Carling Cup semis on BBC / Sky
January 9, 2011 · 0 Comments
The Carling Cup has reached the semi-final stage with BBC Two and Sky Sports sharing coverage of the two-legs involving the 4 remaining teams.
BBC Two start their coverage on Tuesday, 11 January as West Ham face Birmingham in their semi-final first leg. The Hammers will be hoping to put their Premier League woes behind them as they target a place in the League Cup Final for the first time since 1981. Gary Lineker presents the Match of the Day coverage live from Upton Park with kick-off at 19:45.
Sky Sports 1 will feature the other semi-final first leg as Ipswich Town take on Arsenal live at Portman Road. Arsenal are determined to secure the silverware this season and will face an Ipswich side who recently departed company with manager Roy Keane. Kick-off for this match is also at 19:45.
The 2nd legs of the semi-finals sees the BBC and Sky swapping over fixtures, with BBC Two featuring the Tuesday match as Arsenal play host to Ipswich with Sky Sports screening the Birmingham v West Ham match.
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