A Timeline of Football Punditry
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Updated: 25 Oct 2017
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Created byOli Porkchopz
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June 1970
Jimmy Hill introduces the first panel of
pundits for the 1970 Fifa World Cup in MexicoAugust 2017
Channel 5's Football On 5 introduces
the showing of short analysis clips
sent in by supporters over social mediaOctober 2012
The birth of ArsenalFanTV,
a supporter-ran YouTube channel
with over 500k subscribers.1992/93
Inaugural season of the Premier LeagueAugust 2013
Launch of BT SportApril 1991
Sky Sports is launchedAugust 1970
First slow motion replays introducedMay 2015
Match of the Day stalwart Alan Hansen
retires after 22 years on the showJune 2013
Charismatic pair Jamie Carragher &
Gary Neville join Sky's Monday Night Football
as pundits.August 1995
Alan Hansen makes infamous
'you'll never win anything with kids' comment
- an example of when punditry backfires.Periods
The History of Football Punditry
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