The Premiership
The Premiership's logo used in the 2001-02 Premier League season
Genre	Sports
Running time	Variable
Starring	Des Lynam Ally McCoist Andy Townsend Gabby Logan Clive Tyldesley
Opening theme	Beautiful Day by U2
Country of origin	UK
Original channel	ITV1
Original run	August 18, 2001–May 16, 2004

The Premiership on ITV (abbreviated as The Premiership) was ITV Sport's flagship football show, from 2001 to 2004, devoted to the English Premier League after they won a lucrative multi-million pound deal to show highlights from the FA Premier League. The programme was presented by Des Lynam, with Ally McCoist and Andy Townsend amongst others. Image File history File links The_Premiership_on_ITV_Logo. ... This article describes the FA Premier League 2001-02 season. ... Desmond Lynam (born September 17, 1942 in Ennis, Ireland) is an Irish sports presenter and game show host on British television and radio. ... Alistair Ally Murdoch McCoist MBE, born September 24, 1962 in Bellshill, Scotland, is a former professional football player who played as a striker. ... Andrew David Townsend (born July 23, 1963, Maidstone) was a professional footballer now turned television pundit and can currently be seen as part of ITV Sports live coverage, and reviewing the Football League Championship highlights programme. ... Gabby Logan with Chris Moyles Gabby Logan (born Gabrielle Nicole Yorath on April 24, 1973) is a Welsh television presenter and former international gymnast. ... Clive Tyldesley is a British sport commentator. ... Beautiful Day is the lead single from U2s 2000 album, All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ITV Sport is a sport producer owned by ITV plc. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ... Desmond Lynam (born September 17, 1942 in Ennis, Ireland) is an Irish sports presenter and game show host on British television and radio. ... Alistair Ally Murdoch McCoist MBE, born September 24, 1962 in Bellshill, Scotland, is a former professional football player who played as a striker. ... Andrew David Townsend (born July 23, 1963, Maidstone) was a professional footballer now turned television pundit and can currently be seen as part of ITV Sports live coverage, and reviewing the Football League Championship highlights programme. ...

The theme music was a heavily edited Beautiful Day by U2. Beautiful Day is the lead single from U2s 2000 album, All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. ...

After it went off air it was replaced with The Championship (TV show) The Championship, a replacement football programme for The Premiership which is on Sunday on ITV1. ...