Televised Games 2015

**outspoken** · 14/10/2015, 4:54 PM

Originally Posted by seand

Make sure you only give Drogs half the tickets they want, to be on the safe side.

That'l be 3 so

**LFC Blue** · 24/10/2015, 8:00 AM

Any idea what will be the televised game next Friday.....Limerick v Sligo/Drogs v Rovers or the Dundalk title presentation?

**Dunny** · 24/10/2015, 8:09 AM

I'd be near 100% right in saying it won't be Dundalk v Bray.
I'd say you have have it right there though with one of Sligo v Lims or Shams v Drogs and prob both combined but with Shams/Drogs as main match.

**White Horse** · 24/10/2015, 9:07 AM

Originally Posted by LFC Blue

Any idea what will be the televised game next Friday.....Limerick v Sligo/Drogs v Rovers or the Dundalk title presentation?

I'd say it will be the Shams/frogs game. Just down the road from D4 and it'll **** Shams off. Two boxes ticked for RTE.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 24/10/2015, 9:29 AM

After the yawn-inducing affair that was the second half yesterday, RTE would be well advised to steer clear of Limerick if they want a good game of football to show people.

**nigel-harps1954** · 24/10/2015, 9:37 AM

Harps v UCD live next Friday.

**Longfordian** · 24/10/2015, 10:35 AM

A live First Division game? That must be a first.

**nigel-harps1954** · 24/10/2015, 11:13 AM

I was joking of course.

Funnily, the last First Division game televised, and the only one I can think of in memory, at least in regular season and not play off was Harps v Athlone in Finn Park in 2007 where Roddy Collins called Stephen Parkhouse fat and useless to just further grow the hate Harps fans have for the man.

**pineapple stu** · 24/10/2015, 11:29 AM

I think Athlone v Rovers was live in 2006 as well?

Actually think the game should be live. The play-offs deserve a bit of promotion (no pun intended...) and a nicely balanced game in front of what'll probably be a decent crowd involving at least one team who tries to play football

should be shown.

Not that I'm in any way biased of course.

**gufc2000** · 24/10/2015, 11:38 AM

Galway United were on live whilst in the First Division in 2006. Away to Athlone Town in Dubarry Park, and I think the last home game of the season against Cobh Ramblers was shown as well. Both matches were on TG4

**Longfordian** · 24/10/2015, 11:46 AM

I'm clearly getting old, I'd forgotten about those games.

**nigel-harps1954** · 24/10/2015, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

I'm clearly getting old, I'd forgotten about those games.

Actually, now I think of it, didn't Setanta show a play-off game between Waterford and Longford a few years ago? Or was that Dundalk?

**pineapple stu** · 24/10/2015, 11:56 AM

Waterford v Dundalk.

Rovers v Dublin City was also live.

**Longfordian** · 24/10/2015, 12:17 PM

Yeah I remembered the Premier/First Division playoffs being on alright just didn't recall an all FD game.

**Nesta99** · 24/10/2015, 3:55 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Waterford v Dundalk.

Rovers v Dublin City was also live.

Remembering both of those 2 games has cheered me up no end!

**Martinho II** · 24/10/2015, 5:24 PM

Athlone v Shamrock Rovers in 2006 was live on TG4. I actually went to that game in the rugby grounds out the Ballymahon Rd.Whats that ground name again?

**oriel** · 24/10/2015, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dunny

I'd be near 100% right in saying it won't be Dundalk v Bray.
I'd say you have have it right there though with one of Sligo v Lims or Shams v Drogs and prob both combined but with Shams/Drogs as main match.

You never know, it wouldn't surprise me either way if they went for our game, or chose a match featuring a relegation. Maybe they might do Rovers v Drogs, either way I'd expect them to show coverage of us picking up the trophy. And how I'm very much looking forward to that little moment.

**gufc2000** · 24/10/2015, 7:25 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

Athlone v Shamrock Rovers in 2006 was live on TG4. I actually went to that game in the rugby grounds out the Ballymahon Rd.Whats that ground name again?

Dubarry Park. That was an FAI Cup quarter-final and was live on TV. It was Athlone's last season at St. Mel's Park.

**Charlie Darwin** · 25/10/2015, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I think Athlone v Rovers was live in 2006 as well?

Actually think the game should be live. The play-offs deserve a bit of promotion (no pun intended...) and a nicely balanced game in front of what'll probably be a decent crowd involving at least one team who tries to play football

should be shown.

Not that I'm in any way biased of course.

I agree, but you can see even in the press coverage that the relegation battle is all people care about.

**White Horse** · 25/10/2015, 8:55 AM

My suggestion would be to cover the Shamrock Rovers/Drogs match, and have a live link ups for goals in the Limerick/Sligo match, and for the trophy presentation at the Dundalk/Bray match as the end.

Probably too much work for RTE though.