Martin Tyler

Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler made the comments on BBC Radio 4's Today Show as he was interviewed about the the Premier League's 30th anniversary.

However he was cleared in 2019 at a retrial, after the jury in his first trial was unable to reach a verdict. He referred to "Hillsborough and other hooligan related incidents" while speaking about a time "when football was in a crisis" as the league was created. He was fined £6,500 and ordered to pay £5,000 costs after he was found guilty of failing to ensure the health and safety of fans arriving at the ground. "You have got to remember football was in a bit of a crisis at that time, we weren't that long after Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues as well, so it was very much a difficult time for the game generally." "There is no connection at all between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism - I know that, and I was not implying that there was. A commentator has apologised after he referred to the Hillsborough disaster as a "hooligan-related" issue.

Martin Tyler said the words "Hillsborough and other hooligan related issues" live on BBC Radio 4 on Friday morning during an interview about the new Premier ...

"We regret that we did not robustly challenge Martin Tyler on a comment which appeared to link Hillsborough and hooliganism," read a tweet from the BBC News Press Team account. There is no connection at all between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism – I know that, and I was not implying that there was. We weren't that long after Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues as well, so it was very much a difficult time for the game generally." He was also referring to the ugly hooliganism that dominated English football during the 1980s. They were forced to wait until April 2016 - 25 years after the event - for an inquest to conclude fans played no part in the deaths. Since its launch, the Premier League has been a huge commercial success across the world - with Sky and Tyler's voice at the heart of it.

Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler has been slammed after linking Hillsborough to 'other hooligan related issues'. The 76-year-old was speaking on BBC ...

We weren’t that long after Hillsborough and other hooligan related issues as well, so it was very much a difficult time for the game generally.’ ‘We certainly didn’t know how satellite television, as it was called in those days, would work. There is no connection at all between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism – I know that, and I was not implying that there was.

MARTIN TYLER has angered listeners with comments on the Hillsborough disaster and football hooliganism.

Martin has since apologised for the comment & clarified that these were separate examples & he did not intend to conflate the two. We regret that we did not robustly challenge Martin Tyler on a comment which appeared to link Hillsborough & hooliganism. Martin has since apologised for the comment and clarified that these were separate examples & he did not intend to conflate the two."

BBC News has apologised for not 'robustly' challenging football commentator Martin Tyler over comments made about the Hillsborough disaster.

Hillsborough survivor and author Adrian Tempany added: "More shoddy journalism from the BBC today. Martin has since apologised for the comment and clarified that these were separate examples & he did not intend to conflate the two." A tweet from the BBC News Press Team account said: "We regret that we did not robustly challenge Martin Tyler on a comment which appeared to link Hillsborough and hooliganism.

BBC radio failed to challenge the commentator's words during a radio interview.

There is no connection at all between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism - I know that, and was not implying there was. “This morning while discussing various crises facing football 30 years ago, I referred to some examples including the Hillsborough disaster and also controversy over hooliganism at matches. We weren’t that long after Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues as well.

Martin Tyler says he did not intend to link the Hillsborough disaster to hooliganism in a BBC interview.

"There is no connection at all between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism - I know that, and I was not implying that there was." He said the game was "in a bit of a crisis at that time", adding: "We weren't that long after Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues as well, so it was a very much a difficult time for the game generally." He added that there was "no connection at all between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism".

MARTIN TYLER came under fire after an interview he did with the BBC on Friday morning.

“Martin has since apologised for the comment and clarified that these were separate examples and he did not intend to conflate the two.” Tyler appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday to mark this month’s 30th anniversary of the Premier League. And he said: “It was a great adventure and 3,000 live matches later - not all commentated by me thankfully for the public - it does seem like it worked. Sky commentator Martin Tyler came under fire on Friday morning after he appeared to link the disaster with hooliganism.

Tyler made the comments whilst speaking on BBC Radio 4.

Martin has since apologised for the comment & clarified that these were separate examples & he did not intend to conflate the two. We regret that we did not robustly challenge Martin Tyler on a comment which appeared to link Hillsborough & hooliganism. They said: “We regret that we did not robustly challenge Martin Tyler on a comment which appeared to link Hillsborough & hooliganism. After decades of fighting disinformation the families of the 97 and thousands more who are still battling today deserve more. We weren't that long after Hillsborough and other hooligan related issues as well, so it was very much a difficult time for the game generally.” After decades of fighting disinformation the families of the 97 and thousands more who are still battling today deserve more.