Sky Sports presenters Kelly Cates and Hayley McQueen are launching a new Overlap podcast series called ‘Not Just Football’ alongside ITV’s Christine Lampard on October 8.
The trio will host a weekly show reacting to football’s biggest talking points from a unique angle as they look to share their expertise from their experiences within the game.
The series will also tackle a variety of different topics outside of the sport, with the presenters interviewing experts and stars from different backgrounds.
Cates’ and McQueen’s relationship spans back to their childhood due to their father’s Kenny Dalglish and Gordon McQueen playing together with the Scotland national team throughout the 1970s and 80s.
With Lampard – the wife of Chelsea legend Frank – joining them in the The Overlap’s newest venture brought to you by Sky Bet, the presenters are hoping their chemistry will bring a fresh perspective to football podcasting.
Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates will host the new Overlap podcast series ‘Not All Football’
Hayley McQueen (left) and Christine Lampard (right) will also be hosts on the weekly show
The Overlap have had success with ‘Stick to Football’ hosted by Gary Neville and other stars
‘What we’re looking for is something from the weekends football that isn’t necessarily being covered elsewhere,’ Cates told Mail Sport. ‘There are so many football podcasts and trying to find something that isn’t done is really tricky.
‘So it’s not about analysis. It’s not necessarily about a deep dive into the tactics of the North London Derby or whatever, but it’s about the stories around it more than that.’
‘Not Just Football’ marks the latest endeavour of the Overlap which produces Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet.
With their newest project looking to ride the wave of success of the award-winning show, hosted by Gary Neville, McQueen believes it’s the right time for the podcast to come out.
The Sky Sports presenter told Mail Sport: ‘It came out of [how] I worked with a lot of the guys at buzz and the guys who are working on the Overlap and Stick to Football and love what they do.
‘I was like “There’s a place for this” with three females discussing topics and things in a slightly different way. We’re not ex-footballers. We’re all linked to ex-footballers or current managers or what have you, and we all have a lot in common.’
Cates has worked with the Overlap in previous years, hosting their live shows as Neville, Jamie Carragher, and Co, travel the country engaging with fans.
Cates, the daughter of Kenny Dalglish, has said the podcast will be different to others out there
The 48-year-old has a strong relationship with Stick to Football hosts Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher due to working with them on Sky Sports
The 48-year-old has built a strong relationship with the pair of former football stars turned pundits by working with them on Sky with regularity over the last decade.
And while she believes it’s too early for ‘Not Just Football’ to rival her colleague’s podcast, Cates sees no reason why it can’t emulate their success in the future.
‘[Stick to Football] is one of my favourites because I know them off camera and on camera, I see them both sides,’ explained Cates.
‘What I really love about it are the moments where you see them and their personalities and their relationships. So I think that’s definitely something that we’re hoping to build on.
‘It’d be a bit brave of us to try and take them on early on. But maybe once we are more established you might think about setting up a bit of a rivalry.’
Meanwhile, McQueen thinks the qualities that the background of Cates, Lampard, and herself, will provide a different type of podcast to that hosted by Neville and Carragher.
Hayley is the daughter of former Scotland and Man United player Gordon McQueen, who sadly passed away last year
Christine is the wife of Frank Lampard and could provide insight into living with a top player
‘We’re very different from that,’ added McQueen. ‘We’ve all gone through very different things in life, and I think we’ll be speaking quite openly about some of the challenges that we faced in our personal lives, and in our careers.
‘We’re not going to be there as three women pretending. It’s not going to be like Loose Women, that’s for sure.
‘I think it’ll be very, very different to the current Stick to Football in that none of us have played, but we’ve all been influenced by the game in different ways.’
Not Just Football, brought to you by Sky Bet, is launching on 8th October via The Overlap YouTube channel.