Soccer AM

Having been a staple of any fans' match day since the beginning of the Premier League era, iconic hosts such as Tim Lovejoy, Helen Chamberlain, Max Rushden and ...

"We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Staff at the studios in West London were apparently told on Tuesday morning that the programme would be ending in the late stretches of May - with redundancies also in place once the season is over. A Sky spokesperson said: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

First broadcast in 1995, the programme will be removed from Sky's schedule at the end of the current Premier League season, with ten editions remaining. A ...

“It’s too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. “We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. “I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t watch it. “I stopped watching it when I left, it was too hard to watch it,” [did not confirm a report of the cancellation to the Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-soccer-am-axed-sky-29520670) but said consultations were underway as the organisation tries to adapt to the “evolving needs” of viewers.

It was previously hosted by Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy, but as mentioned above, is now hosted by John Fendley and former Premier League footballer Jimmy ...

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. It’s going to be an interesting watch over the next few weeks.” The show is currently fronted by John Fendley and Jimmy Bullard. Popular Sky Sports show Soccer AM is set to be axed at the end of the season, after almost three decades on air.

Soccer AM first aired on television in 1995 but only ten more episodes will be broadcast on Sky.

Between 1995 and 2001, the programme broadcast for an average of 240 minutes but that has dropped steadily since then with a 90-minute broadcast on offer now. [@SoccerAM](https://twitter.com/SoccerAM) is finishing at the end of the season," he tweeted. Fans on social media greeted the news with a mix of anger and sorrow. "Gutted, but not surprised," a third tweeted. "We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. A fourth agreed, adding: "About time unfortunately. Staff were informed on Tuesday that the show would be getting axed, with a round of redundancies also set to come into force at the end of the season. Soccer AM was originally launched back in 1995 with Russ Williams and Helen Chamberlain appointed as the original hosts. "British television heritage. "Absolute shambles. Soccer AM will be replaced by alternative programme the Saturday Social which was previously broadcast at 9:30am but will now go out an hour later. "I had 14 years of going through Premier League & [@EFL](https://twitter.com/EFL) clubs dressing rooms.

Over the years, a number of combinations of hosts have presented the show, with Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain an iconic duo. However, it looks like the show ...

Everything has sell by date & the Soccer AM had reached that point." I’m sure the lads will get snapped up by another network for a new show. Not everyone is so sad to see it go, though. Surely a petition is already in place @jimmybullard @fennerstweets?" "I’m fuming," slammed a third. While someone else added: "Save @SoccerAM!!

Soccer AM, the TV show that initially surfed the mid-90s boom in football and lads' mags culture before becoming a well-loved staple of Sky Sports' Saturday ...

As Lovejoy told the Athletic in 2020: “I wanted to make a football show that you could enjoy without liking football. In its peak years, under the hosts Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain, millions enjoyed the show’s mix of highlights, zany humour and quirky features. According to reports, Saturday Social, which previously aired before Soccer AM, will fill the vacant slot from next season with an aim of attracting younger viewers.

Soccer AM is set to be cancelled by Sky after more than 30 years of programming in the UK. The show, which first aired in 1995, has ten episodes left before ...

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Max Rushden also hosted it for seven years, as has Peter ‘Tubes’ Dale who has long been associated with the programme. A Sky Spokesperson said: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

Football show to finish in May after almost 30 years. Soccer AM. Sky Sports' long-running football magazine show Soccer AM is set to end once its current ...

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. It previously aired at 9.30am as the lead-in to Soccer AM. A Sky spokesperson stated: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

Cult football programme Soccer AM is being cancelled by Sky after almost 30 years on air. The broadcaster has made the decision due to failing ratings.

The decision to axe Soccer AM is just the latest in a long line of calls made by Sky bosses over recent years. “It’s too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. I tune in every now and then because Fenners is on it and I want to support him. Between 1995 and 2001, the programme broadcast for an average of 240 minutes but that has dropped steadily since then with a 90-minute broadcast on offer now. For the show to last more than 25 years is phenomenal really." A source talking to The Sun said: "It was a complete bombshell. Speaking to Mirror Sport, current host Bullard revealed how testing it was to keep the programme relevant in an ever-changing landscape. Speaking in an interview with The Athletic in 2020, he said: “I stopped watching it when I left, it was too hard to watch it. "We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Soccer AM was originally launched back in 1995 with Russ Williams and Helen Chamberlain appointed as the original hosts. Current hosts John Fendley and Jimmy Bullard are reported to be "fuming" at the announcement. The segment was dropped in 2015 after facing severe criticism.

