THE EFL were left red-faced after a tech cock-up saw thousands of Championship fans miss most of the first half of the league’s return to action.
The Football League have enabled supporters to watch behind-closed-doors games by streaming the opening fixtures since lockdown via the iFollow service.
Fans up and down the country were left unable to watch their teams because of a technological errorCredit: Rex Features
But complaints flooded in via social media from 3pm with several saying no pictures were available.
At 3.04pm the EFL’s official Twitter account tweeted out: “The EFL is aware of an issue affecting some supporters attempting to currently log in to the iFollow service.
“We are working with our partners and suppliers to resolve the problem and apologise to supporters for any inconvenience caused.”
But it took them 32 minutes to get the system fully back up and running.
At 3:36pm, they tweeted: “The EFL has been informed that the earlier reported log in issue has now been resolved.
“Any supporters still experiencing issues please use the iFollow support live chat tool on your Club website.
“We apologise to supporters for the inconvenience caused.”
England’s second-tier returned with the lunchtime kick-off between rivals Fulham and Brentford, with the Bees sealing a crucial late 2-0 victory to go within one point of Scott Parker’s side in third.
This result enabled Thomas Frank’s side to narrow the gap to West Brom, with the Baggies drawing 0-0 with Birmingham City in the 3pm match that was fully televised on Sky Sports.
Leeds United will have the chance to return to top spot tomorrow, when they travel to Wales to take on Cardiff City.
League One and Two playoffs set for this month with Championship set for end of July
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
