Bob Wilson was at home in Christchurch, Dorset, when news reached him that Football Focus, the BBC programme he built into a television institution, would be screened for the final time next month.

BBC Sport has announced that its long-running Football Focus programme will be axed end of the current football season. The programme has been a staple of the BBC’s football coverage since 1974, ...

The BBC has announced the end of one of its longest-running programmes, Football Focus. It’s been a fixture of Saturday lunchtimes since 1974. But the final whistle will blow when this season finishes ...