The 2020 Airtricity League Premier Division resumes at 5.45pm on Friday afternoon with the meeting of Derry City and Sligo Rovers in the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. The revised league season will consist of only two series of matches, eighteen in all with the opening four/five rounds of fixtures completed prior to the corona virus lockdown. Defending champions Dundalk will be in action at 7.45pm on Friday evening when they welcome St Patrick’s Athletic to Oriel Park with RTE 2 bring live coverage of the contest.
An arrangement has been put in place to provide live coverage of all Premier Division fixtures and details are contained within the appended announcement.
The FAI has announced details of the Airtricity League’s first-ever streaming service which will deliver Premier Division football matches to supporters in Ireland and around the world.
The Football Association of Ireland and RTÉ Sport, in collaboration with GAAGO, have partnered to deliver the streaming platform which can be accessed on watchloi.ie.
Each Premier Division fixture, as well as selected FAI Cup matches, will be live streamed via RTÉ Sport’s cameras and commentary team. There will be over 55 matches shown on the platform this season.
Season passes went on sale on Wednesday morning for €55 for supporters in Ireland and €69 for the rest of the world. The FAI says that the revenue created will go to each club.
The SSE Airtricity League is set to restart on Friday, July 31st with Derry City v Sligo Rovers to be the first match streamed on the platform (kick-off at 5.45pm).
There are two fixtures scheduled for Saturday afternoon with Shelbourne taking on Waterford in Tolka Park at 2pm and Shamrock Rovers entertaining Finn Harps in Tallaght Stadium at 5pm. The remaining fixture between Cork City and Bohemian is set for Turner’s Cross at 5pm on Sunday afternoon.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Shamrock Rovers 5 5 0 0 15 4 11 15
Dundalk 5 4 0 1 12 4 8 12
Bohemian 5 3 0 2 6 3 3 6
St Patrick’s Athletic 4 2 0 2 3 2 1 6
Shelbourne 4 2 0 2 3 4 -1 6
Waterford 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6
Derry City 4 1 1 2 4 4 – 4
Finn Harps 4 1 1 2 2 6 -4 4
Cork City 5 1 0 4 1 11 -10 3
Sligo Rovers 4 0 0 4 2 8 -6 0
The Airtricity League First Division also resumes on Friday evening with four fixtures scheduled to kick-off at 7.45pm:-
Athlone Town v Wexford
Bray Wanderers v Cobh Ramblers
Galway United v Cabinteely
UCD v Longford Town
The remaining fixture between Shamrock Rovers ‘II’ and Longford Town is scheduled for Tallaght Stadium at 3pm on Sunday afternoon.
P W D L F A G/D Pts
Cabinteely 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 9
Drogheda United 3 2 0 1 7 2 5 6
Longford Town 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 6
UCD 3 1 1 1 3 6 -3 4
Bray Wanderers 2 1 0 1 4 4 – 3
Cobh Ramblers 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
Galway United 2 0 2 0 1 1 – 2
Wexford 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
Shamrock Rovers II 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
Athlone Town 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0