Nobody at Talksport knew on that morning this would be one of the biggest days in the stations history. That might well be true, but the safety and respect of everyone in the workplace must still be protected. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. That isnt anyone., Richard Keys has actually blamed Arteta for a Tottenham fan kicking Ramsdale. What have Watford gone and done theyve turned to an expert. BeIN SPORTS anchor Keys thinks they could hit another level with one tweak. No clue on Hammond. Keys and Gray hosted the Super Sunday coverage that afternoon under intense scrutiny. If England are playing, he is genuinely neutral. 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. She had been due to officiate a League Two game between Crewe Alexandra and Bradford City on the Tuesday night. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away.. How he (Scudamore) ever got away with that, I will never know, Keys says. Their memories of Keys and Gray come down to their energy, their presence, their laughter, their boisterous banter typical of the blokiness of contemporary sports media, but, above all, their inescapable noise. As funny as this was, you can imagine Keys reacting to the news with a nauseating amount of self-satisfaction. "@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. Theyve won nothing. She is routinely recognised as the very best of the assistant referees in the elite Select Group 1. Ten Hag admitted he always intended to use Weghorst as a striker, with his recent role as a number 10 a spur of the moment decision. There are times when you just have to, because what youve seen demands it. We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. In June 2013 it was confirmed that Al Jazeera had agreed a contract with former Sky Sports football presenters, Richard Keys and Andy Gray. They both present from Doha in Qatar and present football including the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and FA Cup. Its sad to witness. 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 Staff were scrambled in a desperate hunt for video cameras so they could film it to make the evening news bulletins. Try as he might, Richard Keys can't quite seem to scratch his Liverpool itch. We have our own atmosphere which mirrors whats going on outside. Sky Sports was not an old organisation it had only been around for 20 years but culturally it was very much a product of the 1990s. 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 Probably. Roles behind the camera were traditionally even more male-dominated but Sarah Cheadle is one of Sky Sports main Premier League directors, Sam Mills produces Soccer Saturday and Sarah Chenery has directed some of their biggest boxing events, including Anthony Joshuas fights against Wladimir Klitschko and Andy Ruiz Jr. So one member of the team asked whether they could have a life-sized stuffed elephant in their studio for the duration of the show, to never once be mentioned during the three hours on-air. 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. Why is Arteta allowed to spend the game on the touch line? But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. It was the same building that held Skys legal, HR teams and the office of Sky chairman James Murdoch. Weghorst has scored one goal in nine appearances, but you can't fault his commitment to the team. 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. He said that he and Gray bumped into Massey recently and that they all laughed over the incident.. So dont ever think that it was.. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images, Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process. All Rights Reserved. And, with it being so late in the year, pretty much every matchup is If the attack does enough damage to KO Goku Black or Fused Zamasu, however, the animation is changed to Beerus erasing Black and/or Zamasu from existence as he does Present Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super. 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 years ago. Does anyone know if Hammond supports one? The rest of the team follow. 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. 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. Keys did call her to apologise, Massey told the Times in 2017. Theyve over celebrated this.. It was a set-up, of course it was. Didnt realise there was different celebration types! 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. Former Sky Sports anchor Richard Keys has revealed he has heard Leeds Uniteds part owners the 49ers wanted to appoint Jesse Marsch as their manager last #beINPL #ARSWBA, Watch Now https://t.co/RRmQgctETJ pic.twitter.com/c9bhTGInNo, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) May 9, 2021. The beIN SPORTS presenter suggested that Allardyce may be able to offer assistance in helping Manchester City with their defensive issues. If Andy has gone, there is nothing I want to be associated with, no one I want to be working with left if that is the case. So Keys called up Sky Sports and told them that he was quitting. Hes got a point. 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. 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? In 2003 Richard Keys has received an Honorary title from Coventry University (Honorary Doctor of Letters - Dlitt) for outstanding services to sports broadcasting. In 2012 Richard Keys and Andy Gray received the best sports programme prize for their talkSPORT show at the Sony Radio Academy AwOscars). Masseys career has gone from strength to strength over the decade since. 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. 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. They have won a London derby. Something went wrong, please try again later. This job has got Sams name all over it.. The 63-year-old quit his role in Sky Sports after a leaked YouTube video. 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 Sports , BeIN Sports; and has presented many top-level football matches. 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. And Ancelotti did leave Everton up sh*t creek without a paddle when he left for Spain last summer. Francis shadowed Vic Wakeling, the man who made Sky Sports what it was, before taking over the main job in 2009. On Sunday, Erik ten Hags men took on 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. So Francis and Jeremy Darroch, the CEO of Sky, had a decision to make. Mobile football strategy game is already past the 500k mark on iPhone and iPad. 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 Well play out instead with his claim that the World Cup drives many western economies something that at the very least should put our hero in the front running to become the next emeritus professor of economics at the University of a Qatari City That Hasnt Been Built Yet But Is Being Slung Up To Stop A Stadium Looking Silly. Gabriel Magalhaes went from zero to hero as he atoned for gifting Fulham the lead by scoring the winning goal and extending Arsenals perfect start to the Premier League season. Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have not just made themselves favourites for the Premier League, theyve ruffled the feathers of a certain Richard Keys Not Keysie. Web Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) November 21, 2016. Sky Sports is a very different place now. "He (Guardiola) could go and watch Roy Hodgson work, or bring Sam Allardyce in on a temporary basis. Still in his 30s, he had been the executive producer of Sky Sports cricket coverage before switching to football. Sky Sports knew the damage this incident would do to its coverage in the immediate term. Richard Keys said he has found Qataris 'a delight to do business with'. I do think, in general, were more embracing, Keys says. 