REMEMBER when you used to laugh at your dad for going on about "the good old days"?
And here I am, going on about the good old days.
But one thing that bugs me (amongst the many things that do) is the lack of a decent footie show on the telly these days.
I used to love a bit of Saint & Greavsie for a not-too-serious look at the game and there was another great show on BBC2 years ago - Standing Room Only - which was like a televised fanzine presented by Simon O'Brien and Shelley Webb (remember the 'supporterloo'?).
Baddiel and Skinner's Fantasy Football was another classic – introducing the football world to 'Statto' and the hilarious 'Phoenix from the Flames' which saw the pair act out a famous moment from football with someone from the incident in question...on a park, with jumpers for goalposts!
These days, well what is there? There's Soccer AM but that's long been past its sell-by date.
And there was that weird show on Setanta where loads of fans sat in a mini-stand and talked about the weekend's issues – but of course that channel has now gone kaput.
It's all far too serious now for my liking – too many gadgets, too many experts and too much analysis.
What happened to the fun bit?
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