We need to get on top of whether these will be televised or not now so we can work out our plans.

Tonight I've emailed Sky, Foxtel, Garry Green and Setanta Sports seeking clarification of who has the rights to show games in Australia.

Setanta Sports have the rights in the USA which is surprising considering Sky are broadcasting it in the UK. They've obviously hand balled it onto them for the States.

The Setanta Australia site hasn't listed it on their website yet which isn't a good sign. Hopefully they have just been slack with their tv schedule.

Anyhoo, I'll keep you all updated with the responses I get.

good work
if i'm correct
home leg is tuesday morning 445am May 13th
away leg is friday morning 445am May 16th

our time of course!!

I am definitely putting my nerdiness aside should these matches end up being played shown somewhere. Good work Dave!

Ryan, could you please check with Ivo to see if he has it listed in any of his guides? Also, can you ask him if he can access 'Sky Sports' or 'Setanta North America' channels? I'm predicting it's a no but can you check in the next day or so anyway? Cheers.

called him
said he would get back to me
i said it wouldn't be on fox but try to find out whether it would be on another channel
haven't worked there for 3 weeks so it was a bit of remember me
much easier talking face to face rather than over the phone

Im quite happy to watch the semi's on my computer before I head off to work, but I hope the Final can make it on some sort of TV channel

I went to see Ivo at lunch today but he wasn't in yet. I was too early as he gets in after 2pm. Will go back tomorrow arvo.

Round and round in circles we go...

That's the complete opposite to what Garry Green said. Although while Fox do have the rights to League 1, perhaps they don't have the rights to the play-offs.

Which means nobody does!

That was our last hope so unless Ivo manages to get it somehow (which he wasn't too confident about today) then looks like we'll have to watch it via the internet.

Was about to post the same thing Dave - I also emailed Setanta and got the same reply.

Either Gary Green is uninformed, or he is deliberately misleading us, either way he's an ordinary bloke. Sounds like a 'cyberkop' may be in order.

What's the best way to watch it on the internet...I haven't done it before.

Doesn't look good

Does anyone have Gay Green's number? I'll give him a call tomorrow and do my best at finding out

a - who has the fucking rights
b - how do we watch it


reckon our best bet is a laptop, hook that up to a big screen somewhere (dickens or otherwise).

like sammy, im not sure its really worth doing for the semis as they are awkward times but if we make the final we've gotta do something

Fair points. Semi's ain't gonna happen anyway. If we find ourselves in the same predicament should we make the final, we could always have a meet up at someones house and watch the game.

Regarding streaming, Sky Broadband can only be viewed if you live in the UK and ditto with Setanta North America Broadband.

I'm going to see if I can find a site where you pay a small fee to watch the streaming. Myp2p is good but I really don't wanna have to put up with buffering while watching such a crucial match.

this was just posted on BF
no idea what other forum he refers to


Saw the information below on another forum, it seems Setanta presumed fox sports had the rights. So if enough support is present they will telecast it in Australia as they are doing so in North America.


Re:League 1 Playoffs on TV
Calling all Leeds & Carlisle fans in Oz !!!

Contact Setanta - they are showing the playoff games in North America but thought that Fox sports had the rights for Oz. I spoke to Fox Sports and they confirmed they do not have the playoff rights for League 1 (only championship & permier lge games).

I've advised Setanta and if more people also ask for it, it may just happen.

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