''Sunday Supplement'' (formerly ''Jimmy Hill's Sunday Supplement'') is a Sunday morning

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me in the United Kingdom about football which was broadcast between 1999 and 2020. The programme aired on Sunday mornings on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football, during the football

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. The length of the show is 90 minutes, including commercials, although it was occasionally cut down to 60 minutes.

History

Launched under the stewardship of

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, three guest football journalists sit around a table over breakfast/

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and discuss the latest football matches, news and gossip, including a look at the football stories in the Sunday

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. The proposal was that it was set in Hill's actual

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, with fans trying to guess where his home was from the window view. But the truth came to light on several occasions in 2006 when Hill was late claiming to be stuck in traffic. The programme is the successor to the Friday night discussion show ''Hold the Back Page'', which is still occasionally broadcast in its usual slot.

Revamp

In 2007, Sky Sports decided not to renew Hill's 12 month contract, which coincided with the removal of his name from the title. The presenter role was given to either Bill Bradshaw and Brian Woolnough. The format and setting remained consistent set over a breakfast/brunch table, but guest football journalists increased from two to three. Woolnough later took on the permanent presenter role, with regular guests including Patrick Barclay, Oliver Holt,

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, Paul Smith and Henry Winter. Since Woolnough's death in September 2012, Neil Ashton went on to host the programme after having initially stood in during his predecessor's illness. On 12 January 2020, Ashton presented the show for the final time.

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was announced as the new presenter of the show on 14 January 2020. Beginning in 2009, a

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of the show was made available on the Sky Sports

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and iTunes. In August 2020, Sky announced the show had been cancelled for the 2020/21 season, blaming the congested fixture schedule. A podcast continues, hosted by Vicky Gomersall and

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References

External links

Sunday Supplement website
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