It's time for Martin Tyler to retire

[LeningradCowboy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-62435996

Football commentator Martin Tyler has apologised after referring to "Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues" in a BBC interview.

[The Lone Gunman]

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It’s a massive overreaction. Tyler’s a decent man. If he’d used the word ‘various’ instead of ‘other’, nobody would have batted an eyelid. I’m sure he wasn’t for one minute suggesting Hillsborough was a hooligan issue.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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It’s a massive overreaction. Tyler’s a decent man. If he’d used the word ‘various’ instead of ‘other’, nobody would have batted an eyelid. I’m sure he wasn’t for one minute suggesting Hillsborough was a hooligan issue.

Absolutely.

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Seems like a slip of the tongue to me too

[Q]

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Everyone with a political leaning in Liverpool always jumps on every word of the disaster that gives themselves air time. It was a disaster but they still use it as a political points scoring.....

Sadly it was the same for politicians at the time who jumped on hooliganism & Hillsb'gh for the same reasons - political points scoring

Everyone forgets that the way fans were treated across the country at any game was dehumanised - open air toilets, horses charging through, people rammed together, etc etc - and the idiots - the hooligans - gave owners and authorities more justification for treating people the way they did. Thats the only linkage - hooligans made it acceptable for these people to behave the way they did at Hills'bgh and for the lies to seem believable.

As for Tyler - yep decent guy; used the wrong word. if only they would Calm Down, Calm Down

[Grangenders]

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His comments are minor compared to comments and actions of former and present members of Sky Sports.

[Joe Gillis]

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A slip of the tongue. However, he should be sacked for this...
'AND ITS LIVE!'

[Lither_1927]

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His comments are minor compared to comments and actions of former and present members of Sky Sports.

Any examples?

[Vindec]

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Everyone on TV is under the spotlight. Even the slightest slip is highlighted. He's a decent commentator and that's enough for me.

[mrbluejay]

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It’s a massive overreaction. Tyler’s a decent man. If he’d used the word ‘various’ instead of ‘other’, nobody would have batted an eyelid. I’m sure he wasn’t for one minute suggesting Hillsborough was a hooligan issue.

This.

What happened at Hillsborough was awful and the cover up completely wrong, could have been any of us. However they do like to jump on any misstep regarding it, Tyler used a wrong word - simple as that. Sky are a pretty obnoxious organisation, but I hope they don’t bow to pressure.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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This.

What happened at Hillsborough was awful and the cover up completely wrong, could have been any of us. However they do like to jump on any misstep regarding it, Tyler used a wrong word - simple as that. Sky are a pretty obnoxious organisation, but I hope they don’t bow to pressure.

I've heard the interview in question. He leaves quite a pause after saying Hillsborough, it wasn't as if he just rattled off 'Hillsborough and other hooligan related issues' in one breath.

It's where we're at, though. During the Wales - Ukraine playoff final Tyler said of an injured Ukrainian player that he would 'soldier on'. I regard Tyler as one of the best wordsmiths to commentate on football. It's where society is at, though, where someone now gets rinsed for an accidental slip of the tongue. Surely common sense dictates whether something is accidental or not.

[The Bloop]

Re: It's time for Martin Tyler to retire

It’s a massive overreaction. Tyler’s a decent man. If he’d used the word ‘various’ instead of ‘other’, nobody would have batted an eyelid. I’m sure he wasn’t for one minute suggesting Hillsborough was a hooligan issue.

Spot on

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Tyler has done nothing wrong

But the reason why Merseyside is so twitchy about Hillsborough is because .....it was a fecking traumatic nightmare

It's not good saying the scousers are victims etc as if a similar disaster happened to us it would have torn our fans and city to bits . And like Liverpool , it would still be very raw .

[StraightOuttaCanton]

Re: It's time for Martin Tyler to retire

It’s a massive overreaction. Tyler’s a decent man. If he’d used the word ‘various’ instead of ‘other’, nobody would have batted an eyelid. I’m sure he wasn’t for one minute suggesting Hillsborough was a hooligan issue.

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[+ the native hipster]

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did he mean heysel when he mentioned other hooligan related issues ?