Soccer AM

The programme started in the era of the 'laddette' where women were vaunted for aping the worst male behaviour. Soccer AM plugged into that culture with ...

It will be missed, but not by many and not for long. Latter-day attempts to inject a bit of seriousness into interviews looked like exactly what they were, a tacit admittance that times had changed and left the show behind. But while they diluted the more poisonous bits, gradually its audience grew up and had other stuff to do on a Saturday morning and were not replaced by younger people. And partly because it was dumb hangover TV for students that demanded little from you as you slumped on the sofa, mouth agape as they interviewed Rick Witter from Shed Seven. Things got better when eager puppy Max Rushden sat next to Chamberlain but still the tone was one of over-fawning to often relatively inarticulate footballers who largely talked in clichés. Easy to say its politics belonged to a different era, but features like ‘Soccerette’ with its faux post-ironic knowingness were always some flavour of despicable and would surely horrify most born after the year 2000.

Soccer AM was a staple of Sky Sports' weekend broadcasting for years, with high-profile hosts including Jimmy Bullard, Max Rushden and Helen Chamberlain. The ...

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. [The statement read](https://talksport.com/football/1370186/soccer-am-cancelled-sky-sports-30-years/): “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. Discussing the news, a source close to the show said that “morale is at an all-time low”, and that “it’s going to be an interesting watch over the next few weeks.”

The show will come to an end after nearly 30 years on air · Saturday Social to take over slot · LISTEN: Ireland are double Grand Slam champions, our best Six ...

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Soccer AM is set to be axed at the end of the season after almost 30 years on TV as part of a drastic Sky Sports shake up. Soccer AM to be axed at end of the season, as part of big Sky shake-up

Soccer AM will be taken off air by Sky Sports in May, bringing down the curtain on 28 years of the classic football chat show which was a staple of Saturday ...

“I think we’ve won a lot of the public over, from the noises that I hear, and I think we’ve won a lot of people within football back as well. But he felt that the addition of Bullard and a change of direction had breathed new life into it and helped turn “the ship round.” He worked as a producer from 1996 to 2007 before stepping in front of the camera in 2015. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) reports that Sky bosses told the Soccer AM staff of the decision on Tuesday. "We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. [The news broke on Wednesday morning](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-soccer-am-axed-sky-29520670) that Soccer AM will not return for a new series, meaning there are now just 10 episodes left.

SKY SPORTS fan's favourite Soccer AM is set to be axed at the end of the season.The Saturday morning football show has been on the air for nearly 30 y.

"I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t watch it. "I’d really like to input on the show and put stuff on there and I find it too hard." "It’s too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. "I tune in every now and then because Fenners is on it and I want to support him. [the Atheltic](https://theathletic.com/1705187/2020/04/04/soccer-am-tim-lovejoy-helen-chamberlain/) in 2020: "I stopped watching it when I left, it was too hard to watch it.

The football and chat show has been aired by the broadcaster on Saturday mornings since 1995, and at its peak was hosted by Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain.

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. [until her own departure in 2017](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a835039/soccer-am-helen-chamberlain-departure-two-new-presenters/). [ITV announces it's axing CITV channel after 40 years](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43271417/itv-citv-axed-itvx-kids/) [Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Jeremy Clarkson to come to an end](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43141732/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-jeremy-clarkson-ending/) [football](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43278519/alex-scott-bbc-football-focus-gary-lineker/) and chat show has been aired by the broadcaster on Saturday mornings since 1995, and at its peak was hosted by [Tim Lovejoy](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a32790538/sunday-brunch-tim-lovejoy-fall-blooper/) and Helen Chamberlain. [Sky](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a37934297/sky-glass-tv-price-packages-cost-multiroom/) has responded to reports that Soccer AM is ending after nearly 30 years on TV.

SKY SPORTS fan's favourite Soccer AM is set to be axed at the end of the season.The Saturday morning football show has been on the air for nearly 30 y.

"I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t watch it. "I’d really like to input on the show and put stuff on there and I find it too hard." "It’s too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. "I tune in every now and then because Fenners is on it and I want to support him. [the Atheltic](https://theathletic.com/1705187/2020/04/04/soccer-am-tim-lovejoy-helen-chamberlain/) in 2020: "I stopped watching it when I left, it was too hard to watch it.

Axed Soccer AM was no longer able to maintain its impact amid changing times and the departure of star presenters, a PR expert said today.

The show also saw an exodus of popular presenters who fronted the show and made it such a success, such as Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain. 'It's too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. What started as a three-second delay soon became ten seconds. Staff were reportedly told yesterday that [the show](/tvshowbiz/article-9544855/Jimmy-Bullard-42-considers-getting-Botox-soften-crevices-eyes.html) was to wrap up at the end of the current season. It was pulled in 2015 after it triggered claims that they were being exploited or mocked by the 'laddish banter'. Soccer AM went on to become the first live show on Sky to have to go on a broadcast delay due to lewd references and swearing. 'I couldn't do it. The football show is set to be shelved after almost 30 years as part of a drastic Sky Sports shake-up The 90-minute football comedy show includes a variety of segments as well as sitdowns with some of the game's biggest players and managers. The Soccer AM Soccerette was a – now outdated – feature of the show where a young woman modelling a football shirt would appear ‘There has been a lack of promotion of the programme and it has lacked any energy and become quite tired. - The show has been on since 1995 and news is said to have been a 'bombshell'

The iconic long running football show has been a fixture on Sky Sports for nearly three decades, but only has 10 more episodes, with the end of the current ...

