The All-England Football final replay, eh?
In 2014, the GAA agreed to sell exclusive rights to broadcast almost one-third of its championship games to Sky Sports. Since Sky started showing football and hurling, plenty of people have welcomed the coverage which has featured excellent punditry from former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, Tyrone legend Peter Canavan, Kilkenny’s nine time All-Ireland SHC champion JJ Delaney and Clare’s Jamesie O’Connor.
It’s not just a strong TV presence that Sky have invested in because they’ve also created a dedicated Twitter page for all things related to the GAA.
Earlier this week, Sky Sports News presenter Clare Tomlinson apologised for her All-Ireland Final gaffe and following this, Sky’s social media team decided to have some tongue-in-cheek fun with these five tweets.
Con-nuck side Cheshire and defending champions London will fight it out again after a 0-15 to 2-09 draw last Sunday. 2/5
— Sky Sports GAA (@SkySportsGAA) September 24, 2016
All-England rules resulted in London leading by five points at half-time, despite Mayo scoring 2-5 to London’s 0-4. 3/5
— Sky Sports GAA (@SkySportsGAA) September 24, 2016
Little known fact – Cheshire’s Kee Leegan and London’s Ciarmuid Donnolly are conjoined twins. 4/5
— Sky Sports GAA (@SkySportsGAA) September 24, 2016
We will be live with a minute-by-minute blog from 3.30pm on the Saturday and the game will be live on Sky Sports HD (Channel TBC). 5/5
— Sky Sports GAA (@SkySportsGAA) September 24, 2016
Some people were initially confused by the tweets and felt that the account was hacked but any uncertainty was quickly cleared up. The rascals.
