Kelly Cates: From Sky Sports News To Match Of The Day

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:00)
Okay, we're going to do an intro for you now.

**Kelly Cates** (0:01)
Okay, all right.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:02)
It's quite difficult. I don't think I've had an intro. We did quite long intros, don't we? I'd say, well, you're trying to give the person there, we're trying to give you your flowers.

**Kelly Cates** (0:12)
Explain who the fuck they are.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:13)
Yeah, no, we're trying to give you your flowers, but it's quite difficult. It's difficult to know. I don't envy you having to figure out what face to do while this is happening.

**Kelly Cates** (0:23)
Oh, yeah. So can we just... It is one of those... You don't want to look like really...

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:28)
No, but can we just close up? Can we just... A real tight shot on Kelly as I read this out?

**Kelly Cates** (0:32)
Just starting to sweat, don't they?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:35)
I would like you to do a sort of a knowing nod.

**Kelly Cates** (0:37)
Yeah, yeah, yes, she is. Hi, I'm Kelly Cates and I'm on the Romesh Ranganathan Show.

**Shanthi** (0:54)
Oh, shut up, Romesh.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (0:57)
OK, my guest today is a seasoned sports broadcaster with more than three decades of experience bringing live football, major tournaments and Olympic and Paralympic coverage to audiences across Sky Sports, BBC Sports, ITV, ESPN and Radio 5 Live. She now co-hosts the iconic match of the day. It is the brilliant, the legendary, the iconic, Kelly Cates, everybody.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:20)
How did it feel?

**Kelly Cates** (1:21)
Yeah, it feels really uncomfortable.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:25)
Now, welcome to the show. We're all big fans here and very excited to meet you, very excited to have you on the podcast.
Full disclosure, we do this with every guest, but we have got your present.

**Kelly Cates** (1:35)
Yes, well, I know I've seen it. Well, I've not seen the present, but I know you give people presents.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:40)
We do, yeah. And I forgot that there's a present.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:43)
They get mixed receptions.

**Kelly Cates** (1:45)
Yes, yes.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:46)
But I'd love to know what you think of this. So that's not really a great build-up.

**Kelly Cates** (1:51)
Yeah. Is this how you give birthday presents and things?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (1:54)
Sometimes I've really bigged it up.

**Kelly Cates** (1:56)
When you give presents in real life, do you do this? Because I do that, I give full explanations. I'm like, I thought you would use this for blah, blah, blah, and then you could.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:05)
I've only ever given presents on podcasts.

**Kelly Cates** (2:07)
It's biscuit. Oh, it's Liverpool biscuits.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:12)
So we got you some Liverpool shortbreads.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:13)
Do not hate them. You don't hate them. There you go.

**Kelly Cates** (2:15)
No, this is amazing.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:16)
The thing that I have to say to you is, please do not eat them now.

**Kelly Cates** (2:21)
During the podcast?
Just like spray crumbs everywhere all the way through. It would also need to very dry mouth, which would be-

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:28)
Yeah. No, the problem is, we can be as offensive as we like on this podcast. Right. But if anybody eats-

**Kelly Cates** (2:35)
Yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:36)
Oh, people hate it. It's worse than declaring yourself a nonce.

**Kelly Cates** (2:39)
I think, yeah.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:40)
On this podcast, in terms of the number of complaints that we get.

**Kelly Cates** (2:43)
Yeah, it's horrible.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:44)
Yeah.

**Kelly Cates** (2:44)
I can't stand people eating.
I don't want to see that, and I don't- And you know when you see there are certain TV chefs who will eat their food and they smack their lips?

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:54)
Yeah.

**Kelly Cates** (2:55)
It's disgusting.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (2:58)
Have you been on a show you've had to try the food?

**Kelly Cates** (3:00)
I did Ready Steady Cook years and years and years ago.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:03)
You did Ready Steady Cook?

**Kelly Cates** (3:04)
Yeah. Years ago.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:08)
Sorry, I'm actually busting about it.

**SPEAKER_5** (3:09)
I was on with-

**Kelly Cates** (3:10)
It was me against Lee Dixon.

**SPEAKER_5** (3:11)
Wow.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:12)
Holy shit.

**Kelly Cates** (3:13)
Yeah, exactly. I won.

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:16)
So what did you bring in?
Do you remember? Because hold on, that's the premise of the show, you bring-

**Kelly Cates** (3:21)
Yeah. I think it was like smoked haddock.
Yeah, I know. Well, you're vegan, so that's not going to be a-

**Romesh Ranganathan** (3:28)
No, but that sounds like quite a difficult ingredient anyway.

**Kelly Cates** (3:30)
And then you made like parmesan crisps.