They’ve confirmed the show’s new lineup The BBC have confirmed who will replace Gary Lineker as host of Match of the Day. Gary Lineker confirmed in late 2024 that he would be leaving Match of the Day in 2025, after 26 years in the role. Despite his departure from the BBC’s flagship football highlights show, Lineker […]

1 year ago

Sky Sports Soccer Saturday are on the verge of capturing Mark Chapman. Sky wants Match Of The Day 2 host Mark Chapman to replace Jeff Stelling as the host of Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday. The 48-year-old has been approached by Sky to make the switch which would be a huge blow for the BBC. Jeff […]

4 years ago

What a tribute. BBC presenter Mark Chapman, who comes from Manchester and lives there with his family, was working for 5 live Sport on Wednesday in Stockholm, covering Manchester United’s Europa League win over Ajax. Before the game, he spoke at some length about the events of Monday night at the Manchester Arena, where 22 […]

9 years ago

There are times reading Mark Chapman’s new book, The Love of the Game: Parenthood, Sport and Me, that you find yourself asking why do we do this? Why do we give our lives over to sport when there might be so many other ways to spend our time? Chapman has devoted huge chunks of his life […]

10 years ago

Mark Lawrenson may have just endured his biggest TV fail to date. That’s not a statement we make lightly; many of you will remember the time that the ex-Liverpool player-turned-pundit-and-quite-rubbish-score-predictor did this on Football Focus. And then there was that Match of the Day analysis where he accidentally referred to Everton’s Steven Pienaar as Steven “Penis” […]

10 years ago