A day before the start of the Premier League season and Geoff Shreeves was not at a training ground or manager’s press conference. He was on the golf course in Mallorca.
After 33 years working for Sky - most famously as their accomplished touchline interviewer - Shreeves is out of work. He will watch Chelsea versus Liverpool on Sunday afternoon but he won’t be in the players’ tunnel or standing by the Stamford Bridge dug-outs. He will be at home on the sofa in St Albans.
‘It’s a massive change for me and it’s left a massive void in my life,’ says Shreeves.