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The Sun
13 hours ago
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- The Sun
Brentford's new boss Keith Andrews is Guinness-loving former Premier League star who suffers no fools
KEITH ANDREWS is a people's person who loves a pint of Guinness and a night out. But when comes down to business, the new Brentford boss suffers no fools and his attention to detail is off the charts. 4 4 That is the view of two of his ex-team-mates who have also observed his coaching abilities first hand. Andrews, 44, is taking over from Thomas Frank at Bees after being promoted from set-piece coach. David Dunn played alongside him in Blackburn's midfield in the Premier League while Dean Lewington was a team-mate at MK Dons and later coached there by him too. And both say Andrews is far from a risky appointment despite never having been a manager - let alone in the top flight. Former England international Dunn, 45, told SunSport: 'I read and hear this stuff that he was just their set-piece coach. But he's been doing much more than that. 'I've spent a lot of time with Brentford recently. 'And I've got to know the guys there inside out. They've got everything covered. 'They've spent so much on research and development, finding small fine margins to give them an edge. It's a brilliant club. 'Keith did the set-piece coach role brilliantly. Look at the amount of goals they scored and how few they conceded from set-pieces. 'But he was also helping the guys in lots of other areas too. He's been coaching for years and along with his playing career fully understands all aspects of the game.' Claudia Schiffer's film-maker husband in talks to buy stake in Brentford after supermodel seen at Premier League game 4 4 Andrews joined Rovers in 2008 after winning promotion with MK Dons in League Two and following his boss Paul Ince to Ewood Park. The ex-midfielder spent three seasons in the top flight, playing also under Sam Allardyce and Steve Kean. Dunn added: 'His leadership qualities and work ethic were excellent and he led by example. 'He was insightful and thoughtful in his views about the game and never afraid to give his opinion. I'm not surprised he's gone on to do well in coaching.' MK Dons legend Lewington won promotion with Andrews in 2008 as well as winning the EFL Trophy at Wembley - with Andrews scoring in the 2-0 victory over Grimsby at Wembley. Lewington, who retired this summer at the age of 41 after making an incredible 916 appearances for the club, said: 'Keith was our talisman and captain that season. 'In all honesty he was above our level. He was a Championship-standard player who went on to play in the Prem. 'He just oozed leadership and professionalism — and speaks concisely and with such great authority. 'Keith is also passionate and demands high and immaculate standards. 'We used to enjoy some nights out and he loved a beer, especially Guinness, but when it was time to work he was ultra professional. 'When he came back as a coach under Karl Robinson everything had to be perfect. Even the smallest detail was important to him. 'And he isn't a person who suffers fools gladly. You had to be with him. 'Hopefully Keith will be another successful story for Brentford.' This is echoed by Dunn, who points to the fact that Frank led the club into the Prem after being promoted from within to replace Dean Smith. And he said: 'Often people say it's a risk to appoint from within. Blackburn promoted Ray Harford to replace Kenny Dalglish and that didn't work out. 'But there are equally examples where it did work, no better than the one set by Brentford with Frank. 'Brentford might well be losing quite a few big players this summer and it will be down to their excellent recruitment team there to get the right players in. 'Yet, knowing Keith and his abilities, he has all the attribute to be a success. He knows what it takes and is a great fit.'
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ex-Premier League midfielder predicts Saints to 'struggle' under Still
FORMER Premier League midfielder David Dunn has predicted Saints will struggle in the Championship under new boss Will Still. Dunn, a one-time England international, believes new Southampton boss Still faces a real challenge in charge of the recently relegated side. Advertisement Saints are currently the second-favourites to win promotion from the Championship, behind Ipswich, who won 10 points more than them in the Premier League last season. Speaking to OLGB, Dunn said: 'I watched him on Monday Night Football a couple of months ago. He came across well. I think he's done well in his previous job. Will Still cut his teeth in Belgium before making a new for himself in French football. (Image: Southampton FC) READ: Saints fans are right to be excited about Edwards following QPR loan "But again, English football is totally different. I think it's going to be a real challenge, if I'm being honest. Advertisement "He's got to get a real buy-in early doors from the group. I think it's going to be tough. I think Southampton could struggle.' Saints won just 12 points in the Premier League last season, cycling through two managers before appointing Simon Rusk in interim charge until the end of the season. Belgian-born Still has never worked in English senior football, but joins Saints after guiding Lens to an eighth-place finish last season, missing out on Europe by five points. The 32 year old, who has signed a three-year deal, has set out to win promotion in his first season at the club.
