Lewie Coyle delivered an emotional interview with an X-rated remark after Hull City won promotion to the Premier League
Lewie Coyle prompted a Sky Sports apology after swearing in an interview when paying tribute to his late father after Hull City’s promotion to the Premier League(Image: Sky Sports)
Sky Sports were forced to issue an apology after Hull City captain Lewie Coyle swore during a post-match interview following the club’s promotion to the Premier League. Oli McBurnie netted the decisive goal in the Championship play-off final as Hull made their return to the top tier after a nine-year absence.
Coyle raised the trophy moments later, but not before delivering a highly emotional interview to Sky. He seized the opportunity to honour his father, who passed away at 59 four years earlier, when he swore and Sky promptly intervened with an apology.
Following the interview, Sky stated: “Just to reiterate emotions are running very high, we apologise for any bad language
“It’s tough,” Coyle acknowledged. “There’s just one man I want to celebrate this with. He’s not with us. I look up at the sky and I had a look up there today. He’s with me, I know he’s with me, for sure.
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“The next best thing is I have my family, my beautiful partner, my little boy, my brothers and my friend that have been there since day one.
“I don’t think there’s many people that thought I could captain a side to the Premier League and even saying that out loud sounds a little bit wild. I’m just an honest, humble kid.
“But there’s certainly one man that would have believed in me and that’s my old man – and that’s all I told myself throughout the game.
“He would’ve been saying ‘you can do it, son, f*** them’. I know I swore and I shouldn’t, I apologise, but I had to get it in there because that’s how my old man spoke.
“I just kept replaying those words in my mind and he got us over the line today. I know for a fact my old man did it.”
Chris Coyle, father to Lewie, Tommy, Rocco and Joe, four sons who are all well-known figures in football, boxing and golf, died suddenly four years ago.
Chris was a popular figure in Hull as the owner of fruit stall Coyle and Sons: The Original Barrow Boys. At the time of his death, Boxer Tommy said: “It’s like you have a family jigsaw and the biggest piece is missing.”
He added: “My dad was like a snow plough for our family, he would lead off down the road clearing everything in our path to make sure we had the smoothest journey.
“He was a provider, a protector and our biggest fan. For me and all my brothers, making him proud was always our biggest motivation.”