Presenter jumps in ice bath whilst wearing suit and other evidence Sky Sports are losing their minds on eve of new season
The chief broadcaster of the Premier League is on a mission to visit all 92 professional clubs before the new season kicks off on Saturday
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Your support makes all the difference.Sky Sports could be forgiven for feeling the pressure.
The start of a new season is just a few days away and their broadcasting rivals BT Sport have snatched away the rights to the Champions League.
Needing to promote the games they still have, Sky Sports are visiting all 92 clubs that make up the Premier League and Football League.
It's not the first time they've sent their reporters on a mad dash around the UK like this, but there are some signs that they might be beginning to lose it...
Jim White gave Jose Mourinho the 'famous' transfer yellow tie, leaving the Chelsea manager looking bemused...
For some reason, when they visited QPR, they ended up interviewing the chef...
One reporter did his bit to camera whilst on a cycling machine...
They went to Southend to watch Phil Brown get his back waxed...
They've put Jim White in a helicopter...
VIDEO: Touch down! @SkySportsNewsHQ reporter @JimWhite has landed at Vitality Stadium for #92Live. #afcb pic.twitter.com/cioWxw5Toa
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) August 4, 2015
They're unveiling really bizarre things...
They had breakfast with the chairman of Gillingham in the middle of a football pitch...
They put the manager of Dagenham and Redbridge on a tractor...
Their presenter James Cooper jumped into an ice bath whilst wearing a suit, just for the sake of an interview with David Flitcroft...
Sky's first game of the new season sees champions Chelsea take on Swansea in the 5.30pm kick-off this Saturday.
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