Saints European game confirmed for live RTÉ TV coverage

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The first leg of St. Patrick’s Athletic’s Europa Conference League third round qualifier away to CSKA Sofia will be broadcast by RTÉ this coming Thursday.

The match will be shown on the RTE News channel, the RTE News Now app and the RTE Player. Kick-off is 6pm Irish time.

RTÉ used a similar arrangement for Shamrock Rovers’ recent Champions League qualifier away to Hibernians of Malta.

CSKA Sofia progressed to this round after the Bulgarian side won 4-0 win at home against FK Makedonija Gjorce Petrov (the first leg had been scoreless).

Thursday’s game takes place in the 43,000 capacity Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. The second leg is fixed for Tallaght Stadium on Thursday 11 August (kick-off 7.45pm).

Should the Saints be eliminated by CSKA, they will earn €0.75m from this year’s European campaign. Progression one further round to the play-off, would guarantee the Athletic €1.05m. Group stage qualification would earn them a minimum of €3.3 m.

 

About Macdara Ferris

Macdara Ferris is a contributor since 2007 to Hoops Scene (Shamrock Rovers' match day programme) and is the co-author of two books on Shamrock Rovers - 'Tallaght Time: Shamrock Rovers 2009 to 2012' (with Karl … View Full Profile