Sky Sports pundit was sacked for joke that 'went too far' and was not present at Soccer Saturday reunion

One Sky Sports pundit who was sacked after making a joke missed out on a Soccer Saturday reunion.

Back in April, Sky Sports legend Chris ‘Kammy’ Kamara took to social media to post a picture of himself alongside some of his Soccer Saturday colleagues.

The likes of Jeff Stelling, Tony Cottee, Phil Thompson, Alan McInally and producer Ian Condron were all present as the group enjoyed a reunion dinner.

Kamara's caption read: “5 of the lads & the producer turned up. What a great night so far.”

However, one former colleague missed out on the night out, Rodney Marsh left a comment which read: “I must not be on the mailing list.”

To which Kamara replied: “Your a recluse Rodney.”

After announcing his exit from Soccer Saturday at the end of the 22/23 campaign, Stelling said Marsh was the most difficult colleague he had ever worked with.

Speaking on talkSPORT earlier in the year, he said: “The worst colleague I’ve ever worked on screen with? Rodney Marsh.

“Ex of talkSPORT as well of course. But, you know, Rodney was a difficult so and so. And that was just what we wanted.”

After working on the show for 11 years, former Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and England forward Marsh was sacked in 2005 after he made a joke about the devastating tsunamis that hit Thailand at the time.

The joke that Marsh made was: "David Beckham has turned down a move to Newcastle United because of the trouble with the 'Toon Army in Asia.'" Using the word Toon Army which sounds similar to Tsunami.

Marsh did issue an apology afterwards, saying: "I apologise unreservedly for any offence I caused by my thoughtless and inappropriate comment I made. My intention was to make a light-hearted football joke."

5 of the lads & the producer turned up 👍👌🏽What a great night 🥳 so far pic.twitter.com/k9c2l6Mxdx

— Chris Kamara (@chris_kammy) April 25, 2024

Explaining his departure from the popular show, Stelling said earlier in the year: “I had the most fantastic run on the show.

“I made the greatest mates and was paid well for one of the best jobs in the world. But the show was heading in a direction which meant it wasn’t quite the same. Even though I’d been there a long time, I felt some of my views weren’t considered at all. Every week I was fighting a battle. I got tired of fighting and it was making me ill.”

He added: “Eventually, I went to Sky’s management and said: ‘This is making me unwell. I’ve got to step away from it.’

“I wasn’t constantly at management’s door but one or two big decisions were made, and I can’t say what they were, and I wasn’t even consulted. That’s their right but I felt I’d been there so long that maybe I’d earned the right to be asked. It annoyed me and there were two occasions where they almost diametrically opposed my views. I was disregarded and the joy was sucked out of it.”