Sky to screen 3pm Saturday kick-offs among 1,000 EFL live games in 2024-25

Derby’s Pride Park. Each of the 72 EFL clubs will be featured live on Sky at least 20 times next season.Derby’s Pride Park. Each of the 72 EFL clubs will be featured live on Sky at least 20 times next season.Sky Sports plans to broadcast football during the 3pm Saturday slot as it gets set to increase its live sports coverage by 50% from next season.

As Sky insisted it “takes ­seriously” the responsibility of minimising disruption for match-going fans, it announced that every game in the opening weekend of the ­English ­Football League season would be broadcast live, including those scheduled to start at traditional kick-off times., Sky is to show 1,000 lower-league fixtures in the 2024-25 ­season, with a commitment to featuring each of the 72 clubs live on 20 occasions.

The managing director of Sky Sports, Jonathan Licht, said the EFL coverage on the weekend of 10-11 August would be “a huge moment for football fans across the country”, promising a step change in ­coverage for lower-league clubs and no increase in cost for Sky subscribers. Licht also insisted that Sky was not dismissive of the needs of match-going fans, for whom shifting kick-off times are a source of frustration. “Despite what some think we take the responsibility seriously,” Licht said. “We would ­confidently say that we select matches in a timely way, and that there is something of a black hole where we don’t see the discussion with safety officials, police and other competitions. That is getting more complicated and is taking more time.

In a typical EFL weekend from next season Sky will show 10 live matches, with five from the ­Championship, and five from Leagues One and Two combined. Sky will also show ­midweek match rounds in their entirety, with distinct commentary teams for each match. Its expansion in coverage will extend to the ­Premier League from 2025-26, with 100 extra matches added to Sky’s output, ­meaning it will broadcast a minimum of 215 live top-flight games.

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