Full List of Live TV Games this season

Setanta Cup (13 Total)

Monday February 20th
Linfield v Derry City, Windsor Park, 1-1

Monday February 27th
Cork City v Drogheda United, Turner's Cross, 2-0

Tuesday February 28th
Derry City v Shelbourne, The Brandywell, 0-0

Monday March 6th
Cork City v Dungannon Swifts, Turner's Cross, 2-0

Monday March 13th
Linfield v Shelbourne, Windsor Park, 0-0

Tuesday March 14th
Dungannon Swifts v Cork City, Stangmore Park, 0-1

Monday March 20th
Shelbourne v Linfield, Tolka Park, 0-0

Tuesday March 21st
Dungannon Swifts v Drogheda United, Stangmore Park, 1-2

Monday March 27th
Derry City v Linfield, The Brandywell, 0-0

Monday, 3rd April
Shelbourne v Derry City, Tolka Park 2-1

Monday 10rd April
Cork City v Shelbourne, Turners Cross 2-0

Tuesday 11th April
Linfield v Drogheda United, Windsor Park 0-1

Saturday 22nd April
Setanta Cup Final.
Cork City v Drogheda United, Tolka Park 0-1 AET

eircom League (18 Total)

Series 3 Friday 24th March
Cork City v Bohemians, RTE2 1-0
Tv Viewers - less than 130k

Series 8 Friday 28th April
St Patricks Athletic v Cork City, Setanta Sports 2-0

Series 9 Thursday 4th May
Shelbourne v Drogheda United, Setanta Sports 2-1

Series 10 Monday 15th May
Cork City v Shelbourne, 8pm Setanta Sports 2-1

Series 11 Monday 20th May
Derry City v Cork City, 8pm Setanta Sports 2-0

Series 12 Friday 2nd June
UCD v Derry City, 8pm Setanta Sports

Series 23, Friday 1st September
Bohemians v Drogheda United, Dalymount Park, 7.45pm. TG4 2-2

Series 24, Friday 8th September
Drogheda United v Cork City, United Park, 7.45pm. TG4 0-0

Series 25 Friday 15th September
St Patrick’s Athletic v Shelbourne, Richmond Park, 7.45pm. TG4 1-3
(47,000 viewers)

Series 26 Friday 22nd September
Shelbourne v Derry City, Tolka Park, TG4 2-2

Series 27 Friday 6th October
Cork City v Longford Town, 7.45pm TG4 1-1

Series 28 Friday 13th October
Bray Wanderers v Cork City, 7.45pm TG4

Series 29 Friday 20th October
Derry City v Drogheda United, Brandywell, 8pm – RTE Two

Series 30 Saturday 28th October
Athlone Town v Galway United, Dubarry Park, 7.30pm,
eircom League First Division – TG4

Series 31 Friday 3rd November
Shelbourne v Drogheda United, Tolka Park, 7.30pm - RTE Two

Series 32 Friday 10th November
Cork City v Shelbourne, Turner’s Cross, 7.30pm - RTE Two

Series 32 Saturday 11th November
Galway United v Cobh Ramblers, TG4

Series 33 Friday 17th November
Shelbourne FC v Bohemians, 7.45pm RTE2
(less than 132k viewers)

FAI CUP (7 Total)

Friday 26th May,
FAI Cup 2nd Round, 7.45pm TG4
Longford Town v Cork City

Friday 25th August, FAI Cup 3rd Round, 7.45pm TG4
Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians.

Friday 29th September, FAI Cup Quarter Final, 7.45pm TG4
St Patricks Ath v Longford Town 4-1 (41k or less viewers)

Saturday 30th September, FAI Cup Quarter Final, 7.45pm TG4
Athlone Town v Shamrock Rovers 1-2 (41k or less viewers)

Friday 27 October FAI Cup Semi Final
Shamrock Rovers v St Patrick’s Athletic, Tolka Park, 7.30pm RTE Two

Sunday 29th October, FAI Cup Semi Final
Sligo Rovers v Derry City, Showgrounds, 3.15pm, RTE Two

Sunday Dec 3rd
FAI Cup Final, RTE2

League Cup 1

Final, Setanta Sports, 8pm, Monday
Derry City v Shelbourne, 0-0 AET, 3-0 on penalties


