Kelly Cates

Kelly Cates (née Dalglish; born 28 September 1975) is a Scottish presenter, currently working for Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live, and ESPN.

Early life
Born in Glasgow, Kelly is the eldest of four children of former Celtic and Liverpool player and manager Sir Kenny Dalglish and his wife Marina and grew up in Southport. Her brother Paul also had a professional football career. She also has two younger sisters, Lynsey and Lauren.

Television
Cates presented the news on The Biggest Breakfast Ever, the eight-hour Millennium special of The Big Breakfast. She 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, and was a presenter on Setanta Sports News.

In the 2009–10 football season, she was part of the ESPN team for their Premier League coverage and co-presented 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. Cates then worked as a reporter for ITV at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as well as for the 2011–2012 UEFA Champions League.

In 2012 she presented the sports news on Daybreak in the absence of Gavin Ramjaun. She was part of the UK Channel 4 presenting team for the London 2012 Paralympics.

In the Autumn of 2012, Cates presented the six-part Scottish television series Coached Off the Couch for STV.

From the 2015/16 football season, Cates hosted Football League Tonight on Channel 5 with George Riley, presenting weekly highlights from the Football League.

On 3 August 2016, Sky Sports announced that Cates had rejoined them to present their live coverage of the Football League. From August 2017, Cates switched from the EFL to become the host of Premier League matches, notably Friday Night Football (FNF) and also on Saturday mornings (later Saturday evenings as a result of rights changes), on Sky Sports.

Cates returned part time to ESPN to cover Euro 2020.

Radio
Cates was a regular presenter for national radio station talkSPORT and hosted the Monday evening talk show between 19:00 and 22:00 alongside Jason Cundy.

Cates has presented Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live, standing in for Colin Murray, and then presented on the station in Summer 2009. From August 2013 until 2018, she presented the Sunday edition of 606 alongside pundit Ian Wright. She also presents the midweek sports show, 5 Live Sport; as of 2023, she predominantly hosts on Tuesdays. Cates has also presented from two FIFA World Cups for 5 Live, including the final in 2022.

Personal life
Cates married Tom Cates in Glasgow in 2007; they separated in 2021. The couple have two daughters.