I swore loudly when I read what Kevin Keegan said about female footballer pundits - here's why he is wrong

Disclaimer: There is never any doubt that I would question Kevin Keegan’s status as a Liverpool and England legend.

What I am questioning is his absurd and misogynistic comments on why he thinks 'lady footballers' should not work in men’s football as pundits.

I must admit, when I woke up this morning and saw he’d rather women weren’t employed to talk about the men’s game, I was seething. I swore so many expletives I put my usual potty mouth to shame. I couldn’t believe someone with such a big influence in the game would praise the achievements from the Lionesses, but then throw in some casual misogyny in the next breath.

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“What a load of f****** s***” this is”, is the exact phrase I used if you're wondering.

For those of you who don't know what he said, at ‘An Evening With Kevin Keegan OBE’ in front of a crowd of around 250 people in Bristol on Wednesday night, he took a swipe at every woman working in punditry and commentating for men's football.

He said: “I’m not as keen, I’ve got to be honest, and it may not be a view shared. I don’t like to listen to ladies talking about the England men’s team at the match because I don’t think it’s the same experience. I have a problem with that.

“The presenters we have now, some of the girls are so good, they are better than the guys. It’s a great time for the ladies. But if I see an England lady footballer saying about England against Scotland at Wembley and she’s saying, ‘If I would have been in that position I would have done this,’ I don’t think it’s quite the same. I don’t think it crosses over that much.”

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