Danny Kelly (born 23 December 1956) is a British music journalist, sports presenter, and internet publisher. He is the former editor of the music weekly ''

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'' and '' Q'' magazine.

Early life

Danny Kelly was born in

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, to Irish parents and attended Our Lady of Sacred Heart in Eden Grove and then St Aloysius College,

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. Kelly has worked in print and radio journalism for over thirty years. He began writing for ''

'' (''NME'') in about 1983 and was its editor from the late 1980s to 1992. Kelly later edited the British music monthly '' Q'', and was awarded the title British Magazine Editor of the Year for his work there. He left in 1995. He also launched the sports monthly ''Total Sport''. He often works in partnership with fellow sports fan and radio journalist

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, who is also an ''NME'' alumnus, having broadcast in both commercial and BBC radio.

Career

In the mid-1990s, Kelly hosted '' Under the Moon'', a live late-night television sports chat and entertainment show that often ran for three or more hours. In 1997, he founded the 365 Corporation, best known for the UK

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, Football365. In 2006, he helped launch Videojugs, a video up/download service that seeks to demonstrate all human knowledge on film. He also launched ''

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'' newspaper's first weekly podcast, '' The Game''. He currently presents a radio sports show on BBC London and hosted a weekly football podcast with

. The football podcast ended in December 2007. Kelly has appeared in two films: '' Divorcing Jack'' and '' The Football Factory''. Kelly spent a period of time commencing December 2007 as stand-in presenter for Hawksbee & Jacobs, Evening Kick Off and

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radio. He joined the station to front ''Lets kick the ball'' during

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between 19:00 and 22:00 ( BST/ GMT) every weekday. Kelly signed a permanent contract in August 2008 with

to front the same slot during the regular football season. Kelly often remarks that he played football in his youth on

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. On 8 January 2011, Kelly allegedly referred to Rafael Benitez as a "nonce" live on air during a radio broadcast while criticising the performance of

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. Media regulator

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received 130 complaints about the comments. After several seasons presenting ''The Full Time Phone-In'' on Saturday nights up to 2020, and hosting a Sunday evening show with ex-Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan, he currently presents a Monday evening show called the ''PressBox'', where he and the football editor of ''The Sun'', Shaun Custis, are joined by a studio guest "to pick apart the stories that have been filling our back pages", and ''Trans-Europe Express'' on Sunday nights, a programme featuring European football.
.''Radio Listings'' In 2013, Kelly and Danny Baker were announced as part of

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's football coverage, hosting a Friday evening show. Since August 2021, Kelly has presented a

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podcast, ''The View From The Lane'', on the sports website ''

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''.

Personal life

His long-term partner is the journalist

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. They both relocated to Ireland in 2018, from where Kelly often broadcasts remotely. On 9 December 2021, he announced via his Twitter account that they had married.

References

External links

Danny Kelly's personal blog
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