The latest EFL TV selections have been revealed by broadcaster Sky Sports for the next few months, with some surprises.
Well this is rather different ay? We knew change was coming. The broadcast selections for the period up until to the end of September have now been confirmed, with every EFL team due to feature a minimum three times in total.
This will include an opening weekend fixture, a Carabao Cup tie and at least one regular weekend fixture on Sky Sports for all clubs. Usually we see most Championship teams picked a few times within two months, and barely any picks from Leagues One and Two.
But with an increase in matches available for fans on Sky Sports this season, with Sky Sports + launching next month, the EFL has also defined how TV selections will work for regular weekend matches selected for broadcast, and what this will look like.
In the latest batch of selections, two Lancashire derbies in the Championship, with Blackburn Rovers travelling to both Burnley and Preston North End, whilst last season’s League One champions Portsmouth host Luton Town at Fratton Park.
In League One, Birmingham City will face Wrexham in front of the Sky cameras in September and Bromley’s first-ever home game in the EFL is set for live coverage against AFC Wimbledon in League Two.
EFL fixtures will be broadcast via either an existing Sky Sports channel or Sky Sports +. This is a new way for fans to discover and stream live sport.
Integrated into the current Sky TV experience and the revamped Sky Sports mobile app, Sky Sports+ is available at no extra cost for subscribers of the full Sky Sports package.
All televised fixtures will also be available on streaming service NOW.
LATEST EFL TV SELECTIONS – MW2 to MW8
Matchday Two – Sky Bet Championship
Fri 16 Aug 2024 – 20:00 – Coventry City v Oxford United – Sky Sports Football
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United – Sky Sports Football
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Derby County v Middlesbrough – Sky Sports+
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Portsmouth v Luton Town – Sky Sports+
Sun 18 Aug 2024 – 12:00- Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Two – Sky Bet League One
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Charlton Athletic v Leyton Orient – Sky Sports+
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United – Sky Sports+
Sun 18 Aug 2024 – 15:00 – Bolton Wanderers v Wrexham – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Two – Sky Bet League Two
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Bromley v AFC Wimbledon – Sky Sports+
Sat 17 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Carlisle United v Barrow – Sky Sports+
Matchday Three – Sky Bet Championship
Fri 23 Aug 2024 – 20:00 – Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United – Sky Sports Football
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Queens Park Rangers v Plymouth Argyle – Sky Sports Football
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Hull City v Millwall – Sky Sports+
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Bristol City v Coventry City – Sky Sports+
Sun 25 Aug 2024 – 15:00 – Swansea City v Cardiff City – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Three – Sky Bet League One
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Burton Albion v Stevenage – Sky Sports+
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Stockport County v Bristol Rovers – Sky Sports+
Matchday Three – Sky Bet League Two
Thu 22 Aug 2024 – 20:00 – Notts County v Grimsby Town – Sky Sports Football
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town – Sky Sports+
Sat 24 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Tranmere Rovers v Walsall – Sky Sports+
Matchday Four – Sky Bet Championship
Fri 30 Aug 2024 – 20:00 – Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers – Sky Sports Football
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Burnley v Blackburn Rovers – Sky Sports Football
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Cardiff City v Middlesbrough – Sky Sports+
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Coventry City v Norwich City – Sky Sports+
Sun 1 Sep 2024 – 15:00 – Sheffield United v Watford – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Four – Sky Bet League One
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Blackpool v Wycombe Wanderers – Sky Sports+
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Rotherham United v Huddersfield Town – Sky Sports+
Matchday Four – Sky Bet League Two
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Gillingham v Chesterfield – Sky Sports+
Sat 31 Aug 2024 – 12:30 – Port Vale v Doncaster Rovers – Sky Sports+
Mon 2 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Salford City v MK Dons – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Five – Sky Bet Championship
Fri 13 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Hull City v Sheffield United – Sky Sports Football
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Millwall v Luton Town – Sky Sports Football
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Leeds United v Burnley – Sky Sports+
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Oxford United v Stoke City – Sky Sports+
Sun 15 Sep 2024 – 15:00 – Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Five – Sky Bet League One
Sat 7 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Burton Albion v Crawley Town – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Six – Sky Bet Championship
Fri 20 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Stoke City v Hull City – Sky Sports Football
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Sunderland v Middlesbrough – Sky Sports Football
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Norwich City v Watford – Sky Sports+
Sun 22 Sep 2024 – 12:00 – Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Six – Sky Bet League One
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Mansfield Town v Cambridge United – Sky Sports+
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers – Sky Sports+
Mon 16 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Birmingham City v Wrexham – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Six – Sky Bet League Two
Thu 12 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Harrogate Town v Doncaster Rovers – Sky Sports Football
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Swindon Town v Newport County – Sky Sports+
Sat 14 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – AFC Wimbledon v MK Dons – Sky Sports+
Matchday Seven – Sky Bet League One
Fri 27 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Plymouth Argyle v Luton Town – Sky Sports Football
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Derby County v Norwich City – Sky Sports Football
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers -Sky Sports+
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion – Sky Sports+
Sun 29 Sep 2024 – 15:00 – Swansea City v Bristol City – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Seven – Sky Bet League One
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Exeter City v Stevenage – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Lincoln City v Wigan Athletic – Sky Sports+
Matchday Seven – Sky Bet League Two
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Accrington Stanley v Port Vale – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Chesterfield v Cheltenham Town – Sky Sports+
Mon 23 Sep 2024 – 20:00 – Fleetwood Town v Morecambe – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Eight – Sky Bet League One
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Crawley Town v Bolton Wanderers – Sky Sports+
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Reading v Huddersfield Town – Sky Sports+
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 19:45 – Barnsley v Stockport County – Sky Sports Football
Matchday Eight – Sky Bet League Two
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Harrogate Town v Bradford City – Sky Sports+
Sat 28 Sep 2024 – 12:30 – Walsall v Colchester United – Sky Sports+
This is how fans reacted to the Latest EFL TV selections revealed by Sky Sports for up until the end of September…
@gompstomp78: Disgraceful, no thoughts for the fans who go to games. Plymouth away on a Friday night as a Luton fan! Absolutely disgusting
@rjcarp: The slippery slope of terrible kickoff times with no thought for the fans.
