I was the one who was talking him down. It was the combative world in which we lived at Sky, he says, nostalgic for the turbulent days of the Premier Leagues inception. They were heard to joke that women didn't understand the offside rule. Could neighbours have spotted this and assumed the actor to be in the post-operative stages of gender realignment? Or in that alleged case, 17 years ago. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. This is a disgrace. People were being turfed out of seats they had bought. Andy Gray was born on 30 November, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland. Today, Sky is the establishment. The Kings is one of the only theatres to have a tradition of a pantette - where the cast sit in the auditorium and watch the front of house staff performing the show. Gray was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Also, his family has been into sport ranging from tennis to football. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. "One of the finest our country has ever had the pleasure to experience and we were so lucky to have had the time we did with you. Richard Keys and Andy Gray have rubbished Gabby Logan's claims of historic sexism, insisting they are "easy targets".In their first joint interview with a British newspaper for more than 10 . Share Its fair to say he didnt always take himself home. Photo: Andy Cohen/Instagram. Main Channel - His main channel, where highlights go. I find it difficult when people who dont know me have such a damning view of me, he explains. He added: Too hot to do anything with at the moment and unless you are in there (the pool) you cant sit out here. Do I enjoy his company? Andrew Mullen Gray (born 30 November 1955) is a Scottish football broadcaster and former player. Then when I went home after just one after-show glass of Prosecco I knew there was a serious problem., He adds: That all came on top of problems while working on River City. Shes kept me alive.. contact the editor here. So was getting transfusions every week and I felt like s***. He smiles, Im not a very patient patient.. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. Im going to be a bit more choosy because Ive certainly realised life is all too short., He pauses for a moment. [12], In mid-1988, he joined Rangers. We wouldnt have played football on Sundays. One moment, they are guests of honour for the opening of Dohas Waldorf Astoria. I dont intend to see her in court, but I think there are things that can be settled away from that., Gray added: I was really disappointed. I dont intend to spend too much time in the dressing room while the others are up on stage getting laughs. Thanks for ringing in the New Year 2019 at the Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel & Villas Andy! [24] An earlier theatre tour in 2011 had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. I think todays generation of pundits are just looking to make an impression, Keys argues. Im not putting up with that for a second. Thats a bonus., The Qataris dont claim they have the perfect society or civilisation, says Gray, warming to this theme. Keys replied: "Course they don't." It is why they sympathise with their old comrade Graeme Souness, who this season stoked a febrile response by labelling football a mans game. You only take on the things you can win., You are unique, Keys tells me, in that we have not sat down with the British media since we left TalkSport. Hes definitely a leftie. Age, Biography and Wiki. My lifes about today and tomorrow, not 10 years ago. Andy Gray is a Scottish retired footballer. Gray won 20 caps for Scotland, scoring 7 goals for his country. Tonight the world of Scottish entertainment is in mourning for a gifted comic actor, writer and genuinely nice man. A London telephone box, a Union Jack mirror and a model of the Titanic who lives in a house like this? In the summer of 2010, the channel relaunched Monday Night Football, a new platform for Gray's punditry. Quite the rehabilitation, all told, for a duo who were, in Logans words, about to become extinct. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to How, Nevilles detractors demand, can he possibly sustain his objections to Qatars human rights record while accepting the states money? We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. How does he suppress the urge? One of Gray's first senior appearances came for Leeds United in the 1996 League Cup final, when he was 18 years old. stay updated on all things soaps at our homepage, Do not sell or share my personal information. He and Allan Stewart had hoped to appear in one of the few surviving pantomimes in Milton Keynes but that too was cancelled. Were not Eric and Ernie., Hes not going to sell much ice cream going at that speed, Gray shoots back, reprising the famous Morecambe and Wise sketch about an ambulance siren. We had decided to go after them with Soccer Saturday and he worried, We shouldnt be doing that. I said, What are you talking about? [13] He dropped into non-league football with Football Conference club Cheltenham Town in summer 1989, and scored his first goal for the club in a 20 home win over Chorley on 21 October 1989, before retiring in 1990. "Andy you will be achingly missed. I was brought up by a mother on her own. The actor paid $2.26M in 1993 to buy this 6,747 sq ft house from actor Henry Winkler. Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? River City star Andy Gray, who has died, left his role as Pete Galloway on the popular BBC Scotland soap in 2018, after he was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer. The most kind, clever, funny beyond measure, beautiful man.". "Andy took ill in 2018 and he had to leave the show and he had a difficult time. Obviously I will acknowledge that Ive been ill. Perhaps Ill arrive on a trolley bed, with a drip in my arm, he jokes. An Evening With Andy Gray at the Penny Cars Stadium, Airdrie on November 8 at 7pm. It certainly is, and there is little doubt Gray could carry it off. Currently, Andy Gray works as a Senior Director, Human Resources at Money Management International. Andy Cohen lives in the ultra-swanky West Village neighborhood in New York City inside a large duplex apartment that he created by converting three units together over . All I could do was go with the doctors, and I always felt I was in good hands. Social media is just a weapon for people. But it makes me wonder, Andy. Its a form of leukaemia. Andy you will be achingly missed. We cant go from the bottom of the ladder to the top in one jump. Thats for sure. Hes a proper bloke although even that phrase would upset a few., While some will continue to define the pairs attitude to women in football solely in terms of their infamous grumblings about assistant referee Sian Massey, Keys is adamant that they have learned to be more progressive. Gray, 66, explained that he was deeply upset by those taking potshots at his character from a distance. We live two apartment blocks away from each other. Im not interested in abuse. My lifes about today and tomorrow, not 10 years ago. One of the first things I asked the consultant was what I had done in my life to cause this? Join the community by leaving a comment below and stay updated on all things soaps at our homepage. The Perth-based actor played Pete Galloway on the popular BBC Scotland soap. The most kind, clever, funny beyond measure, beautiful man. We saw what a mess you made of the Euros. Tributes have been paid to the actor Andy Gray who has died at the age of 61. His signing was announced to the fans and media prior to The Wolves kick off at home to Crystal Palace, as a pre match celebration at the Molineux for an English record transfer fee of 1.49m. We are lucky at The Herald. And sure enough that was a different story.. Why? they ask. