I was a Soccer AM Soccerette TWICE – it was great fun for models like me but I have a different view of it now
I LOVED watching Soccer AM so much that I appeared as a Soccerette twice.
The weekend show was perfect when you had a hangover from a night out and was essential viewing for a football fan like me.
I wouldn’t take my kit off on television now, but back then I was a model and was glad to be invited on.
I enjoyed it enough to return to show off my West Ham top for a second time.
The hosts were always great to work with – it was always fun.
I wasn’t the only one who wanted to be on Soccer AM.
The calibre of guests such as Wayne Rooney shows how popular it was.
Soccer AM was the first time I really felt that a female host was holding their own on a football show.
Torquay United fan Helen Chamberlain was a trailblazer for women in sports presenting.
There weren’t that many female pundits 30 years ago and few are as well respected as her.
She was able to hold her own with all the banter of those laddish men.
If there was nonsense going on, she would put her foot down.
A lot of people will be nostalgic about Soccer AM and it is a shame it is ending.
But it was a show that thrived in the 1990s and I don’t think it would get commissioned now.
Its main problem is that younger audiences prefer to watch YouTube shows or listen to podcasts.
The end of Soccer AM is a sign of the times.