The iconic football show has just ten episodes left, which will take it to the end of the current season. Soccer Am is coming to an end. 4.

“Just heard that Soccer AM is finishing at the end of the season,” he tweeted. To be a fan for so long and then sit on the orange sofa was the stuff of dreams.” “We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Fun part of my time at Sky.” Reacting to the news, Goldstein said on Instagram: “Just seen that after 30 years Soccer Am will come to an end. A Sky Spokesperson added: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

Soccer AM will be taken off air by Sky Sports in May, bringing down the curtain on 28 years of the classic football chat show which was a staple of Saturday ...

“I think we’ve won a lot of the public over, from the noises that I hear, and I think we’ve won a lot of people within football back as well. But he felt that the addition of Bullard and a change of direction had breathed new life into it and helped turn “the ship round.” He worked as a producer from 1996 to 2007 before stepping in front of the camera in 2015. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) reports that Sky bosses told the Soccer AM staff of the decision on Tuesday. "We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. [The news broke on Wednesday morning](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-soccer-am-axed-sky-29520670) that Soccer AM will not return for a new series, meaning there are now just 10 episodes left.

Sky Sports has decided to axe Soccer AM once the 2022-23 football season is concluded.

"We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. [the newspaper](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679479082): "It was a complete bombshell. Morale is at an all-time low, they are raging. [Soccer AM](https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/19419056.footballer-fails-claim-spotted-soccer/) has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679479082) that the decision has not gone down too well, especially with current hosts John Fendley and [Jimmy Bullard](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13769380.amp/). [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679479082), staff were told on Tuesday (March 21) that the show would be coming to an end, with the last episode set to air on Saturday, May 27.

Axed Soccer AM was no longer able to maintain its impact amid changing times and the departure of star presenters, a PR expert said today.

The show also saw an exodus of popular presenters who fronted the show and made it such a success, such as Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain. 'It's too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. What started as a three-second delay soon became ten seconds. Staff were reportedly told yesterday that [the show](/tvshowbiz/article-9544855/Jimmy-Bullard-42-considers-getting-Botox-soften-crevices-eyes.html) was to wrap up at the end of the current season. It was pulled in 2015 after it triggered claims that they were being exploited or mocked by the 'laddish banter'. Soccer AM went on to become the first live show on Sky to have to go on a broadcast delay due to lewd references and swearing. 'I couldn't do it. The football show is set to be shelved after almost 30 years as part of a drastic Sky Sports shake-up The 90-minute football comedy show includes a variety of segments as well as sitdowns with some of the game's biggest players and managers. The Soccer AM Soccerette was a – now outdated – feature of the show where a young woman modelling a football shirt would appear ‘There has been a lack of promotion of the programme and it has lacked any energy and become quite tired. - The show has been on since 1995 and news is said to have been a 'bombshell'

The football and chat show has been aired by the broadcaster on Saturday mornings since 1995, and at its peak was hosted by Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain.

“We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. [until her own departure in 2017](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a835039/soccer-am-helen-chamberlain-departure-two-new-presenters/). [ITV announces it's axing CITV channel after 40 years](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43271417/itv-citv-axed-itvx-kids/) [Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Jeremy Clarkson to come to an end](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43141732/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-jeremy-clarkson-ending/) [football](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43278519/alex-scott-bbc-football-focus-gary-lineker/) and chat show has been aired by the broadcaster on Saturday mornings since 1995, and at its peak was hosted by [Tim Lovejoy](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a32790538/sunday-brunch-tim-lovejoy-fall-blooper/) and Helen Chamberlain. [Sky](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a37934297/sky-glass-tv-price-packages-cost-multiroom/) has responded to reports that Soccer AM is ending after nearly 30 years on TV.

No less than four England internationals are graduates of Soccer AM's Skill Skool after showcasing their tricks on the cult Sky Sports show.It has bee.

