Channel 5 Football League show a 'chaotic dog's dinner'

The new highlights show before Match of the Day has been savaged by the critics after a shaky debut

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The new football season saw the return of Match of the Day to BBC1's Saturday night schedule, but this season the Premier League action will no longer be followed by highlights from the football league, as Channel 5 has scooped the rights to cover the Championship, League One and League Two.

The broadcaster debuted its highlights programme, Football League Tonight, on Saturday at the earlier time of 9pm, with the action shown before MotD rather than after it. But not everyone was convinced by the new "walk-and-talk" show, presented by Kelly Cates and George Riley, who share the studio with an audience of fans.

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