SKY SPORTS appeared to accidentally break the 3pm blackout rule during Soccer Saturday.
Broadcasters in the UK are not allowed to televise live Premier League football between the hours of 2.45pm and 5.15pm.
SKY SPORTSSky Sports Soccer Saturday appeared to break the 3pm blackout rule today[/caption]
Sky SportsThe broadcast showed a brief live clip of Nottingham Forest vs Brighton[/caption]
Sky SportsHost Caroline Barker joked about the mistake[/caption]
The 3pm blackout has been in place since the 1960’s, but that didn’t stop a small slip up happening live on Sky.
When heading around the grounds the show cut to pundit Michael Dawson who was covering the Nottingham Forest vs Brighton game which kicked off at 3pm.
And with the match ticking towards half-time, the broadcasters seemed to think that the referee had blown his whistle to call an end to the first half.
As a result they cut to the City Ground expecting to show the players walking down the tunnel, but instead were shown a clip of the live football.
It showed Lewis Dunk slowly carrying the ball out of his penalty area as he awaited the referee’s whistle.
The glimpse at the game was swiftly taken off air with the first half not quite over yet.
Soccer Saturday host Caroline Barker laughed off the mistake and joked: “It’s all going on, but that’s what we love!”
The game finished in a 3-2 victory for Brighton despite Dunk being sent off in the second half.
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The 3pm blackout is expected to be in place for at least another five years with the Premier League not changing their rules in the latest packages.
It’s not the first time that Sky Sports have made the same mistake this season either with the broadcaster accidentally showing a clip of Man City vs Brighton last month.