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Kelly Cates’ Gary Neville dig goes viral as she rubs salt in the wound after Liverpool 7-0 United
She's well happy with that one, and rightly so — just look at that grin.
There was plenty of ruthless analysis during the Super Sunday analysis of Man United’s devastating 7-0 defeat to Liverpool, but Kelly Cates’ dig at Gary Neville might have been the coldest of all.
Co-commentators Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher joined the rest of the Sky Sports team back in the studio to pick apart United’s extremely poor performance after the final whistle blew when Cates decided to hone in on Neville’s supposed comments at half-time.
Former Liverpool star Graeme Souness claimed that “Gary said off the air that he thought Liverpool played badly today”, which the United legend obviously denied but did admit that he believed United were “the better team”.
Nevertheless, the ever-prepared presenter wasted no time in preying on Neville’s apparent appraisal, closing the show with a mic-drop that saw the entire room erupt in laughter.
Cates, herself a Liverpool fan, was clearly pleased as punch with her quick bit of wit, grinning from ear-to-ear along with Sounness and Carra.
Neville did explain prior to the quip that he felt the second half was more about “Manchester United’s capitulation” than it was about Liverpool playing incredibly.
He argued that he has seen them play some scintillating football in the past few years and have “put in some of the best performances [he’s] ever seen”, but insisted that “they’re still not back anywhere near that” in what has been a faltering season for the Scousers.
Either way, the end result was the same: Neville left red-faced and on the receiving end of bragging rights for the latest Northwest derby, at least. Safe to say it wasn’t a great day to be in the gantry:
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Unsurprisingly, Liverpool fans and neutrals alike were amused by the clip, with one person labelling her “the best in the business”, another joking, “Kelly Cates scoring the 8th”, while a third said: “I may have been in love with Kelly Cates before yesterday, but this confirms it. You can tell whose daughter she is.”
For anyone unaware, the 47-year-old’s dad is Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and despite usually managing to maintain her impartiality, has admitted in the past that Liverpool will always be her club.
United still remain above their historic rivals in the Premier League table but the home team won’t care one bit for the next few days and, presumably, neither will she — or Man City fans, for that matter.
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Everton manager Sean Dyche randomly pops up in the music video for Blossoms’ new single – and he’s great
Danny Jones
Did anyone else think they’d ever see Sean Dyche make his acting debut in the role of a Northern crime boss in a silly little music video for the Blossoms?
No, us neither but that’s the bizarre alternate reality we’re living in, apparently.
Blossoms are currently working on the fifth studio album and have already released their lead single entitled, ‘To Do List (After The Break-Up)’, but now they have a new song out as well, with a rather amusing music video to go along with it and somehow Sean Dyche has found himself the star.
The Stockport band teased the curious collaboration in April, giving us just short glimpses of the Everton manager and former Burnley boss with very little explanation – all we know is that it looked funny and it was.
Dyche is still busy trying to finish the Premier League campaign as strong as possible after successfully navigating the Toffees to safety even in spite of their points deductions this season, but it sounds like keeping them up has given him enough time to moonlight as an actor.
Sending the indie five-piece on a mission to collect something of value (yes, that’s all the info we have at this point as the story is still to be continued), it looks like the Kettering-born coach has a larger role to play in whatever this narrative turns out to be.
Playing what can only be described as some kind of semi-Manc mafia figure on the hunt for a very valuable piece of art, i.e. a big giant gorilla statue – one that many Stopfordians spotted being lugged around various parts of the borough –
They also shared a little bit of BTS footage from the shoot for the music video last week. Some lovely head-bobbing and unassuming surroundings here:
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As for the track itself, it’s a bit of stylistic change for the lads who’ve mastered their 80s-tinged indie formula over the past decade but it’s an absolute pop and is already stuck in our heads.
Revealing that they’ve collaborated with contemporary funk, disco and electronic icons Jungle on the track, it doesn’t take too long to hear the influences. Look forward to hearing it at Wythenshawe Park this summer.
You can watch the music video for ‘What Can I Say?’ and the ginger-goatee’d football manager extraordinaire in full character HERE.
He’s not the only footballing figure who’s made an entertainment crossover recently either.
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Tributes paid to former Manchester City winger Ian Mellor, dead at 74
Danny Jones
Tributes are pouring following the death of former Manchester City star, Ian Mellor, who has sadly passed away at the age of 74.
Mellor, from Sale in Greater Manchester, played as a left winger for Man City as well as the likes of Norwich City, Brighton, Chester, Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford.
With his family and former club confirming the death on Wednesday, 1 May, social media has been awash with people paying their respects to the seasoned ex-pro who sadly died following a long battle with amyloidosis, a rare and incurable disease which affects organs such as the heart, brains and kidneys.
Replying to his son and ex-Liverpool turned Sky Sports broadcaster, Neil Mellor, the club paid their respects to the former Blue who made 50 appearances for the club.
Mellor began his career just down the road at Wythenshawe Amateurs before going on to represent City from 1970 to 1973.
A boyhood fan of the club, he scored 10 goals whilst wearing Sky Blue and also went on to win the Charity Shield with them back in 1972.
Eventually nicknamed ‘Spider’ for a good chunk of his career due to his long-legged stature, he remained attached to the beautiful game for years after his retirement and went on to become a committee member for the Former Players Association at City.
Joining the likes of all his former clubs, Chester City said: “Everyone at [the club] is saddened to hear of the passing of Ian Mellor. Sending all our love to you and your family, Neil Mellor.
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His son Neil’s goodbye has touched many online too, calling his dad his “hero” and his “everything”.
He also went on to thank locally-based end-of-life care organisation and charity, St Ann’s Hospice, who have facilities all over Greater Manchester and who helped care for Ian in his final days.
Our thoughts are with his friends and family as well as those whose lives he touched through football during this difficult time.
Rest in peace.
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