Kelly Cates
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| Kelly Cates | |
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| Born | 28 September 1975 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Television Presenter |
Kelly Cates (born Kelly Dalglish on 28 September 1975) is a Scottish television presenter for ESPN.[1] Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she is the daughter of former Liverpool player, and current manager, Kenny Dalglish and the sister of retired ex-Celtic, Newcastle United, Houston Dynamo, and Livingston midfielder Paul Dalglish.
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[edit] TV career
Cates was a presenter on Sky Sports News, and was part of the presenter line up for Virgin Media's new portal. She interviewed managers and footballers as part of Setanta's Premier League coverage in 2007. She was also a presenter on Setanta Sports News.
From the 2009–10 football season, she has been part of the ESPN team for their Premier League coverage and co-presents Talk of the Terrace alongside Mark Chapman and for Series 2, Nat Coombs.
In May 2010 she presented the sports news on GMTV in the absence of regular host Dan Lobb.
Kelly worked as a reporter for ITV at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa[2] as well as for the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League. Following Manchester United 1-1 draw against Benfica, Cates asked Alex Ferguson a question on if he replaced goalkeeper David de Gea with Anders Lindegaard for Manchester United's Champions League game in Benfica on Post-match interview. This question led to Ferguson eacted angrily to questions on TV.[3]
[edit] Radio
Cates was a regular presenter for national radio station talkSPORT and hosted the Monday evening talk show between 7pm and 10pm alongside Jason Cundy. She has since left the station.
Cates has presented Fighting Talk on Radio 5 Live, standing in for Colin Murray. She also presented on Radio 5 Live in the summer of 2009.
[edit] Charity work
Cates is involved in supporting a football project in Africa.
[edit] Personal life
On 29 December 2007, Cates married her long term boyfriend Tom Cates at St Margaret's Church in Newlands, Glasgow and now appears on television under her married name of Kelly Cates. The couple have one daughter named Gabriella and had their second child in June 2011.
She is an avid Liverpool fan because of her father's long affiliation with the club.
[edit] References
- ^ Gibson, Owen (31 July 2009). "Familiar faces drive ESPN's kick-off on UK screens". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/31/espn-premier-league-sky-tv-football. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "ITV Media". ITV Media. http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/inside-itv/football-on-itv/fifa-world-cup-2010-in-south-africa-football. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2037561/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-snaps-Kenny-Dalglishs-daughter-post-match-interview.html
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