[WakeyTerrier]

So the following has been announced this morning, so expect more Kick off times to be Friday nights, Saturday Lunch and tea time and Sunday lunch times.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/...per-season

EFL clubs have unanimously approved a record domestic rights deal with Sky Sports over a five-year period with over 1000 matches to be broadcast each season – a record number of games for any club football agreement.

Running from season 2024/25 to 2028/29, the arrangement will be made up of guaranteed payments of £895m and £40m in marketing benefits.

In total, 1,059 EFL matches are set to be broadcast across existing Sky Sports channels or live via a Sky Sports streaming destination available on TV and mobile devices.

Each season, Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of:

328 Sky Bet Championship matches
248 Sky Bet League One matches
248 Sky Bet League Two matches
All 15 Play-Off matches
All 93 Carabao Cup matches
All 127 EFL Trophy matches
Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown. Five matches will be shown from the Sky Bet Championship and supporters of Sky Bet League One and League Two teams will now benefit from greater coverage than ever before with five of their games being broadcast live. For the first time ever, fans will be also able to watch every match from the Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy.

All opening, final day, and midweek fixtures in the Sky Bet EFL will be shown live, as will all games played on Bank Holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and New Year's Day alongside the matches played in Sky Bet League One and League Two during international breaks.

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The ‘blackout’ rule will still remain so no live coverage between 14:45 and 17:15 on Saturdays.

This will also bring and end to IFollow/club streaming

[themaclad]

Looking forward to the 10pm Sunday night kick off

[Lord Snooty]

We'll be in the National League by 2027.

[theo_luddite]

I take it iFollow will still be charging across the Summer months for commentary on matches they aren't broadcasting because there aren't any?

[Devongone]

SNOOTS,

Don't even joke about it. IT HAPPENS!

[theo_luddite]

It does Devon, but it usually requires a combination of an owner that can't really afford the losses that the club will run up to stay in the Football League, an ability to pick managers/head coaches that are unable to get a tune out of the players and recruit and pay players wages (and not always on time) that are about 2 divisions below the division you are in. Fortunately we don't have that at Town.






Oh! Wait a minute while I check on all that!

[WakeyTerrier]

Just had a little look at this again.

Based on All opening day and end of season games being live as well as games that are either midweek/during the international break/ bank holidays or in the League cup or Paint Pot Pizza Cup we are due to be on Sky/Sky Sports+ at least 24 times this season and that figure is likely to go up as the season goes on

Opening day
Peterborough v Town

League Cup
Town v Morcambe

Sat Aug 31
Rotherham v Town

Tues 3 Sep Paint Pot Pizza Trophy
Doncaster v Town

Sat 7 Sep (International break)
Town v Blackpool

Sat 28 Sep
Reading v Town

Tues 1 Oct (midweek)
Birmingham v Town

Sat 5 Oct
Town v Barnsley

Tues 8 Oct Paint Pot Pizza Trophy
Town v Barnsley

Sat 12 Oct (international break)
Orient v Town

Tues 22 Oct (midweek)
Wrexham v Town

Tues 12 Nov Paint Pot Pizza Trophy
Town v Man Utd U21s

Sat 16 Nov (International break)
Wycombe v Towny

Tues 3 Dec (midweek)
Town v Wigan

Friday 20 Dec
Cambridge v Town

Thurs 26th Dec (Bank holiday)
Town v Stockport

Wed 1 Jan (Bank holiday)
Wigan v Town

Tues 28 Jan (midweek)
Town v Birmingham

Tues 4 March (midweek)
Town v Wrexham

Sat 29th March (international break)
Charlton v Town

Tues 1 April (midweek)
Lincoln v Town

Fri 18 April (Bank holiday)
Town v Cambridge

Mon 21 April (Bank Holiday)
Stockport v Town

Sat 3 May (last weekend)
Town v Orient

[themaclad]

I think we have 7 12.30 kick offs luckily the two away ones are at Wednesday/Burnley

[theo_luddite]

I have my nephew registered on my email address. They just asked why he hasn't renewed his season ticket. If I'd seen the latest TV bollox from Wakey I could have used that as an excuse. Working in pubs in L666s will have to do for now.

Working in Armley would be only one small step worse surely? No his name isn't Shirley but thanks for asking.