Live First Division game on RTE

[el punter]

Harps v Athlone to get the live treatment it seems

Details here

[Mr_T]

Great stuff, will be some crowd in FP that night!

Finn Harps promotion push to feature live on RTE


Finn Harps FC wish to confirm that the clubs final home game of the season will feature live on RTE television. The club were delighted with the announcement by the FAI that the home match against Athlone Town on Friday 2nd November will be screened live on Network 2.



It will be necessary to change the kick off time from 8.00pm to 7.55pm to facilitate the TV coverage which will give Harps fans only the second chance ever to see their home ground feature on live television.



Harps Chairman John Campbell expressed his satisfaction with the development. "Its great news for the club, and I welcome the fact that the achievements of Paul Hegarty and the team are being recognised by the TV companies" he said "We hope there will be a big crowd there and we can show the nation what Finn Harps are about, that we have a fantastic team and fantastic supporters"



Finn Park has only graced our TV screens on one previous occasion, the 1998 cup semi final against Shelbourne, while the Ballybofey club have featured another 5 times in a live broadcast, all in 1999. The club's away fixture with Sligo Rovers was featured in that season, while the cup semi final win over Galway in Terryland Park and subsequent treble cup final epic against Bray Wanderers were also televised.



Its is indeed a sign of good times returning to the banks of the Finn that the live broadcast units of the National Broadcaster will make their return to Finn Park after an absence of 9 years.





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Official Press Release From Finn Harps FC

[Mr A]

Jeez, this has been up several minutes yet no one has been on whinging that the first division shouldn't get any coverage.

[btid1]

Jeez, this has been up several minutes yet no one has been on whinging that the first division shouldn't get any coverage.

The first division shouldnt get any coverage..............happy now?

[MyTown]

This time last year Conor Gethins bagged a great hat trick (oh God, did he only get two?. There were two quality goals from him at least!) live on TV against Athlone. The portents are good for ye.

[EAFC_rdfl]

thats great stuff, I was wondering how long we'd have to wait for rte to realise the battle going on in div 1, suppose they had to show the run in to the prem div first.
the game against cobh should have been on too imo

[dcfcsteve]

Jeez, this has been up several minutes yet no one has been on whinging that the first division shouldn't get any coverage.

The First Division should get coverage. Just not that kip of a stadium of yours......!

[Mr A]

At least we own it.

[Mr A]

And of course the access routes are excellent.

[Mr_T]

The First Division should get coverage. Just not that kip of a stadium of yours......!

Don't worry Steve, you won't be able to see the "stadium" with the heaving masses of fans!

And before somebody says it - ain't bandwagons great!

[dcfcsteve]

Don't worry Steve, you won't be able to see the "stadium" with the heaving masses of fans!

And the heaving mass of fans won't be able to see about a third of the pitch.

You should give them all mini TV's on the way in to make sure they don't miss any of the action.....

[Dodge]

So RTE wouldn't show harps v Derry but will show harps v Athlone...

therefore...

Athlone > Derry

[Jerry The Saint]

the home match against Athlone Town on Friday 2nd November will be screened live on Network 2

Makes sense now. If your TV doesn't have Network 2 you won't be able to watch it

Would have thought Waterford/Galway or Bohs/Longford (possible Cup Final preview?) would be shown by RTE instead. Typical RTE pro-North West bias.

[dcfcsteve]

So RTE wouldn't show harps v Derry but will show harps v Athlone...

therefore...

Athlone > Derry

What makes it worse is that Waterford/Sligo > Derry/Harps......

[Sam_Heggy]

Great news, Isn't the RTE great?

[Danny]

defo would have thought bohs/longford to be a bigger game
as said above could be a cup final preview plus bohs playing for 3rd and longford fighting to stay up

[Sam_Heggy]

defo would have thought bohs/longford to be a bigger game
as said above could be a cup final preview plus bohs playing for 3rd and longford fighting to stay up

The race for promotion is pretty exciting too

Its the first live game from Finn Park since 1998, thats 9 years do you really begrudge that?

[harpstilidie]

Haha! Fantastic! About flippin time! have to get the dvd recorder on for that one!

[dcfcsteve]

The race for promotion is pretty exciting too

Its the first live game from Finn Park since 1998, thats 9 years do you really begrudge that?

I wonder why you haven't had a live game from Finn Park in those 9 intervening years....?

Though in fairness, the play-offs and the recent Cup game against Derry should have made it to TV as well.

Hopefully you'll win the league and we can have a two-legged Setanta play-off televised live as well.

[CollegeTillIDie]

The First Division doesn't get any coverage..... in the Irish Times.
Get's relatively sod all in the Irish Independent.
It's a Sad state of affairs when '' The Paper of Record'' title has to be shared between three foreign owned red tops.... Irish Sun, The Star and The Irish Mirror. But fair play to the three red tops for recognising the First Division exists and having consistent coverage of it. Not the hit and miss in the Examiner and Indo.