Shamrock Rovers F.C. confirms that both legs of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League play-off against the Champions of Greece, PAOK F.C., will be streamed live on LOITV.

Negotiations have concluded that will allow Rovers fans in Ireland and the UK to watch a live stream of the first leg from the Toumba Stadium in Thessaloniki on Thursday, Kick-off is at 6.30 pm Irish time. Our usual commentary team of Con and Barry will supply match commentary on the LOITV platform. 

The second leg at Tallaght Stadium on August 29th will also be available on the LOITV platform and available worldwide, excluding Greece and Cyprus.

The club exhausted every avenue across the four rounds of European matches to deliver matches on a free to air National broadcaster, but to no avail. Live streaming has provided fans with the option to follow the Hoops home and away in Europe in July and August.

It has been a disappointment that these thrilling games have not been showcased to a wider Irish audience; the drama of a last minute penalty miss in our first home tie advancing the team to UCL QR2, 9,500 fans packed into Tallaght Stadium for a great match against Sparta Prague, and, finally, the turnaround from an away first leg loss to beat Celje in extra time to make the UECL League phase (at a minimum). And now, the visit of PAOK will not be broadcast on terrestrial Irish TV.

The club is considering if it will facilitate any future requests from the National broadcaster to show SSE Airtricity Premier Division fixtures from Tallaght Stadium in 2024.

The links to the games will be posted on Monday at www.loitv.ie