Andy Gray Sacked by Sky Sports
In case you haven’t already seen the latest UK tabloid news revelations, Andy Gray, leading Sky Sport’s Football Commentator, has been sacked over making derogatory comments about a female football referee off the air. Andy Gray’s immediate dismissal, after stating that “women cannot understand the offside rule”, will have a massive impact for Sky’s coverage of future Premier League games.
In my opinion Andy Gray was inarguably the UK’s best football pundit, commentator and analyst. His Sunday TV show “The Last Word” is renowned for being the most insightful, analytical and entertaining post-match football program which breaks down Premier League games and football transfer information on TV.
In addition to the Last Word, which Gray hosts in the good company of Richard Keyes, Gray has evidently been Sky Sports favourite and most popular football commentator. Him and Keyes have been consistently selected, season after season, to commentate the so-called big “Super Sunday” Premier League games including Man Utd vs Liverpool and Arsenal vs Chelsea.
Andy Gray’s sacking will prove a huge hole to fill in the Sky Sports studio. Possibly to the extent that executives at Sky Sports may soon regret the decision. Gray was a professional Scottish football who made his mark at a number of clubs including Dundee (where he started), Aston Villa, Wolves, Everton and Rangers.
Since retiring in 1990, Gray joined Sky Sports football commentary team in 1992 (before the Premier League began) and has been working for them for the last 20 years. Some UK bookmakers and online casino sites such as William Hill (which provides a range of online gaming services including sports betting, instant win games and poker) are already providing betting odds on what Andy Gray will do next. Betting odds range from 5/2 to show up on Loose Women or I’m a Celebrity and 10/1 to take part in Strictly Come Dancing.
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