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Axed Match of the Day pundit Mark Lawrenson says the BBC is 'top of the WOKE LEAGUE' and got rid of him because 'I was 65 and white'

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Mark Lawrenson has branded the BBC as being 'top of the woke league' after again claiming he was dropped as a Match of the Day pundit due to being '65 and white'.

The former Liverpool spent three decades with the corporation, including 25 years with Football Focus, but left at the end of the 2021-22 football season.

Lawrenson claimed in 2022 that he was informed the show would be going 'on the road' and that bosses told him 'we don’t think it is really something for you'.

The move led to Lawrenson's typical one-year contract not being renewed, with the pundit then opting to retire.