Richard Keys There are times when you just have to, because what youve seen demands it. Richard Keys slams Arsenal but is it put back in his box 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 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. It was largely, Say sorry, keep saying sorry, you cant over-say sorry. Richard Keys and Andy Gray. Andy has become a very good operator journalistically, hes very sharp. 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. 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. Last week, when she ruled a full-speed Timo Werner just offside in the Leicester vs Chelsea game and was vindicated by the technology, she was widely praised for getting such a difficult call correct. "Maybe he's just a coach who likes to coach positive football. Arsenal were fined by the FA for the behaviour of their referee-surrounding players during an FA Cup tie at Oxford. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. It is the same logic as Keys insisting that his record was clean because he was never sexist on-air. That, in short, is the cultural change of the last 10 years, the cultural change of which Keys and Gray fell foul. There is said to be a consciousness about what constitutes appropriate behaviour and language that was missing in the past. I lacked pace and movement, and probably ability as well so there are some basic things missing. As well as being a major investor in womens sport, Sky Sports has provided a platform for a new generation of women in producing and presenting roles. She is routinely recognised as the very best of the assistant referees in the elite Select Group 1. 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. Jesus. 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. This time, Sky came down hard. the cultural change of which Keys and Gray fell foul. Seven Arsenal players Piers Morgan has ripped into & how they bit back. But for Sky Sports leadership, that was a price worth paying to set the right standards of behaviour. Female linesman. Ive done a few and theyre great fun. Or does it? 90s Anti-Heroes: Ron Atkinson vs Richard Keys Jamie Redknapp introduced smash it phrase By doing it out of the blue in the January, halfway through the season, it was naturally hurting the quality of its coverage. If England are playing, he is genuinely neutral. Richard Keys and Andy Gray Kudos to @NDJ_Official for shutting him down. Keys signed his deal to leave and was then escorted back to his car by two security staff. Somewhere in Doha, Keysie just cracked open a bottle of champagne. Just soak in 150 seconds of Keys getting his backside handed to him. Former Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong hit back at Richard Keys after he doubled down on his criticism of Arsenal's players and Mikel Arteta for their According to Richard keys Arsenal cannot celebrate properly when theyve come behind to beat Fulham! Colleagues wondered whether they could even mention them, given it felt like an embarrassing family drama playing out in full view of the world. Chapeau. City had had a shaky start to the season, and were stunned 5-2 by Leicester City at the end of September. Marsch took over at RB Leipzig last summer, but only lasted in the job at the Bundesliga club until December, when he was sacked. 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. I'm Hearing - Richard Keys Makes Big Claim On Leeds United Richard Keys is still going on about the Arsenal , Nigel de Jong is spot on here pic.twitter.com/Z6VxDW8YWy, Harry Symeou (@HarrySymeou) August 29, 2022. This was Keys and Grays territory and if you were on it, you knew it. Dont forget, neither of us were caught behind an open mic. And Ancelotti did leave Everton up sh*t creek without a paddle when he left for Spain last summer. Keys arrived at Talksports then office near Londons Waterloo station, by himself. Former Sky Sports presenter Keys now works for Qatar-based beIN SPORTS, and was speaking about the situation back in October. 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. WebRichard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter, with a career starting in 1976 when he moved initially to London. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. Richard Keys has blamed Jamie Redknapp for introducing the 'smash it' phrase that contributed to the presenters disgraced departure from Sky Sports. pic.twitter.com/mEZB4RViY4, Planet Football (@planetfutebol) August 31, 2022. Even for him, this has to be a new low, which says a lot given what he did to his family. There was some sense among the madness of those jackets. 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. Richard had spoken. What a horrific take. What have Watford gone and done theyve turned to an expert. Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. What Richard (Scudamore) said and did blew us out of the water! 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. Dont believe us? 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. WebThe 1976 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. His use of language and phraseology was as bad as Donald Trump before he took office. Why not? It can't be that hard. FT: @Arsenal 2-1 @FulhamFC "They're over celebrating this It's a 2-1 win against newly promoted Fulham! 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. All of this landed on the desk of Francis, the young new managing director of Sky Sports. Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 2, 2022. ", Ramsdale to start of the Macarena in front of Clock End if we beat Villa on Wednesday night. Richard Keys reveals who he'll support in Man Utd vs 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. What could Keys possibly find irritating about a rich, talented, respected andconventionally handsome man like Arteta? 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. By, The Sky Sports managing director talks to, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every I started a bit of a trend and I suppose it was a compliment that Marks & Spencer started selling them. Related: Arsenal squad depth image gets fans looking forward to new season, View our Privacy PolicyandTerms & Conditions, TheLondonEconomic.com Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle. In the summer of 2010, the channel relaunched Monday Night Football, a new platform for Grays punditry. