FA mix up as Middlesbrough wear Premier League badge on shirt for FA Cup win against Oxford
Millions of viewers worldwide saw Aitor Karanka's side wear kit with Premier League badge on sleeve for FA Cup win as FA fail to send badges for game at Riverside
MIDDLESBROUGH'S red home shirts could be replaced by red faces at the FA - after the Premier League side beat Oxford United wearing the wrong kit.
Boro's strip showed the Premier League badge on the sleeve, instead of the correct FA Cup badge all clubs must wear in the competition if they are live on television.
SunSport understands the FA failed to send the badges to Boro for their narrow 3-2 win against Oxford United last Saturday.
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Boro had no choice but to wear their usual shirts with the Premier League logo on them, despite the game being shown live for the FA's international broadcast partners around the world.
The Premier League side wore the same shirts in the previous rounds beating Sheffield Wednesday and Accrington Stanley, but were under no obligation from the FA as their games were not live picks.
Teams who are featured live by any broadcaster in the UK or abroad must wear the FA Cup badge on their kit.
Boro were in contact with the FA before kick off on Saturday about the mix up and no action will be taken.
Broadcast rights for the FA Cup were sold overseas for a reported £820million for six years from 2018.
Aitor Karanka's side will now face either Manchester City or Huddersfield in the quarter final next month as they look to win their first major trophy since the League Cup in 2004.