{"id":299682,"date":"2023-12-09T08:41:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T08:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299682"},"modified":"2023-12-09T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T08:41:08","slug":"sky-sports-reporter-apologies-to-everton-fans-over-newcastle-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/sky-sports-reporter-apologies-to-everton-fans-over-newcastle-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports reporter apologies to Everton fans over Newcastle coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Sky Sports reporter apologies to Everton supporters after fan group accused the broadcaster of &#8216;insinuating Goodison Park is a dangerous war zone&#8217;&#8230; amid protests over 10-point deduction<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A prominent Everton supporters group criticised Sky Sports pre-match coverage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reporter\u00a0Sanny Rudravajhala has apologised for &#8216;upset caused&#8217; to supporters\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>There&#8217;s a lot of anger at Man United &#8211; it&#8217;s them against the world! Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sky Sports reporter Sanny Rudravajhala has apologised to Everton fans for the &#8216;upset caused&#8217; after a backlash over their pre-match build-up to the Toffees win over Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Everton&#8217;s 3-0 win over Newcastle on Thursday night,\u00a0Rudravajhalapreviewed the match &#8216;on the other side of the river Mersey&#8217; rather than at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p>Rudravajhala claimed it was because &#8216;Everton fans are continuing to feel very frustrated and upset about this points deduction&#8217; and spoke of plans for a protest during the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everton fan group &#8216;The 1878s&#8217; took to X, formerly known as Twitter, had hit out at the coverage by insisting three protests held before matches over their 10-point deduction in the Premier League had passed off without incident.<\/p>\n<p>The group had claimed\u00a0Rudravajhala&#8217;s report had insinuated &#8216;Goodison is comparable to a war zone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/07\/78762153-12844477-image-a-11_1702107652942.jpg\" height=\"337\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports reporter Sanny Rudravajhala has apologised to Everton fans after previewing their match with Newcastle &#8216;on the other side of the river Mersey&#8217; amid fears over fans protests<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/07\/78735915-12844477-The_decision_to_do_so_was_slammed_by_Everton_fan_group_The_1878s-a-12_1702107755265.jpg\" height=\"683\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The decision to do so was slammed by Everton fan group &#8216;The 1878s&#8217; on social media<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Prior to our game yesterday, the group along with thousands of fellow Evertonians had held two protests at both our home game against Manchester United, and away at Nottingham Forest,&#8217; a statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Both of these protests, along with our one last night, at home against Newcastle United have been impeccable, successful and passed off without any incidents at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The protests have all been held in a respectful manner, therefore we do not appreciate\u00a0@SkySportsNews reporting that they were staying away from any trouble at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The @SkySportsNews reporter @Sanny_Rudra was reporting from the Wirral prior to the match, insinuating that Goodison is comparable to a dangerous war zone. Yet, the same reporter was at Goodison for the match and stated in a tweet himself \u201cGoodison Park under the lights. Few better sights in English football. Will miss it when it\u2019s gone\u201d. #efc<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Never have any of the efforts by Evertonians been violent or dangerous in any way. It is an absolute disgrace to suggest otherwise&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rudravajhala issued a lengthy apology to fans in response, insisting he &#8216;did not mean to badmouth Everton.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He also clarified that Sky Sports were unable to broadcast from the stadium due to Amazon Prime holding the rights to show the match on Thursday night.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;First off &#8211; I don&#8217;t think Goodison is unsafe. I was at the game. My brother-in-law is a massive Everton fan and was there too &#8211; I wasn&#8217;t worried for him either!!,&#8217;\u00a0Rudravajhala wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/07\/78762209-12844477-image-a-14_1702107932343.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Everton fans were pictured with green placards throughout their win over Newcastle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/07\/78762211-12844477-image-a-15_1702107945409.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Supporters have continued to make their feelings known about their 10-point deduction<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To everyone who is p***ed off with me on that front &#8211; I am sorry because that&#8217;s not what I meant and wasn&#8217;t what I was talking about. The only &#8216;trouble&#8217; I was meaning was if someone swore on air &#8211; that was it &#8211; nowt else.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Goodison, pillars and all, is one of my favourite grounds. I meant what I said too about missing it when it&#8217;s gone and it was brilliant under the lights.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Once stuff&#8217;s out there, it&#8217;s out there &#8211; so I can&#8217;t do much about that. But for my part, I didn&#8217;t at all mean to label Everton fans as people who could have caused me harm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am sorry for the upset I&#8217;ve caused. One person in particular sent me a very heartfelt message on that front. You&#8217;re always learning aren&#8217;t you &#8211; so I&#8217;ve read every message and obviously reflected on what I would do differently, if ever reporting again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You&#8217;ve all got enough to fight for, without anyone making things worse, which honestly is the last thing I&#8217;d want but I take all that you&#8217;ve said on the chin.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u00a0Everton\u00a0confirmed that they have lodged its appeal against the 10-point deduction the club was handed by the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees shared that they had made their appeal with the Chair of the Premier League&#8217;s Judicial Panel on Friday, which will now lead to the appointment of an Appeal Board to hear the case.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/07\/78762213-12844477-image-a-16_1702108011376.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Everton moved out of the relegation zone despite the deduction with their win over Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>Sean Dyche&#8217;s side were handed the jaw-dropping penalty after being found guilty by the English top flight&#8217;s governing body of breaching profit and sustainability rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport reported that the club had until close of play on Friday to lodge the appeal, which they duly did before the deadline passed.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League has previously stated that it will be heard before the end of the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Everton&#8217;s victory over Newcastle lifted the Toffess out of the relegation zone despite the points deduction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12844477\/Sky-Sports-reporter-apologies-Everton-supporters-broadcast-Goodison-Park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky Sports reporter apologies to Everton supporters after fan group accused the broadcaster of &#8216;insinuating Goodison Park is a dangerous war zone&#8217;&#8230; 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