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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Max Rushden

My bad TV history qualifies me to discuss Disney’s women’s football coverage

A golden retriever, farfalle pasta, Lianne Sanderson attends the 2026 Women's Football Awards, Alex Scott during the launch of the UEFA Women's Champions on Disney+.
Disney’s WCL coverage featured plenty of pasta chat, Barley Boy and more traditionally Lianne Sanderson and Alex Scott. Composite: Guardian Pictures; Alamy; Getty Images; Disney+/Getty Images

Disclaimer: I have made a lot of bad TV programmes. I have done quite a few below-average radio shows. Podcasts, there are millions of them – some might say too many – and I’ve done my fair share that won’t go down in history. In between those, I’ve hopefully done some pretty good ones – it’s not for me to say.

I have had good ideas and the odd great one that didn’t make it to air (attention the full-size unreferenced post-Keys and Gray elephant in the Soccer AM studio). I’ve had more awful ones. I’ve hosted shows where I’ve had almost complete editorial control, and ones where I could have been replaced by a performing monkey.

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