WATCHLOI is ending

SOCCER: Sligo Rovers fans can avail of a new streaming platform to watch live League of Ireland games next month. Current platform WATCHLOI is going to conclude coverage of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division at the midseason break.

The final series of games available on WATCHLOI is this weekend’s fare, including Rovers’ away fixture against Finn Harps tomorrow, Friday, evening (5.45pm start).

The FAI and RTÉ Sport, in collaboration with GAAGO, successfully partnered to deliver the WATCHLOI broadcast platform to provide supporters access to Premier Division matches during the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the 2020 season was able to restart in July 2020 and WATCHLOI covered every match during the campaign as well as every fixture so far in the 2021 Premier Division.

The new streaming platform for

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division matches will be available from Friday, June 11.

“We’d like to place on record our thanks and appreciation to RTÉ Sport and GAAGO for their fantastic support of the League of Ireland through WATCHLOI,” said League of Ireland Director Mark Scanlon.

“At a time of uncertainty around the restart of the 2020 season, WATCHLOI was created to ensure that we supplied high-quality coverage of the Premier Division to supporters both in Ireland and across the world.”

Meanwhile, RTÉ Sport will continue to cover the SSE Airtricity Premier Division and the FAI Cup through live TV coverage after the mid-season break as FAI broadcast partners.