BBC reporter says he’s ‘really down’ after ‘hardest day of my career’ when Sutton United manager Steve Morison dismissed his questions in ‘unfriendly’ interview, with team bottom of the EFL

Sutton United manager Steve Morison took his frustration out on a BBC reporter after his side’s League Two clash with Colchester United on Saturday.

Sutton drew the game 1-1 against their relegation rivals, but missed a golden chance to secure what would have been a crucial three points when Harry Smith saw his late penalty saved by Us stopper Owen Goodman.

The result left Sutton bottom of League Two and seven points from safety, while it also meant Morison is still yet to win in nine games since taking over as manager in January. 

And, when speaking to reporters post-match, the former Norwich City and Leeds striker was particularly spiky with BBC London reporter Ahmed Nur.

After being asked for his thoughts on the game, Morison initially said: ‘I’m proud of the players. They’re running their heart out for the football club and that’s all you can ask. We could’ve been standing here winning the game 2-1 and it’s unfortunate we didn’t.’

BBC London’s Ahmed Nur was on the receiving end of the former Norwich striker’s wrath

The Sutton boss was particularly spiky and claimed the line of questioning was ‘really weird’

Nur then highlighted how Sutton were unfortunate to miss out on the win and asked if there was any particular reason as to why Smith took the penalty.

Morison snapped back: ‘No, that’s a very random question. Anyone could have taken them. Harry put his hand up and took the penalty and yeah, I don’t really understand the question but anyway it’s fine, so let’s move on.’

Nur proceeded to ask Morison if his side could have done anything differently in the game.

Morison said: ‘Yeah, put the ball in the back of the net,’ before he added when pressed: ‘Yeah, put it in the back of the net twice. Not really.’

Nur highlighted it was now 12 games for Sutton without keeping a clean sheet and asked the Yellows boss if he was confident of shoring up his side’s defence.

Morison simply retorted: ‘Um, Um, yeah. Stop conceding goals. I’m not going to start telling you what we do on the training ground. So yeah, stop conceding goals. 

‘To be honest mate the line of questioning is really weird and I don’t really understand it. I don’t really understand what you’re trying to get at. 

‘Harry Smith stepped up and took the penalty. He missed, that’s life. That happens, (if you) don’t win don’t lose. 

‘If I could stop people from scoring goals then I’d be a manager of the best club in the world, because I think everyone concedes goals and yeah, I don’t know what you want me to say.’

Nur kept his composure and brought the focus of the interview forward to Tuesday’s league game at Notts County.

Morison interrupted Nur midway through his question and said: ‘Yeah, we’ve got to win.’

BBC London’s coverage then went back to the studio, who asked Nur if he was OK, as the reporter replied: ‘That was very hard I’ll be very honest with you. That was really really difficult. 

‘In terms of both Steve’s expression, I wish you could see it. He clearly did not want to speak to anybody. I don’t think he even gave much of a friendly response to the club’s media either. 

‘Quite frankly it’s not looking good. That’s not because of just Steve Morison. I have a lot of respect for him and I understand it’s a hard job and he has a lot to do. 

Nur took to X on Saturday to reflect on the incident and admitted he was feeling ‘really down’ 

‘But that was one of the hardest post-match interviews I’ve had to do in my career. That was definitely one of the hardest, particularly with Sutton as well.’

Later in the evening, Nur also took to X to reflect on the incident as he said: ‘That was the hardest day of my professional broadcasting career. 

‘I have never been treated or spoken to by a manger like that ever. I appreciate that things don’t always go to plan i.e. result, but there’s no need to take it out on me. Really down after that.’