Sky Sports commentator apologises over Hillsborough remark

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Martin Tyler apologized after referring to Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues.

The commentator made a reference to it while on the radio.

Mr Tyler apologized for his words, according to the mayor.

The BBC regretted not challenging Mr Tyler's comments.

The commentator apologized for any misunderstanding.

There was no connection between the disaster andooliganism.

Image source, Hillsborough Inquests

There were 97 fans who died as a result of a crush at the FA Cup semi-finals.

The police and The Sun newspaper made false accusations about fans' behavior.

The jury at the inquests found that the people who died were not due to the actions of the fans.

Mr Tyler was interviewed about the launch of the premier league in 1992.

He said the game was in a bit of a crisis at that time and that it was a difficult time for the game overall.

Mr Rotheram said that Mr Tyler's comments had been "crap".

He said the commentator was not a good one.

People whose careers are built on football still spread rumors.

Labour MP Paula Barker said that Mr Tyler's comments were "disgusting".

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In a statement, Mr Tyler said that while discussing various crises facing football 30 years ago, he referred to the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism at matches.

He said that the issues were separate.

I was not suggesting that there was a connection between the disaster and hooliganism.

The Today presenters didn't correct Mr Tyler's words.

The commentator should know better, but why don't interviewers challenge the claims that have been proven to be false many times?

"We regret that we didn't challenge Martin Tyler on the comment he made which appeared to link the two," the statement said.

Martin apologized for the comment and said he didn't intend to conflate the two.

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