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**Graemerz** · 23/09/2007, 8:48 PM

Tomorrow night (Monday) 7:30pm on SKY Sports 1, Cliftonville vs. Linfield at Solitude will be broadcasted live. It's the first match of the Carnegie Premier League for the teams, and the first ever NI league match to be broadcasted live. As you are aware both teams will be representing the League in next years Setanta Cup.

**sligoman** · 23/09/2007, 8:51 PM

Or at the same time over on TG4, Pat's Vs. Bohs in the FAI cup.

**R�iteoir** · 23/09/2007, 8:55 PM

FAI Cup Q-F > One team league game

**sligoman** · 23/09/2007, 8:56 PM

Reiteoir, you being a Bohs man, do you know when the replay is scheduled for if ye draw with Pat's tomorrow?

**Aaron** · 23/09/2007, 8:59 PM

I shall be flicking. Was looking forward to the Linfield game, will be good, as will the Cup match.

**kdjaC** · 23/09/2007, 9:02 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Reiteoir, you being a Bohs man, do you know when the replay is scheduled for if ye draw with Pat's tomorrow?

thursday

kdjac

**sligoman** · 23/09/2007, 9:06 PM

Good stuff, I'll be praying for a draw so our game can be postponed cos if it's Friday, I'll miss it

**feo123** · 23/09/2007, 9:17 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Good stuff, I'll be praying for a draw so our game can be postponed cos if it's Friday, I'll miss it

stop praying...just deal with it, it better not be a draw

**Raheny Red** · 23/09/2007, 9:23 PM

I'll be able to watch it if it's available on THIS website

**feo123** · 23/09/2007, 9:26 PM

back to the irish league been shown on sky, thats both the BBC and sky sports on board now with the northern league. two big stations. well done to them for getting that done

**sligoman** · 23/09/2007, 9:51 PM

Originally Posted by feo123

stop praying...just deal with it, it better not be a draw

I will not, gonna go to mass in the morning too and say a few Novena's

**feo123** · 23/09/2007, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

I will not, gonna go to mass in the morning too and say a few Novena's

might do the same myself, pray for it to be on!

**Risteard** · 24/09/2007, 12:31 AM

So is this going to become a regular thing?

**dcfcsteve** · 24/09/2007, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by feo123

back to the irish league been shown on sky, thats both the BBC and sky sports on board now with the northern league. two big stations. well done to them for getting that done

The Eircom league's only got RTE2, TV3, TG4 and Setanta on-board. Plus BBC for occassional games like City v PSG.

You won't find a single IL fan who thinks their TV coverage is better than ours. Because it isn't.

Surprised that Sky went with the IL though. Is it linked to internationals once the BBC rights run out ?

**Mr A** · 24/09/2007, 8:20 AM

The Sky deal is linked to the Northern Ireland coverage and they'll be showing five live games this season. Not a lot, but Sky hype these things very well and its good promotion for the Irish League. Fair play to the IFA for using the relative success of their senior side to benefit the local game. As for the BBC coverage the IL gets- it's not great, the goals are usually shown while the fans are on their way home from the games, and it can be a bit half-assed. They only show the league cup final and IFA cup final live as far as I know.

**Lim till i die** · 24/09/2007, 8:32 AM

Originally Posted by Mr A

As for the BBC coverage the IL gets- it's not great, the goals are usually shown while the fans are on their way home from the games, and it can be a bit half-assed. They only show the league cup final and IFA cup final live as far as I know.

Do they still show one half from Windsor Park before bundling the cameraman in to the back of a van and scooting across Belfast to show the second half from Solitude??

**Magicme** · 24/09/2007, 8:52 AM

Originally Posted by City till I Die

I shall be flicking.

**Graemerz** · 24/09/2007, 9:31 AM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

Do they still show one half from Windsor Park before bundling the cameraman in to the back of a van and scooting across Belfast to show the second half from Solitude??

It's not even as good as that....

**SunderlandBohs** · 24/09/2007, 10:31 AM

Setanta Ireland is available in England. I even caught St.Pat's vs U.C.D in a bar in Bulgaria on Setanta. The deal with sky is for 5 league. It's the same as when sky signed a deal to show Rep. of Ireland games. They showed to the FAI Cup Semis & final. In all with Setanta we've got a better deal.

**dcfcsteve** · 24/09/2007, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by SunderlandBohs

It's the same as when sky signed a deal to show Rep. of Ireland games. They showed to the FAI Cup Semis & final.

I'm fairly sure we've never had an EL team or game shown on Sky.

Was that Cup/Internationals deal not with a terrestrial channel (RTE or TV3) ?

Haven't seen any Sky promotion for the IL match, so will be interesting to see how they cover it. Looking forward to some channel-hopping as well myself tonight.