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| Premier Soccer Saturday | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Bill O'Herlihy Peter Collins Darragh Maloney Johnny Giles Liam Brady Eamon Dunphy Ray Houghton Ronnie Whelan Kenny Cunningham Richie Sadlier Trevor Steven George Hamilton |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ2 |
| Release | September 1998 – May 2013 |
| Related | |
| Monday Night Soccer Soccer Republic | |
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Premier Soccer Saturday (formerly The Premiership) was the principal weekly club association football programme on RTÉ television.
In June 2013, RTÉ Sport confirmed that due to cost-cutting initiatives to save the station up to €1.3m a year, it would no longer have the Irish rights to television coverage of the Premier League, with the 2012-13 Premier League season being the final season shown on RTÉ Sport.[1][2]
The programme was broadcast on RTÉ Two every Saturday evening between 19:30 and 21:00 and occasionally on Sunday (when there was an important game played that day) during the English league soccer season, showing highlights of Premier League football matches. When the show was aired on a day other than Saturday, it used the appropriately customised title (e.g. Premier Soccer Sunday). The programme only showed English association football, as Monday Night Soccer covered Irish association football.
- ^ "RTÉ announces end of Premier League coverage". RTÉ Sport. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "RTÉ axes its Premier League show to save station €1.3m a year". Irish Independent. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.