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Tommy Martin: Are shows like Match of the Day and The Sunday Game running out of road?

Why, in these days of on-demand entertainment, would a Fulham fan wait the guts of an hour for three minutes of their goalless draw with Brentford?

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024 - 07:20

Tommy Martin

Tommy Martin is a broadcaster and presenter who writes on a broad range of Irish and international sport’s topics.

IT was reassuring to see the story about the Match of the Day succession generate a bit of traction this week, what with much-loved legacy media institutions struggling for relevance.

Granted, most of the traction came from not-much-loved legacy media institutions, such as the Daily Mail and Richard Keys. The BBC’s decision to replace Gary Lineker with a triarchy of Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates was ideal fodder for the Mail, featuring as it did regular gear-grinders in Lineker, Beeb management, and suspected wokery.

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