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Fraser Watson

Match of the Day history to be made this weekend with first ever father-son punditry team

The father and son duo of Ian Wright and Shaun Wright-Phillips will break a new barrier when they team up on Match of the Day this Saturday.

Wright, 59, has become a permanent fixture on the programme, despite his recent boycott over what he perceived as unfair treatment by the BBC towards presenter Gary Lineker. In 2022, the former Arsenal striker was crowned the TV/Radio Pundit of the Year by the Football Supporters' Association for a second time.

Alan Shearer is his usual punditry partner alongside Lineker, but this week he'll sit alongside a figure even more familiar to him. Wright and Wright-Phillips, 41, will become the first ever father and son partnership to be employed by the programme on the same show.

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