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WHO’S SHOWING WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ON TV?

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WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE

EVERY Women’s Super League game will be shown live on UK TV for the first time as part of a new five-year deal between the WSL, Sky and the BBC.

Sky will be the lead partner in the agreement showing up to 118 matches live – 78 of those fixtures will be shown exclusively on Sky including all matches from the closing weekend of the season.

Of the remaining matches, 34 will be shared non-exclusively between Sky and the WSL YouTube channel, and seven will broadcast on both Sky and the BBC.

Sky plan to make a new regular Sunday lunchtime slot of 12noon for most of their Women’s Super League games with matches showing at the same time across its main sports channels and Sky Sports+ service. For weekends when the men’s domestic game is depleted due to international fixtures, the WSL TV games will be staggered across multiple kick-off times to maximise exposure.

The BBC will broadcast live coverage of a total of 21 matches, including 14 on BBC TV and seven shared on BBC iPlayer and BBC digital platforms. The BBC’s games will generally be on Sunday afternoons, but with some on Saturday lunchtime.

The new deal also gives Sky the option to show matches from the Women’s Championship (which is being rebranded WSL2) and Women’s League Cup, including the Final. All WSL2 games will be live on YouTube.

WOMEN’S FA CUP

THE WOMEN’S FA Cup will see a major overhaul in TV coverage for the new season with the Football Association agreeing a three-year deal with TNT Sports and Channel 4.

TNT will show 19 games across the season including for the first time on UK TV one game from round one and one from round two.

Channel 4 will show one match per round from the third round. Channel 4’s six live games will also be on TNT Sports including the final which will be shown by both broadcasters.

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

IT’S ALL change for TV coverage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League in the new season with Disney+ agreeing a five-year deal to show EVERY game from the competition on its platform.

All 75 matches – including the final – will be streamed live by Disney who are taking over the rights from DAZN.

UEFA has already stated it plans for some of the games will also be screened on free-to-air TV as well as Disney. Although not confirmed it’s reported the BBC will take that role in the UK screening a selection of the games.

WHEN ARE THE FOOTBALL FIXTURES OUT AND WHEN ARE THE TV GAMES ANNOUNCED?

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PREMIER LEAGUE

FIXTURES RELEASED: Now out – details of the opening weekend TV games HERE and here’s when all the Premier League TV games are due to be released HERE

NEW SEASON KICK-OFF: Friday August 16

TV DETAILS: The same deal is in place as last season with Sky Sports showing the most games and having first pick each weekend. TNT Sports continue with the 12.30pm Saturday matches and Amazon Prime are in the final season of having two entire December match rounds.

The opening weekend’s TV games are usually announced with the release of the fixtures with others following a few weeks later.

New TV arrangements which will allow all non-3pm Premier League games to be shown live (including all the Sunday 2pm matches re-arranged due to European games) don’t begin until the 25-26 season.

EFL

FIXTURES RELEASED: Wednesday June 26 9am.

NEW SEASON KICK-OFF: Saturday August 11 (Maybe TV games on the Friday)

TV DETAILS: There’s a major change to coverage of the EFL on Sky next season with more than 1,000 games to be screened by Sky on its main channels and the new Sky Sports+ service which is effectively replacing the EFL’s own iFollow service. For the first weekend, EVERY game from the Championship, League One and League Two will be screened live. On a typical match weekend ten games will be broadcast from the three divisions (five Championship and five from the other two divisions) with five in the 12.30pm Saturday kick-off slot and others on Thursday, Friday and Monday evenings and Sunday lunchtimes. As part of the new arrangements ALL TV game fixture changes up to the FA Cup third round will be confirmed before the start of the season.

SPFL

FIXTURES RELEASED: Thursday June 27 9am

NEW SEASON KICK-OFF: Saturday August 3

TV DETAILS: The same TV deal is in place for the new season with Sky Sports having the bulk of live TV rights to the Scottish Premiership, but extending the number of games it shows to 60 a season, up from the current 48. An extra 20 games from the Premiership will also be shown on Premier Sports. BBC Scotland will some Scottish Championship games again. The opening weekend’s TV games are usually announced on release of the fixtures with others following soon after.

