Nottingham Forest fans loved the fact that Gary Neville was banned from entering the City Ground, but they were the only ones. If you were a Sky Sports viewer, you certainly weren’t enjoying yourself watching their coverage.
Neville may be a brilliant commentator, but it wasn’t the lack of his voice that made this a hard watch. In fact, the lack of groans over big chances – not that there were many – were welcome.
However, with Forest taking the unprecedented action to bar Neville from their final day crunch match with Chelsea, Sky Sports decided to cover the game from their studio.