And everybodys forgotten!. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images, Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process. I'm Hearing - Richard Keys Makes Big Claim On Leeds United 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. I think Id need to have a very close look at that, a very close look indeed. 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 Anyway, the latest post from the most recognised sports presenter internationally [source: Richard Keys], seems to constitute the latters first formal engagement on behalf of his new homeland. What have Watford gone and done theyve turned to an expert. 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. FC Barcelona confirmed the incident and said the player and his wife are doing well. Barney Francis, the managing director of Sky Sports, issued a statement saying that Keys and Grays comments were inexcusable. what football team does richard keys support Keys wasnt about to pass up this open goal, When theres no discipline nor example of how to behave coming from the coach what do people expect? Beckhams equaliser against Greece at Old Trafford got me out of my seat. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The former Premier League chief executive apologised for his inappropriate comments, calling them an error of judgement. Well done @GeoffShreeves Still the master in the tunnel. The 62-year-old fronted Sky's football coverage since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992, until his shamed exit in 2011.