"We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Retired footballer Bullard delighted viewers with the Soccer AM Pro AM feature, which saw celebrities and professionals compete in an arena with a series of shooting drills in a bid to win cash prizes for fans. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) newspaper: "'Soccer AM' has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

CHRIS KAMARA took fans on a trip down memory lane after hearing that Soccer AM had been axed this morning.The Sun revealed that the cult Sky Sports sh.

"We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. A Sky Spokesperson says “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. "It's going to be an interesting watch over the next few weeks." [Kammy](https://www.thesun.ie/who/chris-kamara/) has shared his happy memories of being part of the show, posting a funny clip to his Twitter page. [show had been cancelled](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/10424459/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) and would finish for good at the end of the season. [final show on May 27](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/10425063/final-episode-soccer-am-date/), fans are set to be filled with nostalgia.

IT will be toughto fill thevacuum when Soccer AM goes off air in may.But long-running star Rocket might just know how - as he once once ha.

"It was like a way of getting them into work. "It was a way of making them feel like a normal kid because out there they were seen as like pests, a nuisance, by the police. [the Saturday morning football show](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21798779/soccer-am-cancelled-latest-sky-sports/), having worked on it until 2017, for 19 of its 28 years. "It was one of those moments where you felt proud to be a part of that." "But the one thing that really stood out is when we went to Afghanistan we got videos of the troops doing Christmas messages to loved ones. "Some guy won me on the show and I had to hoover his house and clean his curtains."

The light-hearted Saturday morning football talk show first aired in 1995. Former Soccer AM presenters Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain (David Parry/PA) ...

The feature saw young females as Soccerettes come onto the show modelling a Soccer AM T-shirt and then face questioning from the presenters. After 28 years the show is reportedly set to air its final episode on May 27, when the current Premier League football season draws to a close. The light-hearted Saturday morning football talk show first aired in 1995 and became popular for its fun games and celebrity guests.

I LOVED watching Soccer AM so much that I appeared as a Soccerette twice.The weekend show was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was.

[Soccer AM](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/10427231/soccer-am-best-moments-kasabian-volley/) was the first time I really felt that a female host was holding their own on a football show. [The weekend show](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/10424459/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was essential viewing for a football fan like me. I was a Soccer AM Soccerette TWICE – it was great fun for models like me but I have a different view of it now

The iconic football show has just ten episodes left, which will take it to the end of the current season. Soccer Am is coming to an end. 4.

“Just heard that Soccer AM is finishing at the end of the season,” he tweeted. To be a fan for so long and then sit on the orange sofa was the stuff of dreams.” “We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Fun part of my time at Sky.” Reacting to the news, Goldstein said on Instagram: “Just seen that after 30 years Soccer Am will come to an end. A Sky Spokesperson added: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

SOCCER AM is set to be axed by Sky Sports after nearly 30 years.As exclusively revealed by SunSport, there are just 10 episodes remaining of the iconi.

I wanted to rescue more dogs and breed sheep and chickens. “I had the farm to see to. Made the transition to Soccer AM after working for Sky’s Spanish football team. He stepped away from Soccer AM in 2015 and now works on various shows like Sky Sports’ The Debate, as well as TalkSport radio. Was given nickname “Tramp”, which was sung to the tune of The Champ by The Mohawks. He later went on to present Something for the Weekend, a Sunday morning cooking show on BBC2. Rocket spent 19 years on the show before leaving in 2017 to become JOE’s Head of Sports Production. He and Chamberlain became a mighty pairing on the Saturday sofa. He now interviews some of the biggest names in football for Sky Sports while also enjoying a round of golf. The ex-Chelsea and England captain said: “Tubes you are a legend and we are all proud of you mate. Where is the cast of Soccer AM now, from Tubes to Helen Chamberlain after iconic Sky Sports show is axed ARGUABLY the most revered member of Soccer AM, the popular figure is still working on the show full-time.

IT will be toughto fill thevacuum when Soccer AM goes off air in may.But long-running star Rocket might just know how - as he once once ha.

"It was like a way of getting them into work. "It was a way of making them feel like a normal kid because out there they were seen as like pests, a nuisance, by the police. [the Saturday morning football show](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/10425185/soccer-am-cancelled-latest-sky-sports/), having worked on it until 2017, for 19 of its 28 years. "It was one of those moments where you felt proud to be a part of that." "But the one thing that really stood out is when we went to Afghanistan we got videos of the troops doing Christmas messages to loved ones. "Some guy won me on the show and I had to hoover his house and clean his curtains."

I LOVED watching Soccer AM so much that I appeared as a Soccerette twice.The weekend show was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was.

[Soccer AM](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21799327/soccer-am-best-moments-kasabian-volley/) was the first time I really felt that a female host was holding their own on a football show. [ Helen Chamberlain](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/21800978/former-soccer-am-presenter-helen-chamberlain/) was a trailblazer for women in sports presenting. [YouTube](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/youtube/) shows or listen to podcasts. [Soccer AM](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21798317/soccer-am-soccerettes-where-now/). [The weekend show](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was essential viewing for a football fan like me. I was a Soccer AM Soccerette TWICE – it was great fun for models like me but I have a different view of it now

talkSPORT host Andy Goldstein has explained why he isn't sad to see Soccer AM cancelled, having previously hosted the show.It has been revealed the sp.

“I was really honoured to be part of it. “Really honoured that it’s on my CV, but I haven’t watched it for years. I much preferred the Friday night show, I did four years of that.