TV3 owned the rights to a long-running weekly League of Ireland highlights programme until 2007. In 2008, a deal was struck between RTÉ and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), due to end in 2013.[1] As a part of that deal, RTÉ broadcast this show weekly and showed some matches live on its Airtricty League Live programme. The first edition was broadcast on Monday 10 March 2008, presented by Tony O'Donoghue. Broadcast at the earlier time of 7 pm (previously 8 pm), as opposed to the 11:30 pm Monday night slot occupied by its TV3 predecessor, eircom League Weekly (which was repeated Tuesdays at 5 pm), Con Murphy presented most of the shows; however, when covered the Beijing Olympics in August 2008, Tony O'Donoghue filled in and did so when Con was unavailable. Eamonn Donohoe and Stephen Alkin reported and it was shown on the RTÉ website. The Irish Times reported in November 2008 that the programme's poor viewing figures made a move to a different time slot in 2009 a possibility; however, this was not the case and the show returned to its regular time slot.[1]
Roddy Collins left the sofa after he was appointed manager of Maltese club Floriana in June 2009. He returned in a number of months after being sacked as manager of Floriana.
After the show's cancellation, it was replaced by Soccer Republic which airs at a later time on Monday nights than its predecessor and also shows highlights of each of the previous weekend's Premier Division matches.
References
^ abMalone, Emmet (25 November 2008). "'Monday Night Soccer' may be moved from prime-time slot". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
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monday, night, soccer, former, football, television, programme, shown, rtÉ, each, monday, evening, during, football, season, presented, peter, collins, usually, joined, guests, like, manager, damien, richardson, former, millwall, striker, richard, sadlier, bro. Monday Night Soccer is a former football television programme shown on RTE Two each Monday evening during the football season Presented by Peter Collins he was usually joined by two guests like manager Damien Richardson and former Millwall striker Richard Sadlier Broadcast weekly on Monday evenings live from RTE studio 5 every League of Ireland Premier Division game was shown In July and August editions of the show it showed UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches involving participating League of Ireland clubs Monday Night SoccerMNS LogoPresented byPeter Collinsmain presenterTony O Donoghuepart time presenterOpening theme Is It Any Wonder by KeaneCountry of originIrelandProductionRunning time60 minutesReleaseOriginal networkRTE TwoOriginal release10 March 2008 2008 03 10 2013 2013 TV3 owned the rights to a long running weekly League of Ireland highlights programme until 2007 In 2008 a deal was struck between RTE and the Football Association of Ireland FAI due to end in 2013 1 As a part of that deal RTE broadcast this show weekly and showed some matches live on its Airtricty League Live programme The first edition was broadcast on Monday 10 March 2008 presented by Tony O Donoghue Broadcast at the earlier time of 7 pm previously 8 pm as opposed to the 11 30 pm Monday night slot occupied by its TV3 predecessor eircom League Weekly which was repeated Tuesdays at 5 pm Con Murphy presented most of the shows however when covered the Beijing Olympics in August 2008 Tony O Donoghue filled in and did so when Con was unavailable Eamonn Donohoe and Stephen Alkin reported and it was shown on the RTE website The Irish Times reported in November 2008 that the programme s poor viewing figures made a move to a different time slot in 2009 a possibility however this was not the case and the show returned to its regular time slot 1 Roddy Collins left the sofa after he was appointed manager of Maltese club Floriana in June 2009 He returned in a number of months after being sacked as manager of Floriana After the show s cancellation it was replaced by Soccer Republic which airs at a later time on Monday nights than its predecessor and also shows highlights of each of the previous weekend s Premier Division matches References Edit a b Malone Emmet 25 November 2008 Monday Night Soccer may be moved from prime time slot The Irish Times Retrieved 25 November 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monday Night Soccer amp oldid 1111944024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
