Channel 5 Secure rights to CIS Cup

By James Hegarty
September 30 2002

Channel 5 have secured the rights to the CIS insurance cup for the next 2 years. This will allow them to show the CIS Insurance games that they select over the whole of the UK.

Channel 5 have made the sports coverage grow bigger by announcing they have signed a contract to display CIS Insurance Cup games over the next 2 years.

This came at a cost of £1 million to Channel five and all the match's with be shown over the UK with Highlights as well.

The Hibernian game against Rangers on has been Switched to Thursday 24th October and will be the first channel 5 live CIS insurance game.

The Full CIS Cup Draw is as follows:

CIS Cup third round draw:

Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk
Partick Thistle v Dundee
Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
St Johnstone v Livingston
Aberdeen v Motherwell
Hibernian v Rangers
Heart of Midlothian v Ross County
Airdrie United v Dundee United

Ties to be played Tuesday 22nd or Wednesday 23rd October 2002.