Shamrock Rovers v St Pat's on the opening night of the league. 7:40 coverage for 7:45pm kick off.
At least they ditched the 7:05pm time.
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Shamrock Rovers v St Pat's on the opening night of the league. 7:40 coverage for 7:45pm kick off.
At least they ditched the 7:05pm time.
RTÉ Sport
Shamrock Rovers and St Pats kick off the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division live on RTÉ2 plus the return of Soccer Republic
The 2015 SSE Airtricity League kicks off this Friday 6 March and over the course of the season RTÉ2 will show 17 live games including the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup semi-finals and final. Coverage begins on Friday with live Premier Division action from Tallaght Stadium as Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic face-off in a game between two of the favourites for league glory this year.
Darragh Maloney will be joined by Richie Sadlier and former Hoops manager and Saints assistant boss Trevor Croly while Ger Canning will be joined in commentary by Kenny Cunningham. The game kicks off at 7.45pm with High Definition coverage beginning at 7.40pm.
Monday 9 March sees the return of Soccer Republic (11.05pm, RTÉ2) with Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny joining presenter Peter Collins in studio alongside regular panellists Alan Cawley and Stuart Byrne. The programme will feature all the goals from the weekend’s Premier Division games plus an interview with Robbie Keane and, in a new regular feature, a look at how Irish players and coaches are getting on abroad. The first show in the series will also feature a report on new boys Cabinteely FC’s first game as an SSE Airtricity League club.
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Date: 4 March 2015
According to Soccer Republic, Dery City v Cork City is happening this Sunday at 3pm and it's live on RTE2. Must have been brought forward a few months.
Dundalk v Sligo March 27th, RTE2
Has this been confirmed? I haven't seen it announced anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by ybig
right at the bottom of article.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
http://www.rte.ie/sport/listings/41/
It didn't take long for them to start messing with the kick off times again.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
Technically they moved the first game from it's original KO time too.
Anything that's not 7.05 is bearable
That's the main thing alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Jesus, they had it down as 7.45 yesterday. Consistency isn't their strong point.
Would have thought Oriel would have to be shown post watershed.
Just a poor joke Dundalk fans.
Dont knock yerself, made me chuckle with an (almost) agreement! That away section should be blurred out at least for fear of causing widespread nighmares...
Depends whose visiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish...turners-cross/
Dundalk's visit to Turners Cross is being televised by RTE on April 24th.
...as exclusively released by leagueofireland.ie earlier today.
http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Excl...f21e26baf33242
Good grief. Morto.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
EXCLUSIVE !!
Bray Wanderers FC retweeted
SSEAirtricity League @SSEAirtricityLg · 21h 21 hours ago
On Bank Holiday Monday, May 4, @SetantaSports will show @DundalkFC v @BrayWanderers (3pm) and @bfcdublin v @CorkCityFC (5.10pm)
21 retweets 13 favorites
American papers please copy ...
I heard this last night alright. Ridiculous moving a game to a bank holiday afternoon. I think it will badly affect our crowd for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlebray
The earlier kick off is a easier sell than the later one , watch the game then watch the other game on to with a pint go home earlyish.
Monday afternoon instead of Friday night will knock 500-1000 off the crowd. On the plus side it's another opportunity to indoctrinate my offspring at a young and impressionable age.
Never understood why bank holiday games attract less people. Happens with Rovers too anyway. I know they're out of the routine but they're more convenient than running home from work and back out, etc. Plus parents can bring kids when Friday night might not suit as well.
Bank Holidays, with decent weather, are seen as perfect days/weekend for family trips (either day trips or weekends away). For any floating fan, he/she might prefer* to spend a day with the whole family. We can try and fool ourselves that loads of families go to LOI games but it's still hugely male skewingQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
*probably not "prefering" but he/she may not have much say
Bohs are now a player down in Dean Kelly due to the change of date for tv, he changed his flight from a Friday to a Saturday to play against cork, he has a family wedding to attend. Now due to this change we are being hindered even more just to suit setanta.
Can't understand why clubs agreed to this or what power setanta have to get this changed.
Participation Agreement?Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_His_Soul.png
Clubs do have some autonomy to say no. I know the opening game of last season at Turner's Cross, Cork turned it down because RTE wouldn't give guarantees on dates/times and Cork got fed up so Rovers ended up moving the first game to the Sunday. I'd imagine with something like this the FAI put their foot down though.
There's every chance Setanta might have actually compensated the clubs?
There is ZERO chance of Setanta opting to spend money they don't have toQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE LIVE ON RTÉ2 AS CORK CITY HOST CHAMPIONS DUNDALK
Live SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action returns to RTÉ2 tomorrow night (Friday 24 April) for High Definition coverage from Turner’s Cross of the biggest game of the season so far as 2014 runners-up Cork City take on champions Dundalk. Last season’s title decider in Oriel Park between the two sides drew a full house to the Louth venue and a large television audience on RTÉ2 and with both sides again setting the pace this season fans will be hoping for similarly entertaining fare this time around.
Presenter Peter Collins will be joined by Stuart Byrne for analysis. Commentary comes from George Hamilton and Damien Richardson while Tony O’Donoghue will have all the reaction from both camps.
SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE LIVE – RTÉ2, Friday 24 April, 7.30pm (KO 7.35pm)
That might deter some Dundalk fans from travelling now. Don't see why they just don't release a list of games at the start of the season that they'll show rather than pick and choose as they please and screw up already arranged kick-off times.
Reeks of a lack of professionalism from RTÉ.
Or waiting to see how things pan out in a notoriously unpredictable league.
The game was announced as being on TV about 2/3 weeks ago. To be fair to RTE, they can't pick too far ahead of time as they'll need to see form/league position etc. They might have marked this one down but things changeQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Wasn't aware of that, I had assumed it was only announced today. In that case, it amounts to poor advertising from RTÉ.
I wish they'd stop the Tony O'Donoghue touchline pieces. They are an annoyance and add nothing to the coverage. One of these days he's going to catch a manager at the wrong time and be told to F*** Off.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
Would love to see some manager losing it with him. He has it coming at this stage!
They do the same with the Rugby and GAA except it is one of the coaches or assistant thats rolled out during the game. Could be fun with Vinny Perth and Fenlon within shouting distance of eachother.
Drogs v Dundalk,2013 FAI Cup SF in United Park,Dundalk down to 9 players with Buttimer reffing.....SK was on the verge of telling TO'D were to stick the mic!Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
BTW i see Buttimer is back at the scene of the crime tomorrow night,in charge of the Drogs v Longford.
Cheated us in cobh a few years ago and will cheat us againQuote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
I know he was slowly being integrated back in as 4th official etc. is this his first premier match as referee since that debacle in Drogheda?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
It is real bad news for referring standards in this league - he takes things to a new low of incompetancy