Soccer AM
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| Starring | Jane Hoffen (1995) Russ Williams (1995–96) Gary A. Stevens (1995–96) Helen Chamberlain (1995–present) Tim Lovejoy (1996–2007) Andy Goldstein (2007–08) Max Rushden (2008–2015) John Fendley (2015-present) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Running time | 240 minutes (1995–2001) 180 minutes (2001–2010) 120 minutes (2010–2016) 90 minutes (2016-present) |
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| Original network | Sky Sports |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1995–2002) 16:9 (2002–present) |
| Original release | 1995 – present |
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| Website | |
Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League (though also showing clips from The Football League, Scottish Premiership and some European leagues). Originally presented by Jane Hoffen, Gary A. Stevens and Russ Williams, they lasted just a year before Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy replaced them, where Lovejoy served for over a decade. He has since been replaced by Andy Goldstein and, more recently, Max Rushden who has now been replaced by John Fendley. The show has been aired on Sky Sports 1 each Saturday morning of the football season since 1995. In early 2009, the 500th episode was broadcast. Although the show is filmed live from 2010 it has been broadcast on a momentary delay due to bad language and/or inappropriate content from certain guests.
From the 2016/17 season the show changed its running time to just 90 minutes, cutting well known segments out of the show such as the fans of the week.
The "Fans of the Week" feature has been a mainstay of the show. Eight fans of a British football club come in as studio guests every week, seated in the "Luther Blissett Stand". The Luther Blissett Stand was opened by Chris Waddle on 20 December 1997. Everton fans were the first fans to sit in the newly renamed stand. They are featured in various aspects of the show, culminating in a team footballing challenge at the end of the programme.
The challenge involves the fans attempting to kick a football through a number of holes within the sixty second time limit. The challenge has been renamed almost every season, along with the props and background music for the feature. The other studio guests all have the opportunity to attempt to score as well. Its various guises through the years include:
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