OTHER

The National League will kick-off on Saturday August 10 and with the fixtures being released on July 10 at 1pm. (TV details have yet to be confirmed with TNT Sports coming to the end of a current deal to show at least one live game every week).

The Women’s Super League will kick-off on September 21 although the date of the fixtures being released is yet to be confirmed. (Sky and the BBC will again share live TV rights with all other matches streamed on The FA Player.

WHEN ARE THE FOOTBALL FIXTURES OUT?

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PREMIER LEAGUE

DATE RELEASED : OUT NOW – SEE HERE

SEASON STARTS: Friday August 5.

LIVE TV DETAILS: Sky Sports 128 games, BT Sport 52, Amazon Prime Video 20.

HIGHLIGHTS: BBC

EFL

DATE RELEASED : Thursday June 23 9am

SEASON STARTS: Saturday July 30.

LIVE TV DETAILS: Sky Sports 138 games.

HIGHLIGHTS: ITV (moving from Quest this season – see HERE)

SPFL

DATE RELEASED : OUT NOW – SEE HERE

SEASON STARTS: Saturday July 30.

LIVE TV DETAILS: Sky Sports up to 48 Scottish Premiership games, Scottish Championship matches live on BBC Scotland, Premier Sports Cup live on Premier Sports.

HIGHLIGHTS: BBC Scotland

NATIONAL LEAGUE

DATE RELEASED: Wednesday July 6.

SEASON STARTS: Saturday August 6.

LIVE TV DETAILS: Up to 30 games on BT Sport

HIGHLIGHTS: BT Sport

WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE

No details confirmed yet as the WSL usually kicks off later in September.

WHEN ARE THE 2021-22 FOOTBALL FIXTURES RELEASED?

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PREMIER LEAGUE

Fixtures release date: Released – see confirmed TV games so far HERE

Season start: Saturday August 14

TV: Sky Sports (128 games), BT Sport (52), Amazon Prime (20), BBC (highlights)

EFL

Fixtures release date: Thursday June 24

Season start: Saturday August 7 (Championship likely to kick off with TV game on Friday August 6)

TV: Sky Sports (138 games), Quest (highlights)

SPFL

Fixtures release date: Released – see confirmed TV games so far HERE

Season start: Saturday July 31

TV: Sky Sports (48 games), BBC Scotland (highlights)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Fixtures release date: Wednesday July 7

Season start: Saturday August 21

TV: BT Sport (30 games and highlights)

FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE

Fixtures release date: TBC

Season start: September

TV: Sky Sports (Up to 44 games), BBC (22), FA Player (all other games not selected by Sky/BBC)

EURO 2020 TV GUIDE HERE

WHO’S MADE IT INTO BBC AND ITV’S EURO 2020 SQUADS? HERE

NEW PREMIER LEAGUE TV DEAL AGREED HERE

FA CUP FREE-TO-AIR ON BBC AND ITV NEXT SEASON HERE

GARY LINEKER LEAVES BT SPORT HERE

The FA WSL on TV – how to see every game LIVE

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FAWSL

The new season of the FA Women’s Super League kicks off on Saturday (September 7).

After record-breaking TV audiences for England’s exploits in the World Cup, interest in the women’s top division is expected to be high.

For the first time every game will be available live through BT Sport, BBC Sport and the new FA Player.

The FA Player will be free and available online or via a special mobile app. It will screen every FAWSL game as well as a live game from each round of the FA Women’s Championship as well.

BT Sport and BBC Sport will also screen over 30 games live. BT will have regular matches on its TV channels (as well as online and via its app). BBC Sport will also screen live games on its red button, I-Player and BBC Sport app services. It could screen the climax on the season on its TV channels as well.

The season kicks off with the Etihad hosting Man City v Man United, live on BT Sport, on Saturday (September 7).

FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE OPENING WEEKEND

Saturday September 7

3pm Man City v Man United 

FAWSL BT Sport 1

Sunday September 8

12.30pm Chelsea Women v Spurs Women

FAWSL BBC Sport online/app/BBC red button/FA Player

2pm Birmingham Women v Everton Ladies

FAWSL FA Player

2pm Liverpool Women v Reading FC Women

FAWSL FA Player

2.30pm Arsenal Women v West Ham Women

FAWSL  BT Sport 1

3pm Bristol City Women v Brighton Women

FAWSL FA Player

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