Daily Mail
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sammy Winward's daughter Mia Dunn tearfully claims she was 'emotionally neglected' by her mother and saw her 'for 10 minutes a day' - after being 'cut off' by her parents for joining OnlyFans
Sammy Winward's daughter Mia Dunn has made the bombshell claim she was 'emotionally neglected' by her mother, after being 'cut off' by her parents for pursuing a career on OnlyFans. The model, 19, joined the adult content site last year, angering both her mother and father, former Blackburn Rovers footballer David Dunn. And in a new interview with The Sun, Mia has claimed that during her childhood she felt 'lonely and controlled' and would sometimes only see her mother Sammy for '10 minutes a day' due to her filming schedule on Emmerdale. Breaking down in tears, she said: 'I was raised by a 19-year-old soap star... I may have been spoiled materially, but I was definitely neglected emotionally. 'I often felt lonely, picked on and controlled - about what I wore, what I said in public and most of all unsupported. 'At times her choices - like boyfriends - left me feeling scared and sometimes it felt like too much pressure was placed on my shoulders.' Mia said she and her parents are no longer on speaking terms after she launched her career on adult site OnlyFans, but she views her mother's reaction as hypocritical given she herself posed for lads magazines during her soap heyday. She said: 'I just think how, how can you not be accepting? You were younger than me when you stripped off sand now you've completely blocked me out of your life.' During the interview, Mia shared that due to her mother's absence, she was predominantly raised by her grandmother. She added that her parents split when she was young, and she met many of Sammy's later partners, noting one would 'yell at her' when she was just four years old. Mia went onto reveal that when she turned 16 she had enough of being 'controlled' by her mother, and so decided to move in with her dad, despite being estranged from him for many years. However, their relationship changed when she joined OnlyFans, and she claimed her father called her a 'w***e' and slammed the phone down on her when she attempted to reconnect with him. MailOnline has contacted a representative for Sammy Winward for comment. Last month, Mia revealed that she has now fled the UK, and has bought her first house in Mexico using the thousands she's earned on OnlyFans. In line with her usual X-rated posts, she shared a video of her twerking, showing off her bottom in a pair of skintight leggings and a skimpy bandeau. Smirking at the camera, across the clip she wrote: 'How I feel after 350,000 men payed [sic] for my house in a whole different country. Despite hailing from Bolton, Mia now spends most of her time in Toronto, Canada and Tulum, Mexico where she makes X-rated content for a living. And in March she revealed the staggering amount of cash she had made so far, as she celebrated one year on the platform. She took Instagram to boast that she'd raked in a jaw-dropping $420,000 (£322,725) in her first year, alongside a daring bikini-clad snap and slew of explicit videos. She captioned her post: 'One month and it'll be a whole year with you guys so unbelievably grateful for everyone who supported me watch out for a surprise on [OnlyFans] keep an eye out x'. However, her success has come at a cost, with Mia no longer on speaking terms with her famous family due to her controversial career choice. She recently claimed the family feud has reached a new low, claiming her dad David, called her a 'w***e' and slammed the phone down on her. She told The Sun: 'I tried to reconnect with my dad and he called me a w***e on the phone. I'm completely fully cut off and they want any sort of contact, which is really big shame because I thought I'd be the bigger person in the whole situation. 'I think it's crazy to have such anger towards me when I am in fact at the end of the day their daughter. 'I do totally get the fact that they don't love what I do, but at the same time, I am, I'm a human being and especially - I am the human being that came out of my mother.' Mia has also claimed that her mother is envious of her hugely successful career, after the pair previously shared a close bond - appearing on Loose Women together in 2021, and being described as like sisters. Mia, who goes by the name of Mia Kate Rose, told the publication: 'I think the main thing with my mum is that she was really young – 18 – when she had me. 'I think she's got some animosity towards me. I think she is maybe just jealous about me doing so well and so quickly. 'I think that's what my parents' issue is really. They think I've done it off their backs, but actually, behind the scenes, it takes a lot more work than just being their daughter.' Mia previously said that Sammy has prevented her from getting in touch and that other relatives have called and texted her with abusive messages when she tried to contact them. Speaking in August, she said: 'My mum has me blocked on everything. So yeah, she didn't contact me whatsoever. 'A few other family members have contacted me but I made the decision to let them cool off slightly because the messages they were sending weren't lovely.' The mother and daughter were thought to have been close, previously describing their relationship as being like 'best mates', but Mia admitted that was untrue and in fact they sometimes 'butted heads' due to their similarities. She said: 'I've honestly not got anything bad to say about any of them per se, but the way they've reacted to the situation personally, it just wouldn't even cross my mind to do that to my own child, I think.' While she remained hopeful at the time that she and Sammy could patch things up, Mia explained that she would be taking a step back until everyone had cooled off and said it would be down to her family to be the ones to reach out to make amends. She said: 'I feel like at this point it is going to have to be them coming to me because I've tried to maintain contact in the past and they just don't have any of it and then I end up getting like, all the abuse like through the phone, through text messages, calls. 'So I'm just going to wait until they come to me, maybe like in a calmer manner and you know, they're a little bit less fresh to the whole situation.'
