The BBC has announced that Football Focus will be axed after 52 years at the end of the season – amid long-running accusations that it has gone woke.
The show has been a Saturday lunchtime staple since 1974, but in recent years viewing figures have dwindled as it has been criticised for being increasingly frivolous and right-on.
As bosses scrambled to modernise and keep the programme relevant, they were accused of making the programme pedestrian, vacuous, uninspiring and uninformative – with host Alex Scott coming in for particular criticism.
Writing in the Daily Mail in March 2024, Simon Jordan said the show had
To provide well-rounded coverage and a breadth of insight across various events, we rely on contributions from several staff writers, each bringing their own area of expertise to our publication.
