RTE to show live games on Saturday afternoons?

**Dodge** · 21/09/2010, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

That's the problem, if its clashing with other LOI games of course it will. If the Sunday evening game became a stand alone fixture and was consistent then it can only be a good thing for the league. The people who go to games will always go most of the people watching at home couldn't darken the gates of the the flansiro, tolka or dalyer.
We should be attempting a long term view of this. Gates will be affected initially but If the games are picked right then people will want to go them after watching the product consistently over a period of time.

Don't disagree with your thinking but all clubs are in desperate straights and simply can't afford to give up as much gate money as they're being asked to do (by moving games).

My own preference is for the TV game to be on a Saturday evening (with a highlights show built into the 45 minutes or so pre-game show (apologies for the American))

**osarusan** · 21/09/2010, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

My own preference is for the TV game to be on a Saturday evening (with a highlights show built into the 45 minutes or so pre-game show (apologies for the American))

The highlights of the previous night's action?

So every LOI game (or PD, at least), kicks off on Friday night, and there's 45 minutes of highlights of those games in the build-up to the live game on the Saturday night and the only game that is ever played on a Saturday night is the game that's on TV?

I like the sound of that myself.

**Dodge** · 21/09/2010, 1:19 PM

That'd be my idea alright osarusan.

**BonnieShels** · 21/09/2010, 4:07 PM

That would be a stonker of an idea.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 21/09/2010, 6:53 PM

Bohs semi on the Friday night apparently

**Dodge** · 21/09/2010, 6:55 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Bohs semi on the Friday night apparently

http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=3940

Well the Rovers/Pats game is definitely Sunday

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 21/09/2010, 8:51 PM

I know sense never comes into anything like this but wouldn't it make more sense for the Bohs match to be on the Sunday seeing as Sligo fans have further to travel? They did the same thing last season and made Waterford play up in Sligo on a Friday night and Fingal / Bray play on a Sunday afternoon

**dong** · 21/09/2010, 9:13 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Don't disagree with your thinking but all clubs are in desperate straights and simply can't afford to give up as much gate money as they're being asked to do (by moving games).

My own preference is for the TV game to be on a Saturday evening (with a highlights show built into the 45 minutes or so pre-game show (apologies for the American))

Like that idea Dodge. Makes it a once a week "big event". And we all know how much us Irish love those!

**dong** · 21/09/2010, 9:16 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

I know sense never comes into anything like this but wouldn't it make more sense for the Bohs match to be on the Sunday seeing as Sligo fans have further to travel? They did the same thing last season and made Waterford play up in Sligo on a Friday night and Fingal / Bray play on a Sunday afternoon

I can't understand that myself. We'll still bring a good few but it would be easier for people to travel on the Sunday.

**TheBoss** · 22/09/2010, 3:01 PM

NEXT LIVE MATCH:

Saturday 2nd October 13:00
Sporting Fingal v St. Patrick's Athletic

**superjohnny** · 22/09/2010, 3:54 PM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

NEXT LIVE MATCH:

Saturday 2nd October 13:00
Sporting Fingal v St. Patrick's Athletic

Another big crowd so.

**passinginterest** · 22/09/2010, 4:00 PM

At this stage I think RTE are just attempting to make Pete Mahon's head explode.

**PartySaint** · 22/09/2010, 5:53 PM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

At this stage I think RTE are just attempting to make Pete Mahon's head explode.

And then week after that we have Bohs at 1 on a Saturday aswell

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 22/09/2010, 6:10 PM

Wonder what the crowd for that game will be like? The cup match was over 1,000 below the Pats average attendance this season. That's a lot of money to be missing out on and I presume the RTE fee isn't coming close to covering that

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 22/09/2010, 8:40 PM

Bohemians v Shamrock Rovers
The above Airtricity League Premier Division fixture, originally scheduled for Friday October 15th and postponed due to the FAI Ford Cup semi-final qualification of both clubs has been rearranged for Tuesday, 5th October at Dalymount Park with a 7.05 pm kick-off time. The match will be broadcast live on RTE Two.