BT Sport Score
| BT Sport Score | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Mark Pougatch |
| Opening theme | Everything Everything - I Believe It Now |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 300 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BT Sport |
| Release | 13 August 2016 – present |
BT Sport Score is a weekly television programme broadcast on BT Sport during the football season. The programme updates viewers on the progress of association football games in the United Kingdom on Saturday afternoons between 12:00pm and 5pm.
BT Sport Score is hosted by Mark Pougatch with expert analysis from pundits John Hartson, Chris Waddle, Nigel Winterburn and Kevin Campbell. Co-hosts Ian Stone and Mark Webster give updates on social media. Whilst other co-host Jules Breach gives updates on Fantasy Football.
History
For the 2016-17 season BT Sport acquired rights to the Saturday evening Premier League matches and BT Sport decided to launch a new Saturday afternoon schedule and as part of this new line-up BT Sport decided to launch a football scores service.[1] The programme was launched on 13 August 2016. Prior to the 2016-17 season BT Sport had showed live rugby union coverage in this slot. This coverage is now broadcast on BT Sport 2.
See also
- Final Score, a similar programme which is broadcast by the BBC
- Soccer Saturday, a similar programme, broadcast by Sky Sports
- The Goal Rush, a football results programme broadcast by ITV from 2001 to 2003
References
- ^ "BT Sport unveils two new live Saturday football shows". BT Sport. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.