Cole Palmer's Twitch Stream Mishap During EA Sports FC 27
Cole Palmer thought he was giving the people what they wanted. Instead, he walked straight into EA’s embargo wall — live, in front of thousands.
On Tuesday afternoon, the 24-year-old Chelsea playmaker casually fired up Twitch and dropped into EA Sports FC 27 as if it had already hit the shelves. He spent more than an hour ripping open Ultimate Team packs, jumping into matches and showing off the new game to a buzzing audience.
There was one problem: the game isn’t out yet.
The global release is set for September 25, with early access only kicking off on September 18. Palmer’s stream blew straight past those rules. It didn’t take long for the developers to notice.
The broadcast was suddenly cut. Palmer’s channel was quickly scrubbed of all EA Sports FC 27 footage after a copyright complaint, the kind of swift digital clean-up that tells you someone, somewhere, was not amused.
Then the night took a twist.
EA Sports FC’s official account dropped into the chat mid-stream, turning a corporate clampdown into a public nudge. Their message to the Chelsea midfielder was light but pointed: “Errr Cole, weren't we going to do this a bit later? We'll be live at 6pm UK!”
The party was over, but Palmer wasn’t sulking.
After the ban, he went straight to Instagram with a tongue-in-cheek plea, tagging both Twitch and EA: “I was only giving the people what they wanted... unban me pls.” On another platform, reacting to a post about his suspension, he kept it short and defiant: “We back soon.”
If the ban stung, his in-game rating hit a different nerve.
During the ill-fated stream, Palmer discovered his overall had dropped from 87 to 85. He didn’t hide his frustration. “I need a word with EA. They took two ratings off me. I had one leg for ten months last season, what do you want me to do?” he said, half-joking, half-aggrieved.
Then came the pace debate. Seeing himself at 76 pace and behind Chelsea team-mate Morgan Rogers, Palmer shook his head. “76 pace? I don't know how he's got more pace than me but, EA sometimes, man, they're a bit crazy.”
Behind the humour sits a serious backdrop. Palmer’s complaints about “one leg” refer to a stop-start, injury-hit campaign last season. A groin problem and a fractured toe kept him out for long stretches and blunted his impact in the early months.
On Chelsea’s pre-season tour in Sydney, he admitted he had pushed too hard to get back. “The first few months, with me being injured, I just wanted to go out and play, which I probably shouldn't have done,” he said. “Obviously, I couldn't play how I wanted to play. It was a bad season, personally, with injuries and stuff, but I feel good now. The seven weeks obviously helped. I'm ready to go again.”
He even went abroad in search of answers. “I went to Sweden or Denmark, one of those countries, to see a doctor,” he revealed. “We did speak about (surgery), but I didn't end up getting it.”
That extra work is starting to show.
With those fitness troubles apparently behind him, Palmer has exploded into the new season. Alongside Rogers, he has already notched four goal contributions in the Premier League, the pair quickly becoming central to Chelsea’s attacking edge at Stamford Bridge.
The Twitch account may or may not return. The jokes about ratings will roll on. For Palmer, the real platform now is the pitch.
His form in the Premier League and Carabao Cup is driving Chelsea’s early surge. If he keeps this up, EA’s numbers might be the next thing that has to change.
