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Celtic's
UEFA semi-finals live on BBC Scotland
BBC
Scotland today (Wednesday 26 March 2003) announced that they have
won the rights to screen both legs of the UEFA Cup semi-finals between
Celtic and Boavista.
The
first leg is at Celtic Park on Thursday 10 April with a 7.05pm kick-off,
while the second leg in Oporto is on Thursday 24 April with a 8.05pm
(BST) kick-off.
Sportscene
on 10 April will be introduced by Dougie Donnelly with Gordon Smith
and Paul Elliott.
Rob
Maclean and Sandy Clark will desribe all the action with trackside
updates from Chick Young.
Celtic's
European exploits this season have been live on BBC Scotland on
no fewer than seven previous occasions; both legs of the ties against
Blackburn, Celta Vigo and Stuttgart plus the decisive leg against
Liverpool at Anfield were all broadcast.
BBC
Scotland already has a deal in place with UEFA to provide exclusive,
live coverage of the UEFA Cup final, which will be the tenth live
tie broadcast on BBC Scotland.
BBC
Scotland's Head of Programmes, Ken MacQuarrie, said: "I
am delighted that both Celtic's semi-final ties will be broadcast
exclusively live on BBC Scotland.
"It
has been 16 years since a Scottish club reached a UEFA final, so
every Scottish football fan will be tuning in to see whether Martin
O'Neill's side can make it past Boavista."
By
the time Celtic conclude their semi-final ties, BBC Scotland will
have broadcast live 32 of 38 Premierleague games, nine UEFA Cup
matches, three of Scotland's away European Championship qualifiers
and a Scottish Cup quarter-final tie.
That's
45 live games on BBC Scotland with more to come!
Related
Releases
BBC
to show both legs of Celtic's UEFA Cup semi-final (UK
release)
BBC
Scotland wins rights for Celtic-Celta Vigo tie (21.11.02)
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