Why everyone’s talking about Sky Sports Soccer Saturday

After Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas get the boot racist trolls target Alex Scott and Micah Richards

Sky Sports have fired Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas from Soccer Saturday
After Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas get the boot racist trolls target Alex Scott and Micah Richards
(Image credit: Sky Sports)

Black football pundits Alex Scott and Micah Richards have been targeted online by racist trolls following Sky Sports’s sacking of Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas from Soccer Saturday.

The Daily Mirror reports that the long-serving trio, who have clocked up more than 50 years of service, were given the boot as part of changes to the broadcaster’s football programming.

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Mike Starling is the former digital features editor at The Week. He started his career in 2001 in Gloucestershire as a sports reporter and sub-editor and has held various roles as a writer and editor at news, travel and B2B publications. He has spoken at a number of sports business conferences and also worked as a consultant creating sports travel content for tourism boards. International experience includes spells living and working in Dubai, UAE; Brisbane, Australia; and Beirut, Lebanon.