, The infamous smash it? Staff were scrambled in a desperate hunt for video cameras so they could film it to make the evening news bulletins. Keys and Gray, seen here in 2012, have continued to work together after leaving Sky Sports (Photo: Tim Whitby/Getty Images). Theyre four games into the season. Keys stressed that Leeds would have been better going for a survival specialist in the shape of Sam Allardyce. Authorities said at least four men entered the players home and then escaped in a car. . There are times when you just have to, because what youve seen demands it. Not in the Sky Sports building, the one that Keys and Gray almost ran, but in Skys new building on the A4, the new face of the corporation, one of the fortresses of the Murdoch empire. 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away. And, as the evidence piled up, they decided to act. Even from Qatar, hed managed to get underneath the skin of an entire fanbase and drag them down to his level. 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. 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 Well done @GeoffShreeves Still the master in the tunnel. Until, 10 years ago, they were brought down to earth in a week. 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. 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Dont forget, neither of us were caught behind an open mic. 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 Can you get full marks on our ultimate 2000s Premier League quiz? pic.twitter.com/mEZB4RViY4, Planet Football (@planetfutebol) August 31, 2022. 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. All rights reserved. Richard Keys and Andy Gray. Richard Keys again claims he was the VICTIM after quitting role Richard Keys has blamed Jamie Redknapp for introducing the 'smash it' phrase that contributed to the presenters disgraced departure from Sky Sports. 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. TRY A QUIZ:Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss? "Youre playing with ten men most weeks if hes in," he vented. He has not been back since. 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. Who are the BeIN Sport commentators? - Digglicious.com ? Richard Keys and Jamie Redknapp exchange pic.twitter.com/xnER7uAzNa. Despite the suggestions, Guardiola decided not to heed their advice. But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. WebSky Sports presenter Richard Keys has had a makeover to ensure he stands up to the unforgiving scrutiny of high definition TV. Steady, its Fulham, Keys said to Gray, during beIN SPORTS post-match coverage of Arsenals 2-1 victory. 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. 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. 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). Thats when you realise that however much you wanted to be a footballer as a kid, you were never going to be able to. 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. The Red Devils find themselves five points behind league leaders Arsenal after only losing one game since the World Cup break, ironically away to the Gunners last month. 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. We worked with him for a season and he was always on time and ready to go. In Richards universe, Arteta is responsible for global warming, the cost of living crisis and the decisions of dim-witted supporters. 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? "He (Guardiola) could go and watch Roy Hodgson work, or bring Sam Allardyce in on a temporary basis. Francis shadowed Vic Wakeling, the man who made Sky Sports what it was, before taking over the main job in 2009. Bio - Richard Keys We dont blame her at all. Try as he might, Richard Keys can't quite seem to scratch his Liverpool itch. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. "Any of these teams have shaped teams defensively, haven't they.". Richard had spoken. Keys would practically produce the whole thing himself. Come on, lets be honest!". Every other coach has to stay in his area but not Arteta it seems. 22nd January 2023. It is the same logic as Keys insisting that his record was clean because he was never sexist on-air. From that Saturday night, when all hell broke loose, the next few days had seen Sky Sports under more direct scrutiny than ever before. His use of language and phraseology was as bad as Donald Trump before he took office. Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 2, 2022. Mitrovics goal, his 100th for Fulham and his fourth of the season already more than he managed in the entirety of their relegation campaign two years ago gave the visitors hope of continuing their own unbeaten start to the season. Despite all that, Keys isn't having it. 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. Outstanding stuff from Arsenal fans, trolling Richard Keys through the medium of fireworks. Instead, Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected strike before Gabriel made amends by bundling home the winner five minutes from the end. 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. 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. WebChelsea FC - He is listed under the ' famous fans ' section of there web site. In response, Martin Keown showed all the ruthlessness of his playing days by two-footing the beIN presenter. The rest of the team follow. 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Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Perhaps were making progress now. What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. Looking back now, Keys says he was not thinking clearly and that he should have just said, Come on, for goodness sake, no harm intended. The former Sky Sports anchor is of the view that if the Marsch appointment does not work then the proposed full buyout of Leeds by the 49ers will look very different. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss. On-air, that has never been an allegation you could throw at myself or Andy.. 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. Its headquarters in Osterley, Keys and Grays own domain, was besieged by journalists from other organisations. She had been due to officiate a League Two game between Crewe Alexandra and Bradford City on the Tuesday night. "I mean, he doesnt do enough to justify a starting place, does he? It was my workplace. So if any good came of it, maybe that did., Man United won a controversial penalty last night against Aston Villa. Andy has become a very good operator journalistically, hes very sharp. He doesnt wish any harm on us, but if they are playing Scotland then, of course, he supports his home country. 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. And Sky Sports management always kept in mind that a company had to protect its whistleblowing procedure in cases such as this. That might well be true, but the safety and respect of everyone in the workplace must still be protected. 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. I started a bit of a trend and I suppose it was a compliment that Marks & Spencer started selling them. But they made capital out of it., He claims that there was a campaign orchestrated against him and his on-screen partner. On Soccer AM, the flagship Saturday morning show, Kelly Cates hosts Premier League football. Ebony Rainford-Brent on cricket, Anna Woolhouse on boxing and Sarah Stirk on golf all point to a fairer distribution of opportunities than was the case in the past. 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. It can't be that hard. Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. 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. Even for him, this has to be a new low, which says a lot given what he did to his family. Its fantastic because it shows they care. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. Newcastle booked their Richard Keys and Andy Gray Richard Keysand Andy Gray are now living in Qatar and working for beIN SPORTS. 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. He often makes fun of others for their loyalties such as Campbell for Burnley and someone else for Leicester but who does he support? pic.twitter.com/PYqrpFvb9s, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 4, 2022. 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 Theres absolutely no need for it. This is all wrong, he says. I do think, in general, were more embracing, Keys says. But although Arsenal's fans, But my view of that respect was always the case. 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. Just dont expect Keys to believe a word that comes out of your brain-washed mouth. 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