The Sun
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
I was spoiled as a child but neglected emotionally by my partying Emmerdale star mum, claims Mia Winward
SITTING by the pool in her luxury Mexican villa, Mia Winward is the envy of hoards of young women her age. But as I speak to the 20-year-old Brit model this week she breaks down in tears. 8 8 8 It's the start of what turns out to be a bombshell chat, where Mia claims for the first time that she was emotionally mistreated by her famous parents. Through tears she tells The Sun: 'I was raised by a 19-year-old soap star... I may have been spoiled materially, but I was definitely neglected emotionally. "I often felt lonely, picked on and controlled - about what I wore, what I said in public and most of all unsupported. "At times her choices - like boyfriends - left me feeling scared and sometimes it felt like too much pressure was placed on my shoulders." Mia's claims come after her famous parents Emmerdale star Sammy Winward, 39, and former footballer David Dunn, 45, cut her out of their lives last year after the then-teenager joined controversial adult site OnlyFans. The blonde star - who claims to make up to £100k a month - says they now refuse to pick up her calls. Its something Mia finds hypocritical as her mum Sammy was a mags lad favourite back in her heyday and often appeared topless - posing for shots just like Mia. 'I may have been spoiled materialistically, but I was definitely neglected emotionally.' Mia Winward 'My mum was doing pretty much the exact same thing like I'm doing, her version of it, back in her day. 'I just think how, how can you not be accepting? You were younger than me when you stripped off sand now you've completely blocked me out of your life." 'I saw her for 10 minutes a day' Mia was just a baby when her mum, Sammy, was at the height of her fame playing Katie Sugden on the ITV soap. Her earliest memories with her mum are sparse. Her dad - the footy star David - split from Sammy shortly after Mia was born. 'When she was working, I would see her for maybe 10 minutes a day," Mia says. "I'd be asleep when she got back from work and would see her briefly in the mornings and then she'd have to go.' Sammy Winward's daughter Mia Dunn reveals she's raked in £60k a month on OnlyFans amid feud with Emmerdale star mum Mia says as a result of her mum's schedule she was raised by her gran, telling us: 'My grandma literally gave up her entire life for me, got a flat in Leeds, near the Emmerdale set, just to take me on to set for my mum to breastfeed. 'My mum was often out partying when I was younger, leaving me with my grandma, which I was always happy to go to because my grandma is one of people who really raised me.' She added: "My mum wasn't there for me. She didn't support me." Sammy split from Mia's dad - Blackburn Rovers footballer David - shortly after she was born, which meant Mia met a number of the actress's new partners over the years. One sticks out in her mind who Mia recalls being very cruel to her. 8 8 8 'She had new boyfriends when I was younger, one in particular, who would yell at me about four or five years old just for coming into the bedroom when I had a nightmare,' she remembers. 'Bear in mind, I used to sleep in my mum's bed because she was a single mother and I got scared as a child in the dark.' According to Mia, things didn't get much easier as she became older. She told us: "My mum made me pay for petrol for her car to get to my course and I was making £5 an hour as a trainee hair stylist at this point. It was really tough." At 16, Mia says she had had enough of feeling like she was being controlled, told what she can and can't wear and not receiving the guidance she craved, so she made the decision to move in with her dad, who she'd had a rocky relationship with for several years. Putting aside any hard feelings towards her father, who is now married to new wife Hayley with whom he shares three children, Mia tells The Sun: 'He was really young when I was born, and he messed up because he was younger. 