Who is Kelly Cates, future co-host of Match of the Day?

‘Kelly comes across as really nice on the TV because she’s really nice. That’s basically it,’ her BBC Radio 5 Live Monday Night Club co-host Rory Smith said. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Kelly Cates always gets asked the same questions. What was it like having a footballing legend for a father? And how does it feel being a woman in a man’s world?

The response of the veteran football presenter – who has been propelled into the public consciousness after being named as one-third of the new lineup replacing Gary Lineker on Match of the Day – reveals a lot about the BBC’s new star.