They were! It was likened to a World Cup (which Ireland were in of course) as those without tickets headed out for the game. There were also long queues at Tesco and the like with people buying beers and snacks to group up and sit in to watch the game, and also those watching on the big screen at the town Square. The restriction on capacity at Oriel frustratingly lost the club significant cash as it would have outsold even the League decider, but that's a different issue.Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
These sort of nights are not a regular thing but if a rough estimate of 300k watched a LoI side in their 1st tie of the CL, 2nd round after a defeat away 1st leg but with a chance of going through, well there is some, at least little, hope that things could improve for the domestic game image. Was Pat's home game against Legia televised? I was abroad at the time. A comparison with that would be a gauge of whether the numbers for the BATE game are a bit of an anomaly or whether interest is generated for European hopefuls.
I am obviously biased, but retaining the league and doing it all again and with a bit of luck in the draw the whole league could benefit if the TV numbers show some public appetite for seeing domestic teams in Europe doing well; rather than going in to Celtic, or Man U default supporter mode and belittling homegrown efforts.
(yes I am on one of those boring quiet work nights! which now that ive said it we will get hammered 'til 8am)
Setanta televised both Pats' games against Legia.
The game wasnt on the big screen at the Square
How many games (European & domestic) have been shown to date? (either on RTE or Setanta)
Is Shamrock r. v Pats live on Setanta tomorrow night ?
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Yes.
http://www.setanta.com/ien/Articles/...s/gnid-171894/
15. With 3 more scheduled.
Thought as much- Cheers.
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I was chatting to whoever that is on twitter with the ratings last night and asked for some comparable figures, he just got back to me this morning with some for the same time slots on RTE.
Friday 7:30-9:30:
Fri average excluding European Championship Qualifiers, World Cup and 6 Nations:
87k, 102 including them. 2014 figures.
Wednesday: 7:30-9:30:
Wed average excluding World Cup and Champions League:
104k. Including World Cup and Champions League 130k. 2014 figs
I know we're only going on a two game snapshot of a league decider and a bandwagon jumping CL qualifier but again the figures for those two:
Dundalk V Cork:
Average 163k Peak 251k Fig higher but Oct TV viewing higher than summer
Dundalk V BATE ave 135 peak 237k
Context @SoccRepublic 34k
Live LOI matches average 60k
Couple of things to factor in; yes the viewers for those 2 games show there's a market there for people to watch and that they will watch the LOI but it's arguably the 2 biggest games of the last year though and not a bread and butter league clash etc.
The trick is getting it as a regular scheduled thing, there should be match on at the same time/ day each week for the routine of it, viewers get into the habit of watching/ doing things as people are creatures of habit, especially when it comes to tv watching etc. Plus live sport is DVR proof so it's attractive to advertisers.
On the flipside, production costs for RTE obviously higher than running a 15 year old repeat of Friends or Reeling in the Years, clubs see a drop at the gate and get no money for games being on tv.
There is potential there, although The Nuge and his D4 fetish for egg chasing precludes anything else of course.
Surely its not beyond the financial whizz of the FAI to negotiate some form of payment when a game hits X number of viewers.
Sure isn't JD excellent at doing deals?
Yes, but it depends very much upon who the beneficiary of the deal is.
Dundalk V Shams and league cup final to be shown on Setanta.
http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/ne...amrock-rovers?
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Any games on this Friday?
Sky Sports 1: English Premier League - Aston Villa vs. Manchester United - 19:45
Sky Sports 5: Spanish Super Cup - Athletic Club vs. Barcelona - 21:00
Eurosport 2 : Valais Women's Cup - Olympique Lyonnais vs. Zurich - 15:00, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bayern Munich - 18:00
BT Sport 1: French Ligue 1 - Monaco vs. Lille - 19:30
BT Sport Europe: German Bundesliga - Bayern Munich vs. Hamburg - 19:30
Setanta Sports 1: Belgian Pro League - Club Brugge v Kortrijk - 19:30
Ah, I'm only messing...
None this weekend but Shamrock Rovers vs. Cork City live on RTE 2 on Monday night.
Can't get to Bohs this weekend so twill have to be the Valais Women's Cup then
Cork City v St. Pats (Holders) @ Turners Cross, FAI Cup this Friday 21st August, RTE 2.
I think the kick-off is scheduled for 7.25pm for some reason by the RTE Heads!
Strange kick off time by RTE wonder what their reason was ?
They're giving the game proper coverage. Coverage starts at 7, kick off at 7.25 and next programme at 9.30. Much better then usual 7/7.05/9 way they do it
Have to say it was grand to see a good 15-20 minutes of build up before the game, apart from Stuey Byrne's rambling for about 5 of those mins as he completely forgot the point he was going to make! Much better than 2 minutes and 2 ad breaks and then kick off, hopefully they continue to do it this way going forward.
Stuey Byrne seems to be getting worse and worse.
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