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Type of site | Online newspaper |
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| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Ireland |
| Owner | Gareth Penrose [1] |
| Editor | Gareth Penrose |
| URL | extratime |
extratime.com, formerly extratime.ie, is an online sports website based in Ireland that provides news, [2] fixtures, statistics, [3] and live scores on association football. [4] [5]
The site is a source for domestic football news, covering various tiers of the Irish soccer pyramid, from underage to international levels. Its coverage includes the League of Ireland Premier Division, League of Ireland First Division, and the League of Ireland Women's Premier Division.
extratime.com operates as a volunteer-driven portal, with contributions from over 600 reporters and photographers since its establishment in 2008.[ citation needed ]
The site covers Irish domestic and international news and well as world football news. [6] [ improper synthesis? ] It also has an archive of League of Ireland results, a searchable player and team archive and provides match day live updates. [7] [8] [9] [10]
A number of League of Ireland players and coaches have been featured columnists. Notable columnists have included:
extratime.com was a finalist at the Irish Web Awards in 2009, [16] 2010, [17] 2013, [18] 2015 [19] and 2016. [20] The site's Twitter handle, @ExtratimeNews, won the News Category of the RaboDirect Twitter Awards in 2014. [21]
Gareth Penrose founded extratime.com in 2008 and has worked as a reporter / editor / developer on the site since