Europe 7

CL 1st qualifying round 1st leg
Cork City v Apollon Limassol, RTE2 1-0

CL 1st qualifying round 2nd leg
Apollon Limassol v Cork City, RTE2 1-1
(TV Viewers 108,000)

CL 2nd qualifying round 1st leg
Cork City v Red Star Belgrade CL RTE2 0-1
(TV viewers 105,000)

CL 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade v Cork City CL RTE2 4-0

Uefa Cup 2nd qualifying round 1st leg
Gretna v Derry City, Setanta UK. 1-5

Uefa Cup 1st Round 1st leg
Derry City v PSG 0-0, BBC2, British Eurosport

Uefa Cup 1st Round 2nd leg
PSG v Derry City 8pm BBC2, Setanta Ireland.

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Setanta Cup

Monday 20th February
Linfield v Derry City, Windsor Park, 8pm Setanta Sports

Monday 27th February
Cork City v Drogheda United, Turner's Cross, 8pm Setanta Sports

Tuesday 28th February
Derry City v Shelbourne, The Brandywell, 8pm Setanta Sports

Monday 6th March
Cork City v Dungannon Swifts, Turner's Cross, 8pm Setanta Sports

eircom league

Friday 24th March
Cork City v Bohemians, Turner's Cross, 8.05pm RTE2

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It wasnt that long ago all ye Cork fans were complaining that all the televised games came from Dublin:)

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Originally Posted by joema

It wasnt that long ago all ye Cork fans were complaining that all the televised games came from Dublin:)

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Well theres only 1 Dublin team in the Setanta Cup so can't show one from there every week.

Turners Cross now has a permanent tv gantry that is big enough to double as a studio, we are League Champions & RTE probably bored of lokking at empty Dublin venues.

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Originally Posted by pete

Well theres only 1 Dublin team in the Setanta Cup so can't show one from there every week.

Turners Cross now has a permanent tv gantry that is big enough to double as a studio, we are League Champions & RTE probably bored of lokking at empty Dublin venues.

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It's a bad gantry in imo, the camera can't see all of the pitch.

is this all the games that will be on this season? there should be way more EL games shown

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Originally Posted by feo123

is this all the games that will be on this season? there should be way more EL games shown

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Their will definitely be more, plenty more even, they are just the confirmed ones at this stage.

Any more news on the live games? I imagine someone will show one of the opening fixtures?

Setanta Sports has today (March 2nd) confirmed the next three live broadcast matches in the Setanta Sports Cup 2006.



Following the (previously announced) Group 1 Cork City v Dungannon Swifts match at Turner’s Cross next Monday (March 6th) Setanta Sports will broadcast the Group 2 top-of-the-table clash between Linfield and Shelbourne at Windsor Park the following Monday, March 13th.



The following night, Dungannon Swifts v Cork City in Group 1 from Stangmore Park is the live match while on Monday March 20th, the live broadcast is from Dublin when Shelbourne welcome Linfield back to Tolka Park for a ‘re-match’ of last year’s Setanta Sports Cup Final when Linfield emerged 2-0 winners.



Highlights from the other group match being played each night (Portadown v Drogheda United; Derry City v Glentoran; Drogheda United v Portadown and Glentoran v Derry City respectively) will be shown after the live match as well as interviews with managers and players.



Further live broadcast details will be announced shortly.



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Monday March 6th

Group 1

Cork City v Dungannon Swifts, Turner’s Cross, 8pm



Monday March 13th

Group 2

Linfield v Shelbourne, Windsor Park, 8pm



Tuesday March 14th

Group 1

Dungannon Swifts v Cork City, Stangmore Park, 8pm



Monday March 20th

Group 2

Shelbourne v Linfield, Tolka Park, 8pm

RTE, Setanta Sports and TG4 to broadcast 37 domestic fixtures throughout 2006 season

The eircom League has today (March 3rd) announced that a total of 17 league fixtures will be broadcast live and 'as live' during the 2006 season by RTE, Setanta Sports and TG4. When added to the FAI Carlsberg Cup and Setanta Sports Cup fixtures being broadcast live, a minimum of 37 domestic fixtures will be broadcast on a live or deferred basis.

