Bob Wilson was at home in Christchurch, Dorset, when news reached him that Football Focus, the BBC programme he built into a television institution, would be screened for the final time next month.

Alex Scott reacted to the axing of Football Focus by saying she was quitting the show anyway. The BBC announced on Thursday that it is dropping one of its longest-running sports programmes at the end ...

The BBC has announced the end of one of its longest-running programmes, Football Focus. It’s been a fixture of Saturday lunchtimes since 1974. But the final whistle will blow when this season finishes ...

BBC Sport has announced that its long-running Football Focus programme will be axed end of the current football season. The programme has been a staple of the BBC’s football coverage since 1974, ...

Legendary Football Focus presenter Bob Wilson has laid into the BBC for ditching the iconic show after 52 years. The ex-Arsenal goalie, who joined the Beeb to present footie for two decades, said it ...