Rory Gallagher is disappointed that so little of this year's Ulster senior football championship will be shown live on television.

As a direct result of the genesis of the Super 8s, only two of the matches from the 2018 race for the Anglo-Celt Cup will be broadcast live (one semi-final and the final), meaning armchair fans won't be able to take in big clashes like Donegal V Cavan, Tyrone V Monaghan and Fermanagh V Armagh.

"I think it's a big loss in Ulster, we've been so used to it having 80 or 85 per cent of the games on TV, and BBC have given excellent coverage to it. I think it's a massive blow," Erne County boss Gallaher tole The Irish News.

"I know in my day-to-day life, working with customers in the shop, there's a huge population who support the team and follow the team but don't actually go to games.

"Their kids might go or their grandkids might be involved or follow football. There's a huge amount of the elderly population who just don't go to games, and that has been taken from them. I think that's a huge disappointment from the restructure and rescheduling of the championship."

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