Disney’s Alex Scott-fronted Match of the Day-style show enrages fans as they chase woke viewers with a dog on set, rotating sofa, cucumber snack bar and influencer pundits

A new Match of the Day-style football show on Disney fronted by Alex Scott has left fans raging after a bizarre debut show on Tuesday evening.

The streaming platform launched ‘The Hangout’, with former Football Focus presenter Scott leading a punditry team of former footballer Lianne Sanderson and influencers Tyra Mills and Alex Bailess.

The aim of the programme was to bring analysis and reaction to the new season of the Women’s Champions League, but it came under fire for a chaotic launch show.

A move to appeal to Gen Z viewers seems to have been made, with discussions about pasta and cucumbers front and centre of a chaotic debut episode.

An influencer dog was also introduced, named Barley, with the animal asked to pick the winner of the Champions League through food.

The show featured a ‘watch party’ with Dutch twins Sanne and Merel van Dongen, with Sanne a former basketball player and Merel a footballer.

One particular clip saw Scott throw the coverage to the duo, and they asked: ‘Do you want some cucumber?’

Scott replied ‘no, a drink,’ and was told that she might ‘get a Coca-Cola’ if she ‘continued doing her work’.

She was then told the water they had could have been vodka, with Barley also present for the watch party.

Fans were left in disbelief at what was unfolding on social media, with one writing: ‘Disney said they were a brand and ran with it. They thought a revolving sofa and dog would keep the attention of the girls whilst watching the football and stuck an ad mid game because no one’s really watching. You get comments about how empty the stadiums are but how are we growing the game if it’s still being dressed up with a pink bow on the top?

‘Then bored men with no club football will s**g it off because some football account is making fun of it.

‘If we like women’s football, we like it for the game, for the players, for their skill, our clubs. JUST like you would for a men’s game. Disney, the fans of women’s football do not need cute, we’d love impartial analysis, post-match interviews with the team that’s played and less dog.’

Another added: ‘Sorry the dog in the Disney studio for the UWCL coverage is finishing me like am I watching the coverage for the football or Crufts?’

There was no explanation for why Barley was on the show, though his 137,000 Instagram followers were mentioned.

The pup seemed scared by the rotating floor, which was used to move the punditry team from their spot for half-time analysis to the watch party. Barley ran off but was offered pretzels to return.

The platform also came under fire for showing adverts during the action. One fan on social media posted: ‘Disney + just showing an advert mid champions league game is diabolical.’

Viewers were able to choose what game they wanted to watch, and a three-minute round of adverts was shown during the second-half of Arsenal’s 1-0 win over HB Koge.

Disney have had the rights to the competition for two years now, with The Hangout new for this year. Live from 5.30pm to 10.30pm, Scott will rotate presenting duties with Shebahn Aherne.

They will hope there are fewer technical difficulties next time around, with an Italian reporter initially having no sound – before it returned for his quiz about Italy.

The biggest concern from fans was that football wasn’t the focus – with hopes improvements will be made in future episodes.