Rogers Sportsnet ONE and Rogers Sportsnet ONE HD will make its debut featuring a Barclays Premier League match between defending champion Chelsea and West Brom on Saturday, August 14 at 12 p.m. (ET)/9 a.m. (PT).
Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest will host SoccerCentral to preview the match followed by the post-game show at 2:30 p.m. (ET)/11:30 a.m. (PT).
Sportsnet will have even more soccer action on Saturday morning with SoccerCentral previewing Wigan vs. Blackpool at 9:30 a.m. (ET)/6:30 a.m. (PT) followed by the match at 10 a.m. (ET)/7 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific and all four Sportsnet HD channels.
Rogers Sportsnet ONE, a new 24-hour national sports channel, will highlight the network’s BPL broadcast schedule every Saturday with a live match at 12 p.m. (ET) while Rogers Sportsnet will broadcast a live match at 10 a.m. (ET).
Chelsea captured its fourth Premier League title last season after trouncing Wigan in their final match 8-0. Chelsea’s championship season saw the club scoring 103 goals, the most in team history, and becoming the first club in English football history to score seven goals or more in a game on four occasions in a league season. West Brom’s promotion to the 2010-2011 BPL season is the club’s first since 2008-2009.
Wigan avoided relegation last season by finishing in 16th-place while Blackpool makes its very first Premier League appearance this season.
For all the scores, highlights, breaking news and inside stories from the BPL, tune into Sportsnet Connected and log on to sportsnet.ca. “Sports. Your style.”
Sportsnet broadcasts the Barclays Premier League, Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC, Canadian National Team Soccer and the UEFA Champions League.
