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11th Aug 2017

Sky Sports’ new lineup graphics have made a very big impression as the new Premier League season begins

A mixed reaction...

Simon Lloyd

Premier League football has returned. Rejoice.

The first game of the 2017/18 campaign saw Arsenal welcome Leicester City to the Emirates Stadium in a game shown exclusively on Sky Sports 1 (or whatever it’s known as these days).

With seconds remaining before the big kick off, Martin Tyler ran through the team line-ups.

Instantly, viewers noticed a change to Sky’s line-up graphic, which now appeared to show each and every player taking part in the game posing as if featured in Smash Hits magazine.

Inevitably, the new look graphics provoked quite a reaction. As the selection of tweets below highlights, the reaction was quite a mixed one. Some described them as ‘fantastic’; others as ‘creepy as fuck’.