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. It is the same logic as Keys insisting that his record was clean because he was never sexist on-air. By, The Sky Sports managing director talks to, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every Or does it? Theyve beaten Fulham. 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. But Keys couldnt believe that the fans, players and manager were enjoying a win, making it four out of four. Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss. In a certain role, I think he can act very well there and we have seen that. They had accumulated so much credit and fame and power that they looked untouchable at the pinnacle of British sports broadcasting. This is The Arsenal a classy outfit like the coach out of control. If we drove similar cars, which we dont, his would have to be quicker than mine and Im sure it would be. 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. What sets him apart is his ability to tell you how and why a footballer is able to do what he does. Keys couches his response to the Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process as his caving into an irresistible clamour for him to break hissilence and having done so, offers an apologists masterclass. Thats when you realise that however much you wanted to be a footballer as a kid, you were never going to be able to. On Soccer AM, the flagship Saturday morning show, they knew they could not discuss the departures of the pair that week. They talk about Beckham, but Gray was the original golden balls. 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. 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. Those guys operate on a different level. 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 It was nothing to do with Sian. pic.twitter.com/FI2SvkcXTZ, Just re-watched it and Richard Keys does indeed refer to Bernd Leno as Jay Leno. Despite all that, Keys isn't having it. That, in short, is the cultural change of the last 10 years, the cultural change of which Keys and Gray fell foul. A female assistant referee working in the mens game remains rare, however. Try a week on us. 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 Our mission is to provide our readers with the most engaging football content, bringing the passion and excitement of the world's game to life. Ben White as well who was over there, he said. Absolutely. By doing it out of the blue in the January, halfway through the season, it was naturally hurting the quality of its coverage. It was a set-up, of course it was, Keys told The Athletic. As Xabi Alonso can testify, Nigel de Jong isnt one to pull out of a challenge. Perhaps Arsenal made the right decision overall. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. 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. 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. pic.twitter.com/y3GtFi8ktg. Richard Keys believes Manchester United are currently playing with '10 men' despite their fine form under Erik ten Hag. WebWho does Richard Keys work for? Andy wasnt live when he was stood pitchside. Keys still believes that his enemies set out to destroy his and Grays careers. 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, 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. 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. In the summer of 2010, the channel relaunched Monday Night Football, a new platform for Grays punditry. It had to quickly plug the gaps left behind to get through the rest of that season. An alternative view from Sky Sports insiders is that it would never have made sense for any business, never mind a PLC, to torch its own reputation by leaking to the world four separate examples of its stars inappropriate behaviour. What could Keys possibly find irritating about a rich, talented, respected andconventionally handsome man like Arteta? Keys then added: "He's got 60 people around him. United opted to sign Weghorst following Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive departure. Yes, well give Keysie this one; it was strange that Arsenal chose Arteta over Carlo Ancelotti in December 2019 especially given the latters success with Real Madrid. And City have improved hugely defensively ever since, and have now kept clean sheets in each of their last four Premier League games. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. 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. 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. However, Keys believes the whole episode was a set-up and that himself or Gray have never been caught making such comments on-air. But my view of that respect was always the case. So has Keys seen a change in tone since his departure? 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. My domain! The 44-year-old journalist, who made his TV debut on TV-am, is a lifelong Coventry fan and sits down tonight to present his 1,000th live match for Sky Sports Liverpool vs Newcastle. Martin Keown absolutely rinsing Richard Keys and defending Arteta, Inject ittt pic.twitter.com/9jQ6JQ6Kyu, Rory Talks Football (@Rory_Talks_Ball) January 6, 2023. Read more, Editorial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected], Commercial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected]. ? Richard Keys and Jamie Redknapp exchange pic.twitter.com/xnER7uAzNa. Again today in front of the 4th official as well. Thats when I thought, This isnt right. A title race you can't miss. Richard had spoken. Now Sian Massey-Ellis after getting married in 2018, she has officiated consistently at the highest levels of the mens and womens games, at a club and international level. 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. Even for him, this has to be a new low, which says a lot given what he did to his family. That was his fault. Keys also points to the distinction between himself and Richard Scudamore, who was at the centre of a sexist emails scandal in 2014. So if any good came of it, maybe that did., Man United won a controversial penalty last night against Aston Villa. Francis was waiting for Keys when he got there. According to Richard keys Arsenal cannot celebrate properly when theyve come behind to beat Fulham! 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. "I think he let others play better and thats also what hes doing as a striker. Discussing Guardiola's issues at the back, Keys' co-host Andy Gray said: "It's a strange one. But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. Does he has special dispensation? The incident, we should have seen coming, he says. If you talk to our match reporter, Geoff Shreeves, hell tell you Im highly strung, but others would say Im fairly mellow. Richard Keys on Everton fans. This was Keys and Grays territory and if you were on it, you knew it. He was due to go on-air at 1.15pm but there was a slight delay, so the station had to get journalist Sid Lowe on for 15 minutes to talk about the weekends Spanish football, but even he admitted he was just an incidental warm-up act before the main event. 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. On that Wednesday morning, January 26, the walls were closing in on Keys, too. She was a little embarrassed, he added.