The Cup – a six-part comedy series for 91Èȱ¬ Two
Billy Geraghty plays Steve Robson
Bill Geraghty plays Steve Robson, who owns a car dealership – and who is also the reason that Terry couldn't pursue his dream of becoming a professional footballer.
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To top that, he has a history with Terry's wife Janice…
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Billy explains: "I'm playing a guy who has everything but the girl. He and Terry both started out at the same time in a youth team; he was dating Janice, then made a hideous tackle on Terry which ended any potential footballing career he might have had and lost him [Steve] Janice in the process when she started to take care of Terry.
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"Steve's own football career was pretty short lived, so he opened a car dealership and did pretty well, whilst eternally regretting losing the love of his life – Janice."
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He continues: “Terry works for Steve – he's constantly in his office wanting this and that, and because Steve had a bit of a history with Bolton Wanderers, Terry's always badgering him to get trials for Malky."
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Billy can relate to the competitive nature of parents when it comes to their children: "I was watching my son in the playground and another little boy tried to car-jack him, so he reached out and grabbed his cheek and twisted it and reduced this other kid to tears, and there I was thinking 'that's my boy!' knowing full well that if it was the other way round I'd blame the other parent and be horrified!"
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He admits to witnessing parental behaviour fairly typical of that seen in The Cup: "Almost every time I go to the park on a Sunday I see dads living their dreams through and roaring at their kids – doing a bit of a Terry!"
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