The Football Association will seek talks with ITV today after last night’s coverage of Everton and Liverpool’s fourth-round FA Cup replay was interrupted by an unscheduled advertising break.
With the game heading for penalties, unscheduled adverts were suddenly shown and when live coverage returned, viewers saw Everton celebrating a winning goal by teenager Dan Gosling.
Presenter Steve Rider was forced to apologise twice, citing 'technical faults' towards the end of the dramatic game.
An ITV spokesman said: “We experienced some technical problems towards the end of the game which meant that we cut away at the time of the goal. We immediately replayed the goal and Steve Rider apologised. This would appear to be a network transmission problem. We apologise to viewers for the interruption to the game.”
According to the Telegraph, a spokesman for the FA confirmed that they would be discussing the matter with ITV. ITV have had previous coverage problems in the past including the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix in 2005 when the broadcaster went to0 final advert break came as a close contest between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher entered its final stages. Ofcom received and upheld 126 complaints.
