Gary Lineker discovered a phone hidden in the BBC studio after coverage of the FA Cup tie between Wolves and Liverpool was plunged into disarray by porn noise “sabotage”.
There were just 15 minutes of build-up to Tuesday night’s third-round replay at Molineux, but the majority of them were interrupted by the same porn sounds frequently employed by internet pranksters. Lineker was left to awkwardly try and direct pre-match punditry involving Paul Ince, Danny Murphy and Alan Shearer.
Yet the noises kept coming at regular intervals, leaving fans up and down the country who had tuned into their televisions utterly bewildered. Much to Lineker and the pundits’ relief, the match soon got underway, giving them the chance to unearth the cause of the sounds.
The Match of the Day host took to Twitter to explain what had been causing the noises, writing: “Well, we found this taped to the back of the set. As sabotage goes it was quite amusing.” Lineker was not the only person involved in the BBC’s coverage of the match to find the incident funny.
Shearer, the all-time leading goalscorer in the Premier League, joked that Murphy’s phone had been the cause of the noise. The co-commentator said, “The flood lights going off, Danny Murphy’s phone going off,” after there were temporary floodlight issues at Molineux caused by a local power cut.
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