A SKY TV reporter is in trouble with a Premier League club for making an uninvited visit to their dressing room on match day.
He showed his girlfriend the out-of-bounds inner sanctum a couple of hours before kick-off in an unscheduled tour.
However, a steward found him and the pair.
They were duly ordered from the premises.
And the reporter may not be allowed back into the stadium for some time.
Written media passes at Premier League games get journalists access to a press room and a seat in the designated area of the stands, with plugs and desks to use laptops.
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Broadcast media, such as Sky Sports, have slightly different rules with permission to enter certain specified zones before, during and after matches.
Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson famously banned the BBC for seven years until 2011 following a documentary about him and his son Jason.
Also in 2011, Fergie temporarily suspended Sky Sports’ TV cameras from his press conferences after taking exception to a question about Ryan Giggs.
And the current United boss Erik ten Hag followed a similar tact just weeks into his tenure last August.
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The Dutchman refused to take questions from Sky reporter Gary Cotterill, ignoring him three times in a 15-minute press conference.
It is understood the snub came after Cotterill tried to speak to Ten Hag when he watched United play at Crystal Palace at the end of last season.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
