Coyle lifted the trophy shortly afterward, but gave an emotional interview to Sky afterwards. He paid tribute to his father, who passed away at the age of 59 four years ago, and took his vows, but Sky quickly intervened and apologized. After the interview, Skye said: “I would like to reiterate that emotions are running very high and I apologize for using bad language.”
“It’s tough,” Coyle admitted. “There’s only one person I want to celebrate this with. He’s not with us. I looked up at the sky and I looked up there today. He’s with me, I know he’s with me, for sure.”
“The next best thing is to have my family, my beautiful partner, my young son, my brother, my friends there from day one.
“I don’t think many people thought I would be captain of a Premier League team and it might sound a bit rude to say that out loud, but I’m just an honest and humble kid.
“But there was definitely one guy who would have believed in me, and that was my old man – that’s all I told myself during the game.
“He would have said, ‘You can do it, fuck you.’ I know I swore and I shouldn’t have done that. I’m sorry, but that’s what my old man was talking about, so I had to put it in there.”
“I kept repeating those words in my mind, and today he made us cross the line. In fact, I know my old man did it.”
Chris Coyle, father of four sons Rewi, Tommy, Rocco and Joe, a prominent figure in the worlds of football, boxing and golf, passed away suddenly four years ago.
Chris was well known in Hull as the owner of the fruit stall Coyle and Sons: The Original Barrow Boys.
Boxer Tommy said at the time: “It’s like having a family jigsaw puzzle but missing the biggest piece.”
She added: “My father was like a snowplow for our family, leading the way by clearing everything in our path to make our journey smoother.
“He was a provider, a protector, and our biggest fan. Making him proud was always the biggest motivation for me and all of my siblings.”