'I understand that so much because I've put myself in his shoes and he really did help install a work ethic in me and I'll always appreciate him for taking me in. I was really touched." During her earlier years, Mia has claimed she struggled to keep in touch with her dad and has accused him of not making enough effort to see her or even talk to her. 8 8 But everything changed with her dad too when she started making adult content. Just a few months ago she claims her father cruelly branded her a 'w***e' and slammed the phone down on her when she attempted to reconnect with him. She fled the UK towards the end of last year and has been living in various countries - including Mexico and Canada - making adult content. Mia has just bought her first property in Mexico. She initially tried to distance herself from her well-known parents, opting to ditch her surname. ' I don't profit off of their name', she insists. Mia may be known as Mia Winward in the press, but goes by Mia Rose online. The Sun first told last year how Sammy, who is famed for playing Katie Sugden from 2001 to 2015 and is still a jobing actress, refused to speak to her daughter when she discovered she was on OnlyFans. Mia's dad — former Blackburn footballer David — also distanced himself at the same time. Mia was initially hopefully they could make it up, but over time the distance has become unbearable. She says her latest attempt to contact her mum just a few days ago was unsuccessful and Mia feels she has reached the end of the line. 'People online see me as spoiled and I'm not denying that I was materialistically spoiled but I won't have people say I'm a spoiled brat when no one knows that I was emotionally neglected," she says.
The Sun
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Sammy Winward's daughter Mia reveals HUGE monthly salary as she buys first home after stripping off
SAMMY Winward's daughter Mia has revealed her whopping monthly salary as she buys her first home after stripping off. The OnlyFans model, 19, says she'll even be a millionaire by the end of this year. 6 6 6 She told The Sun: 'At the moment I'm pushing about 100k a month right now. "I bought a property in Tulum. So I do have that now. So I have that investment at least. So that's kind of saved. "And I have some saved, but I'm not a millionaire just yet. But I promise it's coming this year.' Mia is estranged from her parents, Emmerdale actress Sammy and football star dad David Dunn, and they've told her to "get another job". She appeared to hit back in public, in a very racy post. Mia stripped off to stockings and a mini skirt for snaps, which she captioned: 'Get a real job'. Mia has previously told how her parents Emmerdale actress Sammy Winward and former Blackburn player David Dunn, have expressed their dislike for her career and have repeatedly told her to get another job. Mia recently celebrated her huge earnings while posting a video of her in pink lingerie, writing: "$420k since, on the hub, on the blue and white site and travelling the world." Things have got so bad between the star and her parents that she believes there is no going back after she claims her father cruelly branded her a 'w***e' and slammed the phone down on her. Both are said to be bitterly opposed to Mia's blossoming OnlyFans career. Brooklyn Beckham should take a leaf out of my book - my famous mum footballer dad tried to control me for decades Speaking from Mexico, where she is currently staying, Mia told The Sun: 'I tried to reconnect with my dad and he called me a w***e on the phone. 'I'm completely fully cut off and they want any sort of contact, which is really big shame because I thought I'd be the bigger person in the whole situation. 'I text them I'm saying I was really sorry, I didn't want anything bad to come of it, and it doesn't mean I'm a bad person because I do OnlyFans.' She is also launching her own business, selling off her underwear to her legion of fans. David Dunn is a former pro footballer who spent much of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers, also receiving an England cap, before going on to be a manager of Oldham Athletic, Blackpool and Barrow. He had daughter Mia, who now uses the name Mia Kate Rose, with actress Sammy, who he was engaged to, in 2005 but they split later that year. The upset star added: 'I love my parents. They might not reciprocate that, but I love them to pieces. 'I moved out at 16, I moved to Manchester by myself. I've done everything very independently." Emotional Mia continued: 'I think it's crazy to have such anger towards me when I am in fact at the end of the day their daughter. 'I do totally get the fact that they don't love what I do, but at the same time, I am, I'm a human being' Asked if she thinks things will ever go back to normal, she replied: 'I've lost all hope now.' 6 6 6
