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BBC Sport confirms end to Football Focus as football content expands across platforms

Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has decided to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season.

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BBC Scraps Football Focus After 52 Years, Announces Replacement

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BBC axes Football Focus after 52 years - and reveals what will replace it

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Football Focus to end after 52 years

Football Focus is to end after 52 years, BBC Sport has announced.

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Richard Keys: Football Focus axe is ‘sign of the times’ and MOTD will be next

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The bittersweet demise of Football Focus in an era of magic witch portals

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BBC confirms changes to two more shows as Football Focus scrapped after 52 years

The BBC's announcement stated the decision to end the show was taken owing to "changing audience behaviours" and the corporation's "need to respond appropriately".

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BBC announces it’s scrapping iconic sports show after 52 years

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Dan Walker releases emotional statement after BBC Football Focus axe decision

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I hosted iconic BBC show for 20 years and I am so disappointed they’ve scrapped it

Legendary Football Focus host Bob Wilson has admitted it is ‘disappointing’ the show will come off air this summer. The BBC announced on Thursday that the programme will come to an end

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Alex Scott: ‘I was quitting Football Focus anyway’

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 of the season after 52 years on air.

Football Focus to end after 52 years on BBC TV

The BBC have confirmed that they will stop production of Football Focus after 52 years on our TV screens. The show, used to preview the weekend’s Premier League action on a Saturday lunchtime, was first aired in 1974.