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Additionally, previously, he was also the lead football pundit for Sky Sports. There was a time when Grays excitement levels would have been soared at the notion of meeting for a wee supperette and a glass of fizzy wine. These days hes sparkling at the prospect of getting all his inoculations again, given the impact of chemotherapy is to leave them flatter than a week-old bottle of uncorked Irn Bru. Ive been very happy to be a Mandy, he says, laughing. [4], Gray's former teammate at Everton, Peter Reid, suggested that Gray's dismissal may have been connected to a legal battle between Gray and the former title News of the World (both it and Sky were owned by News Corporation at the time) over phone-tapping. I find it difficult when people who dont know me have such a damning view of me, he says. Keys shows off his huge TV screen which he likes to watch football on - when he is not presenting, Keys says he bought himself the television as a present to himself when he moved out to Doha, Keys points to his cat Millie who he says he found in a dustbin in Doha. For a couple of months I was my sister. A light bulb appears in his head. He continued: Among many roles for the BBC he will always be lovingly remembered as audience favourites, the iconic Chancer in City Lights and the silver tongued entertainer Pete Galloway in River City. Wrapped in his Batman dressing gown backstage (he was a huge fan with a shed full of film paraphernalia) he admitted it could be overwhelming. Andy Gray 1.2K views7 months ago Tuesday Night Edits Stream Archive Play all Your one stop location to find every live stream of Tuesday Night Edits straight after the stream finishes ICM Photo. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? When he was manager at Ipswich, Roy hammered me, Keys says, shaking his head. Those who simply knew him as someone who made them laugh, on stage or screen, are no less bereft. So dont ever think that it was.". When he dropped out of his Fringe show in 2018, after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia, he was inundated with good wishes, but said he wanted privacy to deal with his illness. Editors' Code of Practice. View our online Press Pack. But I think Id like to direct more. In 2008, Keane muttered acidly that he would rather go to the dentist than be an analyst, and yet has since made a veritable industry out of calling Harry Maguire a disgrace and threatening to punch David de Gea. After just one performance, Gray realised he was ill. I miss going on stage, but I think Im not going to do things professionally that make me unhappy. She added: "Not only was he an exceptional actor and entertainer who brought so much joy to so many people, he was an extraordinary man. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Gone, it seems, is the inclination to correct those preconceptions will never change. But that fateful Wednesday, a doctor revealed the worst fears. The title of the show came from sexual remarks that Keys had made to Jamie Redknapp. Weve been trying to tell you that youre not 28 for years. Duncan Lindsay Monday 18 Jan 2021 5:04 pm. I enjoy getting our Fringe shows together., Does he have a bucket list? I dont know. Just when they thought they had put a sufficient gap between themselves and their tumultuous downfall on British television, Gabby Logan published her memoir this month. He commentated for BBC Radio 5 Live in the 2002 World Cup and for ESPN in Euro 2008. Andy Murray is a British professional tennis player. Their conclusions are not, shall we say, uniformly glowing. Industrial Electrician at Dominion Engineering & Construction Ltd. A Gannett Company. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. During their decade away, Keys and Gray have studied the trends in British punditry closely. I have a fixation, I always have had, with the story of the Titanic. Meanwhile, doctors were encouraging, prescribing chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. I cant win. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Graeme is not going to be sympathetic to a lot of the modern world. Although one of the things Im doing in January is taking my daughter and granddaughter to Disneyland in Florida. Andy Gray was aghast. Then I had to cancel my Fringe show and panto and call River City and tell them I wouldnt be coming back. This is the man who before this chat had been posing for pictures outside his Perth mancave, which is essentially a nice back garden hut filled with lots of Batman memorabilia. The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. As we walk to the local cafe, Andy Gray walks a little slower than usual, but otherwise looks great. And Ill go back to River City but just for a few weeks to sign off the character. Today, as with about every other day in the tiny emirate that has given them a shot at reinvention, the sun is shining. After that I had glandular fever. Its easy to have a go at us. We were challenging the BBC and ITV the establishment. Oh well, Gray sighs, mournfully. Zillow has 2385 homes for sale. She reflected on her time working with him. But he said I could have done nothing. Very ill. During the Fringe I felt so bad I couldnt climb stairs and I assumed it was heat stroke. Outside the consulting room the tears flowed. It has allowed you to form an opinion of me, whether its good or bad. In their first joint interview with a British newspaper for more than 10 years, Gray told Telegraph Sport: "Id like to be more like Keysy and say, F--- the lot of you.". And inside his cosy bungalow there are stacks of comic book memorabilia. We had to rattle a few cages. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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For other inquiries, Contact Us. Also paying tribute to the much-loved actor was his onscreen wife, River City's Caitlin McLean. In October 1975, at the age of 19, he moved south to Aston Villa (newly promoted to the First Division) for 110,000 and was joint winner of England's golden boot with Arsenal's Malcolm Macdonald in 197677. They remain, even 3,500 miles from where they started, as close as ever, their on-screen badinage reflecting almost a mutual telepathy. He spent one season at Ibrox, helping them win the Scottish Premier Division title the first of nine successive titles they would win. (Picture: BBC) River City star Andy Gray has died at the age of 61 following a battle with a rare cancer, which promopted him to exit the soap in 2018 .
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