Live League Football Returns To Terrestrial Television
HTV has announced that it is to start showing live football again on terrestrial television from next month. Five Nationwide Football League matches will be shown on the West of England ITV franchise before Christmas, with more following in the New Year.
Live matches to be shown include Bolton Wanderers visit to Swindon Town on December 22nd and will be shown on the West Match Plus sports programme. Programmes will start at 2pm with matches kicking off at 2.10pm. The first match will be the Midlands derby between Wolves and Birmingham City on November 17th.
Roland Arblaster, Head of Sport for HTV said ” It is an exciting opportunity to bring live football to our viewers. The programmes will also include edited highlights of other Nationwide League matches played that weekend.”
Other ITV stations that will be showing live football include Central, Granada and Anglia, with Meridian possibly joining later. Sources at LWT have said that it will definitely not be broadcasting any of the matches.
Roland Arblaster: 0117 972 2165
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