Tikay nearly leaves Sky Poker for Sky Sports Soccer Saturday.....

MAXALLY

My good friend, @RICHORFORD has reliable informed that @Tikay10 was all set to leave us to take over Jeff Sterling on Soccer Saturday. Thankfully, Jeff has stated he is stopping on for another year.

The plan was that Tikay was going to oversea the show for an initial 6 months. Him and Richard Orford were going to co-host the show with weekly invited guests amongst the regular panel.

Names that had already agreed a spot on the show include @NChanning , @HAYSIE and @Doooobs .

However, following the pilot episode, @lolufold , @J-Hartigan , Sarah Champion, Anna Fowler and @scotty77 declined to partake in the show.

Tikay10

Blimey. Some water has passed under the bridge since that 'photo was taken.

From left to right;

Redmond Lee aka lolufold

I still see Redmond at SPT's, & saw him last weekend & we had a good chat.

James Hartigan.

James is a big shot at 'Stars. We occasionally exchange gossipy e-Mails, & I met him up town for coffee near his office once or twice.

Sarah Champion.

We kind of lost touch, but I still follow her Twitter feed, which some of you may find interesting. You can find it at @SarahChampion

Richard Orford

Never fails to remember my birthday & sends me a birthday message every year. Was amongst the first to wish me well when I had the heart incident in 2017.

Anna Fowler.

Gill keeps in touch with her via Instagram, as I don't have IG. Anna is a Mum now, Baby Anna is about 3 or 4 months old I think.

Ryan Spiittles aka @scotty77

Sadly, we've lot touch, but he still plays here.

Old bloke on the end

Still plodding away at Sky Poker.