Emmerdale to welcome football legend for upcoming cameo
It's unbelievable, Jeff!
Emmerdale fans and football fans everywhere will have a crossover of interest in upcoming scenes on the soap, as footballing legend Chris Kamara will be starring in a cameo role! The 61-year-old, who is beloved amongst sports fans for his enthusiasm, is set to take part in 'a couple' of episodes on the soap, according to show bosses.
But Chris won't be playing himself - he's actually taking a run at acting, and will be portraying a manager for a local football team who are playing against the Emmerdale team.
Official Emmerdale literature says, 'A big village football match sees the villagers’ competitiveness put to the test, especially when Doug played by Duncan Preston and Jimmy played by Nick Miles hear who the opposition manager is...'
Chris himself said of his new role, "I watch Emmerdale with my wife and my son, in fact my son is a massive Emmerdale fan so if I was coming down, they had to come too. It was a great day and I loved it! I essentially got to play myself and not a character, but hopefully that'll be the next thing along the line."
Swipe through to see all the Emmerdale spoilers you need to know for next week...
Still desperate to avenge his sister's honour, Robert and Aaron wake up before dawn to pin flyers around the village of Lee's face, with the word 'rapist' written across it.
But Victoria is furious when she finds the flyers, feeling that the boys have exposed her, and demands they take them all down.
Everyone is surprised when the police call in, saying they've had a complaint about the posters made against Victoria. A fuming Victoria tells Robert she wants nothing to do with him.
With Aaron feeling guilty for his part in the prank, he vows to put things right between Victoria and Robert, and tells Victoria to consider things from Robert's point of view.
The next day they both visit Jack's grave, and when Robert tells Victoria that he'll always be there for her, the siblings embrace.
Meanwhile, Amy has agreed to go on a date with Nate but as they tuck into some food at The Woolpack they're interrupted by Kerry and Tracy.
An angry Kerry lays into Nate, telling him off for taking Amy on a date so soon after sleeping with Tracy, making everyone uncomfortable. Nate vows to make it up to Amy.
Later on at the playground, Nate is doing his best to charm Amy and win her back around when they realise that Kyle, who Amy was looking after, is nowhere to be seen.
As the two of them begin to panic, across the road in the garage Dan is called away from work, and Kyle sneaks into the unlocked shed.
As Kyle plays on the tractor, Nate is alarmed to see from across the road that the garage is filling up with smoke. Desperate to save Kyle, the pair are horrified when the realise the garage door is jammed shut.
As Nate heaves against the door, a tearful Amy rings Moira to explain that Kyle has gone missing, and Moira launches into action.
David is growing increasingly anxious about his upcoming therapy, but knows that after everything that's happened recently he needs to speak to someone.
The therapist helps him to understand that what happened between Jacob and Maya wasn't his fault, and he resolves to rebuild his relationship with his son.
But Jacob has other ideas. Catching sight of a live stream of Maya being confronted by a group of rowdy school girls, Jacob instantly rushes to find her to make sure she's ok.
Inviting him into her car, they drive to a secluded spot and at the roadside Maya breaks down, leaning on Jacob for support. Before long, they are sharing a passionate kiss.
The next day is Maya's first court hearing. As she stands before the judge and jury, will she be sentenced to prison time?
Kim is reluctantly accepting her role as mother in law and grandma, but Jamie is suspicious when she seems to be enjoying looking after Millie a little too much.
Jamie confides in Andrea that he thinks his mum might be meddling, but Kim's thoughts are elsewhere as she chastises Rhona for cheating on Pete.
Always with an ulterior motive, Kim calls Pete when her car gets stuck in the mud, and after he successfully tows her car out of trouble she invites him back to hers.
Back at home farm, Kim insists on thanking Pete with a glass of red wine, and as the conversation flows easily, will she convince him to stay for another one?
With Ellis's panic attacks getting worse, Billy is determined not to let his brother see how worried he is that Max is back in town.
An anxious Megan puts on a brave face as she prepares to be handed her sentence for the road accident involving Pollard and Jamie Tate.
As she catastrophises and prepares for the worst, she tells Jai that should she be sent to prison, Eliza shouldn't visit her there. Frank tries his best to comfort her.
Emmerdale producer Kate Brooks added, "We're absolutely delighted to have Chris join us for a special cameo in Emmerdale. With Chris' football expertise, he certainly manages to ruffle a few feathers with our newly formed Woolpack football team."
Although there's not yet an air date for when Chris' scenes will air on the soap, but Emmerdale have said they will air at the end of June.
Emmerdale airs every weeknight at 7pm on ITV, with a second showing on Tuesday nights at 8pm.
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