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You're On Sky Sports is a topical football phone-in discussion television programme that was broadcast on
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and Sky Sports News Radio. Originally hosted by Rob Hawthorne then Rob McCaffrey and
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, the show was chaired by
Jason Cundy Jason Victor Cundy (born 12 November 1969) is an English former professional footballer and radio broadcaster for talkSPORT. As a player, he was a centre-back, who notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. He also ...
. There will always be one or two panel members, whether former football professionals or others involved with the game in some form. Regulars include
Steve Claridge Stephen Edward Claridge (born 10 April 1966) is an English football pundit, coach and former professional player who is the manager of Fleetlands. He was a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including ''Football Focus'' and ''The Football Leag ...
,
Kenny Sansom Kenneth Graham Sansom (born 26 September 1958) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back. An England international, he played for clubs such as Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers ...
,
Peter Beagrie Peter Sidney Beagrie (born 28 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and commentator. As a player, he was a left-winger in a career that lasted from 1983 to 2006. He played for ten different clubs ...
,
Tony Gale Anthony Peter Gale (born 19 November 1959) is an English football coach, former professional association football, footballer and television pundit for Sky Sports. He was also the chairman of non-league club Walton Casuals F.C., Walton Casuals. ...
and
Warren Barton Warren Dean Barton (born 19 March 1969) is an English football coach, pundit, and former professional player. As a player, Barton was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon and Newcastle United. He also played in t ...
. The program usually aired at 10pm either the night of a
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match or a
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match that is aired on
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. As from the start of the 2007/2008 season, YOSS is regularly broadcast at 7.30pm on Saturday evenings for 55 minutes, and every Wednesday evening around 10pm for 90 minutes. Cundy hosts proceedings the majority of the time, other presenters are
Geoff Shreeves Geoff Shreeves (born October 1964) is a reporter who worked with Sky Sports for 31 years. He joined the channel in 1992, the first season of The Premier League, and left in 2023. Career Shreeves went to Verulam School in St Albans, England. His ...
,
Paul Hawksbee Paul Hawksbee (born 1 October 1961) is an English sports radio presenter and comedy writer. He has presented the ''Hawksbee and Jacobs show'' alongside Andy Jacobs on talkSPORT since the station's inception in 2000. He also contributed to the ...
and Chloe Everton.


Former features

The program previously featured a section entitled "The Press Perspective" where a major national newspaper's head Sports Writer phones in to discuss the football topics of the week.
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of
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and
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(albeit Chief Football Writer and not Sports Writer) of
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are regulars. Prior to the 2006-07 season, this section was known as "Journo Phono". Before going to commercial breaks, the show also featured a piece of football trivia, again often relating to statistics or records broken in recent football matches. This mini-segment was once entitled "Stat's The Way the Footy Rumbles," a play on the phrase "that's the way the cookie crumbles", but is now known as "Stat's The Way I Like It".


Incidents

Rodney Marsh Rodney William Marsh (born 11 October 1944) is an English former footballer and football coach; he later worked as a broadcaster. A forward, he won nine caps for England between 1971 and 1973, scoring one international goal. Brought up in the ...
was famously sacked by Sky Sports in January 2005 after a making a joke about the
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that was judged to be in bad taste, saying: "''
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has turned down a move to
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because of trouble with the Toon Army in Asia''". Marsh apologised on air, but this was not enough to save his job.TV pundit sacked for tsunami joke
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