[Sterling](https://talksport.com/who/raheem-sterling/) took part in Skill Skool when he was just 15, but his flicks and tricks weren’t enough to get him the win. Asante left Birmingham after just one match, where he has made a career for himself in England’s lower leagues, with the striker now a key player for Chesterfield in the National League. [Redmond](https://talksport.com/who/nathan-redmond/) earned his solitary England cap in 2017 just five years after his Soccer AM appearance. [Henderson](https://talksport.com/who/jordan-henderson/) has won every domestic trophy as well as the European Cup, Luscombe left Sunderland without a senior appearance, where he last featured for Celtic Nations in the Northern League in 2014. [Liverpool](https://talksport.com/sport/football/team/113209/liverpool/) skipper lifted the club’s first league title in 30 years in 2020, he took part in Skill Skool against fellow Black Cats prospect Luscoumbe. [decided to cancel the TV programme](https://talksport.com/football/1370186/soccer-am-cancelled-sky-sports-30-years/) after 30 years on the airwaves.

Two Premier League winners, four England internationals... and a Championship goal-scoring machine! The most notable graduates from Soccer AM's 'Skill Skool' as ...

Unlike Henderson, Ings emerged victorious in the skill battle with Holmes. Not bad for a Skill Skool runner-up... The format was later changed, with no victor declared and no Rocket. While Redmond has had a decent spell at the top level, his opponent Asante had a good career in Non League having played for the likes of Chesterfield and Chester. A 16-year-old Ings was a youngster at Bournemouth and was given the chance to show what he could do when he took on Cherries team-mate Muzzy Holmes. But it was not to be on the day for a fresh-faced Henderson as he was soundly beaten by Luscombe - whose routine bizarrely included the use of a skipping rope.

The popular Sunday morning TV show will be removed from Sky's broadcasting schedule at the end of the current Premier League season, with 10 episodes still ...

The more political side of it all, to me, wasn’t something I was interested in.” “We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Soccer AM was launched on Sky Sports in 1995.

The iconic long running football show has been a fixture on Sky Sports for nearly three decades, but only has 10 more episodes, with the end of the current ...

"We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. Retired footballer Bullard delighted viewers with the Soccer AM Pro AM feature, which saw celebrities and professionals compete in an arena with a series of shooting drills in a bid to win cash prizes for fans. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) newspaper: "'Soccer AM' has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers.

The football programme will be taken off air at the end of the season after almost 30 years since its launch.

Confirming the move to shelve Soccer AM, a Sky Spokesperson told the ECHO: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. Those affected by the cancellation of the show will have the opportunity to discuss the proposals before any final decisions are made. Lovejoy stuck around until 2007, first succeeded by Andy Goldstein and later Max Rushden. John "Fenners" Fendley and Jimmy Bullard have served as co-hosts in recent years. READ NEXT: READ MORE:

Following reports of the show's cancellation on Wednesday, a Sky spokesperson told the BBC: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football ...

Following reports of the show’s cancellation on Wednesday, a Sky spokesperson told the BBC: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. The feature saw young females as Soccerettes come onto the show modelling a Soccer AM T-shirt and then face questioning from the presenters. The light-hearted Saturday morning football talk show first aired in 1995 and became popular for its fun games and celebrity guests.

The light-hearted Saturday morning football talk show first aired in 1995 and became popular for its fun games and celebrity guests.

The feature saw young females as Soccerettes come onto the show modelling a Soccer AM T-shirt and then face questioning from the presenters. After 28 years the show is reportedly set to air its final episode on May 27, when the current Premier League football season draws to a close. The light-hearted Saturday morning football talk show first aired in 1995 and became popular for its fun games and celebrity guests.

IT will be toughto fill thevacuum when Soccer AM goes off air in may.But long-running star Rocket might just know how - as he once once ha.

"It was like a way of getting them into work. "It was a way of making them feel like a normal kid because out there they were seen as like pests, a nuisance, by the police. [the Saturday morning football show](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21798779/soccer-am-cancelled-latest-sky-sports/), having worked on it until 2017, for 19 of its 28 years. "It was one of those moments where you felt proud to be a part of that." "But the one thing that really stood out is when we went to Afghanistan we got videos of the troops doing Christmas messages to loved ones. "Some guy won me on the show and I had to hoover his house and clean his curtains."

I LOVED watching Soccer AM so much that I appeared as a Soccerette twice.The weekend show was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was.

