throbber Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 In trouble for insensitive Hillsborough comments on the radio where he was talking about the early days of sky sports and mentioned it wasn’t long after the days of “Hillsborough and other hooligan related incidents” https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/martin-tyler-hillsborough-hooligan-interview-b2138846.html?amp I can see how this could have been a slip of the tongue and how he was referring to the way in which English football has evolved in his time at Sky Sports which began at a time not long after supporters were forced into metal pens in the terraces to what it is now. Also, (like when most celebrities get in trouble over tweets/comments they have made) I highly doubt he would deliberately say that as he would be fully aware of the backlash it would cause as there have been a series of other public figures slaughtered over their comments about the disaster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Got slagged for this too which seems a bit harsh. Quote Earlier this summer, Tyler had to issue an on-air apology for saying Ukraine international Heorhiy Bushchan would have to “soldier on” during a match after picking up an injury, in the midst of the invasion of Russia into the goalkeeper’s nation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hope they take him off air. When he does his "and it's live" pish before the start of every match it winds me up. We all know it's fucking live. That's why we've tuned in to watch it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Technically he was correct as Hillsborough occurred due to the fencing and policing in place due to hooligan behaviour. Some of which had been carried out by Liverpool fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 31 minutes ago, jagfox said: Technically he was correct as Hillsborough occurred due to the fencing and policing in place due to hooligan behaviour. Some of which had been carried out by Liverpool fans. Awright, calm down Boris. Anyway. is Tyler the Rangers TV boy? Twat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Awright, calm down Boris. Anyway. is Tyler the Rangers TV boy? Twat. You’re thinking of tyldesley. Tyler is a sad wee premier league fanboy but this isn’t a story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Could've avoided all of this if he'd clarified there was supposed to be a comma after "other" 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: You’re thinking of tyldesley. Tyler is a sad wee premier league fanboy but this isn’t a story. Oh aye Tyldesley's the twat. Agree, non story here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hope they take him off air. When he does his "and it's live" pish before the start of every match it winds me up. We all know it's fucking live. That's why we've tuned in to watch it.You hope that Sky take him off air ? The same Sky that employs Jamie Carragher after he was caught on film spitting in a young lassies face ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Left Back said: Hope they take him off air. When he does his "and it's live" pish before the start of every match it winds me up. We all know it's fucking live. That's why we've tuned in to watch it. Have you heard Ian Crocker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Think some folk have just used this as an opportunity to have a go at someone they didn't like anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, accies1874 said: Think some folk have just used this as an opportunity to have a go at someone they didn't like anyway. What? On P&B? How very dare you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, accies1874 said: Think some folk have just used this as an opportunity to have a go at someone they didn't like anyway. Martin Tyler is a bit of an old knob who's made a handsome living from fully buying into the whole Murdoch fuelled 'best league in the world', 'nowhere else would this happen' mythology. However, in this instance, he's clearly just been slightly careless with language. The apology was probably necessary, but it's in place and fulsome. Nobody needs to be making anything of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 26 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Martin Tyler is a bit of an old knob who's made a handsome living from fully buying into the whole Murdoch fuelled 'best league in the world', 'nowhere else would this happen' mythology. However, in this instance, he's clearly just been slightly careless with language. The apology was probably necessary, but it's in place and fulsome. Nobody needs to be making anything of it. that's his job tbf Also liverpool fans are a bunch of greetin faced p***ks, when it comes to Hillsborough they're like a kid at school who had lost a parent then subsequently spent the rest of their youth bringing that up whenever it suited them -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Alan Davies created a storm about 10 years ago when he did a feature on his own podcast (he’s an Arsenal fan) about why Liverpool refused to play on the 15 th April and why the FA allow it and why everyone else has to have their schedule moved around to accommodate it. It was a perfectly reasonable point to make but needless to say he received a backlash from angry scousers who probably never heard his actual comments and just jumped on the bandwagon. Davies eventually apologised and offered 10k to the Hillsborough charity which they didn’t accept and branded him a disgrace for what he said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I think Tyler is extremely irritating and his bizarre attempts at humour through contrived plays on words is dismal. But he's clearly made an honest error here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I’ve just read the story and it certainly comes across as a slip in the meaning he was trying to portray. The fallout here smacks of people desperate to be offended and the most disgusting thing here is the reaction of some people to the mistaken comment by Tyler. One said “Even now, people whose careers are built on football still spread these foul smears,". No he wasn’t, he made a mistake with his punctuation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hopefully Bonnie has a word with him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 7 hours ago, kingjoey said: people desperate to be offended Liverpool fans? Nah, never! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 7 hours ago, bennett said: Hopefully Bonnie has a word with him. Before he inadvertently cause further heartache? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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