Slash/ED
02/10/2004, 4:51 PM
Great moments to get TV treatment (http://www.eleven-a-side.com/offthefield/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=13863)
October 2, 2004
The most memorable moments in Irish soccer history will be the subject of a high-profile new television programme to be broadcast on the newly-relaunched RTE2 station, according to reports this week.
The national broadcaster’s second station has undergone its second makeover in seven years.
Formerly known as RTE Network 2, with a snazzy N2 logo, the channel targeted the younger audience in the 15-34 age-group.
However, the competition provided by commercial Irish rival TV3 and English channels such as Channel Four and Sky One led to a drop in the ratings for the station, and the powers-that-be at Montrose opted to inject new life into the station.
Beginning life this weekend as RTE2 – the moniker chosen when the station was originally launched in 1979 – the channel will adopt several themed nights, including a countdown style adopted by Channel Four in their famed six-hour “Top 100” style programmes which fill the prime-time hours on successive weekend nights.
One of these new programmes is set to entail the most memorable moments in Irish soccer history, which is sure to include the unforgettable victories over England at the Euro 88 finals and Italy in the United States six years later, as well as Alan McLoughlin’s goal against Northern Ireland in November 1993 that sent the boys in green through to the World Cup finals in 1994.
Sounds like it should be good, I wonder exactly what moments they'll choose? The ones mentioned are the obvious ones, I wonder what else will get in?
October 2, 2004
The most memorable moments in Irish soccer history will be the subject of a high-profile new television programme to be broadcast on the newly-relaunched RTE2 station, according to reports this week.
The national broadcaster’s second station has undergone its second makeover in seven years.
Formerly known as RTE Network 2, with a snazzy N2 logo, the channel targeted the younger audience in the 15-34 age-group.
However, the competition provided by commercial Irish rival TV3 and English channels such as Channel Four and Sky One led to a drop in the ratings for the station, and the powers-that-be at Montrose opted to inject new life into the station.
Beginning life this weekend as RTE2 – the moniker chosen when the station was originally launched in 1979 – the channel will adopt several themed nights, including a countdown style adopted by Channel Four in their famed six-hour “Top 100” style programmes which fill the prime-time hours on successive weekend nights.
One of these new programmes is set to entail the most memorable moments in Irish soccer history, which is sure to include the unforgettable victories over England at the Euro 88 finals and Italy in the United States six years later, as well as Alan McLoughlin’s goal against Northern Ireland in November 1993 that sent the boys in green through to the World Cup finals in 1994.
Sounds like it should be good, I wonder exactly what moments they'll choose? The ones mentioned are the obvious ones, I wonder what else will get in?