@HatterStew: EFL have completely wrecked football here. Away attendances are going to plummet which’ll have a massive impact on general stadium atmosphere. Unless this is your way of supporting non-league because punters will turn to that in their thousands now! Your loss is their gain.
@jonobullock8: Sky Sports Leeds!!
@JamesPB_1908: Sky Sports+ is one of the worst things to happen to the EFL in a long long time. Thursday 8PM KO’s for LG1 & 2 teams, and more 12:30pm KO’s. The death of the 3pm KO, disgraceful but not surprising from @SkySports and @EFL Thinking about fans last as per usual.
@ukbronco: We’ve escaped lightly with these early announcements but you can still kiss my arse with this nonsense, @EFL and @SkySports Fans always make the best of it but there are already some having to travel long distance for 12.30 kick offs. It’s only going to get worse. #saddlers
@TheDB30: I love football as much as the next person but there you can have too much of one thing. Brutal for match going fans this.
@LeagueOneLook: Dear EFL, Get rid of the 3pm Blackout. Many Thanks all who support an EFL club and have to travel to stupid places for 12:30 kick offs.
@Burnett__27: Sky coming in with these shitty Kick off times so fans call for the end of the 3pm blackout, Sky can then show all 3pm Premier League kick offs
@markwighty6: What an absolute sack of shit! Why on earth are the Premier League and now the EFL killing off the Saturday 3 o’clock kick offs?!
@neville69890387: Couldn’t give a toss about fans. All about money money money.
@paulfinney1969: Sky fucking up fixtures since 1992
EFL STATEMENT:
In a landmark first, all Sky Bet EFL fixtures for the opening weekend will be broadcast live on Sky Sports to kick-off the new season. Click here to read more.
Schedule and Slots
With the uplift in matches, fans can expect the following template for broadcast-selection matches for regular weekends, where all divisions and the Premier League play, up until the end of September. This is subject to non-foreseeable match postponements:
– Up to 10 regular weekend games across the three divisions will be broadcast
– Up to five Sky Bet Championship matches
– Up to five matches across Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two
– Up to three Championship matches and, for the first time, at least one League One or League Two fixture will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event or Sky Sports Football
– The remaining broadcast fixtures will be available to watch via Sky Sports+
26 out of the 36 regular weekend games across the three divisions will remain in the Saturday 3:00pm slot, which will not be broadcast in the UK
For matches on a regular weekend broadcast outside of the blocked hours, fans can watch seven matches on a Saturday lunchtime (12.30pm kick-off), frequent slots on a Friday night and additional selected picks on a Thursday night, Sunday afternoon and Monday night.
TV Pick Notice
Following the EFL’s Fixture Release Day and announcement of the broadcast selections for the opening weekend, this announcement provides fans and Clubs further notice of schedule amendments.
In addition, and prior to the start of the 2024/25 season, all TV selections will be confirmed for the period up to the FA Cup third round in early January. This is a landmark commitment, providing fans and clubs up to five months’ notice, an increase from the five weeks’ notice given across the majority of the 2023/24 season.
The League is committed to greater parity in the number of times that Clubs are selected for TV coverage across all competitions, with Clubs set to feature more than 20 times per season on Sky Sports.
International Break Weekends
All fixtures played in League One and League Two will be available for broadcast on Sky Sports, the majority of these in the Saturday 3:00pm slot.
At least one match from each division will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event or Sky Sports Football, with the remaining matches available to stream via Sky Sports+.
Article 48 “blocked hours” will not apply during International Break weekends. Before the season started, the EFL, with the Premier League, nominated applicable dates to submit to UEFA, via the Football Association.
TV Highlights
ITV will show highlights of the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One, Sky Bet League Two, Carabao Cup and the Bristol Street Motors Trophy across the 2024/25 season.
The ITV Highlights Show will provide a comprehensive round-up of all the day’s action from across the EFL will be screened in the primetime slot on Saturday at 9pm on ITV4, with a repeat being shown on ITV later in the evening.
Radio
talkSPORT will offer exclusive live commentaries on national radio across the Sky Bet EFL as well as non-exclusive rights to the Carabao Cup that are shared by the BBC. Both TalkSPORT and the BBC have the ability to broadcast score flash updates across all competitions.
International TV Audiences
Fans outside of the UK will be able to continue watching their favourite team in all EFL competitions via Club platforms, where matches are not being broadcast exclusively.
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