The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy 2nd round tie of Rotherham United v Leeds United will be shown live on Sky Sports!
The away fixture will take place on Wednesday October 8 (KO 7.45pm).
There are only around 2500 tickets available for Leeds United fans, so the only choice for most fans will be to watch it live on Sky.
The Sky Sports live televised English Premier League matches up to the end of November 2008 are as follows:
AUGUST 2008
Saturday 16 Arsenal v WBA 12.45pm
Sunday 17 Chelsea v Portsmouth 1.30pm
Sunday 17 Man Utd v Newcastle Utd 4.00pm
Sunday 24 Man City v West Ham Utd 4.00pm
Monday 25 Portsmouth v Man Utd 8.00pm
Sunday 31 Chelsea v Spurs 1.30pm
Sunday 31 Villa v Liverpool 4.00pm
SEPTEMBER 2008
Saturday 13 Liverpool v Man Utd 12.45pm
Sunday 14 Stoke City v Everton 1.30pm
Sunday 21 WBA v Villa 12.00pm
Sunday 21 Chelsea v Man Utd 2.00pm
Saturday 27 Everton v Liverpool 12.45pm
Sunday 28 Portsmouth v Spurs 1.30pm
Sunday 28 Wigan Athletic v Man City 4.00pm
OCTOBER 2008
Sunday 5 West Ham Utd v Bolton Wanderers 1.30pm
Sunday 5 Everton v Newcastle Utd 4.00pm
Saturday 18 Middlesbrough v Chelsea 12.45pm
Sunday 19 Stoke City v Spurs 4.00pm
Saturday 25 Sunderland v Newcastle Utd 12.45pm
Sunday 26 Chelsea v Liverpool 1.30pm
Sunday 26 West Ham Utd v Arsenal 4.00pm
Tuesday 28 Stoke City v Sunderland 8.00pm
Wednesday 29 Arsenal v Spurs 8.00pm
NOVEMBER 2008
Saturday 1 Everton v Fulham 12.45pm
Sunday 2 Bolton Wanderers v Man City 4.00pm
Saturday 8 Arsenal v Man Utd 12.45pm
Sunday 9 Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea 1.30pm
Sunday 9 Fulham v Newcastle Utd 4.00pm
Saturday 15 Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool 12.45pm
Sunday 16 Everton v Middlesbrough 1.30pm
Sunday 16 Hull City v Man City 4.00pm
Sunday 23 Spurs v Blackburn Rovers 1.30pm
Sunday 23 Sunderland v West Ham Utd 4.00pm
Sunday 30 Man City v Man Utd 1.30pm
Sunday 30 Chelsea v Arsenal 4.00pm
All the above will change fixtures already released by the Premier League in June 2008. You can use the buttons below to print-off the list/email it to a friend/or post to your favourite social networking sites.
You need a subscription to the Sky Sports channels to view the above live games on Sky.
Galatasaray’s Austalian winger Harry Kewell has is issued an open letter to Leeds United fans via Sky Sports. We reproduce it here without further comment:
“My love and respect for Leeds United FC and what the club has done for me will never change, no matter what anyone says about me and whatever their motives are.
“My sense of sorrow and sympathy for the families and friends of Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight will always be with me.
“I chose the No.19 shirt when I signed for Galatasaray as a sign of respect for Leeds because that was the number I got when I first became a regular member of the Leeds United FC starting XI. I felt that it might be a way to demonstrate that I had not forgotten where it all started and I was hoping that in a small way it would help the healing process of the tragedy that occurred on the 5th of April 2000.
“For me, sport should first and foremost be about the love of your game. But equally important is the respect for not only your team-mates but all those who you compete against. For this reason I have always objected to any form of discrimination in any sport and football in particular, as that is the sport that is the most near and dear to me.
“To blame the Galatasaray club for the tragedy in Istanbul is simply wrong and discriminatory. This is a club founded in 1905 that has a proud history of striving for sporting excellence and it should be given the same respect as any other football club.
“I respect everyone’s right to have their own opinion on whatever they like, but that does not make their opinion right. No one has to agree with my views or my choices, but I think it’s only fair and reasonable to allow me and my family to enjoy the same democratic rights as expected by those that have been attacking me over the last few days.”
Image via WikipediaIt appears there is at least one advantage to being in the first round of the Carling Cup - you are wanted by Sky!
Shorn of the opportunity to show a match involving any of the Evil Foursome, as they aren’t in the first round, Sky TV have opted to show Leeds United’s away tie at Chester City.
In spite of the biggest support outside the Premier League (and more than half of the Premier League too) Sky have barely featured Leeds over the last three seasons - so I guess we should be grateful for the crumb of the 1st round of the Carling Cup.
To be honest, if it weren’t for the regular appearances of Leeds Rhinos I would have given up Sky Sports a long time ago.
The televised game will take place on Tuesday August 12 at the The Cestrian Trading stadium, kick-off 7.45pm.