The live coverage kicks off with RTE broadcasting the eircom League Premier Division fixture between Cork City and Bohemians from Turner's Cross on Friday, March 24th (kick-off 8.05pm) on RTE Two. RTE will also broadcast a further four Premier Division fixtures in the closing weeks of the season as well as both FAI Carlsberg Cup semi-finals and the final on Sunday December 3rd, making a total of eight live broadcasts.

Setanta Sports will commence a run of live and/or as live matches on five consecutive weekends commencing with Series No. 8 (the weekend of Friday 28th April) up to and including Series No. 12 (the weekend of Friday 2nd June). The matches being broadcast in Series 8 and 9 will be confirmed by March 21st. In addition to the already commenced schedule of 13 Setanta Sports Cup matches, this makes a total of 18 live and as live games.

Meanwhile, TG4 will carry 11 live broadcasts which includes a nine-week continuous (ten matches) run of live broadcasts of eircom League and FAI Cup matches from Friday 25th August to Friday 20th October inclusive. This run includes two FAI Cup quarter-finals on Friday 29th September and Saturday 30th September. TG4 commences its live coverage with the broadcast of an FAI Cup Second Round fixture on Friday 26th May (see schedule below).

While all fixtures apart from the Cork City v Bohemians match may be subject to change, the three broadcasters may also nominate further matches for live and as live broadcast. And as well as all this live and as live action, the popular eircom League Weekly highlights show on TV3 will return to our screens on Monday March 13th after the opening series of fixtures.

TG4 Schedule:
Friday 26th May: FAI Cup Second Round; Friday 25th August: FAI Cup Third Round
Friday 1st September: Premier Division Series No. 23; Friday 8th September: Series 24
Friday 15th September: Series 25; Friday 22nd September: Series 26
Friday 29th September & Saturday 30th September: FAI Cup Quarter Finals
Friday 6th October: Series 27; Friday 13th October: Series No. 28
Friday 20 October: Series 29. All TG4 matches scheduled to kick-off at 7.45pm.

17 not a lot really. Especially when probably 5 or 6 of those will be "as live". 37 sounds great until you look at the huge proportion of that in the Setanta Cup. Still, at least it's some exposure - now if only we can get decent highlights!

Given that they showed the League Cup final last season even though it involved UCD and took place at Belfield Pk. I guess they'll show that too no matter who is in it.

I've said it before - a couple of years ago we were expected to be happy with 6 live games in the season (including 3 cup games!).

Now, with probable euro games live too, we can expect an average of a game per week, or better!

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is this all the games that will be on this season? there should be way more EL games shown

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See here:
http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=34125

for today's news

I have to agree with CuanaD 37 games over a season is effectively one a week, and that's about as much as the league can sustain. I'm not sure about the 'as live' broadcasts - is that the lazy man's way out of a good extended highlights program? I'm not sure I could watch a whole 90 mins if I already knew the result.

As Live works for me on Ireland Friendlies on TV 3 so why not the EL.
I'd like to see how the game went anyway. After all there are good 1-0 games and abysmal ones... likewise draws and high scoring games.

not a bad amount!

I've updated the list above.

Good that live match nights are announced in advance. Pity no matches between start of June & end of August but I suppose will be a few European games in July-August - Last year i think RTE showed 8. Upside is there are saturation coverage for the rest of the season.

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As Live works for me on Ireland friendlies on TV3

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Think you're the first person I've heard say that! I can't watch as live games, basically for the reason above (I know the result already).

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Pity no matches between start of June & end of August but I suppose will be a few European games in July-August

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You've got the two-week break in there as well, I suppose. The European games will fill in nicely alright. Summer live games are important, I think, as three's no Premiership to counter, yet there were hardly any (non-European) live games on in June to August last season.

RTÉ announce live eircom League details


RTÉ have announced today that they will be providing live coverage of eight of the biggest games of the domestic soccer season.

RTÉ will broadcast five of the biggest games in the eircom league, beginning with the eircom League Premier Division opening fixture between Cork City and Bohemians on Friday, March 24 at 8pm on RTÉ Two, as well as four games at the end of the season as the title race comes to a climax.


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