Tony Blackburn has been left furious after his beloved 'Coronation Street' was cancelled in favour of FA Cup football.
Tony Blackburn has been left furious after his beloved Coronation Street was cancelled to screen FA Cup football
The 81-year-old legendary radio DJ took to X to let rip after he went to watch the ITV soap only to find it had been replaced in the schedule by a live FA Cup game between Liverpool and Southampton.
He wrote: "This is now beyond a joke for all us Coronation Street fans. More football this evening on BBC and ITV which means no Corrie (sic)"
Tony even had some helpful advice for TV schedulers, suggesting they put 'Corrie' on ITV2 for the die-hard fans to watch when there are big football matches on ITV1.
He added: "Why can’t they put football on other channels and leave us Coronation street fans alone or put Coronation street on say ITV2 we will follow it anywhere !!! (sic)"
While Tony shared his disappointment in the message, one 'Corrie' star was delighted to read Tony is such a soap super-fan.
Daniel Brocklebank, who plays Billy Mayhew in the soap, replied: "This has made my night! I grew up listening to you. I love it that you love us."
Several other 'Corrie' supporters took to X to hit out at football replacing their beloved soap opera in the schedule.
One wrote: "Absolutely disgusting i was just getting ready to watch #corrie. Stuff footfall. (sic)"
Another posted: "Totally agree with you I'm sick of football on the main channels BBC as 3 channels and itv as 4 put it somewhere else (sic)"
One fan even branded Tony the "Ken Barlow of radio".
Liverpool ran out 3-0 winners over Southampton on ITV1 on Tuesday night (28.02.24), while BBC One screened Manchester United's 1-0 FA Cup win against Nottingham Forest, and ITV4 aired Chelsea's 3-2 victory over Leeds United.