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away. He has not been back since. They have won a London derby. James May wrote that Hammond "knows even less about football than I do, which must make his the least encyclopedic knowledge of the game ever recorded". WebGet the latest on Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Richard Sherman including news, stats, videos, and more on CBSSports.com 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. But although Arsenal's fans, 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. So Francis and Jeremy Darroch, the CEO of Sky, had a decision to make. According to Chinas official Xinhua news agency, a team of young pandas at the countrys premier breeding centre will be charged with replicating the German aquarium-dwellers predictive feats. The way Richard sees it, this latest assault on the Qataris is bordering on hysteria and racism. This is all wrong, he says. Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 20:13. But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. He lets other teammates score. We dont blame her at all. 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. Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have not just made themselves favourites for the Premier League, theyve ruffled the feathers of a certain Richard Keys 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). (I'm not sure if there are different Chelsea's?) Never mind the World Cup in Qatar, seeing Arteta getting cautioned was definitely his highlight of the season. How he (Scudamore) ever got away with that, I will never know, Keys says. The Brazil defender was badly caught out by Aleksandar Mitrovic as the Gunners came from behind to win 2-1 and retain their place at the top of the table. Wendy Toms, the first female assistant referee in the Premier League, was derided as well, while West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady came under fire. Doha government contests blog claiming 1,200 migrant workers have died on World Cup construction sites - but article has been repeated across the world, Louise Glass was centre of the sexism row involving former Sky Sports pundits Richard Keys and Andy Gray. Well, his disregard of technical area etiquette, if his reaction to Artetas behaviour during their victory over Manchester United in April 2022 is anything to go by. And City have improved hugely defensively ever since, and have now kept clean sheets in each of their last four Premier League games. 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. 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. Didnt realise there was different celebration types! He took aim at Wout Weghorst's role since arriving on loan from Burnley last month. Irritating? A female assistant referee working in the mens game remains rare, however. Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957 in Coventry) is an English sports presenter with a career starting in 1976 when he moved initially to London. Somebodys fucked up big., Massey doing her job at Molineux that day in January 2011 (Photo: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images). Well, actually, you can.. His final gambit was arranging an appearance on Talksport radio that afternoon. But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. 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. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. And Andy had to explain to her, It was absolutely nothing to do with you. All rights reserved. Many others fronting programmes cant do that. So dont ever think that it was. Richard Keys 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. And Sky Sports management always kept in mind that a company had to protect its whistleblowing procedure in cases such as this. In response, Martin Keown showed all the ruthlessness of his playing days by two-footing the beIN presenter. By Stuart Dredge, TalkSport presenters win nod a year after Sky Sports sacking, while BBC Radio 4 scores most nominations. Try as he might, Richard Keys can't quite seem to scratch his Liverpool itch. 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. 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. This is The Arsenal a classy outfit like the coach out of control. 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. #afc, Adam Keys (@adamkeys_) January 15, 2023. Not Keysie. morning, Available for everyone, funded by readers. It was a set-up, of course it was. On that Tuesday afternoon, Gray was sacked. 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. 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. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. If you were in their building, you would know when Richard Keys and Andy Gray arrived. , Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) January 22, 2023, READ MORE: Seven Arsenal players Piers Morgan has ripped into & how they bit back. Based in the United Kingdom and online since 2007, Inside Futbol provides football news, features and interviews. I felt for Arsenal fans nothing to celebrate on deadline day. WebSky Sports presenter Richard Keys has had a makeover to ensure he stands up to the unforgiving scrutiny of high definition TV. And the 65-year-old couldnt resist another jab in the ribs of Gunners enthusiasts just over 24 hours later. Can you believe that? 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. 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. 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. 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. Newcastle booked their I had about 14 of them I dont think there was a colour left I didnt have. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. But, like a clockwork toy gamely carrying out his duties despite being mauled by a cat, Keys stuck to his guns and called out Artetas inclination to go walkies on the touchline once again. 22nd January 2023. A title race you can't miss. But my view of that respect was always the case. Richard Keys believes Manchester United are currently playing with '10 men' despite their fine form under Erik ten Hag. 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. So, when Keys attempted to backtrack slightly after his Fulham rant, the former Netherlands midfielder held the knitted puppet to account in characteristic style. WebWho does Richard Keys work for? The International Centre for Sports Security is on its journey towards credibility so why not turn to Richard Keys? Even Gray joins in. We have our own atmosphere which mirrors whats going on outside. Kenny Dalglishs Liverpool had won 3-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the lunchtime kick-off, broadcast live on Sky Sports, the coverage fronted as always by Keys and Gray. By, The Sky News broadcaster has used Twitter to accuse a respected lawyer of 'simpering'. 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Discussing Guardiola's issues at the back, Keys' co-host Andy Gray said: "It's a strange one. 