All the latest Manchester United news ahead of the new Premier League season as Gary Neville shares an update about The Overlap
Gary Neville during a behind-the-scenes episode of the Stick to Football podcast
Gary Neville during a behind-the-scenes episode of the Stick to Football podcast
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Gary Neville has announced that the 'Stick to Football' panel have agreed to extend their stay. The Manchester United legend has hosted the podcast since it first debuted as part of an original series from The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet, in September 2023.
In a behind-the-scenes episode of the show, Neville revealed that Roy Keane, Jamie Carragher, Ian Wright, and Jill Scott will remain on the show for another two years. Speaking on The Overlap YouTube channel, the 50-year-old said: "The exciting thing about today is we've just, in the last week, agreed with Roy, Jill, Carra and Wrighty for another two years.
"Whether you like it or not, you're going to get another two years of Stick to Football," added Neville. "I think if one of them left, I think I'd close it.
"Obviously, sometimes, you know, Carra's not there because of the Champions League, but I do feel like, you know, you lose something when one of the group isn't there."
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When asked by a member of the camera crew why he started the podcast, which is often filmed at a studio in Greater Manchester, Neville said: "Obviously, I set off on The Overlap on my own, just doing the individual interviews, but I always thought about live events and live shows.
"So, if you remember, we did The Overlap on tour, and I didn't like it. It's a good reason to start Stick to Football, isn't it [laughs], but I didn't like it. I didn't like the live events.
"I felt like I was under pressure, we were under pressure, you know. People were paying like 40, 50 quid for a ticket, and then this idea that they're going to come and watch us talk about football.
Roy Keane with Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Jill Scott and Ian Wright
Roy Keane's repsonse got laughs from the Stick to Football panel
"But you feel like you've got to put on a show for them, and you feel like you've got to basically sort of like deliver because they paid a lot of money. I didn't like the idea of it at all, but what I did like was the dynamic of the people who were on the stage."
Neville added: "So, I then thought to myself, I think this would be very different if we could get four or five people together on a regular basis around a bar. We started with the idea of obviously Roy and Carra.
"Roy had been doing some stuff with Wrighty on ITV, and I thought it was a really strong dynamic there of them two. I'd done something with Jill, and, I can't remember what it was now, I thought, Jill's a good person first and foremost.
Scholes and Keane are regulars on The Overlap podcast
Scholes and Keane are regulars on The Stick to Football podcast
"She's obviously had an incredible football career, but I felt like she could live in the environment, a quite a demanding environment you know being in with us. You think about Carra, the intensity of Carra obviously at times.
"Roy has an intensity to him. I do at times, and you need to be a certain type of character and personality to be able to live in that environment. Very early on I think I thought, 'yeah, I feel like it feels like home actually'."