Setanta Cup TV Details

MrJoeSoap

Opening four Setanta Sports Cup live TV broadcast fixtures announced

Linfield v Derry City first live broadcast from Windsor Park on February 20th

Dublin, January 10th 2006

The opening four Setanta Sports Cup 2006 fixtures to be broadcast live on Setanta Sports have been announced.

Holders Linfield will open their defence of the trophy against Derry City at Windsor Park on Monday February 20th and this Group B fixture will be broadcast live on Setanta Sports with a kick-off time of 8pm. The three other fixtures being played that night (and other fixtures not being broadcast live on subsequent matchnights) will all kick off at 7.45pm.

The following week, the rematch of the 2005 FAI Cup Final – when eircom League Premier Division Champions Cork City take on FAI Cup winners Drogheda United at Turner’s Cross in Group A – will be broadcast live on Setanta Sports, kick-off 8pm.

The Setanta Sports cameras will be in The Brandywell the following night (Tuesday February 28th) for the meeting of Derry City and Shelbourne (kick-off 8pm) and will return to Turner’s Cross on Monday March 6th when Cork City entertain Setanta Sports Cup new boys Dungannon Swifts (8pm).

Further details in relation to the broadcasts and subsequent live broadcasts will be announced shortly.

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Live Broadcasts on Setanta Sports:

Monday 20th February
Group B: Linfield v Derry City, Windsor Park, 8pm

Monday 27th February
Group A: Cork City v Drogheda United, Turner’s Cross, 8pm

Tuesday 28th February
Group B: Derry City v Shelbourne, The Brandywell, 8pm

Monday 6th March
Group A: Cork City v Dungannon Swifts, Turner’s Cross, 8pm

Taken from Shelsweb. Only a bit over a month until the big kick-off, can't wait!

20 Times 20 Times

Some game to go to in the brandywell , would there be many people interested in going for a over night stay to the match ?

Töpher

Gonna be top class! Not that I'll see any as I'll be at all the Shels games on the same nights, but still, video will be set!

eirebhoy

Cork City 10/3
Shelbourne 4/1
Linfield 4/1
Derry City 13/2
Drogheda Utd 9/1
Portadown 10/1
Glentoran 11/1
Dungannon Swifts 33/1

gimmick

Id argue with that betting, as Rico has come out and said that he will be using the Setanta as 'pre-seaosn' tournament. That being said, I cant imagine Brian Lennox agreeing to this, as the rewards for winning this trophy are huge, far bigger than a FAI Cup win financially.

Looking forward to this, and glad of the new structure, as i felt last years was a little too tight, not to mention the fact that this will make clubs take their League Cup more seriously now.

Anyway, I expect City and Drogs to progress from Group A, Linfield and Shels from Group B.

Jonny Arson

Only concern I'll have about the Copa del Setanta is that it may affect Shelbourne's early eL season performances. I thought it did effect us last season and with the increase in games I'm afraid we might lose our early season focus (yeah all teams are liable to this) as the league should be our No.1 priority.

I'll go with Linfield to retain their trophy as they are on fire this season.

applehunter

Important that Setanta pick matches that will look attractive on TV(with crowds in the backround)

This means choosing Cork, Derry, and Drogheda matches.

Linfield home matches look ****e on TV. Hopefully the Derry match will capture the imagination of the Belfast public.

Good call all round IMO, from the Setanta station.

MrJoeSoap

You forgot Shels there I think!

bullrunner

I reckon Linfield will win it again.

Zane...you cant blame the Setanta cup for not doing well last season...you had too many new players trying to settle in at the start..thats more the reason you didnt do well!


Does anybody know if the EL is breaking for a few weeks in June for the world cup?

Töpher

We'll know when they release the fixtures

MrJoeSoap

The fixtures will be released on the afternoon of the first league game most likely, leaving all 12 teams to scramble to their destinations.

Odds on the referees not making it in time?

Jonny Arson

bullrunner wrote:

Zane...you cant blame the Setanta cup for not doing well last season...you had too many new players trying to settle in at the start..thats more the reason you didnt do well!

Oh yeah i do realize there were many other factors in Shels' poor performances for the first 2/3rds of the season but IMO the Setanta didn't help us one bit as we lost our focus to the Setanta when more importantly it should have been on the league.

I don't give much of damn about the Setanta (except the nice cash prizes on offer), our priority should be on the league this season. Anything else is secondary.