The end of Soccer AM is a sign of the times. [Soccer AM](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/10406530/soccer-am-best-moments-kasabian-volley/) was the first time I really felt that a female host was holding their own on a football show. But it was a show that thrived in the 1990s and I don’t think it would get commissioned now. [ Helen Chamberlain](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10407099/former-soccer-am-presenter-helen-chamberlain/) was a trailblazer for women in sports presenting. [The weekend show](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/10404154/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was essential viewing for a football fan like me. I was a Soccer AM Soccerette TWICE – it was great fun for models like me but I have a different view of it now

The light-hearted Saturday morning football talk show first aired in 1995 and became popular for its fun games and celebrity guests. Following reports of the ...

Following reports of the show’s cancellation on Wednesday, a Sky spokesperson told the BBC: “Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. [Sky](/topic/sky) is reportedly set to cancel Soccer AM after nearly three decades on air. Sky set to cancel Soccer AM after nearly three decades on air

talkSPORT host Andy Goldstein has explained why he isn't sad to see Soccer AM cancelled, having previously hosted the show.It has been revealed the sp.

“I was really honoured to be part of it. “Really honoured that it’s on my CV, but I haven’t watched it for years. I much preferred the Friday night show, I did four years of that.

I LOVED watching Soccer AM so much that I appeared as a Soccerette twice.The weekend show was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was.

The end of Soccer AM is a sign of the times. A lot of people will be nostalgic about Soccer AM and it is a shame it is ending. I was a Soccer AM Soccerette TWICE – it was great fun for models like me but I have a different view of it now

Sky Sports have decided to axe long-running programme Soccer AM and they are also placing the jobs of reporters on Soccer Saturday at risk amid a round of ...

The show runs on Saturday mornings, with 90 minutes of football chat, comedy skits, interviews and challenges for guests and fans. Sky has pulled the plug due to declining viewership and a desire to attract a younger audience. [were understood to be “fuming”](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jimmy-bullard-fuming-soccer-am-29521308) at the decision, which will make them redundant once they have broadcast the final 10 episodes. "We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. He later changed his mind and remains at the forefront of the show, with a revolving cast of pundits, including the likes of Paul Merson, Clinton Morrison, Tim Sherwood, Sue Smith and Michael Dawson. The breakfast chat show has been a staple of Sky’s weekend offering since it was first broadcast in 1995.

We should have ditched the Soccerettes earlier but the show was huge anarchic fun, from sword fighting with Leboeuf to Ginola's swearing frenzy.

A lot of people behind the scenes have been there for years and years, it’s a huge part of their lives. From Tim Lovejoy at the start all the way through to whoever counts down to the final second of the final show. And there was always some football to show a minute later – the best goals, the showboat, the third eye. Perhaps had I been more experienced, or stronger willed, I would have campaigned to lose it sooner, but I didn’t; 2010 simultaneously wasn’t that long ago, but feels like a completely different time – that’s the excuse everyone uses right? Once someone shouted: “You’ll never be Lovejoy you mug” when I was wandering down the road minding my own business, and Twitter lights up now and again telling me I ruined it all. The week that Richard Keys and Andy Gray went we were expressly told not to mention it. You would pop into the green room to see Kevin Hart in conversation with Bananarama while Wagner from X Factor and Brett Ormerod were having a cup of tea. But very slowly I vaguely learned what I was doing – I was lucky to be next to a brilliant broadcaster in Helen Chamberlain. The show had an energy and a soul. [Sky is dropping Soccer AM](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/22/time-runs-out-for-soccer-am-as-sky-sports-pulls-plug-on-programme) at the end of this season but it has taken me on a nostalgic journey thinking about the good times. It was charming and silly and kind of hazily endless – no matter what you did on a Saturday morning, it would still be on when you got in. My first vivid memory of Soccer AM was in a hungover stupor sprawled across a sofa at a mate’s student house in Birmingham in the late 90s.

Soccer Saturday looks set to be next in line for a series of cuts at Sky - after the broadcasting giants announced fan-favourite show Soccer AM would be ...

"We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. However, the fan favourite then provided a dramatic U-turn when he revealed he would be remaining part of the show for this campaign. Soccer Saturday has already axed some of its most popular staff members. Sky have now set its eyes on a significant reshuffle at Soccer Saturday, with some of its most popular reporters told to reapply for their roles. [via The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21808129/sky-sports-soccer-saturday-job-risk/): "Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers. [According to the Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11891991/Sky-Sports-football-reporters-told-reapply-jobs-broadcaster-continues-make-cuts.html), some of the longest-serving and most popular reporters who provide live updates for Soccer Saturday are at risk.