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. Beckhams equaliser against Greece at Old Trafford got me out of my seat. Masseys career has gone from strength to strength over the decade since. Keys, who fronted Sky Sports coverage of the Premier League between 1992 and 2011, is now working in Qatar for beIN SPORTS and has been critical of Arsenal and their manager on a number of occasions. The next day another tape emerged, of Gray discussing Masseys looks with another colleague, Andy Burton. Yeah, well played, you came back to win it and they keep their 100 per cent record intact. 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. Its fantastic because it shows they care. Richard Keys The 63-year-old quit his role in Sky Sports after a leaked YouTube video. I think Id need to have a very close look at that, a very close look indeed. The 62-year-old fronted Sky's football coverage since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992, until his shamed exit in 2011. They had accumulated so much credit and fame and power that they looked untouchable at the pinnacle of British sports broadcasting. pic.twitter.com/PYqrpFvb9s, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 4, 2022. But Keys couldnt believe that the fans, players and manager were enjoying a win, making it four out of four. He has since worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, For the next instalment of 90s Heroes check out the Bet Bright football blog this week. Theyve won nothing. Keys also points to the distinction between himself and Richard Scudamore, who was at the centre of a sexist emails scandal in 2014. But were getting ahead of ourselves. Martin Keown absolutely rinsing Richard Keys and defending Arteta, Inject ittt pic.twitter.com/9jQ6JQ6Kyu, Rory Talks Football (@Rory_Talks_Ball) January 6, 2023. Despite the fact they want to put me in front of a misogynistic line and say, This prick doesnt understand how it all works. When did Arteta get special dispensation to stand on the touch line for 90 minutes waving his arms about like a broken windmill? 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. WebChelsea FC - He is listed under the ' famous fans ' section of there web site. Nigel de Jong hits back at Richard Keys over Arsenal celebration How best to look back on all this 10 years later? 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. 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. It was nothing to do with Sian. Mitrovic The Brazil defender was badly caught out by Aleksandar The reinvention of Andy Gray and Richard Keys The two disgraced former Sky football presenters are offering their 'banter' on the after-dinner speaking circuit. All Rights Reserved. "I mean, he doesnt do enough to justify a starting place, does he? She had been due to officiate a League Two game between Crewe Alexandra and Bradford City on the Tuesday night. Soon after Keys and Gray left, Soccer AM decided to quietly do away with its Soccerette segment, believing it no longer had a place in 2011. "I think he let others play better and thats also what hes doing as a striker. Again today in front of the 4th official as well. pic.twitter.com/48uOSvWIJx, Disappointed this wasnt just 3 minutes of Laura Woods taking Richard Keys apart to be honest. In football, Alex Scott has been one of the star pundits on Super Sunday in recent years and has been followed by Rachel Yankey, Steph Houghton and Sue Smith. 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. While Gray was sacked after a separate leak showed the pundit making sexist comments about official Sian Massey-Ellis. 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. Instead, Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected strike before Gabriel made amends by bundling home the winner five minutes from the end. Hancock spotted wearing Toon shirt hed promised to auction off for NHS during EFL Cup final, Watfords Ken Sema praised for his bravery after doing post-match interview while struggling with stammer, Douglas Ross responds after huge banner is unveiled during a Scottish Cup match he was refereeing, You dont get to say this: FIFA slammed over support for high-profile gay footballer, Arsenal squad depth image gets fans looking forward to new season, Elevenses: Fear and Loathing in the New Conservatives. They were linked with a slew of names, including Joao Felix and Alvaro Morata, before settling on the 30-year-old. Dont forget, neither of us were caught behind an open mic, he says. Keys and Gray hosted the Super Sunday coverage that afternoon under intense scrutiny. Shes been fantastic. TRY A QUIZ:Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss? Sky had to work hard to find replacements: David Jones hosted instead, with Jamie Redknapp and Eidur Gudjohnsen providing punditry. 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. 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. FROM REPORTER ONthe Wolverhampton Express & Star to the envy of all football fans as the front man for Skys football coverage Richard Keys has done well. 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. If you talk to our match reporter, Geoff Shreeves, hell tell you Im highly strung, but others would say Im fairly mellow. Pen was soft but he shouldve taken Holding off. "He (Guardiola) could go and watch Roy Hodgson work, or bring Sam Allardyce in on a temporary basis. Richard Keys again claims he was the VICTIM after quitting role City, meanwhile, returned to the top, and Guardiola's defensive worries look to be nothing but a distant memory. 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. So has Keys seen a change in tone since his departure? I do think, in general, were more embracing, Keys says. Richard Sherman The thing that upsets me is that Arteta, particularly, there is better ways to deal with it than that.. 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. Read more, Editorial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected], Commercial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected]. Richard Keys left with egg on his face after advising Pep - mirror I cant hide the fact I find him extremely irritating, waving his arms around like a windmill for 90 minutes, as if anybody can hear him. The smallest things, she gets right. 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. It was the same building that held Skys legal, HR teams and the office of Sky chairman James Murdoch. 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. Absolutely. Jack Pitt-Brooke is a football journalist for The Athletic based in London. Perhaps were making progress now. No clue on Hammond. 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. Richard Keys says he will be supporting Newcastle when they take on Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final later this month.
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