Northern Ireland Football Lines Up On Sky Sports

[Media Boy]

SKY Sports will show Northern Irish football live following a deal announced today by the Irish Football Association. Full internationals, Under-21 matches and Carnegie Premier League games will be shown live on Sky Sports across the UK and the Republic ofIreland under the arrangement, the first between Sky Sports and the Irish FA. The award means that Northern Ireland’s qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championships will be exclusively live on Sky Sports.The new live broadcast deal includes: FULL INTERNATIONALS: All home matches for four years from May 2008, including qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup Finals and 2012 European Championship Finals, plus friendly matches – exclusively live on Sky Sports. UNDER-21 INTERNATIONALS: At least two U-21 matches each season for four years, from the start of 2008-09 until the close of 2011-12 – exclusively live on Sky Sports. PREMIER LEAGUE: Five live fixtures each season from the Carnegie Premier League for five years, starting this August and running until the end of 2011-2012. More info here. http://www.irishfa.com/the-ifa/news/...-on-sky-sports Info from NI FA.com.

[gazzae]

No more Jackie

---------- Post added at 14:25 ---------- Previous post was at 14:15 ----------

Originally Posted by TV Boy

PREMIER LEAGUE: Five live fixtures each season from the Carnegie Premier League for five years, starting this August and running until the end of 2011-2012. More info here. http://www.irishfa.com/the-ifa/news/...-on-sky-sports Info from NI FA.com.

Only five matches? One would think people don't want to see Limavady V Larne. Shocking