The popular British Saturday morning football programme is set to be shelved after as part of a drastic Sky Sports shake-up.

There was always at least one person that managed to do it, and often even some of the biggest names got it wrong. The bit was a send of actor Danny Dyer's own documentary series The Real Football Factories , and boy did it work. There were plenty of football grounds up and down the country in the late 2000s where when a team went 2-0... It even appeared on a Football Manager game and an episode of Eastenders. The premise was simple. Take 'Franky Fryer' and the 'Away Days' segment. or even 1-0 up the chant of 'easy, easy, easy' would soon follow. We pushed it to the line a lot of the time.' 'It's too hard for me because I watch it all and I want to join in with it. And how comes he has such a big following? [told The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21806592/tim-lovejoy-rocket-soccer-am-push-boundaries/). 'Sky has made a proposal about next season and we will go into a consultation process.

As Soccer AM announces it's ending after tits current season, fans are looking back at some of the best - and most questionable moments, including the ...

Soccer AM announced that this season of the football show would be the last, after it began in 1995. In the segment, girls, many of whom were newly-18, walk on stage in their favourite football shirts, while men in the audience jeer and catcall them. A compilation of the best moment's from Soccer AM's Soccerettes segment has resurfaced - and it's proving how much TV has changed.

After leaving Soccer AM in 2017, Helen Chamberlain, 55, embarked on a life in Surrey filled with farming and metal detecting, which Tim Lovejoy has compared ...

'We now go into a period of consultation to discuss the proposed changes with our people. I had the farm to see to. Despite her life on the farm, she has returned to TV to present a number of shows in recent years - including the inaugural World Seniors Darts Championship This place won't be the same without you.' Despite her life on the farm, she has returned to TV to present a number of shows in recent years - including the inaugural World Seniors Darts Championship. She told the Athletic in 2020 about life on her farm after presenting the show for 22 years. She told her former co-host that she found it 'liberating' leaving the show because it allowed her to enjoy her love of football again. It was announced she was leaving Soccer AM in 2017, with the official account sharing a message which read: 'Farewell and thank you to Mrs Soccer AM. She began on the football show in 1995 alongside Lovejoy and became one of the show's most popular presenters. Helen began presenting the football show in 1995 and ended up leaving in 2017, embarking on a countryside life filled with farming and metal detecting (left, in 2012, and right, in 2022) She embarked on a countryside life filled with farming and metal detecting, which her former co-host Tim Lovejoy has compared to her own version of The Good Life. She was one of the most recognisable presenter of the nineties, appearing weekly on the Soccer AM sofa alongside football pundits and other stars.

Back in 2000 showrunners at Sky Sport's legendary morning football show Soccer AM unwittingly accepted a request from Hibs' notorious Capital City Service ...

Scores of viewers - no doubt a good few Hearts supporters among them - phoned, wrote in and emailed to express their disgust at the show booking on a group of genuine football casuals. It was enough for Lovejoy and the Soccer AM team to acquiesce. There were dozens of empty bottles and cans on the hotel's beautifully-maintained lawns and flower beds." "As it was Bobby's idea, we got him to phone Sky and put our case. CCS!" When the cameras started rolling, the seven men burst into chants of "CCS! Still heavily-intoxicated from the night before, the Edinburgh soccer casuals rocked up that following morning at the Soccer AM studios where they were about to embark on a live telly event reminiscent of the Sex Pistols on the Bill Grundy show. In the book Blance writes: "Bobby Lipscomb's suggestion for a group of us to apply on Sky Television's Saturday morning football show Soccer AM was a stroke of genius. Clearly none of this was on the mind of Soccer AM showrunners when they accepted a request from seven CCS members, including Bobby Lipscomb, Andy Blance and Derek Dykes to appear on the show. [Soccer AM](https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/soccer-am) after 28 years, we look back at the time a group of [Hibs hooligans](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-hibs-casuals-met-actor-23577716) tricked their way to appearing on the programme. [Hibs Boy: The Life and Violent Times of Scotland's Most Notorious Football Hooligan](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibs-Boy-Scotlands-Notorious-Football/dp/1905769199). Getting real football supporters to appear on the show was a regular feature of Soccer AM, but this time the team were left wishing they'd done a little more research.

You never knew what you were going to get on Soccer AM, but the sight of former WWE superstar Kelly Kelly sitting beside Chris Kamara and Rocket was ...

Vote for Tubes, Lovejoy, Hells-Bells and more](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/soccer-am-presenters-crew-members-29524800) Looked good, sounded great and Rocket says she even smelt amazing!” She wrestled on WWE for six years, before eventually leaving in 2012. It read, “interesting fact: Her finishing move is called the Kelly Killer and it involves ‘putting the other girl's head under my legs and pounding her face again and again’. Kamara and Rocket also had plenty more to say on her. The American, whose real name is Barbie Blank (yes, really), is normally more accustomed to throwing opponents across the ring. It’s safe to say, she made quite the impression.

I LOVED watching Soccer AM so much that I appeared as a Soccerette twice.The weekend show was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was.

[Soccer AM](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21799327/soccer-am-best-moments-kasabian-volley/) was the first time I really felt that a female host was holding their own on a football show. [ Helen Chamberlain](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/21800978/former-soccer-am-presenter-helen-chamberlain/) was a trailblazer for women in sports presenting. [YouTube](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/youtube/) shows or listen to podcasts. [Soccer AM](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21798317/soccer-am-soccerettes-where-now/). [The weekend show](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21795192/sky-sports-soccer-am-axed/) was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was essential viewing for a football fan like me. I was a Soccer AM Soccerette TWICE – it was great fun for models like me but I have a different view of it now

Fendley hosts alongside former professional footballer Jimmy Bullard, with the final edition of the programme expected to air on May 27, and he took to ...

[Plans to axe Soccer AM ](/sport/football/article-11889513/Soccer-AXED-end-season-shake-up.html)- which has been hugely successful for the broadcasting giants since it was first aired in 1995 - are part of a wider shake-up at Sky Sports. 'Sky has made a proposal about next season and we will go into a consultation process. Soccer AM is reportedly to be taken off air at the end of the season as part of a Sky shake-up [ long-serving and popular football reporters](/sport/football/article-11894311/Now-Sky-Sports-pitchside-reporter-Geoff-Shreeves-threat-AXED.html) are among those believed to be at risk, with [the axing of Soccer AM](/sport/football/article-11890139/Soccer-wants-PR-experts-say-Skys-axed-football-ran-steam.html) not marking the end of cuts. [facing the axe at Sky Sports.](/sport/football/article-11891991/Sky-Sports-football-reporters-told-reapply-jobs-broadcaster-continues-make-cuts.html) [Now Sky Sports' reporter Geoff Shreeves faces the axe as part of huge shake-up](/sport/football/article-11894311/Now-Sky-Sports-pitchside-reporter-Geoff-Shreeves-threat-AXED.html)

Aberdeen and their players have featured on the show on a few occasions over the years, from a "Fans of the Week", to a crossbar challenge and a "Skill ...

Jack then went first in the second round of the challenge, and it could not have done any worse for him. But midfielder Masson went into the second part of the challenge ahead, scoring from a corner with his weaker left foot at the 12th attempt. The players were tasked from scoring directly from a corner on both sides, first with their strong foot and then with their weaker one. Later in the show Chamberlain then joined the group of Aberdeen fans, who gifted her with a Cadbury's Easter Egg for being asked to come on the programme. After being introduced by Lovejoy, the fans were quizzed about their team's struggles under caretaker manager Paul Hegarty at Pittodrie that season, as the Dons went onto finish just nine points off the relegation zone at the end of the campaign. Future Scotland international Chris Maguire, who went onto make 158 appearances for Aberdeen, did battle with fellow striker Callum McRobbie over three rounds of challenges to determine a winner. [here](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/newsletter-preference-centre/). [transfer news](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/sport/football/jak-alnwick-targeted-aberdeen-jim-6792716) and more from [Pittodrie](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/sport/football/), from articles, videos, interviews and more. But the broadcasting giants have now confirmed that the show, which is currently hosted by John Fendley and former football Jimmy Bullard, will broadcast its last ever programme on Saturday 27th May. ["2-Footed Corner Challenge"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh7xmHoAeIA) on the Pittodrie turf. [eight Aberdeen fans were invited onto the live show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRXOn7tuBw4) in Soccer AM's "Fans of the Week" feature. [ UK](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/uk-world-news/).